The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-02

Governor-Elect Carlson will be in
augurated Jan. l2.
Two attacks upon lone women were
made by thug In Pueblo.
Forty. eight men were fined in police
court In Denver for gambling.
Three prisoners made their escape
frcm the Fort Collins jail through a
window.
The State Teachers Association met
in Denver Monday for a four day meet
ing. About 500 were present.
The Bachelors ball at the Minnequa
club at Pueblo was largely attended
and proved an enjoyable affair.
Mrs Sarah Rist, 2302 Court place,
a pioneer Of Colorado and resident OF
Denver since 1880, died ut her home of
pneumonia.
Denver will have its annual horse
aud stock show. 1t will be held at the
Denver Union Stockyards Jan. Is TO
% inclusive
Fort Collins contributed 10000 to the
total OF .OO0 900 900 packages that II
is stated the parcel post handled as
holiday business.
Nearly two million dollars will b.
distributed among investors by Den
yer corporations in January in divi
dends and interest.
Jerome Blanchard one of Colorado
pioneers of 1859, died at his home in
been i'll three weeks.
John McLennau was reelected pres
dent of the United Mine Workers OF
America. District ID, by a referendum
vote for election of officers.
Eugene Stevens, tungsten operator
Of Boulder county, was elected presi
dent of the Boulder County Metal Min
ing Association for the third time.
Mrs Harry SchraGer, wife OF the
sheriff of Lake county, died at the
home of friends, at 1923 Vine street,
Denver, from a complication of dis
eases.
Plans are under way for the consoli-
dation of the leading civic and com
mercial organizations of Denver. in
Guiding the Denver Chamber of Com
lnerCe
Nancy Cattell, clever Denver girl.
gave Scriptual reading at the general
meeting OF the Colorado State Teach
ers' Association ar the Auditorium in
Denver
The District Attorneys Association
OF Colorado opened its session in the
Supreme Court chambers at the state
capitol with ten cut of thirteen mem
bers attending.
Extensive changes in the city hall
were decided on at a meeting OF the
city commissioners of Pueblo. Work
on the improvements will be started
within few days.
On Christmas day a daughter was
born to Count Paul Cornet and the
Countess Cornet. who was formerly
Miss Gladys Mcmillan, daughter of Mrs
Spencer Penrose OF Colorado Springs.
Five minutes after she had sealed a
letter to relatives, Miss Dorena L.
Webber. librarian of the public library
at Jacksonville. H., died at Boulder
from the effects of blood clot on the
lung.
Mrs. Alma Boone Little. who is try
ing to prove she is not "A negress, as is
contended by her husband at Detroit.
v ho is seeking a divorce. visited Den
yer, the city of her birth, to obtain
further proof.
An order was issued, effective Dec
"a. appointing DR.. George f. Orsborn
a major in the medical corps of the
National Guard of Colorado. Or. Ors-
born has been a captain in the medical
corps for several years.
Mrs. Ellen f. Matteson one of the
first of Colorado women to become
Colorado suffrage circles, died in Den
yer, following a three weeks illness
with acute Bright's disease
The State Board of Stock Inspection
Commissioners has Issued another or.
der tightening the restrictions under
which cloven-hocfed stock NAV be
shipped into the state. and reducing
the district from which they NAV
come.
The construction of good roads and
the proper maintenance of roads after
they have been built will be the prin.
cipal subjects of discussion at the fifth
annual convention of the Colorado
Good Roads Association to be held In
Denver, Jan. 20 and q.
A canning plant, cafeteria and a
milk testing department are to be add
ed to the Fruitvale High school, a ru-
raj school three miles northeast of
Grand Junction, making it one of the
most unique and up-to-date institu.
tions in the United States
Fifteen hundred teachers of rural
town and city schools over all Colo
rado gathered in Denver to attend the
fortieth annual session of the Colorado
Teachers Association