The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-08

The annual report of the patent com
missioner shows that AGO patents were
granted to Colorado citizens during the
past year.
The work of the construction of the
foundry OF the Pueblo Iron Foundry
Company at Pueblo will be commenced
within short time.
The Fort Collins street railway car
ried 42,2o6 passengers during the first
thirty days OF its operation and its pat
ronage is steadily increasing.
One the order of County Judge
Charles Mccall, Sheriff Whipple OF
Jefferson county destroyed six large
slot machines found in the three sa-
looms raided at Morrison.
The First National bank Of Eagle
county, at Eagle, has been authorized
to begin business with $4,000 capital.
J. II. Fesler, president; Frank Doll,
vice president, Louis Schmarz, cash
Ter.
At Greeley on the 3rd inst. William
Croil was fined 500 and costs for
shooting an antelope near Hardin.
Game Warden Roberts says the slaugh-
ter of antelope has been going on ruth
lessly this fall.
The Colorado & Southern announced
Monday that it's shop men would here
after be employed on nine-hour shit
Recently the company cut the working
day to eight hours on account or the
financial stringency, the men being
paid by the hour.
The pipe foundry at the Minnequa
steel works at Pueblo, after being
closed down since the holidays, re-
sumed operations Monday morning
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first and more men will be added grad
ually until the mill is running full
blast
Richard G. Warren dropped dead IN
front of the town hall at Nevadaville
February 1st after returning on the
morning train from an extended stay
in Denver for his health He had been
a sufferer from miners consumption
for years He was forty-eight and an
old resident of the district.
The Ault Military club. a separate
organization from the Ault militia
company but affiliated with it, has es-
tablished well equipped gymnasium
in connection with the club. Arrange
ments will be made for a ladies' auXil-
larry club to have use of the gymna-
sium on certain days.
]. A. Enright of Greeley has sent
President Roosevelt a Greeley calen-
dar for 1908 which carries a small ad-
yertisement and a photograph of En-
right, his wife and. eight children. The
Oldest child Is twelve years OF age
Mrs. Enright, twenty-eight and the hus-
band few years her senior.
Contract for the construction OF a
ditch to cost $750,000 on the Orchard
mesa, near Grand Junction, has been
awarded to the Woodland company.
After the bid is submitted to an cleo
ton OF the district the work on the
ditch will begin. The canal Is to re-
claim 1900 acres Of fine fruit land,
The University Of Colorado intends
to erect on the bluff near the hospital
a number OF cottages, in which con
sumptive patients will be located, thus
giving better clinical advantages 10
the medical students. The cottages
will be under direction Of Dr. Alvin X.
Peoples, professor Of internal medl-
cine.
Walter S. Taylor of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania has purchased the Rocky
Mountain Paper mills, near Overland
Park 1T Denver, for $4,000. Three
warranty deeds were filed in the Office
OF the recorder of deeds. The mill
pany houses for $4,000 and some ad-
Joining lots for $500
At Lake City on the 1st inst. S. II.
Kinsey, charged with attempting to
murder B. F. Cummings April 2, 1907,
and Deputy Sheriff Joseph A. Hunt in
September, pleaded guilty to the first
charge and not guilty to the second in
the District Court. He was sentenced
to not less than six years, nor more
than seven on each charge, the SEN
tences to run concurrently.
To aid in the good roads movement
farmers in Pleasant valley, Weld
county, donated $50 days of work and
with county funds available have built
two miles of roadway east of town.
All over the county farmers are gener-
ouslv assisting in road building. The
Great Western Sugar Company has
agreed to build one mile for every two
miles made by the county.
The incubator baby at the Deaconess
hospital in Colorado Springs is excit'
ing no end of interest and the medical
and