The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-25

Members of the Shakespeare club
will be entertained by Mrs. r. r.
Graham next Tuesday night.
City Attorney Fred COLON was
called to Denver the first of the
week by the death of John Rowe.
MIR. and Mrs. p p Barbour spent
a couple of days in Denver and Col
den this week, returning Thursday.
Bob Earheart came up from Den
yer the first of the week to look af-
ter the repairs at the new Bellevue
hotel building.
J. L.Detrich, of Colorado City, spent
a couple of days here this week look
ing after some mining property in
Spring gulch.
c. S. Birkins represented himself
at the Taft gathering at Denver last
Tuesday and enjoyed every minute
of his vacation.
Mrs. r. Il. Graham was among the
local residents who listened to Taft's
"lncome" speech at the auditorium
at Denver, Tuesday evening.
The work of extending the steam
heating mains goes rapidly forward.
Connection has this week been made
with the opera house property.
w r. Callicotte, of the state bureau
of child and animal protection, came
up from Denver the middle of the
week and was caller at this office.
SIr Floyd Norville, of St. Louis.
Mo-, who has been spending some
time here as the guest of Thos. l..
returned to his home last
Wednesday.
City improvements go steadily on
ward AT the present time seven
new cross walks are being construct
ed, thus adding materially to the ap-
pearance of the city.
Unknown persons threw stones at
the south bound passenger train last
Wednesday afternoon when passing
through Lawson, breaking window,
a passenger escaping injury by very
narrow margin.
Frank Kooken came up from Den
yer the first of the week for few
days visit with his mother. Mrs
Kooken expects to leave the first of
next month for a protracted visit in
California. Frank is in the postal
service at Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Dutton departed
Thursday morning for Mason City,
Iowa, where they will establish a
home MIR. Dutton has been the 10
cal agent of the Prudential insurance
company, and will represent the
same company in the Iowa city.
The Central Colorado Power COM
pany has this week had force of
men here engaged in making connect
ions with the new transformers at
the Hydro Electric station at the foot
of Fifteenth avenue. 1t will take
some time to put the new transform
ers into commission.
A blowout on the power line of the
supply line of the Hydro Electric com
pany in the vicinity of Georgetown,
Monday put the local plant out of
commission for several hours. The
injury was repaired before daylight
however, and but little inconvenience
was experienced by the patrons.
Miss Eva Martin entertained a
number of her young lady friends last
Friday at the family home in Sunny
Side. Games and refreshments were
hugely enjoyed. Those present were:
Misses Evylan Lyon, Nellie Merwin,
Gretchen Lyon, Stella Robbins, May
Fabian, Charlotte Nicholson, May
Evans, Tomina Johnson, Eula Horsch
and Gladys Oliver.
o. N. Marihugh, of Denver, gener-
al factotem Of the Marshall-Russell
project at Empire station, came to
the city Sunday accompanied by Col.
H. A. Morting, F. L. McCouley and
D. C. Davis, Of Ironton, Ohio. The
sons of the Buskeye state expressed
as pleased with their
visit and propose to duplicate it at
the very first opportunity.