The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-05-22
COLORADO ITEMS

people Will De present from all phTtS
of the state.
Rev. G. A. Brandelle. D. D., of Den
yer, was recently elected for the tenth
time president of the Kansas Lutheran
conference. embracing Kansas, Col
orado and Texas.
Mrs. Rebecca Eaton, widow of the
late Ex-Governor Eaton, and Bruce G.
Eaton, and wife have Incorporated the
Bruce G. Eaton Land & Live Stock
Company. capitalized at 100000.
The following Colorado citizens have
been appointed timber cruisers In the
general land office service: Wilson S.
Blaser. Durango; Harry H. Schwartz.
Jr., Harry H. Ward. Jesse X. Chelten-
ten, Denver.
Postmaster Paul j. Sours of Denver
has gone for a two months pleasure
trip to the Pacific coast. He will stay
he will join his family and he will
then attend the fair at Seattle.
The Union Pacific has filed condeln-
nation suits In the District Court at
Greeley against ten farmers in Grow
Creek district with whom the com
pany has not been able to settle, the
farmers holding their land at over 3100
an acre.
The Penrose & Northern railway, in
Fremont county, which is financed by
the Beaver Land & Irrigation Com
pany, has just completed laying three
and a half miles of rails and expects
to have the road in operation by June
LIST.
DR.. Victor c. Anderson, president OF
the Colorado School of Mines, went to
Butte. Mont, to join the members OF
he senior class of the institution, and
inish the inspection trip with them
rhe class has been making a months
tour of the West, visiting all big mines
mills, smelters and power enterprises
IN Colorado. Utah, Idaho and Montana
The invitations for the thirty fifth
annual commencement OF the Colorado
School of Mines have been issued by
the Board Of Trustees and the faculty
of the school, The commencement
will take place Friday afternoon. May
2Sth. at Simon Guggenheim hall, in
Golden. The annual address will be
delivered by Mr.. John Hays Ham
mond.
Unable to extricate her foot from
between the bars Of the cattle guard
which she attempted to cross with
two other children, Eva Warner, aged
eight. met death at a railroad cross
ing at Windsor on the 18th inst. and
her two little companions almost los
their lives In an heroic attempt te
aid her. The engineer did not see tn;
children in time to stop the train.
The Greeley Commercial Club will
ask $40 from each of the big ditcl
and reservoir companies of Weld coun
ty to help create fund to push bill
in the next Legislature to enlarge the
forest reserves at the head OF the
streams in Colorado. for the benefi
of irrigation. The action was taker
following an address by Directors
Davis and Weld of the Longmont Com
mercial Club.
When the shift came at both head
ings of the Gunnison tunnel on the
morning of May 17tn the distance be
tween the two was Just 900 feet. A
the present rate of progress they viii
come together by July goth, when The
2O.64O feet of the big bore will be
completed. The opening day will BIZ
between the 18th and goth of August
when President Taft has announced
his intention to be present
Greeley and vicinity will be th'
background for scenes shown in man,
picture shows in New York and Chi
cago next summer. One will be bant
robbery moving picture, with the ker
sey country in the background. Jam 81
Stewart, Greeley boy, worked fiv.
weeks training eleven people for the
scene. Among them are five real COW
boys and Kersey maiden who cap
lures the robbers. The Kersey banl
be used for the scene
The government census Of the Den
yer district for 1910 will be in charg'
of A. B. McGaffey. who will relinquisl
the position Of secretary Of the Stat
Board Of Equalization on June 1st
There will be two other districts Ii
Colorado and Timothy O'Conner, for
mer secretary Of state, will be super
visor in one of them. Census super
visors receive $500 a year with al
additional fee of 81 for each thousan
names. The work will cover a perio'
OF three years, beginning July LIST.
Mrs. Sarah Morley. who settled ii
Greeley in 1872. celebrated her eighty
sixth birthday at Greeley on the 12t
inst. She was the daughter OF Judg
Benjamin Raymond of Norfolk, N. Y
and the youngest of nine children. fiv