The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-02-26
COLORADO NEWS


gun the erection of gymnasium
building
The next quarterly convention OF
the Colorado State Realty Dealers AS
sociation will be held at La Junta the
third week in April.
Patrolman Henry Schwartz. said to
be the richest OF Denver policemen,
was tried before the fire and police
board for drunkenness and was dis
charged from the force.
Professor e. P. Taylor has been ap-
pointed horticultural inspector for
Mesa county, to succeed former Rep
resentative A. b. Boyd. author of the
Boyd horticultural bill, resigned
For using profane language in the
presence OF his little son. Colorado
Springs man was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. However.
the sentence was suspended during
good behavior
The Denver Park Commission con-
templates the construction of a coast
ing and skeeing course. to be ready for
use next winter. There is no better
fun than sliding down hill. when there
is enough snow.
In the recent death of William Phil
lips OF Severance. in Weld county,
Colorado lost a pioneer. Phillips was
seyenty-six and was a foreman on the
Union Pacific when it was built from
Omaha to Salt Lake. He drove stage
between Denver and Golden in 1874.
He leaves four sons, two in Denver,
one at Severance and one in Missouri,
and daughter.
Union Pacific officials have an
nounced the location of four new
townsites on the branch to Fort Col
Inns. which leaves one of the two
main lines running into La Sale at
Dent. One is in section 10, township
3. range 81, between Officer and Ra-
gan. The others are in Larimer coun-
ty, one just east of Boyd's Lake and
one in the Harmony district.
City Attorney McKesson of Colorado
Springs has sent notices to the direc-
tors OF every club in the town, includ-
ing fraternal and social organizations,
lnstructing them that the only legal
manner in which liquor can be kept
for club members is in separate lock-
ers. 1t must be used by the owner
only. and cannot be given away to fell
low members.
In view Of the emigration of settlers
to northern Colorado this summer. it
is apparent that an acreage exceeding
that of previous years by 100000 will
be planted this season within the
Greeley district. While much of the
new land to come under irrigation for
the first time will be planted to grain
and potatoes, the older farmers of the
district will seed more than one-half
of their acreage to alfalfa.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers has filed suit in District
Court at Colorado Springs against the
trustees Of the Union Printers home
to get full possession of $50 acres Of
land near the home which the letter car
riers bought of a site for their own pro-
jected home from the state land board
one year ago. The printers held
lease on the land, but the letter car.
riers claim the lease was subject to
sale.
l. Idelson, the Denver Jewish rabbi.
has bought $40 acres in the vicinity
of Ault for $4,000, from Thomas Bal
lentine, ex-city editor of a Peoria. ILL.,.
newspaper. now landowner and horse
man in Colorado. Rabbi Idelson, it is
said. will plant his farm to grain, po-
tatoes and beets, and employ Jewish
farmers. It is understood that II sue
cessful he will buy adjoining land and
devote his tracts to practical philan-
thropy.
One hundred thousand acres of des-
ert land in Routt and Rio Blanco
counties. recently restored to the pub
lie domain. are to be irrigated by the
Northwestern Irrigation Company.
which has filed articles OF incorpora-
ton in the office Of the secretary Of
state. The incorporators are w. J.
Fine, H. B. Boughner and D. S. Ham.
ilton. Engineers have staked the line
of the canal for ninety miles from the
north fork of the White river. by tun-
mel through Yellow Jacket pass, to
Axial Basin and Maybelle. The tunnel
will be 5000 feet long. Four reser-
voirs with total capacity Of 250,000
acre feet will be constructed.
The manager OF the Denver Reser.
voir and Irrigation Company states
that by March / Barr lake. south OF
Hudson. enlarged to five times its pre-
vious size, and with its system OF