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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Funeral services for Major Henry
Romeyn. u S. A., veteran of the civil
and Indian wars, were held in Wash
ington.
Washington's birthday anniversary
was celebrated in the House and Sen
ate despite the pressure of public
business.
The federal white slave traffic act"
of 1910 was upheld as constitutional
by the Supreme Court of the United
States in an opinion by Justice Nc
kenna.
The killing of former President Ma
dero and former Vice President
Suarez of Mexico has served more
than any other recent event to crystal
lie official sentiment in Washington,
as it has public sentiment throughout
the country, in the belief that there
are serious possibilities ahead for tn !.
United States in the solution of the
Mexican problem.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate passed rivers and har-
bors appropriation bill carrying ap-
proximately s4S,000,000.
The bill to prevent Washington no
tells and taxi-cabs from boosting
their rates during inauguration passed
the House by vote of 119 to 65.
The Senate passed Adamson bill re,
quiring Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion to ascertain values of railroads,
telegraph and telephone properties.
With the House economists attack,
ing almost every paragraph with
amendments or points of order, con
sideration of the s14G,00O, 900 naval ap.
preparation bill progressed slowly.
The extra session of Congress which
President-elect Wilson announced
would be called to meet April l, will
find number of tariff bills ready for
it's immediate consideration, and other
general policies mapped out for the
new administration. The date received
general approval in Congress.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
FOREIGN.

The British government will not rec
ognize the new government of Mexico
until it has been confirmed by gen
eral election.
Bulgaria accepted the offer of me-
diation made by representatives of the
powers in the boundary dispute be-
tween Bulgaria and Rumania.
Hundreds of inhabitants of the prov
ince of Flu Kien have been killed Will :
offering armed resistance to the gov
ernment troops engaged in destroying
poppy plants, according to an official
report.
Porfirio Diaz, former dictator of
Mexico, declares that he is "holding
himself in readiness to respond to the
call of his country" in case foreign
complications should arise out of the
revolution.
Mrs. Despard and other militant
speakers were howled down by the au-
dience at a sufragette meeting at
Thornton Heath in London. The police
were compelled to intervene to protec.
the women from violence.
Pope Plus X was greatly affected by
news of the death of Madero and
Suarez and expressed concern in re-
gard to the unruly state of affairs in
Mexico.
Paul Mario Pierre Thureau-D Dangin,
the perpetual secretary" Of the
French academy, is dead at the age of
seventy-six. He was in his earlier
years a prolific author.
The Madero family controls vast
wealth. The entire fortune is estimat
ed to be $100,000.000, gold. This is
largely invested in ranches, mines,
banks, and other enterprises.
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Wyoming.
six gravit,

Centennial is rejoicing over the
statement of State Geologist Jameson
that he intends to investigate the min
eral resources of that region.
Bawdin and NASSAU, Cripple Creek
miners, who went into the Lewiston
camp in December and located ground
81 nth of the Hidden Hand ground,
made latt month the most important
strike this year. At twenty-eight feet
in the shaft they ran into a vein of
gold ore than carried high value The
property will be fully developed this
spring.
Almost any sort of sensation may be
expected from the Salt Creek oil dis.
trict. This is not confined to well
drilling and the shooting of oil wells.
But so anxious does the Wyoming
product want to boom the state tha!
gushers break out Of their own accord
On the already far famed section Sc,
where the Midwest company has a
number of gushers capped to prevent
a deluge OF oil over the surrounding
country, oil has burst out through the
surface in three different places, two
hundred feet from any well.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
FRUIT BRINGSs750,000
ACCORDING TO REPORT TO FRUIT
GROWERS OF GRAND JUNCTION.
Committee Appointed to Advertise Sec
ton in East and Increase
Market.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Grand Junction, Colo.-Annual re-
ports of officers of the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers Association show that
a total of 2,534 cars of fruit were
handled by this association and that
profits of $75o,00O were returned to
the 600 growers in the organization.
This association is only one Of three in
In the Grand valley. The stockholders
voted for the appointment of a COM
mittee to investigate the matter of ad-
vertising Grand valley fruit in East
ern papers and magazines and to de-
termine upon a method for raising
funds for this purpose. 1t is planned
to create a market for Mountain
Lion" brand of fruit by advertising
along the same lines adopted by the
California orange growers. The report
of Manager Howard Fletcher showed
that Grand valley fruit sold at as high.
if not higher, price during the year
than any other fruit in the United
States.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
WASHINGTON.

will Helen Taft capture the honor
of being the thirteenth White House
bride?" is the question that is agitat-
ing Washington society. There are
strong remarks afloat that Miss Taft
will marry DIR. Cary Grayson.
According to an opinion by James
]. Britt, third assistant postmaster
general, George ]. Kindel, member
elect from Colorado, has overstepped
the bounds of the law in the use OF
his mail franking privilege.
Within a block of each other, two
big private watchmen paraded up and
down before the headquarters of the
Womans Suffrage association and
those of tho anti-suffragists in Wash
ington.
President-elect Wilson is to famil-
iarize himself with the status of the
Mexican situation and the Panama
canal negotiations with Great Britain
at a conference with some of Presi-
dent Taft's Cabinet
The daily receipts of the Postoffice
Department have reached the enor-
nous total of $2,427,0O0, which is more
than 100000 greater than the COM
bined receipts of the government from
all other sources. The figures are set
forth in the quartely financial state
ment of Charles A.. Kram. auditor of
the department.
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Minor Mention.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

March convention knights of Pyth-
las at Delta.
June-German funniest at Ben'eSl Scbo ool
Convention at Greeley.
Oct. 2l-Colorado state Baptist Associ-
alton at Pueblo.
The mercury dropped to below
| zero at Pueblo Sunday.
Fire at Segil Brothers dry goods
store in Cripple Creek caused loss
of $4,000, fully covered by insurance.
Mayor Arnold has named Arnold
Bloedt as successor to former Alder
man O'Driscoll of the Sixth ward In
Denver.
The residence of Dan Coughlin, o
mining lessee at Victor. was damaged
by fire. Loss, $1,000. partly covered
by insurance.
The "Gideons," a travelling sales
mans Christian association, is max
ing vigorous effort to bring the 1914
convention of this organization to
Denver.
George NJ Piper, known to Denver
hardware dealers. is seeking parole
from the Indiana state penitentiary'
according to information received by
District Attorney John Rush.
Harold F. Henwood was set at lib
erty on the charge of killing Sylvester
Won Phul May "a. 1911, in an opinion
handed down by Judge Charles e.
Butler in the West Side Court of Den
yer.
The Fort Lupton Condensed MILK
Company resumed business after
fire which caused a loss of $4,000.
The fire started in the boiler room and
the factory proper is still doing busi-
ness.
District Attorney ]. NJ. Davidson, OF
Pueblo, has decided to file a direct
/ information against Frank Caldwell
and Mrs. Eva Blanchard charging
them with the murder of the woman's s
husband.
The Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly went on record as opposed to
war and militarism in every form, and
specifically against armed interven.
tion by the United States in the af.
fairs of Mexico.
Twenty head of cattle were crushed
to death and Alfred Pipes, owner, mar,
rowly escaped death in snowslide
Three buildings. including the home
were destroyed. The loss is estimat
ed at about $4,000.
The Burlington trackage permit for
Market street, as tentatively agreed
upon by Denver city officials and E
A. Howard, industrial commissioner
of the Burlington road, is acceptable
to the Union Pacific.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
GEN ERAL.

The so-called larson trust was
dealt another blow when the second Of
score of it's persons under arrest
was convicted in New York.
Among the Democratic leaders who
went to New York to see William F..
McCombs and Col. E. NJ. House, were
Senator John F. Shafroth' and Senator
Charles S. Thomas.
Ballot, the great son of Voter-Ceri.
to- which raced under the colors OF
the late James r. Keene in both this
country and Great Britain, was sold to
a syndicate of which John +. Madden,
the master of Hamburg place, was the
mouthpiece, for price said to be
$50 900.
Governor o. B. Colquitt ordered four
companies of the Texas State militia
to proceed to Brownsville with all
haste when it was reported to him
that American had been arrested and
held for ransom at the Mexican town
of Matamoras, across the boundary
from Brownsville, when they refused
to contribute money to the officials in
charge of Matamoras.
Thomas II. Marshall, vice president
elect. refused $4,SOO at Indianapolis.
That amount was carried in the regu-
lar appropriation bill to reimburse Mr..
Marshall for money spent for house
rent, light, heat and water during his
four years as governor of Indiana. The
former governor said he did not be-
lieve the appropriation constitutional
and sent word to the conference COM
mittee to strike out the $4,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
GOOD NATURED AGAIN
Good Humor Returns With Change to
Proper Food.

For many years 1 was a constant
sufferer from indigestion and nervous
ness, amounting almost to prostra-
tion." writes Montana man.
my blood was impoverished, the
vision was blurred and weak, with
moving spots before my eyes. This was
a steady daily condition. l grew i'll
tempered, and eventually got SO nerv-
GUS l could not keep my books post
ed, nor handle accounts satisfactorily.
/ can't describe my sufferings.
Nothing ate agreed with me, till
one day l happened to notice Grape
Nuts in a grocery store, and bought
a package out of curiosity to know
what it was.
Il liked the food from the very
first. eating it with cream, and now
buy it by the case and use 1t daily.
/ soon found that Grape-Nuts food was
supplying brain and nerve force as
nothing in the drug line ever had
done or could do.
1T wasn't long before I was re-
stored to health, comfort and happi-
ness.
Through the use OF Grape-Nuts food
my digestion has been restored, my
nerves are steady once more, my eye
sight is good again, my mental faculties
are clear and acute, and have become
SO good-natured that my friends are
truly astonished at the change. l feel
younger and better than l have for 20
years. No amount of money would
induce me to surrender what l have
gained through the use of Grape-Nuts
food" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich. There's a rea-
son" Read the little book, THE Road
to Wellville," In pkgs."
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and fall Of humaD
interest. Adv.
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ERIN
MINING NEWS
IN 3 RIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
TREND OF METAL VALUES.
Colorado.
IN q r ! z E

From present indications the Ell Orc
property promises to be the next big
mine in Cripple Creek. A strike has
been made in two feet of ore which
ran better than 500 per ton.
The Blue Ridge Mining Company,
operating the Millington group OF
mines on Columbia mountain, at
Georgetown, promises to soon have
one Of the heaviest producing prop
critics In the upper Clear Creek dis
trict.
With the declaration of thirty-five
per cent. dividend on its $2,OOO,000
preferred cumulative stock, the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron Company took big
step toward wiping out the $1,6O0.OOO
interest which has been accruing on
the stock for ten years past.
S. L. Herber & Co., leasing on the
Aetna vein at the Capital mine be-
tween Raises Nos / and 2, at George
town, have been earning more than
$4,000 a month net during the past
ninety days. An enormous tonange OF
both smelling and concentrating ore is
being mined.
Rivalling Leadville in its best days,
and showing ore. which it is claimed
is equal in volume to the Mollie Glib
son, with practically no limit to the
extent of the mineralized area, is a
silver discovery made in Salt creek, u
confluent of the Eagle river. about
seven miles south of Eagle.
xo. ,,of;+ of q, no. 45o IN Was
realized during the last three months
of 1912 by the Utah Copper Company,
according to the quarterly report Is
sued at Colorado Springs. The gross
tonnage treated was 930595 tons, and
both tonnage and profits fell off
slightly owing to labor troubles.
One of the richest strikes OF gold
and silver ore ever reported in the Pit
kin mining district has just been made
by Peter Stroller on one OF the claims
of the Fremont lode at Gunnison. Three
assays have been made which aver
aged 562s ounces of gold and 1,162
ounces of silver, or an average value
of $1,S3O.53 per ton.
The Boulder County Tungsten Min
ing Company reports another big
strike of high grade ore in the shaft
of the 1906" mine of the Midnight
group of claims on Hurricane hill. The
vein uncovered is reported to be four
feet wide. Two feet of the vein is said
to be high grade tungsten, averaging
over forty per cent, worth up to $2o(
a ton.
A bright future is predicted for the
Gilmore mining district, near the town
of Platero, in the San Juan country, by
mining men who have visited the new
district and who have invested money
| there. Ore ranging in value from $50
to $50 ton in gold and silver has
been found at depth of 100 feet and
indications are that the ore zone will
extend downward several hundred
feet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Automobile Aroma,

Farmer Hiram was mending the
front fence when an automobile
whizzed past, emitting trail Of blue
smoke from It's oil-choked engine.
Farmer Hiram's hand went to his
nose. When the car had disappeared
far down the lane and the smell had
died away he ventured to address the
hired man.
Sam" he said, they may be swell
city fellers an all that; but they GER
tainly was smokin' some vile see.
gars."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
COLORADO STATE NEWS

The Greater Colorado bureau of tho
Denver Chamber OF Commerce cele-
brated Washington Birthday by rails
ing a flag bearing the inscription,
Build Colorado First on the top O:
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Denver mint has started work
on the new 1913 nickels and is turning
out an average of $500 day. The
new coin far surpasses the old one in
beauty, having on one side an Indian
head and the figure of a buffalo on
the opposite.
The lrlsh-American Progressive So
ciety's fortieth celebration of the one
hundred and thirty-fifth anniversary
of the birth of Robert Emmett will be
held IN the auditorium of the Woman )
Club Building in Denver. Sunday even
ing, March End.
J. b. Lamson, agriculturist for the
Burlington railroad, and II. w. Camp
bell. dry farming expert, are visiting
all points on the Burlington in eastern
Colorado with view to instructing
the farmers there in the best methods
Oh tllilng the SOIL.
Officers and privates OF the Colora-
do National guard are confident that
in the event of Intervention in Mexico
they will be among the first of the
militia men to be ordered to the bor-
der. There are now 1,50O of the Colo
RADIO guard ready to go.
Two Denver women-Mrs. Gertrude
Thompson and Mrs Norman E. Fergu.
son-went through thrilling expert.
| ences in Chihuahua, Mexico, when Wis
iting there with their husbands, both
in the employ of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company.
Denver would be established as a
central military reserve station and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
would be spent through Denver merch
ants and commission men in event OF
the United States intervening in the
present Mexican troubles, according
| to men who have made a study of mill.
tary conditions.
Martha Elizabeth Pugh, seventeen,
| Christmas bride of Harvey NJ. Pugh,
has instituted suit in the Denver Dis
trict Court against her husbands pa.
rents, Charles and Addie Pugh, for
$4,000 damages for the alleged alien
alton of her husbands affections. The
action is brought through the girls
mother, Mrs. Sarah M. Wilkinson.
"Great excitement prevails in the
district about Eagle and Basalt. where
a great silver strike recently was
made said Representative e. f. Ken
Eedy of Eagle. He had just returned
to Denver from Eagle, having beer
called home by illness in his family
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
WESTERN.

Four companies of troops. stationed
at Fort Meade, s. D., left for Texas.
Federal Judge Nathan B. Goff. Re-
publican, was elected United States
senator from West Virginia by the
legislature in joint session.
Announcement was made at Omaha
of the appointment of w. S. Basinger
to be general passenger agent of the
Union Pacific railway, effective March
LIST.
According to reports, Albuquerque,
N. NJ, has sent a physician to New
York to offer DR.. Friedman the free
use of a sanatarium for his expert
ments.
The killing of Francisco Madero and
Pine Suarez has caused as much ex-
citement along the border as did the
Mexico City revolt, says an Ell PasD
dispatch.
Members of the Illinois Woman 5
Democratic league have started
movement for the establishment in
that state of a separate penitentiary
for women.
The California State Railroad Com
mission has denied the application of
the Union Pacific railroad for a 999-
year lease of the Southern Pacific
line east from Oakland, Cal, via
Benicia.
Ninety-five federal volunteer sol.
diers were executed at Sauz, below
Juarez. They compose part OF the gar
rison which revolted, angered at the
killing of ex-President Madero, their
former leader.
Secretary Hcster's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
the total visible is 5,667,S41 against
5.s36125 last week; 5,903,822 last
wear and 4,913,310 year before last.
OF this the total of American cotton
is 4,222.s41 against 4,372,125 last week
and 4,S24,S22 last year.
Six contracting concerns, five OF
them of Denver, were awarded con-
tracts for the construction of the last
link of fifty-two miles of the Puget
Sound to the Gulf road that is to place
Denver on a transcontinental highway.
The roadway to be constructed lies be-
tween Powder river and Orin Junction
in Wyoming and is 124 miles in length.
Colonel Edward F. Bishop, Denver
pioneer former associate of the late
David H. Moffat, Walter Cheesman
and Charles B. Kountze, died in La
Jolla, Cal. Wounds which he received
in the Civil War and an injury sus-
tanned in Denver a few years ago
caused his death. He was sixty-eight.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Paige Denies Killing Harold Ford.

Julesburg.-HaroldB B. Paige. wanted
in Meridian, Conn, on a charge of kill
ing his chum, Harold Ford. in
March, 1911. made his first statement
to the authorities when he was con-
fronted by Detectives Burke and
Downing from Meridian. He denied
his guilt, but is reported to have ad-
mitted he was with Ford when ne
was killed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Mines Produce 1912 Tons.

Colorado Springs.-The United Gold
Mines Company. according to the an
nual report issued by H. McGarry, pro-
duced 1912 tons of ore of an average
value of $S.44 and gross value Of
>436, ,4S3.77 in 1912. The work was all
done by lessees. Other leases in
which the company is interested pro-
duced $14,S7s.ss net profits for the
year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
McCaslin Estate $75, 900.

Longmont.-By the will OF the late
NJ. L. McCaslin, pioneer of 1858, which
has been filed for probate, an estate
of $4,000 is divided 500 to each of
ten grandchildren, and the balance
equally divided among the four child
rem.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
NoIIe Pressed.

Rastus had caught Sambo red-hand-
ed.
'Ah'm gwine hab yo' arrested foh
stealin' nah chickens. yo' Sambo
n'ton-dat's jess what ah IN
gwine to do" said Rastus.,
Go ahead. niggah." retorted Sambo.
Go ahead and hab me arrested. Ahll
mex yo' prove whar yo' got dem chick
ems o'self!"-Harper's Weekly.
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withdrawal from entry OF the public
domain.
Officers of the association for the
following year were elected as follows:
President, Frank d. Squier. Rifle, re-
elected; vice president. S. P. Sloss;
secretary. Frederick p. johnson, Den
yer, reelected; treasurer, Jose p.
Adams, Denver.
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corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach. liver and
nerves They invigorate instead of weaken:
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it: they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price IS cents All Druggists
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
He Knew the Kind.

The guide, in referring to the Egyp
tian pyramids. remarked:
'It took hundreds of years to build
them"
Then 1t was government job
eh?" replied the wealthy contractor.
Youths Companion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01

Smile on wash day. That's when you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter
than snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
CONSTIPATION
MUNYON'S Paw-PaV

Munyon's Paw-PaW
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er laxativcs or cathar-
tics They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods. they
do not scour: they do
not gripe: they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in \
healthy condition and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Resources Of Colorado State Banks

Denver.-The resources of the 1877
state banks and trust companies of
Colorado on February 4 amounted &C
$51. .943, ISIS. according to a report is.
sued by State Bank Commissioner
Pfeiffer. OF this amount $24,4S7, ,500.S0
is the resources of the fourteen state
banks. one private bank. two savings
hanks and eight trust companies in
the city of Denver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
Its M crit.

"Why Is a mirror considered one OF
the best of critics."
Because 1t always faces the truth"
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Subscribed for Wedding Expenses.
Loveland.-To pay the expenses con-
nected with Conrad Miller's wedding,
s25 has been raised by subscription
among the merchants of Loveland.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01
ItS StvIe-

"The child actress in that piece has
q part which fits her like a glove"
Yes. SO to speak. kid glove"
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herder Dies In Blizzard.

Trinidad.-Lost in the blizzard that
swept the country forty miles east of
here for two days, Mat Cruz, a sheep
herder, perished in the storm.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured
by DIR. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01

Every man thinks he knows lot
about women until he marries one.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01

Distance never lends enchantment
to the office seekers view.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-03-01

March 4-Convention knights OF Pyth-
las at Delta.
June-German funniest at Denver
June.-Northern Colo. Sunday Schoo
Convention at Greeley.
Oct. 2l-Colorado State Baptist Associ-
alton at Pueblo.
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Western Newspaper Union New. Service.