The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-03
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

| ne AThAHSdS has Dttu Oh q /
I, rampage past few days.
Paul Sheldon. the Denver boy who
was accidentally shot at Steamboat
Springs, is recovering.
| A very beautiful young girl from.
Kansas City, committed suicide al
Colorado Springs recently because OF
unreturned love.
A 100000 steel culvert factory may
be established in Colorado Springs. c.
%. Voorhees, OF Charlottesville, Ind,
ls in communication with the cham
| Der OF commerce with this end in
view.
| w. b. Miller, an electrical appren-
tice In Denver came desperately near
falling from the top of the state cap
ltol dome one day recently. He was
IN hurry to get down and his foot
ing was not made secure.
The canvass for money to build the
new canning factory at Loveland has
began in real earnest and it is ex-
pected the entire 10000 stock will be
subscribed in a few days. The people
declare the factory must and will be
built
| Examinations for forest rangers
have been held at Estes Park. five par
icipants passing successfully. Mr..
Wheeler, the new supervisor of the
Medicine Bow national forest, has just
.aken charge of the work, following
he resignation of S. N. Hustled.
Six hundred dollars has been raised
for the purchase of distribution of
panoramic views of Trinidad by
committee appointed by the chamber
of commerce. These views will be
| ~ H., H.. rP nj
cities along eastern railroads to ad-
vertise Trinidad and invite visitors.
Three young men, Cameron, Leavitt
and Winself, were arrested at Lamar,
charged with breaking into Santa Fe
cars and stealing merchandise July
10th The court discharged them at
that time but the sheriff rearrested
them upon presentation of new evi-
dence and they were taken to Holly
for trial
Albert Hepburger, a teamster, while
coming down Gregory gulch, at Black
Hawk, with heavy load of ore, had
his leg broken at the ankle by the up
setting of the wagon. The brake
broke, throwing the team, wagon and
driver into the gulch. but the horses
escaped injury. Hepburger managed
to Jump and escaped more serious in
Jury.
The Ell Paso County Horticultural
society held a meeting recently at
Colorado Springs at which the
woman's advisory board appointed
committees for the annual flower
show to be held next month. Mrs.
Francis w. Goddard, Mrs. w. w.
Price, Mrs. w. w. Williamson and
others will have charge of the society
features.
Hon. J. NJ Blatt, who lives about
ten miles east of Boulder, says black
rust has gotten into the wheat and is
doing much damage. 1t is feared one
half OF the late crop has been ruined.
No farmer in this county remembers
OF ever having seen any indications
Of black rust in this state, although
the red rust has at times done much
damage.
John Kienst, aged thirty-two, top
man employed at the Gold Coin shaft
of the Granite Gold Mining Company,
was crushed to death recently. While
taking off a loaded car, the cage slip
ped and kienst was caught between
the cage and the shaft timbers and
carried twenty feet before the engineer
could apply the brakes. He leaves a
widow and one young child.
Never before in the history of Weld
county have reservoirs, after having
been drawn upon for several weeks,
been full at this season, as is now the
case. The recent prolonged heavy
rains have filled the reservoirs in
Northern Colorado, and the Platte,
Big Thompson and Poudre rivers are
higher than month ago, during food
Lrr nil ha h1r rtn,y nf
water for irrigation.
The directors Of the North Sterling
irrigation district recently met and
canvassed the vote on the question OF
issuing bonds for $l,400,000 for the
construction of the Glendale and Point
OF Rock reservoirs, with inlet and out.
let bitches. The district contains
about 10000 acres Of land, which will
be reclaimed by this system The
vote was unanimous in favor of the
bonds and they will be issued at once
The dead body Of Joseph Huffman
"a war veteran, aged about seventy
was recently discovered in cabin
in the summit of Gold hill, near Grip
pie Creek, by William Ware, a pros
pector, who had gone to the cabin
for a drink Of water. Huffman had
not been seen for several days, and
the body was badly decomposed. Lit
tie is known of the old soldier, but
he is believed to have been a mem
ber OF the G. A. r. post at Boulder
An investigation is being made.
o. X. Packer, chief engineer for the
Beaver Land and Water Company, has
returned from Los Angeles with the
announcement that he is ready to be
gin work on the Brush Hollow creek
dam, five miles from Florence. The
company will soon advertise for bids
for excavation work for the dam, which
will be built on the site of the ole