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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
4
Orchardists report a bumper apple crop after severe spring frosts with hardier varieties surviving. Yellow Transparent apples have appeared in some localities and fetched fancy prices. Lincoln Park grower Z D Earnhardt showcased superb specimens, including a six inch twig with thirteen apples, grown on Col MacDonald's Elm Avenue ranch.
Carrie W owned by Charlie Reeves and The Starthmore owned by C R C Dye were moved to Longmont by Charles Koontz to compete in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming circuits. Carrie W has a two nineteen and a quarter mark and is seen as promising. The Strathmore is a pacer the trainer expects much from once he adapts to the track. Circuits include Longmont Loveland Fort Collins Greeley Laramie Douglas and Denver.
The Gwillim Investment Company, granted a village franchise to install a municipal water system, began work last Friday and plans rapid progress toward completion. Water will be drawn from the Chand- pool and supplied to residents.
The agreement calls for artesian wells seven miles away to flow within a year of signing. Water is described as exceptionally clear and ample for South Canon and nearby clustering communities. A reservoir will be constructed on the mesa near the United States Smelter.
J. C. May exhibited at this office this morning Nine apples in a cluster on a small twig All nine were uniform in size and color The apples were grown by Mr May in Harding's addition Canon City district deemed highly adaptable for fruit raising.
W B Combs, from his Wilson Creek ranch about twenty miles north, reports a remarkable rain last Wednesday. The downpour washed out fences and buried meadows in sand and dirt from the mountains. At Frank Pigg’s place low land flooded with crop losses. the creek rose higher than in thirty years, forcing residents to flee to the hills.
The Wet Mountain valley has received several heavy rains improving pasturage and hay yields. The De Weese-Dye reservoir is full, ensuring irrigation water for Lincoln Park for the season. A recent downpour flooded low lands, turning them into shallow lakes.
Nine inmates are held in the Fremont County jail with only three or four slated for the November district court term. They include Tony Dissanti charged with shooting at Foreman Hofflicker of United States Smelting in South Canon with intent to murder. James Howard a palmist faces a statutory offense. Arthur Birdsall of Florence serves sixty days for petit larceny. Ben Alberta held for burglary and larceny at Portland. Henry Rothgranger and Frank James given short jail terms for petit larceny. Clyde Applebee jailed for beating a livery bill at Portland. John McDonald awaiting recovery from delirium tremens. A colored woman charged with disturbing the peace at Chandler, using a razzer, awaiting hearing with no fixed punishment.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill directs 25 percent of gross proceeds from National Forest resources to states. Funds offset tax losses from withdrawn timber lands and support public roads and schools. Conservation avoids rapid exploitation and ensures permanent forest resources for local needs.
The Baker and Biggs families with guests Misses Biggs of Denver return to Canon City from a hunting trip in the Wet Mountain valley. They enjoyed rural pleasures but are ready to return to town. Miss Edna Biggs, long ill from an ear abscess, is much improved and able to sit up. Friends cheer her convalescence.
Rev G W Hatcher of the First Baptist church will preach before the Colorado Baptist Assembly at Cascade next Sunday morning. The three summer gathering spans ten days and will feature prominent ministers and laymen from the denomination. The program is described as especially interesting.
Mrs Edson Eddy and her son Wilbur visited Canon City on Wednesday to attend the circus. Hon Joseph Maupin and family arrived Tuesday and admire the mountain grandeur. Mr Beecher and wife from Canon City arrived Monday and camp on Hermit Lake’s border. Westcliffe Tribune.
Florence Davida Logan infant daughter of Mr and Mrs D H Logan of Walnut Street Lincoln Park died at noon Monday aged two and a half years. The funeral was at 4 o clock Tuesday at the family home followed by interment in Lakeside cemetery.
River report lists Arkansas River stations Canon City 740 cu ft Pueblo 960 cu ft Oxford Farmers dam 660 cu ft Colorado and Kansas dam 560 cu ft La Junta 60 cu ft with tributaries Ail Creek 20 cu ft Fountain river 10 cu ft Salt creek 15 cu ft St Charles river 16 cu ft Huerfano river 5 cu ft Timpas creek 40 cu ft Hardscrabble creek no report Figures supplied by John M Jackson irrigation engineers.
Rev. J. T. Thomas Jr. of Canon City Colorado has come to Spokane to occupy the pulpit at First Presbyterian Church as a candidate for the pastorate. The church has invited ministers from across the country while considering him as a successor to Rev. Dr. G William Giboney who resigned earlier.
The U S Geological Survey Denver fuel plant will resume July operations to wash and coke Rocky Mountain coals. Ninety tests last year improved many samples, with thirty seven western coals yielding good coke except for some non coking due to impurities. Final results could add millions to western fuel value and extend coal life for large industrial growth. A. W. Belden leads the Denver plant with G R Delamater as assistant. a bulletin on progress will follow.
The Four Mile district reports gentle rain brightening scenes and keeps residents busy with visits from Helen Gilmore Robison and Dr. John H. Robison. Ethel Huxley and Bessie Little also visit friends. Willie McKenzie party travels beyond Silver Cliff. Tremayne family enjoys Currant Creek vacation. The community mourns Ed Mills of Denver, grandson of M D Mattoon, a promising electrical engineering student at the University of Chicago who died from appendicitis.
Canon City fans are urged to attend a Sunday game against Chandler after a recent victory showing 14 runs. Highlights praised include strong pitching by Snor and Sally, solid defense by Tommie Erwin, Guthrie, Williams, Shumway, and Clancey, with Chandler promising a return match. An all-star bloomer girls schedule is hinted for future dates.
J. P. Farmer and Horace J. Craig lead a canvass of horticulturists in the Can on City district to gauge readiness for orchard heating as frost protection. They report progress on the south side of the river.
Investigations show two thirds of fruit growers favor orchard heating and will prepare to combat frost in coming months. An experimental oil storage tank with lime concrete lining is being dug at J Cheney's Grand Avenue premises for testing by the orchard heating committee. The canvass by Farmer and Craig indicates growers are determined to safeguard orchard products.
Reports from San Francisco state that nineteen passengers are aboard the German steamship Annebis which is pounding to pieces on a reef off the California coast between Santa Barbara and San Miguel. Four tugs have been dispatched to rescue them amid rough seas and growing danger of total wreck before arrival.
A young woman about twenty four years old was shot and killed in Irving Square Park Brooklyn early today. The killer escaped and no one has been arrested.
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