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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18
Republican County Convention

By authority of the Republican Coun
ty Central Committee, notice IS here
by given that an Assembly OF delegates
representing the Republican Party OF
Clear Creek County i hereby called to
meet at Idaho Springs, on August lst'
1914, at the hour of II O'Clock
in the forenoon, for the purpose
of appointing nine delegates 10
the Republican State Assembly, ahd
a like number of delegates to the Re
publican Assembly Of the Bird Congress
ional District; and for the further pur-
pose of designating candidates to be
voted upon for nomination at the fri-
mary Election to be held on Septem-
her sth 1914. for the following offices,
to wit:
One Representative in the General
Assembly,
One County Clerk and Recorder.
One Sheriff,
One Treasurer,
Cue Assessor,
One Superintendent Of Schools,
One Surveyor
One Coroner,
One County Commissioner of lst
District,
And for such other officers of the
party organization, and for all other
purl oses as required by the Primary
Election law of the State of Colorado.
Said County Assembly shall be com
posed of 81 delegates, and the several
precincts shall be entitled to represen-
ta,ion in the Assembly as follows:
Precinct No. l, Silver Plume
Precinct No. q Silver Plume
Precinct No 3, Georgetown, )
Precinct No 4, Georgetown, !
Precinct No s. Georgetown, }
Precinct No 6, Empire,
Precinct No T. Lawson !
Precinct No 8, Dumont.
Precinct No. ., Freeland. ]
Precinct No. H. Idaho Springs
Precinct No. II, Idaho Springs, G
Precinct No. Is. Idaho Springs
Precinct No. IA, Idaho Springs,
Precinct No. IS. Idaho Springs.
Precinct No. l6, Alice, !
Precinct No. y, Brookvale
The several members of the County
Committee are requested to take no
tice hereof, and hold caucuses on Sat
urday, July 25th, for the purpose ol
selecting delegates, as above
Idaho Springs. June Both, l9ll.
J. w. B. SMITH,
Chairman
RICHARD WHITE,
Secretary.
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RICHARD WHITE,
Secretary.

Notice Is hereby given that the regu
lar annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Silver Creek Mining Company
will be held in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
at the Club Hotel in said City, on
Monday the 3rd day of August, A. D..
1914, at the hour of l:30 in the fore
noon of said day, for the purpose OF
electing q board of directors for the
ensuing year and for transaction OF
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
A. b. MINOR, Secretary.
Dated, June %, 1914. s-l-i4
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18
Sparks from the Diamond
By "Pi' Warren

a very interesting game was
played with the Bachelor Boys
last Sunday in which the local
bows were vic ors by a score OF l.
The Bachelor Boys had very
neat club and tor while the out
come of the game was much in
doubt Their score in the first
inning was the only one. 1t W. s
the result of walk, a stolen bas e
and a double. Several other
times the visitors were in danger
of scoring, but each time Perry
would tighten up and put his men
out by the strike out route.
Orly three hits we're registered
against Perry, two of which were
made by Bray the catcher. Nil
liams had sixteen strike-outs;
while Duncan and MillrJy to-
gether registered seven. The 10
cal boys gathered nine hits in the
eight innings of play.
Next Sunday the team plays the
Underhills Of Denver. A fraier-
nal picnic is scheduled for thai
day and the team mentioned has
quite a following. Last Sunday.
they registered defeat against
Longmont, which will make them
a team hard to beat. Last Sun
day score was;
Idaho Sp' gs o 90 *-4
Bachelor b. o o o o O o OF
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For Sale-The Castle Hotel
Modern and Reasonable.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18

Fred Thero received word this
morning that the employees of the
Colorado aud Southern railroad
will hold their annual picnic here
either on the 18th or 22nd of next
m onth They were here last year
and were as happy bunch as one
would wish TO meet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18

That cry In London paper Of, . 3oar
nalist who "nnds It impossible to
maintain that appearance 20 essential
in his profession" carries one back
to the past with jerk. Back to The
days whom appearance was not Al
vays so essential" to the writer. One
recalls Samuel Boyse. \ contemporary
Of Johnson. for instance. Who worked
only when his clothes were IN pawn
nis dress pledged. he would spend .
few shillinss thus acquired on meat "a
eat With his tYufdes and mushrooma
and then take TO his bed. There As
would sst under . blanket, slit - a.
lew froe play Of his - AaAl. ~
0eAse work wa . vm
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18
DIRECTORY

Notice to Lodges, Churches ano Clubs
Wishing to keep the directory ac-
curAte we ask you to report to US any
changes of officers or conditions as
promptly as possible: also to give US a
complete report of the election of Off
GERS for publication in our local column
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18

Mr. and Mrs Ora Shaffer came up
from Denver this morning where tn v
oave been spending part of the week.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18

Fer 0ais Cheap-The nixssll stamp
min. hquifs II McFarlans 4 Co.
csas1al City, Colora6e
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Visit Idaho Springs
Gem of the Rockies

Gem of the Rockies
1t is located in the Rocky Mountains and
only thirty seven miles from Den
1t is reached by the Colorado and Sou
thern ..Railroad in a two hours
1t is passed through in going around
the Loop and over the Argentine
Central railroad to the summit of
Mt. Mcclellan, l4o07 feet above
sea level
1t has picturesque automobile road
over one of the most attractive
routes to be found in the noun
tains
In reaching the city, one passes thru
fertile fields, rich gardens and lus-
cious fruit lands from Denver to
the Foothills and then up the wind
ing Clear Creek Canyon or over
the mountains where the eyes feast
on the most alluring and romantic
scenery
Nestled in the beautiful valley, sur
rounded by the scenery undescrib-
able, with both summer and win
ter climate that cannot be excelled
the year round at an altitude of
7540 feet above sea level and near
ly $500 feet above Denver is this
homelike city
it is the center of the oldest mining
camp in the state of Colorado and
the place where gold was first dis
covered in the Rocky Mountains in
4 paying quantities
1t has been a producer of the pre-
cious metals in particular and baser
metals in general for fifty years
and its mining industry is in its in
fancy
Some of the largest mining tunnels to
be found anywhere are here that
penetrate the bowels of the earth,
bringing forth millions of the rich
metals.
1t has numerous mills with a capacity
of reducing nearly loco tons of ore
per day. 1t has one 200 ton SAM
pier
1t has the finest mineral waters to be
found anywhere both hot and cold.
Its hot tunnel baths cannot be ex-
celled for their efficiency in curing
rheumatism. kidney and stomac h
troubles. The most obstinate ca
ses of rheumatism, failures from
all other treatments, have here
found the healing springs and the
fountain of youth
Its climate tor coolness during the
heated summer period cannot be
beaten while the mild winters,
tempered by protection on the
north and by the sun that shines
so freely up the guiches from the
north east point of the compass to
the northwest point through all the
variations makes it q most desir.
able winter place to visit.
This city is conceded by all visitors to
to be the prettiest to be found in
the country. From it ramifies some
of the most lovely drives that can
be found in the mountains, termi-
mating at elevated moSptain lakes
and perpetual glaciers
It offers the most convenient, pleasur-
able and attractive resort for tour.
lists and excursionists
A central staam plant from which oul
business houses, public buildings
and many residences are heated.
First class school facilities
Nuuserous producing minas
Two Hvdro Electric plants
Seven churches
Two Natioaal hanks and soe STATE
bouk
TwowssAsy uewspupess
Represented BY the various lines ol
mercantile business and industries
Good water and sewerage systems
A population Of 500
lneorpoeated Commsrcial association
Base Ball
Prominent Ff3ternal Orders
One of the Cleanest and most orderly
cities that can b found
Fer 0aie Cheap-The Aixsell stamI
E-.ss 0-a.~ - N~R~~l>U> \ ~
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Mr.. Talkitt-l am opposed to wom-
en- entering the masculine labor field
and doing mems work
Mrs. Talkitt-Then bring up . hod
Of coal and chop some wood.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18
Next Weeks Movies

MONDAY
The Broken Vows Victor
, Those Persistent Old Maids Nestor
TUESDAY
A Man, A Girl and Another Man Rex
Charley and a Dog Crystal
The Mystery of Buffalo Gap Frontier
WEDNESDAY
How Wild Animals Live reels
reels
In the Eve of the Law Rex
THURSDAY
The Two Gun Men Powers
Harenback and WalIace Ahows in Areel
10 and 20 cents
FRIDAY
Lucille Love Series No. } Gold Seal
1reels
Loet Strayed or Stolen Crystal
SATURDAY
The Secert Of the Well Eclair
3reels
SUNDAY
The Tragedy Of Whispering Greek Bison
2 reels
seoopsd BY . Hsncoop -, Nestof
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-18

The Easternsr-is that aenderfoot
. cowboy?
The Westerner-No-on . calf.
boy.
ealluree Never % That.
Il didn't know he was 20 well axeA
fnancially?"
How well 6xedf.
He 10 beginning TO tell folks TIA,
he 10 . salf-ma1e man." 2
Her Speciality.
What beautiful things this prfms
Donna has. She must - q great ber
gain hunter a..
They say sAs ssss svsrytAins TO-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-24
Atomic Attraction.

Hydrogen and oxygen gases sepa
rately may be compressed to the liquid
form, and then the compression fur
ther Is exceedingly difficult. But liz
the chemical union of two atoms of
hydrogen with one of oxygen to form
water moIecuIe the immense force OF
atomic attraction, or chemism, as one
may prefer to name the force, is one of
the most powerful in nature. 1t re-
duces huge volumes of the gases down
to far less volume, and the force Is
far greater than can be secured in any
machine of screws. levers or hydraulic
,'Gesses. Atomic attraction is perhaps
the most powerful in nature. AT least
il is strong enough to hold atoms OF
steel and platinum together and dia
monds.-New York American.
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DiIemmas of Welsh Postmen.

The postal departments of certain
districts in Wales are In a we'll nigh
chaotic condition owing to the pre-
pcnderance Of families bearing the
name Of Jones. For example, the poor.
unfortunate Swansea Valley postman
is to be pitied when he finds that be
has to deliver correctly seventeen let
ters, all addressed conidentially to Mr.
JONES'" where there are nine different
families Of the name within a radius
Of 500 yards in a district where the
houses are erratically numbered and
most Of the streets are nameless So
numerous are the Joneses In this part
of the principality and so rapid is the
growth Of the places In the valley that
1t is now almost impossible for a post
man-probably Jones himself-to give
the right letters to the right Joneses
every time--London Cor. Washington
Post
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Easily Classified.

Hemmandhaw. who was writing
letter, looked up to inquire:
lis it ever permissible to apply gen
der to volcanoes?"
"I don't know" Mrs. Hemmendhaw
returned. "but il it is they are surely
masculine"
"WhyT
Because they sputter. grumble and
Neutrality-suspicious. Telegram
Strong Talker.
"Mr. Smith, won't you please talk
to me?"
"Why. certainly. my little girl. But
what do you want me to say?"
won't you please talk like you did
VIXEN you were talking to yourself in
the library when the dog jumped at
you? Mines so straight, and mamma
said the way you talked made her hair
curl."-Baltimore American.
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Bush Negroes of Guiana.

The bosch negers (bush negroes) of
French Guiana are magnificent speci-
mems of physical manhood. To the
numerous cues of their braided hair
are often attached nickel bicycle clips
and to their ears rings of gold Gaudy
colored breechcloths made in Germa-
ny" are practically their only clothing
They are pagans and worship the cot
ton tree to propitiate bad spirit
Obeah is the name they give to any
thing about which they may be super
stitious, applying it to all evil influ-
ences, to their fetishes or charms in
general. Many resented a camera as
bad obeah.
Their language, called taki-taki (talk-
TALK Is a most remarkable linguistic
compound of their original Cromanti
coast dialects, with good measure Of
pidgfn English and Dutch and spiced
with a few derivatives from French
and Spanish.
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A Thunderinu Yarn.

A year or two ago, in North Of Eng
land city, writes Mr.. J. FL. Elgir, T. R.
A. S., in the Yorkshire Weekly Post.
a man told me that during a very vio-
lent thunderstorm all the windows of
his club were thrown wide open. ITO
let the lightning inr' l remarked mot
exactly" he replied, "but to let it out
again if it did get in" As a fact, it
accepted the invitation to enter the
club with alacrity, and though it mag
unanimously spared the foolhardy peo-
pie responsible for the invitation. 1t
wrecked a large safe In an adjoining
room. The person who related this to
me said he would ever after look upon
lightning as the "'cutest thing In Gre
alton" It Is the fash that murders;
the poor thunder never harm'd head.
The Little Thing Counted.
The Pastor dining with the family
All, yes, Brother Smithers. it is the lit
tie things of this life that count! Lit
tie Willie lin loud whisper)-Maw.
that's the sixth biscuit he's took.-Ex-
change.
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Paris at N.ent.

To traveller arriving at night
reveals a glamour and tunceaiS u
'tery-the excited. geStiruiatlno .-.
ters that greet the train aS thuuei II III.
were there to welcome friends aIId -
ger to serve them: the uncertain iIGns-
of the tram shed. the dInniug IN iil-
ears of strange languagp ii bpautiiI
strange language and the wild tNh.
arating fight i'll ii trunk laden III 81
through unknown streets
There is glamour. if you will. in the
lights Of the restaurants. in the dizZS
crowds and in the broad. braZen ave.
nueS teeming with race of people
who like to believe that every day is
a holiday. but there + mystery in the
silent by streets. tined with high blank
walls and darkened windows. where a
footstep echoes diSmally and the beat
of a horses hoofs resoundS like mus
kerry. and there is mystery. too. I'm the
stretches of fragrant gardens. with
their treetOps reaching up dark mass
es into the golden glow that hangs IKE
halo above the City Of Lights. Cor
don Arthur Smyth in Scribner's.
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Wifcherv of a Barn.

There is n spirit OF poetry about a
barn, and unconsciOusly men are
touched by 1t. In youth 1t kindles our
Imagination and fosters our suscepti
bility to the simple beauty of com
mon things; daybreak. with the fresh
sweetness OF the wet grass about us
as we so up the path toward the great
barn still darkIy siIhouetted against
the Frightening sky, with the wealth
ercOck, high up against the topmost
band of pink. pointing TO clear. With
the opening OF the barn door The lays
work begins; the horse whinnieS ut the
sound for his corn: the cattle move ex-
pectantly IN their Stanchion rows: the
chickens cackle and cluck In the hay
loft as they drop huttering to t"p floor.
Day has begun day. with al. IT'S ac-
tivities. with all Its commonpa eneSS,
with all its mysteries. Something or
all this we feel unknowingl! IS We
pull back the heavy bolt anu throw
open the barn door Suburban Life.
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Fashionable Faintina.

In an old English scrap book is the
following clipping. dated June l. 1870:
No Woman can now discover her
Distinction of true Breeding better
than by well-timed Faint ut the
musical Festival in Westminster Alb
bey. The Noble Managers fly from
their Box to her Assistance. Who is
she!'-"Lovely Girl"'-"Feeling Crea,
ture" instantly reverberates from one
Aisle to another But like all toni,h
Airs. this, ii seems, is now descending
to inferior Ranks; for no less than
three City Ladies were among the five
female Painters Of Saturday last. T,
prevent therefore the further Extent
of this fashionable Influenza the Man
ayers, we learn. intend issuing Some
thing like the following Notice, in lmi
tation of the Lord Chamberlain's No
tice to the Courtly Dancers. viz:
"Such Ladies' who intend to Faint at
the next Abbey Performance, are de
sired to send their Names. Rank. and
Places Of Abode to Mr. Ashley. on or
before IL O'Clock tomorrow: that a
sufficient Proportion of Bars Rest may
be set apart. in Order TO give to the
whole Performance the desired Ef
fectr
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choes.

An echo is a sound repeated from
some obstructing surface 50 thar n
person in the Iat5 of both the origlna:
ANA reflected WIVES Gei.rS th.. sound
twice. sound being produced by
waves OF the air. when such waves
meet an opposing surface as wal.
they are reflected like light waves
The sound SO heard as if originating
behind the rejecting surface is an
echo An echo returns to the point
from which the sound originated il the
rejecting surface is at right angles TO
1t An obiique surface defects the
sound in another direction SO that it
may be heard elsewhere, though not at
the point where the sound originated
If the direct and reflected sounds sue
coed one another with great rapidity.
as happens when the rejecting surface
Is near, the echo only clouds the orig
1nal sound so that it is not heard dis.
tinctly. and it Is this which interferes
with the hearing in churches and 9TH
er large buildings Press
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-24

This is the inventor of turpinite, the
deadly gas which has been inclosed In
French shells. 1t is said that one OF
these shells weighing fifty-six pounds
will kill every one in a space of 40G
yards of where it exp1odes. M. Tur.
pin, the inventor, is shown in his
laboratory. Scores of Germans have
been found dead in trenches without
single wound in localities where this
shell has been used. The French
however, are about to abandon it's u.s.
because of the great danger in firing it
African English.
An extraordinary Jargon, which Is
claimed to be the English language, is
spoken by many Of the natives on the
African continent. Mrs. Mary Gaunt
in her book Alone In West Africa
says:
Listening very carefully, 1t took a
great deal of persuasion TO make me
believe the words were English. When
| bought bananas from woman sit
ting under the shade Of spreading
cotton tree and the man behind her
came forward and held out his hand.
saying, Make you gle me heen. woman
coppa ALL l grasped the fact that he
intended to have the money long be-
fore l understood that he had said in
the only English and probably in the
only speech he knew, Give me her
money
Some of the words. of course. be-
come commonplaces of everyday life
and | am sure the next time | call on
friend who is rich enough to have
manservant association of ideas will
take me back. and / shall ask quite
naturally, 'Massa lib?' instead of the
customary is Mrs. Jones at home?'"
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Near Laurels.

A certain major in the Philippines,
who seemed to be favored with the
good will of the powers, managed in
some way always to get leave just be-
fore trouble with the natives was due.
His colonel suspected him of having
no stomach for fighting.
Some day." remarked the colonel.
they'll want to give that fellow
decoration, and I'll suggest one. 1t
will be a wreath of leaves OF absence"
New York Post.
Why Mems Hats Have Bow.
A bow Is always TO be found on the
left side of mans hat. This is sur
vival of the old days when hats were
costly articles. In order TO provide
against the hat being blown away I'm
stormy weather cord or ribbon was
fastened around the crown. with ends
hanging so that they could be fastened
TO part of the attire or could be
grasped by the hand. The ends fell on
the left side, Of course. as the left
hand is more often disengaged than
the right When not required 1t was
usual for the ends to be tied in bow.
The bow be ,ame smaller and smaller.
but it still remains and is likely to do
so as long as men wear hats.
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BUILDING A LIGHTHOUSE.
Rearing the Bell Rock Tower Was a
Perilous Piece of Work.

Right down TO the time OF John
Smeaton, who invented the stone tow
er, lighthouses were built Of wood. It
was Smeaton's success in placing a
stone ediice on the dreadea Fddystone
rocks in the eighteenth century which
really gave an impetus to lighthouse
building, and since then the sea builder
has achieved many notable conquests
in all parts of the globe.
The next erected was that built by
Il. Stevenson on the Bell rock. on the
famous Inch cape reef. off the coast OF
Scotland The construction of this
lighthouse was one long, terrible battle
with the angry sea. The securing or
the foundations, naturally the most
hazardous part of the whole undertake
ing. proved exceedingly difficult
1t is recorded that the men worked
with desperation. Only two could re-
main on the rock ut a time. but they
stuck there with the tenacity of leech.
eS. the cold waters of the North sea
bearing down every few minutes and
sweeping entirely over them. When
the first stone was at last swung into
position the men, ragged, chilled and
worn with the awful struggle, clung TO
the iron rods which they had erected
upon the reef and cheered madly. like
soldiers just over the ramparts of an
enemy's fort
Again and again they were absolute
ly driven from the rock When the
tower began to appear well above the
sea terrible storms arose and swamped
the works. On several occasions
blocks weighing as much as two tons
were ruthlessly torn out of their places
and swept into the sea despite dove
tailed joints and portland cement In
the end the sea builder proved victori-
Gus, as he always does, but 1t cost four
years labor and the expenditure or
100000 before the lighthouse stood
complete.-Wide World Magazine.
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Napier at the Battle of Mesanes.


When In the fight ! held my life as
gone, for as TO escaping all idea Of that
vanished when | saw the Twenty-sec-
nnd giving way and was obliged to ride
between the fires Of two lines not
twenty yards apart l expected death
as much from our men as the enemy.
and was much singed by our fire, my
whiskers twice or thrice so and my
face peppered by fellows who in their
fear fired high over all heads but mine
and nearly scattered my brains. In
agony | rode. holding my reins with
broken hand (he had sprained it few
days beforel and quite unequal to
single combat had Beloochee picked
me out, as one was about to do when
Marston slew him.-Letter OF Sh
Charles Napier.
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WavIavino MendeIssohn.

After the London performance of "St.
Paul. by the Sacred Harmonic society
at Exeter hall in 1887 Mendelssohn's
coach was waylaid at midnight on his
way to Dover, but instead Of being
robbed the composer was presented
with a silver snuffbox by group OF
devotees. He had behaved with charm
ing grace in an awkward incident
The London performance In question
was to have been conducted by him
But the Birmingham festival was just
due, and he was the great attraction
there in the same oratorio. 1t was felt
that his appearance as conductor In
London at that juncture would detract
from the Importance OF his visit to
Birmingham. Mendelssohn saw the
point and Cancelled his London en-
gagement. But he attended the per
formance and was SO winning TO all
concerned-audience. performers, OH
cials-that he turned disappointment
into a scene Of wild enthusiasm.