The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-06-06


from Central City Wednesday after
noon and renamed in this burg until
Ihursday morning shaking hands with .
his host Of friends He took in the
Casino in the evening and when it comes
to graceful skating ''he's no SLOUGH.
Refer NJ, to tht excitement regarding
the War Dance mine he stated that
the iast Shipment Of ore from II e shaft
was Settled for On the basis of enty
two slnces of gold per ton, an average /
of seventy cents per pound for ore,
and that the common every day dump
that has been neglected for years was
being shipped and yielded three ounces
per ton. He takes just pride in boost
ing 'sThe Little Kingdom of Gilpin."
WIN. Morgan, Geo. W. oscript and
John Rohner are making good headway
'withstheir lease in the Centurion tun-
mel. For some time past they have
been making an upraise in the tun-
mel Just above the shaft and have
gonea distance of sixty feet. During
the month of May they have shipped
about seventeen tons of smelling and
milling ore There were two lots of
the former-one of them returning 4.95
ounces in gold, and the other
$50 in gold, both of them carrying
about ten ounces in silver. The
milling ore concentrated four to one
and gave values of about two anu one
half ounces in gold. The work is be-
ing done by Mr.. Morgan and one as
sistant
The Boys Club of the Presbyterian
church will render their play entitled
"a Soldier of Fortune" Friday even
ing, June IL, 1908. The play is a
comedy drama in five acts. They will
be assisted by Miss Wave Wilkins. Miss
Gretchen Lyon and Miss May Evans.
The cast of characters is as follows:-
Col. filznuodle- ---- kennein Moscrpt
Mr.. Patront tz'r smith
Mr.. Beim1tt -------------.---------Fra Frank Horsch
Cyril GiIhord -laA 'or George
DR.. F.Tgo .-----------Hug Hugh Fitzparri k
Freddie Be mont nt------- -----. theodore VA
Snowlall ..--.--.-----------------N Noble XII
BMsnes ....-----------.--. II Mac Rober
49, Agnes Belmont - Miss Wav. wilkins
Misu Ida Lovewefl - Miss May Evaus
MI pyncilla Miss Gretchen I.ynn
The seating capacity of the skating
rink was taxed to its utmost on Thurs
day night by the citizens to witness the
exhibition by Prof. Fourcher Of his
wonderful feats as bicyclst and the
audience was not disappointed as was
evidenced by the frequent applause
that greeted his various stunts. A
race was another feature of the even
ing between him on his wheel and Geo.
Dumont on roller skates. From the
start it was exciting and it was very
close until the fifteenth lap when the
chain of the wheel jumped off the
sprocket and the race was called off.
The population of Bear creek is in
creasing by leaps and bounds, and at
the present pace will soon become a
potent factor in the county's politics.
The latest arrival is brand new
daughter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene J. Crosson, and the happy
event occurred last Thursday morning.
County Assessor Chas Crosson cannot
express himself when talking about his
new neice, and has forgotten all abou t
real estate values for few weeks
| Manager Noxon reports work goi1g
on at the new Reservoir in satisfacto-
ry manner and that it will be com
peted about the first of August. In
the mean time some attention should
be given by the public toward ex-
tending the reservoir boulevarde to
Chicago Lakes. The Fishermen S
association could do good thing by
agitating this improvement and having
the work done.
1t is expected that the revised sched-
ule Of trains will be out about the
fifteenth of June and that excursion
trains will then begin run. 1t is hoped
the railroad will return to its former
Communication rates of twenty-five tick
cts between Idaho Springs and Denver
for sixteen dollars. There was a gen
eral dissatisfaction over the increased
price of such tickets as was made
last year
The hot tunnel baths are literally
patronized from early in the morning
until late of night, as high as from six
to ten using them at the same time.
Manager Allison would be patronized
most literally if there were increased ia
cilities. The owners have talked of en-
larging the caves and also the resting
rooms, for several years and they can
not get at it too soon.