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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

DR.. Percy Jaffa has been appointed
pension examining surgeon at Trini.
dad, Colo.
1t is announced that the second an
nual conference of governors will be
held January 1S, 1910, at Washington.
Rear Admiral R. r. Ingersoll, a
member of the general board of the
navy. is about to be placed on the re-
tired list on account of age.
The secretary of the interior has
approved clear list No. 81 embracing
7,194.53 acres in the Pueblo land dis
trict, selected by the state Of Colorado
as indemnity for loss of school lands.
1t is said to be shown by Depart
ment of Justice records affecting the
so-called electrical trust, that the gov
ernment in July, 1908, was offered a
million dollar bribe to cease further
operations of the General Electric
Company and the Westinghouse Com
pany in particular, and of the Ameri.
can Telephone and Telegraph Compa.
ny incidentally.
James Freeman Curtis OF Boston.
now United States district attorney,
and once intercollegiate golf champion
of the United States, has been chosen
assistant secretary Of the treasury.
Mr.. Curtis succeeds James B. Rey.
nolds, who resigned to become a men,
ber of the tariff board. and he will
have special charge of customs mat
ters.
President Taft sent letters of con-
graduation to Midshipman H. o.
Roesch, winner of the national individ-
ual rifle against GA contestants; to
Midshipman Andrew D. Denny, win
ner of the presidents match, and to
Major W. B. Martin, Of the End N. J.
Infantry OF Elizabeth, N. j., winner
OF the. title of military rifle cham
pion of the United States for 1909.
Following a lengthy conference at
the White House. it was announced
that the administration will exert all
its influence toward securing a COM
.prehensive revision Of the interstate
commerce law by the incoming Con.
gress. The President had as his ad-
visers the attorney general, Commits
sioner Lane of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and Senators FL
kins and Cummins.
Walter Wellman, the noted journal
list and Arctic explorer. has issued
lengthy statement in which he gives
his reasons for disbelieving DR.. Fred
erick A. Cooks account of his having
discovered the North pole.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States has affirmed the decisions Of
the United States Circuit Court for the
District of Minnesota, restraining the
enforcement of the order Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission reducing
from 81 to 81 per car terminal charges
on live stock on the railroads entering
Chicago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
The Cost of Politics.

In his "reminiscences of Grover
Cleveland, George F. Parker tells a
story concerning prodigal expendi-
lures in politics. A rich man who
had been nibbling at the Democratic
nomination for governor of New York
asked William C. Whitneys advice.
This is the advice: "Of course, you
ought to run, Make your preliminary
canvass, and when you have put In
100000 you will have become SO
much interested in 1t that you will
feel like going ahead and spending
some money"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
GENERAL NEWS.

Georgia is completing more than ten
miles of good roads a day. Over $500
convicts are at work in los counties
out Of the 149.
On his arrival at Queenstown on the
steamer Lusitania. Sir Thomas Lip.
ton talked about the Americas cup.
He says he will build two boats, with
Fife the principal designer. The
Shamrock w. will be 9O-footer with
about the same sail area as previous
challenger modelled according to the
conditions of the universal rule and
the challenge to be sent in March
next.
Miss Louise w. Taft, daughter of
Henry w. Taft and niece Of President
Taft, will be married at New York
City during the Christmas holidays to
George H. Snowdon, Seattle lumber
man.
Rough lumber has advanced 81 per
1000 all over western Canada and the
mills are calling in travelling statesmen
because Of the rush of orders. Export
mills in British Columbia report a
largely increased business in the Unit
ed States. this being one cause of the
advance. Another advance in price Is
expected to take place before spring.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
"JuIjus Caesar" Sent to Bed.

At the British Authors club ban
quet in his honor, Lieut.. Shackleton
told an amusing story of man who
went home one night after dinner and
took with him four or five others.
Come in, boys" he said, "and have
a last drink"
But your wife might not like It,"
one OF the party replied.
my wife," was the answer; Il am
julius Caesar in my house."
On entering they were received by
the lady of the house with the words:
"Oh, walk in, gentlemen; there Is
plenty of drink IN the dining room.
AS for julius Caesar, he is going to
bed
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WILL HAVE WORLDS MOST COM.
PLETE PLANT FOR TESTING
ORES AND PROCESSES.
IS LARGE
FAMOUS COLORADO INSTITUTION
GATHERS STUDENTS FROM
ALL REGIONS.

DenNer.-MllllOnS OF dollars Will De
saved to the mine owners of Colorado
by the new ore dressing and metallur-
gical plant planned for the Colorado
School of Mines, according to the an
nual report of that institution, which
was filed in the governors office a
few days since The structure is to
cost $4,000 and will be constructed
along the lines of the Krupp plant at
Madgeburg, Germany. site of seven
acres has been selected for it, adion-
ing the athletic field in Golden, and
when the equipment is all installed.
says the report, the mine owners OF
the state will be able to come there
and have their ore tested, in order to
determine the best method of extract
ing the metal from it. In some in
stances owners have spent as much as
100000 putting up a plant at their
mines, only to find that the method
selected was not satisfactory. With
the new testing plant at the School
of Mines to do the preliminary work
for them, the owners can be sure of
installing the best sort of plant for
the kind of ore they have in their
mines.
Experts all over the country have
examined the plans for the new plant
and they unite in the opinion that
when in operation it will be the most
complete thing of the sort in exist
ence.
During the past year. says the re-
port, the school has received $4,000
worth of gifts in the way of machin-
cry, metallurgical equipment, and 9TH
er apparatus. The Walsh fund for re-
search work in the rare metals, par
ticularly radium, is commented upon
at length and the progress of the
search reported. With the money do
mated by Thomas F. Walsh, a quad
rant electrometer for laboratory work
in the search for rare metals has been
purchased, and an electroscope with
tripod for field work With this lat.
ter instrument the presence of mineral
in liquids can be detected and min
eral springs located which might 9TH
erwise be overlooked. The Walsh
fund has also been used to purchase
fourteen-foot spectroscope of the
Littrow type.
| Prof. G. M. Butler has started a
course in Gems and Gem Mining
this year, which is optional with the
students at the school and which has
proved popular with those who were
able to take it.
The report of the school shows it
to be in excellent shape, with the
courses of study broadened this year
and much more original research work
being done. There are students in the
institution from eighteen universities,
twenty colleges, ten technical schools
and one from the United States army.
The enrolment is 355 altogether, for.
ty-three per cent. of which are from
outside of Colorado. They represent
twenty-eight states, the District of Co
lumbia, the Philippine Islands. Mex.
leo, England, Canada, Alaska, British
Columbia Brazil and Chile
The new gymnasium, which cost
$4,000, is in use, and the school is in
good financial condition.
The trustees of the school are John
P. kelly, Joseph S. Jaffa, Frank Bulk.
ley and James T. Smith.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
A Natural Mistake,

How is the foreign nobleman get
ting along whom you are teaching
English?"
Fairly well. except that he always
misplaces his propositions.
How for instance?"
He told me the other day he in
tended to marry the daughter Of a
rich pork packer, and then after q
honeymoon trip in Europe they were
coming back to live with the old
man"
THAT was right, wasn't it?"
mo; to be correct, he should have
said on the old man"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reaoA
the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is blood constE
tutona disease and in order to cure 1t must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternay. and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not Quack med-
cine. 1t prescribed by OF the best hyscians
1t Is composed of the best toncs known. combined
mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the
two ingredients is what produces such wonderful
suits in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
F. J. CHENEY 4 CO. Props. Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
A Steady Job.

Peculiar thing about women. isn't
tt?" said the benedict.
Whats peculiar about them?"
queried the innocent bachelor.
Why" explained the other, after q
woman gets married she wonders
three times day as long as she lives
what to get for the next meal"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
burlington Ia. has adopted the

| se0H Ia, mas adopted tho
commission bian of city government
ov a vo-e OF 2,63S to 1865.
ieports OF the election on the osth
UT. show that the proposed prohibi.
ton constitutional amendment was d..
ieated at the polls in Alabama by a
considerable majority.
The gigantic meteor that was oh
served shooting across the sky in tie
vicinity of Dubuque, Ia, split into two
Farts, one falling near Manchester.
ne latter portion weighed over a to,.
Bradham hall, the girls dormitory
OF the South Carolina State Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical College for ne
sroes, together with the dining hall
am kitchen, was burned few days
since. Loss, $4,000; insurance, s2O,-
Dexter Smith. thirty years ago a
well known musical critic and the an.
thor OF several popular songs, died at
MS nome in Boston on the 29th uit.
Smith was born in 1888 Among his
songs were Put Me in My Little Bed"
and Gross and Crown"
In order to attend the hunting party
OF the Marquis de Polignac at Berru,
In France. Hubert Latham flew in his
monoplane from Chalons, distance
OF nineteen miles, in thirty minutes.
He killed a goodly number of pleas
ants and partridges and at sunset
boarded his monoplane again and re-
turned to Chalons.
Three hundred Americans were
present at a Thanksgiving dinner in
Exposition Park. Berlin, where the
American Exposition will be held next
year. Consul General Thackara pre-
sided and Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler
president of the University of Cali
fornia, made the principal address.
The gathering sent an address OF
greeting to President Taft at Wash
ington.
The new railway running between
Bergen and Christiania was inaugu-
rated November 26th with grand
Banquet, at which King Haakon was a
guest. The line completes the system
of communication between Christiania
and Bergen and the North Sea. 1t has
occupied fifteen years in construction
and is considered the greatest eco
nomic national work Norway has
achieved.
Solon Chase, a celebrated figure in
the days of the greenback agitation. 80
years ago, died Of heart disease a few
days since at his home at Chases
Mills, in Maine. He was 67 years old.
During the height of the greenback
campaign Chase stumped the country
as far as the Middle West, driving q
pair of steers hitched to a hayrack.
from the rear end of which he deliv-
cred his speeches.
Col. John S. Mosby. Confederate
guerilla chieftain and alumus of the
University of Virginia, denounces foot
ball in a remarkable interview in
which he compares the game with ac-
tual warfare, maintains that the large
number of fatalities represent SO many
men murdered and declares that the
past and present ideals of manhood in
the great American universities rep
resent the difference between Stone
wall Jackson and John l.. Sullivan.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

w. F. r. Mills, secretary of the
Denver Chamber of Commerce and
Board of Trade, has resigned that po-
stion in order to devote his entire
time to the work of the Convention
League, of which he is secretary
With his family he will make a pro
tracted trip to California and other
states of the Pacific coast, prelimi
nary to taking up his exclusive duties
with the league.
Charles F. Hill, graduate of the
Trinidad High school, class of 1899
has been appointed army paymasteI
in Porto Rico. Soon after his gradu
alton at Trinidad his parents moved
to the island and he entered the mill
tary service. He spoke Spanish flu
emily, which greatly aided him in hi,
climb up the ladder.
A belated reward Of $3.50 has beer
offered by the Trinidad City Council
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer of Mrs. Anna Goldman, wife
of David Goldman, who was stranglei
to death August goth while in the
store alone.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Grand Valley Pioneer Dies.

Denver.-A Grand Junction dis
patch Monday says: Danforth N
Wheeler, aged sixty-eight, one of the
best-known pioneer citizens of Grand
Junction, leading G. A. r. veteran
of the valley and one of the Oldest
Odd Fellows in the West, is dead from
Old Fellows in the West, is
dead from pneumonia after less
than weeks illness. He was
born in Pennsylvania and came to
Colorado thirty years ago, residing
in Colorado Springs several years
prior to coming here. He had been q
member of the Odd Fellows forty-one
years and held many offices in the 10
cal lodge. He left three children.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
TakinQ after Pa.

Stranger-Gracious! What a queer
baby! 1t seems he'd rather be under
the carriage than in it.
Nurseries,, ma'am. You see, his
father is an automobile crank and the
baby thinks he is fixing machine
when he crawls under the carriage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Did His Best.

Passerby-Here, boy, your dog has
bitten me on the ankle
log Owner-Well, that's as high as
he could reach. You wouldn't expect
a little pup like him to bite your neck.
would ?-Pearson's Weekly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Still knockjno,

Mrs. Stubb-Just to think, John. The
great polar explorer states that there
are spots up in the far north where it
would be impossible to open your
mouth without freezing to death.
Mr.. Stubb-Ah, now l understand.
Maria.
Mrs. Stubb--Understand what?
Mr.. Stubb-Why it is that women
never try to discover the north pole.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Our Wilbur,

Wilbur. flying fastest,
Turning quickest, will not halt
Till he has trained his aeroplane
To turn a somersault.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

He-Tallcng about Shackleton, I
weally can't understand whai feller
should go pottering about in such out
land1sh places. All don't s'pose the
theaters and music halls are a bit
bettah there than they are heah-
what!
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
How II Happened.

Il see where a Frenchman won an
automobile race by a neck"
"Shucks! You must be thinking
about horse race
Nothing of the kind. The French
man was the only driver entered who
didn't break his neck"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
The Fate Of Mary's Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb,
But beef went up SO high
She had to sacrifice her pet
And live on mutton pie!
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Rapid Work.

"Twister, the celebrated contortion
list, has made new record
What is it,"
Twenty knots an hour"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Nothing In II.

She-I hear you contemplate be-
coming an aeronaut?
He-You have been misinformed. !
intend to remain an aero cipher.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
The Only Kind.

1T would be a good idea II brains
could be gone over and renovated now
ana then"
IF that were possible. some brains
would have to be renovated with a
vacuum cleaner"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
A Recollection.

did 1t take you long to learn the
college yell?"
mo, indeed. yelled the first night
the sophomores got me-"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Usually High.

Little Willie (reading)-Say. pa
what does peace at any price" mean
Pa-It invariably means peace at Q
high price. my son.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Just as Well.

statistics show that Japan has two
earthquakes a day"
Gee. a man might as well be mar
ried as to live in Japan"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
The Kind to Expect.

$50 the aeronaut you were telling
me about got into trouble?"
Yes: he was In what you might
call soar straights."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Cause and Effect,

II don't believe that girls smile
comes from Der heart"
ut doesn't; 1t comes from her new
gold tooth"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
The Secret Out.

What" asked the dreamer. "is the
easiest way to get money!"
Inherit It," replied the material
fact person.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

house. My back ached all the time and
l was utterly weak. unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretions were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health, and I am able to do as much
work as the average woman. though
nearly eighty years old"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Associated Profits.

SIS he a good player?"
well, when he handles poker, you
Just ought to see him shovel in the
money"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

not tell what Doan's
Kidney Pills h ave
done for me. Fifteen
years kidney trouble
clung to me. my ex-
istence was one OF
misery and for two
whole years I was un-
able to 60 out of the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
At the Banquet.

He rose and told
His brightest joke:
The papers said:
Smith also spoke"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
FREED At LAST
From the Awful Tortures Of Kidney
Disease.

Mrs. Rachel Ivie. Henrietta, Texas.
says: Il would be ungrateful II l did
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
Lofty Scorn.

Il suppose after giving Elsie a good
lecture on her outrageous flirting. you
found her a regular valley of humilia-
tiOn ~
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
A Question Of Taste.

You are sure this was moonshlne
whisky?" said the investigator.
Yes answered the man from Ten.
neSSee
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
nessee.
Did you taste IT,"

Taste it? No. l swallowed a lit
tie. You don't taste 1t any more than
you'd taste a hornet if you accidental.
ly bit one. You just know it's there"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04
A Hard Life.

Irritated Citizen - Aren't you
ashamed of yourself. going about with
that street organ. and leading such a
lazy life?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

Not much l didn't. She was more
in a state of mountainous pique."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

The Suffragette-An is this my
ballot?
The Election Judge-Yes, ma'am;
that's 1t.
The Suffragette-Wheres s the house
hold page and the comic supplement?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

Street Organist-Lazy life? Why,
sir, Ifs with me is one long daily
grind.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-12-04

''Since Mabel has been in love her
head is completely turned"
Gracious, l hadn't noticed that she
has been bleaching"
Arizona republican., 1909-06-04
KING JAMES WINNER
 OF BROOKLYN HANDICAP
Record of the Gravesend Track Cut one-Fifth of a Second.

New York, June 3.-King James first, Restigouche second. Celt third. Thus stands the record of the twenty third renewal of the historic Brooklyn Handicap, run today at Gravesend. The three other starters, High Priv ate, Frank Gill and Berkley, finished as named, but were beaten off. The time, 2:O4, establishes a new record for the race, being one fifth of a second better than the figures hung up last year by Celt.
 Coupled as the entry of Sam Hn- dreth, King James and Restigouche were quoted in the betting at 3 to to win and l to for the place Res tigouche, running alone, was variously quoted as high as 20 to l to win, s to l for the place and 4 to to show
 Though maintaining a race among the horses, the contest was exciting Especially great was the interest when a furlong from home. King James pushed his nose in front of the flying Restigouche and inch by inch crept past him until at the wire he was leading his stable mate by a full length, while Restigouche was three lengths in front of the tired and noundering Celt.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-04
EVOLUTION IF | LITTLE BUTTE Its Change From a Copper
 Prospect t0aCoppeP Mine STOCK CONTROL IS SOLD
John w. Sharpe Assumes Management of the Prop erty Today---Stockholders Meeting g Called For June 1 5 Larger Operations Planned

It may be announced with reason able certainty that in few days the Little Butte and adjoining mining property owned by the Arizona Bouse company will pass from the control of the present management into the hands of a syndicate of Phoenix gen tlemen who are preparing to exploit it or a much larger scale. The personnel of the new syndicate could not be learned yesterday but it is known that the transaction is one engineered by President Meyers and Secretary Bish- op of the Arizona Bouse company, through the agency of the Southwest ern Realty company in this city and that John w. Sharpe is at present at the head of the syndicate which is to acquire the controlling interest in the stock of the company. IT. B. King of the Realty company will also be an active member of the management if plans are carried out. Messrs. Meyers and Bishop last night mailed to all the stockholders of the company, notices of a special meeting to be held at the Hotel Adams on June 15. to ef-
Arizona republican., 1909-06-04
SOMETHING IN THE AIR
 THAT CONSUMES WATER
Some Facts Regarding Street Sprink. ling Difficulties.

There has been some complaint of the dusty streets in the business dis trict in the day time and some have failed to notice on account of the dust that the streets were being sprinkled. There was an impression that the sprinkling was done only in the night time. That, however, is not the case. Washington street is drenched five times in twenty-four hours three of those drenchings talk ing place in the day time and two at night
 More water is now being put on the streets than ever before. The daily consumption for street sprinkling is 357, ,500 gallons or more than one-sixth of the amount pumped for all pur- poses. Though there has often been much hotter weather than has pre- vailed for the last week, Superin- tendent Carr of the streets says that he has never seen a time when so much water was needed to keep down the dust. There is some condition of the atmosphere which takes up the water much more rapidly than usual There are therefore more wagons on the streets day and night than have ever been kept there at one time.