The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-01-01
COLORADO ITEMS

No money was expended for charity
by Grand county during the fiscal year
ending December 1st, according to the
report filed by the county clerk with
he secretary Of state at Denver.
The town of Manitou is planning to
establish miniature White Way by
the installation of hundreds of addi-
tional electric lights. The council is
taking up the matter with the electric
company.
During the fiscal year which closed
December l, the county OF Denver ex-
pended $19O.06s.07 for charity. The
total number of persons taken care Of
was 1851. consisting Of 1874 males
and 1877 females.
Colorado Springs Is making extern
sive preparations to entertain the Col
orado Realty Dealers convention jan
uary 18th and 20th More than / 900
letters Of invitation are to be mailed
to real estate men all over the state.
The Colorado Springs & Interurban
Railway Company has announced that
hereafter all the regular employees will
be granted two days off each month
at full salary, which is the equivalent
of one-fifteenth OF their wages
Reports filed with the secretary of
state show that Chaffee county during
the past year extended charity to 81
persons at a cost of $3.903.23; Pitkin
county also had 81, who cost $2.302.29;
Arapahoe took care of II at cost OF
$637.55; Mineral county had six, who
cost $955.75.
lyman, warden of the state peniten-
tiary at Canon City. has saved $4,000
to the state. The saving has been
made out of building appropriations
and by the industry of the convicts,
together with the money realized on
the sale Of prison products.
Attorney John Hipp. the noted Pro-
hibition leader. who was struck by an
automobile at the corner of Colfax av-
enue and Broadway, Denver, on No
yember 4, and SO seriously injured
that for time his life was despaired
of. is now on the high road to recov-
cry. and is able to receive visitors at
his home in Denver.
The Southern Colorado Power &
Railroad Company was sold at public
auction at Trinidad, December 23d by
Sheriff Grisham and was purchased
by the Northern Securities Company
OF Denver for half a million dollars.
The Northern Securities Company is
understood to be a temporary holding
company for the Colorado Railway,
Light & Power Company, recently in
corporated for $5,oO0.000.
The Western Federation of Miners,
through its ATTORNEYS. has filed brief
with the state auditing board to show
that the board has the right under the
law to issue bonds to cover the claim
OF the federation, which amounts to
100000. The federation claims that
out of the war bond issue of $1,000, ,OoO
1t is permissible to pay this claim, the
same as the claims of the mine own
ers.
Seventy-two people, eight of whom
were women, ate Christmas dinner at
the city Jail in Denver. complete
bill of fare was provided, including
everything from turkey to plum pud.
ding. This was done in compliance
with the usual custom of the city on
Christmas day. A short religious serv-
ice preceded the dinner. For the brief
space of dinner time few people in
Denver Jared any better than the pris-
oners in the city Jail
Various railroads of the state are
becoming interested in learning wheth-
er or not state officials are obtaining
passes and then charging the state
mileage on expenses. Not long ago
Auditor Kenehan refused to honor a
warrant for $69.50 in favor of John d.
Jones. state coal mine inspector, for
transportation. The refusal was made
on the ground that the amount for
mileage should not be paid when the
inspector received free transportation.
The last automobile number issued
by the Denver fire and police board is
1900" This means that Denver now
boasts OF 4,060 automobiles, operated
under licenses. and with population
considered is probably the biggest
auto center in the country. During
1909. 1920 licenses have been issued.
Many Of the holders of licenses have
more than one automobile, using only
one license, SO that the number of au-
tomobiles in use really exceeds 4,O6O.
At the first of the year only 2,s4O H.
censes were recorded.
Ora Haley. the wealthy Wyoming
cattleman. who has gotten into diff
culties several times with the govern
ment, is again made defendant in a
suit filed in the United States District
Court at Denver for alleged illegal
fencing Of public land. The govern
ment charges that Haley has fenced
in public land in Routt county valued
at $4,000. Carl Seiber and the Seiber
Cattle Company are charged in other
suits filed with having illegally fenced
In land in Mesa county: James w.
Brown and afo n vO,r1 u;th -