The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-12-14

MI >. tdtl btlIISH VI evergreen. Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. f. X. Booth.
In Sunnyside.
Geo. X. Kimball and wife We're pas
sengers on the Thursday afternoon
toy railroad far Denver.
c. T. Mcdaniel and wife, formerly of
this city, are visiting Mrs A. H. Free
stone and family in Denver
The Missionary society of the Pres
byterian church will meet with Mrs. W.
B. Stewart next Friday afternoon Dee.
p.
Geo. w. Cooper returned this week
after several weeks visit in the east
in the interest of his mining enter
prises.
Ed. Erickson, Of Denver and Cripple
Greek, was in town during the wee k
visiting with his many old-time ac-
quaintances in camp.
w. A Short and wife departed for
! Denver Thursday morning, having been
4 nuAll'lIpiItNl sn Nlill'SSCS III ii tdSt De
fore the Denver district court.
William Lake, well known stone
mason in Denver and in this city, died
in Denver last Sunday and was buried
in Fairmount cemetery last Tuesday.
County Clerk A. K. Comstock spent
couple of days here this week look
ing after the Phmmer & Co. coal busi-
ness during the absence of C. l.. Plum
mer in Denver.
/ Frank Lynch, Of Philadelphia, promi-
nent in Methodist church circles of that
city, spent several days in this county
/ this week looking over mining property
4 for his associates.
County Assessor Chas. Crosson came
over the range from Bear Creek Mon
day morning accompanying some Young
/ lady visitors who had spent Sunday at
the home ranch, REST Awhile" "
The bazaar en3 supper given by the
ladies' of the Presbyterian church last
/ Wednesday afternoon and evening was
i l'beraily patron zed, regardless OF the
weather conditions which prevailed.
Geo, f. MeCIeIland departed We'd
resdag morning for Denver and -'1e
east in the interest of the great tun-
n,l project bearing his name, and
which is rapidly making its way te
the big Freeiand mines
A public exhibition Of the worl, Of thz
pupils of the manual training school
VIII be given from to o'ciock next
Friday afternoon, December 20, in the
manual training school buildng. Al
persons interested are cordially invited
to attend.
"A Royal Slave" has been before the
theatre-gong public for number Of
years and has been seen in almost
every state Of the Union. 1t is one
of those plays, which, like old wine be
comes better with age Layishly
mounted, gorgeously costumed with :
superb cast, the production which
comes 10 the opera house next Monday
is without an equal.
On next Thursday night, December
70, the Choral society of the Metho.
dist Episcopal church will present :
cantata entitled Priest and King
Their viii be % voices accompanied
by an orchestra. The choir has beer
in training for the occasion for the
past six weeks under the direction ot
Mrs o. &. Howeils, Of the Denver
. Conservatory Of Music, and who is al
so leader Of the Grace Methodist
church choir in the capital city.
Rev R. h. Adams. of the Methodist
( church some weeks ago sent to Red
ruth, England, where he obtained a set
of books containing Cornish carols, and
has had The church choir in training on
/ these popular songs. They viii be sung
in the Methodist church on the Sunday
preceding Christmas. The old Cornish
custom is to sing tho songs early
Christmas morning on the streets, and
it is likely if the weather is favorable
the choir will carry out the old country
custom
Last week the Metallic Exploitation
company operating leases on the Shaft
er and Edgar mines through the Cen
tral tunnel, in this district and in the
GoIdfeld, Nevada camp, paid a divi-
dend OF | per cent. on all outstanding
stock The announcement is made by
followed by monthly dividends of a
like amount, with extra dividends as
occasion may arise. The leases con-
trolled by the comnanN are said to be