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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Volcanic ash is falling thickly over
Cordova, Alaska, showing that the
heavy cannonading heard in the noun
tains recently was the noise Of vol
cano in eruption.
Thomas E. Watson of Augusta, Ga.
former Populist leader and presiden-
tial candidate, was bound over under
$500 bond for sending obscene matter
through the mails.
Because Of its lack OF power to OBJ
tain necessary data, the so-called
money trust investigation in it's main
scope will not be taken up until fall.
This announcement was made by
Chairman Pujo of the investigating
committee at the opening OF the hear
ing in Washington.
Mrs. Sidney G. Bernheimer, the wife
OF wealthy New York clothing man
ufacturer, was assaulted and robbed of
$4,000 worth Of jewelry. The weapons
pick Mrs Bernheimers new cook, a
brawny young Swedish woman, who
for ten days had proved a model ser
want, was said to be the chief robber.
The eight-year struggle of Frederick
A. Hyde and j.. H. Schneider to es-
cape Imprisonment fer conspiracy to
defraud the government out of lands
in California and Oregon, ended in
failure when the Supreme Court found
no error in their conviction in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Hyde had been
fined $4,000 and sentenced to prison
for two years; Schneider had been
fined and sentenced to prison for one
year and two months.
Thousands of citizens In west Texas
are reviving the question OF dividing
the state and making it two, or even
three. states. West Texans point our
that conditions there are SO different
from some other parts of Texas that
division is reasonable. Climate is diff
ferent. products are oirrerent, indus
tries are different. needs are different,
they assert, and advocates Of the prof
ect point out that Texss is OF such i'm
mense size that the division would not
hurt the state.
President Taft signed the three-year
homestead bill. permitting eatrymen
on public lands to prove their claims
IN three instead of five years, allow
,pg five months absence from a claim
each year and reducing the acreage to
hc cultivated on large claims from so
tn 20 acres. The pen used was given
To Representative Taylor OF Colorado.
The bill is designed So to hberalize
the homestead laws as to check the
immigration OF American farmers to
Canada, Senator Borah was ope Of its
supporte-s.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
w EST ERN.

Fire destroyed a store, saloon and
two warehouses belonging to b. A.
Taylor, a Bisbee, Ariz., banker. Loss
$4,000.
Solitary confinement for life will be
the punishment for Fred Howard,
ringleader in the recent California
penitentary riot.
The Arizona Assembly passed the
Senate bill legalizing twenty-round
tights in Arizona, and the measure
now goes to the governor.
Phillip E Campbell. aged twenty-five,
and Earl kron, aged twenty, nave
started from Los Angeles on 5000
. mile hike across the continent.
Robert Phonstell, young farmer
living south OF Modesto, Cal, commit
ed suicide and made sure OF death
by taking poison, shooting himself and
burning the shed in which he was
found.
Federal prohibition against the car
rving of intoxicating liquors into that
part of Oklahoma formerly Indian ter
ritory, from points outside the state,
is held operative by the Supreme
Court
The constant popular demand for
new, glistening coins has caused the
United States government to resume
coinage of gold, although the proper
ton of bullion which the treasury is
authorized to hold in its vaults has not
vet been reached.
The double-tracking of the Santa Fe
.oast lines, on which depends the put
ting on of a solid express and mail
rain from Los Angeles to New York
City, via Kansas City and Chicago, is
being rushed as fast as money and
men can do the work.
Industrial Workers of the World ad-
init defeat in their so-called free
speech" campaign at San Diego, Cal.'
and will make a similar attack upon
Los Angeles. This statement was
made by three members of the organ
ization who were released from ta'l
at Riverside recently.
A blow was given the new Com
merce Court by the Supreme Court OF
the United States, which upheld the
exclusive Jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission over the ad
ministrative machinery of the federal
rate laws. The principal decision was
announced by Chief Justice White IN
the so-called Proctor and Gamble
case" He was sustained by the en-
tire court. In substance he held that
the Commerce Court was not to suosti
tute its judgment for the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the admins
tration OF the rate laws.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
$4,000 Added to the Pay Roll.

Denver-With the opening OF the
Union Pacific railroads new shops
July l, employment will be given
to 400 men. This means that Denver's
payroll will be increased approximate
ly $4,000 monthly. or 100000 year.
The shops have been overhauled and
repaired at an outlay Of 100000. and
the last of the work is being hurried
that the shops may be ready for use
by the first of the month. With these
shops in operation Denver will take
on added Importance as railroad
terminal. The Union Pacific has i'm
proved them SO all repair work to
equipment on the Kansas and Colorado
divisions Will be done here. Machinery
valued at 100000 has been ordered
and is being installed.
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COLORADO STATE NEWS

dam for the Boulder city water WORKS
this year, the contract for which was
let last November for $52.196.20.
c. r. Mohr, OF Cripple Creek, was
perhaps fatally shot at Trinidad oy
Miss Ethel Doyle of Colorado CITY
who claims to be his wife.
Gioacchina Lananna, under arrest IN
Pueblo on a charge OF murder commit
ted in San Francisco June 10, 1901,
will be returned to that city for trial.
The new experimental ore-dressing
and metallurgical plant built for the
School OF Mines at Golden, at
cost Of $l25.000. will be opened July l.
W. L. Carroll. Perkham mer-
chant, poured vinegar down his baby's
throat Immediately after the little
one had swallowed lye water, and may
have saved the child's life.
Jewelry and money to the amount
OF 500 was taken from the home OF
Robert E. Hall OF Denver, recently,
while the family was spending the ev-
ening at the theater.
All available space in Denver hotels
has been engaged for delegates and
visiting members OF the Knights
Templar, who will hold their triennial
conclave there in 1913.
Work has been resumed on Meek
er's Catholic church. after a suspen-
sion since last fall. Construction WI
be pushed in an effort to complete
the building by midsummer.
The damage by the flood in the I'm.
compahgre river and its tributaries in
Montrose county is believed by the
County Commissioners to be $4,000.
Several bridges have been washed
away and others are almost gone.
Finding his wife in conversation
with another man on a street corner
in Pueblo. where they met by appoint
ment, w. H. Senior. a railroader, shot
Ed Bayousett twice in the back as the
latter retreated.
Hereafter there will be fraternities
at the secondary schools Of agricul-
ture controlled by the State Board of
Agriculture. the board having passed
resolution forbidding students in
these schools from joining organiza-
tions of this character.
A wall of water four feet high swept
down Cherry Creek Sunday, carrying
bridges, wagons and debris of every
description with it. The flood was
caused by eloudburst near Simpsons s
Gulch, several miles above Sullivan.
fifteen miles south of Denver.
The State Board OF Immigration is
discussing the advisability of a compa-
ny capitalized at 100000 to foster
Colorado land projects and assist set
tiers in obtaining farms at low prices.
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WASHINGTON.

The House voted ~ to ~ not to in
clude in the sundry civil appropriation
bin the money necessary to continue
President Taft's tariff board.
The United States Supreme Court
adjourned until October, leaving unde-
cided the hard coal trust, the Union
Pacific merger and the state rate
cases.
According to the Agricultural De-
partmcnt, there is no other state
whose cotton crop can approach the
condition of the Imperial valley Of
California.
The United States paid homage to
the discoverer of America by the un-
yelling of magnificent memorial
fountain, erected in Washington by
Congress to Christopher Columbus.
The Navy Department has ordered
with from Key West to Havana with
one dispatch ship and one other ship.
These orders were issued by the State
Department after the receipt of dis
patch from Minister Beaupre reporting
that conditions in Havana had as
sumed the character OF a race war
The House voted 144 to 101 not tc
accept the Senate amendment to the
metal tariff revision bill which would
repeal the Canadian reciprocity rider
and fix a universal duty of 81 ton
on print paper.
Representative Taylor from the
committee on public lands reported IA
vorably to the House the Senate bill
to permit settlers under irrigation
projects to .obtain patent to their
homesteads in three years, the title
being subject to the liens Of the
government for such watSp assess
ments as still may be due.
Legislation providing for general
parcels post throughout the United
States and its possessions. except the
Philippine islands. is certain to be en-
acted by the present Congress, per-
haps before the conclusion of this ses-
sion, in the opinion OF Postmaster
General Hitchcock. He has urged upon
Congress the desirabIlity of domestic
parcels post because he believes it will
aid substantially in the solution Of the
problems OF the high cost OF living.
James Knox Taylor. supervising ar
chitect OF the Treasury Department,
has rendered his resignation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
"'M ONLY A LITTLE GIRL"
Failing Eyesieht Responsible for an
Old Mans Mistake-Rebuke
Hardly Effective.

A certain group of youngsters In an
exclusive West Side residential sec
ton had been very noisy throughout
the forenoon.
The children were still doing their
utmost to initiate a bedlam, when a
very angry old man appeared at the
door Of a nearby apartment house. He
was quite old, and it was evident that
his eyesight was not the best, but he
finally succeeded in picking out a
youngster who was aiding very siren
uously in the noise making.
The aged man walked over to the
back to the apartment. When he
reached the doorway he turned to the
child and said:
Don't you know it's against the
law to make so much noise?"
"Yes, sir" was the meek reply.
We'll. don't you know that you'll
be arrested and put in Jail and then
you can never be president of the
United States?"
please. sir?" replied the child. Il
don't care: I'm only a little girl"-
New York Mail.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Strike Gas Near De eeque.

De Bcque.-Whilc drilling for oil
near here prospectors struck a flow
OF natural gas that completely de
stroyed the metal casing of the pipes.
SO strong was the pressure. The town
is now assured enough gas for light
ing, heating and manufacturing pur-
poses.
As a result OF the discovery OF the
presence Of the strong gas pressure in
the oil sands, 1t is expected that there
will be much activity in the newest Oil
fields in the state. Oil prospectors
years ago prospected for oil near De
Beque. They found oil in great guam
titles near the surface, but it was no,
OF a fine enough quality to pay.
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Minor Mention.

mtuST NGHtiOHs
Charles Wahl, an old-time settler of
Ouray, is dead.
A terrific storm recently did consid-
cradle damage to Routt county.
The Summer School for State
Teachers opened at Greeley with 1000
teachers enrolled.
The Colorado & Kansas, Pueblo S
new railroad. twenty-one miles long,
has been opened.
II plans OF Greeley men work out.
alfalfa breakfast food will soon be man
ufactured in Weld county.
Montrose Chamber OF Commerce is
preparing to issue 10000 postal cards
70 advertise the county.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
has started a campaign to raise $780,
900 for advertising purposes.
DR.. C. A. Stewart OF Denver has Dc
parted on an automobile tour from
Denver to New York and Boston.
Golden is greatly excited over the
finding OF free gold by G. w. Parfet in
his clay drifts south of the city.
Longmont has decided to send an au'
tomobile on the Sociability run to Chi.
cago. which leaves Denver June rs.
The government has appropriated
$4,000 for the commencement OF the
iederal building at Grand Junction.
John Daniels, for years a prominent
fish culturist of Colorado. died in Den.
yer at the age Of eighty-five years.
The Hotchkiss Fair Association
gave a barbecue on June in place OF
the spring races which were called off.
Jammed into flume in the North
side lateral. at Gill. the body CT John
Losser. aged three. was found by /. n.
Ball.
Mrs. A. d. Droll OF Greeley was Sc.
yerely burned about the head when
she attempted to relight fire with
coal oil.
AS a result OF hail storm. which
visited the vicinity of Fort Morgan
Carden truck, alfalfa and sugar beets
were damaged.
In the District Court at Greeley
Charles G. Shelley pleaded guilty tc
the charges OF bribing County Com
missioner Devinny.
Rev. C. w. Dyer OF Hastings, Neb
has accepted the pastorate of the First
Pres sbyterian church of Pueblo. The
salary is $500 annually.
Within the next two months hun
dreda of entrymen in Weld county will
prove up on their homesteads under
the new three-year homestead law.
There will be no work done on the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Lone Bandit loots Bank.

Denyer.-James II. Caldwell, drink
crazed and excited by newspaper &C
counts of a crime wave, attempted to
hold up the first bank he happened
into after he had listened to tales or
lawlessness In Seventeenth street
bar. He was captured within five min
utes after he had made away with
sl15 from the State Mercantile bank
by intimidatug the paying teller, Ear,
nest V Funk.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Fort Morgan Gets Big Rain.

Fort Morgan.-The heaviest rain
storm in three years drenched this
section and brought smiles to the
farmers whose crops have been in
need Of water for over O week.
The rain was heaviest about this
city, considerably over an inch fall
ing within not more than half an hour.
Brush and Weldona also reported
heavy precipitation.
The rain will be worth thousands of
dollars to the beet crop OF the sec
ton as ranchers have Just finished
thinning the fields.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Plan TO Develop Quarry.

Fort Collins.-Headed by Z. l.. Sal
ladin several business men are form
ing company to develop granite
quarries sixteen miles southwest of
here. The granite is said to be Of the
finest quality and an option has been
obtained on AIS acres Of quarry land.
1t is proposed to form corporation
with a capital stock of 100000, ami
it is estimated that the plant viii cost
about $4,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Western Se~spaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

Tuly 4.-Independence Day Celebration
-PlatteyIlle. Greeley. Pueblo. INN
dad. Walsenburg. Ouray. Dufahe9'
Fort Collins, Longmont. Loselaho'
Lamar. Walden.
July Is-ls.-EIectricai Contractors Az
societion Convention. Denver. -,
July 16-ls-Gunnison County Catt!o
Growers Association. Gunnison.
Aug. es. - international touhlii
knights of Columbus CoIoraoo
Springs. ,
Sept 3.-ConventIon National Associa-
t!on State Game Wardens-Dehset.
Sept. Is. 10. 20.-San Luis Valley r ar
-Alamosa
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Reed Breaks Wrist; Welch Wins.

Grand Junction.-In the third rouni
OF scheduled ten-round bout with
Jack Welch. the Australian champion,
David Reed of Montrose broke his
right wrist when he struck Welch on
the head Welch was declared the
winner. Young James OF Fruita has
been matched to fight Welch ten
rounds juno II.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
VOLCANIC ERUPTION DESTROYS
FISHING TOWNS ON ALASKA
PENINSULA.
NATIVES ARE DESTITUTE
GOVERNOR HAS CABlEO WASH
ING1oN FOR 100000 FOR
RELIEF.
N.v,pAper Union News ssryiee-

western Nev,paper Union News ssrviee-
Seward, Alaska-lnformati has
been received here from uyak, on the
Shelikof strait shore OF Kodiak island
that people there are safe but IT !s
thought seven fishing villages with
total population OF 200, on the Alaska
peninsula In the immediate vicinity Oh
KatmaI volcano, were destroyed by
the recent eruption
The villages, whose inhabitants,
mostly natives, are said to have per
ished, were Cold Bay. katmai. Kama
TUX, Douglas, Sayanoosky and KAN
gamute.
The volcano has resumed its normal
state and the atmosphere Is clearing
go boats will be able TO get into the
stricken district with relief.
At Uyak the fall of ashes amounted
to four inches. The people there are
not suffering. This was one of the
places on Kodiak island where 1t was
feared the greatest damage was done
and the news from there gives hope
that all the Kodiak island are safe.
No word has been received yet from
Afognak island, which lies only rev
miles south OF Kodiak island. Alog-
max. which Is included in the Chugach
national forest and fish culture re-
serye has a population OF 600. The Is
land is in a direct line with the course
taken bv the ashes from Katmai.
A light rain fell at Seward and the
water was charged with sulphuric acid
which is killing all vegetation and eat
ing into the mefal work on buildings.
Kodiak and Woody island villages
are buried under foot of ashes. NO
lives were lost there, but many other
settlements near the volcano suffered
indescrihably.
The revenue cutter Manning was in
port at Kodiak when the eruption be-
gan, and furnished refuge for all the
inhabitants of the town.
The naval wireless station was de
stroyed by fire, and the Manning
wireless is too weak to work with cor
doya,
II is impossible at this time to esti-
mate the property loss, which VIII be
enormous.
MANY natives are destitute. At
times it seemed that everyone would
he suffocated By the noxious gases.
The scenes when the eruption was
at it's height were lndescripaole' AS
soon as the hail of ashes, sand ana not
pumice stone began. the Officers OF
the Manning ordered everyone in ko-
dfak and nearby villages to board the
ship.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

England's featherweight champion,
Jem Driscoll, has cabled to friends in
this country that he is making prep
arations to visit this country again in
few weeks with the intentionof Sc
curing date with Johny Kilbane, the
featherweight champion of the world.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Greeley to Have Pulmotor.

Greeley.-Greeley is to have pull
motor. a device designed to bring to
life those who have been drowned or
asphyxiated The county commission
ers agreed to pay twenty per cent OF
the purchase price. the gas company
another twenty per cent and the city
similar amount.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
4 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

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nsture 20 70 rpeak rAnsAcked by the ec'ehuhc -
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ship.

Juneau, Alaska.-Gov. Walter T.
Clark received the following dispatch
from Kodiak:
kodiak island covered with twelve
inches of ashes. Ashes have stopped
falling. hut conditions here are ter
rible. The people were taken aboard
the revenue cutter Manning, which Is
leaving for other stations to obtain
food.
"On some parts OF the island the
ashes are twenty feet deep. Negeta-
tion and animal Ife have been killed
Conditions at Karluk must be terri
BILE"
. Governor Clark cabled to Washing
ton asking $4,000 from Congress for
relief purposes in the stricken district.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
To Stop Auto Speeding.

Pueblo. Colo.-To stop speeding
through small towns by auto drivers,
needless of the lives and limbs Of chill
dren and citizens, it is suggested that
bumps in the roads at the town out
skirts and also inside the town limits
be made These bumps will compel
the speed fiends to slow UP.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Aeroplane Falls; Two Killed.

College Park, Md.-Lieut. Leighton
w. Hazelhurst; Seventeenth infantry.
Il. 6. A.. OF Macon, Ga, and A. l..
Welch OF Washington, D. C., were
killed here when a new army aero
plane Of the Wright type in which they
were flying fell to the ground.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Grubstake Mining Company Falls.

Denver.-The Colorado Grubstake
G. Mining Company. which was organ
lied under the auspices Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, to follow up the work
Of the Grubstake fund committee IN
an effort to revive the mining industry
Of the state, has formally wound up its
affairs. The failure Of the company
was due to inadequate financing.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Studies Prevention of Disease.

Grceley.-C. l.. Fitch, potato expert,
is spending much time in the fields of
the county studying temperatures of
sell ard water in their relation to the
fusarium disease.
He advocates irrigation of potatoes
cloudy days or after night, when air,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Fire Destroys C. & S. Roundhouse.

Leadville-The Colorado & South
ern roundhouse was destroyed by fire
onta!ling a loss OF over sl5, 900. In ad-
dition to the building, one engine and
a snowplow were burned. together
with large quantity of oil and sup
plies.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15

water and surface coil are cool. He
advises late planting in this district.
He says crop conditions are favorable
here and throughout the state.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
Coffee King Gives Sister Fortune.

New York-John Arbuckle, the cof-
Zee king, left s37 1000. 900, according to
an official statement, to his sister.
Christina Arbuckle.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15
GEN e ERAI.

Colonel Jerome B. Rice of Troy, N.
Y, known in every state of the Union
as a grower and distributor of seeds.
Is dead.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-06-15

placed anywhere. a6
trAets ald kills all
liss. Neat. clean or.
nAmsntAl. convenient
cheap. LABts all
ssAssa. Ma de OF
metal, can'tspil or tip
over; will not soil OF
in1urs anything.
Guaranteed effective
Sold by dsaloro Of
. sent prepaid for a.
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The Condensed Product
"Oh. auntie, can l go to the fancy
dress ball as a milknaid?"
NO, darling; you're too small"
We'll, then, can / go as con-
densed milkmaid?"
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