The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-05-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS

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office by the executive committee OF
the State Board of Health.
Secretary Boggess of the Colorado
Chautauqua Association, is receiving
letters indicating large attendance
to the summer session commencing
July 4th.
The discovery of two cases of sup
posed rabies in dogs in Greeley has
postponed the revoking of the ordi-
nance which requires that all dogs be
kept at home or be shot
In the District Court at Pueblo on
the 1st inst, Ed Hager, recently con-
victed of the murder of Mrs. Eliza
beth James, was sentenced to death
| during the week of August 14th.
The annual conference of the Colo
rado Methodist Episcopal church Will
open in Pueblo on September Sth. The
conference will be held in st. Paul
church and Bishop Berry will preside.
Rev. Benjamin Brewster. who will
be consecrated Episcopal bishop of
western Colorado June 18th, has an
nounced that he will make his future
home in Glenwood Springs.
| Measurements taken at the Roose-
welt deep drainage tunnel in the Grip
pie Creek district, show total gain
for the month of April of $50 feet, said
to be a record for tunnel driving in any
country.
| While Rev. e. B. Taft of the Bap-
tst church at Cripple Creek was
preaching on the high moral standard
| nf ho bDy Sunday night
burglar was at work in his apartments
adjoining the church, and secured two
valuable diamond rings
o. S. Kelly, son of wealthy man of
Springfield, O., who was extensively
interested in mines in western Colo
RADIO, and who has been here getting
practical mining experience, was serl-
ously injured by cave-in in the Lib
erty Bell mine at Telluride, where he
was working, on the End inst. He suf-
fered fracture of the jaw, a sprained
ankle and badly injured back.
An increasing demand for power for
irrigation purposes is noted by the
Northern Colorado Power Company,
whose transmission lines extend over
Northern Colorado. Two new pump
ing plants are being installed near
Longmont to raise water above the
bitches for irrigation, and inquiry is
coming from all parts of the district
reached by the line.
Denver City troop, classified on the
roster as Troop B, First squadron OF
cavalry, carried off the honors of the
First squadron at the fourth annual
field competition Of the National Guard
of Colorado, at the Denver range May
End, winning the team and individual
matches. Private A. Smith of Troop
b won the individual match by to-
tai score of AIS points
Now that the supply of water a.
furnished by the AnterO and Lost Park
reservoir is assured, the Antero Reser
voir Company has arranged for storing
the water carried to Denver by its
High Line ditch by the purchase of the
Toll Gate and Platte Land reservoirs
north and east of the city. The trans
fer of the Toll Gate reservoir located
just east of the Windsor farm involves
an expenditure of about $250,000.
William Longinott, who shot and
killed Charles Reidel at Denver be
cause of an insulting remark which he
said Reidel had made about his di
vorced wife, will get a new trial un
er an opinion written by Chief Justice
Steele of the Supreme Court, handad
down Monday. Longinotti was sen
fenced to death during the week ol
July 26th by Judge Greeley w. Whit
ford of the District Court in Denver.
1t is estimated that the fruit croI
on the Western slope this year will ag
gregate nearly 5000 carloads, requir
ing eighteen carloads of paper tt
wrap the individual peaches, pears
plums and apricots, without counting
the apples. Fruit growers are al
ready appealing to the railroads to ar
range for furnishing the thousands o
extra people who will be required t.
pick the crop, and for moving the croI
after it is picked.
In the District Court at Golden Ma,
1st verdict for $4,000 for the plain
tiff was rendered by the jury in the
case of Sarah A. Stock VS.. The Big Fiv'
Mining Company, after deliberatinl
the entire night. Mrs Stock sued TO
$4,000 for injuries alleged to hav'
been caused by a defective bathtul
owned by the company at Idah'
Springs. This was the third trial o
the case, the first resulting in yer
dict for $1,000, which was set aside
and the second in a hung jury.
The Board of Commissioners of tn
Colorado Soldiers and Sailors Hom
at Monte Vista, composed Of l.. II
Cheney, o. S. Storrs, A. n Jones an,
H. c. Watson, passed resolutions o
regret on the retirement of Comman
der C. s. Aldrich. The resolution