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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
1
Frost tests show varying kill rates among cherry and apple varieties with temperatures 22 to 26 degrees and exposure times up to five and a quarter hours. Montmorency and English Morello suffered heavy losses while several varieties retained some buds, prompting cautious guidance for orchard protection and further testing by C. M. Chase and J. P. Farmer.
The Orchard Heating committee tested how cold must be to kill developing fruit. Branches 3 to 5 feet were frozen at Canon City Crystal Ice Co. storage, then exposed to sun as it rose. At 22 degrees above zero, five and a quarter hours of cooling yielded about one fifth of five buds killed. crop impact minimal.
A private letter from Frank J. Harvey reports Salt Lake City’s rapid growth. Two eleven story skyscrapers nearing completion, one the Newhouse building and the Boston, plus a planned thirteen story hotel at 1.5 million dollars and a fifteen story hotel at 2 million. Cement sidewalks, new depots for the Grand Army Encampment and rail lines, and rising state and court buildings mark a booming commercial and industrial future. Salt Lake City rents remain high as all sectors show activity.
Data from George T. Gibbs show Canon City daily winter precipitation totaling 110.5 inches, the greatest in years. Monthly totals include September 12, October 7, November 17, December 7.5, January 6, February 9.5, March 10.5, April 50. 23 snowstorms occurred across the season.
L. W. Felter reached New York City last Thursday on his round the world trip and will arrive in Colorado early next week. He left Canon City for Seattle en route to Japan and the Orient on August 20 and will have completed the world circuit in just under eight and a half months. Felter will stop in Chicago for a couple of days before proceeding home.
Park Commissioner Skinner found two boys wandering streets and took them to dinner to learn their history. They claimed to be Frank and Harold Watson aged fifteen and thirteen from Littleton escaping a drunken father. They later said they were from Ilse in Custer county and planned to return home soon. They disappeared after leaving the city hall amid doubts about their story.
The Canon City Automobile Club held a Thursday meeting at Dr. Otis Orendorff's office. Officers reported a healthy treasury of 57.75 and progress on guide boards from Canon City to Beaver Creek. They expect road improvements with a $9,120 state appropriation and about $10,000 more pledged. The group joined the Rocky Mountain Highway Association and elected new members D. E. Gibson, Dr. J. W. Cannon, Rolland Armstrong, and George R. McLain.
J. D. Endicott returned from Denver where he pursued mining properties in Fremont and Teller counties. He arranged regular shipments of native gem stones through a Denver firm to Germany for cheaper jewelry, with Endicott and A. H. Davis having opened a gem mine near Florissant, Teller County, expecting the mine’s entire output to be sent abroad and a new industry to develop.
Roy Frankenberry a 20 year old oiler at Colorado Light and Power was seriously injured when, while riding a Rio Grande freight train to reach home, he fell under the wheels as he tried to jump off near the Burrito stock yards west of Soda Point. He underwent amputation and remains in Canon Infirmary with a long recovery ahead. His father is superintendent of silica quarries for Colorado and Fuel Co. in Pueblo.
The funeral for William Nathan Williams, who died at the family home on Fomler Avenue Kas Canon, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the home of Mrs. T. T. Smith at the corner of Eleventh Street and Greenwood Avenue, not at A. E. Wilson's chapel as planned.
City Recreation department seeks assistants for summer programs. Applicants should have prior youth activity experience and strong communication skills. Positions offer flexible hours, local residence preference, and competitive pay.
The jury returned a guilty verdict after a two day trial in district court. McClelland was charged with suborning perjury to protect himself in the kidnapping case of Nellie Hart, a fifteen year old, and was jailed awaiting sentence with a possible term of up to fourteen years. He previously taught at Parkdale and came from Emporia Kansas, with Judge Schweigert and Judge Bradley among his defense team. A rehearing was requested, while court today handles the assault case of Bertrano Rodriguez and Andres O. Hara against a fellow citizen.
Attorneys dispute the amended complaint in the Inland Oil case led by Jacob Walace and opponents Samuel Rathvon Crawford Hill Denver. Judge Rizer of Pueblo presides in Fremont county district court. a $1,000,000 discrimination claim remains under consideration. defendants urge striking the amended version as a material change from the original filing.
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