Beaver to Penrose Rail Line Planned by Beaver Land and Irrigation
Exclusive local notice reports approval of a six mile standard gauge railroad from Beaver to Penrose to be built by May first. J D Gawkins K C Schuyler Jesse H Waters Spencer Penrose C M Mac Mell Col J Q MacDonald named incorporators with Max Bergdorf as chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Daily Record
Vilage
Beaver
Denver and
Rio Grande
Penrose
Beaver Land and Irrigation Company
Colorado Springs
W. A Matlock
J.D. Gawkins
K. C. Schuyler
Jesse H. Waters
Spencer Penrose
C. M. MacMell
Col. J. Q. MacDonald
Beav@ Land and Irrigation company
Secretary of State
Denver
Max Bergdorf
Beaver Park
Canon City to get new Denver and Rio Grande station
At a well attended Canon City Merchants Association meeting the Denver and Rio Grande station project was set as a priority with work expected to start next summer. Officials promised a large, attractive depot with improved freight and passenger handling and a new scenic Royal Gorge roadway plan was also endorsed as feasible and shorter than the present route.
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Canoa @ry Merchants’ Association
Denver and
Rio Grande
Q@oval
R. 8. Lewie
Rio Grande Railroad Company
Denver
Lewis
C. H. @chiacks
Canon City
Wr. Schlacks
Schlacks
Schincks
Ths
Mr. Schlacks
Merchants’ Association
Royal Gorge
Eight Mile Park
Chas. R. McLain
Chas. L. Mitton
Colorado
First Ward of Canon City Hears Saloon Vote Debate
Petitioners push state local option law to decide wet or dry status for Canon City Ward One and possibly the whole city. Discussion covers anti saloon territory thresholds and the timing of a poll tied to street boundaries and future road costs.
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Canon City
Fourth Street
First Ward
Suicide by a Young Man at Canon City Cottage
Louis C. J. Booth, 37, unmarried, died by suicide Monday night at his Graff Place cottage in Canon City. He used laudium, left a will to friend Harry G. White, and a note to Mrs Hubbel. coroner called, no inquest. Booth, from Roanoke, Va., had moved for health reasons and shared a house with White near the Hubbard ranch on Grand Avenue.
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Louis C. J. Booth
Graff Place
Lincoln Park
Canon City
Roanoke
Virginia
Harry G. White
Hubbard
Grand Avenue
Booth
White
Mr. White
Arthur Hubbel
Whitmore
Judge M. S. Bailey Honored by Fremont Bar Association
Judge Morton S. Bailey of Canon City is honored by the Fremont County Bar Association with a letter of confidence and a diamond as he departs to serve as associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. The gift reflects the bar’s esteem for his impartial, dignified service in the Eleventh Judicial District over seventeen years and his upcoming move to the Supreme Court in Denver.
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Bailey
Fremont County Bar Association
Denver
Supreme Court
Seventeenth Judicial District
Fremont
Chaffee
Park
Caster
Bar Association
Gen. Maupin
Chas. D. Bradley
Florence
Fremont County
Eleventh Judicial District
Judge Bradley
Clyde C. Dawson
A H. McLain
Geo. W. Wilkes
Judge Bailey
Chaffee County Bar Association
Express
Salida
Buena Vista
Arkansas Valley
Supreme Beach
Appointments Made by County Commissioners
The new county board organized with W. H. La Grange as chairman. Appointments include Dr T. B. Palmer as county physician, Dr R. D. Adkinson and Dr F. R. Moore as physicians and health officers, Gen. Joseph H. Maujin as county attorney, N. C. Durning as poor farm superintendent, Mrs Jessie O. Durning as matron, Ben Shaver as court janitor, and road overseers C. F. Perkins and La Grange each assigned to districts one and two respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
W. H. la Grange
T. B. Palmer
Canon City
R. D. Adkinson
Florence
F. R. Moore
T. D. Palmer
Joseph H. Maujin
N. C. Durning
Jessie O. Durning
County
Ben Shaver
Jose Dean la Grange
C. F. Perkins
New County Officers Installed On Tuesday
A new county administration began at the courthouse on Tuesday as officers elected in November took office after bonds were filed and oath administered. County clerk and recorder H. E. Smith received a post‑election reception from South Canon teachers and students, while former pupils theatrically rolled him in the snow in farewell. Wilbur Colorado teachers Emily and Mary Husser visited Lincoln Park host Cora Hemellyn during the holidays and returned home last Saturday.
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Court House
H. E. Smith
South Canon
South Canon High School
Mr. Smith
Emily
Mary Husser
Wilbur, Colo
Cora Hemellyn
Lincoln Park
Wilbur
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The
Beaver Land Company
Cheyenne
Rio Grande Road
Denver & Rio Grande
Merchants Association Committee
CANON
Merritt Hubbell
Colo
L.C. J. Booth
C. L. Booth
Cashier Commercial Bank
Danville
Lewis C. J. Booth
M. S. Bailey
Fremont Bar Association
Morton S. Bailey
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