The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-04-10

Sept 27-Oct. s.-Meeting Internationa al
Dry Farming Congress at Denver
Mrs. Richard Hill OF Limon died in
Denver of pneumonia
Ray Cowden has succeeded George
II. Saur as postmaster at Hugo.
The contract has been let for a
new creamery building at Hotchkiss.
Fanny Crosby day will be observed
in Denver churches Sunday, April -.
Governor Carlson has issued a proc
lamation naming April 16 as Arbor
Day.
An asphalt bed covering about l 500
acres has been discovered in Moffat
county.
The fourth annual state convention
Of the Knights OF the Maccabees as
held in Denver.
The Carbonate King near Ohio
City is now busily engaged extracting
zinc ore for shipment.
Some good-looking zinc ore is being
taken out at the Black Hawk prop
erty in the Pitkin district.
The labor bills were agreed upon by
a joint committee of the Senate and
House al conference Monday night.
X. j. Barngroyer, clerk of the Coun-
ty Court OF Hugo, accidentally shot
l.. Il. Elkins OF Clifford in the leg
while out hunting.
Records of the Denver public bath
months OF the year 3s,645 persons
took advantage Of the free bathing
facilities.
l.. l.. b. Ranch No !, National Order
of Cowboy Rangers, made Jess VII
lard, the new champion, an honorary
life member at its meeting in Denver
Monday night.
Receiver F. A. Chapman OF the Mer-
camille National Bank at Pueblo an
nounced that certificates OF deposit
would be issued about May l to de
positors in lieu OF bank books.
Sixteen days have passed and no
trace OF Steve Puskas, 35, or 10-year-
old Rosa Macy, who disappeared al
the same time. has been found by the
Denver police or the parents of the
child
A petition filed before Judge Harry
5. Glass at Golden asks that a grand
jury be summoned to investigate the
wage system in effect at the mines
operated by the Leyden Coal Com
pany.
An important gold strike, which is
promising to liven up the little mining
camp of Liberty Is reported to have
been made in the Golden Treasure
mine on Pole Creek. q short distance
from that place.
The stockmen of the state approve
the attitude OF DR.. w. w. Yard, state
veterinarian, in demanding a quaran-
tine against Argentine beef and hides,
one source of infection for the foot
and mouth disease.
In addition to building a $4,000 re-
ceiving hospital and a laundry costing
$4,000, extensive improvements in the
way OF landscape gardening will be
made at the Modern Woodmen sana-
torium at Colorado Springs.
That nearly $4,000 was spent for
cut flowers and Easter plants last
week was the estimate of prominent
florists, who said that the sales this
year have far o tstripped those OF any
year in the history of the city
With only relatives present State
Senator Charles b. Hamilton and Mrs
Faye Landreth Hamilton were re-mar-
ried at the Church of the Ascension
in Denver by the pastor, the Rev.
Henry S. Foster
two double funerals, one of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. r. Hall, who died within
twenty-four hours of one another, and
the other of David G. Haney and wife,
whose deaths occurred seven hours
apart, took place in Denver.
Indications during the first part of
the last week Of the regular session
of the Colorado Legislature seemed to
indicate that the important measures
would be acted upon and that an ex-
ira session would not be necessary.
The motion to quash the indictment
charging DR.. Robert ]. Mason with
conspiracy in connection with the
death of Miss Ruth X. Merriweather
last December was sustained by Judge
j
yer.
The Supreme Court handed down a
decision granting rehearing in the
case of William OBrien against Rich
ard Bowles of Colorado Springs for
the recovery of s150,000 in commits
sions, earned under contract, in the
sale of Florida lands.
P. j. Preston, a Denver civil en-
gineer who specializes in irrigation
matters, has been named by Secretary
of the Interior Lane as the third mem
Der of the federal board of review
which is to look into various items of
expenditure in connection with the
construction of the big reclamation
projects of the West.