The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02

T., 1919 SIF
The Discussion Club will meet with
Mrs. Garrabrant, Wednesday Eve,
Jan. 6.
Mrs. H. c. MacQuarrie left Tuesday
for Ogden. Utah. after scending some
time in this city this guest of rela-
tives.
Congressman Warren A. Haggott
left the city Wednesday morning for
Washington n. C. to resume his duties
as memoer OF the House of Represen
tatives. He will remain there until
the close of the present session of
Congress.
Holders of location claims are busy
at present doing the assessment work
for 1908 and hence work just now is
plentiful Some have experienced
difficulty in securing all the miners ne
cessary but are doing their duty in COM
plying with the terms of the law.
Herman Weinberger took the train
on Thursday morning to resume his
studies at the University of Colorado
AS student he has taken and NAM
tained most excellent standing as is
eXemplified by he reco. milton of mer
it bestowed by the student body.
Past Assistant Adjt General, w. W.
Ferguson and Past Commander VIM
p Babbitt of the Dept. of Colorado
and Wyoming G. A. r. visited E. ID.
Baker Post No. 80, on the 27th to In
stall the officers of the Post for 1909.
They were entertained at the home Of
Adjutant Devlan.
The patrons of the Merchants and
Miners National Bank were greatly
pleased to receive as an expression Of
good will and kind appreciation a sill
yer coin purse which is both handy and
servic, able The bank officials are very
much gratified over the year 8 business
management and success.
Ben j. Martelon was III the city Wed
nesday with party of eastern people
to look over the properties Of which he
is superintendent or in which he is in
terested. They could not have fallen
int tho hands nf hat ip;,
Samaritan. Ben hrs had extended ex-
perience in this county and knows what
constitutes good property and how to
make it pay.
Lafe Hanchett showed his apprecia-
, ton of the local fire department by
sending Fire Chief Robinson check
for S. from his home in the west. 1t
is such evidences of appreciation that
holds together volunteer fire depart.
ments, for as a rule the work per
formed by the individual is one of un
in the protection of the individual
without the hope reward.
| Patrick Henry Cullen went to Den
yer on the early morning train Tuesday
where he consulted an occulist in re-
gard to his right optic. Pat was seek
| ing fame on the basketball field when
someone trod on his eye who had for
COTTON to take the hobnails ont of his
shoes. He failed to bring back any
part of the shoe which has given him
so much discomfort, but is feeling
much better and it is thought that he
will not lose his eyesight.
Some people seem rather uneasy
over the stringing of the three large
copper cables anywhere near their
property by the Central Colorado
company In towns and cities such
cables are run through the streets
close to the building and yet no one
takes any exception further than the
unsightly looks of having so many
strung on the streets. So far as dan
ger, it is not given passing thought
any longer. The Central Colorado
company, however, is taking tho extra
precaution to run lightning arresting
W res between these cables which are
grounded at the different towers, so
that if the electricity from the sky is
drawn to these large cables, it will be
dissipated by the smaller wires.
w. s. Marr Of Hildreth, A. W. Dowd,
of Wymore, and J E. Orcutt, of Lin
coin, Nebraska, arrived in the city on
Sunday morning and remained here un-
til Monday afternoon. They were
chapert ne by Charles f. Jaynes, su-
perintendent of the General Consoidat-