The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS
Greeley has a new brass band.


products must take back shelf
Greeley proposes to build boy pal.
ace as one oil the attractions for The
nig exposition TO be held there Aug 81
y - and %,
Mrs. \ C. Morris. farmers VII
living near Durango, committed zHi
eide by hanging herself. Ii is thousat
she was insane.
W H GHbble one Of the state
builders who braved the adversitlas
Of early days, died June 81 at MS
home in Canon City.
William Allen White, the author
" ho became famous by with
What's the Matter WITH Kansas Is
rusticating at Manitou.
After an illness of many monins.
Mrs f. T. Mawzey. wife of Justic. u
the Peace Mawzey. at Boulder. is d. lfi
She was over 20 years old
Annette the twoyear-old daugE eg
u Mr. and Mrs. John Nirhillon, was
drowned in an irrigation ditch at For
Collins one day last week
The state bankers held their ann
meeting al Fort Collins last week, aud
for few days Young City was tae
W. l.. Anderson. printer from
Eagleville Missouri. fell beneath fGa
y heels of a moving train at Grand
Junction and died shortly aftcrwarLs
from injuries
Mrs O. f. Hawkins, a Den>rI
woman. believing her husband to be-
untrue to her, poured coal oil on her
clothes and set them on fire. She VI
rescued before serious results.
Pueblo.--John Cook. son OF { H.
gressman George W. Cook, of DenNeE,
died June 80 at a private sanitarifm
in Pueblo. where he had been a "a
.ient for several months.
Frank KIRK, who is getting out IA
rectory for longmont, has counted tie
people there who are Is and tiTI7
there are 2.33S. Estimating that tn, re-
are twice as many people under IS as
there are over that age, he fixes the
population Of Iongmont at 7.oli.
After suffering for over SIX mon % 3.
with what he thought was rheui a.
iism. Chief OF Police j. r. Gregory I
Colorado City secured relief by draw
ing from his left thigh a needle mo-
than two inches long An X-ray phpr-
ograph will be taken of his leg in an
efiort to trace the course OF the
needle.
John Hickey an old settler liviuE
at Sunlight. was burned to death %
his cabin. Hickey was quite old aal
had lived the life OF hermit for So
eral years Parties who found the
body this morning in the charred en-
bers of his cabin brought il her"
There was nothing to indicate Il"
cause OF the fire.
When his body was found it was Ia
position showing that he had trisd
to fight the blaze. but had been Owe
come by smoke and fallen just insit'
the door Hickey had supported hin
self the last few years by doing work
for nsighbors. As he had no know n
relatives. the body was buried a the
expense of the county.
Charles Whatles, recently mana gel
of he Northern Colorado Power Com
pany electric light Office at Greeley,
was found guilty in the DstIicr Court
OF Grand larceny. Whatles and Ar
thur Robertson, foreman of III" line
gang, were charged with larceny of
ton of copper wire. valued at 900,
frou the company. Robertson con
fessed and implicated Nhatles
The Colorado Veterans of the Civi,
and Indian Wars Monument Socit ty'
: The name of an Organization soon
to be formed by Hon j. b. stephen.
| Judge John McCoach. W. P Epper-
son and other prominent Colorado City
residents The primary object is to
erect q monument to the memory ol
Col. ] NJ Chivingt0n Of the Fitsr Col
o. ado Volunteers. the hero Of the nat
Tie OF Sand Greek
Charging that his fatherin-ia
G.rrGe Chandler OF Nunn. VIII not
give him sEaiCicnt possession of his
two Young children. although he mas
| been repeatedly begged to do 50, ].
Brown Of lonGmont. aged -, has TAX
IN legal steps ,o secure The children.
| The Youngsters are , Years ami s
months Old. resps c'ively, and their
mother died last Move mbor. The ia
her says his fatherinla~ has eight
children of his own.
A I.ougmont special of the 10th
SAYS: Some Of the farmers in this
section thar were hailed out last Tues
DAY are cutting thJ ir hay that was
left. one man getting ten tons OFF
eighty acres. Although it is NOT worth
the work il entails. this must be done
IN order TO give the cOn1 growth of
alfalfa a chance Others are getting
ready TO plow where nothing was left
by The hail While to thoSa farmers
whose crops were destroyed 1t was a
great loss. taking this section as a
whole, the loss would not amount to
over 10 per cent. and some OF this
was covered BY insurance Beets are
rapidly recovering and promise an m
| usual yield to the acre. and the out
| look for an abundant harvest was new
er better.
A meeting of farmers and business
men was held at Gre eley to further
/ consider the financing of an Empson
| canning factory there. The PROPOSE
| tiou pre- sented by Mr. Empson is ia
yorably regarded b. the people Asa