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VOL. 2. IDAHO SPRINGS. COLO., SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902. NO. 30.

COUNCILTARES

ACTIONEvidence to Be SecuredAgainst Chicago CreeK

Joint Inmates.

There was a stormy session of the city council

last Monday night. All due to the fact that thegood people of Idaho Springs insist that the jointup Chicago creek, opposite the graveyard, shall be

done away with.The members of the council were evenly divided

as to how the work should be accomplished. Some

insisted that the inmates should be arrested at

once, while others insisted that evidence should besecured first. After a great deal of oratory had

been flung around the room it was decided that thecity attorney and marshal should made ita pointto secure the required evidence.

While it may be a difficult problem to solve as

to whether the house is one of ill-repute, it wouldnot be a hard problem to secure the evidence as re-

gards the sale of liquor. The landlady of the place

has a government license, but this city prohibitsthe sale of intoxicants. It is, up to theofficials to take some action at an early day. The

inmates were notified some time ago that they must

quit this neighborhood, but they paid no attention

whatever to the demands.The protest of residents along Soda creek that

the city had no right to allow people to make con-

nections from pipe which had been laid yearr agowas voted down. It was agreed, however, that the

connection should be improved in order that all

could have a sufficient supply.Mayor Trathen was authorized to make a con-

tract with the railroad company for water for theensuing year. Said contract to be on the same

basis as the present one.

It was voted to place some additional lights

along Soda creek and the committee on lights was

instructed to make an investigation and find out

how many were needed. This committee also has

the authority to have tht lights put in place.

The park committee was instructed to have the

fences leading to city park opened so that people

who desire to take a drive in that locality may doso without being compelled to open the gates.

The feu -es will be entirely removed from the road-way and placed around the park.

The council decided to appropriate $1,200 in

order that the capacity of the reservoir might beincreased. The town is growing so rapidly thatmore water is needed. When this work is com-

pleted there will be more pressure and people will

have no difficulty in securing plenty of water for

their lawns.Bills to the amount of $609.97 were allowed.

Funds Distributed.

County Superintendent of Schools Bowman has

apportioned the following amounts to the various

school districts of the county :

District 1 —Empire $ 283 65District 2—Beaver Creek 36 60District 3—Georgetown 1,250 50District 4—Dumont 170 80District s—ldaho5 —Idaho Springs 2,796 85District 6—Silver Plume 683 20

District B—Siiver Creek 3° 5°District 9—Lamartine 106 75District 10—Lawson 231 80District II—Brookvale 4 2 70District 12—Freeland 97 60District 19—Yankee 64 05

Total $5,795 00

The recent census of persons of school age in

the county gives 1,012 males, 979 females —a total

of 1,991. Those affectsd by the compulsion law—-

from 8 to 14 years —number 879.New Officers.

A regular meeting of Wildey lodge No. 31, I. O.

O. F., was held last Saturday evening and the fol-

lowing officers weae installed:

J. P. Snyder, N. G.Edmund Rouse, V. G.Lewis Oliver, Secretary.Claus Anderson, Treasurer.

J. Aug. Ingols, W.I.D. Ellis, C.,Knute Brown, I. G.F. Keast, O. G.S. Davis, R. S. N. G.H. H. Walde, L. S. N. G.

G. W. Train, R. S. V. G.

John Kenwood, L. S. V. G.Edwin Blatt, R. S. S.C. E. Cederburg, L. S. S.

Forresters Meet.

The following officers of the Forresters were in-

stalled Tuesday evening:

John Nelson. Chief Ranger.

Frank Weatlierbee, Sub-Chief.George Jayne, Senior Woodward.John Thoms, Senior Beadle.

John Cruse, Junior Beadle.Morris Beckman, Treasurer.

John Trembeth, Secretary.

Chicago Creek District ProgressOne of the features of the year in the Idaho Springs district has been the re-

markable amount of development work and rich showing made by the sectionknown as the ‘Chicago Creek” section. Development has been the motto.Tunnels are cutting through the country on either side and reports of their rich

finds have been numerous during the entire year.The Bonney-Britton tunnel is still going through the hill and there is ever}'

reason to believe that it is entering a rich section of cross veins where there islittle doubt concerning the values as they have been practically determined fromsurface work. This tunnel is cutting through toward Soda creek.

The same company, or at least several of the gentlemen interested in thefamous Sun and Moon mine, have recently acquired title to several thousanddollars worth of property along the Quito vein, which has always been a promi-nent vein in the district as a producer and is now producing from $ 3,000 to $4,000per month on the north side of the creek. The new company will be known asthe Quito Consolidated and work has been begun on an adit which will be drivenfrom 100 to 200 feet and then a shaft will be sunk in order to penetrate the richproperty with drifts on the vein proper and on the numerous cross veins that areknown to cut the main vein at nearly right angles. This syndicate now has agroup of nearly fifty claims which they have been working steadily to acquire forthe past six years. In the group are many that have made remarkable goodshowings in the past and with their 4,500 feet on the Quito vein there ought tobe opened up one of the heaviest shippers in the district. Especially is this truewhen it is known that the Quito is shipping right along now.

The Argus Mines and Tunnel company, Idaho Springs’ home company, is

making rapid strides in the way of progress, and while the management is sayinglittle it is known that rich values were taken out of the first vein and that thesecond one cut is also a big proposition. The Argus tunnel is now in over 260

feet and is one of the prettiest pieces of tunnel work in the district. The drifton the Genevieve vein is in nearly seventy feet and the ore body is an excellent one.

The Star tunnel is working right along in its course toward the big shipperson the Chicago mountain side and Manager Arkills is pushing everything as rap-idly as It is possible to push the work.

Then there is the Bums-Moore, the Little Mattie, the Beaver and a dozenothers that are producing and progressing with a character of energy that cannotbe found in any other portion of the Idaho Springs district.

Across from this section, to the south, some rich values are being taken outof the old Lexington and the group owned by the Gold Cord company. Within

a distance of less than two and one-half miles from Idaho Springs three mills arerunning constantly along Chicago creek —the Little Mattie, the Gold Cord and

the Cyanide mill of the American Gold Standard Mining company.With all this progress there can be little doubt concerning the future of this

rich section of the district. In years gone by it was known as the best in thedistrict, but for some reason attention was turned to another part of the districtand it is only within the last two years that the tide has again turned to its oldchannel. The future of the district is practically certain where the amount ofdevelopment work is being done that is shovving up on Chicago creek. This is

the most successful method of development, and development—the application of

cash and energy—to any part of the district willprove excellent results.

Death of Henry Williams.

The report in the Denver paj>ers of the death of

Henry Williams, who was at one time prominently

known to all the pioneers in Gilpin and Clear creekcounties, was the subject of general comment dur-ing the week. The reference to his passing in theDenver Republican gives the best idea ot his his-tory and is published herewith :

“The news of the death of Henry Williams, a

Colorado pioneer and one of the foremost smeltermanagers of the west, was received by his Denverfriends yesterday. Mr. Williams died Tuesdaynight at his home in Butte, Mont.

“In 1873 Mr. Williams came to olorado and

became interested in mining. Ihe Whale Minemill, located near Idaho Springs, was the first en-

terprise with which he was connected.“He was an expert metallurgist and in 1875

went to Alma, colo.,as the manager of a branch of

the Boston-Colorado smelter, at that time situated

at Black Hawk. One year later he left Colorado to

make his home in Montana. In that state Mr.

Williams was the smelter pioneer.“Montana’s first smelter, erected at Butte, was

owned by Mr. williams, 11. R. Wolcott, - enator

Hill of Colorado and Senator lark of Montana.Until a few years ago, when it was sold to a coppertrust, Mr. Williams was actively connected with

the enterprise. After the sale he «pent most of his

time on his large ranch, fifteen miles from Butte.“ Mr. W illiams was born in Cornwall, England,

sixty-four years ago. His education as an expertmetallurgist was received at Swansea. He spent

several years in ' exico and then came with hund-reds of other young Englishmen to seek his fortune

in Western America.“D. H. Dougan, cashier of the National Bank

of Commerce, was one of Mr. Williams’ oldestfriends. ‘ Henry Williams,’ said Mr. Dougan yes-

terday, ‘ was a man of the greatest integrity. In

fact, his honesty got him into trouble. InButte he

was recently threatened with personal violence. I

do not know how the trouble arose, but Mr. Wil-liams, as usual, stood by his colors. One night

several men, his sworn enemies, went to his homeand rang the bell. When refused entrance they

fired several shots through the door. The bullets,however, had no effect.

"•Mr. Williams was very fond of his large

stock ranch, and even before his retirement spent

much of his time there. 1 was not altogether sur-

prised to hear of his death, for he had been prac-tically an invalid for some time.’

“ Mr. Williams was an intimate friend of Rich-

ard 1 earce of this city, and whenever he was in

Denver he stayed at the Pearce home.“ Mr. Williams leaves a widow and a son,

George Good williams.”

Strike in Shaw Lode.

\ big strike was made this week in the Shawlode of th«- Wilcox tunnrl. Mr. J. W. Shaw, theowner of the lode, brought into the c ty samplesof the ore taken out and had assays made whichgave returns of over SIO,OOO to the ton. The ore

was taken from a depth of 500 feet and the vein isfrom 6to 24 inches in width. The streak is near alarge porphyry dyke which is sixteen feet wide.Mr. Shaw says that the vein gives every indicationof increasing A piece of the rock was roasted andgo d stood out in blisters

It is the intention of the owner to increase hisforce at once and the ore is to be sacked and sent

to Denver tor treatment.

Red Men to Assemble Here.

Robert Classen, the well known worker in theRed Men lodge, is doing good work for Idahosprings in getting the big excursion to this city forabout the middle of August. He states that excur-

sions will be run from I enver and that the blow-out will include all the lodges in the immediatedistrict, Ihe Red Men are strong in this portionof the state, and in all parts of the state so far as

that is concerned. clear Creek county is particu-larly favored because it has two of the head officialsand scores of royal rustlers who see that the firesin the tepees are kept burning. Later on full par-ticulars regarding the matter will be furnished thepublic.

Officers Installed.

On \\ ednesday evening the Red Men held a

meeting for the purpose of installing their officerswho will serve for the ensuing year. Below are thenames of the officers:

Robert Classen, Sachem.Wm. Williams, Sr. sagamore.Frank V\eatherbee, Jr. Sagamore.

Al. ivoberts, Prophet.tt m. Doherty Sr., Keeper of Wampum.Lew Oliver, v. hief of Records.

Notice.

According to section 93 of the Revenue law,passsed at an extra session of the thirteenth gener-al assembly of the state of Colorado, I herewithgive notice that Ishall sit every week day from the15th day of July until the first day of August, in-clusive, to hear any and all objections to the assess-

ment roll. George Myers,Georgetown, July 10, 1902. county Assessor.

The Ailnn ic mill at Empire is doing goodwork Hm io»ore the milling facilities have not

tievn up to the standard.

CONTRACTHAS BEEN

AWARDEDNew School Building is

to be Completed byNext ThanKsgiving.

The contract for the erection of the new schoolbuilding was awarded last week and the work wasgiven to J. N. Westercreen of Denver. Mr. West-ercreen’s bid has not been made public for the rea-

son that the board desired to close the deal as soon

as possible. It is stated on good authority that hefigured considerably lower than any the others andas a result there w'ill tie no trouble in completing

the structure in the manner provided in the plansas drawn formerly.

The architecture and exterior of the building w’illbe similar to the old one. It will be built ofpressed brick and it is the intention of the schoolboard to have the present buildingpainted so thatit will match with the old one.

When completed there will be ample room for•chool purposes. This has been one of the draw-backs of the school system of the city. There are

to be two ordinary school rooms, and one large as-sembly room, in addition to four recitation rooms

and a chemical laboratory. The finish is to be innatural wood, and the appearance promises to bepleasing.

The building is to l>e completed by Thanksgiv-ing, and when the second term of the school yearopens, will be ready for occupancy.

There has been considerable complaint in regardto the plans. Agreat many people have taken thestand that the lightis not sufficient. A prominentbusiness man of this city, and a man who has beeninterested in school work to a large extent, saysthat in this day more lightis needed. “Properlight,” said he, “is one of the most essential things.111 the present age every effort is made to providethe proper light. In my opinion a majority of thechildren are compelled to wear glasses, andthe weakness of sight is due to the fact that theschool room is not properly lighted. In the eastern

cities too much attention cannot l>e given to thissubject, and as a result many of the school build-ing are being remodeled. Every one knows thatin oeder to have perfect sight a person must haveproper light. In my opinion the refraction in theold buildii is not good and if the new building isbuilt on the same style, it will be in the same con-

dition. What we want in this age is proper venti-lation and light. Make it so that when the child-ren of today are grown to manhood and woman-hood, they will not be compelled to wear glasses.There is no occasion for all the money going intothe pockets of the oculist, and if the buildings are

properly constructed there will be a great change.For several years I was employed as a teacher inthe schools of Chicago and during that time we

made it a study to prepare proper light. Eachsummer when institutes were in session this subjectwas taken up and as a result we succeeded in mak-ing many improvements over the old system.”

Lucania Is Prosperous.

President Wright of the Lucania company was

in the city from Colorado Springs this week andenjoyed a trip to the big tunnel with friends fromthe south and east. Every time he comes to IdahoSprings he likes the district better and returns to

tell the people of the advantages possessed by thisdistrict that are not possessed by any other districtin the state. Four veins have been cut in the tun-

nel and the distance reached is not to exceed 400feet. The veins are all strongly mineralized andwill prove good ones with development and moredepth.

Stories Coming.

Dr. A. E. Barker will leave in a few days GrandLake where he w'ill spend about two w'eeks secur-ing a much needed rest. During his absence, hisoffice will be looked after by Dr. Wheeler of Den-ver, who is said to be a dentist of no ordinary abil-ity. It is needless to say that Dr. Barker will re-

turn to this city loaded down with fish stories.

Visiting From Wisconsin.

Mrs. Anna Perkins and daughter Hazel, ofDodgeville, Wis., arrived in the city Wednesdayand will visit for a month or more with Mrs. L. L.Roberts. Mrs. Perkins is a sister of Mrs. Roberts,and is greatly pleased with the city and surround-ings.

Good Returns.

The M. & M. mine up Ute creek is producinggood values. The Chamberlin sampling workstreated ore this week taxen from the property andreturns were received of $114.98 in gold, silver andlead, on their first-clsss and $38.59 in gold and sil-ver on their second class.

The company intends to increase their capitalstock from SIOO,OOO to $1,000,000, and the prop-erty will be thoroughly equipped with the latestimproved machinery. The company has appliedfor a patent on fifty acres and this added to whatthey now have, makes a large group.