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The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

health Florence is not eXcelled
anywhere in the United States.
The location of the city, in the
beautiful Valley of the Arkansas
river, is ideal from all points of
view. Nesting among the noun
tains it is protected from the severe
cold winds and storms of winter,
snow seldom falls here, and vege-
tation is earlier than in any other
section of the state The natural
drainage is perfect. The munich
pal government is broad gauged
and progressive. Our city is u
city of homes, nearly all buildings
being built Of brick. The resi-
dents of the city are liberal and
intelligent, as can be judged from
the fact of 1.295 children ont of a
total population OF ). 90, attend
ing the public schools There are
nine church organizations with an
aggregate enormous membership
and attendance. The citizens sup
port three newspapers. one beng
The DAILY TRIBUNE. another the
Tri- Weekly Citizen, and the third
the Weekly Ex Parte. Secret
societies and social orders flourish,
there being 27, besides 8 labor
organizations aud 8 church So
cieties. There are 81 public
streets III the city.
Florence has the Denver q Rio
Grande. the Santa Fe and the
Florence d Cripple Creek railroads.
A broad gauge road, the Florence
Victor q Cripple Creek has been
surveyed and will be built this
year. An electric car line also is
under construction between this
city, Canon City and the coal
camps.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

passing through the block and
over the two extra crown pulleys
in the top of the derrick. are made
fast to the calf shaft, and Will
raise and lower the- drive pipe or
pull it apart.
The cable and the five or seven
lines hang suspended from the top
of the derrick all the time; either
one can be used at will By use
of this underreamer one string of
drive pipe does the work, instead
of four or five strings of different
sized casing. The drive pipe
meets and takes care Of all caving
when drilling, leaves the well
large at the bottom and is more
satisfactory every way. California
uses liz l2-inch, % inch and 72inch
pipe principally, and finds it
cheaper to ream and 90 ahead than
to have so many different sizes of
casing and different sets of tools
If the tools are lost there is some
room to fish for them, which is a
big item.
These reamers are made to stand
hard work. lots of it. and come out
of the hole ready for more work.
They are practical and fast super
ceding the old style underreamer.
r. +. Spencer, of FLORENCE, has re-
crived the agency of this reamer
for Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico The day is not distant
when Colorado will adopt the one
pipe system, and under ream past
all cavings. leaving "A hole at the
bottom of sufficient size to siphon
in the oil
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

There are Two oil re6neries, the
United having a capacity of 290o
barrels day, and the Florence,
considerably smaller than that OF
the United. There is one national
and one private bank here. An
enterprising citizen owns an auto
mobile in which he rides to and
from his place of business six
miles away. daily.
There are 7 mills for the treat
ment of ores located here, 3 of
which are owned 10y the smelter
trust The independent mills are
the Dorcas tcyanidej, Rocky
Mountain Gnattel, Beam (cyanideD,
and Page CchIorinationl. The
''trust" mills are the Union tchlori-
nnhonl, National Cchlorinationl
and Metallic (cyanideD.
stock raising pays here, There
are ample ranges adjacent to this
city.
Fruit raising pays here. In
1864 Jesse Frazer had Ing lot OF
fruit trees shipped to Florence
from Bloomington. III, These
came 10y wagon from the Missouri
river to Denver Fifty acres in all
Were plunted to apples, pears.
peaches, pIums and apricots. there
being more than loo varieties
From 1877 to 1887 the orchard
produced $4,000 worth of fruit,
the biggest crop bringing 5000
Mr.. Frazer one year refused $500
and 5000 barrel for apples. In
25 years the orchard has produced
more than $4,000 worth of fruit
Up TO 1887 there never was a crop
failure, but since that year late
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

tired of footing it across the prairie
to California and returned to this
settlement. Frazier traded him 100
acres for $50 head of cattle. Lo-
bach then had about $50 head to
start farming on. In 1859 Jesse
Frazer came across country from
Iowa. In 1864 Jesse Frazer,
Stephen Frazier. John Locke, VIII
liam Locke and James A. McCand-
less made up the male portion of
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23
Tank Steamers.

There are about no oil tank
steamers in the world. These
ships carry from 5000 to $1,000
bbls. oil per cargo. The largest
owners of these craft are Sir Mar
Gus Samuel d Co. of London, oper-
ating also under the name of the
Shell Transport d Trading com
pany.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

the rest of Florence. His resi-
dence on Pixies Peak Ave. and
2nd street is the finest in the city,
and cost $2O0O0, He is vice pres
ident of the First National Bank
of Florence and the largest IN
dividual tax payer in the county.
Liberal, kindly and just in all his
dealings, Hon. James A. McCand-
less is the big man of Fremont
county,
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23
FLORENCE IRON WORKS.

.TLORENCE IKON WUKkS.
One Of the important industries
of this city is the Florence Iron
Works, Parnall 4 Belts proprietors.
This institution, as the name sug-
gests, is general machine shop,
foundry and pattern shop. II suc-
ceeded the Star Boiler Works
which was established here in 1896
by W, II. Ruukle. The plant is
completely equipped with athes
tone of the three being 20 feet
between centers) drill press. large
planer, bolt cutter flue cutter. etc.
Almost every class of machine aud
foundry work is done. special at
tention being given to the demands
of oil drillers, reinerics coal miners
oil retineries, smeltrrs, ore reduc-
tion mills aud the railroads as well
as the handling of structural iron
and the rebuilding of engines.
This institution is the only one in
the west making sand reels for oil
well drillers Copper work, sheet
iron and steel work, boiler work
and the building and erection of
steel aud iron smoke stacks, are
important branches of the bust
ness. which gives employment to
twelve men and works all the
week all day Sundays and ON an
average three full nights "A week.
Among the regular customers of
the Florence Iron Works are the
\ G. f. a J. for the Coal Creek,
Fremont, Rockvalc and Brookside
coal mines where in addition to the
regular repair and supply work,
Parnall Il Belts do all the repairs
on the Sullivan electric undercut-
ters; the Victor Coal d Coke Co;
the United Oil company for which
this firm has just furnished 4 tons
of Sheffield CRATE bars and is doing
the stack extension work. The
foundry turns out cnstiron columns
up TO $500 pounds weight each,
does the castings for the Union
mill, the floor plates and ore bin
CRATES for the Rocky Mountain
smelter, and has cast the columns
for many of the business buildings
of the city.
The proprietors of the Florence
Iron Works are A. n Parnall aud
| O. W. Belts. both practical me-
chanics. Mr.. Parnall has worked
in the best machine shops from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific. and was for
some years a resident sof Denver.
coming TO Florence n few years
ago TO take the foremanship of the
shop of which he now is one of the
proprietors. He is first class
workman in every respect. q. w.
b It's learned his trade in the oil
fields of Pennsylvania, whore he
made specially of oil well work
He is especially good in joint work
and oil well engine building, doing
nearly all the repair work on oil
well rigs and engines in this field
The Florence Iron Works. not
being in any sense monopolistic,
is building up a large business.
People want fair play and desire
TO see hoihe Institutions get ahead
in preference to foreign corpora
tions, which in measure accounts
for the steadily increasing business
Of this shop Right today, when
the summer quiet is coming on,
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23
Oil Field Map.

If you want an accurate map Of this
OF. ield, send 30 cents to the FLORENCE
DAuY TRIBUNE, and one will be mailed
to you, printed on fine linen paper II
shows 275.OOO acres and is 50 drawn as
to be easily understood. No oil man in
Colorado can afford to be without it.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23
Assessed Valuation.

The assessed valuation of the city of
Florence is S7s0.OOO. OF course this
does not include the oil fields nor are
any of the smelters and mills within the
city limits.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

less says he had corns on his hands
from mauling the drill and turn
ing it, ms large as sparrows egg,
almost In 1866 he settled near
what now is Florence but what
then was known as Frazier's settle
ment. and in 1869 he bought of
l. w. Chatfed 800 acres in what
now is the most densely settled
part of the city. This made 500
acres with what he already had.
He attended strictly to farming
and stock raising Seed wheat
cost 50 bushel, cane syrup S6 a
gallon, kerosene So a gallon, tallow
candles So to Si.20 "a dozen pota-
toes - cents per pound, flour S35
per sack and so on Some of the
800 acres bought of Chalield yield
ed, under Mr. McCnndless' farm
ing 80 bushels of oats, 20 bushels
of corn and 50 bushels of wheat.
measured, per acre.
In 1872 Mr.. McCmdless laid OIL
and dedicated a portion of his farm
as townsite, naming it Florence,
after his daughter Minnie Florence.
This comprised about 10 acres,
and took in that section of the city
embraced between Santa Fc Ave.
on the west block north of Main
street. the b. q II. G. railroad on
the south, and Sand creek east.
A few building were erected, and
Mr.. McCandless put up an adobe
store where the west half of the
opera house building now sits.
The business was general merchan-
dising under the name and style of
McCandless Il Sheldon. Later
Mr.. McCandless bought Mr. Shell
don out and thereafter conducted
the business as the Florence
Mercantile Co, after which it be
came the Jas A. McCandless Mar-
camille Co. The Denver q Rio
Grande railroad had built into
Florence in 1872, and this place
was lis terminus for about Is
months Canon City wanted the
road, and being the most populous
town. agitated and brought about
Il county bond election to vote
100000 for the extension of the
d. d II. G. to that place. The
election carried for the bonds, and
Mr.. McCnndless went to Pueblo,
hired Geo. q. Richmond and paid
him $3.50 to fight that bond issue.
Richmond beat the Issue. and then
Canon City voted 100000 and got
the road. In 1888 Mr.. McCand
less, with keen foresight. did all
that he could to.Iand what now is
the Uni ed Oil company, and he
succeeded, the result being that
Florence has produced more than
SlOUOO,OOu worth of crude oil
since that time, and probably S6n,-
100000 worth of the refined pro-
ducts; and the business is only
barely started. In 1887 Florence
was incorporated and Mr.. McCand-
less was chosen its first mayor and
then again in 1892 and 1893. He
also was elected alderman several
terms.
Mr.. McCandless was member
of the 2nd and Bird legislatures as
representative from Fremont
county -1S79-80-Sl-, and state SEN
ator 1886 to 1889, four years. He
organized the Florence and Cripple
Creek railroad and gave iudividu-
ally more TO that project than all
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

Il III BY HON. j. A, NJ tANDLESS.
the residents of the settlement.
Grizzly bears. mountain lions, an
telope. elk, wolves and Ute Indians
We're the companions of the set
tiers. 1t was no uncommon sight
to see two or three hundred. ante
lope come down the hills at the
foot of what now is Santa Fe ave
nue., to water at the river. The
bears also We're neighborly. break
ing into the settlers fields and de-
stroying the corn.
The city of Florence is situated
in sections 10, Is, II, 20 and q of
township - south, range 90 west,
Fremont county, Colorado. 1t
embraces nearly 500 acres within
the city limits, and is situated on
the south bank of the Arkansas
river. The population is about
1000, and there are 1895 pupils at
tending the public schools. Flor
ence was known as the Frazier
Settlement prior to 1872. in
which year JAS A. McCandless
plated and dedicated about 10
acres of townsite which he called
Florence in honor of his daughter.
Minnie Florence. Until October
1887, in which month and year the
town was incorporated. its official
designation was precinct ,, Ere
mont County
Florence was incorporated as
city in October 1887. The first
meeting of the town council was
held on October Sth, when the
votes of the election held few
days previous We're canvassed by
the committee having the matter
in charge, with the following re-
suit:
Jas. A. McCandless for mayor
6S votes; 5. ID. Karns for mayor
got ~ votes, and Mr. McCandless
was declared elected. The coun-
cilnen or trustees elected were
A. M Williams, A. l.. Green.
Charles Lefever, l.. l.. Percival,
Julius McCandless and V 5.
Simon The council elected b.
q. Woodford city clerk and rec
order: Imam G. McKillip, police
magistrate; G. A. Leighton, town
marshal and Charles ID. Bradley,
city attorney Florence since that
time has had the following mayors:
1888 G. Fl. Burrows; 1889 30 Julius
McCandless; 1891 Isaac Garfield:
1928 Jas. A. McCandless; 1S94-5
Thos. Robinson; 1867 NJ. f..
Lewis; 1883 p r. Mcclure: 1900
L. II. Newklrk: 1901 until Dec. 9.
Jno. Jacobs; Dec. %, l9Jl-02, Jno.
Q. Macdonald.
The present city council consists
of II. l.. Rice, who is president of
the board. and Fred G. Williams.
Henry NJ. Fox. VIM. d. White. j.
:. NanLaw and Charles Nicely.
The city officials, in addition to
the above are: Mrs. +. b. Rud-
dick. city clerk; Jno. b. Merserve.
city attorney; D. A. Jack, city
treasurer; p. B Fisher, police
Judge; DIR. r. H. Paxton, health
physician; w. H. Tabor, city mar
shal; Jno. Mcdonnell, superinten-
dent of water supply; A. B. McFall,
city engineer; 5. b. Frazier, super
intendent of streets.
The water supply of Florence.
costing S20O,00O, is taken from
Newlin creek. 1t is a gravity sys-
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

and sixteen inches in diameter. the
calf pully u feet diameter This
calf wheel and shaft are operated
with calf rope the same as the
bull wheel. The seven lines are
attached to the elevators by a four
inch iron hook and the lines. after
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-05-23

the business Of Parnall q Belts is
increasing at such rate as TO re-
quire the employment of more
skilled mechanics, and they qre in
creasing their force of workmen MS
fast as they can get good men.
One requirement of the Florence
Iron Works is that all employees
shall be Western men, home men
preferred.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
BORROWED ENGINE GOES BACK
Milwaukee Road Recall ONO
Recently Loaned to Union
Paeihc.

A telegram from an executive oficial OF
the Milwaukee railroad TO President John
Mcneil Of the international Brotherhood of
Boiler Makers informs Mr.. Mcneil that the
Milwaukee engine which was delivered TO
the Union Pacific at Council Bluffs last
Saturday night will be withdrawn. The
strikers regard this as a signal victory.
When this engine belonging to the Mil
waukee was put In use Monday by the
Union Pacific, strikers took exception, in
terpreting it as an attempt on the part OF
the Milwaukee to aid. the Union Paciho in
its struggle, but officials Of both roads gave
out the assuring information that the en-
CINE was brought simply as a test OF the At
lantic type Of locomotive Of which the
Union Pacific intended buying a number.
This did not satisfy. however, and the strik-
ers, through President Mcneil and Presi-
dent James o'Connell OF the International
Association OF Machinists at Washington,
demanded that the engine be withdrawn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
T~ranapaciac Mails.

Mails for China n Japan, via Tacoma,
close here daily at $50 p. m. up to De-
cember IS, inclusive, for dispatch per $. s.
Duke of Fife.
Mails for Australia Except West Australia.
which is forwarded via Europej New Zea.
land, Fill, Samoa and Hawaii, via San
Francisco, close here daily at $50 d. m.
after December "'6 and up to December
ssl3, inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. 81
ezra. Of the Cunard steamer CARRYING
the British mail for New Zealand does
not arrive In time 10 connect with this
dispatch, extra mails-closing at $3.50 a.
m, $3.50 a. m. and $50 p. M; Sundays at
4'30 d. m, 9 a. m. and 6:3O y. m.-Will be
made up and forwarded until the arrival
of the Cunard steamer
Malls for Hawaii. via San Francisco, close
here daily at $3.50 p. m. up to December
''l4, inclusive, for dispatch per 5. s. Nip
pom MarU.
Mails Tor Hawaii, Japan, China, and spe-
cially addressed matter for the Philip
pine Islands, via San Francisco. close here
daily at $50 p. m. up TO December s'22, in
elusive, for dispatch per 5. s. Peru.
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inclusive, for dispatch per s, s. Zealandia.
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and Victoria. b. c., close here daily at
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for dispatch per s. 8. Empress of india
Registered mail must be specially ad-
dressed. Merchandise for y. 5. Postal
Agency at Shanghai cannot be forwarded
Mails for the Philippine Islands. via San
Francisco, close here daiiy at $50 ,. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
PosroFFIcE NOTICE.

up to December s'2I. inclusive. for dis.
patch per u. 5. Transport
Malls for Australia except West Aus
tralia, which goes via Europe, and New
Zealand, which goes Via San Francisco).
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up to January eeS, inclusive, for dispatch
per s. 8. Moano.
Mails for Tahiti and Marauesas Islands.
via San Francisco, close here daily at
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for dispatch per $. {. Mariposa. .,
T~rnnspaciic mails are forwarded 20 port
OF sailing daily and the schedule OF closing
IL arranged on the presumption of their
uninterrupted overland transit "aRegis-
tered mail closes at 6 y. IN. previous day.
CORNELIUS VAN COLT, Postmaster.
Postoffice, New York, n. Y, December 5,
1902. -,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12

OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER
master, Fort ~Beavenworth. Kansas, No
vember %, ~19O2.-Sealed proposals, In tripli-
cate. will be received here until II o'clock,
a.. m, Central time, December IL. 1909, and
then opened. for furnishing and delivering,
in good condition, +. O, b. cars, at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, approximately go
tons castiTon water pipe-560 tons l2-inch
and 90 tons 1O-inch-together with fittings,
valves, lead, oakum, meters, tools, etc. for
same. Bidders must state In their proposal
the time In which they Will complete dcliv-
cry, as time will be an important itCm in
makig award. Full Information blank forms
application to this ONCE. Specifications can
also be seen at office OF Depot Quarter
master at Chicago, st. Louis and Omaha.
or reject any or all proposals or any part
thereof. Envelopes TO be Endorsed Pro
posals for iron pipe, etc. and addressed TO
S. Army. N29 dat Dl1-12
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
Mails for south and Central America,
West indies. Etc.

FRIDAY-At IL m. for MEXICO, per 8. s.
Niagara, via Tampico (mail must be d.
rected per 2 $. Niagara'); at z p. m.
berian, from Philadelphia.
SATURDAY-At 8 a. m. supplementary
$3.50 q. ND for PORTO RICO, CURACAO
and VENEZUELA, per s. s. Caracas (mail
rected per S. s. Caracas'O; at $3.50 a. m.
supplementary 1890 a. M for FORTUNE
ISLAND. JAMAICA. SAVANILLA. and
Costa Rica must be directed per s. s.
Altai'O; at 10 a. m. supplementary 1880
a. m.) for HAITI and SANTA MARTA.
per $. S. Athos; at 10 a. m. for CUBA,
10 a. m. for NEWFOUNDLAND direct,
per s. S. Rosalind; at 1880 p. m. for
CUBAi per & s. oiinda, via Matanzas
-ected per s. s. Olinda').
Mails for Newfoundland. by rail to North
Sydney, and thence by steamer close at
this office daily az $3.50 p. m. connecting
Saturday. Mails for MiqueIon. by RAN
to Boston. and thence by steamer, close
at this office daily at $3.50 p. m. Mails for
thence by steamer. close at this ONCE
daily, except Thursday. at $3.50 a. m. (the
connecting closes are made on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Satprdays). Mails TOR
Mexico City, overland. unless specially
addressed for dispatch by steamer. close
at this office daily. excepI Sunday, at
1.30 +. m and u:3O p. mr. Sundays at 1
Rica' Belize, Puerto Cortez and Letter
mail for Guatemala. by rail- to New Or
leans, and thence by steamer. close at
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p. m. and 'n:3O p. m Sundays at Il p. m.
and "11;30 p. m. connecting closes here
Mondays at s11:3O p. m. for Belize. Puerto
Cortez and letter mail for Guatemala, and
Tuesdays at 1850 p. m for Costa Rica).
'Registered mail closes at 6 p. IN. previous
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
KILLED BY SWITCH ENGINE
John A. Hartwis, Thirty-FIve Years
old, Meets violent Death IN
Railroad Yards.

John A. Hartwig was run over by a
switch engine and killed in the Union Pa
cihc yards yesterday afternoon. His body
was badly mangled and has been taken in
charge by the coroner.
Hartwig was So years Of age and lived
on Nineteenth street between Grace and
Clark.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12

PRINTED MATTER. ETC.-This steamer
takes printed matter, commercial papers
and samples for Germany only. The same
class of mail matter for other parts of
Europe will not re, sent BY tn;s ship un-
less specially directed by q.
After the closing of the supplementary
transatlantic mails named above. addi-
tional supplementary mails are opened on
the piers of the American, English,
French and German steamers. an6 remain
Cpen until within ten minutes OF the hour
of sailing of steamer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
Transatlantic Mails.

SATURDAY-At 1880 a. m. for NEITHER
LANDS direct, per s. s. Rotterdam (mail
must be directed per S. s. Rotterdam");
Finland (mail must be directed per s. $.
Finland'D; at $3.50 a. m. Complementary
IL a. NO. for IRELAND, per $. $. Umbria,
Europe must be directed per S. s. UNI
bria'p; at 1879 a. m. supplementary IL
Wilhelm, via Plymouth, Cherbourg and
Bremen.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
WEBSTER DEPOr~10rH & WEBSTER
Fremont, ElkhOrn, & Missouri
Valley. .s

Nulley.
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Black Hills. Deadwood. 200 .Ft
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Wyoming, Casper and
Dougl ..,...........d 800 pm e 500 pm
Hastings, York, David
City, Superior, Geneva,
Exeter and Seward ...b 800 pm b 500 pm
Bonesteel, Lincoln. Mo
brara and Fremont. .b 1880 am b10:25 am
Fremont Local ..........c 1880 am
Chicago, 81. Paul, Minneapolis q,
Omaha.
Twin City Passenger. "a $3.50 am a 9:10 pm
Sioux City Passenger "a 900 pm al1:20 am
Oakland Local .........b 5:45 pm b S:45 am
Missouri Phcinc.
Nebraska Local, Via
Weeping Water .......b 4:1o pm a1o:25 am
a Daily. b Daily except Sunday. d
Daily except Saturday. e Daily except
Monday. c Sunday only.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12

Wright wrongs no man. wright's old
fashioned buckwheat hour IL pure.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-12
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