The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-08-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS

The boat and launch races at Grand
Lake have drawn good crowds this
year and have been we'll worth seeing.
The State Federation of Women's
clubs will hold its annual meeting at
Colorado Springs September ed 10
Goth.
Denver men have incorporated the
Longmont Oil and Gas Company to
drill wells in Boulder and Weld coun-
ties.
In its reports the Colorado Springs
health department bases its percent
ages on an estimated population OF
$4,000.
Indications are that Labor Day.
September It'll. will be celebrated in
all the larger towns OF the state on a
generous scale.
1t has been decided to hold the an
nual tri-county fair of Garfield, Eagle
and Pitkin counties in Glenwood
Springs this year.
Rocky Ford invites the whole world
to feast OF free watermelons and can
taloupes on Thursday September Sd
the farfamed Watermelon Day
The contract for the erection Of the
Fremont county Jail has been let TO
Alderman U. S. Okey of Canon City for
s11,176 and work will soon be COM
menced.
The Democratic state convention
will be held in Pueblo on Tuesday, the
sth of September, four days before the
Republican state convention will be
held in Denver.
Mrs. Carolyn Kirchoff was instantly
killed and her son-in-law, J. II. Han
ming, seriously injured in boiler ex-
plosion at Hustled. FL Paso county on
Thursday. the goth inst
The Taft and Sherman flambeau
club of FL Paso county is making ar
engagements to send delegation of 500
to attend the Republican state conven-
ton in Denver September 18th.
The abstract of assessment of JEFF
ferson county shows the total net val
uation fo.' 1908 to be $5.250,176. an in
crease of s11o,502 over last year. The
increase is mostly on Improvements.
City Engineer r. H. Ashworth esti-
mates that ten miles of new sidewalk
has been laid in Colorado City this
summer. The city is advertising two
and one-half miles OF additional side
walk.
The picnic of the Denver Retail
Grocers' Association at Glacier lake on
the 18th inst. was attended by nearly
5000 persons. Nearly every grocery
in Denver was locked up for the EN-
tire day.
A life size bronze statue Of Horace
Greeley will be erected in Lincoln
park at Greeley. 1t will be presented
to the city by citizens who are loyal
to the memory OF the founder of the
town Of Greeley and who desire to per-
petuate it.
The Colorado & Midland railroad
and the Postal Telegraph Company
have filed protests with the state
board of equalization declaring that
the assessments fixed on their prop
erty are too high, both companies al
leging poor business during the past
year.
For the third time. and the second
this summer, the Denver & Rio Grande
safe in the Manitou depot was blown
open on the night of the 18th inst. by
cracksmen, who secured less than S.
cash for their work. Many valuable
express packages in the office were I'M
disturbed.
Damage estimated at from $4,000
to $4,000 was caused to railroads, city
and county bridges, ranch lands and
private property by a flood caused by
a cloudburst, occurring along the crest
of the Greenhorn range. south of Flor
ence, between and o'clock Satur-
day night
The beet factories at Rocky Ford
and at Swink will open the campaign
October 10th. At Las Animas and
Lamar the factories will not run this
fall because of the poor crop, but the
beets raised at those places will be
bought at Rocky Ford. The Rocky
Ford district crop will be about three
fourths OF the normal yield.
The Seventh Day Adventists, in SEES
sion at Pueblo. elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: East
ern Colorado. Elder J. w. Lair, pres
ident; Elder F. NJ. Wilcox, vice pres
ident and secretary of conference;
western Colorado, Ed. F. w. Kennedy.
president; Elder G. F. Watson, vice
president; W. NJ. Andreas, secretary
Of conference.
In order to retire its outstanding
bonds and get some money in the
treasury for immediate use whenever
necessary, the voting trustees of the
Northern Colorado Power Company
will hold meeting September 5th for
the purpose Of authorizing a bond is
sue of 100000. Half of this issue
will be used to retire the 100000
worth Of bonds now outstanding, and
the other 100000 will be available
for extensions and improvements in
the present equipment.
The Canon City mica mill has just
received an order from q large manu-
featuring firm in Indiana for three
carloads Of ground mica This IL one
Of the biggest contracts Of the kind
ever awarded In the state. The mar
ket for ground mica Is constantly ex.