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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
2
Salida Auto Club prepares to join Canon City in urging state funds for a Colorado Springs to Canon City road. A joint meeting tonight will include Salida and Canon City club members, county commissioners from Chaffee and Fremont, and a Canon City merchants committee.
The Rocky Mountain News notes Prof L D Eichhorn formerly of this city now directs music at Twenty Third Avenue Presbyterian church Denver and assists evangelist Dr Reisner at Grace Methodist in Denver The paper recalls his long tenure at Chautauqua assemblies and his work with J Wilbur Crappman and other religious leaders.
Canon Grocery secretary D Sidebottom received word Sunday afternoon of the death of Mrs. Cora Prssather near Amarilla Texas. She had been ill for some time and her passing was not unexpected. She leaves a husband and three young daughters. The body will be taken to Kansas City for burial and Mr. Sidebottom left Sunday to attend the arrangements.
The piece outlines how the secret service pursues counterfeiters by tracing banknote paper and ink, interviewing dealers, and using photographic engraving advances. It notes the rarity of early pre‑issuance discoveries and explains how photo‑mechanical methods complicate identifications, while praising the craft’s inherent integrity.
The Y M C A conducted a Sunday program with evangelical church pulpits and a 3:30 pm men’s meeting at the opera house. About five hundred men heard F S Starrett of Denver speak on A Race for Life while a male chorus and school orchestra provided music. The week ends with a business banquet headlined by a Western man from Denver to cap the campaign.
H S Maddox of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was summoned to Paola Kansas by telegram on Sunday announcing his mother's death. He with his wife and daughter Nettie immediately left to attend the funeral and burial. The piece closes with unrelated moral reflections on patience and women.
A Salida Colorado resident Mrs. W. E. Macy reports back and kidney pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes long back ache tied to kidney trouble, purchases through local dealers, and public endorsement urging others to try the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. is listed as the U.S. agent.
Secretary Arthur Hooker of the control of the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress asks Spokane City Merchants' Association for ideas to improve the August 9 to 14 meeting. He notes not all suggestions can be adopted but promises to use them to best advantage and asks members to point to any outsiders who have a strong interest.
A joint program by the Colorado School of Forestry and the U S Forest Service offers a ten week course for foresters and rangers starting February 1 at Colorado Springs. Lectures and labs split between Colorado College and the college forest, with admissions limited to those nineteen and older and able to profit from the work. Applications due January 25. Also notes Fremont County Fair officers elected: President T B Coulter Vice President T M Harding Secretary W B Rowland. Directors listed.
A civic improvement plan by Canon City’s chamber of commerce calls for a first class road to the Royal Gorge top. A Wednesday survey, led by civil engineer Charles Mitton, suggests a 2.5 to 3 mile shorter route with a cost under 4000 dollars and a grade not exceeding 10 to 12 percent, using prison labor.
Editors urge a public roadway to the Royal Gorge top open to all at all times arguing it would attract tourists and boost Canon City's prosperity. They compare it to Pikes Peak access and call for cooperative effort and public investment to make the drive a reality.
A note describes the engraving division's check system to prevent irregularities. Each die, roll, and plate is numbered in sequence to ensure traceability and accountability within the process.
The National Magazine notes the custodian of dies, rolls and plates maintains detailed records of 18,000 dies and 18,000 plates. Employees receive stamped steel pieces to engrave and must not leave the building until returned and checked into the vaults under the custodian’s supervision.
The twenty fourth annual meeting of the Colorado State Forestry Association will be held at the Brown Palace hostel in Denver on the 19th. Although no Canon City residents are on the program, the proceedings will interest the local community. Noted speakers include Hon. C Green, Prof. W A Pherson, E H Parsons, Prof. Paddock, Judge Stone, Prof. Winkenwerder and Mr Pinchot of the National Forestry Service. Prof. Winkenwerder holds the new chair of forestry at Colorado College.
The Epworth League held its regular monthly business meeting at J. J. Armstrong’s home on Griffin Avenue Tuesday evening January 5. After routine business a social hour followed with a fine crowd. Sunday service is at 6 20 PM with great enthusiasm for a banner year.
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