The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-09-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS


The Logan county fair at Stirling,
the first for many years, was very sue
cessful
The Keystone grocery at Colorado
Springs was robbed of $500 i'll cash and
checks Sunday night.
James Ogilvy, near Greeley, had
twenty-seven acres of wheat which
yielded forty-two bushels to the acre
William G. Kerr. bystander who
was shot by John Ryan in labor row
at Denver Sunday, died Monday morn
ing.
The Denver postoffice, alone among
the fifty largest cities OF the country,
showed an increase in receipts over
last year.
The University of Denver has
opened school of commerce, accounts
and finance. Graduates will be given
the degree of b. c. S.-Bachelor Com
mercial Science.
Prohibitionists of the city and coun-
ty of Denver will hold their county
convention Thursday afternoon, Sept
"a, at 2 D. m. in the lecture room of the
Peoples Tabernacle, Twentieth and
Lawrence streets.
BY the will of the late Mrs. Kathryn
Mclaughlin. who died in Denver re-
Gently, her entire estate escept few
minor requests will go to the Old La
dies Home Association of Denver, The
income is estimated at $50 a month.
Miss Jessie Edmonds of FIT. Collins.
b. A., University of Colorado. 1908, has
gone to Porto Rico to teach in the
United States government schools IN
San Juan, having passed the c&amind-
zion under the civil service rules
Superintendent Deacon OF the Union
Printers Home will take charge of
the homes exhibit at the International
Tuberculosis Congress in Washington,
ID. c., September 21st. A model steam
heated tent, patterned after those
used at the home, will be feature
of the exhibit.
Hartford. Connecticut, dispatch OF
the 10th inst. says that the gray geld
ing trotter, Doctor Harvey. was sold
at Charter Oak Park today to &. Il.
Estabrook of Denver. The considera-
ton was $4,000. and horsemen here
are of the opinion that the Denver
man made wise move.
Governor Buchtel has appointed Mrs.
J. d. Whitmore of Denver and Mrs.
II. l. Wood of Trinidad, members of
the Colorado Travelling Library Com
mission. Their terms will be three
years each and their duties will be to
read and select works best fitted for
the libraries.
Koliang Yih, son of Chinese admi-
raj and member of the nobility of
the Chinese Empire, arrived in Cripple
Creek from Cornell University few
days since, where he Is taking post
graduate course in mining and will
spend some time in the gold camp in
vestigating mining conditions.
Brush, Colo.-Company H. First regi-
ment Colorado National Guard. was
mustered In here Tuesday night with
fifty men by General Zeph Hill and Ad-
jutant General Kelley. F. F. Rhine
hart was elected captain, David Wal
lace. first lieutenant, and George Bah
cock, second lieutenant The business
men of Brush have agreed to build a
$4,000 armory for the company.
Fruit shippers are considerably wor-
ried over raise in freight rates which
they claim will be in the nature of dis
elimination against Colorado because
the new rate on fruits from the Pacific
Thc tariff on apples from Portland to
Denver goes up from so cents to 81 in
carload lots. The rate on fruits of the
Hood river section in Oregon is ad-
vanccd Is cents to 80 cents.
The big fruit crop in the North Fork
country has necessitated changes in
branch from Delta to Somerset. Be-
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trains Nos BIT and 37S, on the North
Fork line. have been changed from
mixed trains to straight passenger
trains. The business of carrying the
fruit crop to market will be taken
care of by special trains.
Camp Cleghorn, in Las Animas coun-
ty, where 80 or 80 convicts are at work
on the state highway. is entirely with
out guard and the convicts are upon
their own honor. One of their men,
bers patrols the camp at night to keep
hoboes away. Since the guards were
taken off there has been no attempt
at escape, and the prisoners openly de-
clare that II anyone tries to get away
they will assist in having him returned
to the penitentiary.
Owing to the late season it Is not
thought that the sugar campaign in
Weld county will begin until Oct LIST,
although the factories are in readiness
for operation should crops be ready
Sept. 20. 1t is estimated that the crop
this year will be as good If not better
than last and chemical test of twenty
one samples Of Greeley beets show the
sugar content one per cent. better than
las. year. There are 100 acres in
beets for the Greeley, Eaton and Wind
SO: factories.
entered suit against James w. Tim
norman, sheriff of Garfield county,
charging him with allowing his cattle
to run on the Holy Cross and Battle
ment Mesa national forest reserves
A judgment in the sum of $1,1OO is