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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
1
The city council met in shirt sleeves amid mild business as George Rouleau challenged a sidewalk tax on property he does not own. The body referred his rebate request to the sidewalk committee and discussed extensions, licensing reforms, water rights, and dairy dairy cow inspections.
In Denver a Colorado National Guard aerial signal corps test sent Ivy Baldwin and Capt O Q H Liese to 7000 feet in a balloon. Liese wigwagged signals to sixteen guardsmen on a building, receiving responses as the mission was deemed a success. The exercise may lead to regular balloon based signaling in guard maneuvers.
Governor Sha froth begins a state tour of penal institutions with visits to Canon City and Pueblo. He will review Edward Hager’s mental condition in death row cases and assess prison work on roads, with aims to place more convicts on state road gangs. Over 200 convicts currently work on roads. up to 400 of 700 inmates may be assigned by season’s end.
In Trinidad on July 20 J N Justus, acquitted at the last district court session for the murder of Edward Butler, was arrested at a Mc Henry rooming house on a charge of disturbance and threats to kill alleged by his wife. The claim states Justus made threats during a visit.
Rioting after state constabulary arrived left a Standard Car worker fatally injured and two bystanders seriously wounded. About 30 suspected strikers were arrested as 2,500 steel workers faced 600 Standard Wheel employees joining the clash. Troopers cleared streets, three persons shot, and violence continued amid warnings from Father Bacavaca.
Reports from July 21 indicate Galveston Texas was struck by a severe tidal wave. Communication is cut off and damage extent and loss of life are unknown due to wires being down.
The Daily reports Fremont County Fair committees are busy organizing the September eighth to tenth exhibit. Secretary Rowland leads outreach, seeking broad regional interest and outside patronage as premium lists go to distribution. Local cooperation is seen as key to making the fair the county’s top showcase.
Home grown vegetables are arriving in large quantities and of high quality. Cucumbers appeared a week ago and are exceptionally fine. Canon City growers anticipate a bigger income due to cucumber abundance while Early Transparent and Early Harvest apples will soon be plentiful. Home grown roasting ears will be on sale in a few days.
Experiments will use standard helio graphs in the Kaniksu Idaho and Stanislaus California national forests to assess their usefulness for fire reporting and messaging where communication is slow. The study compares climate, latitude and tree species to find locales where the device works best.
Washington July 20 President Taft leads a slate of notable backers for the National Rivers and Harbors congress meeting December 8 to 10. Secretary of War Dickinson Ohio Governor Harmon and Count von Bernstorff indicate participation in a convention likely to discuss bond financed waterway expansions and canal construction.
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