The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-17

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Miss May Francis, of Severance.
Kansas, is visiting her sister Mrs. Lee
Dowis.
Mrs. Helen D. Hartford, 4 well known
lecturer and organizer Of the w. C. T.
U. will fill the pulpit at the M. E.
church both morning and evening Sum-
day Sept. Is. A cordial invitation to
all.
Royal Graham had locked up in his safe
the first of the week the prettiest gold
retort that it has been our pleasure to
see. 1t was simply beaut. 1t looked
like chrysanthemum touched up in
old gold color and CARRIED a value of
$500. 1t came from ore taken out of
the Treasure Vault.
"Your town is an Eden compared
with large majority of places in the
state said visitor this week. He
in the irrigated and dry farming dis
tricts and also several mining camps in
the state and yet he had not found one
that from general observation IVES
more prosperous, cheerful and sub
stantial than Idaho Springs. A pessi
mist can talk town down through his
gloomy and discouraging expressions
until it becomes infectious. There is
one way among others to keep town
favorably before the people and that is
to be always speaking good words for
it. 1t is catching. You get to believe
in it thoroughly, and those you meet
from the outside believe it. whereas, if
you are always talking "hard times"
it also will become contagious and the
whole community. suffers. Idaho
Springs is all right; its mining industry
is all right it has very large per cent
Of people who are all right but there
are few who scatter unfavoraBle
news through ''down-in-t the-mouth"
talk that scatters like the winds scat.
ter dandelion seed. Stand up for Idaho
Springs and talk up for Idaho Springs.
John Larson and Lester Norquist Of
this city and Frank w, Farmer of Den
yer have a lease on the Shaftsr for r
block of ground from the fifth level to
the first. About year ago they began
operations by cleaning out the third
level to the breast distance of 500
feet. Then they drove on east 200 feet
but after going 100 feet they struck a
good vein of ore and have been follow
ing it the remainder of the distance and
the breast is still in ore. The ore taken
from driving the last 100 feet has paid
all expenses since they first bega nwork
They are now carrying a stope GO feet
long and have an ore body three feet
wide that will average about $50. 90
per ton. An eight inch streak on the
hanging wall was opened up last week
that carries IL ounces of gold per ton.
The average shipment psr month has
been about 100 tons the tonnage incre-
asing all the time. They have about
500 tons of mill dirt that will be sent
to the Hudson mill as soon as it starts
up. They will ship about two car loads
per week from now on to the smelters.
The work has been going on quietly
but substantially and these parties have
got to point where they will have
well merited reward for their work and
faith.
| The expense Of maintaining our
school in 19O9-1O 500, ,s47.98. The
teachers salaries $I4, 764.61. Out of
this kindergarten of two months
was maintained at an expense of $500.
The heat, light, rent, insurance and
and all current expenses SIS, ,693. 48- a
large item of this year was caused by
the renewal of the three years insur-
ance policies, which amounted to $434
For furniture and permanent i'm
provements S389.s9. The general
levy was made 13 mills. Bond redemp-
ton, required by law, 4 mill. Bond
| Interest Ia mill.
The treasurers statement shows that
there was sufficient amount in the re-
demption fund to cancel two bonds of
the indebtedness contracted in 1902 on
the High School bull ding. At the
closing of the hnancia! year July l,
balance in treasury s342.63 which pla-
| ces District No 5 on good financial
basis for the sessions 1901.
MRS. L. o. GARRABRANT,
Secretary