Colorado Editors Meet in Canon City Amid Large Attendance
The Colorado Editorial association held its midsummer meeting in Canon City with the largest bona fide turnout of newspaper men. Inclement weather marred plans for moonlight trips and carriage rides but editors and spouses toured the penitentiary. A single memorial resolution honored D. W. Barkley of Rocky Ford. A list of attendees from Colorado papers follows, noting editors and publishers from multiple towns and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Editorial Association
Canon City
Royal Gorge
Jupiter Pluvius
Cleghorn
Sosa
Kikshall
David Elliott
Colorado Springs Telegraph
G. C. McCormick
Fort Collins Express
J. H. English
Trinidad Chronicle- News
Doc Bird Finch
Denver Post
Rink
F. A. Twitchell
Old Kentucky
Nineteenth Street
East Canon
D. W. Barkley
Rocky Ford
Barkley
Colorado Springs
Morning Express
Fort Collina
Frank McMechin
Loveland Report
Magnificent Excursion to the Worlds Highest Railway Point
The Denver & Rio Grande offers a seasonal excursion to Marshall Pass the world’s highest railway point. The trip, a daylong picnic style view of Royal Gorge and the Continental Divide, costs 3.00 and departs at 9:00 a.m. from the depot with a return in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Pass
Denver & Rio Grande
Gunnison Valley
Gunnison
Grand
Colorado
Gulf of California
Arkansas
Gulf of Mexico
Royal Gorge
Grand Canon of
The
Alida
Cloudland
Pretty wedding at LaGrange home for Edna LaGrange and Jed McNatt
Miss Edna Emelyn LaGrange and Jedéo Q. McNatt wed Wednesday morning at 9 in Canon City in a ceremony led by Rev. J T Thomas. Guests praised the couple and the home wedding breakfast was served on the lawn. The bride, daughter of W H LaGrange, will reside in Florence after a honeymoon trip. The groom, an electrical engineer with Colorado Fuel and Iron Co, will work from Rockvale with duties in Canon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Emelyn LaGrange
Jedéo
Q. McNatt
W. H. LaGrange
Orchard Ave. E. Canon
J. T. Thomas
First Presbyterian Church
Williamson
Geo. A. Prentiss
Grace Dale
Lohbrengrin
LaGrange Residence
Jean Conaway
Marguerite Hussong
Emma Kennedy
May Morgan
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
Canon City
McNatt
Rockvale
The
Daily Record
A Few Thoughts for the Sons of Farmers
Thurston White of the State Board of Horticulture urges young men to stay on farms and in orchards, warning that leaving farming erodes citizenship and threatens horticultural progress. He notes demand for skilled farm and fruit growers, predicts large future orchards, and calls for educated, practical leadership in Colorado agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston White
State Board of Horticulture
John
Colorado
Plans for Coming Poultry Institute in Canon City
A large group including representatives and fruit growers met to discuss the upcoming poultry institute to be held at Capt. Rockafellow's ranch grove in Fruitmere. D W Ross led planning with Canon City business leaders invited to join a public picnic style event featuring agricultural college faculty and talks on poultry and egg raising and marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D W. Ross
A’ Association
Canon City
Capt. Rockafellow
Fruitmere
The
Agricultural College
Disappointing Royal Gorge Moonlight Excursion Details
The Denver and Rio Grande moon light excursion through the Royal Gorge Monday night faced delays cinders and wind that obscured the view. Rain began after the Hanging I bridge and continued to Parkdale before the train swapped ends at Texas Creek due to Colorado railroad rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver & Rio Grande
Royal Gorge
Hanging I
Parkdale
Colorado
Texas Creek
Pleasant Colorado Editorial Banquet At Canon City
A banquet for Colorado Editorial Association members and friends at Canon City drew about 300 guests. Frank Manning led the Elks club with an excellent menu as speakers recalled the town’s history and hospitality, praising Canon City and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Editorial Association
Rink
Arkansas Valley
Frank Manning
The
Elks Club
George H. Sale
Amehalf
Canon City Merchants’ Association
Salie
Guy A. Hardy
Association
Wolfe Londoner
Denver
Canon City
Londoner
Comyi -Canen- Oty
Colorado
Garden City branch line to start now in Finney county
Pueblo August 11 report says a Kansas Colorado railroad proposal gains brisk support in Finney county to build from Garden City north to the county line. Engineer M L Markham to survey and obtain rights of way as bonds are voted, to pump water for next year’s crop along the Arkansas valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
A. B. Hulst
W. O. Bourne
Garden City
Kan
Finney County
Arkansas Valley
M. L. Markham
Fireman badly hurt in D and R wreck at Glade
Denver August 11 A head on collision between two Rio Grande freight trains at Glade near Sedalia left Earl Elliott fireman of train 65 with severe injuries. He was trapped between engine and tender and may lose his right leg with possible internal injuries. He was taken to St Josephs hospital in Denver in serious condition. several other crew members were injured in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Rio Grande Road
Glade
Sedalia
Earl Elliott
St Joseph's Hospital
Prorat Ae Sa
Reservoir plans unveiled along Divide Creek survey
Ex Governor McDonald and C. C. Parks have been surveying Divide Creek area near Glenwood Springs. They intend to build several reservoirs and construct multiple ditches in the locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divide Creek
Glenwood Springs
McDonald
C. C. Parks
Taft Accepts Invitation to Speak at Brooklyn Dedication
New York Aug 11 Judge William H Taft has accepted an invitation to speak at the dedication of the movement to the prison martyrs on Fort Green Hill Brooklyn The exercises are set for November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Taft
Fort Green Hill
Brooklyn
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O. K. Gayman
Breckenridge Journal
Bessemer
Leo Vincent
Boulder
M. Starr
Doc Finch
O. H. Wangelin
Herald
J. E. Marshall
Bulletin
Berthoud
Warren R. Given
Ranch News
Den
South Denver Eye and Bulletin
E. P. Hubbell
Advertiser
Aust
J. B. Houck
Register
Loveland
W. C. Hunt
World
Walsenburg
G. E. Hosmer
Fort Morgan
John H. English
Chronicle-News
Trinidad
W. E. Cain
Republican
Cheyenne Wells
H. J. Holmes
Avalanche
J. T. Lawless
Sparks
Lamar
David Eliott
Telegraph
Carl Anderson
Courier
Fort Col
Biscuss
Poultry Institute
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Platte River
United States
Cc. E. Adams
Montrose Press
Montrose
Catharine Bell
J. F. Greenewalt
Florence
Judge Rucker
Colorado Telephone Company
Scott and
Finney
Mr. Huuit
Deerfield
Taft
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