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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
5
Canon City households host bridge teas and luncheons as Mrs. W B Rowland, Mrs. Charles McLain, Miss Coolbaugh and Miss Theo McDonald appear in society circles. Town residents travel to Denver and Chicago for conferences and vacations while public notices record appointments, deaths, school alumni events, and upcoming transports.
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Canon City residents share summer returns from Washington D C and Denver. A newborn, typhoid illness, and a large picnic mark local life. Church members, former pastors, and visiting friends travel, with Cem City Mins, a nurse from Pueblo, and local families cited.
Prof Dwight Jeffers leaves for Virginia Illinois to spend summer vacation. Russ Sartor goes to Gunnison country for fishing. Nelson's announce Special Milk Bread from 4 p m. Bob Parker 21 arrested for cattle stealing, awaiting county jail investigation. Will Johnson visits from San Luis Valley at 628 College Ave. Charles M Rockafellow of Pueblo visits with Fockafellow family on West Main. Rev J T Thomas heads to Gunnison for high school commencement tonight. Ralph and Leslie Garlinghouse stay in Pittsburg for summer work after RPI Troy winter. Fremont County picnic set for June 10 at 10 a m at city park. Buckeyes urged to attend. Saviers host Rev Frank Cozad and wife. Cozad former pastor here, returning East. Gate destruction at Fremont County Fair grounds under investigation. offender to be punished. Shumway and Stites return from Trinidad after Rio Grande games. Trinidad wins Sunday 16 1, Monday 2 1. Canon City baseball revival noted. regular games to continue. Louise Jackson returns from Salida after commencement festivities. Daily Record ad offers 6 cent want ad for possible tenfold results.
Mr. Lorentz is around but slow to recover. Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Collins of Cripple Creek visited Sunday. Isabel Mills from Denver vacationing with her grandparents the Mattoons. DeWitt traveled to Cripple Creek with produce last week. Orchard spraying completed. James Curtis widened cement walks through his yard. East Four Mile school board hired Miss Andrews as next teacher. Miss Sherwood declined a third term. Mr. Watt recovering from brain abscess operation at Graves hospital after last week.
The Canon City high school staged Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer at the opera house last night. The assemblage filled the venue and praised the cast, most of whom were graduating seniors. Miss Goodykoontz directed the production with notable skill. The high school orchestra provided music.
S H Galbraith from Denver visits with associates who claim a rocket based explosive device can puncture airships at three to five miles. The invention aims to protect fleets in the air and will be tested by U S Army authorities at Sandy Hook New Jersey with potential large profits for owners.
Colorado soils suit celery with good flavor. Markets include Kansas City and St. Louis, with shipments to Pittsburg and Butte. Cost to raise and market ranges from 70 to 150 dollars per acre, with potential sale values from 250 dollars per acre and occasional over 1,000 dollars per acre. A Colorado Experiment Station bulletin by L. J. Reid, via Director Prof. L. J. Carpenter, Fort Collins, Colorado, offers full growing and marketing information.
Dean Henry J. Waters of Missouri Agricultural College has refused the Colorado position, preferring to continue his fourteen year experimental work. Colorado's state board of agriculture, surprised by the telegram, must consider a successor to President B. O. Aylesworth. Some members favor Professor Charles F. Curtis of Iowa as a renewed candidate.
The Raynolds Memorial Class held a crowded meeting with instructive talks by Rev. McMillan and Rev. Cozade. President L D Dawson plans a Virginia visit for three to four weeks. New members include Dr. Wethered, Mr. Shore, Mr. Paxton and Mr. Cowgill. The class invites others to join, with the motto Deeds not Creeds.
Local items report poisoned dog losses for Mr Surburg and Mr James, with threats against offenders. Mentions visits from Dr Laughlin and Mrs Laughlin of Vic tor, Idaho connections, and Augustus Pease returning from Nebraska. A property expansion by Bob Harrison and a Temple Canon picnic trip by Mr and Mrs Post and others precedes plans to trek to Hardscrabble for trout stirring and tent testing.
In Cripple Creek on June 2 a Teller county district court suit was filed by Attorneys Boughton and Alter for the Henry Andy Gold Mining Co. against the Old Gold Mining Co and lessees claiming 1500 in damages and costs for trespass and removal of ore valued at 1000 plus 500 for dumping waste rock. The filing also requests the appointment of a receiver to take possession of mined ore and hold proceeds and a court injunction to restrain further operation of the disputed property.
Florence June 2. The Victor Fuel Company has reopened a slope from old Radiant workings to prospect the area. Eight veins of coal, each averaging over three feet, have been opened and indicate Radiant could become a major county coal shipper.
The 47th National Educational Association convention offers round trip tickets from Canon City to Denver for one fare. Sales run through July with return by July 22. Tickets include outbound July dates and return travel.
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