The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
COLORADO news

Petitions are being circulated for
signers 20 present the question OF local
option befC re the voters of Hol,oke a
the spring election. They met with
plenty OF signers.
An extensively signed petition has
been filed with the city clerk Of Geofge-
town TO submit the proposition To the
qualified voters at the spring election.
Shall the town become anti saloon ter
rtory?'
The Fort Collins Chautauqua Asso-
ciarion has named July 18th and 10Th
as the dates for next summers asseul-
bly,. Among the attractions will be
lectures by DR.. Frank W. Gunsaulus
Of Chicago and DIR. Newell DIV ght
Hills of New York.
A University of Colorado Alumni
Association has been organized Ia
Trinidad. with Rose Anolter. b. A, as
president, and Elizabeth Dabcoek as
vice president. This makes the 'euth
alumni association organized in Colo
RADIO for the state university.
The contract for the constructiou of
the new Masonic temple at Colorado
Springs, 10 cost $4,000, has been let
to J. w. AGtkinson Colorado Springs
contractor Work will be started al
high and CT bun pressed brick.
A fife and drum corps to induce boys
to become members OF Sunday schools
has been organized by the leader in
the East Side Mission church at Gree
ley. The minister OF the church will
drill the boys and the music viii be
used at church entertainments.
A gang OF convicts is 1t work at
Canon ('ify hnilIin0 Srapir driven
10 Tempe canon in Grape creek, i've
miles from the city. AS soon a his
drive is completed a second viii be
built 10 the southern rim Of the Royal
gorge $3.50 feet above the river
A band of mountain sheep leaping
among the cliffs within the city limits
of Ouray has recently attracted much
attention. This is the first time In years
they have been seen so near the town,
and by old residents their appearance
is said 10 denote an early spring
The City Council Of Longmont have
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
growing of willows within $50 feet Of
any drain. This has been found nee
essary, as the roots of the willow tree
Will break into any tile. travelling as
far as 100 feet, to get to the waier
A number of counterfeit dollars
have made their appearance in Pueblo
during the last few days and officers
have been notified. Most of this money
has been in the hands of boys and
children in Bessemer The coins,
which are almost new, are poor iMIta-
tions.
Governor Buchtel has appointed
Laura A. Beecroft OF the MinneQua hos.
pital at Pueblo as a member OF the
State Board of Nurse Examiners for a
term of five years. Miss Beecroft has
made most notable record during her
service as the head of the staff 0, the
Minnequa hospital.
a telephone system has been in
stalled at Virgins. in Morgan county.
anc through the surroundius country
by an independent COMPANY and ar
rangements have been made ior con-
nection with the lines of the Colorado
company. thus giving the al lntage Of
long distance service.
Thirty-six thousand trout were re-
Gently taken into the mountains west
OF Boulder and planted in tn streams.
or these, 10000 were put In Middle
Boulder creek near the falls 1000 In
the same stream near Eltora and
1000 in North Boulder creek near the
Blue Bird mine.
While Verne Turner was riding
horse back at Trinidad, accompanied
by his brother, Luther, on bicycle,
the wheel ran against the horse, which
kicked Luther in the face probably
fatally injuring him and then ran
away. throwing Verne against fence
and breaking his leg.
Work has been resumed on the
Frisco - ho
Rocky Mountain Fuel COMPANY giving
work to about eco men. These mines
were closed about the first of the year
The resumption is due to the demand
for coal and because of the resump
ton of work at a number of smelters.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished at Nallery, a small town on the
Burlington, nine miles west of Fort
Morgan. A general merchandise store
and a lumber yard We're recently
opened here and the new town prom
ises to become quite a trading point.
II is loca ed at the western edge Of the
Bijou irrigation district.
Word has reached Denver that the
freight steamship service of the NAL
lory line has been resumed between
New York and Denver, by way Of Gal
weston. Goods shipped from New
York to Galveston and brought to Den
yer over the International Great
Northern and the Colorado & South
ern will reach Denver in twelve days.
The City Council OF Buena Vista has
granted 4 twenty-year franchise for
street light. heat and power plant to
the Buena Vista Smelling & Refining
Company A condition of the fran
chise is that the company shall ex-
pend about $4,000 in strengthening its
power dam on the Arkansas river
Work will begin imme iiately and a
solid masonry dam be constructed,
The new Ladies' Civic Improvement
Society at Florence, has selected two