City Council Holds Regular Session Votes on Water Contract
City council met with full membership at city hall to review a Santa Fe railroad water contract. The panel favored retaining terms similar to the 1904 agreement, with clerks to draft a new contract reflecting those provisions. Other actions included street work credits, a new bill posters license, a $3 poll tax with two days work in lieu of cash, sidewalk construction on Hazel avenue, and police power for Food Inspector House. Reports noted dangerous bridges in Royal Gorge and several city crossings needing repair.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Cassedy
Jack Brown
Hazel Avenue
Ninth
Wallace
First Street
Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Main Street
Hiatt
Committee On Water Construction
Royal Gorge
Council weighs bridges and sewer rebate in Gorge area
The council discussed three bridges that may prove insufficient in the Gorge and urged no action until others are proven absolutely necessary. It approved monthly bills but denied E. R. Pitman’s $7.84 rebate claim on sewer construction penalties, saying the matter is outside its jurisdiction. It is very probable that in a short phrase the report ends.
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E. R. Pitman
Popular Young Couple Married Here Wednesday
A pretty June wedding united Miss Nellie Sartor and Charles Troy Hughart at 9:30 AM at the Sartor home 2102 East Main Canon City officiated by Rev J T Thomas First Presbyterian. The couple planned a short honeymoon by Denver and Rio Grande train 10 and will live at 1110 Macon Avenue after July first.
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Henry Sartor
East Main Street
Nellie
Charles Troy Hughart
Canon City
J. T. Thomas
First Presbyterian Church
Kate Sartor
Helen Linkins
Miss Rose Lines
Denver and
Rio Grande
Macon Avenue
Hughart
Lost Gold Locket Returns After Classified Ad
A man placed a small ad in the Record's classifieds seeking the owner of a gold locket. Miss Nettie Spangler answered the notice and proved ownership, praising the paper for its role in recovering the treasured item. The column is restricted to lost and found notices.
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Nettie Spangler
Knights of Pythias to march to memorial sermon
Coeur de Leon Lodge No 48 Knights of Pythias members and visiting members are urged to assemble at Elks hall at 7 o clock next Sunday evening to march to the First Presbyterian church for Rev J T Thomas memorial sermon. Canon City members urged to be in line at Rikshall at 7 o clock sharp.
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Coeur de Leon Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Elks Hall
First Presbyterian Church
J. T. Thomas
Canon City
Rikshall
Trusty Escapees From Pen In Darkness At Night
John Miller, inmate No 6919 a trusted electric plant worker at the penitentiary, escaped after 11 PM while trimming a light outside the warden's area. Guards pursued but Miller, aided by a 15 minute lead, vanished into darkness. A fifty dollar reward was posted for his capture as authorities continue the search.
Canon City Merchants Association1 Directors Meet
Canon City Merchants Association directors met at the secretary’s office to discuss community matters. They decided against public Fourth of July observance this year and expressed gratitude to volunteers who heated orchards during frost to protect the crop. An auditing committee reported ninety four dollars for hourly temperature watchers and alarm coordination, with membership applications reviewed before adjournment. The group numbers about one hundred active members and is a leading local organization.
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Canon City
Lincoln Park
East Canon
Canon City Merchants’ Association
Sophomore Class Entertained by the Seniors at Canon City
The Canon City high school's sophomore class enjoyed a lawn party hosted by the senior class at Miss Elsie Kennedy's home on Rudd Avenue. The event featured illuminated lawns, games, and a late trip to Miller's ice cream parlors before a theatre outing. The evening closed with compliments to the merry entertainers. The same night Canon City Chapter No. 21 Order of the Eastern Star hosted grand officers including Mrs. H. M. Hogg and Grand Patron Alexander with initiations and refreshments.
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Canon City High School
Elsie Kennedy
Rudd Avenue
Miller's
Miller’s
Majestic Theatre
Canon City
Order of the Eastern Star
H. M. Hogg
Telluride
Alexander
Salida
Order
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Marty McCreanihan
Myra B. Sherrill
Improvements at Temple Canonenhance local picnic resort
The Merchants' association with Warden Tynan organized convict labor to improve Temple Canon. A new shelter and benches under trees, a cleared trail to Grape Creek with a foot bridge, cactus removal, rock steps for safer footing, and sign boards aid visitors. County road repairs promised to complete the drive over Greenhorn to Temple Canon.
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Merchants’ Association
Tynan
Temple Canon
Grape Creek
The
Canon
Greenhorn
Denton Named Delegate to Trans-Mississippi Congress
C. C. Denton has been appointed as delegate to the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress meeting in Denver from August 16 to 21. He will represent the Rocky Mountain Hotel Men's Association at what is described as a major gathering.
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C. C. Denton
Denver
Denton
Rocky Mountain Hotel Men's Association
Onierade
Fight between hobos in Denver and Rio Grande box car
A freight train incident near Canon City Colorado left Ches ter Freland of McKeesport Pa and Dennis McCarty of Staten Island N Y badly injured after masked robbers boarded a Denver and Rio Grande box car. Freland lost both legs and McCarty suffered paralysis. Seven suspects were jailed on attempted murder charges as the victims, traveling from San Francisco to New York, were treated and a letter carrier appointment in Colorado City announced.
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Denver and
Rio Grande
Chester Freland
McKeesport
Dennis McCarty
Staten Island
N. Y
Frenland
McCarty
Greydene Avenue
East Canon
Florence
Canon City
John Chetelat
Santa Fe
Fren
San Francisco
New York
Penitentiary Street To Be Paved Soon In Canon City
Warden Tynan announced that Main street in front of the penitentiary will be paved in a modern style within ten days or two weeks. The project plans concrete curbing for parking, blue grass, flower beds, and a wide forty seven foot driveway, with material to be chosen from Denver or Pueblo firms.
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Tynan
Penitentiary
Daily Record
Main Street
First Street
Soda Point
Denver
Pueblo
Canon City
Canon City to Pueblo trip ends with river crossing and train rescue
Four men J Turner C Campbell L Stevenson and J Stump rode the Maxwell from Bunten to Pueblo Sunday. They faced a river crossing at Turkey Creek wading the car to dry land. The gapsline tank emptied near halfway to Canon City. After a three hour trek they reached Portland station and a later switch brought No 15 to pick them up. They arrived home about 3 30 Monday morning.
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J. Turner
C. C. Campbell
Leslie Stevenson
J. A. Stump
Pueblo
Big Maxwell
Bunten
Wilbur Grant
Turkey Creek
Capt. Turner
Canon City
Puedblo
Portland
No. 18
Judge Stump
Lawerm
Rio Grande
Jeffreys
New York
No. 15
Mr. Bunten
Escaped Convict Cap tured in Florence Box Car
John Miller No 6919 known as the trusty escaped Monday while trimming an electric lamp. He was captured by B E Sibley and C W Herndon aboard a Denver and Rio Grande box car at Florence last night and taken back to the state institution on Main street. Miller hid along river willows near Canon City until dusk then moved to Florence where apprehension followed. Sibley and Herndon were sent by Warden Tynan and Miller loses time from good conduct and faces further punishment at the prison. Authorities believed capture was only a matter of time.
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John Miller
B. E. Sibley
C. W. Herndon
Denver
Rio Grande
Florence
Main
Miller
Canon City
Messrs
Sibley
Herndon
Tynan
the Penitentiary
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Elk’s Hall
Clyde Davis
Huey County
Board OF Directors OF Merchants Association
C. E
Forest Smith
Ernest E. Smith
Colorado City
Mra. F. Sane
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