The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

March 1O-ll-Eleventh animal con
ican Revolution at Colorado springs
| July l3-li-tirand Lodge Session Z.
= Elk, az Denver
Sept sslo colorado State Fair at fa
1915 LAST Grand Council Of North
American Indians at Denver
A committee OF Lutherans visited
Fort Collins for the purpose,of select
ing a site for seminary.
The second annual summer session
of the Colorado Agricultural College
will be held this year. June 18th to
July 25th.
Samuel II. Blonger, one of the best
known sporting men in the west. and
resident of Denver for thirty-fiye
years, died at his home in Denver
Plans and specifications for the
building OF the second unite OF the Ny
ron Stratton home were opened at
Colorado Springs and contractors are
now inspecting them before offering
bids.
Sheep losses may be partially solved
in the arrest at Fort Collins of Ys1iks
Pacheco with the carcass OF dressed
sheep. The police say he admitted
killing it at the feeding pens near the
sugar factory.
Mrs. Nellie OConnor, daughter OF
A II. Myers. mayor of Eaton, and wife
of Harry r. OConnor. for MANI years
city attorney at La Junta, died at
Eaton at the home of her parents af-
ter long illness.
Considerable merchandise. stolen
frem Missouri Pacific freight cars.
was recovered at Pueblo following
the arrest of three men who are said
to have committed numerous Lurg-
laries recently.
George Ryan, sixteen wears Old, one
of the trio OF boys who escaped from
the State Industrial school at Golden
after making a prisoner of the super
intendent. was captured in the rail
road yards at Fortieth
A general price of s3.75 a ton Tor
the best grades Of Ignite coal from
the Erie district, including the Fred
erick, Firestone and other mines. now
prevail among Denver dealcrs-big
and little alike.
A campaign through the city and
state to raise 100000 for a Colorado
building and exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition in San Francisco
next year will be launched by the Den
Yer Chamber of Commerce.
John J. Kennedy, state treasurer OF
New York, who committed suicide in
Buffalo, was an uncle of Eugene Ken
nedy, clerk in the office of the com
,,,t. H.. h,.,
visited Denver frequently.
One of the biggest verdicts ever
granted against the Denver & Rio
Grande was obtained at Leadville by
George Swazey, a Grand Junction ne
gro who had both arms cut off in an
accident between Grand Junction and
Glenwood Springs.
DR.. Philip Tate died suddenly at
Grand Junction. He was the origina-
| tor of the starvation Tour" cure
which brought many patients to the
city from all over the state. He was
| unable to save his own life. A widow
/ and one child survive.
Large attendance markell the first
/ day of the work on the dairy silo and
|
train being operated jointly by the
Santa Fe and the Colorado Agricul
tural College. closing with a special
night meeting at Colorado Springs.
Word was received at Grand juno
tion that several claims OF carnotite
ore from which radum is extracted.
have been filed in eastern Utah by
the Standard Chemical Co. of Pitts
burg. Hitherto no carnotite has been
found except in the Paradox valley, on
the western slope of Colorado.
The quest for Mrs Bessie Knorr.
who disappeared from her home in
| Denver. in company with TWO undenti-
fled women. shifted to Pueblo. when
the police learned that she and
another woman, the latter answering
the description of one OF the pair re-
sponsible for her disappearance
bought tickets to the Smelter City
Some of the apples now being ship
ped out from the valley by the
Grand Junction Fruit Growers Asso-
citation are bringing fancy prices for
the growers who were fortunate to
hold them. F. Husband and Wm.
Frey loaded out a car of Winesaps
from the Clifton station for which
they received s2l2 for the extra fancy
and $3.50 for the fancy
Prepared for campaign in spread
ing the movement of greater agricul-
tural production through approved
methods and diversification, the dairy.
$40 ana forage crop demonstration
special train, operated jointly by the
Santa Fe railroad and the Colorado
State Agricultural College. arrived in
Denver and left Monday foE special
trip over the state to show country
needs