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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
ROYALTY BANQUETTED.
rIr. Dali DeWeese, canou's Great
NimrOd Given q Banquet At the
St. Cloud hotel. 81.

The western peooIe have often been
accused of beino cold and pnapprecia.
tive of their friends. such NAV he the
case in some westarn cities bnt sure,v
no. in Canon. The magnificent ban.
auet and reception given Tuesday night
to Mr.. Dali DeWeese. the chief of MIN.
rods and prince of rood fellows. prove,
that Canon appreciates and honors To
a high degree at least on. of her citi.
zens.
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

'S,IE work Of the State Horticultural
Board was very manifest in the grand
result of the fruit exhibition OF the state
fair nj Canon City, and too murh credit
cannot be given IL; the eutirt display
gave gaeater evidence than ever before
Of the possibilities of this state; il was
wonderful, and n revelation to our own
people as well as residents Of other
states who bapIened to be present
Fremont county did itself proud,
ia quantity, variety and excellence in
quality. Montrose, Delta and some
other points opened the eyes Of many,
while Otero county stood in the front
ranks. The grand future of this Ark
ansas Valley can only be dreamed of
The past five years have seen ANA azinR
strides. Tine fruit product of this state
IN the years TO come must and will de-
yeiop an enormous industry that will
call for the hands and brains of large
portion of our peopie.-Puebio Market
Report
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

PETER COOPER, the man WIN made
millions through the Indicious use OF
advertising, once gave this advice to
merchants In towns where news
paper is published every mau should
advertise in II, II nothing more than n
card stating the business he is engaged
In. 1t pays the advertiser, and besides,
let's the people at distant know that
people may settle there with n chance
70 make living. Never pull down
yauF sign In . newspaper while yon
expect to do business
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

Mr.. DeWeese was next called on and
took the floor No pretentions to ora
tory were made, but the speaker has
such delightful. frank, honest way of
talking Of his hunting trips that it Is
more attractive and more interesting
than oratory. For fully three hours
he talked in his ordinary conversational
manner and at the close every one
present was anxious for more. He first
drew chart showing Alaska as it is,
not rs 1t is shown on printed maps. and
proceeded to acquaint his hearers with
the geography Of the country. To give
all that MIR. Deweese said would be
most instructive and interesting read
ing matter but it would till small
volume. The story Of his trip and
chase il simply this:
Mr.. DeWeese has long had desire
to hunt moose and In the summer he
left Canon for Alaska. He went direct
to juneau, stopping over four days on
the way ut TT, Wrangle. At Juneau
he had to wait about three weeks for a
steamer TO SAIL for Cooks Il,let, SO he
employed his time In exploring the
passes leading TO the K,ondyk ke country.
He gave very graphic description OF
the difficulty the Klondykers encoan.
tered in climbing over the rocky and
unexplored mountain passes. But.Mr.
DeWeese was not hunting gold, he was
after moose, 20 he did not 70 on 10 yhe
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

LAST week the RECORD was read in
more homes and by more people than
all the other papers in the county COM
bined. This is no vain boast nor any
reflection upon our esteemed county
press. tits only fact. The last issue
Of the RECORD was read by upwards
Of 1000 Fremont county people The
RECORD In safe paper in which to
advertise,
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
A GREAT MINER.
Some Interesting "Reminiscences Of
the Australian Gold Fields N
Told by e. c. Bassick.

The st, CloGd hotel of this city has,
for some time, had among it's guests
one OF the most distinguished and sue.
cessfui miners of the present century.
Hardly resident of Canon has not
heard of Mr.. f. &. Hassick and the
famous Bassick mine near Silver Cliff,
but few know that he has had some
just as wonderful experiences and made
ju2. rs valuable discoveries in other
countries. Mr.. Bassick is not at all
such man as one would expect to find
In a multi-millionaire mine owner. He
say of his wonderful mining adven-
lures. He is not an>old man yet but
began mining forty five years ago, the
first six years was spent in Australia
where he found some rich placers. He
was present when the largest gold
nagget in the world was found. IL
weighed two hundred and twenty five
pounds and was valued at over $4,000.
In talk with reporter for the Denver
News recently Mr.. Bassick gave out
some interesting reminiscences of the
early days in the Australian gold fields,
81 was in the Australian gold fields
for six years from 1853 to 1854 said
Mr., Bassick. "When l left that coun.
try the excitement had just reached its
height. The movement into Australia
In search OF the yellow metal began In
1880 and II the Alaskan movem ent com.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

THE Republicans are not making a
campaign on the faiiings and dement's
Of their opponents. Not because they
do not know Of them, but rather because
that sort of business is unnecessary.
The Republican candidates are all well
known men, more or less prominent In
their respective localities and have
been In the county long enough to be
known In other comm unities. They,
without an exception, are men OF honor
and integrity, and can be depended
upon to faithfully and efficiently per.
form the duties Of their respective
Office.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

WE WOULD suggest to all those who
were election judges last year that it IL
about time for them to hunt up their
keys to the ballot boxes. Last year
several ballot boxes were not opened
for some time after the hour appointed
because the judges Of the previous year
had forgotten 10 turn over the keys to
their Successors.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
A Social.

The Christian Endeavor Society VI
the Christian church will give = SOCIAL
tonight At the home OF Mrs. Rogers,
corner Srd and Macon avenue. II 10 to
known ~ b. L. and o. social, rs
banana and lemon cake and oranges
will be served. The object OF the AFFAIR
10 10 provide amusement for those who
attend and incidentally to raise . few
dollaFs for the church.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

Mr.. DeWeese says had better be i'm
agined than felt. Once in the sheep
country the sport was fine. At one
time he counted over FIRE hundred
white mountain sheep within a radius
of three miles. He estimated that there
must be at least !, 500 sheep in that dis
tance. They are pure white--even
whittier than the snow and can 5e dis
tinguished on the glaciers and snow
banks by their whiteness. By August
2Sth he had eight line rama heads and
then went on to the moose country.
Here the signs of big moose and large
bear were abundant, and 1t took but
one days hunt to prove that they could
be easily found. One of the best things
about Mr.. DeWeese is that he is no
"game hog" He goes out for large
game rather than large quantity. The
first day out they got moose and a
brown bear. Then he hunted for bull
moose with larger pair of horns than
he had captured. He started his man
to packing the heads and skins ont
while he continued to hunt On the
9TH of September he got the prize
moose Of the trip and almost the prize
head of the world. This head has a
spread of sixtyniLe inches and thirty
two points. The largest head that has
ever been captured was seventy-two
inches spread. Shortly after he had
killed the big moose and was returning
to cam with the moose head and skin
he met in the trail, and no. twenty five
feet distant, large Alaskan brown
grizzley. Mr.. Bruin he desp pitched
with three shots while still carrying on
his shoulder the heavy Shead of the
moose The bear WAS found to be an
extraordinary large one His spread
from one paw to the other was ten feet
seven inches. His head was TWEEN "
two inches long; foot eight by twelve
inches and claws four and une- e-half
inches long. When the skin was re-
moved it was found too heavy for one
man to lift. This is considered fair
days hunt t-the second largest moose
he;.d ever taken and one of the largest
bears ever killed. This practically ead-
ed the hunting trip though he spent
some more days in the region and
captured some other game. The tro-
phies brought home from his famous
Alaskan chase will consist of three
moose heads, spreads respectfully IS,
q, and 60 inches two bear skins, one
the, prHaf Alaaka Rrnusu GriSzIu v,,o,,
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

THE Cripple Creek Times is doing
a good work for its city. 1t has broken
the coal combine there and is now sell
ing the best Canon City coal at $3.50
the same that has been selling at o..
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
tAvlnK.

The san Luis Valley Graphic says:
Judge Hayt win 60 out Of san Luis
valley, his old home, with 1900 major.
ity. II our people understood their
best interests they would make It quite
unanimons.- Good for the San Luis
valley. The Arkansas valley should
20 them Thousand better.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

YorR attention is again called to
the fact that John b. Meserve is the
Republican candidate for district at.
torney. You cannot vote for better
man. To vote for MIR. Meserve you
must do 30 Oh the Eagle ticket, as his
name appears on no other.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

II our readers will excuse us for the
extra space devoted to political matter
during the past few weeks. we will
solernnly promise not to do it again for
some time. II seems important that
"the county must be saved" and the
RECORD wants TO add its mite 70 the
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
Republican Party.

candidates Republican Silver Republican
Xwithn
tmake k he be
for
ntendent Surveyor and Coon
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

~OvVSSVVVSSVSSOOVVV
basin, which was three miles wide and
seven miles long, was in a few days
covered with claims and thousands nt
neil were delving in the sand.
"The ru.es of the camps were prac
tically the same. A commissioner was
selected by the government to decide
deputies. If one man jumped the claim
of another the owner had the choice OF
two evils He could fight it out with
the intruder or he could summons the
commissioner, whose decision was final
If he lost the argument he was Obliged
to pay the bill and that bill was usually
q"ite high. The other alternative was
to fight it out. A circle would be made
and the men fought to finish. have
seen dozens of tights in progress at the
same time. The man who came out
victorious with his fists won the placer
claim and that was the end of the con.
truversy. Firearms were not permit.
ted: it was a square fight or nothing.
1T was customary to send the gold
each week 10 Melbourne. The wagon
carrying the yellow metal was usually
escorted by heavily armed guard, men
of tried courage and fully aware of the
dangers of ambuscade One week the
shipment amounted to two and a halt
tons of gold. Sixteen men were detailed
as the escort and the party rode out of
the camp early one morning for the
journey overland of ITO miles. The
leader rode at the head as fine looking
specimen of humanity as my eyes ever
rested upon. In passing through the
Black forest every man of the escort
was shot dead except one. Robbers had
stationed themselves in a secluded spot
alongside of the road and every man
singled out one of the escorts as his
target The leader of the guards was
mounted OH magnificent horse and he
suceeeded in escaping. The two and a
half tons of gold was carried off and
never recovered, although nearly all OF
the robbers we're brought to punish
nynt with the next two years.
II have seen some line stage outfits
but never have l in any part of the
world seen "A stage out fit to compare
with the line that was finally estab.
iisi,ed between Melbourne and the gold
camp ITO miles away. Every stage was
drawn by eight perfectly matched
horses and the trip to the opposite end
of the road was made in ten hours.
The horses were put through to the end
of each division in dead run and only
one minute was allowed for changing
teams The fare for the through pass
age was S30.
PRICES OF FOOD wERk HIGH.
prices of food were very high when
| first landed" continued the veteran.
sFlour sold at $50 a sack, bacon at
40 cents q pound and butter was snap
ped up at ssSO a pound. Whisky was
sold at q shilling q knobler, the knobler
containing about a tablespoonful. The
diggings were very rich, far richer than
any reported from the klondyke, but
of course there were spots that did not
pay The climate for eight months of
the year in Australia is ideal, food was
plenty but the hot winds of summer
and the millions of flies discouraged
many gold hunters. In the early days
the state of sotiety was awful, but it
was not much improved by the contri.
buttons sent from the large cities of
| ENGLAND. In the larre cities the police
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28
TELL OF YOUR
WANTS
'"Help Nantedo and ''Sitnations Wan
ted" Ads. Free In this
Column.

RATR-One cent for each word RrDt inDer
ton; half cent each subsequent insertion.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1897-10-28

FOR SALE.-two acres on Main street,
bearing. Must sell. Hand q Whitttnxto
The herald., 1897-06-13
Current Events Meeting

The Current Events section Of the
Ebell society. closed it's years work very
delightfully."- Thursday morning. 1.-THE
Cuban Question" was discussed over a
Spanish breakfast, served by Nine. Gut
tierez. The floral decorations were on
the Spanish red and yellow. The menu
cards were in red, topped by the quota
ton: IAN empty spit ne'er cherished
wit: Minerva loves the larder".
Each Of the place cards bore, besides
the name, an apt descriptive quotation
from the old dramatists. Cuban buttons
and the red. white and blue ribbons of
liberty held the cards together. The
ladies discussed the subject thoughtfully
and seriously from the sub-topics: IA
Glimps of Cuba in Peace" "Cuba in
War Times" Attitude of the United
States in Former and in the Present Re-
VOLT" would the President of the
United States be Justified, Under Exist
ing Conditions to Recognize Cuba as a
Belligerent State? ''The Probable Re-
suit Should He Do So;" "Our Duty to
Cuba" "Are the Cubans Ready for Self
Government" Before separating the
members and guests toasted over their
coffee "Our Absent Curator" "Our
President" "The Ebell" The following
members were present: Mrs. ]. j. Byrne,
Mrs. LeGrand Belts, Mrs r. W. Burn
ham, Mrs. West Huges, Miss Ryan,
Miss Maud Ryan, Miss Anna Mayo
Mrs Fl. L.. Moore, Mrs Don Macneil
Mrs. Frank Simpson. Miss Georglana
Strong. The guests were: Mrs. H. w.
r. Strong, Mrs. P. c. Baker. Mrs. L. W.
Blinn.
The herald., 1897-06-13

Card parties seem to have broken out
again. There has been at least one for
each day this past week, and Thursday
there were three or four Those, together
with a number Of luncheons, few din
ners and large crop of weddings, have
kept things unusually active for this sea-
son Of the year. Mrs. c. Modini-Wood
entertained the Monday Musical club
and Mr.. D. H. Morrison the Friday Mu-
sical club. Mrs. d. X. Edwards enter
tanned the Ruskin Art club, Miss Flor
ence Silent the Young Ladies' Whist
club. and Mr.. James Slauson, assisted by
his sister, Mrs. Vosburg, entertained the
Neighborhood club Miss Louise Nc
Farland gave croquet party yesterday
In honor of Miss Spruance, and earlier in
the week DR. and Mrs. White entertained
with progressive flowers. The other
card parties have been given by Mines.
w. r. Jones, w. H. Bonsall, l.. H. Mitch
ell. Van Giesen. d. Il. Welcome, Misses,
Howes Van Dyke, Alice Lowell and Bes-
sic Bonsall. Mrs. Van Giesen and Ches-
ter Thomas have entertained with din
ners; Mrs. George l.. Cole was delight
fully surprised with a luncheon. and
other hostesses for luncheons have been
Mines. f. b. Prussia, Du Pauw, Eugene
Campbell. John Mansfield, Howard M.
Sale, and the Misses Hine of South Figue-
roa street. Among the theater box par-
ties have been those given by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Wiltshire and j. T. j. Hutesou.
ana last night there were box parties ga
!ore at the open air performance of
Faust"
The herald., 1897-06-13
Society at Faust

Society turned out in force last night
to witness the production of "Faust" a,
Fiesta park. Following are the name.
of some Of the box-holders and their
guests: Box A, w. G. Barnwell. Miss
Fanny Danforth Of San Francisco. M
and Mrs. Cosmo Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Wiltshire. Box b, Miss Daene-
mark of San Francisco, Miss Susie Car
penter Miss Jennie A. Wiltshire, Mrs
Geo. Wiltshire Of Cincinnati. Box c, Mr..
and Mrs. c. G. Carpenter, Miss Clara
Carpenter, Mr. Clay Gooding, Miss Good
ing. Miss Dorothy Croft. Box d, Mr..
and Mrs. j. p. Jackson. jr., Miss Ruth
Adams Miss Lucy Jackson, Mr.. Sam
Huteson. Mr. Tealc Box e. Mr.. AMI
Mrs. N. F. Wiltshire, Miss Winston.
Box F. r. B. Dickson and party. Box
G, Captain and Mrs, G e. Overton, Miss
Gwendolyn Overton. Mr.. Gregory Per-
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. u. Salazar. Box Fl,
Major Ben c. Truman, Miss Truman
Miss Hattersly Clark Box ]. DR.. aud
Mrs. S. H. Tolhurst. DR.. and Mrs. Hern
don. Box X Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Park
err Lieutenant and Mrs. r. III. Miner.
Box l.. DIR. and Mrs Granville MacGow-
an Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Blaisdell. Fr~
The herald., 1897-06-13
Normal German

"A delightful german was given yes
terday afternoon to the senior kinder
gardeners at the normal school by the
Junior kindergartners The german
was led by Miss Agnes Ward and Miss
Lawson, and the favors, which were
exceedingly dainty and pretty, were
made after the kindergarten designs.
The decorations, which were unique,
effective and elaborate, were made OF
the six kindergarten colors, as the blue,
represented by masses OF cornflowers:
orange by marigolds; yellow by mas
turtiums; red by, geraniums, and 50 on
the whole standing in bold relief against
background ofSreen. A netting dotted
with flowers was draped against one
side of the hall. an American flag on an
other, and the same colors carried ou,
in the german figures, made brilliant
and beautiful ensemble. Among those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. E. T
Pierce, Mines. M. Allison, Walker,
Reese, Robinson, English, ]. P. Rice.
Misses Augusta Carhart. Margaretta
Harris, Louise johnson, Ward, Lawson
Visscher, Lipe, Bessie Millar. Agnes
Knight. Elizabeth Gibson. Eddth Brush
May Talmage, Edith F'urrey, Fannie
Reed. Mary Livingstone. Pierce. Monks.
The herald., 1897-06-13
Jams, Gertrude Ryenhart, Ethel Titles.
Hazel and Mabel Sheridan, Lotue Bax-
ter. Millie Ann MAXWELL
Hine Luncheon

The Misses Hine Of South Figueroa
street entertained with charming
luncheon yesterday. In the center Of the
table was a tall cut glass vase, holding
cluster of long-stemmed La France
roses, and single buds and fronds of
maidenhair fern outlined the table just
inside the places At two diagonal cor
ners were placed Dresden China cam
delabra holding pink shaded pink cam
dies, and the chandelier. which was
wound with smilax was also shaded with
pink. The buffet was massed with the
feathery green of the asparagus, and
clusters of La France roses in cut glass
vases showed effectively against the
dark background of green. In the draw
ing rooms were carnations. The guests
were: Mines. ]. F. Conroy, T. A. Lewis,
Irving Blinn, Lucia Burnett, J.,J. Schal-
lert, Roy Ozmun, Augustus Hine; Misses
Gwendolin Overton, Atwood, Marie Bur-
nett, Lizzie Lewis and Sprague of Sierra
Madre.
The herald., 1897-06-13
Pierce Reception

President and, Mrs. e. T. Pierce Of the
state normal school gave reception on
Friday night to the graduating class Of
June, '97, to which the members of the
faculty were invited. Choice flowers
were tastefully disposed about the
pleasant parlors. The evening was en-
livened by vocal music from Prof. Shep-
ardson and Miss Eula Waters. After re-
freshments came an unexpected episode
that very pleasantly closed the evening.
This was the presentation of souvenir
from the faculty to Miss Alice ]. Merritt,
who has recently resigned her position
in the school. The. invited guests were
the senior class of the school, Misses AL
Ice Grey Crowell. Florence Beatrice
Flood, Alice Gem Hall, Edith May Hodg-
kins, Evalyn Austin Layne, Nina Ellen
Rice, Florence Addie Ritchie, Annie
Snedden, Eula j. Waters, Ida May Whit
tirgton, Lillian d. Hozen, Emma Dave
Langman, Mrs. Anna Kalliwoda, Leila
Barnes. Blanche Eliza Bristol. Harriet
Lynn Willis, Katherine Margaret Red
dy, Flora Harris Irene Cochran, Nora
Holleran, Edith May Anderson. Lulu Ar
The herald., 1897-06-13
Farewell Party

Miss Louise Mcfarland entertained
yesterday afternoon from 4 to 6, in honor
of Miss Harmon Spruance, who leaves
for the east this week. After enjoying
games of croquet on the lawn. the guests
were served in the house with ices and
chocolate. Miss Florence Silent pre-
sided over the chocolate, and Miss Fran
ces Cochran served the water-ices. A
great cluster of Easter lilies was on the
table, and La France roses and coreop-
sis were placed effectively about the
rooms. Those present besides the guest
Of honor were: Misses Susanne Gay,
Gertrude Devereux, Florence Silent,
Inez Clark, Nellie Clark, Margaret Lee.
Mary Lee, Kate Ellis, Georgia Casweil,
Georgina Jones, Grace Gregory, Eva
Keating, Adelaide Brown. Louise
Bourke, Hattie Crittenden, Elisa Bon
sail, Mabel Garnsey, Juliet Carvell.
Helen Newlin, Hazel Edwards, Florence
Williams, Frances Cochran, Bessie Bon
sail, Hortense Childs, Evelyn Gwynne,
Grace Miller.
The herald., 1897-06-13
Cam BE Cured at Home

mold Diffenbacher, Messrs. Frank Pres
ton Sproul, Wilford Walton Nichols, B
r. Allison, William Gastrich; the kin
dergarten senior class, Mrs. B. F. ALI
son, Misses MargAretta Harris, M. Lou
ise Johnston, Augusta Carhart; the fac
ulty and their friends, Prof. and Mrs
Melville Dozier, DR.. and Mrs. F. B
Dresslar, Sarah p. Monks. Harriet E
Dunn, Prof. and Mrs. C. E. Hutton, 10.
spehine e. Seaman, Alice j. Merritt
Mrs. May A. English, DR.. James H
Shuts, Ada M. Laughlin, Mrs. Juliet p
Rice, Emma j. Breck, Charles H. Mil
Ter, James r. Chamberlain. Prof. and
Mrs. Everett Shepardson, Charles Don
Won Neumayer, Sarah ]. Jacobs, Flor
ence Lawson, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. By
ram, Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith. Mrs,
Preston, Miss Agnes Elliott, Mise Car
rie Reeves. Miss Grace Barnes and Miss
Carrie Gray.
The herald., 1897-06-13
Young Ladies' Whist Club

Miss Florence Silent entertained the
Young Ladies' Whist club Friday after
noon in her home on Adams street. The
tables were placed upon the lawn under
the great shade trees, ard the novelty of
open air whist proved enjoyable. The
guest prize, beautiful fern ball, was
prize, a cut glass ointment bottle, with
jeweled gold top, was awarded to Miss
Dorothy Wellborn. Besides the MEM
bers Of the club, there were present:
Mines. Edward D. Silent Francis J..
Thomas. Misses Belknap, Alma Belknap,
Gertrude Gooding, Howard, Gertrude
Devereux, susanne Gay, Mabel Garnsey,
Louise Mcfarland, Lizzie Lewis. Rose
Newmark. The next meeting will be at
the home Of Miss Gertrude johnson.