The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-22
COLORADO ITEMS


and 9th.
The Association of State and Ma
tional Food Officials will meet at Den
Yer next summer
Pumpkin Pie Day at Longmont on
Thursday. the 18th was great success
The attendance was larger than ever
before.
The Florence Daily and Weekly
Tribune has been sold to J. F. Tor
renee. The paper will continue as
daily.
\ two-year-old black bear was cap
tured eight miles from Trinidad few
days ago by two Mexicans, who sold
ii 10 a Trinidad butcher.
The semi-annual meeting of the Col
orado Osteopathic Association Will
convene at Colorado Springs. Friday
and Saturday, August 2sth and 29th.
Slate Dairy Commissioner b. G.. d.
Bishop is preparing TO file charges
with District Attorney Stidser at Den
yer against more than twenty peddlers
for selling unbranded oleomarsarine.
James P. Grant, graduate of the
University of Colorado last year, has
been appointed teacher of physics at
Foo Chow, China. He has left Boul-
der for California and VIII sail for
China in a few weeks
While Mrs Jesse Nolin. wife of the
superintendent OF the Greeley water
works. was watching a game of ball in
Longmont she was accidentally struck
in the eye by the ball, being knocked
down and rendered unconscious.
At Greeley Monday Chozo koiko,
consul general for Japan at San Fran
cisco, who was on his way to Wash
ington, held an informal reception to
his countrymen at the station while the
trap stopped About 100 japanese.
carrying American and Japanese flags,
welcomed him.
II Is exactly 1900 PAGES from the
sum nit of Pixies Peak to the depot of
The uog road, in Manitou. according TO
a csreful count made by Prof, X. Nc
Kay of Sanbury, o., who recently
walked down the peak. The number
from the summit to the Half Way
house is II ,615.
The annual polo contest for the Dew
ereaux challenge cup will be held At
Glenwood Springs the latter part OF
this month. probably on August 9th,
between teams from Glenwood Springs,
Denver and Colorado Springs. The
challenge cup is now held by the
Glenwood Springs team.
Thirty three women of Denver have
pledged themselves to raise 800 each
by January /. 1909, for the building
fund of the Children's Hospital Asso-
citation. They are members of the
board of directors of the hospital and
the money is to be raised in various
ways. but wholly by individual effort.
At special meeting of the Boul-
der city council Monday night a $780,
600 bond issue for waterworks i'm
provements was authorized and bid
of w. +. Sweet & Co. OF Denver was
for the entire issue at ninety-five cents
was accepted. The bonds draw four
and a half per cent interest.
BY an explosion of about fifty
pounds of dynamite in the Ingram
mine at Salna, in Boulder county, Sat
urday night, Charles Calicutt, Ote
BrouShton and Frank Shea were in
stantly killed. They were working in
the 245-foot level of the mine and what
caused the explosion is not known.
On Sunday the 18th William F, Viii,
son. Jr., aged seventeen, Of Denver.
while hunting doves near Leyden,
northwest of the city, accidentally shot
himself and died soon after. On the
same day Gordon Kyle of the same age
as Wilson, was accidentally drowned
by the upsetting of canoe at the lake
in the City park at Denver.
Mrs Lillian May Scott OF Vinton, Ia,
died at Cucharas in Huerfano county.
few days ago as the result of a second
shock of lightning, which she received
within week after the first. She
was visiting sister at Cucharas and
while there was badly shocked by light
ming. She was recovering from this
when on Sunday she received another
shock that proved fatal.
E. H. Cooper. a prisoner, who es-
capped from the convict gang which is
working on the state road at Stark
VILE August Sth, has been apprehended
at Gary, Oklahoma, and will be brought
back to Canon City. Cooper was con-
victed OF forgery In Weld county and
had served four years and nine months.
He would have been released in little
more than year. but now he will
serve extra time
Lake San Cristobal in Hinsdale
county Is to be the center OF one OF
the finest pleasure and health resorts
in Colorado. Incorporation papers were
taken out Monday by prominent bust
ness men of Lake City, who will spend
100000 on preliminary plans for the
resort. Hotels, cottages and various
amusement places will be built around
the lake. The company is incorporated
under the name OF the San Cristobal
Health & Pleasure Company.
At the instance OF Dr. Hugh L. Tay-
lor and Wilbur F. Cannon of the state
boards OF health and pure foods and
drugs. respectively, vigorous prosecu-
ton will be started at once against
grocers and keepers of meat markets
who are found violating the law In re-