The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-17
COLORADO NEWS

La Junta's six saloons were closed
at noon July 8th by order of the dis
trict attorney.
The first box ofGrand valley peaches
for the season was shipped from Grand
Junction by the Fruit Growers Asso-
citation on the 10th inst
The Pueblo Savings Bank has ap-
piled for a charter to be known as the
Pueblo Savings Bank & Trust Com
pany. Former Governor Adams is
president.
The new ten-story building that IL
being erected for the Denver Gas and
Electric Company at the corner OF
Fifteenth and Champa streets in Den
yer will cost 100000.
Potato Day in Greeley will be re-
vived this year and be one of the fea-
lures Of the big Weld county fair to
be held the first four days in Septem-
ber. Farmers will contribute potatoes
and mutton for the great feast.
Edward Maurin. young ranchman
of twenty-three. residing on Capitol
Creek. near Aspen, took a dose Of
strychnine, supposing he was taking
salts. He rode to a nearby ranch and
died before medical aid could be sum-
moned.
The two-year-old son OF Samuel
Straight. living seven miles northeast
of Greeley. fell into the watering
trough on the 18th inst. and was
drowned. This is the eighth child
drowned in Weld county within a
month.
Tungsten miners at Boulder state
that not since the financial depression
has the outlook for the tungsten indus
try been SO promising as at present
Plans are being made for extensive
improvements In milling facilities, with
other arrangements which will lead to
an activity only equaled when the
county was producing at the rate Of
three-quarters of a million dollars
worth Of the black metal per annum.
Work is to be commenced at once
on the extension OF the tracks of the
Argentine Central railway from its
present terminus, the summit of
Mount Mcclellan, to Gray's Peak. a.
AL feet above sea level. 1t Is be-
lieved that the line will be completed
by August goth. Next year 100
room hotel, an observatory. and
tower will be erected on the summit Of
Gray's Peak. and tourists will be af-
forded a view of grandeur embracing
400 miles Of snow-capped mountains
and level plains.
The county commissioners Of Lari-
mer county are moving toward the
construction OF scenic highway
from Fort Collins to Estes Park, and
have appointed three men to accom-
pany the county surveyor over the
proposed route to determine the feasi-
bility and get an estimate OF the cost.
II Is proposed to build the road by way
Of Spring canon over the divide to the
Redstone, through the Missouri canon,
connecting with the Loveland- Estes
Park road at the mouth of the Love-
land Grand canon.
Weld county has approximately o.
O00, 900 acres OF land, and although the
settlement OF the county has been
surprising during the last five years,
there still remains open for settlement
502, 400 acres. or this 341. 900 acres lie
in the country north and east of Gro.
yer In what is called the Sterling land
district, and the remainder west of
this territory in the Denver land dis
trict Year by year new acreage is
brought under cultivation previously
supposed unirrigable. and 1t is be-
lieved that three-fourths of the land
now open will be cultivated.
Denver Republican says: 1t is stated
on good authority that the Denver &
Interurban will extend its line from
Louisville to Lafayette, and from there
to Longmont. building something like
twelve miles of double track, one line
to be used for freight traffic and the
other for passengers. The Colorado
& Southern, owner of the electric line.
will by this cutoff shorten the present
line from Denver to Longmont, Love-
land, Fort Collins and Greeley over ten
miles and also eliminate the heavy
grade by way of Boulder. The cleo
trio line will form a loop. going by
J way OF Louisville and Lafayette to
Longmont and back over the Colorado
& Southern to Boulder, Marshall and
| Louisville Junction.
A permanent organization OF Colo
RADIO Republicans living in the city of
Washington has been effected, with
Joseph Williams of Denver, president;
Robert R. Davidson, Denver, secre-
| tary, and Oney Carstarphen, Silver
| Cliff, treasurer Membership in the
| organization is restricted to Republi
| cans who are residents or former resi-
dents of Colorado either permanently
or temporarily residing in Washing
ton who have not forfeited their right
to vote in Colorado. One of the OBJ
jects Of the association will be to pre-.
vent applicants for government posi-
| 4ions from claiming citizanShir in