The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-29

visit there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halberg have for their
guest Miss Amelia Bergson Of Denver.
Mr.. P. E. Traynor and wife of St.Jo-
seph Mo. are enjoying an outing with
Ms. Ventress in her cabin up Cascade
creek.
Mr. NJ Weinberger has gone to New
York to purchase his fall and winter
goods for the Grand Junction and Idaho
Springs stores.
Miss Margaret Redmond left on Sat
urday morning for St. Joseph, Mo-,
where she resides. She has been spend
ing the last moAth here.
Tomorrow afternoon the home team
will tackle the Bankers of Denver at
the ball park and will give this aggrega-
ton practical lesson in d scounting.
DIR A. Morehouse and wife have
gone on an extended trip OF from
four to six weeks, which will combine
business and pleasure. They will pass
the time in Illinois, Michigan and New
York states. The doctor will visit a
number of large hospitals while on his
trip.
A shipment each of high and low
grade ore was recently made from the
Ciluar- Tho hiuh Grade
showed values of 241 ounces of gold
and 160 ounces in silver or SI25. per
ton and the basis of settlement was
about sl07 90 per ton. The 10" grade
ran about SIS per toa.
Mr. and Mrs, George E. hcClelland
returned from a trip to Denver and
Colorado Springs on Friday evening. Mr..
Mac had the hearty congratulations and
| felicltations of his host of friends here
over the recurrence of another birthday
on Wednesday. Mrs. McClelland's
birthday was on Thursday.
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| A force of men is at work in repair
| ing the flume of the Seaton Mountain
Electric company that was taken out by
land slide last Sunday. During the
closing of the power station, about three
miles east of town. the electric juice
has been furnished by the company's
plant near Georgetown SO that there
has been no inconvenience to the pub
| lie service.
Mr.. w. l.. Bush, chairman of the
good roads committee re ceived a letter
this week asking for the sending in
without delay of the surveys of the pro-
posed Floyd Hill road so that the state
engineer could go over them and make
preparations for advertising for con-
tract. He attended to the matter
promptly and it is expected that in the
near future the dirt will begin to fly. y
Messrs. Geo. d. Park, B. S. Denni-
son and C. NJ. Derr of Denver and pro-
moters of the new Sanitarium company,
we're in the city today. They were ac-
eompanied Col. J. S. Roster of Port
Leyden, New York and Mr.. A. F. Weir
and wife of Los Angeles, California.
Consideration of affairs pertaining to
the new organization was The object of
their visit.
The unanimity, with which the Pc
tition for closing places of busine ss
each Thursday afternoon from 2. 80 TO
500 until $50 until September first,
! nd a hla or,iYit
as it gives the clerks and other EN-
ployees a few hours of recreation.
Many of them go to work early in the
morning and are keot busy until clos
ing time at night throughout the en-
tire week. The primary object of
this move was due to the series of base
ball games that are being pulled off
each week thus giving all chance to
attend the game. 1t however affords
an opportunity for those who do not
care to see the games to have kind
of half holiday. In whatever way the
time is spent it is good move.
Mr.. T. M. Baxter and family of Ohio
spent the fore part of the week in the
city He is a nephew of Mr. Kraut.
The family made the trip from their
home to Idaho Sprinfis in an automobile
travelling about 1900 miles,to reach here.
Mr.. Baxter was taken oyer the town by
Mr. Chas- Develan Sr. and introduced
to our leading business men. He is de-
lighted with his trip and speaks in the
highest terms Of the road travelled over
through Nebraska and Colorado. He
says he found knockers in nearly every
town who told him he would find the