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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
4
O B Whipple argues in Field and Farm that proper irrigation is essential yet overwatering harms Colorado orchards. Water carries nutrients and keeps tissues turgid, but stagnant water drowns roots. Fresh water near the ditch supports thriving trees. stagnant water near mid orchard weakens growth.
The widow of Geo. T. William received a $2,000 check from L. S. Bailey, clerk of Greenhorn Tent No. 41 Knights of the Maccabees, paying the insurance on her husband who died June 23. Prompt settlement praised as commendable for the order.
Wm. McNally a major Duluth and Superior property holder returns from a trip to the Red Gulch mining district in the western part of the county and assesses chances and prospects for investment.
A local advert encourages women of refinement to modernize homes with new wallpapers, re decorating or repainting, offered by Thompson Wall Paper & Paint Co at 718 Main Street. The article notes Mr McNally views copper mining in Red Gulch as promising and mentions Minnesota capital's interest in county copper properties over the past year.
An excursion to Wellsville via the Denver and Rio Grande is planned for next Sunday to honor the Odd Fellows picnic. Fare is 1.25 from Canon City and return. A baseball game between Salida and Howard features Canon City facing the winner. Wellsville is described as a delightful resort six miles beyond Salida.
At a special meeting the Fremont County Fair Association decided not to hold a fair this year. Directors discussed the annual exhibition but adverse spring frosts on the fruit crop led to the decision considered inadvisable to stage the usual fair.
The Daily Record reports a Pueblo meeting with farmers landowners and Canon City Pueblo & La Junta Electric railway directors. They agreed to grant the right of way between Pueblo and La Junta for a high line road to avoid washouts with an encouraging outlook for an electric line down the valley to the state line.
The article explains slug control for garden plants using arsenical poisons such as Paris green London purple and arsenate of lead. For low plants mix poisons with twenty parts flour and dust on plants. white hellebore powder serves as a spray or dust for fruits like cherries. Best application is evening, and lime or road dust may deter slugs on cherry pear and plum trees.
A humorous verse fragment from Arthur Colton in July Everybodys notes a cat who believes she can sing like bobolinks. The narrator urges calm on a warm day and to let the cat simply purr, avoiding operatic vanity.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad postponed the Marshall Pass excursion scheduled for Sunday July 21. The Pueblo origin trip is canceled for an unspecified later date due to reasons not disclosed.
On the White Star liner Baltic there was unrest during a July Fourth celebration in New York as ex Governor Alva Adams of Colorado was accused by American listeners of disparaging Englishmen and the British flag. Americans H H Rogers W Butler Duncan and William Gillette expressed regret over his remarks, which included a comparison of Englishmen to a butcher and a quip about singing God Save the King versus My Country, Tis of Thee.
The Canon City Pueblo and La Junta Railway and Power company elected officers in Pueblo and plans to open offices at once. Alfred E. Bent will be president, Andrew J. Behymer general manager, and George D. Kendall secretary. Directors include Behymer, Stanley, Bent, Lockhart, Gold, Buckey, and Kendall. The line aims to run from Canon City to the Kansas state line with surveys and right of way work to begin soon.
Annie Hendren of Rocklyn Washington shares how Peruna helped her recover after four years of illness. She says the remedy enabled her to perform housework and farm chores, crediting Dr Hartman’s Peruna with restoring her health and happiness.
The Pueblo Chieftain extols interurban railways as the best proposition for Pueblo and the Arkansas valley. Businessmen and farmers report renewed optimism about the prospect, citing cheap fares, cheaper freight, and frequent service enabling coal and marble shipments and quicker travel.
An interview with Dr. J C Olsen explains the dangers of tainted foods and how to detect impurities. The piece urges housekeepers to learn the extent of adulteration and cites the August issue of The New Idea Woman's Magazine.
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