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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
GUY A. HARDY proposes the postal classification change and notes subscription terms of 61 25 annually payable in advance. The item reflects editorial or business notice about publication handling and pricing for prepaid yearly subscriptions.
Dr T B Moore has returned from Des Moines Iowa after attending the bi annual meeting of the supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen as one of Colorado's three representatives. It was his eighth such meeting. The order now numbers about 220000 members, most of whom live west of the Mississippi. The next supreme lodge gathering will be at Put In Bay Ohio in June 1910.
A considerable force of sixty to seventy five men is at work on the proposed waterworks. The number of employees will rise as soon as pipeline materials arrive, expected within days. Most labor is at the intake site beyond Hanging Ridge, with plans to push construction rapidly once equipment and materials are secured.
Messrs Turnbull and Lindenberger of the Colorado Canning company have placed a large order for ten car loads of strawberries raspberries and cherries with dealers at Provo Utah. The first consignment is due in a few days and totals about 3 000 crates of strawberries 2 000 crates of cherries at an delivered cost near 17 000 dollars. Fruits of these varieties are grown in quantity near Provo and are of high quality. It is noted that production could have been increased in Canon City to save money for local people.
Iowa association appoints committees to run a large Fourth of July picnic at W. H. La Grange orchard East Canton with ample transportation for nonowners. Ohio association invited for basket picnic and cordial attendance by all, members or not.
Canon City Automobile club to meet at 7 30 p m Thursday evening in the Burrage block office of Dr Otis Orendorff. Main topics include guide boards for public roads and the Royal Gorge scenic driveway use by motorists. County commissioners will fund boards if erected properly. Denver round trip fare listed as $5 55 with dates June 27 July 11 and 18.
Clyde C. Dawson, delegate from Colorado's Second district, praised the Chicago Republican National Convention for its enthusiasm and declared confidence in the Taft ticket. He served on the rules and order of business committee and noted a failed effort to rebalance southern delegate representation, amid dramatic scenes around President Roosevelt’s praise. Weather was hot and humid after opening day. Dawson and Thomas F. Walsh were the Colorado veterans from 1904.
Thomas F Walsh, a renowned entertainer in Washington and Colorado, hosted a generous dinner at the Chicago club for Colorado delegates to the Republican national convention. Guests included Governor Herrick and many U S Senators, diplomats, and notable figures, described as one of the most enjoyable social events of the convention.
R D Merchon, noted designer of the Colorado Light & Power plant built eleven years ago, toured the Grand Junction district on business with eastern capitalists. He now oversees Fruit Belt Power project at DeBeque, building a Grand river canal 115 feet wide at the bottom with 2000 second feet capacity. He planned the Ontario Power Niagara Falls pipeline and is offered a major project at Victoria Falls in Africa.
A contract was signed with Colo Telephone for building a telephone line from city limits to the intake site of the proposed waterworks. The company will install and sell the line to the city at construction cost, with operation by the company. Expected completion is thirty days.
Hon Thomas Cale of Alaska praises Peruna as an efficient cough and cold remedy from his Washington address. Virginia Congressman C Slemp reports beneficial results and urges its use as an invigorating and permanent cure for catarrh. Tenn. resident Rees Craig credits Peruna with curing two years of chronic head cold. A strange mixed excerpt mentions Professor Guy Foster and other names in unclear context.
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