The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-19

road for his company and or an extern
ded commercial trip.
Hon. Warren A. Haggott and Judge.
Roy H. Blackman We're selected as;
members of the republican state Cen-
tral committee at the convention in
Denver last Saturday
Superintendent George E Collins
spent couple of days in the city this
week looking after the interests of the
Newhouse company, returning to Dem
yer Thursday afternoon.
Col. John Owen made rapid transit
trip to Detroit, Michigan, and New
York City, going half way across the
continent and back in a week, taking
time to transact important business.
After tussle of six weeks with
the typhoid fever, Manager John c.
Hull came out best and his friends
are glad to see him on the streets once
more even if he has peeked express
ion
Commissioner w. H. Jones came
down from the city of Empire on
Tuesday and after taking in the Eks
Lodge meeting proceeded to Golden
the next morning to participate IN the
convention.
Joseph w. Boyd started for Golden
on Wednesday to take part in one of
the conventions and from there he will
go to Boulder to see the order of Red
Men make good Indians out of recon
centradoes.
Charley There was passenger for
Golden Wednesday morning TO help make
senator. He has been in this city
about quarter of century and says
this is his first experience in attending
a convention.
E. NJ. Sabin, Frank Moonan, Teddy
Barton, N. H. Brown and E. B.
Clayton took the early morning trai.1
for Golden on Wednesday to be pre-
sent at the several senatorial and j,--
dicial conventions that were held there
on the sixteenth.
4 Sheriff Tom Cunningham shows his
genial countenance on our streets quite
+ frequently and yet matters are very
quiet in official circles. No doubt he
realizes that on or about the tenth OF
( October there will be an important
meeting of the point with pride" and
"view with alarm party.
, A. H. Roller, one of the pushers of
the experiments that is going on at
the Alice mine, has gone to
Utah to study the methods of treating
low grade ores that are in vogue in
that state, as we'll as to investigate the
most modern plans for the erection of
big plant at the Alice mine.
Henry o. Walker and party of
associates have bought out the Louis
Oliver & Company's interest in the
/ Gem lease. This includes a block of
ground in the eleventh level east and
extending from this level up to the
ninth level. In length the lease ex-
tends as far as the parties see fit to open
1 up.
The large circle of friends of Mrs
( William Dunton will regret to learn
that owing to continued impairing of
health she has been compelled to leave
the city again. In company with her
husband she has gone to California to
pass the winter in hopes of receiving
much benefit. 1t is only recent that
they returned from that secti of de-
lightful climate and beautiful flowers.
Next Saturday Gilpin county will in
vite large delegation of the Odd Fell
lows. who will be attending the annual
convention in Denver during the week,
to barbecue and give the guests
ride over the Gilpin tramway to the
summit of Pewabic mountain The
matter is being promoted by the prince
of pushers, Percy Alsdorf, whose name
is synonym for success. And Idaho
Springs sits listlessly by and wonders
why business is not rushing. If things
are not rushing here it is because the
citizens are not rushers and boosters.
On August the thirtieth, the breast
of the Central Tunnel was in 6825 feet
having been driven sixty seven feet in
August. The earnings for the month
were $500. and ore receipts amounted
to $364.94 Mr.. J J. Willis, superin-
tendent, reports that during the year
ending the first of August the tunnel
breast was advanced distance of 952
feet in addition to the large amount of
work done in the Strong, Edgar and
Hudson veins. This is in excess of