The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-26
STATE NEWS ITEMS


winter resort.
Nicholas Finn. at one time a promi'
nent mining and smelling operator al
Leadville died in the Sisters hospital
at Leadville Friday night after an i'll
ness of three months.
Medical men of Morgan county held
meeting at Fort Morgan Saturday,
formed county association and
elected DR.. J. A. Farnsworth president
and DR.. A. F. Williams secretary.
The town of Dacona has been in
corporated. 1t is one of the new settle
ments in western Weld county estab-
lished as the result of rich coal strikes
which are being thoroughly developed.
The county clerk of Ell Paso county
has issued 2S5 hunting licenses for
the opening Of the deer season, Oct.
cations are expected.
Contracts have been awarded by the
Ward Gold Cyanide Milling Company
for the erection of two unit miles of %
tons each of the 150-ton mill at Ward,
Colo. The mills will be in operation
early next year.
Work is being rushed on the Stand
ley Lake irrigation system and ii is
expected that by the first of the year
10000 acres of land will be brought un-
der irrigation. BY the progress being
made, total of 900 acres of arid
land lying north and northwest of Den
yer, will be irriea ed in 1910.
Twenty-Five children between the
age of and II were taken from the
Fort Lupton canning factory by pro
baton officer and placed in school.
Their parents, the school board and
their employers were notified that I'M
less they hereafter conform to the re-
quirements of the compulsory educa-
ton law, they will be brought into
court to answer.
In the District Court at l4eadville
Judge Lavender sentenced Sherman
w. Morris to 20 to 25 years in the pen
itentiary. Morris was found guilty by
a jury of the murder at Leadville of
John Walsh. a on-keeper, in June.
1898. He was arrested AT Lansing,
Mich, in May of this year, and brought
to Leadville by Sheriff Bonner.
Dr. William j. Baird of Boulder his
presented to the city of Boulder for
park purposes 100 acres of land adj
joining the city On the west, lying at
the mouth of Gregory canon and al
the foot of Flagstaff mountain. The
city already owns in this vicinity some
thing over 1000 acres and all VIII
eventually form one of the most beau
tiful natural parks in the country.
In the United States Court at Denver
Judge Lewis, after hearing arguments
in the case of Fairy Hokasono, a Jap
anese, against the LaramiePoudre
Reservation & Irrigation Company,
decided in favor of the plaintiff, award
ing him the full sum of 81 6S2.2O, &C
cording to the contract. Owing to dis
putes in regard to the completion of
the work the company had paid him
only s3.4S6.45
The Southern Colorado Power &
. Railway Company has filed mort
gage for 81, 500 900 in favor of the ST.
Louis Union Trust Company of ST.
Louis. The mortgage covers the en-
tire plant and all the lines of the Trim
idad company. which is merger of the
old Trinidad Electric Railway com
pany and the Stonewall Valley Elec-
trio Railway Company. OF the amount
named in the mortgage, 100000 is to
be used in improvements.
Because the two modern buildings
erected over a year ago are not large
enough to meet the demands that the
rapid growth of Denver is raising,
Mayor Speer will recommend in his
budget for 1909 an appropriation to
build a commodious addition to Steele
hospital for contagious diseases, An
other appropriation will be asked for
the erection of a $4,000 pesthouse to
replace the Sand Creek hospital de
stroyed by fire.
If the action of Judge Lewis in the
United States Court at Denver in over
ruling a demurrer of the city of Gree
ley is not reversed it would appear that
che Greeley and Northern Railroad &s
Utilities Company can go ahead and
complete an interurban street car line
connecting Greeley. Eaton and other
towns in Weld county. The railroad
company has applied for an injunction
restraining the city from Interfering
with it's construction of the line, and it
is the city demurrer to this application
that has been overruled.
The Denver Reservoir irrigation
Company has just let contract to f.
w Harrington and John McNabb of
Fort Collins to enlarge the Community
tunnel located on the Community canal
near Eldorado Springs. This tunnel is
/, 40 feet long and will be enlarged 20
carry a maximum of 200 second feet
of water The work is to be completed
by Jan. list. The company is also let
ting contracts for the concurrent en-
largement of the Community canal