The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-07-14
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

ready for occupancy May l, 1907
Nine-year-old Ernest Storey OF Boul-
der lost three fingers OF his right hand
by the explosion Of giant cracker
July 4th.
The Elks convention begins in Den
ver Monday. July 10th, and lasts four
days. Immense preparations are be
ing made for it
AT Pueblo July 5th the City Council
turned over TO the owners OF the Wa
terworks bonds to the amount OF over
$500. 900 and the South Side plant for-
mally became city property.
The First National Bank at Windsor
has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital John f. Law is
president: Lewis korn. vice president.
and Frank y. Briggs, cashier.
A prairie dog on a revolving plat
form in the window OF Denver bar
Der shop travelled over twenty-si1
miles in twenty-four hours just for eH-
ercise-as shown by cyclometer.
Halsey NJ Rhoads OF Denver. the old
newspaper man. has been appointed in
spector for the Department of Agricul-
tura and collector of statistics OF 1--we
stock sugar beets and wheat for Wy
oming and Colorado.
Samuel Woodbury. has been declared
insane by jury in the County Court
at Boulder and sent to the stat asy-
lum at Pueblo. Woodbury. went crazy
over trying to perfect patent in con
nection with irrigation.
Edward Hawks. Civil War veteran,
was shot and killed at Altman on the
9Th instant by Michael McCready in
McCready's saloon. The shooting took
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over private differences.
Over 5000 names have been at
tached TO petition asking the street
car company to reduce the fare be
tween Colorado Springs and Manitou
Broadmoor and the Cheyenne canons
from 10 cents to 5 cents.
Henry Rogers, well-known STOCK
raiser and resident of Boulder county
since 1870, died at Boulder on the 5th
instant OF cancer OF the stomach. He
was seventy-two years OF age and ma
tive OF Cornwall England.
Samuel c. Carpenter. the Denver po-
liceman who lost leg as the result of
wounds received at the time OF the
election riots in Denver November 6.
1900, has been granted a pension OF
$40 a month.
The Fourth OF July attractions at
Frisco in Summit county included
horse and foot races, drilling contests
a baseball game and a twentyround
prize fight, together with a display OF
fireworks from the top of Mount
Royal.
The State Supreme Court has de-
cided that the Oakes Home for Con
sumptiyes in Denver is exempt from
| taxation, it being in the same class as
to charges for service with other hos
pitfalls that have always been SO ex-
| empted.
Allen Yard, three years old, while
| fishing with his father on Beaver
| creek. near Florence, a few days since,
caught a nine-inch trout. He is the
youngest child that has ever caught a
fish in the stream. The boy landed
| the fish without assistance.
The Colorado Telephone Company
| through its treasurer. f. B. Field, Jr,,
has contributed 500 for the fund to
| purchase a silver service for the
| cruiser Colorado. The check Nas re
| ceived by Governor Mcdonald and
turned over to the trustees of the fund
The report of the business trans
acted by the Pueblo land Office for the
year ending July ]. 1906, shows that
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made, covering 162,o4162 acres and
that 223 desert land entries have been
made. covering 46.42747 acres. This
| is the largest business done by the
| land office Of this district for many
years.
The date Of the Harvest Day Festi-
| val at Greeley has been set for August
| Esd and the day promises to witness
| even greater celebration than last
wear The festival will be a county af-
| fair and the Harvest Day Festival
Club, which was organized shortly az
| ter last years meeting, has mem
| bership of representative men from all
parts of the county.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF the juvenile
court at Denver has ordered Frances
and Chrissie Burlington daughters OF
l Pittsburg man, who have occupied
considerable Denver newspaper space
recently to be placed in the Home OF
| the Good Shepherd. waiter with
whom it is said the girls went to Lead
vile. is in the county Jail awaiting
prosecution by the girls father.
At meeting Of the Colorado com
maudery of the military order of the
Loyal Region of the United States at
Denver, David H. Moffat. captain com
pany B. Third Colorado cavalry in the
War Of the Rebellion, was elected an
original first-class member of the or
der. There was a large attendance OF
companions and Captain Moffat re-
ceived hearty greetings.
The annual meeting of the directors
| of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
railroad tMoffat roadD was held in
Denver on the 9th inst. The directors
went through the formality OF re-
electing the old officers as follows:
David H. Moffat. president; William
G. Evans, vice president F. B. Gibson,
secretary: Thomas keely treasurer;