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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Homestead Bill Passes.

Washington.-An important step to-
ward liberalizing the land laws was
taken when the House by an unani.
nous vote, passed the three-year
homestead act substantially as 1t
passed the Senate.
All the essential features of the orig.
inal bill were retained and what dif-
ferences exist between the Senate and
House measures will be adjusted by
the conference committee, which win
consist OF Senators Smoot. Jones and
Newlands and Representatives Tay.
lor, Ferris and Mondell, all favorable
to the measure. When finally shapeo
up by the conference committee, and
the conference report accepted, Presi.
dent Taft will sign the bill.
The proposed new law, in brief, re-
duces the homestead period from five
to three years and gives homesteaders
five months leave of absence each
year, and six months in which to es-
tablish residence after making the
original filing. The heirs of de-
ceased entryman are relieved from res
idence on the entry upon showing
that the entryman had complied with
the law up to the time of death.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
GEN ERAl.

Tho New Jersey State Senate de-
feated a resolution providing for the
right Of suffrage for women.
The three-year strike Of the sea-
mems union, involving $4,000 men on
the Great Lakes, has come to an end.
w. H. Walker. q farmer living near
Murphysboro, ILL.,, missed hawk and
shot and killed his eight-year-old boy.
Miss Mary Lonergan, an artist OF
Kankakee. ILL.,, obtained verdict OF
325, 900 against DR.. Daniel B. Hayden.
q Chicago physician. on the ground Of
breach Of promise.
Consideration by union officers Of q
possible compromise In the wage de-
mands of the miners In the bituminous
coal fields of western Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois resulted in
a decision that when the conference
with the operators is resumed the
miners will adhere to their original
demand for a 10 per cent increase and
shorter working hours.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Gen. John W. Noble. who was secre-
ary of the interior in President Har-
rison's Cabinet, died in st. Louis re-
Gently.
A negro convict, Home Howell. was
lynched at Cochran, Ca, after he had
killed Guard Joseph Coody in the con-
vict camp.
The Spiritualists in New York city
are to build a 100000 temple in the
section
A new crusade against the long hat
pin is being launched in New York
this time by the city's department Of
health.
A gas well struck near Silver Creek.
Is flowing 100000 feet a day. It 10
the biggest gusher ever struck In New
York gas fields.
River men are apprehensive Of
| floods along the Mississippi river be-
cause OF the rapid breaking up Of ice
| and melting OF snow.
Six inmates OF the Huron county,
Ohio. infirmary are dead as a result Of
asphyxiation. Seven others were over
come but are recovering.
Chicago is soon to have q hippo.
drome with seating capacity of 6.100.
1t will be the largest auditorium used
exclusively as theater in America
A mob OF 500 broke into the Fort
Smith, Ark. Jail and seized an uniden-
- al
phone pole.
Much anxiety Is felt ever the prob
ability OF floods in the Missouri river
watershed. Railroads are expecting
trouble. Dynamite. with which to break
up possible ice gorges. has been dis
tributed to various places. There II
more snow on the ground than for
many years at this season.
With the brain Of a newborn babe
substituted for a portion OF his own.
William Buckner. wealthy real o.
tate broker and operator of Cincinnati
10 recovering from the rarest opera
ton ever performed In the Johns Hop
kins hospital at Baltimore. Buckner
had for months been in q state Of
semi-coma.
The Delaware, Lackawanna 4 West
ern railroad was found guilty in Unit
ed States District Court in Buffalo Of
violating the commodities clause OF
the Hepburn act and was fined $4,000.
The company was indicted on 20
counts and faced q maximum penalty
Of 100000, the charge being that It
shipped free from buffalo to Scranton,
Pa, quantity Of hay to be used in
feeding mules in the mines.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
COLORADO STATE NEWS

|, the Evans Embroidery Club and Mar
tin Briggs, a prominent business man.
is president
When neighbors came to call Thouo-
as Gendall, aged 3s, at his cabin four
miles north Of Nederland. Boulder
county. he was found dead in bed.
There are not to exceed thirty car
loads Of potatoes in the Greeley dis
trict and these are going out rapidly.
netting the farmers cents pound.
Negotiations have been under way
for several days which may result in
the consolidation of the Capitol Ma
tional with the First National bank OF
Denver.
District Judge Hunter decreed that
municipal election should be held
in Lamar in April, ignoring the def
ant stand taken by the mayor and
town board.
The entire $2,900.000 issue OF bonds
for the proposed Denver civic center
will be disposed Of at home by popular
subscription. If the plans OF Denver
bankers are carried out.
A delegation OF Palisade business
men and ranchmen called on Arthur S.
Currie OF Grand Junction recently. and
made him an attractive offer to op-
crate his canning factory In Palisade
this year.
One of the largest shipments Of
postal cards ever sent to the state was
received by the Pueblo postoffice for
distribution in that district. There
were 100000 cards in the shipment,
valued at 100000
Miss Helen Gould met four hundred
Denver & Rio Grande shop employees
and their wives and children in the
Denver G. Rio Grande Young Mems
Christian Association in Denver. She
shook hands with and spoke a word to
each
Probably the most important work
OF the convention Of county school su-
perintendents in Denver was its sug-
gestions on new school legislation.
Protests were made against the loan
of s150,00O school money to build a
state armory.
To encourage the culture OF the to-
mato, o. E. Frink, proprietor of the
Fort Lupton canning factory. has Of
fered a prize of $25 to the boy or girl
under fifteen who grows the best crop
Of tomatoes from thirty-five tomato
plants to be furnished.
A young lady stage driver, probably
the only one in the United States. and
who is not seeking the job "for fun"
but in dead earnest. April l will take
the reins on the stage between Meek
er and Buford. May Robertson is her
| name. and she is just past 20.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
w WESTERN.

Cracksmen robbed the safe OF sa-
some costly jewelry.
A peculiar disease has attacked
many horses in the Platteville. Colo.
vicinity and farmers report losses OF
valuable animals.
Reuben Harris, 81 years old, mar
shall OF Quitman, Mo, is dying as
result of the excitement attendant on
his first arrest.
Kansas fruit prospects have never
been better than they were this year.
according to the secretary OF the State
Horticultural Society.
Employees OF railroads when riding
on passes in future. will be required
to give preference to cash passengers
in the matter OF sleeping car berths.
Three OF the train crew were killed
when the westbound limited freight
on the Great Northern plunged into
rock slide six miles west OF Sand
Point, Idaho.
To colonize poor families OF St. Paul
and Minneapolis on forty-acre farms
for them and give them start at
farming, is move started by the Sal
vation Army.
Foreign capital, mostly American.
aggregating $125,O00.O0o and invested
in the border Mexican states of Du-
range, Coahuila and Chihuahua, is
nop-productive and threatened by rea-
as
information in the possession of El
Paso bankers.
The war department IS considering
the advisability Of removing to some
western reservation the remnant Of
the Apache band captured at the time
of the surrender Of Geronimo. The
males from the original band, six in
number, are still held at Fort Sill,
Okla, as prisoners of war.
Enough potash to supply the United
States probably for the next thirty
years has ben discovered by govern
ment scientists in Searles lake, San
Bernardino county, Cal. Estimates OF
field men of the Geological Survey
and the bureau of soils is that the de-
post may amount to four million tons.
The state flags OF Washington. Ida
ho, \. ontana and Utah have been plant
ed on the Panama Pacific Internation-
al exposition grounds in San Francisco
on sites for state buildings selected by
Governors Hay, Hawley. Norris and
Spry, respectively. The sites adjoin
the Oregon and Nevada plots, the Ida
no and Montana grounds next the bay
shore and the Utah and Washington
plots across a highway from them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
WASHINGTON.

Senator Cummins OF Iowa has intro
duced in the Senate a nation-w wide
presidential primary bill. the national
primaries to te July 8.
Supervising Architect J. Knox Tay-
lor has informed Gen. George W. Cook
that he would positively complete the
new federal building in Denver by July
l, 1912 ready to be occupied
Qualified or probationary ,ndepend-
ence for eight years. from July 4, 1913,
until July 4, 1921 after that, full In
dependence for the Filipinos. This is
the plan OF the leaders of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives with
respect to the solution Of the Philip
pine problem"
The waste Of millions OF dollars
worth OF natural gas which is going
on each year in the petroleum wells
OF the country may be stopped soon
by plan that has 1ust been made
public by the federal bureau of mines.
Briefly. the plan as outlined by oil ex-
perts of the bureau is to take the so
called wet gas" found in all the oil
fields and obtain from 1t a liquefied
gas that can be used for illuminating
purposes. This liouefied gas, which IL
by-product of the natural gas, is
held under high pressue in steel con-
tainers and can be shipped to locali-
ties that do not have a gas system.
In this way small towns. hotels and
country estates may have the advan-
tage Of gas illumination at fair cost.
This gas, it Is thought, will also prove
an excellent illuminant for light
houses. lightships and other public
works Of a similar nature that must be
located at a distance from a CONNER
cial supply Of gas.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
FEDERAL OFFICIALS COMPILE
STATISTICS COVERING TEN
YEAR PERIOD.
AUTO INDUSTRY LEADS
COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON
INDUSTRIES SHOW REMARK
ABLE GROWTH.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington. - An increased ten
dency toward diversiflcation in
manufacturing industries in the
United States was observed by fed
eral officials who have compiled sta
tistics OF the relative Importance OF
manufacturing industries. The sta
tistics cover the ten-year period end
ing with 1909 and were collected by
the census bureau.
The report on the investigation says
that the less important industries Of
the country showed greater percent
ages of increase during the period
than the more important ones. BY far
the highest percentage of increase was
noted in the automobile industry. Ex-
ceptionally large increases were cred
tied to the copper, tin and sheet iron
Industries. Large decrease in the ay.
erage number of wage earners was
shown in the iron and steel blast fur
naces, sugar and molasses industries.
The manufacturing industries of the
United States employ as wage earn
ers 6,615,046 people or almost fourteen
and one-half per cent OF the total pop
ulation, the value of the products OF
these industries is 500 1872 ,O52 900 and
the value added by their manufacture
is ss,530.26l 900.
The slaughtering and meat packing
industry ranks first in gross value OF
products with $780, ,56s, 900; second is
foundry and machine shop products
with 900; third, lumber and
timber products with s1,156, 129, 900: /:
fourth, iron and steel, steel works and
rolling mills with s9S5,72S, 900, and
fifth, flour mills and grist mill prod
ucts with sSS3,5S4 900.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

One life sacrificed for each million
tons OF coal produced, was the human
toll exacted by the coal mining indus
try of Colorado OF 1911.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion decided that the proposed in
crease Of 33 1-3 per cent in the trans
portation rate on feeder" cattle and
sheep made by all the western rail-
roads was not justified. The commits
sion expects the carriers to cancel the
proposed advances by April Is II they
should fail to do 30 voluntarily, the
commission will issue a preemptory
order Existing rates on feeder" cat
tie are approximately IS per cent Of
the rates on fat cattle.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
FOREIGN.

The Mexican rebels after three days
OF fighting claim victory at Jimenez.
There are many dead on both sides.
Gen. Gonzales Salas, the federal leader,
and late Mexican minister Of war. is
among the wounded. He resigned his
portfolio to take the field.
Conditions in Mexico seem to b.,
steadily becoming worse. according to
state department reports. Movements
OF rebel troops and bands in that vi
cinity have put the populace in more
pessimistic mood. In Puebla more fed
eral Garrisons have revolted.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Railway Commission 10 Local,

Breckenridge ruling OF
Judge Cavender, sitting at Brecken'
road Commission against the Colorado
& Southern railroad. the legality OF
the railroad commission and its right
to make regulations which must be
obeyed by the railroads, within reason,
is established. Judge Cayender over.
ruled the demurrer OF the Colorado G.
Southern railroad, which protested the
order OF the commission seeking TO
force that road to re-establish train
service between Como and Brecken
ridfe. declaring that the commission
was without authority OF law.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Body Judgment Against Woman.

Denver.-For probably the first time
in the history OF the Colorado courts
a woman may be sent to jail on body
attachment growing out OF civil suit
in which conspiracy and fraud are
charged. The woman is Miss NJ. J.
Jones. formerly OF Victor. but OF late
a real estate and loan dealer OF Den,
yer. 1t is the ruling Of the District
Court that unless Miss Jones pays a
judgment of s1.400 in favor OF Mrs.
Jail for 80 days, or until the judgment
is paid.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
state to Pay Employees.

Denver.-Civil service employees Of
the state, whose salaries for March
have been held up, will soon be paid.
George P. Winters and Theodore l.
H. Fribourg have volunteered their
services to the state civil service com
mission to check the payrolls OF the
state institutions. The accountants
will demand pay for their work, but
will be content to await the outcome
of the present controversy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Women Hold Good Roads Meeting.

Gu lnison-March 20 there was a
woman's good roads meeting here held
by the first woman's good roads or
ganization in Colorado. AT that time
ii full list of officers was chosen and
the Woman's Good Roads Association
went on record.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Stephenson Retains Seat.

Washngton.-Sena Stephenson OF
Wisconsin, octogenarian millionaire
banker and lumberman, retains his
seat. BY vote of 40 to "a the Sen.
ate declared his election valid and re
jected the charge that s1o7,793 which
the senator admitted spending in the
Wisconsin primaries had been used
corruptly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Asks 5000 DAMAGES.

Boulder.-Frank W. Hill. a mem Der
of the E. B. Hill Coal and Lumber
Company. prominent in business cir
cles throughout southern Colorado. is
defendant in a suit for IS 900 damages,
filed in the District Court by George
L. Kimfer for the alleged alienation
of Mrs. Rtmfer's affections.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Killed by Fall Of Rock.

F'loreuce.-To be killed instantly by
fall of rock In the Fremont mine,
almost simultaneously with the com
pletion of arrangements by friends to
surprise him in honor of his twenty
fourth birthday, was the fate that be-
fell Griffith Powell, a coal miner.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Body Of Young Hoblit Found.

Pierce.-The body of Albert Hoblit.
aged %, Denver youth who perished
in the blizzard which swept this dis
trict March I, was found in the bed Of
Wild Horse creek, Is miles northeast
Of here.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Colorado Republicans Tor Taft.

Colorado Springs VIII
liam Howard Taft received solid in
structed delegation OF eight delegates
to the National Republican convention
In Chicago here at the Republican
State convention. and Senator Simon
Guggenheim was elected national com
mitteeman from Colorado.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Youno Farmers Club Growing.

Meeker-Growing much more rapidly
even than the proyerbial sapling is the
Young Peoples Agricultural Club, re-
Gently organized in the government
road district, seventeen miles west OF
Eere The organization, composed en-
tirely OF the younger bo. -'. fir.s
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
viii Plant 1000 Acres Of Flax.

Groyer-To the fact that a woman,
Mrs Mary Martin, successfully expert
mented with twenty acres of flax in
the vicinity of Grover is due the con-
tract just made by which 1000 acres
OF land in the Greeley-Poudre irriga-
ton district will be planted to flax
next month.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
johnson Fights Knight.

Pueblo, Colo.-Pueblo fight fans wit
messed one of the greatest matches be-
tween two little fellows ever staged in
this city. Eddie Johnson of Pueblo,
and Phil Knight of Kansas City, the
RIB Buster" waded through tea
rounds of terrific milling AUD at the
end Johnson had a slight ad santage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Washington Getting Elk.

Seattle. Wash.-The King county
commissioners appropriated money tc
bring 100 elk from Gardner. Mont. tc
restock the forest at the headwaters OF
the Snequalmie and White rivers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Injured In Stage Runaway.

Meeker.-The four horses hauling
the Meeker-Rifle stage, while en- route
from Rifle. ran away. capsized the
stage and Miss Jennie Jensen. the only
passenger, was badly injured.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

A wage increase ranging from thir-
teen TO sixteen per cent. affecting 200
employees on the Colorado divisions Of
the rystem. has been granted by the
Rock Island lines to its telegraph op-
orators, effective April I.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
x. p. Convention for Denver.

New York.--The next biennial con-
vention of the supreme lodge, Knights
of Pythias. will be held in Denver
from August 6 to Is.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
Colorado College Must Raise $3.50. 900

Colorado Springs.-Colorado college
must raise s250.000 between now and
Jan. /. 1913, If 1t gets the $4,000
pledged some time ago by the Carne-
gle Foundation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

that section. boasts OF thirty-seyen
members. taking in about every young
ster living on the road.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30
No End to His Bad Luck.
At Pok Err.

No End to HIS Bad Luck.
John d. Shoop at an Anti-Cigarette
league banquet, explained his feelings
In the story Of the colored man.
How are you getting along. Las
arus?" asked his master, interestedly.
Il gets along poorly" replied Las
arus, who complained OF his misfor>
tune at length. Master John, has
such bad luck" says he. that when l
dies and Is laid away in the tomb and
the good Lord says to me, Lazarus,
come forth know Is sho' to come
fifth"
II can II honest he doesn't have to
use q megaphone to advertise the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.
April 2s-Democratic State Convention.
Colorado Springs.
May c-il.-Stete T. NJ C. A. Convention.
Pueblo.
June ls-20.-State Sunday School Con-
vention. Colorado Springs.
June 11-July ls-Summer Term. State
Teachers College, Greeley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING
Good Effect of Panama Canal
Act Already Felt.

Washington, Sept. s.--The shipyards OF
the United States during the current rs
cal year will be busy. according to re-
turns filed with the Bureau Of Navigation.
On July l 100 steel vessels, aggregst-
ing $4,000 gross tons, were under con-
struction or under contract TO be built
against barely 100000 gross tons at the
same time a year ago. The influence OF
the approaching opening Of the Panama
Canal is manifest, as upward OF $4,000
tons are building for use through the canal.
Since Congress in the Panama Canal act
insured free tolls to American coastwise
ships and duty free materials and equip
ment for ships b the coastwise trade,
further stimulus 20 shipbuildins has been
given, the effect Of which Ia expected 70
develop as tho provisions Of the law be-
come more generally known
Preparations for the use q oil instead
Of coal arc found In most shipbuilding
returns Fifteen tank steamers ranging
from $500 tons 10 $500 tons, Will use
oil for fuel
Building on ths Great Lakes shows
falling OF Of about 1000 tons compared
with a year ago. and part Of the current
years lake construction 10 designed for
salt water use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
LETS LEASED LINE DEFAULT
Chicago Great Western Not to
Paw Interest on Bonds.

Default is to be made, It was announced
yesterday, in the payment OF the October
] coupons on the s5,22OOO bonds OF the
Wisconsin. Minnesota & Pacific Railroad
Company. a leased line OF the Chicago
Great Western Railroad Company. Presi-
dent FELTON, OF the Chicago Great West
ern issued a statement, saying that the
old Chicago Great Western, as lessee
was obligated to pay interest on the bonds
only to the extent Of the accumulated
net earnings OF the Wisconsin road; that
the liability Of the present Chicago Great
Western is no greater In the matter than
was that Of the Old company, and that
the gross earnings Of the Wisconsin road
have been insufficient to cover expenses
OF operation and maintenance, taxes ana
interest on Its bonds Mr.. Felton's state
ment says In closing:
The fact Is that the Wisconsin. Mime
sofa and Pacific II drain upon the eaI m
ings Of the main lines owned by the Great
Western company, ard 1t Will not make
further advances to pay interest on the
Wisconsin. Minnesota and PACING bonds'
as it Is under no obligation to do so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
UNIT SYSTEM SUCCESSFUL
Will Be Made Permanent on Harri
man Railway System.

San Francisco, Sept e.-Robert 8. To-
vett. chairman OF the executive com
Inittee OF the Hartman railway system,
here on a tour OF inspection, said before
departing to-day that the unit system Of
operating Hartman roads had proved
satisfactory and would be made psrma-
nent
The unit system, by which the Union
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Washington Rail-
road and Navigation Company were made
entirely autonomous, having their own
officials from president down, was estab-
lished last spring.
The governments suit to have the
Union and Southern Pacific declared a
railroad trust, on the ground that the
combination operated parallel lines with
out competition. was then pending. The
unit system was put into operation pri-
Inarily, Judge Lovett said, 10 demonstrate
that tho agreement between the four lines
was one OF convenience merely, and not
a merger few days after the lines
were segregated, the United States Cir
cult Court announced its decision that
the lines were not merged. The govern
ment appealed, however, and Judge Lo-
yett desired the reorganization be made
permanent This fact, he said. will be
offered in evidence should the Supreme
Court order the case reopened