The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-03-24

May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs.
April 2G-AnnuaI Convention Western
Colorado |. o. o. F. at Grand June
ton
May 2-Republican state and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
May Is-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
Aug s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
Tungsten prices advanced from SIS
to $50 per unit at Boulder.
President Wilson nominated w. A.
King postmaster of Sterling.
r W. Speer has announced him
self a candidate for mayor of Den
yer.
Jewelry valued at 81 600 was stolen
from the home of C. F. Shollenberger
of Denver
Arvada citizens have raised $4,000
for improving the road from Denver
to Boulder.
Mrs NJ. E. Crowley, 81, of Lead
Vile, claims to be the original pioneer
woman Of the west.
An appropriation of over 100000
has been made to improve the Rocky
Ford beet sugar factory and farms.
At Leadville pumps throwing out
900 gallons Of water per minur
started the work of unwatering
Fryer Hill.
Bolus Bolus, 8 years old, and Leon
Schultz, u, were killed in Littleton
10 In in, <Nf In b., IL
in which they were digging caves.
Stephen w. Dorsey, formerly
United States senator from Arkansas,
died at Los Angeles. Mr. Dorsey
lived in Denver six years, from 1891
to 1897
Approximately 100000 will be spent
by the county of FL Paso on its roads
this year, according to an announce
ment by the county commissioners at
Colorado Springs
DR.. Edward F. Eldredge. formerly
of Denver and Grand Junction, die
in San Diego. Cal, where he had
been living for the last two years. He
was GO years old.
Nearly 100000 trees will be plant
ed in the national forests of the
Rocky Mountain district this spring,
under the supervision OF S. D. Smith.
Planting will begin April 1.
Claude Maddox, self-confessed burg
lar, pleaded guilty to two of three
charges in Criminal Court in Den
Yer and was sentenced to serve from
five to eight years in the penitentiary
A committee OF fifty women was
appointed at the Woman's Club in
Denver by the advisory board to con-
duet membership campaign TO in
crease the number of members to
/ 900
The advisability of requesting that
4 special district judge be called to
Denver to hear exclusively prosecu
tons under the prohibition law is be
ing considered by the Colorado Anti
Saloon league.
Bernard Cummings Of Denver,
member of the Signal Corps. Will be
the first National Guardsman OF Colo
RADIO to receive instruction in avia-
ton preliminary to the estab lish
ment OF this branch of military serg-
ice in Colorado.
May will be election day in Den
YER not only for the charter amend
ment now on file with the city CLERK
and certified to by the election com
mission, but for all other amendments
and propositions to go before the
voters this spring.
With the top of his head blown Oft
by shotgun used in hunting coyotes,
the body of Harold Smith. -. oldest
son of Lemuel J. Smith, former secre.
tary of the Denver Park Board, was
found hanging in a wire fence on his
fathers ranch near Rifle.
Indications OF a revival in the sheen
industry in Colorado, meaning an in
vestment in 1916 of approximately So
100000 by sheep owners, $1,000, 900 O;
which already has been expended fol-
sheep, are seen by federal officials in
the proposed utiliz2 ton of the 5000
600 acres of grazing ,and available in
the national forests of Colorado, a
circumstance unprecedented in the
district United States forestry serv.
ice
Peace in Mexico will depend upon
the ability of Gen. Carranza to or
ganize his government on the basis
of sound financial respons ibility," said
Bishop F. ]. Mcconnell of the Metho.
dist Episcopal church upon his return
from Mexico City to Denver. Unless
the Carranza government can estab.
lish financial stability in the republic
revolution of serious propoi lions
may be precipitated at any time ana
the troubles of Mexico will be in
definitely perpetuated"
The will of Mahlon D. thatcher.
ST., who died several weeks ago. was
admitted nrnhafo In H.