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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31


Miss Leta Stafford is spending
the week in Denver.
Miss Ruth a L. Dorsey and her
mother are spending the week in
Denver.
Miss Mabel MacLean is visiting
with Mrs. Noxon and family at
Dumont.
Miss May McGuigan spent
Christmas with Miss Hattie Rich
ards in Denver.
Mrs. Charles COLON is reported
to be very i'll at ner home or west
Colorado street.
Miss Gertrude Noxon, teacher
at Dumort. spent a few hours
here last Thursday.
Miss Hazel Champion visited
with Mrs. Melita Seymour in
Central City over Sunday.
George Lewis was the guest of
his sister Mrs. Melita Seymour at
Central City Saturday and Sun
day
Miss Gladys Oliver visited with
her sister, Mrs. Henry Wuetig OF
Littleton, Colo, during the holt
days.
f. F. Fitzgerald went to Den
yer last Friday and spent several
days visiting with his daughter
Miss Elda.
Bud Griffin, popular coach
at the Manual Training school at
Denver, is in the city, the guest
OF Frank Redding.
Grover Cleveland Baker, the
vegetable man. reports his family
ard himself as recovering from a
severe attack OF la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar w. Bowe
and baby Evelyn are spending
several days in Denver and are
stopping at the Auditorium hotel.
Miss Marie Gibbs returned to
Denver with her father Sunday
and will spend the week visiting
with Miss Mill Polli and many
othe- friends.
Mrs. Thomas Trelease enter
tanned the Ladies Foreign Mis-
sronary Society of the Methodist
church at her home on west
Colorado street Wednesday alter
noon. After the business meet
ing, a social hour was enjoyed by
he ladies'.
A very nice program was given
by the Mission Sunday School for
Christmas. A beautiful Christ
mas tree added % the enjoyment
OF the occasion and the children
were presented with gifts and
candy. Mrs. MacColl, the su-
perintendent, IS deserving OF much
praise for her efforts in arranging
the entertaining program.
Charles Theobald, Who is now
operating lease on the Bald
Eaele mine near the head of Vir,
ginia canon. says that every
round of shots shows better pros
poets. There is now in sight two
feet of ore that assays $50 per
ton. Charlie deserves credit for
his stay-with "a tive-ness. Moth
ing like it bnys. Git" in line.
Mrs. Adolph Nelson and Mrs.
E. l.. Regenitter were both MADE
very happy when their hus bands
presented them with new cars for
Christmas. The cars are both
Grants, Mrs. Nelson's a cabriolet
and Mrs. Regenitter's a roadster.
Mrs. Nelson is learning to run
hers now, but so far Mrs. Rege-
hitter has not given her car a
trial. The cars are both very
good looking and their owners
may justly feel proud of them
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31

Misses Rhoda ard Ruth Cad
walader and ROLAND walader
spent SATURDAY. and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Green at
Dumont.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31
IHE,REAT HOME

J Miss Helen Marihugh left for
Boulder Thursday morning
Mrs. Doherty was quite i'll be-
fore Christmas but is reported as
somewhat better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Fischer
spent Christmas day in Denver
with Mrs. Fischer's parents,
The students who have been
home for their Christmas vacation
expect to leave for their schools
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L: Bush. Miss
Charlotte Collie, John Meyer and
DR.. Cain went 10 Denver Friday
to stay over New Years day.
Mrs. S. l.. Burger went to Den
yer Thursday morning to meet her
three sisters, one of whom she had
not seen for twenty seven years.
A dinner, beautiful in every
detail. was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
W. E. Renshaw on Christmas
night. Their guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. E. Machol and son, and
DR.. Alan d. Fraser.
Iris rumored that Homer Han
dy has won the hand of one of our
fairest young social buds, but that
the wedding will not take place
until sometime in the early spring.
This accounts for the pleasant
smile that Mr.. Handy has been
giving everyone of late, and prob
ably also for the new mustache
which appears to be doing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Bush gave
"a delightful party on Christmas
day. Christmas greens and rib
bons formed the decorations while
the centerpiece was a small arts
tically trimmed tree. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred COLON
Misses Elizabeth Fastabend and
Charlotte Collie: Messrs. John
Meyer and Walter Cain.
Mrs. r. c. Bonney and chill
dren, of Boulder, are visiting Mrs.
Ida Hanning during the holidays.
Frank Moody, county clerk of
Gilpin county, was in our city
Tuesday. Mr.. Moody is now
serving his third term as clerk of
the Little Kingdom
The basket ball game with the
Kappa Sig team of Denver has
been postponed until later date
on account of the inability Of ore
of the leading players to take
part in the game.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ireland of
the Denver roomiug house enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. James Under
hill and others at a Christine
turkey dinner at the home of
Mrs. and Will Avery.
Emil Anderson came up from
Loveland to put his feet under the
mahogany at home and enjoy the
good ''eats." Emil has a good
position in Loveland and will re-
TURN after the FIRST of the year.
Frank Curran. one of our old
time boys, came in from the
northwest to spend the HOLIDAYS
with his sister, Mrs Tom Coppard
and hundreds of other friends.
Mr.. .Curran will remain here for
some time for the reason, to use
his own expression, Idaho
Springs is good enough for any
body"
Trevor Oakley Davies, son of
John J. and Ida NJ. Davies, died
Thursday, December "a, at the
age of one month and Io days.
Burial took place at Gold Hill
cemetery in Boulder county Sun
day, December 20. The sincere
sympathy of the entire comm uni
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31

Miss Leota Nankervis will not
return to Boulder this year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31

Mrs. Halberg entertained the
following guests at a family re-
union on Christmas day, Mr..
and Mrs. J. p. johnson ard fami-
ly: Mrs. Aim and daughter Maud
CT this city, and Mr.. and Mrs.
MacQuarrie and Mrs. Linn and
daughter Irene; Edwin Halberg
and Miss Ida Halbe:g of Den
yer.
William Crosse, who is engaged
in mining at Romlev, Colo, is en-
joying a much needed rest and
is spending the time with his
family in this city. Mr. Crosse
looks fine and says he is always
glad to come back to Idaho
Springs. Mr.. and Mrs. Grose
will spend a few DAYS in Denver.
after which he will return to
Romley.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1915-12-31

If you intended to open a Christ
mas Savings account at the Mer-
chants and Miners National Bank
but have neglected to do so, it will
be well to give the matter your
prompt attention. Cashier Slower
reports that many accounts have
been opened on the popular Christ
mas savings plan and if all those
who are intending to open ac-
counts would do so before it is too
late, the bank will issue many
Christmas checks next December
and add to the Christmas JOY in
many homes. You can pay in
small sums week. y and you will
get back all you deposit with in
terest. If for any reason you are
unable to keep up the payments
you o. course do not lose what
you have deposited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
Tacoma Wants
Honest Budget
and No Trickerv

Gentlemen of the city commission, Tacoma wants
an honest tax budget this year.
You are engaged now, in making this levy in at
tempting to shift the just burden of general taxation
from the shoulders of the big land to the light
users-the little fellow, the business man and the
manufacturer.
You are not fulfilling your duty of making real
cut in the cost of municipal operations to the extent
you pretend. Instead you victimizing the light
funds robbing the light of Tacoma so that you
will not have the alternative of cutting down the po
litical machines in your own offices.
Furthermore, you are getting light plant affairs
into such shape that at the end of the year the depart
ment will not have shown the great record which it
really has made. It's profits wall have been diverted
subterraneously, and the enemies of municipal own
ership will have been given set of figures by which
they can prove" municipal ownership failure, or
at least less success. In Short you are classifying
the record.
TACOMA DOESN'T WANT THIS KIND OF
DODGING THICKNESS, JUGGLING, gentle
men.
Some big taxpayers like Justice Linck and George
H. Stone, who might be benefited have consciences
that won't stand for such an outrage, despite per
sonal interests.
Small taxpayers when they fully understand your
plan, as understand it they shall through Tacomas
civic bodies, will make you answer to them in no un
certain way for your deceit.
Tacoma gentlemen, is getting next to your scheme
and Tacoma shortly will show its disapproval
Tacoma wants an honest tax levy, Justly distrib
uted on the rich and poor alike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14

came as surprise to the coun-
Gil. But the members recov-
cred themselves quickly enough
to offer hasty objections to the
idea, and pass quickly on to 9TH
er business.
The mayors plan was to make
q pro-rata cut in every salaried
employe.
Those getting salaries of $500
or more a month, which would
Include the mayor, commission
ers and six other officials, would
be cut 10 per cent. Those get
ting between 500 and $500
would have cut of IN per cent,
and those getting less than 500
would be- cut per cent
Mills offered as an objection
his opinion that employees under
800 should not be cut at all.
OF the Ii employees who draw
over 5000 saving of $500 an
hually would be effected. These
employees are Fawcett. Mills. At
kins.s Drake, Woods, Collins, Saw
idge, Raleigh, Stiles, White and
Meads. The mayor did not have
figures to show what the total
saving would be.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
LOOMS Dumped
to Help Mills
Stick In Office

Although it was announced yes
terday at the city hall that the
discharge of Police Chief Loomis
had been brought about to effect
a saving to the city of $1,000 a
year, it developed today that
there was a deeper political sig
nificance to the councils action.
LOOMS has been let out, follow
ing an agreement between him.
self, Commissioner Mills, and GER
tain others of the city council, in
order that he will not be mill
stone around the neck of Mills at
the coming municipal election.
Commissioner Mills intends to
run again for city commissioners
in the spring.
He long has realized that he
never could be reelected 80 long
as he retained LOOMS as his po-
lice chief.
Mills had delayed so long in
taking action, that he could not
initiate such action now, without
the public's getting wise.
Hence the Little Coup.
Therefore yesterdays frame
up"
Mills was not surprised when
Commissioner Atkins made the
motion abolishing Loomis' POSI-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14

ton. Mills wasn't even greatly
interested.
Mayor Fawcett was not on the
inside" But he has persistently
tried to get rid of Chief Loomis,
SO he naturally voted with the
rest of the council to abolish the
office.
Now. with Loomis out OF the
way Jan. 1, Mills will announce
himself as candidate to succeed
himself.
1t was cutie trick, all right.
LOOMS Not Worrying.
Loomis, naturally. is not wor-
rying. When Times reporter
told him yesterday noon OF the
councils action in abolfshing his
job. Loomis evinced no surprise.
Unlike his usual self, he did not
grow excited, or lose his temper.
Loomis is losing nothing but
four months pay. BY the coun-
ellis action, he quits office Jan. L,
1916. And his term, under
Mills regime, would end the first
week in May, 1915. anyway.
LOOMS knows that Mills could
never be reelected II he stayed
in the police chair. Therefore he's
perfectly willing to sacrifice four
months pay IN order to help his
boss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
What Do You Think
of I. RS New Idea?

ellison Gardner is far superior in eoupu,eut
and IN his outlook ON life to the CORE.
sp0nuent his writings
Is proud of the service he furnishes any other feature
in the paper. @f vi = V
He never wrote article Of tmeness genuine
news value and Of interest TO thinking the
Nor do we recall proposal Of the b. the
ex-president that had In IL a more vital ring.
Roosevelts suggestion, In BRIEF United staes
create an ndustris army That compel Aer
employed under trained leaders great public
fngs. 49, -
He would have the industrial work the goveF
rent roads and bridges. in the
ments reclamation numb
lions factories and the thousand other 81
Uncle Sam. Fis1 - -
And thus Col Roosevelt declares. not only
accomplishing immense or useful
male citizen would be taught the digpty 81 Labor
fit race would be certain to result reate democracy uoc6
be inevitable. \. -
Tscom. people Whist % think - this revo.tloaa
idea? Would be willing to entrust
industrial ar1ny7 Shall We urge lawmakers 70 e ~
necessary Iesfslation7 3&
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
Russians 70
Lose Wilma?

PETROGRAD, Sept. 14.-The
evacuation of wilma is destined to
follow the Teutonic cutting on
the Vilna-Petrograd line, 1t was
semi-officially stated today.
The German forces have reach
ed the railway midway between
Wilma and Dvinsk and now one
German force is sweeping east
ward to the north OF wilma, while
another is making an eastward
dash for Orany.
A Russian retirement probably
will be necessary within 10 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. It.
Ruby, Siwash mongrel, is one
of those self-made heroes who
first imperil life in order to save
it.
Two prospectors (Ruby's mas
ters), a herd of caribou and the
dog pack of which she was leader,
formed the combination that led
to near-tragedy on the frosted
top of the world recently.
Shorty" Greegan and Jim
Kelly, veteran gold seekers, had
trudged up to the head of the
Colville river, far inside the Arctic
circle.
For 1S months they had seen no
other white man. They were 400
miles from dependable food sup
ply. Their six dogs carried a lit
tie flour. bacon, beans and rifle
ammunition in packs.
The two men had shot fish for
several days to feed the dogs. But
Ruby, a fastidious bitch, had
grown tired of fish diet. Her
restlessness infected the rest of
the pack.
Suddenly the prospectors jump
ed a herd of caribou. One was
killed. The others bore away into
the rolling barrens. And Ruby,
giving cry, led the pack in pursuit.
Can you imagine" asked Jim
Kelly, telling the story, how
Shorty and felt when we saw
everything we had In the world,
food and ammunition. bounding
away out of sight on the backs OF
those frenzied dogs?
1T was a mighty solemn mo-
ment--one in which we felt that
our lives were at stake.
II fired the last shell In the
magazine at the caribou the dogs
were following, but 1t was al
1400-yard range and / was almost
certain had missed.
The caribou and the dogs kept
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
Capture
Bandit
Susp ect

After sensational run.
ming fight, I'm which a half
dozen shots were fired and
Day Officer Henry Stone of
Sumner was nearly killed,
George Anderson, a suspect
ed bandit, was captured at
A O'clock this morning In a
berry field near. Sumner.
He was caught by George
Smuck, who had been depu-
tized by Officer Stone, and
who had succeeded in shoot
ing him I'm the heel.
With a quantity of equipment
which would come in useful in
hold-ups and burglaries, Ander-
son is held in the county Jail,
charged with attempted man.
slaughter. He was brought in
today by Deputy Sheriff Mohr-
bacher, who was called to Sum-
ner after the capture.
Anderson is thought to be the
criminal who has been holding up
lumber camps in this district.
Officer Stone and Smuck were
sitting down in the shadow of
building when Anderson ap-
preached, Carrying a big revolver
and a package under his arm.
They ordered him to halt.
Continues to Fire.
Instead, he leveled his gun and
opened fire. One of the bullets
caught Stone in the right chest
passed completely through his
body and emerged above the kid
neys.
The bandit continued to fire
upon Smuck. as he stood above
his friend Stone, but without ef-
feet. One of the latter's bullets
caught the bandit in the heel, and
he made his way, firing, into the
berry field. Smuck followed him
and captured him.
Anderson said today that he
thought the two officers were
hold-up men, and that he fired
because he suspected an attack
He said he had been sleeping in a
shack in Sumner, but had got
cold and was out to walk around
little and warm up. He had nc
home, he said. but had relatives
in Dakota.
Carries Quite a Kit.
He had on him his gun, $45 In
cash, razor, a tobacco sack full
of shells for his gun, numerous
keys of all shapes, and tennis
shoes.
He is about 35 years OF age.
Constable Stone was carried tc
DR.. Whiting Mitchell's home, II
not being known whether he
would live or not.
Later 1t was found he would
live providing no complications
set In, and he was later moved
to st. Joseph's hospital. A late
report from there stated he wa
resting easily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14

~
master.
going.
'Gravy's got the cartridges!
yelled Shorty. And Gravy's tail
was just going out OF sight across
hill!
Guessing Ruby, Gravy and all
the rest, We sat down to wait. 1t
was all we could do.
II / had wounded the second
caribou the dogs In time would
get him and probably return after
eating their fill.
IF not. the dogs might never
return. And there we were, 400
miles from known human habi-
tation, in an almost lifeless coun-
try, with only a dead caribou as
food supply.
Two days we waited, nibbling
raw meat; wondering IL my last
shot had wounded the fleeing carl
bou.
AT evening Ruby came limp
ing in, alone, covered with blood.
Her pack had slipped under her
belly. And she was nightly
ashamed.
After Ia hours of ack-track-
ing she took me to the spot where
they had pulled down the caribou,
which, fortunately, had wounded
seriously. 1t was over 10 miles
away. Around the carcass sprawl
ed the other dogs, stupefied with
gluttony.
Zone of them, caught under the
pack-straps by the caribou's horns,
would have died there, for he
could not have released himself.
Ruby had eaten her fill, slept,
and then. with her dog conscience
bothering her, had tracked back
to where we waited. We forgave
her, and let bygones be bygones.
But hate to think what might
have happened If my second shot
had missed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
] turks
B j R n
T 0CHA

LONDON, Sept. 14.-Con-
WINGED that further de-
Tense of the Dardanelles IL
hopeless, the Turks are re-
treating, and burning and
devastating all the towns
and crops I'm their path.
This is the inference military
authorities drew today from tho
report that Focha, near Smyrna,
had been set ablaze by a special
torch squad of Turkish soldiers.
The dispatch came from Ath-
ems, which recently has sent out
practically all news of the OAR
danelles, since the Turkish CEN
sorship has frightened. Other dis
patches from Athens tell that
conditions in the Turkish capt.
tai are appalling. partly because
of the advance OF the allies and
partly because OF grating high
up officials.
II has been weeks since the
Turks have made claims to sue
cesses. 49,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
-FOUR
vi Il
ROBE

Tacoma's four leading
civic bodies-the Commercial
club, the Rotary club, the
Central Improvement league
and the Central Labor COun-
eil-today are pledged to
look into the city commits
sion's announced scheme to
shift the burden of this
years taxes from the gener-
al taxpayer to the light-user
and water-user.
With desire to search
out the truth, and then to
aid the commission I'm arriv-
ing at conclusion fair alike
to general taxpayer. and
light-user, IL is likely that
each body will appoint n
committee to hear both sides
of the question, and then re-
port.
In none of the bodies will per
sonal politics be allowed to creeI
in.
Before the executive board o.
the Commercial club today, Geo
H. Stone exploited the question
and urged it as a question which
should be studied with full
knowledge and helpful considera
tion."
1.-The club" he said, "has 9
duty to the public to study thj.
question, and to hear fairly boil
Sides
Last to Bring Up Matter.
George Woodbridge, secretar.
of the Rotary club, promised to-
day that he would bring the mat
ter to the attention of the club!
executive board tomorrow. i
will study the question in. the
same spirit as the Commercial
club. 1t is in an especially good
position to do so, because of an
extended to it two
weeks ago by Commissioners Mills
and Atkins.
Secretary Rea Last will bring
the matter before the Central La.
Dor council tomorrow evening.
The Central Improvement
league will not meet Immediately
but DR.. r. v. Hoyt. an active
member, has promised to see that
the question is put up for study
at the first session.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
RIGA FALLING AT LAST?

BERLIN. Sept. 1.-THE war
department. is satisfied that at
last the fall of Riga Is imminent.
Even Petrograd admits that the
fighting to the south east of Riga
Is growing more furious, while
German reports from Won Hin
denburg are that the Russian
line has been completely shat
tered.
II is added that the Teutonic
armies are within 80 miles of the
great Baltic grain port, almost
close enough for their giant
howitzers to begin the crumbling
of the outer Notifications.
In Galicia, 1t Is admitted that
the Russians are still victorious.
In this movement, there Ia a pos
sibility of saving the Russian
armies, as re-enforcements soon
must be sent the Austro-G German
corps. Austrians are reported to
have suffered severely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-14
Civic Bodies Join I'm Budget Fiqht
BEVERLY BAYNE TO
DESCRIBE $4,000
WARDROBE OF HERS

Tacoma again is observing
style week, and by tomorrow
every store in the city will be
displaying the latest and best
of the fall modes.
The Times, through its South
ern California correspondent, has
arranged to supplement its usual
fashion service with a novel and
timely feature for the women
readers.
This Is series of short arti-
cles about the wardrobe of Bev-
erly Bayne, favorite movie
actress.
Miss Bayne is reputed to have
spent $4,000 for the garments
our pictures will show her pos
ing In, but the styles all are
adaptable to goods and finishing
such as the average Tacoma
woman will care to use.
The first two of these pictures,
with accompanying explanation,
appear in today's Times, on page
5. Others will follow during the
week.
Through our Los Angeles cor
respondent and The Times, Miss
Bayne sends this accompanying
message to the women of Ia
coma: