The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25
COLORADO news

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tonnage l.o25 tons. The previous rec
/ ord was 1000 tons.
The forest service has announced
the following appointments in Colorado
reserves: Charley c. White, forest
guard, Wet Mountain reserve: George
4 Fleischman. assistant forest ranger,
San Juan reserve: Thomas W. Rob
bins, assistant forest ranger, Holy
( Cross reserve.
Mayor Speer of Denver has appoint
ed the following prominent charity
/ workers to represent the city of Den
Yer at the national conference Of
charities and correction, which IS 20
meet at Richmond. Va. May TO
10. 1908: Mr. James II. Pershing Rev.
DR.. W. S. Friedman. Mrs. S Izetta
George, and Mr.. f. l.. Scholtz
Andrew McClelland. founder OF the
: McClelland orphanage at Pueblo has
just donated twenty lots to that insti
tuition, which are to be sold. the pro-
ceeds to be used to build an addition
to the building. The plan is TO take
up general subscription and it is ex-
pected that enough money will be
raised altogether to double the ca
pacity of the present building.
FOR months CROWDS OF spec tOEs
have gazed with sort OF fascination
at the numerous workmen employed at
giddy heights on the Denver audito-
rum. The first fatal accident occurred
April Goth. when Emil Fischer
painter, fell fifty feet from an iusuffi-
GENTLY supported platform and was
killed by striking on a heap of iron be
low. He left a wife and four children.
4 Following the coroner's inquest at
[ Trinidad which inquired into the death
! OF Joe Maniscolo. who was found in
shallow grave in lonely canon near
Hastings recently with a bullet hole in
4 his head, five Italians were arrested,
! They are s. Cimino, Joe Glaigoso. Ro-
sario Dispense. Vincenzo Provence
and Giuseppe Bua. The latter is
woman and claims to have been the
| common law wife OF the deceased The
jury returned verdict that Manlscolo
was murdered at the hands of parties
unknown to them.
Cyrus NJ. Curtis Of Littleton and his
brother, Rodney Curtis of Denver, re-
Gently commemorated the forty eighth
anniversary of their arrival in Denver
| The city then had less than 5000 in
habitants. most Of them living IN log
houses. prairie schooners," or tents
/ The business portion OF the city was
then at Aurara, on the west side of
/ Clear creek near its mouth. Horses
were comparatively rare and all haul
ing was done by OK team. The ONLY
paper was the Rocky Mountain News.
! published weekly on brown paper by
/ Byers & Daley.
The Colorado Manufacturers Associ
/ alton has completed plans for it semi
annual trade excursion, which viii be
given May 5th, 9Th and It'll. and will
include many of the principal towns in
northern Colorado. The party will
leave Denver at 3 O'Clock on the morn
! ing of May 5th in special Pullman
+ train over the Union Pacific They
+ will spend the first night al Greeley
( and the second at Longmont return
/ ing to Denver at O'Clock on the even
/ ing of the third day. Special enter
/ tainment has been provided for them
at points along the route.
/ II sufficient encouragement is re-
/ ceived from the heads Of fire depart
ments in various parts of the state,
/ Colorado Day, August LIST will witness
the greatest old-time volunteer fire
mems tournament in the history of the
West More than seventy-tive letters,
/ addressed to Colorado towns posses
sing any kind Of a FIRE department,
/ have been written by c. T. Linton.
chairman OF the tournament commit
tee OF the Sons OF Colorado at Denver
asking what the prospects may be for
entering such a contest. The tourna-
ment would include ladder. hose and
! hook and ladder tests, besides drills
and all kinds of racing. Suitable
prizes would be offered for each event.
besides a grand championship prize. 1t
is also probable that towns in Kansas.
/ Nebraska and Wyoming will be asked
to send teams.
Among the original Union colonists
who settled Greeley, there are over
! twenty who have passed their eighth
eth birthday and one of the most re-
markable among the number is MrE.
] Susan La Grange She was eighty-siX
years old few days since and on
her birthday did a large churning and
made her weekly amount of butter.
for the excellence of which she has
been famous for years and which has
netted a nice little income annually.
b. S. La Grange, the husband, who
helped to found the State Agricultural
college and who was well known as an
! irrigationist and farmer. died fifteen
years ago and the widow, her daughter
and son have continued to live on the
homestead. The property was filed
upon by Mr. La Grange in the early
seventies and the house and yard
filled with trees. vines and flowers. re-
semble an eastern country home.
Colorado is without one hal. insur-
ance company, says the Denver Re-
publican. The two companies of this
kind doing business in the state were
recently forced to withdraw by Insur
ance Commissioner Rittenhouse. while
the Northwestern Fire Insurance Com