The Idaho Springs siftings-news., January 14, 1916, Image 8

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THE world is full of rainbow chasers
who waste their time on get-rich
quick schemes. They always believe in
LUCK but fail to notice that it is spelled
P-L-L-C-K. A good saver is always
lucky. Our Savings Department will
make YOU lucky.
Tlie First National Hank
Idaho Springs, Colo.
Newsy Notes From
Georgetown District
Commissioner John X Stewart
is on the sick li*t.
Misses McCreedy have leturned
from a visit in Denver
John Hite and Frank Gisin are j
reported as Ixring dangerously ill.
A. B. Clark is still confined to
bis bed, but is impioving and is
expected to be up and around
very soon.
W. A. Funk and P. P. Barbour
were in Georgetown Tuesday in
a‘tendance at A H. Osborne’s fu
neral.
Miss Nora Nash, who is em
ployed at St. Joseph’s hospital
at Denver, came up Monday night
to nurse her mother and father
who are ill.
Mrs. Rubert McClelland accom
panied her father, Senator H. L.
Roberts, to Georgetown Tuesday j
to attend the funeral of Edward;
Collins and A. H. Osborne.
William Holcombe was taken
to St Joseph's hospital ir Denver
last Sunday where he was operat
ed upon for appendicitis. Latest 1
reports are very favorable and he!
will no doubt soon be back among
his many well wishing friends.!
The news of the death of Miss
Eugenie Poirson, who has been
teaching school in Roswell, Newj
Mexico, was received last Sunday.
Miss Poirson’s health has been
poor for some time, but the news
of her death was a shock to her,
many friends in Clear Creek coun v
ty. She is survived by her moth-j
er, three brothers and five sisters.'
The Board of County Com
missioners elected John W. Green
as Chairman of the coming year,
on last Monday; Hon. E L. Reg
ennitterwas reappointed Countv
Attorney; Mrs. L. Berg, Jauitress, j
and all the present road overseers
weie reappointed. The contract
for care of the inmates of the
Count) Poor House was awarded
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The Perfection
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EDWARD BERRYMAN, Prop.
1 *>tli Avp. ami .Minor St.
Fir-t ( lass Work
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POWDER GONE UP! j
Get More for Your Ore
The Argo Mill will buy your Gold and Silver
Ores on the basis of a just and accurate
sample with a lower treatment charge than
you can obtain anywhere else.
NO CHARGE FOR SAMPLING
The Argo Reduction & Ore Purchasing Co.
Telephone Idaho 119
Mrs. Caroline Lundstrom, and
the burial of the County Poor to
. Pearce and Cocks. The bids for
supplies and rouutv printing were
to l>e let on Tuesday, but as the
.former required to be tabulated
j that a comparison of the different
bids might be made, the contract
will not be awarded until &ome
time the latter part of trie week.
The Idaho Springs Gazette was
awarded the contract for printing
commissioners proceedings An
nual Delinquent tax list, semi
! annual reports and miscellaneous
•advertisements, their bid being the
i lowest one submitted.
Henry Holcombe and Mrs. Ed-;
win Holcombe accompanied Wil-i
i liam Holcombe to Denver last i
Sunday.
Active operations have been j
started at the Waldorf and rtgu-;
| iar shipments shoujd b.*gin in al
day or so. Some little time has
.been required to break in a new
Goad to »he mine*, the old one be
i.
, ing filled with snow, but as this
has been completed, by next week
| the regular shipments will again
ibe handled. The storms of the;
; past week have in some respec s
! hindered the hauling of ore, t t
! Mendota being the only shipper
! during the past week, their ship
| meats being concentrates which
•return the usual good values.
J. .M. Culley returned Tuesday
from a visit with his tamily in
Idaho Springs.
B. C. Craten Jr. spent Sunday
with his family in Georgetown.
Mrs. Ernest Clayton and two
children came Monday to spend a
month or more with Mrs. Will
Green. Mrs. Clayton will l>c re
membered as Miss Mamie King,
daughter of C. A. King. She has
, been away about seven years.
Mr. and Mrs. George Chapman
of Rochester. New York, stopped
off for a day to visit with Mr. and
Mrs. (\ I. Sj>essard. while on their
way to spend the winter on the
Pacific coast.
Kirk Seemann of the Humboldt
mine on Ute creek, was doing
business in town Tuesday.
Alderman Ora Shaffer left
week for Delta, Colo., where he
will rusticate for a few weeks.
Mr. Shaffer has not been in very
good health for some time and it
is hoped that the change will
prove beneficial.
THE IDAHO SPRINGS SIFTINGS-NEWS.
HERE AT HOME
H. O Allen, Dentist.
The boy, the sled, and the peeled
nr se are chums again.
Bert Zeiler came in from Crip
pie Creek tbs morning fora few
da vs visit with his old time chums.,
E raer Eriksson, the tailor went
to Denver Monday to consult !
with a throat specialist in regard
to having his tonsils removed. 1
Mr. Erikssoi has suffered for
years with tonsilitis and decided
that now is a good time to put
an end to it.
M:i*s Leota N anker vis enter
tained very informally Tuesday
afternoon in honor of Miss Doro
thy Dunaway ot Denver. Her
guests were, beside the honor
guest, Mrs. Oscar Fischer, Miss
E zibet h Fes tab .in d and Miss
Heather Hdl.
Dave Wi li. ms received a tele
gram from Magdalena, X. M ,
Thursday, announcing the death!
of his eldest brother, William.
Mr. Williams was a former resi
dent of Silver Plume and was well
known throughout the coun \.
He removed to New Mexico s v
eral years ago. He leaves one
son, five brothers and three sis
ters.
Mrs. Oscar Fischer entertained a
few of her friends Friday after
noon in honor of her house guest,
Miss Dorothy Dunaway of Denver.
Those enjoying Mrs. Fischer’s
hospitaliiy besides *he honor gu. st
wt re Mcsdames J. \V. B Smith,
Sherwin, Bush and Nank rvi«;
The Misses Fas»abend, Kimball,
Hill and Nankervis.
The W. C. T. U. will meet AN ed
nesdav afternoon, Jan. 19, wi h
Mrs. W. 15. Sutherland. At the
ch se of the business meeting a mu
sical program will be enj »>ed and
refreshments served. Mrs Suth
erland Ivves at Eighieenth ave
nue and Colorado sireet, and cor
dially invites every one interested,
as this is the first m«etir.g ot the
y ear and very important matters
are to be considered.
The high school students are
deep in their semester examma
ti i s this week. This week will
end ihe first semester of the
school year. Next semester a
class in Plane Trigonometry will 1
b- taught in the high school. It isj
regularly ac< liege s udy hut will j
be given here for the accomraoda
turn of those who wish to enter
college. The chemistry class un
d r Mr. Norris will take uj> Irish’s
* Qualitative Analysis” the next
semester.
Judging fr« m the amount of or>
that is mined every day bv the
best miners in the state as the'
warm their feet on Dave v\ iiliam-*
stove at the barn there will i»e ti e
need of a few more simpler- and
m ils to handle the enormous pro
duction At least 1000 tons art
mined every day, and to siv uo'h-i
mg of the tunnel and shaft work.
At times there is a -carcity ot ;
muckers but there arealway* plei - j
ty of machine and timb< r men.
There would probably be twice as!
much work done were it not for 1
the big war which of course has
to be settled every day .
You Will Enjoy
Eating anything that is put on the table if
purchased at our Store for you can rest
assured that it will be pure and wholesome
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D. J. DONNELLY
KPSS Phone 79 J
J, J Hoban is now working the
Beaver mine with gocd results-
Three men are now employed
and are taking out good ore. |
This mine is in a good location
and there is no reason why it
- should not be a winner.
P. I<om on da was down from
Goson gulch Tuesday with a four
ton shipment of surface ore from
his Legal 'Tender mine. While it
is not high grade ore it carries
sufficient value to warrant further
development.
Manager James Stewart of the
Concrete mine, now has his head
quarters m ihe city, and will per
sonally direct the operation on the
mine. All work will be done
through the Argo tunnel in the
future.
Miss C. E. Batcbelder returned
last we k alter a three months’
visit with friends in California.
Mi>s Batcbelder is treasurer of the!
* Episcopal Guild who depend a
great deal upon her judgment,
and have missed greatly dur
ing her a bsei ce.
M iss Elizabeth Fastabend and
M iss Leota Nankervis have been
enjoying a ten day visit in Den
ver.
“Bruz*’ Roberts was in the city
during the week. ‘Bruz” is work-;
iug in Colorado Springs now. and!
this is the first time he has been !
boute for several months.
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Morehouse
motored to Denver Tuesday, and
ion Wednesday they came up in
one hour and fifty-five minutes in
the Cadillac, from the city limits
of Denver. Doctor is certainly
some driver to make that time
over the icy roads.
William Lillie of Oregon City.
Oregon, was sued on a note given
for a horse. He claimed the
horse was misrepresented and
hired an attorney to defend him.
He was l»eaten, appealed the case
to the circuit court, tried it him
self, and won. It was a horse on
the legal profession.
New chemical fire extinguishers
have been installed in tlie high
school. The window above the
lxfil r room has been bricked up
so that flames originating in the
| furnace could not get into the 1
school except by eating through
brick wall. The school was emp
tied in a few minutes the other day
by the fire drill. With these pre
cautions no one need fear fire in
the school house.
A shipment of l v tons of second i
class ore was made from the Frank
-lin mine this week by Jones A*,
Roberts. This ore is not very
high grade but pays a very nice
profit. A car of first class ore will
be shipped next week. Four men
are now employed, but the force
will be increased as soon as the
ground can be opened up.
No lessons were assigned for
Wednesday or Thursday in High
School this week as those two
I days were given over to the sem
ester examinations. Heretofore,
lessons have been assigned just
the same: but if this plan proves
! a success it will be adopted dur
ing all the semester examina-
I tion weeks.
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IDAHO SPRINGS, COLO.
George K. Kimball and George
Moscript motored to Denver dur
ing the week.
Miss Anna Hartman has again
resumed her studies in the High
School, after an absence of four
months and a half.
M rs. Maude burgess and Miss
Leta Stafford have been seriously
ill with ptomaine poisoning but
are gradually improving.
The H. S. A. C*ub met with
Mrs. G. K. Kimball on Saturday
afternoon. Fancy work and club
plans passed the time. Light re
freshments were served. The
members present were: the Misses
Annetta Cru K e, Pearl Pascoe,
Mary Nylander. Steila Cribbis,
Grace Curnow, Pansy Robinson,
Hazel Peterson, Flora Gulley,
Nell Jenkins, Vida Adams, Laura
bel Deis, Esteline Williams and
Lily Jones.
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Mrs. \V. 1.. Bush will leave Sun
day for an extended visit in Texas.
\V. E. Renshaw was doing busi
ness in the capital city Monday.
John Flannery took a couple of
days off this week and went to
the big city of the plains.
Miss Unis Wilch very delight
fully entertained the B. M. club
last Saturday. The young ladies
played cards, after wuich the
hostess served delicious ref resh
ments.
Mrs. A. J. Crosson has been un
der the doctor's care for some time
and will perhaps depart for Cali
fornia soon as this altitude seems
too high for her health.
Judge John Wilkins, who has %
been in a Denver hospital for some
time, is reported as improving very
nicely and will be able to return
home in about two weeks.