The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-05-30

sept l5-ls-l lincoln Co. Fair at Huge
Sept. ls2s-Race Meet. Denver
Sept 3-Int-r-Co Fair and Race
Meet at Limon.
Sept 25.-Western Slope Fair. Mont
Sept 22-25.-Montezuma Co Fair at
Sept 25-ze-El Paso Co. Fair. Calhan.
oct: l-3.Grand County Fair at
kremmling
Oct s-s-CoIo New Mex Fair at pu-
range
1sl5-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Reuben Zinn and Tony Peters were
killed in a wreck near Cheraw.
The new $4,000 Elks' home a,
Rocky Ford was opened with big
Revenue Party"
Mrs. Amelia Henning aged sixty
three, died at her home, 3776 Dunkeld
place. She had been a resident of Den
yer for four years.
Beginning at Longmont Monday ey-
ening series of ten meetings will be
held throughout northern Colorado in
honor OF the state militia
The Custer Slide Mining & Develop
ment Company, recently organized by
Colorado Springs capitalists. will de
'N'SP th' Nuot'I E4i'N III iudho-
Colorado and Denver will be the
mecca for summer tourists in the fu-
ture as result OF cooperation be
tween the solid South and the West.
Plans and specifications for Gree
lev's $4,000 federal building were re-
ceiyed by Postmaster Hube4 Rey
nolds. and advertisements for "a viii
be published.
While playing near an irrigation
ditch on the farm Of David Kelly.
north of Greeley, Charles the two
year-old son of the family, fell in and
was drowned
Word was received in Denver OF the
death OF Edward A. Boardman N Las
Vegas. n. NJ He was a pioneer rail
road man Of Colorado. having lived in
Denver forty years.
All Colorado Springs turned out to
who went to Oklahoma and Texas to
extend the glad hand of fellowship to
the people of those sections,
Mrs. Minnie l.. Harding of Canon
City has been appointed regent of the
State University by Governor Am
mems. She fills the vacancy caused
by the death of William H. Bryant
until the next election.
\ contract for the printing OF the
$4,000 militia Indebtedness bonds
authorized by the Legislature was
awarded on bid OF $l,0S5 Cover
nor Ammons. State Treasurer Leddy
and Secretary of State Pearce made
the award.
w. B. McClelland, fifty, a lawyer,
six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds.
was attacked on the street Of Steam
boat Springs by Arthur E. Vessels,
also an attorney. who first welded a
buggy whip on his fellow barrister and
then used his fists.
A curfew ordinance compelling
children OF less than sixteen years of
age to keep off the streets after $50
p. m. between the months of June and
December, and after p. ~. between
December and May. was passed by the
Greeley council upon request Of the
Nomen's Civic Federation.
Walter Williams. employed In the
rcdmill at the steel works, was held
up, robbed and slashed across the
throat in Pueblo in an alley behind his
home. The robber carried a razor and
holding it close to Williams throat
commanded him to give up his valu-
ables. Williams handed the footpad
81, all the money he had
An historical old cannon. belonging
to Greenwood post, No. 10. G, A. H.,
which has been a conspicuous object
in the Memorial Day parades at Canon
City for many years is undergoing re-
pairs at blacksmith shop in conse-
quence of its use in the recent labor
war in Fremont county, the details of
which probably will never be made
public.
DR.. James Rignall Wheeler. profes-
sor of Greek art and archaeology, and
dean Of the faculty of fine arts at Co
lumbia University, New York city. will
deliver the address at the commence
ment exercises of the Unitersity OF
Colorado, at Boulder June 8.
William Barth, multi-mllionaire real
estate operator, Denver pioneer and
owner of the Equitable building, the
Barth block and other property, filed
suit in the District Court in Denver
to recover possession of his entire for.
tune, estimated at between s5.0OO.0OO
and $6.00O,O0O