Locating Engineers Begin Work on Kan sas-Colorado Line
A new construction crew of ten locating engineers starts work between Turkey Creek and Pueblo on the Kansas Colorado electric line. Two camps of about thirty teams and 40 to 50 men each push grading. roadbed ready for ties and rails. Expected completion Pueblo to Turkey Creek quarries by mid November with grading to Canon City to follow. two branches planned toward Colorado Springs and Florence Canon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey Creek
Pueblo
Canon City
Stinemeyer Nominated for District Attorney Post
Ed H. Stinemeyer of Jeffrey and Stinemeyer was named the Republican nominee for district attorney in the Eleventh Judicial district. A Michigan Law graduate and longtime resident, he has served as South Canon education board president and village attorney. The article predicts a vigorous campaign and a likely November victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed H. Stinnemeyer
Jeffrey & Stinemey
Eleventh Judicial District
Mr. Stiemeyer
Colorado
Inver
Stinemeyer
Law Department
University of Michigan
Michigan
Caron City
Board of Education
South Canon
Sub-Contractors Resume Work On Waterworks Pipeline
Oleson & Company of Denver began trenching for the waterworks line from the intake to the hanging bridge after six weeks idle. A carload of materials arrived via Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with two long tunnels to be bored and a large crew to be hired soon. A separate subcontract may install the line eastward to Gorge station, while city council and the railroad reportedly settled a route dispute, prompting the restart of activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oleson & Company of
Denver
Hanging Bridge
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Oleson & Company
Solid Rock
Messrs. Gordon & Lumsden
Canon To Gorge
Conducted Party Of Indians To The State Fair
A report notes S A Van Buskirk returned from Pueblo where he oversaw a group of 80 Navajo Indians sent from Farming ton New Mexico to attend the State fair. He assisted in locating a camp and bringing the party to the fair without incident. The delegation included several workers and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. van Buskirk
Pueblo
Mr. van Buskirk
Chas. E. Reeves
Dudley van Buskirk
Wilda West
Navajo Reservation
Farmington
New Mexico
Canca
Enrollment figures for Canon City and South Canon schools
The Can on City and South Canon schools report about 1600 pupils this year, with roughly 650 on the south side and about 900 on the river’s east side. Canon City High School enrollment is slightly below last year due to lower grade promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
South Canon
Electric line progress noted through Arkansas valley region
Mr. Ketchum of the Kansas Colorado Railroad visits Canon City and reports that the electric linkage from Royal Gorge to Garden City is advancing. Two survey lines will be tested, and extra crews will push work on the coaches road grade between Turkey Creek and blown. Local men may be hired to support the Pueblo Turkey Creek line project starting next Monday.
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Turkey Creek
Colorado Springs
Arkansas Valley
Florence
Canon City
Hulst
Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company
Madison
Wis
Colorado
Pueblo
Ketchum
Kansas-Colorado Railroad Company
Royal Gorge
Garden City
Kansas
City considers daily convict crew for street work plan
The Civic Improvement league proposes a year round street gang supervised by a guard to employ twelve trusties for daily labor on roads and alleys. The plan, backed by Warden Cleghorn and state law, would cost about 75 dollars monthly and aims to keep Canon City cleaner and busier throughout the year. The league expects city council approval and a broader cleanup impact by annual Cleanup Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Improvement League
Cleghorn
League
Canon City
Applications for Citizenship Post in Clerk’s Office
The article notes a surge in naturalization petitions linked to the presidential election with new laws restricting court conferral within sixty days of elections. It lists applicants across districts including John Hughes Thomas of Chandler and Louis Savio of Williamsburg, detailing birthplaces and arrival dates from New York.
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John Hughes Thomas
Chandler
Aberdare
South Wales
United States
New York
Chas. Gioga
Canon City
Canavese
Italy
John Brinton
Coal Creek
Callington
England
Louis Bansano
Prospect Heights
Canaverse
Marcellin Fournier
France
Phillip Marshall Sova
Northumberland County
Canada
Port Huron
Michigan
Jacob Cernosia
Agiazan
Austria
James Turnbull
Greenock
Scotland
Detroit
District Court
Louis Savio
Williamsburg
Valperga
Samuel Gherna
Rockdale
Salto
Joseph Asta
Salaparata
Amended survey plats filed for De Weese reservoirs 2 and 6
Plats show the amended survey for De Weese reservoir No 2 in Grape Creek canyon ten miles southwest of Canon City. The dam rises 196 feet high and 200 feet long with capacity 663 568 365 cubic feet and water body two miles long. Reservoir No 6 in another canyon will be 90 feet high by 400 feet long with 51 606 440 cubic feet capacity. System of pipelines and tunnels links surplus water from reservoir 3 to 6. Estimated total project cost 175 000.
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de Weese
Grape Creek Canon
Canon City
Lincoln Park Ranch Sells For 5500 To Canon Steam Laundry
W A Penney sells a three acre Longan street fruit ranch in Lincoln Park to M B Bober of Canon Steam Laundry for 5500. Penney plans move to Oregon and will relinquish possession October 10. A frost protection claim about Montrose district was denied as misquoted by J M Bartlett.
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W. A. Penney
Oregon
Hodgin & Sharman
Longan Street
Lincoln Park
M. B. Bober
Canon Steam Laundry
Baker
Penney
J. M. Bartlett
Montrose
Mr. Bartlett
Orchard Heating Committee Reports on Frost Prevention Method
A public meeting at First Presbyterian Church heard the Orchard Heating Committee report on using artificial heat to prevent frost damage in fruit crops. The document cites smudging as traditional, notes prior use in California, Washington, Oregon, and experiments in Colorado, and highlights Mr. Hamilton as a leading advocate with strong results from oil-fired heating per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
District Court Room
Canon City
Jas. Turnbull
France
Fresno
California
Washington
Oregon
Pacific
Grand Junction
Colorado
Hamilton
A. E Hubbell
P. H. Troutman
James Turnbull
Snow Grips Continental Divide In Early Season Cover
The first substantial snow of the season falls Monday night along the continental divide from southern Wyoming to near the New Mexico line. Denver reports six inches at Corona and heavier depths toward Colorado Springs, while Leadville records only a trace. The event signals autumn’s arrival though Canon City won’t see winter for months.
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Continental Divide
Wyoming
New Mexican Line
Weather Bureau
Denver
Corona
Moffat Road
Colorado Springs
Leadville
Canon City
Mr Dunbar Writes of Life in Oregon from Eugene
In a letter from Eugene dated August 23 US Mr Dunbar describes stops in Medford and Eugene. He notes rapid growth with 200 new dwellings plus business blocks schools and a church. He has bought five lots plans to build soon and a well is being drilled 166 feet deep. He asks for a postoffice order and requests the Weekly Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Oregon
Hardy
Canon City
Cole
Medford
Canon
B. Dunbar
Recaptured convict returned to prison walls at Coto Paxi
Martin Marcia No. 6891 who escaped from the Hogback stone quarry gang Monday afternoon was recaptured by penitentiary guards Tuesday night at Coto Paxi and is now behind bars. He is a native of Old Mexico serving two to three years for burglary and larceny, previously convicted at Trinidad. Mr and Mrs S C Baird and their son from Indianapolis arrived Tuesday for a visit with Mr and Mrs J F Marr. Prof L D Eichhorn traveled from Denver Tuesday to arrange his furniture shipment to Denver where he will reside.
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Martin Marcia
Hogback
Cotopaxi
Marcia
Old Mexico
Trinidad
L. D. Eichhorn
Denver
Water shutoff notice for South Canon ditch cleanup
Notice that water will be turned out of the South Canon ditch on October Ast for the purpose of cleaning the ditch.
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South Canon Ditch
Republican District Convention Nominee Selection for Representative
A Republican district convention convenes in Fremont and Chaffee counties to nominate a candidate for the office of Representative to the Seven. Delegates participate in the nominating process, selecting a party nominee for the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Fremont and
Chaffee
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Party OF
Canon Cily
Improvement League
Orchard Heating Committee
MR. Dunbar
Pat
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