The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-22
COLORADO HENo iTIMS


o. W. Yeaser died of Brisht's dis
honored citizen OF Lonemunt for years.
The Sisters in charge of St Fran
els seminary at Longmont are super
intending the furnishing of the build
ing. and expect 10 open the school Sep
tember LIST.
The new hotel committee at Boulder
has decided to name the new structure
the "Boulderado." being made out Of
the words Boulder and Colorado.
Work is beieng pushed rapidly.
Pueblo captured the 1905 convention
Of the State Federation of Colored
Nomen's Clubs. President Ida Joyce
Jackson of Colorado Springs, and other
officers, hold over until next year.
Denver girl was kidnapped on The
main business street the other day and
spirited away" to Pueblo. The girl
is II years Old. but didn't call for help
until she was 100 miles from home
Costello and Stevenson, two Oak
Creek merchants before the County
Court charged with the Illegal sale of
liquor. We're discharged. the jury con
sidering the evidence against them in
| sufficient to sustain the charge. The
utltHSt oHtlel no eNluenCe.
A fire at Robinson, near Brocken
ridge. which originated in a mine
boarding house last Sunday, destroyed
| ten buildings and for a time threat
ened to wipe out the entire place. Loss
S25,Go0. Elmer Koitman was Sc
ver,ly burned while trying to save his
property.
Perahps the largest fish ever caught
In running stream in Boulder county
was landed by l.. +. Avery. The fish
was caught III Boulder creek about
three miles from town. 1t was a rain
bow trout, 1--WE nty-two and one-half
| inches in length, and weighed -four and
| half pou"
The Wellington association is con
| structing "A dam for the purpose Of
storing water on the high ground north
west of Boulder for irrigating pur-
poses. The dam is to be about COO feet
| long. have a base of l0o feet and be
fifty feet high. The reservoir will
cover about thirty acres and will irri-
gate several thousand acres.
]. II. and Z. c. Williams are going
to make 600 acres of desert land bloom
| with fine products, according to plans
|
| dad The papers state that three
| reservoirs. with combined capacity OF
3i.5oO.ooo cubic feet together with
numerous bitches. will be built. The
| land is near Aguilar, and has never
been used for anything except the
| grazing of sheep.
| What is said to have been the first
frame building erected in Fort Col.
| J. ,ly. for
a hardware store. 75Xl25 feet. which
Judge Jay Boughton is building. The
| old building was erected in the win
ter of lS12-3 by Judge Boughtor. he
doing most of the work on it. 1t was
| built for the use of the secretary of
the colony. and later used as a printing
office When Judge Boushton was
| elected county judge in 1876 he occu-
pied it as a court room and office.
Andrew J. Macky, a wealthy banker
of Boulder, died last week and after
providing for 4 number of relatives,
he wiled the remainder of his fortune
to the State University, and for the
purpose of building Il hospital and
home for dependent children and
widows, the latter to be erected at
Boulder The bequest 10 the univers-
tenance OF Macky building to b.
devoted to some branch of education.
The sum of 100000 is available 70"
this building and 100000 for the chill
1rens and widows home.
| The Anti Saloon League claims to
| have secured evidence OF violations OF
the gambling and Sunday-closing laws
against nearly every saioonkeeper in
| Arapahoe county. and District Attor-
ney Smith filed twenty nine complaints
in the County Court. The men for
whom warrants were issued are:
Charles Lawin, Fort Logan, four
cases; Harry Livingston, Fort Logan,
four cases; II. Ulind, Fort Logan, two
cases; Patrick Slyney, Fort Logan:
James Buck. Petersburg; c. A. Hort
man, Petersburg. five cases; Frank A.
| Beandle. Petersburg, seven cases; J. e.
Crawford. littlcton, two cases; Henry
Heinev. litrleton. TWO cases; Lewis
Steckline, Sullivan.
| f. H. Chase. "A feeble old man of &c
years. WAS taken before Judge Lewis
in the federal court in Denver recently
on a bench warrant issued because he
die not appear before the federal grand
jury when summoned. The old man
lives in Pagosa Springs, and although
| b. has made his home in Colorado fOr
| thirty years he told the court that he
had never before visited Denver. He
explained his failure to obey the sum
mons to his lack of money. He pre-
sented suck a pitiable appearance that
| Judge Lewis dismissed him without
| punishment. He testified before th
grand jury and was allowed three days
| witness fees in addition to five Ccut S
per mile mileage.
| A new forage plant has been intro
duced in Boulder. which. it is claimed,
lis even better than alfalfa, especially
on sandy and dry soil. Its botanical
name is papsalum dilatatum. the com
mon name being large water grass,