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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
3
A small blaze near the Co-Operative association store in Portland threatened the building after trash ignited under a rear elevated porch. Banana crates and two barrels on the porch exploded from the heat, causing property damage estimated between 75 and 100 dollars. Citizens labored with beckets and wash tubs to control the fire.
Macreants entered Edwin Lobach's orchard Tuesday night and took an early apple tree. The theft left the tree leeded. Mr Lobach suspects the same party, possibly with accomplices, known for croobards and gardens. Florence Citizen warns against theft with a loud shot.
A letter to the Resord from F. B. Quinlan of Olathe Colorado praises the Uncompahgre Valley as rising in prominence. He notes the land access through mountains and the coming opportunity for farming. Quinlan also celebrates his son Earl’s strong showing at the U S Naval Academy admissions process with 120 of 269 applicants earning entry.
Florence reports Earl Hainline JP died at the United States Ports morning. While working in the room he lost his balance and was badly injured by a driving incident.
Jack Beatty reports his Pacific coast travels from Portland to Bakersfield and Long Beach. He details scenery, weather, and towns like Shasta Springs, Sacramento, and Kern Junction, noting irrigation, wages, and food costs. He visits relatives in Long Beach, attends the Los Angeles Elks carnival, and praises the coast before returning home for high school.
An August issue of The Ladies' World recommends filling a hot water bag halfway, expelling air, and cooling it with a towel or pillow case for a cooling, sleep-inducing effect. Doctors say the method is safe as heat from the body warms the water and risks like pneumonia are unfounded.
Omaha hosts the National Corn Exposition December 6 to 18 with growing interest from states not represented in prior shows. North Dakota Arkansas Colorado Montana Oklahoma plan extensive displays while New York Wisconsin Montana highlight specific crops and dry farming success, signaling a distinctly new character for 1909.
Members of the Illinois association will meet at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms next Thursday evening to plan the annual picnic and discuss other matters of interest. The session originally set for last Friday was postponed due to threatening weather.
E R Stone of Chanute Kansas visiting Canon City pens a tribute praising the city as the gem of the Rockies. The poem extols Canon City nestling in a valley and the surrounding peaks while highlighting temperate behavior and civic pride. It shifts to a testimonial for Doan’s Kidney Pills by Mrs. James H. McKenzie also noting local pharmacy Hunter Palmer’s drug store.
The telephone on the National forests greatly aids management and fire reporting. By secretaries Wilson and Pinchot's 1905 visit, telephones became vital as Congress funded improvements. Last year 3,300 miles of lines were built on 143 forests in the West, linking ranger stations and homes to cut travel and speed fire patrol across vast areas.
The Denver and Rio Grande will run the official G A R Special for the Colorado and Wyoming department to Salt Lake City for the National Encampment August 9 to 14. The Pullman train includes multiple sleepers and drawing rooms with additions at Pueblo Canon City Montrose and Grand Junction. Cripple Creek delegation joins at Cripple Creek.
Miss Genevieve Reed and companions travel from Fifteenth street St. Joe Missouri and Mrs Walter Rittenhouse Duluth Minnesota to Kennicut ranch in Wet Mountain valley for a week or ten days away from home.
The Raynolds Memorial class of the First Presbyterian Sunday school and friends will picnic at City Park this evening. The gathering is largely in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Talbot who depart tomorrow for Albuquerque New Mexico to make their home. A large attendance is anticipated for a pleasant time.
Prominent young society figure Hattie Red dington of Florence is announced to wed a man from Los Angeles in a high profile social ceremony. Details remain sparse but engagement signals a notable union within regional society circles.
C P Dodge of Colorado Springs elected president of the Western Y M C A conference. H W Moore of Denver named first vice president, O A Boyle of Wichita second vice president, A L Johnson of Lincoln treasurer, and J H Causey of Denver recording secretary. Memorial services for Breno Hobbs, a conference founder, were held in New York. A campus baseball game featured the camp team against Steads, with a strong visiting battery and many rooters. The tennis final planned for this afternoon and a campfire tonight will close the conference.
The remains of Clyde Thurmond aged 34, son of Mrs A M Thurmond of 19 River street, died in Denver Sunday. He was buried Monday night at Wilson's undertakers with funeral service at 2 30 PM led by Rev H M Jamieson of United Presbyterian Church. Thurmond, a baker by trade and former Nelson Brothers employee, was unmarried. He was brother in law to J R Hood of Ellis and Hood hardware. Interment followed at Lakeside cemetery.
A social gathering at 1242 Park Avenue Lincoln Park lasted from early evening with 20 guests dining on the lawn. After dinner Mr Bowman played phonograph selections and guests bid the Talbots a pleasant trip to their new Albuquerque New Mexico home, noting they are temporary residents.
Mrs. John Cameron of St. Peters Dome spotted a 10 ton rock rolling toward the Short Line train. She signaled the engineer, saving more than 100 passengers from a disastrous derailment. The engine and several coaches were derailed, but only the fireman was seriously injured and will recover. Mrs. Cameron, wife of a prospector, suffered nervous shock after the incident.
Houston reports from Captain Benson say a storm last week wiped Bastrop Bay fourteen miles from Angleton Texas. Fifteen people were killed and survivors cling to scarce seafood. Captain Benson cites Wolff family of five and three Black individuals buried on the beach by a high party.
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