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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
4
Canon City records show a vigorous dog tax collection led by Park Commissioner C. T. Skinner. Fees are two dollars for male dogs and three dollars for females. unlicensed dogs risk impoundment and possible destruction. January saw 25 to 30 dogs killed for lacking licenses, with many strays going unclaimed until owners appear.
Street Commissioner S B George reports warrants issued on Tuesday for arrest of fifteen poll tax delinquents as settlement deadlines near for fall in the second ward. All males 21 to 60 within city limits owe three dollars to fund street improvements with fifteen days to pay before action. The article notes taxpayers must comply under Colorado law and warns of court appearances if unpaid.
Local notes report Mrs Benedict of Denver visiting her sister Mrs Cameron and Professor Sluts traveling to Canon City. Dodds Commercial College welcomes four new students as grade pupils return for makeup work. Mrs W W Lark of Fort Collins visits daughter Mrs Charles Durkee. Etta Jones leaves on vacation to South Dakota. Dan Dawson, Canon City native now in Denver, visits friends. Mrs Stewart hosts a fishing party for Sunday school class. Canon City street activity includes Lumsden and Gordon starting fifty workers on the new waterworks. Will Burnett visits Poncha Springs to see mother and grandmother. The Dodds school plans summer sessions with June scholarships and a light schedule. Horace Lewis of Pueblo to aid Canon City Gas Company and meet old customers. Mr N E Barnes and party pass through on trip to New York with Charles McCarthy. Mr and Mrs G W Hodgin host a goose party with gooseberries and social games. Clyde Morris fined 6 and costs for driving over a fire hose after a city blaze. Merris arrested in the incident.
Joseph and Arthur James and Harry Cottam fished last Saturday on Beaver creek. George and Helen Halsted have measles. Mr. George Demery visited Cripple Creek and I F Davis family. Mr. and Mrs. Eli James and daughter Bessie return to Truro Canada. Bailey children ill. B O Halsted bought Gem meat market and took possession. Harbaugh family moved to the old McCumber place near Brewster. Wilbert Davis ill with measles. Brewer builds a new house on Grand Avenue. Evelyn H Paulus visits Chicago and Topeka en route home. Haley rents Harbaugh property atop Pump Hill. Thompson paints house and adds fence.
A local column reports visits and health notes. James Parry of Chicago visits his father on Field Avenue while Francis Hurlburt is convalescing from measles and bronchitis. A well dressed dainty lady and her husband were seen on the street with a blunt remark overheard. Mrs. Cooper returns from Cotopaxi after visiting relatives. Ed Patton is honored at a dinner for his birthday. Maule repainting her Cottonwood home in green and white. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dickerson welcome a son born Sunday morning.
Engineers C. W. Davis Ben L Allen and J S Green of the Kansas-Colorado Power company with director W O Bourne meet Canon City chamber of commerce committee at the Merchants' association rooms this evening at 8. A survey crew will follow, and building may start in a few weeks. The company guarantees 1000 tons per day on the new line between Canon City and Pueblo. Banks close at noon on Saturdays starting June 13. The Canon City Gas company lays a mile of pipe on Fifteenth street with twenty workers and local labor.
Alderman George W. Weick of Denver and R Samuel A Seal of Tennessee report strong relief from catarrh of the stomach after using Peruna. Seal describes severe illness, bed confinement, and eventual return to farm work following the remedy.
Mary Curtis returns home from Boulder after completing a University law course and earning the IL I L B title. Dr H B Robison of Elliawood Kansas visits family. Barrett family and Cripple Creek excursion party arrive from Canon City area. Roy Barnhart rents the McIClure place and plans to bring family from San Luis Valley. Corbin Robison vacationing from University of Colorado Law School. Jesse Dun relocates livestock caravan to Oregon for Mr Baird. Mrs Castleberry travels to Montana. Local obituary notes the death of Mrs Joe Craig and the community mourns.
Mrs Ada Gratton Craig wife of J M Craig of Garden Park died at 419 North Sixth street Sunday evening after a lingering illness aged 42 years 6 months 12 days She was the daughter of L M Reed born in Missouri and lived here most of her life Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian church today conducted by Rev J T Thomas with interment at Lakeside cemetery
Beginning June 1 through September 15, the Colorado and Southern offers very low round trip fares for travel to Utah Washington Arizona Oregon and California. T. B. Fisher G. P. A. Denver.
Mrs. L A Coffman returns from a neighbor’s to a birthday surprise on June 4. Relatives and friends gathered to celebrate both her birthday and Mr Coffman’s. The gifts included an iron bedstead and dining set as the crowd enjoyed ample food and music.
In Rockvale and Coal Creek two Newell children died within days. Isabella six died at 4 pm Sunday after a long illness. Elizabeth seven years and six days died in Coal Creek, leaving a family to mourn two losses in the coal camps.
On Tuesdays Colorado and Southern rail line sells round trip tickets from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all state points at very low rates for Excursion Day.
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