The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-12-26

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Mrs. M. A. Brown returned Sun Bo
day from an eastern visit. davs
The city schools closed Thursday at Mi
noon for the Christmas holidays. Den,
George Oxley joined the holiday Mr.
crowd that went to Denver Thursday. visit
John Owen was called to Denver the Nh
first of the week on mining matters. spen,
H. o. Walker went to the state cap Mi
ital Thursday to eat christmas turk. ing t
The local sampler has been rushed 'h'S
with ore this week in anticipation of He
the holiday season. Boul
lob, sb.-u,;n oa,,a 49, t-,,, po,,,a the
or the middle of the week to hang up Mi
his stockings at home. Den,
All outbound passenger trains Will
were crowded to the guards this week, MI
carrying away Christmas visitors. Dem
Andrew Andersen c.re nm from, to sp
Denver Wednesday for day in camp Nj
looking after his mining interests. Den
E. W. Redding came up from Den Uni
yer Thursday and spent Christmas with Nj
his relatives, the family of j. A. Red the
ding. py c
Edwin Miller, of this office, spent ioi
Christmas with his relatives at Denver NJ
and incidentally witnessed the football Den
game. Chri
c.oro. s,aw.rt cove doyn FROM W.
Alice the middle of the week to inter- M
cept the presents that Santa Claus prop
might bring him. Wed
NJ ,d 49,, GO A-1,;u, ,,. - oper
Denver Saturday morning to spend Dl
couple of days in the metropolis enjoy eleg
post Christmas festivities. it is
G. E. McKim, book keeper at the :. :. Ia Il,
Gem Office and whose initials spell ~A'N
Gem, went to Denver this morning R.
for couple days recreation. balm
I r Kam;nLv c.mo do.r fro,, Ellel
the snowdrifts of Alice or the SUM- anu
shine of Christmas in the lower altitude parl'
and +o uake h;s f,hr;.+,n.s ,,-.h.s.. 148E
Yves. Kennedy was down from the In
Burns Moore Wednesday, and reports for
that the heading will be extended more to r
than one hundred feet during the pre- date
sent month. forg
Charlie Woodward hung his stock
ings beside the home fireside this year tt
and Santa was unusually liberal in his pany
donation He will return to the ranch hapE
in Grand county the first of the coming ploy
week. with
Hon. Warren A Haggott returned it W
from Wasbinoto, n Thrrsd,, to occa
snend the Cbrist,n,s bol;doys ,.;,h bic fully
family and friends He race;ved a the
most cordial greeting from his many r,
friends. in ~
Attorney Erwin T. Reoenn;+tsr incr,
nacked b;s grin on SATURDAY. and b;ed have
himself to the valley on a business trip the
to the capital and also to keep in touch is nc
with the internal workings of the Den OF ST
ver de,ocrarv in tt
--- bis
In has been many years since sleighs
have been of service in this section, A
but this year they have become q fa- the
miliar sight. Without question the ing
records will show the greatest snowfall class
this year than for the last ten. So te
-- Rich
Practically all mining operations were Will
suspended in this camp Thursday, as turn
the men were granted a holiday. Re- Asso
newed activity will commence next
Monday, and it is not expected that tt
holiday will be again granted before of a.
the fourth day of next July. as e,
Hon. John Olds, of Georgetown, e*ae
member ELECT of the General Assembly men
from this county, passed through the ne'o
city Saturday morning for Denver, to ''e''
take part in the ante-legislative mat anu
ters and learn something of the pro- iiou
gram of the great sachems of the demo- NJ
.i"''s 0-0 from
| Mayor Peter Sweeny, of Alice, ac- Chri
companied by Thomas |. Slater, came busf
down from the hills Wednesday, and In az
the former departed on the after son
noon train for Longmont where he sion
indulged in yellow-legged chickens dur that
;nu the Christmas season. Mr.. Sla- wedt