The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-01
COLORADO NEWS

A turkey gobbler sitting on thirteen
duck eggs is freak on the farm OF f.
X. Packard at Eaton.
The annual convention OF the Ameri-
can Bankers Association will be held
at Denver September 2sth to OCTOBER
3rd.
Steps are being taken to form
Farmers union at Fort Morgan. Thls
organization is backing an independ-
ent sugar factory for North Fort Nor
gan.
County Surveyor Youngquist OF Nor
gan county has just completed map
of the county, giving all the irrigation
districts, as well as those which are
contemplated.
Number /. volume /, OF the Rocky
Ford Daily Gazette, was published
July 18th, with John Frazier, editor
and publisher, and w. H. Butterfield,
assistant manager.
AT the opening of the Greeley Chau-
tauqua assembly July cath, Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin spoke for four
hours. Stranger still, the audience
stayed to listen to him.
The Colorado State Bankers Asso-
citation. at its meeting in Colorado
Springs placed itself on record as OBJ
Tosed to government guarantee OF de-
posits in national banks.
Owing to the renewed business OF
the smelters, it is announced that the
Eiler smelter at Pueblo will be opened
within two months Machinery is be-
ing overhauled and new equipment in
stalled.
The following new postmasters have
been appointed: Stratton, Kit Carson
county, Joseph A. Smith, vice w. X.
Smith, resigned; Sugar City, Otero
county, Thomas W. Butler, vice w. r.
Tarpox, resigned.
Lieutenant Governor Harper has ap-
pointed l. N. Janney water commits
sioner for district thirty-five. to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Max Atencio. Mr. Janney resides at
Zapato in Costello county.
Street signs and house numbers are
being placed at Fort Morgan and
large force is at work on cement cross
ings In few days the council hopes
TO be able to meet the requirements
for free city delivery of mail.
The first money order ever issued in
Greeley is framed and hangs in the
Greeley postoffice. 1t was sent by the
late Niagara Hall. the first merchant
of Greeley, to Jonas Harrington OF
western New York and was for $3.50.
The success of the Greeley Chautau-
qua assembly has been such that a
plan is now being devised to have a
permanent committee appointed
among Greeley business men who will
perfect an organization insuring Gree
ley a ChautauQua every year.
The American Beet Sugar Company
has issued a circular advising an ex-
tension of the time of irrigation for
the beet crop to August goth, which is
nearly three weeks later than ordi-
nary. This will apply to the district
about Las Animas and Rocky Ford.
The $125,000 addition to Glockner
sanitariura at Colorado Springs will be
formally opened Aug. 18th with music
and addresses by Mayor d. N. Heller.
Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks X. l..
Holland, Mrs. Francis W. Goddard,
president of the Glockner Relief Asso-
citation; Ri. Rev. Bishop N. c. Matz of
Denver and NJ. A. ellis. grand knight
of the knights of Columbus.
Grant NJ. Lucy. for two terms county
clerk of Routt county. died at Denver
July 2Sth at the home of James NJ.
Marvel. Death was caused by stomach
trouble. He had been long sufferer
and a few days before his death I'M
derwent an operation Mr.. Lucy was
one of the early settlers in Routt coun-
ty. Four years ago he was elected
county clerk of Routt and reelected
two years ago.
A large party of negroes have made
OF no, p,1ah1n land nffina
for homestead claims at Elliott, fifteen
miles southeast of Fountain. The ne
groes are headed by A. Lyle, well
| known colored man of Colorado
Springs They intend to cultivate
land under the dry farming system
and II more of the race can be in
duced to join them, will organize a
! cooperative colony.
The Colorado Museum of Natural
History at the City park in Denver,
has been presented with the fine col
lection of minerals exhibited in the
ST. James hotel during the Democratic
convention. by the Chamber Of Com
merce of Gilpin county The exhibit
weighs in aggregate six or eight tons
and represents 100 or more mines in
Gilpin county. Some of the speci-
mems are exceedingly rare and valu-
able.
Articles of incorporation of the con-
| solidated roads of the Rio Grande
Railway Company. including the Den
yer & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande
Western Railway Companies, were
filed with the Secretary of State at
Denver Monday. The papers state that
the new corporation is capitalized at
| $sS, 100000. The papers were signed
by the president of the company and
the board Of directors. The fees for fill
ing were over $4,000.
Three teachers have been added to
the State Normal faculty for the COM
ing year. They are Theophilus Fritz,