The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-14

lean Revolution at Colorado Springs
July lS-l4.-Grand Lodge Session Il.
+. .. Elks al Denver.
eblo
lsl5.-I.ast Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Petitions to submit to the voters at
the November election the question ri
statewide prohibition are being ci,cu;
lated.
Hundreds Of people inspected the
exhibits on the Agricultural College
demonstration train at La Junta and
listened TO lectures on expert farm
ing.
Walter Anderson, seyenty-enght. a
veteran of the Crimean war and for
over thirty years janitor of the Broad
way school. died at his late home in
Denver
Justice of the Peace ". E. CorsoH
of Pueblo deplores the fact that nip
pirg posts are not in vogue. He ad-
yocates lashing for men who show
their pugilistic tendencies at the eX-
pense of women.
Colorado farmers and millers won d
big victory when the United States
Supreme Court held that flour made
from Colorado wheat and bleached
white by an electrical process was
not injurious to health.
The force in the office of the col
lector OF internal revenue in Denver
is taxed to its utmost For the last
few days there have ben more returns
received than at any time since the
$4,000 notices were sent out.
James F. Bellew, brother of the South
Platte stage driver who was killed
after a shooting affray year ago. is
being sought by the sheriff as ths re
suit OF the disappearance OF a liyery-
mans saddle horse at Littleton.
March l5 on which date the cruiser
Denver will pass through the Panama
canal, marking the opening Of that
wonderful waterway to navigation, is
pledged the support of Governor Am
mons as day for celebration In Den
YER
There were 1889 votes cast on the
Moffat tunnel bond issue in Den,e
according to the official returns from
the canvass made by the election com
mission. OF this number. 1863 were
in favor of the $4,000 900 bond issue
and $3.50 against.
Judge George w. Allen OF the Den
yer District Court refused to grant an
injunction against the city and county
of Denver on the application of Dan
lei A. Lord to restrain the city from
issuing the bonds for the building oil
the Moffat tunnel.
Joseph Zobaskey, Windsor junk
dealer. is held on charge of steal
ing six miles of copper wire from the
telephone company. The wire hat
been laid low by the storm early in
December. Part of it was found at
Zobaskey's place and 500 pouuus was
fished out of an irrigation ditch.
Destitute and friendless, Thomas
William Neehan died at the county
hospital in Denver of pneumonia.
About a week ago Neehan became III
on the street. and as no relatives
could be located he was taken to the
city jail. The following morning he
was transferred to the county hospital.
All the colleges in the state will be
asked by the University of Colorado
to send teams to Boulder OF to Den.
yer to compete in an intercollegiate
tennis tournament in May. The Colo
RADIO tennis devotees are enthusiastic
about the meet and do not care par
ticuarly where it is held just so long
as they have contest of some kind
with other state college players.
Charles Gavin, siNty-two. who ac-
cording to police calculators has stolen
more than $4,000. 900, is in the city
jail III Denver while the authorities
are investigating his recent move
ments He says he came to Denver a
few days ago from Cheyenne Tor the
purpose of making short friendly
visit but the police believe that his
arrest prevented him from cracking
several safes.
That proceedings on contempt OF
court charges will be instituted al
once in the Supreme Court of Colorado
against State Auditor Roady kenehan
to compel him to comply with the
mandate of the Supreme Court rela-
tive to auditing the bills incurred by
liIe Sldte troops IL tHb strike zone
was the announcement at Trinidad by
Brigadier-General John Chase, com
mander-in-chie of the National guard
in southern Colorado
News of the death of Mrs Virginia
w. Duer of Baltimore. mother of n.
Walter Dixon of Denver and OF former
County Judge John r. Dixon, was re-
ceiyed in Denver. Mrs. Duer died OF
apoplexy at her home in Baltimore,
where she was born eighty-two wears
ago and where she had spent her en-
tire life. She was a descendant OF Col,
William Stevens, who established the
first Presbyterian church in America,
and was a granddaughter of Capt.
XNilliat Nyhifa Of Ro1.n1,It