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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
4
The Canon City Record carried a notice for Guy U. Hardy with details about proraisros and a subscription price of 1.25 dollars a year when paid in advance, indicating post office filing as second class matter.
Fred A. Reineke, head salesman in the clothing department of Baker & Biggs Mercantile Co., returned from a month long Pacific coast trip from San Diego to Victoria and Vancouver. He found Los Angeles most attractive and San Francisco the busiest west coast city for building. He noted slow business but improving trade, and dull conditions due to a lumber railroad dispute in Puget Sound. Reineke expressed interest in living in the northwest despite its shortcomings.
A certificate of incorporation and agreement of consolidation was filed showing the amalgamation of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Western Railroad. E. T. Jefferey signs as president, with C H Schlacks as vice president and Stephen Little as secretary. Directors include George J. Gould and Amos H. Calef among others.
Captain C. T. Chapman resigns from the Canon City fire department after six years of service to permit a successor to be appointed. He previously served with the Omaha fire department before joining Canon City and expresses desire.
A city fire department captain announces retirement to pursue less confining work with more outdoor exercise. He has served efficiently and gains respect from colleagues. Captain Chapman owns ranch property in Hot Springs addition and will focus on cultivation and improvement. His successor is to be appointed by the city council fire committee.
The penitentiary commissioners met Tuesday with little business beyond routine bills. They plan to confer with the governor in Denver on whether to abandon or continue the Starkville state road project. Convicts at Starkville await a decision on their future, while funds are exhausted for the state boulevard to Wyoming.
Invitations announce the prospective marriage at Litchfield Minnesota on Wednesday the 12th of the inst. at 8 o'clock p m between Miss Ruth Clarke Wheeler of Litchfield and Professor George Marvin Warner of the South Canon high school faculty They plan to be at home in this city after September 15.
At the city council meeting the Dempsey Construction Company of Pueblo won the contract for laying concrete sidewalks in grading and improvement district No 5 with a bid of 25198.35 beating Endsley & Gleason. A 1000 bond is filed, work must start within ten days and finish by November 15. N F Trayer elected sidewalk inspector at 2.5 dollars per day. Seven miles of sidewalks and about 4200 barrels of Portland cement needed.
H. Atwater president of the Kansas Colorado Power and Railroad Co returned from Pueblo where he presided over a board meeting. Contracts for grading roadbed ties steel and bridges were awarded to A B Hulst for the La Junta and Kansas divisions from Pueblo to Dodge City and Garden City to Scott City about 250 miles. Company officers see financing and completion of the enterprise as assured. The eastern division contracts aim to end speculation about the proposition.
Fraternal day will feature at the eight annual Colorado State Fair in 1908 with over $3,000 in prizes for drill teams and Woodmen of the World events. A state Fraternal day executive committee oversees rules, entries close Sept 10, and contests run Sept 15 with prizes for best drills, mixed and ladies teams, and attendance honors.
The shooting occurred Tuesday at a picnic between Chandler and Heathron during Emancipation Day celebrations. Clare Holliday, a Black man from Florence and Canon City, died Wednesday morning from a bullet to the head after Ernest Tanks fired during a fight with Pat Smith. Tanks fled with Lissie Kesselberry. an inquest was held in Florence.
Flood last week burst Union ditch and damaged flumes on Sand and Chandler creeks. Repairs will take about three weeks with thousands of feet of lumber needed. Water users may wait as farmers lose irrigation while United Oil and Florence Oil maintain scarce supplies.
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