Summer Travel Schedule Changes From Denver and Rio Grande
The summer schedule of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad takes effect next Sunday with major time changes for coast and Pueblo runs. Train No 1 will be the fast mail at about 1 30 pm replacing No 5, while No 5 moves to about 3 pm. Trains 13 and 14 between Denver and Pueblo resume service. Pacific coast trains gain sleepers dining cars and new observation cars. Open top observation cars will be used through the Royal Gorge and Black Canyon for the first time this season, delayed by weather this year.
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Daily Record
Pacific Coast
Denver
Pueblo
Burnham
Royal Gorge
Gunnison
Beaver Water and Irrigation files plats for two reservoirs
The Beaver Water and Irrigation Co. via Vice-President Col. J. Q. McDonald filed engineer maps with the county clerk for Six Mile and Eight Mile creek reservoirs as part of a large reclamation scheme in irrigation district No. 2 and water district No. 12. Six Mile reservoir will hold 930,368,800 cubic feet at an estimated cost of $250,000 with waters from Four Mile, Six Mile, Eight Mile, Beaver creeks and tributaries. Eight Mile reservoir capacity is 2,173,124,572 cubic feet costing about $675,000, requiring an earth and concrete dam 160 feet high near Wat ersville. Sources include Four Mile, Six Mile, Eight Mile, Beaver and Twelve Mile creeks.
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Beaver Water and Irrigation Company
J. Q. McDonald
Florence
Six Mile Creek
Eight Mile Creek
Col. MacDonald
Beaver Park
Irrigation District
Water District
Township
Four Mile Creek
Beaver Creek
Six Mile
Watersville
Eight Mile
Rocky Mountain
Twelve Mile
Real Estate Ad in Farmington NM Seeks Walter B Coston
Information for San Juan County New Mexico and the best fruit section of the United States. Prices and descriptions of desirable properties requested. Address Walter B. Coston, Real Estate Farmington, San Juan County NM.
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San Juan County
New Mexico
United States
Walter B. Coston
Farmington
Eight Mile Reservoir Surveys Under Company Control
The waters and creeks supplying the area are claimed by the company for domestic irrigation sanitary and power use. Surveying started February 9 this year to map the Eight Mile reservoir. Maps were prepared by O K Parker chief engineer for the company.
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Eight Mile
O. K. Parker
Class Day exercises held at Elks Hall this afternoon
South Canon high school conducted its annual Class Day program at Elks hall this afternoon. The literary and musical event drew many students and supporters, while Rev. J T Thomas delivered the baccalaureate sermon at First Presbyterian Church last Sunday. Commencement is set for Thursday at the same church with 16 graduates. Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver will deliver the annual address. The paper notes the school’s strong reputation and the graduating motto Strive To Excel. The Weekly Record costs $1.25 yearly.
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South Canon High School
Elks Hall
J. T. Thomas
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas
Colorado
Ben Lindsey
Denver Juvenile Court
County to Build Steel Bridge Across Arkansas River
County commissioners La Grange Kelso and Alf red inspected Cotopaxi to choose a site for a new steel wagon bridge over the Arkansas River. The 85 foot span will be built when high water subsides, likely late summer, at an estimated cost near $2,000. Fourteen bridges already cross the river in the county.
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Messrs
la Grange, Kelso and
Alfred
Board of County Commissioners
Cotopaxi
Arkansas River
Motion to Strike Amended Complaint Denied in Pueblo Court
Judge Rizer in Pueblo county district court denied the defendants motion to strike the amended complaint in United Oil company versus William R Rathvon S F Rathvon Crawford Hill and Inland Oil and Refining stockholders. The order allows United Oil majority stockholders to enter as plaintiffs with Jacob Wallace removed. Defendants must answer within thirty days or reply within fifteen if another answer is filed. The case seeks one million dollars for machinery use and discriminatory sales. This ruling marks a victory for the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Rizer
Pueblo County District Court
United Oil Company
William R. Rathvon
S. F. Rathvon
Crawford Hill
Inland Oil and Refining Company
Jacob Wallace
United Oil Company of
Florence
Inland Oil and Refining Company of
Boulder
Joint Conference on Colorado Springs Canon City Highway
Fremont and El Paso county commissioners meet at Penrose next Wednesday with Warden Tynan and General Maupin to discuss the proposed highway between Colorado Springs and Canon City. An appropriation of 13120 is available and surveys will follow as a field corps is formed. The party will tour Colorado Springs to preview the route.
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Fremont
el Paso
Tynan
Penitentiary
Maupin
Board of
Penitentiary Commissioners
Good Roads Committees
Penrose
Colorado Springs
Canon City
General Assembly
Corps of Engineers
New Mexico
Wyoming Line
Dr Pierce Medicines Promote Health Without Alcohol Use
A historical advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s alcohol free remedies. It notes Golden Medical Discovery and blood purifiers as non habit forming, with glycerine as extractant, urging readers to examine bottle formulas and claim benefits for catarrh stomach issues liver and bronchial troubles.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical Diuty
Crame
Colorado Road Plan Advances With Prison Labor Support
Trinidad will be moved between this city and Colorado Springs as work on the new road begins within a month or six weeks. A total about 25,000 dollars will be available from 13,120 dollars legislatively appropriated plus private subscriptions. Prison labor could cut costs by about twenty five percent, enabling construction of a road valued at roughly 100,000 dollars. The project should take about a year to complete and will be a premier Colorado highway. Credit for the Penrose meeting next Wednesday goes largely to Charles R. McLain for promoting the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Penrose
Chas. R. McLain
Springs adopts proposed Colorado charter by wide margin
Colorado Springs voters approved the commission form of government by 3161 to 263 at a special election. Turnout reached 40 percent of registered voters with no organized opposition. The charter introduces recall initiative referendum and prohibits party influence in city affairs while enabling municipal ownership and strict control of future franchises.
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Colorado Springs
Bridges Across Arkansas River to Be Erected Next Week
The city will erect three suspension bridges across the Arkansas river in the Royal Gorge next week. Materials will be conveyed to Gorge station on Monday and installed soon after under supervisor S. A. Van Buskirk to support the waterworks pipeline. The project aims to be completed before the June river rise.
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Arkansas River
Royal Gorge
Gorge Station
S. A. van Buskirk
Our Boy Jack Beatty Enjoys Oregon Visit and Fishing
Jack Beatty writing from Condon Oregon reports gaining three pounds on his visit. He describes riding out seventeen miles, fishing the John Day river for 15 inch fish, and enjoying fine eating. He notes sheep country, ongoing clipping, and high wheat prices. He says he feels better though sometimes homesick and will write again.
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Jack Beatty
Condon
Oregon
Jack
John Day
Arkansas
Robber Beats Mexican on Portland to Canon City Walk
A Mexican man visiting Canon City from Portland was robbed and beaten about one mile south of Florence by a companion he met earlier. The assailant struck with a club, stole seven dollars and a knife, then fled toward Hardscrabble. Police and deputies chased the suspect to the hills. authorities expect arrest near Pueblo.
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Canon City
Portland
Florence
Milner
Green
Pueblo
Ex-Parte
Concrete sidewalk project opposite prison underway
A gang of prisoners is employed for several days laying a five foot wide concrete sidewalk along the north side of the State park opposite the penitentiary. An appropriation by the last legislature funded the work, which aims to provide a popular promenade for Soda Springs visitors. The project should take about two weeks to finish.
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State Park
Soda Springs
Don Jacobo Chavez and the Mesilla Grant Legend
In 1797 Don Jacobo Chavez arrives with armed Mexicans to claim the Mesilla grant in the Mesilla valley now New Mexico. A magpie prophecy and a vowed church lead to Las Cruces, then a massacre by raiding Indians marks the settlement’s dark turn.
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Picacho Mountain
Bosque Bedal
Mesilla Valley
New Mexico
Don Jacobo Chavez
Mesilla Grant
Organ Mountains
Anon
Rio Grande
Don Jacobo
Las Cruces
Pape's Diapepsia Promises Instant Stomach Relief
An advertising claim urges readers to visit a pharmacist and buy a 60 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin with one 22 grain triangle to stop fermentation and relieve longstanding indigestion. It explains digestion issues as fermentation, lists associated symptoms, and promises almost instant relief after a dose.
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Pape
Builder to Erect Eight Room Brick Bungalow in Macon Area
Grant Dickinson bought a nearly finished brick cottage near the Christian church on North Seventh for 3200. H T Marsh will start this week on a new modern eight room brick bungalow at the corner of Eleventh Street and Macon Avenue for his own residence.
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Macon
Grant Dickinson
H. T. Marsh
Christian Church
North Seventh Street
Mr. Marsh
Eleventh Street
Macon Avenue
Madden Released From Jail Under Suspended Sentence
Thomas Madden, held in the county jail since January for petit larceny, was discharged by Judge Champion after arraignment. His sixty day sentence was suspended on good behavior, the court deeming four and a half months already served sufficient punishment. A Canon man’s strange courtship tale followed.
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Thomas Madden
Champion
Madden
Maddge
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Ayer
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