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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
GEN ERAL.

Top steers in the Chicago stock
yards market are selling up to $9.4o
a hundredweight.
Mrs. Marie Josephine Banks of Chi
cago has announced her intention OF
walking to Denver for the benefit OF
her health.
Alarming rumors are in circulation
the negroes to rise in arms against the
government.
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany was indicted for false billing of
shipments by federal grand jury at
Indianapolis.
OF the 96S delegates to the National
Republican convention selected to
date, President Taft has ASP and
Roosevelt 367.
The third trial OF Dr. B. Clark
Hyde. for the murder of Col. Thos. H.
Swope, in Kansas City. has been post
poned until October.
The Standard Oil Company paid a
fine Of $4,000 to the clerk of the
sdlt of being prosecuted as trust.
Fire in the business district OF Hous-
ton, Texas, destroyed about $1,oo0.00o
worth of property before it was
brought under control. No lives were
lost.
The Presbyterian church in the
United States was pledged by its gen
eral assembly at Louisville, KY, to in
creased evangelistic effort next year;
$3,250,000 will be expended by the sew
eral boards.
In a paper prepared by DR.. Karl Won
Ruck of Ashville. N. c.. and read be-
fore the Chicago Medical Society. he
announced that he had discovered a
serum, which he believes gives i'm
munity from tuberculosis.
Five people plunged with an auto
mobile into the waters of the Calu-
met river at Chicago. when they came
at breakneck speed to an open draw
bridge. The entire party. two men
and three women, were killed.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion has directed the railroads to put
into effect on June l the reduced
freight rates on wool prescribed by
the decision Of the commission made
April IL. The new rates will super
sede the present rate to Boston of
$2.13 a hundred pounds from the blan-
ket territory covered by the Union Pa
cific lines, which Is held unreasonable,
and from Denver. Cheyenne and Trim
idad the rate to Boston will be $1.32
per 100.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
w EST ERN.

Mrs. Silvey Baker, 1l9 years old,
formerly a slave, died at her home in
Goodnight, Oklahoma, recently.
The directors OF the Prairie OH 4
Gas Company OF Independence, Kan
have declared a dividend CT Sc per
share.
Peter Peterson, living near Presho,
S. D., his wife and five children, the
latter all under nine years of age,
burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed their home.
AS a reward for faithful service. the
management OF the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain railroad has decided to
issue annual passes to employees who
have worked for that company fifteen
years or longer.
A special cable to the Seattle Post
lntelligeDcer from Dawson, Yukon.
says The Yukon valley is a roaring
furnace for 200 miles between Big Sa-
loon and steuart city. Everywhere
forest fires are raging, but they are
not near any city.
Two persons are known to have been
drowned and forty or more were in
jured wien the adjustable end of a
temporary passenger gangplank at the
Colman dock, at Seattle. dipped, let
ting sixty passengers fall into the wa
ter as they were preparing to board
the sound steamer Flyer for Tacoma.
DETECTED by large sandbar recent
ly formed, the Colorado river, which
Is at flood stage from the melting noun
tain SHOWS, threatens the destruction
of part of the town OF Needles, Calf,
The 3,000-foot concrete wall built by
the Santa Fe railroad a year ago to
protect the town from the river, is
crumbling.
The announcement has been made
on high authority that Gov. Hunt OF
Arizona, in his call for special ses
sion OF the Legislature to meet al
Phoenix, would include an anti-lobby
bill, tax levy measure. a primary
election bill, a bill to make the publica
ton OF campaign expenses compul
sorry and a bill providing for the elec
tion Of state and county officers in the
fall.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, feath-
erweight champion, outfought Frankie
Burns of Jersey City in fast ten
round bout in New York.
The Wichita Western League base
ball club has purchased Tex" Wester-
zil, third baseman, from Indianapolis
in the American Association.
A ten-round fight between Ad VOL
CAST, champion lightweight and
Packey Mcfarland, is a prospect Of
the near future.
In boxing match scheduled to go
ten rounds at Clovis, N. NJ, Frank
Piper, an American, was knocked out
in the first round by George Kogo, 4
Japanese.
Promoters Charles O'Malley ana
Jack Curley of the Jim Flynn-Jack
johnson contest July 4, have announced
that the contract has been awarded
for building the arena in Las Vegas,
N. NJ. Seating capacity will be 1880
The first important boxing contest
in Mexico since the Fitzsimmons.
Maher bout in 1896 was staged in the
Ciudad Juarez bull ring The contest
between Kid Mitchell, the Ell Paso
middleweight, and Jack Herrick, the
Chicago middleweight, for twenty
rounds, went the full twenty rounds to
. draw.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Minor Mention.


Street crossings are to be put in By
the city OF Salida.
The Chaffee County Sunday School
convention was held in Salida.
La Sale is the only town in the
state where no city marshal is EN-
Eloyed.
Women OF Auburn have organized =
club from which gossip 10 absolutely
barred.
June 10 has been set as the date
on which Johnstown will vote on d
$4,000 water works bond issue.
Daniel Healey, prominent business
man OF Leadville, was drowned in Tur-
quoise lake. near that city. recently.
The Weld County Retail Merchants
Association has been organized at
Greeley with w. c. Wilson. president
H. P. Tucker. lineman at the Sun
nysides mines, near Silverton, fell
from the tram and was instantly
killed.
The "J.J." ranch. near Rocky Ford,
has recently shipped to the Kansas
OF cattle.
Business men of Colorado Springs
are considering the advisability of or
ganizing a 100000 electric light
company.
Lack of funds will prevent the ap-
perance Of Colorado university ath-
letes in this years intercollegiate
meet at Chicago.
The st. Vrain river is running bank
full at Longmont and the bottom lands
will be flooded. This has not been the
case for years.
The First National Bank of Engle-
wood has been admitted to the cur
gency association Of Denver. Pueblo
and Colorado Springs.
The town OF Oak Creek is lighted
by electricity for the first time. The
plant installed by the Oak Creek Ser.
vice Company is completed.
Charred almost beyond recognition.
the body of n. D. Madden. prospec-
tor was found In his cabin. seventy
miles northwest Of Fort Collins.
Lewis Kolb, aged twenty-five. a un-
ion miner employed at Matchless
mine. near Louisville, was crushed to
death under a 1.500-pound rock.
Governor Shafroth has appointed
delegates to the National conference
of Charities and Correction. which will
be held in Cleveland. O., June'12 to ~.
The bureau OF education of the In
terror Department of the United
States has notified Colorado college
that 1t has been rated in the first
class.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Mohammed Ali Mira. who succeed
ed his father, Muzaffar-Ed-Din as shah
OF Persia in 1907 and was deposed in
1909, has become a pirate king upon
the Caspian sea. The medjs (parlia-
mcnt) at Teheran offers 100000,
head money for him, dead or alive.
To form an Independent republic out
of the three states of Sonora, Sinaloa
and Tepic, Mexico, and eventually to
secure the recognition OF the United
States and to be merged with that
country, is a plan favored by many
Americans who have interests in the
three states named, but who have de-
SPARED of seeing order restored in
Mexico under present conditions.
Word has been received by the
White Star officials that the steamer
Montmagny had been unable to find
any more bodies from the Titnaic dis
aster, and that she was returning to
Halifax
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
San Juan Ships 10000 Pounds Wool

Durango.-Conservative estimates OF
the sheep and wool industry OF the
San Juan basin show It to be one OF
the most desired resources Of south
western Colorado.
The annual shearing Of the. sheep
has been done. The wool has bee1
baled and most of 1t has been shipped
to the Eastern wool mills, particular
" to Massachusetts,. The total amount
OF wool grown in the San Juan basin
during the past year, the estimates be-
ing taken from the shipments, brings
the grand total up to three-Quarters Of
a million pounds, divided in the basin
as follows: Dolores. 100000 pounds.
Mancos, 100000 pounds; Hesperue,
200, 900 pounds; Pennington, 100, 900
pounds, and Aztec, 100000 pounds. A
total of eighty-three carloads OF wool
found its way to the Eastern markets.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Jewels In q Flower Bed.

The recovery OF a quantity Of stolen
jewelry from a fower-bed was de-
scribed at Kingston-on-Thames police
court the other day. when a general
servant was charged with theft from
her mistress, q resident of Ivydene,
Scarborough road. Surbiton. London.
The lady had missed pearl pin and
a pearl and diamond ring. Thinking
she might have lost the jewels in the
street, she issued printed notices Of
fering a reward for their recovery.
When she lost number of other
things she placed the matter in the
hands Of the police. The detective
said that from what the prisoner told
him he searched the garden. and in
one OF the flower beds found some Of
the tewelry. The rest he found in
the prisonerc bedroom.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
WASHINGTON.

1t Is estimated that when the exca-
walton of the Panama canal is complet-
ed nearly 55,o00.00O pounds OF dyna-
mite will have been used.
Senator Borah, author of the three
year homestead bill, has served notice
trying to arrange an adjournment
June 15, that there will be no adjourn
ment until his bill is passed.
Representative Akin of New York
would direct Secretary Wilson to re-
port to the House the circumstances
under which his son, Jasper Wilson.
was appointed at a reputed salary OF
$4,000 as an employe OF Colorado
irrigation company.
The case OF Senator Lorimer OF ILL.,
nois, whose election was alleged to
have ben brought about through cor
ruption, was placed before the Senate
for final action. The minority report
ed that the second investigation con-
ciusively established that fifteen Of
the votes cast for Lorimer were cor
rupt. and that his election was invalid.
President Taft. in an endeavor to
help the American locomotive engi-
neers and conductors who we're thrown
out of employment as a result of the
strike on the National railways of
Mexico. has directed the State Depart
ments to mail letters to the heads of
$50 railroads in the United States and
ask IL employment cannot be given
to these men.
From discussions In Congress this
session. two facts are pretty clearly ap-
parent. bearing on the parcels post and
the future Of the express companies
of the United States. One Of these is
that the establishment Of q parcels
post system is seemingly certain to
come eventually. The other Is that
express companies are going to be put
out OF business.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
COLORADO STATE NEWS

Mrs. David Monroe, one OF the first
settlers of the Big Thompson valley,
near Greeley, who crossed the plains
in an oxcart in 1862, is dead at Pres
colt, Ariz.
Fifty business men and members OF
the /. o. o. F. lodge OF Platteville.
donned working clothes and laid 265
feet of cement sidewalk about the
lodge lot.
Edwin Kirchbaum, the seventeen
year-old son OF George E. kirchbaum'
a well-known resident OF Trinidad. was
fatally hurt when he was struck on the
temple by baseball.
William NJ. Graves, former Jefferson
county commissioner. and for twenty
three consecutive years president OF
the Arvada school board. died at The
age OF sixty-six years.
The farmers OF eastern Colorado are
jubilant over the prospects for this
year and conditions were never better
for a record crop in that section OF the
state than they are now.
With three of his five brothers In
penitentiaries and jails. on conviction
of burglary. John Dicks. was taken
back to Marysville. Mo-, from Pueblo
to stand trial on the same charges.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
la Sale Commercial Club a commit
tee appointed to investigate the mat
ter Of an independent sugar factory
made a report indorsing such step.
The movement among Colorado
Springs business men to raise $500
for the purchase of a baseball park for
Ira Bidwel's proposed Rocky Noun.
tain league team has been abandoned.
Mrs. Cora E. Smith Of Denver was
elected president of the Colorado and
Wyoming departments. Women OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, at the
convention in Boulder, which has just
closed.
The heavy precipitation throughout
the Holly section the last year has put
the soil in fine condition and the
country round about never looked
handsomer, nor the outlook more
promising at this time
AS members OF the Colorado tax
commission, recently appointed b.
Gov Shafroth. C. o. Link and J. Frank
Adams will serve terms until Febru-
ary Is. 1913. and February Is, 1915,
respectively.
After eight rounds of terrific fight
ing before the Pueblo Athletic Club,
the bout between Eddie Johnson OF
Pueblo and Phil knight of Kansas
City, terminated when Knight went
down from a blow he declared was
foul and the bout was stopped.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Meeker Wants Auto Highway.

Meeker.-The people OF Meeker and
Rio Blanco county have become thor
ouhgly aroused to the Importance OF
securing the great transcontinental au-
,omobilc highway through this sec
ton. At meeting OF citizens held
recently, definite measures were tax
en-, committees appointed and ade-
auate funds subscribed to have the
road routed from Rifle, via Meeker
and yernal, Utah, to Salt Lake City.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

The condition OF Wilbur Wright,
who is Ill at his homo in Dayton, Ohio.
with typhoid fever, is dangerous.
Henry Spruck Won Armenthal, mem
Der of the German nobility, and large
land owner in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. shot and killed himself in his
room in Chicago
Clarence V. T. Richeson was cleo
trocuted at 12:17 Eastern time Tues
day morning in Boston. The current
was turned on at 12:10:02 and the
prisoner was declared dead at 1917.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
FOREIGN.

The British gunboat Agerine has
reached Mazatlan, Mexico, prepara-
tory to cruise along the west coast
of Mexico to pick up refugees.
The French dirigible balloon Gle
ment-Bayard III. beat the worlds dir
igible record for altitude at Paris, re-
Gently. Carrying six passengers the
vessel ascended to . height Of 9,514
feet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Durango Bank Closes Doors.

Durango-With assets amounting
to s87 900 and liabilities totaling s52,-
900, the La Plata County bank OF this
CITY closed its doors for the liquidation
OF its Indebtedness. The two hundred
depositors are taking 1t calmly and
there will be no trouble.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Pictures Of Babies in City Hall.

Grand Junction.-In the remodeled
city hall is a large. sunny room called
the nursery" The walls of this room
viii be lined with pictures OF every
baby born in Grand Junction after
June /. 1908, labeled SO that they can
be identified in future.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Beet Fields Advanced.

Greeley.-Beet thinning begins in
the Greeley district this week. many
OF the fields planted early in April
being well advanced. Fields in the vi
cinity of Severance, La Sale and Gree
ley will be worked and by May 25,
1000 beet laborers will be IN the
fields
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Meat hiQh in Denver.

Denver.-The highest price that beer
has sold for in Denver has been
reached and lamb and mutton are 60
ing up at surprising rate. All the
meat on the market is at least 81 per
hundred above the normal price.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Uncompahare River Over Banks.

Montrose.-The Uncompahgre river
and its tributaries are running at flood
tide owing to melting SHOWS in the
mountains. In many places the stream
is flooding its banks and houses near 1t
are almost surrounded by water
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Improve Big Reservoir.

Greeley-Important to the irrigation
interests OF thousands of farm acres a
few miles south and west Of here are
ing made on Union reservoir by which
1000 feet OF underground cement con
duit is to replace the present open out
let ditch OF the reservoir. The Union
reservoir is one of the largest In this
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Kind Of Things to Buy.

Nina OF hlnpo TO 0uys
I'm thinking Of going on q tour on
the Rhine this summer, and should
like your advice about the best things
to buy there. You've been there,
haven't you?"
"Yes. but It's a long time ago.
shall have to refresh my memory.
Waiter. bring the wine card
F1iegende Blaetter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Irrelevant Reasons.

Irrelevant Heaooho.
why Is Jones making his girl take
music lessons? She'll never learn II
she practices for a million years"
Jones says he knows she has no
talent, and he can i'll afford the ex-
pense but that he hates the people 80
on the next floor"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Methodists Elect Two Bishops,

Minneapolis.-Dr. T. F. Henderson
Of Brooklyn and w. o. Shepard Of Chi
cago are the new bishops Of the Met
odist Episcopal conference elected on
the eleventh ballot. DR.. Henderson re-
ceived 562 and DR.. Sheppard 532 votes.
Necessary to elect. 524
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

Lewis Wcchter. under sentence OF
death in August for the murder OF w.
cafe, in Denver, has made application
to the State Board of Pardons for com
mutation of his sentence to life i'm
prisonment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
widowers and Bachelors Organize.

Milliken.-Milliken is forging to the
front in the matrimonial market, and
following closely upon the organiza-
ton of the Widows Club, which has
a dozen attractive members, there has
been formed the Widowers' and Bach
elors' Protective Association.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
LeadviIIe Citizens Repair Roads.

Leadville-Good roads day was OBJ
served in Lake county recently. About
400 men and boys put eleven miles OF
road in first class condition, more
than 81 900 worth OF work being ac-
complished. The women furnished
lunch
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Lamb Has hoof on Tail.

Grand Junction.-H. B. Woods 4
prominent sheepman OF Mesa county,
is exhibiting a lamb with perfectly
shaped hoof on the end Of its tail.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Good Roads Association Meeting.

Logan, Utah.-The third annual con.
sention of the Inter Mountain Good
Roads Association meets at Logan
Utah, June IL to IA.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
=
Cuts Down Sentence.


Cuts Down Sentence.
Silicus-Do you believe in long en-
gagements?
Cynicus-Sure. The longer q man
is engaged the less time he has to b.
married.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

June lI-July Is-Summer Term. state
Teachers College. Greeley.
June 1s-2O.-State Sunday school Con-
vention, Colorado Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

Many . woman who wishes she had
been born q man would be surprised
to know that her husband shares the
wish.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

You may have noticed that about
the time a shoe begins to feel COM
Portable 1t looks like q candidate for
the refuse wagon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

locality and is now almost full OF wa
ter. Il is valued close to 100000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

A true friend Is a person who listens
to your troubles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

Garfield Tea helps clear . muddy compiler
Ion, dispel foul breath and sweeten the temper.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-05-25

Mans favorite brand OF love is usu-
ally the latest.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-08-03

the year consisted of pasture. clover
sllage and clover and alfalfa hay for
roughage and bran, oats, shorts md
barley for concentrates. Had high.
costly concentrated grains MS oilmeal,
gluten meal. cottonseed meal, etc,
been used the record would probably
have been larger, but such feeds were
not available and considered not prac-
ticable. During the year this COW had
a roomy box stall that was kept well
bedded. and she was groomed once a
day. She was MIXED three times a
day for the first six months and twice
a day from then on. During the year
she has been in perfect physical condi-
ton, and not once has she been off feed.
This COW. Polander by name. Is not
only a good producer, but is also a
beautiful animal ip appearance and a
most valuable COW for classroom pur-
poses. She has good capacity, quality.
constitution and dairy temperament.
The record for the year Just ending Is
1G,2S6.1 pounds Of milk and S44.S
pounds of fat. This will make 1,056
pounds of butter containing so per cent
fat. This record exceeds that Of any
other grade COW of which the writer
has been able to gain knowledge. Com
pared with pure bred Jersey cows. the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-08-03
Farm Adyice and SuGSesfion
-FOUR GOOD COR. RULES.

"If I owned the farms of the
United States" said Perry G.
Holden. the big Iowa corn man.
Il could give but four orders
regarding corn. These orders
would be as follows:
"First.-That every a Of corn
intended for planting be tested
by taking not less than six kerr
nels and sprouted. that the weak
ears may be discarded.
"Second.-That every ear In
tended for planting be harvested
before the fall freezes and prop
erly preserved.
Third. : That the o be
graded and the planter tested
and be made ready to drop the
proper number of kernels.
''Fourth.-That the corr be i'm
proved by selecting, for the aver
age farm. say, 100 OF the best
ears and planting them on one
side Of the cornfield. The seed
for the following crop to be Sc
lected in the fall from the part
Of the field where the best seed
was planted"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-08-03

Verses 4446.-The highest good.
We must not interpret the parallels
In all their details. Jesus was Il keen
observer and n graphic reporter. and
he spoke out of a rich experience of
life. His parallels are pictures of the
customs and conditions of the times.
but they were spoken to illustrate re-
ligion. We should therefore seek the
leading thought in each parable.
Treasure hid in II field" 1t was a
common custom for people to bury
their wealth in those early days when
there We're no banks or bonds or other
ways of making Investments. 1t often
well that in case of death OF other
misfortune to the owner the place of
burial was lost. Hath found" This
was a happy incident. and 20 delighted
was the peasant that he promptly took
measures and bought that field" in
which he had left the treasure as he
found it until he had secured u legal
claim to the land. We are not con-
cerned with the honesty of the man.
but with his readiness to know u good
thing when he saw 1t and his willing
ness to secure 1t at any cost. .
Seeking goodly pearls" This was
probably at the pearl fisheries. where
the best bargains could be made by
experts. "One pearl of great price,"
The merchant was looking for the best
investments in his business. and when
he saw an. unusual opportunity he
seized 1t without delay. sold all that
he had" This vas speculation. but
that Is not the lesson of the parable.
II is his readiness 10 venture all that
he might win what he realized vas a
Verses 4I-5o.-The right attitude.
We must take the world us We find 1t
and then endeayor to do II best to i'm
prove 1t. '.rhey drew to shore" Then
began the process Of sorting and sep