The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-16

SATURDAY, OCTOBER Is
Mrs. Lou SEaffer visited with Den
yer friends The middle of the week.
Tuesday was holiday. but was not
generally observed in this city. 1t
was Columbus Day.
Mrs. r. B. Morton was a passen-
ger for the state capitol on the early
train. Wednesday morning.
A large number of local society peo-
pie will journey to Lawson tonight
to attend dance at that place.
Engineer Deems came up from Den.
yer. Thursday to look after mining
matters in this section. dividing his
time between this place and George
town
Tie old stone skating rink has
again been opened to the public and
will be accessible for skating three
nights each week. The proprietor is
in personal charge and promises to
give the best possible service.
joe Meyers, manager of the Mines
Supply company, went to Denver the
middle of the week to make addi-
tional purchases for his company
The company quarters in the Coddins-
ton block are fast being put In con-
dition for the reception of the stock.
and when completed will be one of
the peatest store rooms In the city.
At Ration, New Mexico. on the ninth
inst. Joseph S. Kimball, brother of
George X. Kimball of this city, and
Miss Jennie Uren of Central City
were married. The young lady jour
neyeA there to become his bride.
The groom Is in charge of some min
ing properties in New Mexico belong
ing to his brother. The happy couple
will make their home in Ration.
During the week of October 49,
20 Denver Lodge No. II. B. P. o. E.
win hold a grand Fair and Bazaar
in the big auditorium which prom
ises to be the greatest affair Of that
natuYe ever held in the West. The
magnificent prizes to be awarded to
the lucky visitors are Of great value.
among which are $500 automobile.
. $1,000 prize winning Scotch Dur
ham bull, the famed Libbey cut glass
punch bowl valued at several hundred
dollars which took first prize at the
Worlds Fair at St. Louis, mahoga-
ny chest Of solid silverware valued
at $3.50 and many valuable lesser
prizes OF several descriptions.
The religious census that has been
taken throughout Colorado has been
done under the supervision vand aus
pices Of the State Sunday School AS
sociation. Its object Is to give facts
and figures regarding the religious
preference of the citizens. The work
has been completed in this city and
county but in many places in the
state the work has been continuous
to the present time. 1t will now be IN
order to have the results tabulated
for the benefit Of churches and sab
bath schools interested in this work.
It is also the intention of these who
are principal movers in this census
taking work to file a summary with
the proper state officials so that 1t
can be used for purposes of refer
ence by those SO desiring.
The footage made in the Newhouse
tunnel during the month of Septem-
ber amounted to two hundred and
seventy four feet. This fell short
of the record breaking footage OF
August but when one considers the
several drawbacks, the record is a
very excellent one. For brief
time 1t was necessary to suspend op-
Grafton on account of temporary
shortness of power and the miners
also encountered some extremely
hard ground. As an evidence OF the
hardness of the rock 1t may be stat
ed that In driving two shifts, fifty OF
the large machine drills were broken
and one hundred and forty dulled.
The breast Of the tunnel has passed
beyond Nevada gulch and it Is ex-
pected. that the objective point, the
Gunnell mine, will be reached by
next spring.
How can business men expect that
people will buy everything they need
in town, when they don't advertise
their goods. The daily papers of
Denver come here with columns OF
adYertiainR along the same line, as