The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-01-22
COLORADO ITEMS


season amounted to 250.oo0 at l cent
a stamp. or $1,000.
The Denver News prints special
from Washington stating that Gov
ernor Shafroth has announced that he
will not seek q denomination for gov
ernor
Addison X. I-adue, former clerk OF
Lincoln county. having held that Of
flee for eighteen years, died at his
home in Hugo on the 18th inst. Of
Brights disease.
The Union Pacific has begun in
junction proceedings in the United
States Court at Denver to enforce its
claim to a 400-foot right Of way
through the city of Greeley.
Governor Shafroth has declined to
include good road legislation in his
islature. In reply to committee
which called on him he said that he
favors the legislation, but he hopes to
have the special session disposed OF
as quickly as possible and he wants to
minimize the number of bills to be con-
sidered.
Owing to strike of the pressmen.
Denver was without its big daily news
papers for a day and a half. Friday
and Saturday, the 14th and 18th. The
two evening papers, the Post and
Times. missed both days and neither
the News nor Republican were print
ed Saturday morning. The strike was
adjusted in time to get out the usual
Sunday papers.
One of three large timber wolves,
which came within fifteen feet of Ros-
coe cottage. near the Victor mine on
Bull hill, in the Cripple Creek district.
was killed few days since by Frank
Roscoe, president of the Roscoe Leas-
ing Company. The animal measured
five and three-quarters feet from tip
to tip, and weighed seventy-two and a
half pounds.
The people of Delta already have be-
gun to perfect an organization to take
charge of exhibits for the apple show
at Denver next year. The new organ
ization which is being formed will be
entirely Independent of all existing as
sociations. and will work entirely in
getting exhibits and stimulating the
growers to save their best fruit for
this purpose.
estry department Of Colorado College,
has made public a letter from Clifford
Pinchot. warmly commencing the
work done by 1t. Mr.. Pinchot says
Il firmly believe the work about to be
started is going to be tremendously
beneficial to the cause of forestry, to
the forest service and particularly to
those members Of the forest service
who will attend the course"
Glasses are to be established during
the coming year by the Colorado State
Association for the Prevention and
Control of tuberculosis, where patients
may meet physicians and nurses and
have their condition noted. and where
the nurses may become acquainted
with them, and thus make their way
into homes and give proper instruc-
ton and care. The association will
also establish a dispensary.
That the Denver postoffice does a
million dollar business a year is the
cause for the recent raise in box rent"
is the statement Of Postmaster Sours
at the state capital. Many of the ap-
plicants for boxes have been surprised
to find that the box rent increased
January 1st. Denver has now one of
the leading postoffices insthe country.
The gross receipts for 1909 were over
a million dollars.
A sanatorium for the exclusive use
Of negroes suffering with tuberculosis
will be established in Denver next
summer by ]. H. Harper, as employe
of the state board OF capitol managers.
lishment of its kind in the world. Its
object 10 to take the sick negroes out
of the cheap lodging houses. where
they receive improper care and place
them in a home specially adapted to
the care Of tuberculosis.
In estimating the attendance at the
Denver Cattle and Horse show. Col
w. E Skinner stated that the suspen-
sion of the publication Of the newspa-
pers Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning caused loss Of over $1,000
to the management. His figures for
the week, by days. are: Sunday, 5000;
Monday. $4,000; Tuesday. 21,O0O; We'd
nesday. 10000; Thursday, $4,000; Fri
day, $4,000; Saturday. 1000. Total,
10000. Last year the attendance was
about 10000.
A box Of prize apples has been
shipped from Denver to President Taft
at Washington by E. A. Swenson, of
the Antlers' Orchard Development
Company. The apples took the first
prize at the apple show. They were
sold At auction to Mr.. Swenson, who
bid $3.50, which is believed to be the
highest price on record paid for box
Of apples. The fruit was raised on