The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-16
COLORADO news !TEnS


at Palisade.
The wamen Of Steamboat Springs
nominated Il municipal ticket which
was endorsed by both political parties
Apricot trees are in bloom at Pail
sade- Three rose bushes at Florence
have about 200 full-blowa roses on
them
Denver bricklayers have been
granted raise in wagee Of 50 cents
day. bringing III average daily pay
up to So
The Logan County Advocate and
the Republican at Sterling have been
consolidated and will be conducted by
ID. c. Smith, former publisher OF the
Republican.
The Western Baseball League will
be made up during the coming season
OF Denver. Colorado Springs. Pueblo,
Topeka. ST. Joseph, Des Moines, Lin
coin and Sioux City. The opening
games will be played April nth.
Natives OF Ohio now living in Colo
RADIO had banquet at Denver the
other night and afterwards organized
a permanent society with GovernJr IT
Buchtel as president. Ex-Governor
Herrick was present.
Mrs. W. s Wylie. wife OF the pastor
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
at Evans, was seriously and perhaps
fatally injured in runaway in Gree
ley on the End, by her buggy being up
set. One OF her lower limbs was
broken and she also sustained several
internal injuries
For selling liquor on the line OF The
Moffat road, now under construction
near TorCnas. in Routt county. Mrs.
| Hagerman has been arrested and
hea.ily nned. a large stock OF beer
which sne had IN the cellar Of her
cabin, ccafiscated. and her cabin de-
stroyed hv dynamite.
The Argentine Central railroad has
practically been closed down for the
| balance Of the winter The heavy
| snowslides have resulted in its being
found almost impossible to keep the
| tracks Gear. while the cost of run
| ming the trains has been unusually
| heavy
William Wambaugh. wealthy
farmer who recently went from Colo
RADIO to Chicago. was roped in by
Sophie FiElen while en- route. They
| were married at Chicago in spite OF
the opposition of the police, and now
| the woman has disappeared with $4,000
OF Wambanghs money.
| At an election of officers for the en-
| suing year held by delegates to the
| Western Bowling Congress al Denver
| on the 1lth. Alderman Andy I, Stahl
was unanimously elected president
| The other officers elected are. NJ. J.
| Sheehan OF Butte. first vice president;
| l.. c. keating of Portland, second vice
president y B. Allen of Seattle. third
| vice president: W S Zehring Of Salt
| Lake, secretary and treasurer.
A Kansas City syndicate. headed by
| r. J. Martin. has purchased a tract OF
10000 acres in the San Luis valley
| from Gen. William j. Palmer for $500
| 00o The company will erect $1,000
600 beet sugar factory at Fort Garland,
| The land acquired will be cultivated
| for beets. and il is proposed to operate
| factory with a capacity of ] 900 tons
| OF beets daily. A colonization scheme
| and big irrigation project are contem-
| plated ia the plans Of the company.
Joseph A. Miner. familiarly known
| to railroad men throughout the West
| as Governor Joe" Miner, died on the
| l1th at Denver. from an attack OF neu-
| ralgia of the heart. after an illness
| lasting six weeks. Governor Miner
| was for twenty-six years city passen-
ger agent of the Burlington route.
coming to Denver in 1851, the year be-
| fore the Burlin ZtOn built into this citv.
| as the representative of the road He
| had been here many years before that,
however.
The Canon City high school cadets
will go on weeks outing during the
vacation from March 25th to April LIST.
| Forty members of the high school will
| participate in the tramp. They Will
| go into camp for three days on Eight
| Mile park. near the top OF the Royal
| gorge. The second camp will be To-
Gated in Webster park. near Parkdale.
and the return trip will be made by
| the way of Grape creek. The boys
will follow army life and discipline
| during the encampment.
r. X. Schuyler of Colorado Springs
has filed map for a mesa canal and
series of storage reservoirs to irrigate
large tract of semiarid land
| on the north side of the Arkan.
sas river in Fremont and Pu-
eblo counties. and will have a carrying
capacity of $50 cubic feet of water per
second A chain of eighteen reservoirs
are contemplated with an aggregate
capacity of 10 600 600 900 cubic feet of
water. The estimated cost of the canal
is $500. 900. with 100000 for the
eighteen reservoirs.
Municipal ownership of public util-
tiles. In eject, if not in reality, will be
put in operation at Morrison by John
Brisben Walker. who is gradually
building up an extensive and attrac-
tive resort. Walker has large landed
interests not only in Denver. but in
the vicinity of Morrison. To protect
them Mr. Walker has purchased the
water and electric lighting plants OF
the town. He has announced that he
will operate these utilities with the
idea of making them merely self-sup-
porting. and will turn over to Morrison
the profits from both concerns. These
will be transferred to the town either
In, or ix,,- od for i.c hor,a6t In,