City election set as Taxpayers push for high license
The city votes April 4 with mayor clerk treasurer attorney marshal engineer and eight aldermen to be chosen. The Taxpayers back a businessmans campaign and high license while Reform groups plan a no license platform. Nominations open after March 4 with March 18 taxayer convention likely. Local notes detail iconic residents and winter wildlife hardships affecting the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bradbury
Reform Party
Reform
Sunday
Coulter
D. N. Cooper
Marshal MacKenzie
Richard Williams
A. L. Jeffery
A.L. Taylor
Wm. Curtis
Sloan George
Jerry Moran
N. Cooper
Will Ferrier
Grant Dickinson
Chas Tanner
Charlie Mitton
Canning Factory Promised For Canon City
Canon City planners announce a promising move to establish a large scale canning plant with 82,500 capital from local ranchers and merchants. The project aims to salvage surplus tomatoes and fruit, provide employment, boost land value, and be led by W. J. Lindenberger with no promoter bonuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon
Mountaineer Jim Fisher Comes to Town for Winter Supplies
Cold stretches of Colorado mountains push Jim Fisher, famed mountaineer and Silver Cliff-area prospector, to town for winter provisions. The Hell Gate resident, longtime observer of Fremont County life, describes the severe season and his rugged, solitary life in the Greenhorn range.
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Toms
Greenhorn Mountains
Jim Fisher
Hiseara
Coloradoan
Hell Gate
Greenhorn Range
Silver Cliff
Colorado
Fremont County
A Very Pleasant Surprise Party at Griffin Home
A surprise party hosted Monday night for Mr. and Mrs. George Griffin on Griffin Avenue South Canon drew about thirty Yeoman members. Guests enjoyed games and cards, with oysters as refreshments, and all declared they had a fine time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Griffin
Griffin Avenue
South Canon
Yeoman Order
Snowbound by deep Pagosa Springs snowdrift
W. A. Chapson returned home last Monday night from Pagosa Springs where he had been for a couple of weeks handling business and visiting relatives. He was snow bound for several days as the Pagosa Springs branch of the D. R. G. train was helpless most of last week. The San Juan valley reports unusually deep snow for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Chapson
Pagosa Springs
Mr. Chapson
San Juan Valley
Record Club Offers for Subscriptions This Season
The Record Club lists attractive club offers open to all subscribers. The deal requires Recop to be paid up to date with the club rate for one year. Various publications are included such as The Record, The Womans Home Companion, The American Boy, The Cosmopolitan, and more with annual or weekly rates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ Home Companion
Record
Street Car Franchise Planned for Canon City
The Canon City city council adopted an ordinance granting Geo W Baumhoff of St Louis a franchise to build and operate an electric street car system. The deal requires a 500 deposit, two miles of road within eighteen months, and work to start within ninety days.
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J. M. Ragsdale & Sons
A. H. McLain
Geo. W. Baumhoff
St. Louis
Baumhoff
Canon City
Florence
Oklahoma City
Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas City
Kansas
D. W. Schwambach
Baumhoff and
South Canon
Lincoln Park
Santa Fe Railways Plans Spring Improvements
The Santa Fe Railroad announces spring roadbed upgrades between this city and Pueblo including heavier rails and facility improvements to handle growing traffic. A spur to the Royal Gorge coal mine is planned, boosting coal shipments into Kansas territory. Radiant mine output boosts Fremont county revenues as Florence spur develops. Equipment shortages hinder current operations but will be resolved with increased rolling stock. Railroad firms in the Arkansas valley push spurs to mining camps, spurring coal production statewide.
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Santa
Pueblo
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Royal Gorge
Kansas Territory
Radiant
Florence
Santa Fe
Fremont County
Arkansas Valley
Pump Ditch Co Elects Directors at Annual Meeting
Lincoln Park Pump Ditch Co held its annual stockholders meeting at the courthouse to elect a new board of directors and approve a levy to cover expenses for the coming year. The capital stock is 1800 shares at $10 each, held by about 80 to 90 subscribers, with a treasurer’s report showing a surplus near 350 pounds and a proposed 50 cent per share assessment to maintain the ditch for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park Pump Ditch Company
Court House
Directors Chosen and Board Organized at Meeting
Stockholders elected C. C. Rittenhouse A. E. Hubbell A. S. Bailey J. L. Heaton and W. B. Davis to the board. C. C. Rittenhouse was named president J. L. Heaton secretary and A. E. Hubbell treasurer. A board meeting may be held in weeks to reduce capital stock from 1800 to 1500 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Rittenhouse
A. E. Hubbell
A. S. Bailey
J. L. Heaton
W. B. Davis
A. E. Hubbel
Union prayer service at First M E church led by Rev J T Thomas
Regular weekly union prayer meeting was held at the First M E church last night with Rev J T Thomas of the First Presbyterian congregation as leader. Prof Biehhorn directed the music as part of citywide efforts to prepare for the Billy Sunday event next month.
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M.E
J. T. Thomas
First Presbyterian
Biehhorn
Big Weaver Fote
Billy
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Fisher
Kansas-Missouri
Quantrell
Lawrence
Free Soilers
Colorado Springs
W. J. Lindenberger
the Record Club
The
Topeka Capital
Colorado Chieftain
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Los Angeles Times
New York Tribune Farmer
Kansas City
Globe-Democrat
Pearson's Magazine
Orld Daily
Farm Life
George W. Baumhoff
Santa Fe Railway
Pump Ditch CO
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