The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-11-15
EMPIRE NEWS
By Booster Brady

Hack last Monday AFTERNOON. The
were well dressed and so wore q yer
engaging smile. They proved later t
be confidence men from idaho Srings
They started their game with Mra. NJ
J. Marie, using their most enconrpin,
manners and showing the many benefit
to be derived by the investor and ais
the good to the county in genera
They got her for 500 and proceedet
to Anderson 4 Sundstrom, Rrucers
On the strength hat Mr.. Anderson g.
ing to get $3.50. 900 from Madrid, Spain
he induced mis- partner. Charles. t,
agree to be bit for 500 also. Bo.
! Christens n who knows all the bunc,
games in existence from Empire Il
| Copenhagen droped his hundred cheer
fully. Tn next proceed to house Of the
/ writer. Their ly tongue could not ge
him. but alas, they spread out one oi
their bonds, beautifully engraved in
green ink, and the oetter-haif of the
family insisted that the game was
worth playing and Cd the strength OF
the col r, took bond. Back to Rot
Christensen they went where the
caught e, E. Hook, B. G. Jacobs and
Ed. Clark ana relieved them of one
hundred each Misery loves company.
therefore we feel much better, know
ing that the three above mentioned
were also caught in the draguet of the
slick couple H. F. Swanson, our lead
citizen, the man who always keeps his
property painted and grounds ia shape
to please the eye. thereby enhancing
the beauty of our town, the man who
don't Ia but does things. also wrote a
check for sI00 The confidence men
in he mean time had telephonsd to
Idaho Springs for an automobile to
make their es ape in when they had got
ten all the coin possible from the citi
zens, Promptly at 900 o'clock p. m
John Meyer and Tom Richards, bandits
also from Idaho Springs, arrived with d
four hundred horse power car and as
sisted the bunco steerers tt. escape.
Lucky bunchi Our town detective.
Cross Cut Bill, was on to them and
would have arrested them if he hadn't a
weak back caused by reading the red
headlines in the Rocky Mountain News
If there are other confidence men in
the county who have anything as good
to offer that will benefit investors and
the community in general. they vii
find Empire boosters with them. Sue
cess to the Idaho Hot Springs Hotel
Company and its gentlemanly pro
moters, Joe Meyer and Charles Wood
ward. 4 few more confidence men like
them will make US prosperous commun;
ty.
Mr. and Mrs. C.. S. Work returne
from Denver on Tuesday evening
where they had been in attendance to
Mrs. Works brother, Frank CambelL.
who is confined in St. Luke's hospital.
They report Frank as recovering nicely
which we are glad to learn.
MIR. Frank Brady. manager of the
Duluth and Empire mines, departed on
Tuesday afternoon for Breckenridge on
mining business.
Clarence Scott returned the first of
the week from Denver on his wav tn
DAILY, where he is SUPERINTENDENT of
one of the large mines of that district
He gave large order for pipe and rails
to Anderson and Sundstrom our loca,
merchants.
David Rockwell, one of our popular
young men, departed for Denver tho
flrst OF the week where he may locate
for the future.
Ihe Empire Commercial association
meets Sunday evening. Everybody
welcome
Our popular school teachers and
scholars will give an entertainment and
supper, Saturday evening at the town
nall. The proceeds are to go towards
buying new organ for the school
Rev. Father Crohman of Ceoroe.
town will hold services here on Sunday
b. G. Jacobs spent Sunday in Silver
Plume.
Hazel Rockwell and A'exandrance
Lundstrom are visiting in Silver Plume
Horstman and Co., leasers on The
Gold Dirt mine, are shipping a carload
of ore to the Sampler.
I Mr.. Guyon, manager Of the Cold R,a
mlne' Is making car load shipment Of
first class ore this week.
Walter Schmidt was in Georpetou,
on Tuesday.
Baron Carpenter, vice-president Of