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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Minor Mention.

A ball team has been organized at
Antonito.
A light frost around Boulder did
some damage TO fruit
Carl Rydin. resident of Weld coun-
ty for twenty years, is at Greeley.
Twenty-nine employees of the State
Land Board have been asked TO resign.
The farmers near Greeley viii seed
about $4,000 acres to potatoes this
year.
Mrs. Emma Kalbaugh, one OF Gold
ems earliest pioneers, died at the age
Of eighty.
The Colorado Association OF Letter
Carriers will hold a convention in Boul-
der June 2Sth.
For the first time in many years
Montrose will celebrate the glorious
Fourth this year
The two-year-old son of Human
Straub Of Rocky Fork, was drowned in
the High Line ditch.
An addition will be built TO the
Mead schol house to be ready for oc-
SNIoAt- IN .Stpttihbti-
Windsor schools are the first IN
northern Colorado to install the bu b.
bling drinking fountain.
Mrs. Emmett Barton, wife of a
wealthy sheep man and one of the old
est residents of Fruita, is dead.
Prof. Thompson of the La Junta
high school and six of his assistants
went on strike and refused TO teach
Broadmoor casino, Colorado
Springs most popular summer resort,
will open for the the season June
22ud.
Ira s.asser. aged IS, son of Henry
Masser, prominent ranchman, was
instantly killed at Grote, by passen-
ger train.
T. W. Thomas, former sheriff of
Garfield county, died suddenly at
Glenwood Springs. of heart failure,
aged SO.
The largest payroll at the Minnequa
steel plant at Pueblo, tnis year has
just been paid and amounted to nearly
sl75, 900.
Hotel men from over the state to
the number of 200 will spend June
End, 3rd and 4th in Colorado Springs
and Manitou.
Montrose will produce its regulation
bountiful fruit crop again this year,
and the fear of loss by frost is now
practically past.
A great many of the Alamosa resi-
dents are planning to cooperate in
building a club house in the Conejos
Canon this summer.
An old fashioned camp meeting is to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Postal Banks in West Success.

Washington.-The postmaster gen.
erals report made upon the opera.
tions OF postal savings banks up to
April Both shows that the western in
stitutions are the most successful of
the forty-eight now established, Lead
Vile. Colo, heads the list with total
deposits of s4S,955: Anaconda, Mont,
is second. with s27.402; Carson City.
New. fifth. with sl3,l36; Coeur d
Alene. Idaho. sixteenth with s5,521;
Laramie, Wyo.. seventeenth, with s4,-
206; Provo, Utah, nineteenth with
5000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Arsenic Big Apple Aid.

Lamar-County Treasurer ] o
Stream, who has a fine arm in the
famous May valley. Just north Of
town states that the use of four tom
OF arsenic spray would assure a yield
Of fifty cars OF superior apples from
Prowers county. Stream last year dem
onstrated at the National Irrigation
Congress the possibilities Of apple cul
ture in the lower Arkansas VALLEY
without the use OF smudge pots.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Big Rain Visits cripple Creek.

Cripple Creek.-A storm OF great
value to the farmers visited Cripple
Greek. 1t was accompanied by ire
mendous thunder claDs and vivid
flashes OF lightning. The rain came
in a steady downpour. 1t is said
that Cripple Greek is the center of q
storm that covers an area not less
than 900 miles square. II is the first
rainstorm of the season and is the
more welcome as the spring has beer
unusually dry and ranchers have
feared for their crops in the surround
ing valleys.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
WASHINGTON.

The Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Ernest Knaebel as assistant at
torney general
1t has been indicated that Secretary
MacVeagh will call for popular bids
on an issue of $5o,000,000 of Panama
bonds.
Commerce between the United
States and border towns of Mexico,
will not be interfered with by .he
United States.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
announced the designation of forty
seven additional postal savings depos-
itories. making a total of 176 since
January 3rd.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
COMING, EVENTS.

June s-1-s--Grano Encampment Colo.
and Wyo. G. A r. Salida,
June lS. II. l5-State sunday Schoo4
Convention. Pueblo.
June l5-lS.-Convention Christian En-
deavor Society. Grand Junction.
June 2V-36.-W estern General CONFER
ance Women's Christian Association
Cascade. Colo.
June-Meeting National Retail Gro
GERS Association. Denver. ~
June-American Surgical Association
Convention. Denver
June 202I.-Nationai Association lof
Study and Prevention Of Tuberculosls'
Denver.
June-AmerIcan Trap Shooters Asso-
ciatiOn. Denver.
June-National Association Real Es-
tate Exchanges, Denver, three days
then Colorado Springs Two days, July.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
State Expense Increasing.

Denver.-Appropria made by
the last three legislatures:
Sixteenth General Assembly tRepD
s2,416, 6,i67.25.
Seventeenth G neral Assembly
Dem.) s3,49i,22 19l.
Eighteenth General Assembly (Dem.t
SASS, ,36906.
An increase in four years of 100
per cent. in the cost of conducting the
state government.
For the current two years taxpayers
of the state will have to pay fully 81
900 900 more for state maintenance
than they did for the years 1907 and
1908.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Court May Ignore Governor.

Denver.-It is generally believed at
the state. house that the Supreme
Court will refuse to pass on the con
stitutionality OF the State Court OF
Appeals bill. or of any part thereof
until that measure has become a law
Rumor has IL that the Supreme Court
may be a trifle tart in its reply to the
letter of the governor asking for an
opinion on this bill
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Grand Army Meeting.

Sa'ida-The Grand Army OF the
Repu, lie will hold its thirty-second
annual reunion for the Department OF
Colorado and Wyoming, at Salida'
Colo. June G. 7, S. A special rate has
been made by the railroads for this
occasion, for fare for the round trip
from all points.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Wants Road for Auto Line.

Boulder-The~ Commercial Assocla-
ton Of Boulder and Lyons and the
Boulder Motor Club will meet in
Joint session to decide which of the
two roads between Boulder and Lyons
should be improved for a line of auto
mobiles to be running by June 10th.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20

Denver bankers have received no.
tice from the executive council of the
American Bankers Association TO the
effect that new national system
designed to facilitate the forward
ing of bank cnecks mas been adopted.
BY the new method every bank in The
United States will be numbered and
the work of numbering has begun.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Pennsylvania Forest Fires.

Ridgway, Pa-Four thousand men
are fighting forest fires that are rag.
ing between here and Willamsport.
Near Remove, in Clinton county.
where the fires have been burning
for three days. 500 men have been bat
ting since Saturday night and more
than 10000 acres have been burned
over.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Lamar to Hear Heney.

Lamar.-A Redpath Chautauqua.
lasting one week, will be held here, be-
ginning June Both. Francis J. Heney
OF San Francisco and formed Cover
nor Folk of Missouri are among the
lecturers
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
State Receives Teller institute.

Grand Junction.-Membe OF the
State Board OF Agriculture here have
received formal possession of the Tell
er Indian school from Superintendent
&. II. Burton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Great Scenic Highway Opened.

Canon City.--The Weather Bureau
cooperated with the executive and
subordinate committees OF the Canon
City Business Mems Association, IN
making the celebration connected with
the dedication to public use of new
highway to the top OF the Royal
Gorge distinct success in every par
ticular.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Bishop Henderson Speaker.

Pueblo.-Bishop Eugene |. Hender-
son Of the Methodist Episcopal church
of Kansas City will attend the State
Sunday School convention here June
18th, 14th and 18th and will deliver
addresses before the convention each
day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Celebrates Her 1o5th Birthday.

Philadelphia.-Mrs. Elizabeth Won
derley an inmate at the Methodist
Episcopal Home here. celebrated her
105th birthday and for the first time
in more than her century Of life she
was unable to get out Of bed to greet
he" friends.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
Aviator Falls TO Death.

Les Angeles.-A. V. Hartle, young
Ohioan. ambitious to become an avi-
ator fell to his death at the aviation
grounds where Arch HoNsey met
tragic fate before thousands of spec
tatJrs December 3lst last. 1t was
Hartle's second days apprenticeship
as : birdman. He fell 100 feet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-05-20
FOREIGN.

Forty men were entombed by an ex-
plosion that wrecked the ST. Marga-
ret's coal mine near Whitehaven, Eng
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
IN FAVOR
OF MCMILLAN PLAN
Resolutions Adopted by North Caro-
linans Indorse Commission Scheme
for Beautifying Washington.
By Cos Mag0

Resolutions declaring that the i'm
provement and Identification of Wash
ington should be made along the lines
laid down by the Mcmillan park commits
sion and that the memorial to Abraham
Lincoln be placed in Washington on the
banks of the Potomac river were adopt
ed by the North Carolina Association Of
Architects at its semi-annual meeting De-
cember q, at Winston-Sale
They were received here today and set
forth:
THE North Carolina Association Of
Architects feels a deep interest in the
systematic and harmonious development
Of Washington city, the nations cap
ital.
I'VE urge our senator's and representa-
tives to advocate that future landscapes,
buildings and monuments be treated or
located in conformity with the park COM
mission plans, and that the location Of the
Lincoln memorial for which 5000 900
has been appropriately. In conformity
with this, is an important element in
this artistic composition. We urge our
representatives to advocate the Lincoln
memorial on the site proposed in the
park commission plan, in lieu Of the pro-
posed memorial roadway to Gettysburg.
which would lack individuality and ap-
propriateness as a memorial, and we op-
pose the transfer of the appropriation to
that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
FURNISHES THE,ADDRESS
OF LITTLE CRIPPLED GIRL
Virginia Lassie, Whose Letter to
Santa Was Destroyed, Thought
to Be Located.

There is reason to believe that the little
Virginia crippled girl who wrote the pa
thetic letter to Santa Claus which was
unfortunately destroyed has been found.
The Star Saturday evening explained
how the little girls letter went astray and
why number of kindly disposed persons
who wished to help her were prevented
from doing so.
Today The Star has received letter
from a little girl living at 1858 p street
northwest, who writes as follows:
Dear Santa Claus:
II have just finished reading in The
Star paper where little girl had wrote
to you and said she had just got over a
spell of typhoid fever. 1t describes her
somewhat like little girl l know. 1t
said she was lame and her mother had
left her with two aged women. But the
little girl ] know was left with an old
man and woman by the name of M. 0.
Daniel. Instead of living at Stirring, Va.
she lives in King George county, Va, by
my home where / used to live. Her
name is Edna Strother. Her post office
is Gera, King George county, Va.
Il hope you will not forget her Christ
mas night If there Is anything you want
to ask me and If you resire you may send
a letter or card to 1858 street northwest
Yours truly, LUCY STAPLES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
MAY HAVE TO BUILD SHIP.
Difficult to Get American Vessel to
Carry Party Through Canal.

1t is a great deal easier to organize A
big party for excursion with the fleet
through the Panama canal at the open
ing. in 1915, than 1t Is to obtain an Amer
lean vessel in which to carry the party.
This is the conclusion reached by A. III.
Dadmun, secretary Of the Navy League.
which plans to run the hrst big e1cur-
sion through tho canal. and wants to
get an American steamship big enough
to accommodate the crowd in q suitable
manner.
Mr.. Dadmun states that plenty Of for
eign vessels are available. but says that
under the existing law, II a steamship
sailing under flag other than that Of
the United States is used. the party can
not land in San Francisco. but will have
to hold it's convention in Mexico or COM
plete the trip to the Golden Gate by
train.
The Navy League. which holds its
meetings this winter in Washington.
plans a big convention in San Fran
cisco in the summer of 1916 during the
exposition. The league has been urgent
in advocating the fertilization Of the
canal. and desires to be in the big parade
of warships which will pass through the
waterway on the opening day. The al
tentative of building a vessel large
enough to carry the party is now under
consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
BENEFIT OF MARINES.
Bulletin Issued Showing Recent
Changes in Buoyage.

The lighthouse service bulletin issued
by the lighthouse bureau and the coast
and geodetic survey gives notice Of i'm
portant changes in aids to navigation IN
this district, either made or to be made
shortly, follows:
Virginia: Seacoast winter shoal light
vessel station-Relief light vessel No. 81.
to be permanently assigned to station
and coloring, etc, to be changed about
February 1. 1912. Masts and hull to be
painted straw color, with winter quarter
in black on each side and ninetyone in
black on each bow and each quarter;
smokestack and fog signal black, and one
black circular hoop iron cageWork day
mark at mainmasthead. The day marks
at present OF the foremost and springtay
are to be removed. No change will be
made in the characteristic of the light or
fog signals.
Chesapeake bay least side): Pungoteague
creek Joel f. Sheppard wreck gas buoy.
HIS. established December 6, in eleven
feet of water about fifteen yards north
west from the wreck of schooner sunk
in midchanned and burned to the water S
edge below the town of Harborton. The
buoy is cOnical. with pyamidal skeleton
superstructure, showing red lens lantern
light occulting thus: Light ten seconds;
eclipse. ten seconds.
North Carolina: Pamlico Sound. Hat
teraS Inlet-Lights to be established
about January 16. 1912, to mark the chan
mel leading from Pamlico Sound into the
anchorage inside of Barney Slue; each to
be Iost-lantern light, shown sixteen
zontally Slated structure. Shoal point
light will be fixed white, of about forty
five candlepower on black structure in
six feet of water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
ARGUMENTS ON WRIT.
Mount Rainier RECALL Case to
Come Up Wednesday.

MOUNT RAINIER, Nd, December %
"A large delegation Of citizens will go to
Upper Marlboro Wednesday to hear ar
gumsnts ON the application for writ Of
mandamus instituted by former Mayor
and common council Of Mount Rainier to
order q special election for tho recall"
Of councilman Thomas G. Elliott, at pres
ent representing the fourth ward Of that
municipality. For the past two months
tho proposition to invoke the aid Of the
recall" section Of the charter Of Mount
Rainier has kept the citizens Of this
town in state of excitement and di-
Wded them into two factions. The origin
ator Of the scheme to GUST Councilman
who heads the petition signed by a num-
Der Of citizens from the fourth ward
The council declined to comply with the
petition to hold a special election, upon
the ground that Is per cent Of the entire
vote cast for all the candidates for mayor
at the last general town election had
not signed the petition. This action of
the council resulted in the fling of the
application for mandamus. the petitioners
being represented by Charles Benedict
Calvert and Charles NJ. Mattingly. Henry
/. Quinn. representing the respondents.
states that he will file a demurrer to
the bill and will argue the case Wednes-
day. The petitioners claim that they
have Is per cent of the voters in the
fourth ward entitled to vote for Elliott's
successor, and that this is all the law
requires.
Upon the construction the court puts
upon the recall section Of the charter
will depend the outcome Of the case.
Chief Judge John p Briscoe and Asso-
ciate Justice Fillmore Bean Of the
seventh judicial circuit Of Maryland will
sit in the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
MUCH INTEREST IN TEST.
Creosoted Timber Being Used in the
Construction of Lighters.

Three of the four large lighters which
are building at Alexandria for the Srnoot
Sand and Gravel Company of this city
have been completed and launched. and
work il being pushed on the last lighter
i'll order 10 get her into the water before
the coming Of bad weather. The lighters
are being built near the foot of Wilkes
street. adjoining the works of the Alex
andria electric lighting plant under the
supervision of Capt Charley Spiece, and
are among the largest vessels of their
kind ever built in this vicinity. Creosoted
timber IS being used In their construc-
ton, with the idea it is stated, that It
will resist decay better than the un-
treated wood and the experiment will be
watched with interest by other lighter
owners on the Potomac If II is success
full il is probable that crcosoted lumber
Will enter largely in lighter construction
In this vicinity in the future. The Smoot
Company. IL is stated will next spring
build number of other lighters at its
Alexandria plant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
INITIAL SERVICES HELD
IN new CHURCH EDIFICE
Rev. John Compton Ball Announces
Metropolitan Baptist Will Be
Dedicated January IA.

The new Metropolitan Baptist Church,
at otn and A streets northeast was &C.
cupied for the first time yesterday morn
ing, when the pastor, Rev. John Compton
Ball preached on THE Angelic Messa &c
IN song. He announced the structure
Will be formally dedicated January IA.
IN his sermon the pastor criticised
former Senator Clark of Montana for
building a house in New York at a cost
of $5,OOO.OOO. declaring the expenditure of
such vast sum for such a purpose was
deserving Of censure. Judge Gary. head
Eof the steel trust, also came in for critic
ism for expanding $500 900 for a necklace
Tor his wife, the pastor declaring In this
connection that comfort could have been
given to thousands of needy people in all
parts Of the country had a different use
been made of this sum-
In the evening the pastor discussed the
Significance of the Christmas season. A
special program of Christmas music was
sung by the choir.
The new edifice is built of Harvard
brick, and is 100 by los feet It is two
stories in height. and is capped with a
massive square tower 1t is divided into
two sections one being given over to the
work of the Sunday school. The interior
Is finished in Oak. The building cost
about $4,000.
AHo "Huo"S VI the eQlHCe are all me-
mortal ones
They We're given by Mrs Marion ].
Mclean, to the memory Of her husband,
Francis j. Mclean, who for thirty years
was clerk of the church; Misses Helen
and Ada Reed. to the memory of their
mother. Mrs. Susan Reed; Mrs. Celestia
A. Ferris, to the memory Of her husband !;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brooks. to the mem
ory of members Of their family; Mrs.
Cornelia Hanks, to the memory Of her
husband, Criah s. Hanks; Mr.. and Mrs.
Upton Payne, to the memory of their
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Woods Of New York.
to the memory of Duncan and Elbertine
Thompson. and Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Hoof-
maggie. to the memory of Mr.. and Mrs
Starr. The two large windows in the
Sunday school room were presented by
the Gilbert Bible class, in memory of
Rev. Stephen II. Mirick. who was the
first pastor OF the church, and Rev
Green Clay Smith, who filled the pulpit
from 1891 to 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
QUIET ALONG RIVER FRONT,
Only Work That Is Absolutely Neces
Sary Being Done.

Christmas day, as usual. is being very
generally observed along the river
front. only the steamboat offices that
have steamers arriving or leaving to-
day being open, and at them only such
work AS is absolutely necessary is being
done, and all the office force that could
be spared have the day off. The lumber,
wood and coal firms, the machine shops
and boat building and repairing plants.
when they closed their doors Saturday
night. 1T was not to open them until
tomorrow.
At the fish wharf most of the fish
handing houses were opened for q few
hours this morning to receive consign-
ments. but as soon as it was possible
they closed for the day. and everybody
went to their homes to enjoy the holt
day. Many Of the vessels at the
wharves have evergreen at the top of
masts. and something especially good
was served at dinner to the crew, as
well as in the cabin, and everybody
is celebrating the day in proper man.
ner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
GEORGE TOD FORD DEAD.
Retired Akron, Ohio, Lawyer Made
His Winter Home Here.

George Tod Ford, sixty-seven years Of
age, a retired lawyer and a member Of
several Washington and New York
clubs. died yesterday afternoon at his
winter homo in this city. 81 10th street
northwest. after a lingering illness. Death
was due to a complication Of diseases.
Mr.. Ford was born in Akron. Ohio. He
was graduated from Yale University in
1865. when he began the practice Of law
in Akron. Eight years. ago he retired
because Of i'll health, and since then he
and his wife had made their home in
Washington during the winter months.
Mr. Ford was a member of the MetropoIi-
tan and University clubs of this city and
the University Club Of New York. Be
side his widow, Mr.. Ford is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. William II. Epson OF
Akron and Mrs. John 8. Earl, who is
abroad.
The body will be taken to Akron for
burial Wednesday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Hive of Maccabees Elects Officers.

Mount Vernon live. Maccabee of the
World, has elected the following officers
TO serve for the year OF 1912: Past com
mander, Miss Edith Van Ness; COM
mander. Mrs. Margaret Peck: lieutenant
commander. Mrs. Teresa Sardo: record
keeper. Mrs. Mary A. Van Ness: finance
auditor. Mrs Katherine McCIoskey:
chaplain. Mrs. Margaret Fftzgibbon;
lady-at-arms, Mrs. Alice Mix: sergeant
Mrs. Mary Ryan; sentinel Mrs Clara
Empey; picket, Mrs. Mary Hagan: cap
tain guard. Miss May ArchambauIt: mu-
stefan, Mrs. Lille F'raiie; musical di-
rector. Miss Ethel Dick. The officers
will be installed at Pythian Temple De-
cember %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
FOR FARM DEMONSTRATIONS.
Supervisors of Loudoun County Ap-
propriate $50 for Work.
of The Star.

SPECIAL COrfespOndence OF The Star.
LEESBURG. Va, December D. 1911
An appropriation of S51O has been made
by the supervisors of Loudoun county for
farm demonstration during the war of
1912. A similar amount will be added
from state funds. The present demon
stration agent. Howard NJ. Hoge, has
been chosen to again conduct the demon
stration work. The appropriation by LOU
doun is the largest yet made by any Of
the forty counties in the state.
Annie English, the eight-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Elton
Cole, died at the home Of her parents
here Saturday. after a short illness Of
ptOmaine poison Funeral services will be
held at the residence at O'Clock this
afternoon. Rev. w. Fl. Burkhardt of ST.
James Episcopal Church officiating.