The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-10-10
EMPIRE NOTES
By Booster Brady

i Mr. and Mrs. Denis Enr,ght of
Sewal, Iowa, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Marie.
Manager Payne of Denver made
his weekly trip to this camp to
oversee his many mining interests.
Jim Trevillion of Denver spent
a couple of days in the camp WIS.,
iting friends.
Mr.. Mcpherson has moved his
family into camp, and occupies
the Clough cottage.
Henry and Tully Nelson and
Misses Walsh and Lorenz drove
to the Springs in an auto and took
i'll the show.
Mrs. Albert Rockwell and fam
lily departed for California last
Monday, where they will make
their future home. They were ac-
companied as far as Denver by
Mr.. Rockwell and son Daniel.
Henry Anderson of the firm of
Anderson and Sundstrom, had a
very narrow escape from serious
injuries. While driving to the
Empire station his horses became
frightened and ran several hun
dred yards to a turn in the road
and went over an embankment
into some large boulders, wreck
ing the wagon and injuring one
of the horses to such an extent
that it died the next day. Mr..
Anderson fortunately escaped
anything serious, and his friends
are congratulating him.
A herd of Elks went to Idaho
Springs last Tuesday night to as
sist in the ceremony of adopting
a baby elk that had wandered
over from Grand county and
wanted to pry into the mysteries
of the Idaho Springs herd. The
herd that went from this neck of
the woods to attend the adoption
must have been closely confined
within an enclosure without wa
ter during the ceremony, and un-
til they returned to their old
stamping grounds. We merely
judge this to be the case on ac-
count of the enormous amount of
water consumed the day after
their return.
A mountain lion has been
prowling around the outskirts of
the town during the week, and
on the Guanella ranch. Here is
a chance for some of our hunters
to show their ability, or had we
better send for Teddy Roosevelt.
A fatal accident happened in
our town last Wednesday, that has
cast a gloom over the entire COM
munity. Edward Dearborn, an
old resident of this place, was
killed. while making connection
with the electric wire to light a
residence. While doing this the
pole broke, hurling him to the
ground. DR.. Kirby of George
town was hastily summoned, but
before he could arrive death had
claimed its victim. Coroner B. A.
Holley was notified and upon his
arrival and examining the causes
leading up to the fatal accident,
decided that it was unnecessary
to hold an inquest. There was
no blame attached to the electric
company. Mr.. Dearborn was not
an employee. The deceased was
a native of Illinois and was about
so years of age. He has resided
in this section for about twenty
years. He may have had his faults,
like the balance of the human
family, but we know that the
greatest virtue man can possess
is charity and he had that in
abundance. In sickness he was
ever a ministering angel, ready at
I all times to give his service and
do all in his power to alleviate the
pain or cool the feverish brow of
suffering humanity. We believe
that his many acts of kindness in
assisting his fellow man in dis
tress has gained for him a reward
in that better world where strife
and turmoil end. He had no rel
atives. The funeral services were
held under the direction of the
Improved Order of Redmen, of
which he was a member, and the
interment was made in the EN-
pire cemetery May he rest in
peace.