The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-01
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Labor Day September Sd.

tembcr 10th and lasts five days.
The Western Slope Fair will be held
at Mortrose, September 18th TO 2lst.
About 500 teachers will be employed
In the schools OF Denver for the COM
ing year.
James G. Pierson. driver for a stor-
age company, fell under slab OF mar
Bile that was jostled OFF his wagon near
the United States mint in Denver, and
WIS instantly killed.
The Denver TraS2s Assembly is
making preparations for an immense
parade on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember Sd. 1t is expected that 10000
people will be in the line of march.
Manual training has been adopted as
a part OF the curriculum of the high
school at Boulder. Prof. J. c. Chester
has been appointed director, and con
tract let for an extensive Quitting of
tools.
According to the Denver Union Wa
ter Company, the amount of water
used daily in Denver is $50 gallons 10
each inhabitant of the city. And yet
there are many dirty looking people in
Denver.
The Grand Valley National bank OF
Grand Junction has been made a
United States depository. This is Il
distinction enjoyed by but one other
bank on the western slope, the First
National of Montrose.
l.. W. Lewis, the negro who was
blown up by a premature explosion in
the stone quarry near Starkville. was
taken to Trinidad and had his right leg
amputated He lost both eyes, one OF
his hands and his left foot.
George f. Corb.n. Sr.. member OF the
Ccrbin Dairy Company, died at his
home in Denver August 2lst, at the age
of seventy-nine years. Mr.. Corbin was
a cousin of Major General Corbin and
was one of the wealthiest dairy men in
the state.
The famous evangelist. Billy Sunday,
ard his assistants, vii hold a big re-
yival in Salida. beginning September
goth. Mir. Sunday. known as the base
ball evangelist, at meetings at Canon
City two years ago added over thou
sand converts to the churches.
Attorney General Millcr, in com
municatiOn to Governor Mcdonald, an
nounccs the opinion that the county
courts of Colorado have no authority
TO naturalizc citizens under the new
law ICioStN AT lut last StS5.OIl Vi Noll
Sress,
The cooperative creamery at Rifle
at present produces 1000 pounds of
butter per week and can not supply the
increasing demand for its product,
having to scour the adjacent country
| as far as Bdsalt and Carbondale for
cream.
1t is rumored that the Colorado &
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south of Cheyenne. directly between
Cheyenne and Fort Collins and which
will be called Lone Tree. This would
indicate an intention to SCon build a
line in that district.
The dam and headgate at the outlet
of Timberlne lake on Beaver creek.
some thirty-five miles west of Fort Col
.. Inns, have been carried away by a
cloudourst and with them went 20,000,-
GEO cubic feet of water that was being
held back for late irrigation.
Henry O. Morris. Pueblo agent of
the Colorado Humane Society. notified
n mounted policeman that hereafter
when cows or horses being taken to
the pound refused to be led or driven,
an animal ambulance should be put
into commission for the purpose.
George Gaskill, d barber, was run
down and killed at Denver August
2oth by an automobile driven by Gil
bert II. Denton, president of the Nul-
can Iron Works Company. MIR. Den
ton claims that he was running slowly
and that the bicyclist was on the
wrong side of the street, coming di-
rectly toward him.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Z. c. Williama
a Lewly married young couple of Den
yer, on their way to Korea as mission
ares, were on the steamer Manchuria
vixen it ran on the reef at Rabbit
Island, near Honolulu Monday. Both
were recent graduates of the Uni
versity of Denver. They were safely
rescued from the steamer.
The Santa Fe Company will spend
about $4,000 in enlargins the station
at La Junta and in providing better
accommodation for passengers and
baggage. Another story story Will be
added TO the station, making il three
stories in height. A portion Of the
additional space will be utilized fol din.
ing and sleeping rooms.
Rev. Cyril Ross and wife Of Canon
City, for several years missionaries OF
the Presbyterian Church in Korea,
were passengers on the steamer Man
cturia, which ran aground on a reef
near Honolulu. MIR. and Mrs. Ross
were compelled to leave Korea on the
outbreak of the war between Russia
ard Japan. Mrs. Ross is daughter
of Albert Shank of Canon City.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
J. NJ Woodward, accompanied by Dep
uty Charles A. Purinton, arrested Ru.
fus Denton and Clarence Roback near
Meckcr, charging them with killing
deer and grouse out of season. The
accused men were fined $25 and costs
each. They weie employed by a cat
tie company which leases grazing land
from the federal government
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