The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-01-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

Hardin. Weld county. in the locality
known as Eagles nest
In the County Court Of Weld county
Walter Had'cy and Charles Nicholas
were found guilty of running a d!sor-
derly house at Mead. Judge Nixon
gave Hadley six months and Nicholas
ninety days in jail
A company capitalized at S25 600 is
being organized by John B. Tavlor for
the purpose OF erecting a canning plant
In Pueblo. Contracts will be made
with farmers in the Arkansas valley
for vegetables and fruit.
An early morning fire December
27th az Eureka, a small town eight
miles from Silverton. DESTROYED four
buildings, the Eureka hsel. the Eu-
reka saloon and two livery stables.
with loss OF $4,000. The total iusur-
ance 's only $1,000
On Christmas night at midnight the
night shift of 100 men at the Greeley
Sugar factory were served fne tur-
key dinner in the factory by their EN-
ployers- When the men went to eat
their midnight luncheon they found
the feast spread for them.
Ell Paso. Texas. people have incorpo-
rated the New Mexico Developu-nt
Company in New Mexico. to build u
railroad from Columbus, New Mexico.
near Ell Paso to the coal fields uf san
Juan county. New Mexico. and La
Plata and Montezuma counties in COLO
RADIO.
Captain Augustus Paddock, fathor of
l.. c. Paddock, editor of the Boulder
Camera. died at Boulder. December
Gath, from pneumonia. He was In mis-
SD year Up to 1873 he was ou- Of
the leading lumbermen of Micht-au.
For the last four years he liyD. in
Boulder.
AS the states portion of the sale of
government lands during the year just
passed, sl7 .o4G.Sl has been turned over
to State Treasurer Alfred Bent The
state Is allowed five per cent uf the
total sum realized by the federal aa.
thoritics from the sale of goveIuu.ut
lands IN lieu OF taxes.
During the national Democrat con
ventiou next July meeting OF the
Single Takers of the United States
will also be held in Denver. Among
those who will attend the convection
are Louis Post of Chicago, Bolton Hall
Of New York. Mayor Tom johns Of
Cleveland. and Henry George, lr Of
New York.
Finding that the Denver & R.o
Grande Railway Company, throu2h the
negligence OF its employees. respou- bic
for th = famous Adobe wreck, a jI. in
Judge Shattuck's division of tn Dis
trict Court at Denver. has awarded
Pat Brennan $500 damages TO the
death of his son, who was kill il
the wreck
A large force is at work for the Den
yer Il Interurban road in am near
Boulder, setting poles for the '-u.iey
wire. The company hopes to b. able
to run cars between Boulder anI Den
yer within few months. Most of the
grading Is done. The new grade viii
be used by the steam cars and the old
grade by the electric cars.
There is now stored in the Greeley
starch factory 2o0, 600 pounds Of potato
starch in 10So sacks, awaiting ship
ment to market. The starch Campaign
has fairly begun and potatoes are com
ing in freely at 20 cents sack. These
are unmarketable, and II is expected
that by apring six times the AMOUNT or
starch now on hand will be lady for
market.
To form A state Association of the
district attorneys and Their assistants,
movement is on foot to call meet
ing Of all he Colorado district attor-
neys to be neld in Colorado Springs
early in February. The object OF the
organization will be to bring the dis
tIlct attorneys ipto closer sympathy
and to suggest to the legislature from
time to time changes in ting or
proposed laws.
In a report just completed by Cash
fer Broderick the business done by the
Denver postoftice during the past year
ending with November 30th shows an
increase of SIS per cent. or sIG.l0G.3S
over that of last year. From the sales
of stamps, boxes, etc. the receipts
amounted tc s939.1S4.sG against $s63,-
O77.6S in 1906. Altogether. Uncle Sam
will get $s2e,SG 20 from the Denver
postottice this year.
Judge Ben b. Lindsey of Denver, re-
turned recently from lecturing tour
in South Dakota and resumed his du-
ties on the Juvenile Court bench. He
will start out in two weeks Tor an eX-
tended trip through the South. partic-
ularly Oklahoma and Texas. where the
legislatures will create juvenile laws
this winter. Instead OF remaining
away for six months, however, he will
return to Denver about May 1st.
The Badger Reservoir Company
has filed maps of its reservoir and
bitches with The county clerk of Nor
gan county. This reservoir is to be
located twelve miles south of Fort
Morgan on Badger creek, and have a
capacity of 100000 900 cubic feet, cov-
ering 200 ;.cres. it will be filed with
flood waters from Badger creek dur
ing the spring. The reservoir has a
drainage area of six townships, and
will bring under irrigation about 1O,-
900 acres.
Mayor Vivian of Golden has ordered
every saloon keeper to close his place