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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Minor Mention.

A fire company has been organized
IN Grover. under the auspices OF the
( Commercial club.
The cattle disease called black leg
has been found in the herd OF E. A.
Carter OF Brighton.
The name of George b. Herring has
been sent TO the Senate for post.
master of Montrose
In the Steamboat Springs vicinity
more than 100 acres OF strawberries
VIII be planted in the spring.
Daisy F. Wilde. the seventeen-year-
old girl who shot herself three times
in the breast in Denver is dead
Workmen are now tearing down the
old stage house just outside of Salida
that has been standing since 1865.
The annual Catholic fair given by
ST. Peters Catholic Church at Greeley
mas closed. The receipts were $1,000.
A 500-barrel flour mill to cost s7O,-
600, is proposed for Milliken by local
business men and Kansas capitalists,
The death of Samuel Higgins. 4
miner of Frederick, was. The second ia
tai accident at the mine within three
days
Death claimed one of the pioneers
OF Pueblo county when J. D. Andrus,
who came to Pueblo in 1865, passed
away
Construction work on the Grand
River, Meeker & Salt Lake railroad
has been commenced. Two millions
are subscribed.
Not content with stealing a ton of
coal from Orville Harsh of Greeley
thieves carried off Harsh's dog.
placed to guard it.
The case against Mrs. Mike Flynn,
charged with the killing of Gordon
Wilson, in Browns park at Steamboat
Springs, has been dismissed
The Pueblo poultry show is the
largest ever held in that city, over
700 entries having been received.
The premium list is also large one.
The commissioners of FL Paso viii
go to Denver to confer with the State
Highway Commission in hope of Sc
curing $4,000 for use on Ell Paso
county roads.
The Commercial Club and Associa-
ton of Retail Merchants of Greeley
are making arrangements TO entertain
the retail merchants Of the state Jan.
10. l6 and II.
In addition to the strict quarantine
kept on dogs in Greeley. for the pur-
pose of stamping out rabies. the same
regulations may be established on
cats
J An appropriation of 100000 for
/ sprinkling Denver streets during 1911
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
EIGHT DEAD
ARE FOUND
POPE CT FINDING REMAINING
TWO MINERS ALIVE is
REVIVED.
CONTINUE ERESCUEWORK
THAT THE nERRiCkS ARE IN EX.
IRENE NORTH PORTION
'53I139 ST

Deuyer.-The bodies Of Frank Goa
ttra, Louis Iuber and Nicholas Milk
sch, all miners, were discovered
about o'clock Tuesday evening lying
IN II entry off southwest, in the south
vest in the south workings of the
Loyden mine about 1000 feet from
the shaft These bodies were brought
tC the surface. making eight so far re
covered since the fire was discovered
one week ago. That Frank and Louis
Merrick, the only two missing miners,
succeeded in working their way into
the north workings, where the air is
fairly good, and will be found alive
was the opinion expressed by Mine
Foreman ". VI. Laurie When the
helmet crew came off shift about 10
p. m. with the news that practically
the entire south workings had been
explored with tn" exception Of the eX-
tIeme end Of the second southwest en-
try, hope for the Merrick boys being
alive was instantly rekindled, the
feeling being that they must have es-
capped into the north workings because
the chances We're all agains, their go
ing to the extreme end Of the second
fouthwest. which is nearly a mile
from the shaft
The fact was jubilantly recalled
that the TWO men. when they left l.
entry. where they We're working, took
with them their dinner buckets. a
bucket OF water. and the canvas cover
of their coal cutting machine. The
buckets had enough food for two
eals, for. when the Merricks en-
tered the mine they intended TO work
d double shift.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
COLORADO STATE NEWS

can farmers may be required in The
future to raise all the potatoes eaten
n this country. At present 100 $50 :
600 bushels OF ''spuds" are imported
annually to supplement the supply
grown by America. The greater por-
ton of these imported potatoes must
lie replaced by the irrigated lands of
The Western country. Colorado viii
have large share in this production,
The measure is not designated pri-
marly to erect a wall of protection
Tor the potato industry, but is aimed
10 Prevent the Importation OF disease
epidemics which are devastating for
elgn potato fields. Agricultural sci
entists have been watching for some
time for traces of these fatal diseases
In America. and with the discovery
that they now exist to some extent in
Massachusetts and New Foundland.
they Immediately took steps to pro-
cure national legislation covering that
point
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
w e STERN.

Andrew Russell. wealthy stock
raiser and farmer residing TWO miles
south OF Guthrie, Okla. was shot and
killed at his home.
Hookworm has been discovered
among Chinese, Hindoo and ether i'm
migrants from the Far East arriving
on the Pacific coast
Earl Ward. aged 50, who robbed the
state bank at Paradise. Kan. securing
S2.500, killed himself when surrounded
by a posse Of farmers, fourteen miles
north Of that place.
II. r. Williams. proprietor of the
Ivywild kennels in East M1nitou.
colo, is the proud possessor OF three
Airdale terrier puppies which We're
born with bob tails.
Twenty-one Of the oldest and best
developed agricultural counties in Ne
lraska have lost 1878 people in the
lest ten years while the state of Iowa
Las lost 1852 people from some of the
oldest counties in the state.
For criticising the court in connec-
tion with the granting of a temporary
injunction to an electric railway com
lany in Seattle, Leroy Sanders. pub
Usher OF the Evening Star. was ad-
Judged in contempt OF court and SEN
fenced to four months in jail.
The Rev. Mr.. 1'hos. McKinzy of Bat
tie Creek has appealed to the COVER
rors of New York. Ohio, New Jersey
and West Virginia, where electrocu-
ton is in use, to grant him legal
execution by this means. Mr. Nc
kinzy is hopelessly blind and is in
danger of losing his voice.
In the near future 200 high schools
of Colorado are to receive collections
numbering 10 specimens each of the
y pical rocks, sha!es and mud of Colo
rs.do, which have been collected and
classified. labeled and described by
nearly years work under the direc-
ton OF state geoiogists Prof. r. D.
George, OF the department of geology
of the University of Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
SPORT.

Kid Erne OF Livingstone, Mont,
knocked out A. V. Magirl of Long
mont. Colo. in the sixth round of a
scheduled 20-round fight in Crawford,
Neb. The fighting was fierce from
start to finish. Magirl being knocked
down five times. The men are welter.
weights.
Jack Johnson has agreed to meet the
winner of the Langford-J eanette fight
scheduled to occur at Paris in Feb
ruary, in a twenty-five round bout to
take place in France next April, for
A purse of s25, 1000, provided the money
is posted in America and an American
is the referee.
Out-generaled and out-fought, but
not out-gamed, Young Erlenborn of
Denver made a gallant fight against
Kid Ross of New York before the
Cheyenne, Wyo., Athletic club before
he was counted out in the eleventh
round, just as his seconds Jumped
into the ring to save him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24

has been asked for by Thomas Phil
lips, superintendent of the highway
department.
Governor Shafroth has honored
requisition papers issued by Gov.
Hadley of Missouri for the return
from Colorado Springs TO that state Of
Chester Drake.
The Rocky Mountain Limited of the
Rock Island line, running out OF Den
yer for Chicago and other Eastern
points will not be discontinued, as was
unofficially announced.
bill sure to be introduced at the
coming session of the Legislature will
be to change the method of assess
ment and make it on the actual mar
ket value of the property,
Governor Shafroth received check
from Washington for s50.3oG.1o as Col
orado's proportion of the amount of
money collected from the forestry
reserves in the state.
Because of the heavy fall of snow,
about two and one-half feet on the
Laramie side of the Greeley-Poudre
tunnel, work has been stopped for the
winter on the tunnel reservoir.
William Payne, found guilty of muir
Ger in the second degree in Colorado
Springs, for stabbing his Wife to
Geath, was denied a new trial and sen
tencyed TO the penitentiary for life.
Surrounded by the immediate mem
bers of his family, Rev. Thomas A.
uzzell, pastor of the Peoples Taber-
nacle. died in Denver. Death was
caused by cancer OF the liver,
W. A Groom of Boulder was elected
president of the Northern Colorado
Poultry Association at its meeting a.
the poultry show in Fort Collins. Boul-
der was selected as the next place for
the show.
Frank Van Amburgh, who robbed
the safe of the ST. James hotel in
Georgetown Sept &c of si1O, pleaded
guilty in District Court and was SEN
fenced to two to three years in the
penitentiary.
Two young sons OF Hon. Archie Nc
Lachlan of Craig broke tsropgh the
ice while skating, and sank in ice cold
water. The elder boy was resusci-
tated after nearly two hours work, but
the younger one was drowned
Samuel Benberg, a Russian minvr,
reported to the police in Denver that
he had been lured into a rooming
house in that city and robber of s167,
the savings of three years.
A thief entered Loyola chapel OF
the sacred Heart church in Denver
while Rev Father Brucker was cele-
brating mass, and stole a purse CON
tanning $50 from the sacristy
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS
GENE ERAL.

The charity ball, Philadelphia's 5
largest and most important society
event, may not take place this year.
One of the fashionable hotels in
New York permits women to smok =
in any part of the house.
The strike of the machinists. boiler.
makers and blacksmiths against the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain sys.
TEN has been called off.
Commissioner of Labor Charles P
Neill continues his efforts to bring
the railroad managers and the loco
motive engineers together, but with
out success.
A report has been received il New
Orleans that a score or more persons
We're killed as a result of an earth.
quake at Port Limon, Costa Rica. The
cable companies We're unable to con.
firm the report. One report says sev.
enty families We're killed
The Northwest blizzard has brought
disaster to shipping along the Massa-
chusetts coast and four schooners are
known to have been wrecked, anoth,
er disabled, one barge floundered and
ether barges are reported adrift and
missing
John B. Moissant went to a height
of 1854 feet, if his barometer read
true. at Memphis, Tenn. In the Unit.
ed States Armstrong Drexel and
Ralph Johnstone alone eclipsed this
distance, which is within lbs feet OF
the present worlds record.
Announcement has been made Inv
the Yale authorities CT gift of
100000 to the Yale forest school by
Mrs. Edward H. Hartman, for the es.
tablishment of chair in forest man.
agement in memory Of her husband
T H. Hartman.
Nineteen arrests have been made
by postal inspectors in PENNSYLVANIA
and New Jersey in the government s
crusade against persons accused of MS.
ing the mails to defraud. The de.
fendants were given hearings hefore
United States commissioners and held
in bail for trial or for further hear.
ings.
The terrific explosion of illuminat.
ing gas in the auxiliary power house
at the Grand Central station in Now
York, which sent tremor along the
entire rock backbone of Manhattan.
caused the death of ten persons. TWO
OF them women. the injury of 125
others and property damage estimated
at from $2,000,000 to 100000. Fou.
workmen who are missing are be-
ieved to have perished, and Of 125
injured. ninety ty-eight were removed to
hospitals. OF these eight may die
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
The Way Of Life.

1t is being said of an elderly man In
business in Atchison; He can't stand
punishment as he formerly could,
And there is punishment to be en-
dured in making a living. don't forget
It, Look over your own experience,
and you will detect punishment every
hour of the day. If 1t isn't at home, 1t
is on the street car or on the road.
How many ways there are to punish
a man who tries his best to get along
and behave himself And after man
gets old it is more evident every year
that the poor fellow cant stand pun
ishment as he could when he was
younger-Atchison Globe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Irrigation Bridqe Suit.

Gresley--By the appeal from the
decision of the District Court In the
case Of Walter Chandler against the
ierce Irrigation Company, to the
Supreme Court. a most important
matter to irrigationists and ditch com
Ianies all over the state will be de
oided, concerning the legal width of
irrigation bridges. Chandler was
awarded s1,70o Of the sli,J60 damages
asked because he claimed he was in
ured when his team was pushed off
the bridge over the Pierce lateral
which ne alleged would not have hap
pened had the bridge been the re-
quired twenty feet wide.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Coffee.1

Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer SO, and
eventually discover that the drug-caf-
lelhe-in cofee Is the main cause OF
the trouble
was always very fond of coffee
and drank it. every day. | never had
much flesh and often wondered why l
was always SO pale, thin and weak.
About five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con-
hned to my bed. My stomach was in
such condition that could hardly take
suficlent nourishment to sustain life.
During this time was drinking cof-
Zee, didn't think could do without it.
After awhile l came to the conclu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give 1t up and try Postum
didn't like the taste of it at first, but
"hen 1t was made right-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became fond of
it.
IN one week began to feel better.
could eat more and sleep better. My
SICK headaches were less frequent, and
within five months l looked and felt
like new being, headache spells en-
ttrely gone.
My health continued to improve and
To-Day am well and strong, weigh 14S
pounds. l attribute my present health
70 the life-giving qualities of Postum"
Read The Road to Wellville." in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above IetterS -
ene appears fron tine to tinas. ~
genuine, truss aAA full o1 h1nnka
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Postal ESpense Nearly Paid

Washinetou.-Dr. Charles p. Grand
field. first assistant postmaster gen
oral. in his annual report shows that
the number of postoffices in operation
June 80. 1910, was $3.50. The gross
revenue of the postal service during
the fiscal year was s224l2S. .657.62. an
increase of $50 u,566,2i7.55. The eNpen-
diture aggregated 9.977,22f.5o, an
Increase OF SS.S73.12t.01. The deficit
vas $5.S4S,5G6.SS, as compared with
S17,44l,719.S2 for the preceding year.
Although the business Of the postal
service increased during the year more
than ten per cent, the expenditures
decreased show an average of 500 per
cent for each of the ten years preeed-
ing To 4.06 per cent in 1910
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Strike Almost Certain.

Chicago Relations between the
western railroads and the brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers. which have
been strained for several days, have
reached critical stage and strike
OF the most gigantic proportions in
railroad history loomed UP as a strong
possibility. Arbitration will be Of
fered by the railroad managers as a
last resort after mediation has failed.
but the engineers viii not arbitrate
the entire question of wages and con-
oitions.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24

Postmaster General Hitchcock says
everything will be in readiness for the
postal savings banks to receive Gepos-
its January 3rd, the first working day
of the new year. The task OF drawin i,
up rcgnlations, forms and instructions
has progressed SO far as to assure the
beginning of operations. One expert
mental office will be opened in each
state and territory to make the first
test of the service as thorough as pos
sible under the limited appropriation
Nothing short OF omniscience can
grasp the value OF the farm products
of this year is the statement of the
secretary of agriculture in his annual
report for 1910. At no time in the
worlds history has country produced
farm products within one year with a
value reaching $500. 200, which is
the value of the agricultural products
of the country from 1910. The value
of farm products from 1899 to the pres
ent year has been progressing without
interruption. If the value of the prod
ucts Of 1899 is placed at 100, the value
for this years is 1S9. or almost dou-
be the value for the census year
eleven years ago During this period
of unexampled agricultural production,
period of twelve years, during which
the farmers of the country have stead
lily advanced in prosperity and wealth
and in economic independence, in in
telligence and b knowledge of agri-
culture, the total value of farm prod
ucts is $4,000. .O0O, ,0O0."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
SKIN BEAUTY PROMOTED

In the treatment of affections Of the
skin and scalp which torture, disfg.
ure, itch, burn, scale and destroy the
hair, as we'll as for preserving, puri-
flying and beautifying the complexion,
fallible. Millions OF women through
out the world rely on these pure, sweet
and gentle emollients for all pur.
poses of the toilet, bath and nursery,
and for the sanative, antiseptic cleans.
ing of liberated, inflamed mucous sur.
faces Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Bos-
ton, Mass, sole Proprietors of the Gu
ticura Remedies, will mail free. on re-
quest, their latest 32page Cuticura
Book on the skin and hair.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
National Apple Congress.

Denyer-The First American Ap-
pie Congress adjourned, fully organ
ized and thoroughly equipped for a
lasting career as a national institu-
zion A constitution was adopted and
officers were chosen for the coming
year The next convention city was
not chosen, this being left in the
hands of an executive committee.
Former Gov l.. Bradford Prince Of
New Mexico was unanimously chosen
president Two other candidates
were placed in nomination, but upon
motion that Colorado should be given
the privilege of naming the next presi-
cent the Colorado delegation held a
caucus. reporting the name of the oN-
governor Of New Mexico as their
choice His election was then de
Clared For the office OF secretary
there was no opposition. Clinton L.
Oliver, who acted as temporary sec
retary, and upon whom deyolved a
large portion Of the work of creating
the first congress, was rewarded with
that office unanimously. L. II. Shep-
ard. editor of Better Fruit" was
elected treasurer. Each state delega-
ton was allowed to choose a vice
president For the five states reure-
sented by delegates in person the fol
lowing vice presidents were named:
Colorado. John c. Bell; New Mexico,
Alex Gusdorf; Washington, c. &.
France; Utah, w. II. Ray, Wyomt tug,
Joseph NJ. Carey.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Kept Umbrella Thirty Years.

A faithful old umbrella which ha8
shielded the family of DR.. James A.
Mullican of Greenwood avenue from
the storms of so years, was stolen on
Sunday During the rain on that day
the physician lent the umbrella to E.
A. Seek, and while the latter was in a
store some one stole it.
THE umbrella belonged to my faith
er and has been in the family for
more than thirty years. said Doctor
Mulliean the other night. 1T has been
covered several times.
TO persons who are unable to keep
the same umbrella for more than thir-
ty days this may seem incredible, but
it is true" concluded Doctor Mul.ican
with smile-Chicago Tribune.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
FOREIGN.

Attacks on Americans have been
started by Mexican revolutionists in
chihuahua,
known such floods as are now deyas-
tlting immense stretches of the coun-
try. The deluge practically has been
.ncessant since the first of December,
only TWO days out of sixteen being
vthout rain. The farmers have suf-
fered heavy losses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
TGree Murdered and Burned.

Durham. n C,-The charr,d bodies
of i. l.. Sanders, his twcnty-twoyear-
old daughter Mary and his four-year-
old granddaughter Irene Overtun. in
the ruins Of their home at Hester.
gave startling evidence OF one of the
most atrosioHs crimes ever committed
in this section. Nathan Montague, a
young negro. is accused by a corro-
ners jury OF assault, murder and ar
son
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Colorado Good Roads Convention.

Denver.-Goycrno- Shafroth has is.
sued a call for a good roads conyen-
tion TO be held in Denver January ~
and Ii. w. 3. Whinnery, OF Hinsdala
county, who is president OF the State
Board Of County Commissioner,
called on the governor TO arrange for
the annual meeting Of the state board,
which VIII be held at the Albany no
tel, January 1G-lS
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Contracting for Beets.

Fort Lupton.-The Brighton Sugar
Company is contracting for beets at
$3.50 per ton delivered, including in
the contract an agreement TO give 81
worth Of stock in the sugar company
for every ton of beets delivered, max
ing practically $3.50 per ton for beets.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Stolen Silver Found.

Pueblo-After search OF over a
month silyerware valued at $500,
stolen from the Congress hotel, was
discovered in a Christmas package ]
W, Cooper had started TO send his
sweetheart IN Ohio. Cooper was ar
rested and is held pending an investi-
cation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Broderick Released from Prison.

Leavenworrh. kans.-- lustus l..
Broderick. former banker of Indian
apoIis. can eat his Christmas dinner
at home, having been released from
the feneral prison after serving a sen
tence of ten years for violation OF the
national banking laws.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24

Topeka, Kan.-William Green, re-
form mayor of Topeka, must pay So
500 for promising to marry Miss Sc
lima Dalrymple, his niece, and then re-
fusiug to keep his contract. That is
the verdict reached by the jury
which heard the case. Cream will ap-
peal the case.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

Jan. i3-14-State Good Roads Con-
EehttOU. Denver.
Jan, ls-old Time Cowboys Association
at Denver
Jan, National stock Show. Den
Yer.
Jan. I7-ls-Colorado Cattle Growers
Convention Denver
Jan l1-lg-COlorado and wyoming
tIon, Denver
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Never. Told Lie, is Dead.

Kirksville, Mo.-William Howard
Sheeks. whose proudest boast was
that ne had never told a lie or quar-
relied with his wife, and who had cele-
trated more wedding anniversaries
than any man in Missouri. died at his
home near kirksyi1le, at the age of
50
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
White Takes Oath of Off,ct.

Washington.-Tu the presence Of
distinguished gathering. Edward Doug
lass White was elevated from associ-
ate justice to chief justiceship.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Copyright. lsIul

In spite OF what is considered a
practically prohibtiye poll tax there is
a constantly increasing stream Of Chi
nese coming to Canada. In a little
over half of the fiscal year more than
3 1000 Cinnamon have arrived.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24

Cattle owners OF the Williams couu.
try Fork, near Steamboat Springs. are
jubilant over the open fall and he
mildness of the season. II saves hay
and means larger profit than usual
ON stock.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Fighting Imported Potatoes.

Denver--If bill fathered by Sena-
tor Guggenheim receives the sanction
OF Congress in Washington, Ameri-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
The most valuable feature OF suo'
cess is the struggle that precedes il

In case of pain on the lungs, Hamlins
Wizard Oil acts like a mustard plaster,
except that it is more effective and Is 20
much nicer and cleaner to use.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24
Inspects Asylun.

Pueblo.-The special legislative in,
spection committee inspected the
State Insane Asylum and left for Col
orado Springs to visit the Deaf and
Dumb Institute.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-12-24

Some men are always looking for a
chance TO save money, ana some ai0
satisfied II they merely get 1t,