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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
1
The war department reports a clash near Guerrero between 500 federal troops and 300 rebels. Seventy rebels and 14 federal soldiers were killed with 150 rebels and 80 federals wounded.
Monday evening Mr and Mrs Bert Moeuseholder of Florence entertained Yeoman Pleasure Club members at their East Florence home. The event featured a dancing party and a luncheon. Canon City guests included DeVivere Erbert Ready Weland Paul Margaret Sykes Sullivan Temple and others.
Florence reports a coal price slump with Petty and Van Tuy advertising lump coal at 3.30 per ton and H W Gaddy countering at 3.25 for best lump delivered. Consumers cheer the cheaper fuel as the market shifts from 3.50 to 4.00 per ton over the past year.
Florence December 14 Work has started at the site of the United State Reduction and Refining company mill south of the Arkansas river A 16 by 16 tool house and five teams of wheel scrapers are digging. Buildings will sit above Mexican houses near the pump with two tanks planned Excavation to continue for ore treatment by March 1 1911.
By Tuesday night Canon City had shipped 559 carloads of apples since October. The Denver Rio Grande handled about 400 carloads, with 159 more via the Santa Fe line. Remaining shipments are forecast to continue into the season. an odd story about a mother is noted in the margins.
Secretary of War Dickinson sent to the House his answer to the McLachlan resolution seeking a report on national preparedness to repel an invasion on the Pacific coast. The administration reportedly resists publishing weaknesses of national defences and the document, marked ConfIDENTIAL, was barred by House parliamentary order.
Capt. B F Rockafellow left Tuesday for Fort Collins to attend the Colorado State Board of Agriculture meeting. He will stop in Denver to attend the National Apple Congress where he is to read a paper on All The Year Management of an Apple Orchard.
A chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will be instituted at Coal Creek next Wednesday night under the direction of W. D. Grizard of Pueblo. About thirty five charter members are expected with delegations from Canon City and Florence chapters assisting.
The piece skewers the State Department pacing between wealth and access, noting Knox and aides like Wilson Hale and Orr as symbols of a luxury drift. It laments poor men shying from diplomacy while a proposed April 25 America Day bill aims to unite the continent in national celebration.
A county prosecutor was urged to prosecute Levi Lupton head of The Gift of Tony Sect after he confessed to fathering a child with Mayme Corlett. Lupton's congregation claims forgiveness but will not accept him as leader. Police and officials consider an insanity warrant if Corlett refuses to sign affidavits. The item also includes unrelated subscription pleas from The Weekly Record.
Florence December 14. Mike Besalvo aged 19 died four hours after a mining accident at Rockvale mine. He was crushed on his right side when a roof section collapsed while he mined coal. Besalvo had lived with his brother in Coal Creek and had arrived from Italy about seven months ago.
An explosion at Green's mine in Tacoma Virginia today caused multiple deaths and left 26 miners entombed. The incident at RRB Bluefields West Virginia area was confirmed by a late afternoon report.
Judge Jas L Cooper begins moving his offices from the lower court house floor to newly prepared quarters in a readjusted layout funded by county commissioners. The rearrangement reallocates space for assessor and treasurer offices and aims to finish soon with costs near eight to nine thousand dollars.
Andrew Carnegie today transferred ten million dollars in five per cent bonds to establish a perpetual peace foundation. President Taft will be honorary president and Secretary Root active president. half a million dollars annual income to trustees. If goals succeed funds may be donated to abolish war as a social evil.
W E Galley reports Denver’s Christmas trade is weaker than expected due to mild weather. He notes holiday signs in the business district but slower commerce than merchants anticipated during December. Hal Galley, formerly in Frank P Smith’s Denver firm, now works for Costilla Estate Development on a Sa Luis Valley irrigation project featuring a large reservoir and an 800 foot long, 90 foot high dam.
Frank Bunten fetched a new thirty horse power Ford from Denver for John W. Daniels. The journey started at 7 30 a m on the Denver Rio Grande train No 6 and ended in Canon City at 6 30 p m the same day. Despite snowy roads the trip was quick. The report notes a contrast between men fearing tears and complaints about long hatpins worn by women.
In the southern part of the state the courthouse improvements provide quarters suited to county officers needs. The upgrades cost a pretty penny but are judged prudent and likely to win public approval.
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