The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-02
OlORADO NEWS ITEMS

an IN Any Will be made as TO his
sanity
Miss joan Whipple president of III,
Junior class of Colorado college, an,
one Vt iEg r.nSt popular students in tn,
Mstitut.on, died at her home in Canon
City oil Uphold fever contracted sev,
eral weeks ago.
'eft Ustsory. local station agent al
Floreuce Tor the Rio Grande for the last
three years. who resigned a week ago
to Joln ne office force of the new
Canon City Electric Street Railway
Cohlpan}. was succeeded by J. p
Stroube
Losin2 his balance while working on
the root Of the Rio Grande Wes.ern
pumplAS plant at Cisco. near Grant
Juhcti-n, Z, +. Strand. a carpenter fel
tWentl i've feet to the ground Fo~
riDs We're broken, he suffered mino
bruises and is in serious condition.
La" renee Gipson. a former Greeley
boy, grandson of Henry T. West
altei sFaduating from Oxford college
Eng land, where he was sent on secur
ing the Rhodes scholarship. has been
appointed to the chair of history anc
Languages in the College of Idaho.
Fred Olbert. young rancher o.
DIX. neal Durango, was killed by {
Iall from his horae. His neck was
broken. He was forty-four years OF
age and unmarried. Two brothers
John and George, are prominent Du
range business men.
Articles of incorporation of the
South Park Land and Live Stock
Company were filed at Cripple Greek
with the county clerk. The company
Is capitalized at $500 The company
Is formed to purchase and lease real
estate and grazing land. James b
Hustled is at the head of the company
DIR. F. n. Carrier of the State Board
OF Health has urged the City Council
OF Canon City to appoint milk ano
pure food inspector to donate his en-
tire time to the work The doctor has
exercised the right of inspection as
member of the state board. and has
improved dairies here and closed one
slaughter house.
A 'hinaman at Durango by the name
OF Skect took two shots at another
Chinaman by the name of Joe. The
hrst shot took off the thumb. The other
shot went into the right side. The in
Jured man was taken to the hospital
and is not expected to live The China
man who did the shooting is under ar
rest, The cause OF The trouble is not
known.
Fearing that the Victor Record of
flee would be raided at night, George
E. kyner, owner and editor, had his
Ia IN lob l.,I H.
1t was rumored that because of Sc
we're criticisms bearing upon Mayor
John H. Williams and Alderman J. f.
Elliott relative to bills for work done
by those officials for the city. that their
friends had threatened to take revenge
on kyner and his printing office.
The Pierce Irrigation Company held
an important meeting recently wher
plans were talked over for extending
the Pierce lateral twenty miles, eight
miles farther to Owl creek. This calls
for an expenditure of $50 900 and
brings 10000 acres in the vicinity OF
Pierce and Ault under cultivation. The
Pierce lateral belongs to the Water
Su:.p,y & Storage Company system
Forty farmers whose land is to be ben
Gifted by the ditch are meeting all
costs. The lateral will be finished by
January 1st.
Greeley potatoes have long been ia,
nous in the West and to a certain ex-
tent in the East. but an order given the
Wolf Londoner Grocery Company by
J. ]. Fillius, in the name of b. b. Law
renee of New York shows the opinion
of many small consumers in the En-
pire State. regarding Greeley's product
Through Mr.. Fillius Mr.. Lawrence has
ordered barrel of the Greeley pota,
toes shipped straight to him. and he
says that he is willing to pay the heavy
freight charges for the Colorado vegc-
able rather than take any other kind
If potato.
1t is stated that all the section men
working on the Union Pacific railroad.
because of cut in their wages to sl.35
day. had quit and Joined the grading
gang on the electric road of the Gree
ley & Northern Railroad & Utility Com
pany. because of the higher wages paid
by the latter. AT present forty men
and teams are working on the new cleo
trio line which parallels the Union Pa
cific between Sixteenth street and Nor
NAL hill. 1t is understood that the
Union Pacific Is much distressed over
the building of the electric line. and
has sent engineers to trace carefully
the new line. on which about one-half
mile OF grading is completed.
The first examination Of applicants
for positions in the railway mail serv-
ice ever held in Canon City is an
lounced for November 10Th. Hereto
fore oxamfnat tipp q for this Seryice have
been held only in the larger cities, but
the increasing demand for clerks has
caused the civil service commission 10
extend .nese examinations 10 the
smaller cities. The age limit is from
eighteen to thirty-five years. Tho mini.
mum height has been reduced from
five feet six inches to five feet five
inches, and the minimum weight from
1875 pounds to 1870 pounds. The mem
bers of the local examining board are
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