Forfeited stock shares offered at public auction
Notice announces that shares in the Fruitland Water Company forfeited for non payment of 1907 and 1908 assessments will be sold at public auction on June 29, 1908, at the company office in Canon City. It lists certificate numbers and delinquencies for several shareholders including H A Stearns, Isaac Griffith, C J Fredrickson, and Francis Hollingsworth, with amounts due. Also notes a tax sale land redemption deadline and forthcoming tax deed actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitland Water Company
Canon City
Macon Avenue
H. A. Stearns
H. L. Adams
Isaac Griffith
C. J. Fredrickson
Francis Hollingsworth
L. L. Harding
Elisabeth Doyle
Fremont County
State of
Colorado
A. D
C. F. Emery
Yver
Said
Elizabeth Doyle
William H. Whitehead
Department of the Interior
Pueblo
Colo
Elton E. Smith
N. W
Township
District Court
E. C. Higgins
B. P. Cullifer
Colo. L
Brown
H. C. Smith
A. Abbey
Register
Restoration of Lands in National Forest
Public notice details restoration to entry of lands within a national forest in Colorado. It lists claims by settlers including Miller of Black Mountain and Fred Deenets as General Land Office commissioner. Approved April 28 1908 by Frank Pierce, Secretary of the Interior. First published May 28 1908. last published June 18 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meraby
Colorado
Saale
Miller
Black Mountain
Freds Deenets
General Land Deal
Frank Pierce
Secretary of the Interior
Notice of Stockholders Meeting at Canon City Colorado
The Raymond Consolidated Mines Company calls a reg ular annual stockholders meeting at its Burrage block office Canon City Fremont county Colorado on the second Tuesday in July 1908 the 14th at 2 p m to elect a board of directors and transact lawful business A DENIO president Attest IRA CARRIER secretary First pub June 11 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Consolidated Mines Company
Burrage Block
Canon City
Fremont County
Colorado
A. Denio
Ira Carrier
Foreclosure Sale Ordered in Fremont County Colorado
Notice of sale issued by Fremont County District Court for the land of E L Gumner to satisfy a judgment of 1350.59 plus interest and costs. Sale set for July 3, 1908 at Canon City front courthouse door. Sheriff Joseph Esser reads details of described tracts and costs. Also notes potato experiment trials by Beaver Park fruit growers and soil suitability in Fremont County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. 8
Land Office
Pueblo
Colo
Mary Smith
Canon City
District Court
Cason City
B.C. Higgins
City
Oote A. Abbey
Fremont
Colorado
Magdalene S. Raynolds
E. L. Gumner
Fremont County
Hardagrabble Creek
N& SE
Joseph Esser
Beaver Park
His Suggestion
Gillespie muses on his potential as a collector while Hardrum offers to lend twenty dollars for ten days to test the idea, in a July Smart Set vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie
Hardrum
Selecting the Fabric for a Seasonable Suit
A textile ad notes a large varied stock of high grade fabrics for men and fashionable garments. It invites customers to place orders and promises satisfaction with goods, highlighting end-laminated loaes and the Wty 628 barvetinves pres.
Accidentally Shot His Sweetheart in Portland
Ed Abernathy a Portland laborer accidentally fired a 44 calibre revolver while exiting a buggy after visiting Florence. The bullet severed two fingers and grazed around the body entering the stomach and spinal area before being removed. Caroline Johnson survived the incident, described as miraculous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Abernathy
Portland
Caroline Johnson
Florence
Abernathy
Fremont County Board Rejects County Fair Funding
Fremont County Supervisors chose to allocate funds for frost protection of fruit orchards in Fremont County and declined to appropriate $1,000 for a county fair this fall. A committee had urged the grant, but officials felt crop conditions did not justify the expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont County
Fremont County Board of Supervisors
Grand Junction News
Schuler couple plans indefinite stay in California
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Schuler of 315 Rudd avenue left for Los Angeles for an indefinite stay. They will spend the summer there and may buy a home, then consider Oregon or Washington if needed. Mr. Schuler sold his barber shop at 419 Main street to P. C. Davis who now runs the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. D. Schuler
Rudd Avenue
Los Angeles
California
Oregon
Washington
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
P. C. Davis
Edna la Grange
J. Q. McNatt
J. A. Stump
F. X. Miller
Fred E. Duncan
la Grange
Penitentiary Board Grants City Right of Way
Alderman Okey as water committee chair asked the penitentiary commissioners for a right of way across prison property for a municipal water pipeline. The state owns lands the line would traverse, and the petition was granted by the board at its meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Okey
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Penitentiary
Okey
Professor Walls Declines Local High School Science Post
The Canon City board reports Professor Walls of Mount Union College Alliance Ohio declined the science teaching position he was elected to ten days ago. He will not come without a substantial salary increase over his predecessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Walls
Mount Union College
Alliance, Ohio
Canon City High School
Guy Foster
Good News From Canon City About Dean's Kidney Pills
Canon City readers report relief from back pain using Dean's Kidney Pills the Old Quaker Remedy. Mrs William B Hull of 201 East Portland Victor Colorado shares that after years of kidney trouble and failed remedies her husband found lasting relief with the pills. The testimonial urges visitors to Hunter Palmer's drugstore to learn more about this remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Dean
William B. Hull
East Portland
Victor, Colo
Hunter Palmer
State road near Starkville progress report
Warden Cleghorn and Mr. Munn of the penitentiary board visited the convict camp near Starkville in Las Animas county. They inspected the state road work from the southern line to Wyoming’s southern boundary and found about a mile of heavy road work finished. Concrete bridges will be added later. The county surveyor praises the work. About eighty men are employed for the summer. Bridge materials will be supplied by counties. installation funded by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleghorn
Munn
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Starkville
Las Animas County
Wyoming
Will Have Charge of Church at Silver Cliff
Paul Burgess a Colorado college graduate has been chosen to lead the Presbyterian churches at Silver Cliff and West Cliffe for the summer, succeeding Rev. J. G. Blake who has served there since 1901 as penitentiary chaplain and pastor. During Blake's tenure he held three services weekly and preached eighty to ninety funeral sermons over seven years in Custer county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Burgess
Colorado College
Silver Cliff
West Cliffe
J. G. Blake
Penitentiary
Blake
Custer County
Reception and Dance Marks Alumni Night at Elks Hall
The South Canon High School Alumni Association held its ninth annual reception and dance in Elks hall on Wednesday. About 250 attended. decorations used class colors red and white. program featured the alumni orchestra, solos by Gladys Corey and Marion Smith, and readings by Genevieve Tripp. Refreshments included pineapple sherbet, ices, cream and wafers. dancing ran from 9:30 to 12:30 with twenty numbers. Ella M. Bailey and Maude E Jenkins were praised for organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Canon
South Canon High School
Ellen M. Bailey
Henry Lloyd
Gladys Corey
Genevieve Tripp
Marion Smith
Ellen Bailey
Association
Dr Otis Orendorff Returns From Medical Association Meet
Dr Otis Orendorff came home from Chicago after attending the American Medical Association meeting. He visited eastern Kansas and described West Kansas City floods with homes abandoned and traction engines hauling wagons along Union Avenue. He rode the last train through the flood as water covered roadbeds and stations, and the train was halted at Halliday Kansas by high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Orendorff
Chicago
American Medical Association
Kansas
Kansas City
Union Avenue
Halliday
City water department orders large pipes from Colorado Fuel & Iron
Pueblo reports the city water department placed a large purchase with Colorado Fuel & Iron for 4400 feet of 16 inch pipe and 2000 feet of 44 inch pipe weighing about 500 tons. A 4 inch water main has just been laid on Allison avenue between Seventh and Ninth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Department
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Allison Avenue
Seventh
Ninth Streets
Prison Supplies Contract Awarded by Penitentiary Board
The penitentiary commissioners awarded the contract for prison supplies per a prior notice in the Record. Local winners included Baker & Biggs Mercantile, Frank L. Smith, and Canon City Milling. The large meat contract went to Schwartzchild & Sulberger of Kansas City, Missouri. They traveled to Buena Vista for a reformatory session on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penitentiary Commissioners
Baker & Biggs Mercantile Company
Frank L. Smith
Canon City Milling Company
Schwartzchild & Sulberger
Kansas City
Buena Vista
Reformatory
Unusual Record by Burgess Trio at Canon City High
The Burgess siblings from Canon City High School earned notable honors. Paul Burgess, salutatorian, later to Colorado College. John Burgess, top of his class and soon at Colorado College. Miss Bessie Burgess, second in class with only 0.5 percent behind the top student, never missing a day across six years of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado College
Paul Burgess
Burgess
Canon City
Paul
John Burgess
Bessie Burgess
Miss Burgess
Mining revival noted at Silver Cliff with new ore finds
Rev J E Blake reports revival in Custer county mining with active work at the Geiser Bull Domingo Silver Bar Little Bernice and Bassick mines. A 25 pound gold brick was sent to the Denver mint and the experimental Bassick mill is proving profitable. The G A R memorial service at the Presbyterian church drew large crowds. The sermon urged honoring fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Blake
Presbyterian Church
Silver Cliff
Blake
Custer County
Geiser
Bull Domingo
Silver Bar
Little Bernice
Bassick
Denver
Murphy
Rev
Canon City Chamber appoints committees of merchant group
The Canon City Merchants Association chamber committees are named by President Salie and the board. Finance and Membership includes A. E. Sidebottom as chairman with Rockafellow Campbell Hutton Ragsdale. Legislation and General Welfare is chaired by Co. S. Hudson with Hardy Carrier Biggs Stockton. Publicity and Public Improvement is led by Dr. W. T. Little with Collins Goodloe Wilson Hodgin. Commerce and Transportation is chaired by T. M. Harding with Wallace Rowland Coulter Mitchell. Agriculture and Miscellaneous Industries lists F. P. Smith as chairman with Farmer Rockafellow Nelson Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Canon City Merchants’ Association
Salie
A. E. Sidebottom
George F. Rockafellow
C. C. Campbell Henry Hutton
T. V. Ragsdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. D. Dawson
DR. Orendorf
Medical Association
Ea Nieedean Tai SS
Raynolds
Dawson
R. S. Beall
Nesbit
C. W. Talbott
Stump
Wm. T. Bridwell
Ire
Lite
Accdune
Pate
Glass
Ineanan Wikit Bogie
Porekied
Chamber OF Commerce Committee
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