The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-18

R. H. Hawker and Mrs. T. C.
Schoby. of kankakee, Illinois, are the
guests of R. R. Graham. They are
father and sister of Mrs. Graham re-
/ spectively.
Attorney f. NJ. Sabin was called to
to Denver Thursday morning where he
placed in the hands OF the secretary
OF state one of the largest incorpora-
tion documents ever originating in this
county.
I Henry McClelland has returned to
I this city after spending few days
I at Victor where he was employed in
grocery store He is satisfied that
! Idado Springs is pretty good place
/ after all.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Swed-
! sh Luthern church will give lawn
social at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton Eckberg. Wednesday afternoon
and evening. July 10Th. All are cor
daily invited.
| Joseph Boyd left last Saturday eve
ming, after doing his full duty in behalf
of the press correspondents, for Dallas,
| Texas, to which place he went as
delegate to the national convention of
1 Elks and represented No. GOT of this
city.
William Cleveland, OF Shelton, Ne
braska, a brother-in-law of H. B. Ba-
| ker, of the Black Swan mine, is in the
camp for the summer and proposes to
| acuuaint himself with all the finer kinds
OF mining under the tutorage OF Mr..
Baker.
Miss Esther Anderson and John Evans
stole a march on their friends i'll this
city by going to Denver and getting
| married last January Mrs. Evans has
gone to Denver to spend few days,
after which she will join her husband
who is employed at Silverton, Colorado.
After spending some time in the
,ity, F. H. Stevens left yesterday by
the overland wagon route for his
ranch near Hayden in the North
Park. He was accompanied by his
daughter, Stella and will remain there
| until the snow flies when he expects to
spend his winter here.
Over thirty feet was the progress
made by Manager John Hull last week
in driving the lateral on the Sunshine
from the Torpedo tunnel and in the
direction of the Black Eagle. The ore
conditions are of very encouraging
| nature. The annual meeting of the
company will be held in this city in
| August.
J.W. Welpton, of Ogallala, Nebras
ka. and H. E. Worrell, of Sutherland
Nebraska, both prominent bankers, ar
rived in the city Tuesday evening and
will indulge in the luxury of few tun /
mel baths, take in the places of interest
and also examine the progress being
made in mining properties in which .
they hold stock.
One hundred and sixteen feet is the .
distance that the tunnel of the Ham
burg Mining and Milling company has |
been driven up to the present date. A
contract has been given for driving
fifty feet more. The property is a
neighbor of the Ontario Humming I
Bird of which Dick Staley is the prime
pusher and is located on Soda creek.
Ex-senator Roach, of South Omaha, 7
whiled away couple of days in this
unexcelled mountain retreat, and also
examined the mining development of a .
property short distance up Virginia I
canon in which he and couple of other .
Omahogs are interested and developing
as close partnership They have
about two feet of excellent ore in their .
tunnel.
| Colorado Springs in particular and
| Colorado in general should feel honored
| in the unanimous selection of R. L.
/ Holland as Grand Exhalted Ruler of
the B. P o. E. for the ensuing term.
/ He was in the city at the time of the
dedication Of the Elks building and
will be remembered by the members
/ and others. Los Angeles, California,
will have the next meeting of the nat
ional association.
A telephone message was received
Thursday morning announcing that
Mrs. J, J. Elliott passed away about
eleven clock Wednesday night of heart
disease. She was born in Washington,
D. c. some sixty years ago, and came to
Idaho Springs in July 1873 where she
she and her husband moved to Denver.