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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09
Home, Sweet Home.

From n.ighboring paper comes a
story that sounds like an Arabian
Nights tale, yet its authenticity is
vouched for. The exchange gives a
description of nine little ponies of the
Shetland variety who at a command
from their trainer play with remark
able skill the besutif i old song.
Home. Sweet Home. They accomplish
the feat by means OF bells attached to
their heads. 1t is indeed remarkable
what can be taught dumb animals.
These little musicians are members of
the Floto shows which are billed to
exhibit here Friday, July 10th.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09

OF the movement insugurated here
last winter for the establishment Of a
city hospital too much favorable COM
ment cannot he made. either by the
press or the public at large, as it is
very generally conceded that such an
institution would "fill a long felt
want"
So far as the RECORD is able 10 ascer-
tain there is nothing new to be said
upon the subject At this time, nor is
there any recent developments in the
matter upon which its readers ave not
been informed. but in spite of th' Sc
facts We opine that little additional
commendation of the enterprise will
not be Inappropriate, As it may help
crystslize the matter into a more con-
crete form than il has yet assumed.
Agitation for the erection of public
hospital in Canon City has been going
on for several months, but it is only re-
Gently tina, steps have been taken to-
wards reducing the movement to an
active working basis.
Some of our most public spirited
citizens are a, the head of the move
ment and it is believed they will re-
ceive the support and cooperation of
all interested in the progress and we'll
being Of the community when the mat
ter is pre- sented to them for their con-
sideration by its promoters. There
can be no more laudable enterprise in
any community than one which has
people which compose it, such as pub
lie hospital, for such institutions are
founded upon Christian charity and
benevolence.
1t is intended to build in Canon City
hospital for the general public, to
cost approximately 10000, and to
afford accommodations for from fifteen
to twenty people. There will be slid
ing scale of charges to be made to
patients receiving treatment at the
proposed h hospital. ranging from s. to
prosbly $50 week. according to the
ability and desire Of the patients to
pay for ward-bed or private room,
Arrangements are also contemplated
that will allow patients who are not
able to pay for treatment to receive il
without cost to them.
Every physician in the city 10 inter-
es,ed in the enterprise and all are
thor ouGh believers In the real need, II
not the actual necessity, Of . hospital,
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09
The Proposed City Hospital

the court house in order to feel of the
public sentiment in the matter and
Judge of the possibility of success.
This meeting was we'll attended. and
the project given the hearty endorse
ment of those present. and a committee
was appointed to devise ways and
means.
This committee met with the Ladies'
Library Association and the Associated
Charities and received the endorse
ment and promise of cooperation from
both of those societied.
In addition to these endorsements
the Business Mems Association and all
the ministers of the city are heartily
in favor of the proposition, and have
so expressed themselves.
There is no public hospital nearer
than Pueblo, and the arguments in
favor of such an institution here are
many, too many. in fact, for the RECORD
to present to its readers at this time
Keable surely delivers the goods
when it comes to mixing fancy soda
drinks. 27tf
Hammock, Base Ball Goods at
Whipple's. 2i st
Why drink dirty water when you
can buy fine sanitary still tor a
small sum Of money at Ellis s Hood S
AS Main street.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09

Keable surely delivers the goods
when it comes to mixing fancy sods
drinks 21ti
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09

Hammock, Base Ball Goods at
Whipple's. "a st
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-07-09

D.. CHARLES II. WILKINSON,
Physician and Surgeon.
Of6ce and residence. Macon Avenue-first
d.sor west of Cumberland Presbyterian
iurch.
Hou-s: stoss. M: to 4. and I to p. m.
The sun., 1903-05-03
A FAD or RICH SPORTsMEN.
The Operation Of Casting Gun and the
Bcnents Expect Ell From Il.

This is the time of year when the lounger
in sporting goods shop will see sportsmen
coming with guns to be cast They are
getting ready for the summer shooting OF
clay birds unknown traps, unknown
angles. unknown results--and they want
to be painfully exact in holding on. 1t is
only the rich sportsmen who have their
guns cast Poor ones cannot afford it and
do not need 1t.
! The operation of casting gun consists
in bending the stock TO the right or LETT
by a hairline or SO. The wood is steamed
and put into wise and bent 10 nght or
left and allowed to get.
The man who has two or three English
guns built to measurement gets the ldea
frequently that none OF these guns is an
exact fit. The barrels are little too far
come up in right line; they are not suited
to his focus; they have trihe too much
drop or not enough drop.
He gets this idea after he has gone out
and missed ten birds straight, not remem-
bering that he had hard baked pie for
luncheon on the day before and Welsh
rabbit at {, late hour on the previous night.
SO he takes his gun to the sporting goods
man and has it cast.
Sometimes it is bent slightly when re- re-
been done to it, but he goes away salts
fed. II he shoots fairly with it the next
time he is out. well and good II not, he brings
it back and has 1t cast in another direction;
There is no recorded instance OF the
sporting goods dealer refusing to cast n
gun. He will cast it as often as It's owner
brings II. 1t is bit OF work that means
from SO to s. to the sporting goods man.
So the lounger who knows all about this
operation will have some enjoyment watch
! ing the swell shooters come in with their
double barrels, heft them. bring them to
shoulder, explain at great length by just
how much they ought to be cast and then
return to pay for and take away reluVe-
mated and glorified weapon. -,
The shotgun of 10, |? or 10 gauge Will
throw its shot in circle four feet III diam
eter at thirty yards. Many OF the pellets
will go outside OF the circle at that dis.
tance. 1t would seem to the practical
feld-man that casting the stock by the
loSth part Of an inch Is a needless procedure
with a weapon which hns so wide range.
but the gun-crank knows his book and will
not listen to argument.
Before the invention OF casting men who
shot i'll or well said that they had their of
days and on-days, but those who have
| money to spend have grown too wise for
any antiquatcd foolishness of that sort
! They know now that when they miss pain
! fully it ia due not to bad eyesight, or nerves.
| or hurry, or unfriendly conditions, or to
| the smartness or speed of the bird, but to
the fact that their gunstocks are not suited
| to their focuses That is one of the rea-
sons why nearly all sporting goods. shops
these days have large plate glass windows
and tbeir DroDrietOrs drive good horses.
The sun., 1903-05-03
BIG TROUT LIE DEEP.
4 Fact Made Plain by DOttO m TrOliinx
I'm Adirondack waters.

4What a troll, heavily loaded so it could
be drawn near the bottom, would produce
from some of the Adirondack lakes which
contain nothing but native brook trout
would undoubtedly surprise and delight
the angler" said New York sportsman
"The great, big fellows, such a. no hsher-
man win ever catch with fly or other
surface lure, if he should fish from row
until doonlsday, lie far down in the depths
of those waters and nowhere else, except
in the winter, when they come nearer TO
the surface.
"The larges; true brook trout OF which
there is authentic record of the killing in
New York was taken from White Lake, in
Sullivan county, before that natural trout
water was stocked with black bass and
pickerel That trout weighed nine pounds
and was taken by Lewis Patt on loaded
troll. in fifty feet OF water, o c,..
Fishing in the same way, otto 'hlpin
killed a trout in White Lake that weighed
seven pounds, and the late Charles Fenno
Hoffman captured siS-pounder.
Trout weighing pound ana more are
freely taken with the fly on Frank Lake.
in the Adirordacks, and specimens weigh
ing three pounds have succumoed TO the
fiy. No one ever suspected what monster"
OF their kind lurked in the depths OF the
when a guest of the North Woods Club
went fishing on a small Adirondack lake
which had long been said to contain brook
trout although no one ever caughl any OF
them by any Of the recognized methods OF
trout fishing.
Then an old guide confded one day to
visiting angler that he had caught inanv
big one in that lake through the ice; Ims
angler. acting on that hint. weighted a
line with quarter Of pound OF, lead; used
n small. bright bass troll and ,rhlled u
near the bottom OF the lake: Inc result
trout in less than an hour, the smallest
one of which weighed four pounds.
"A member of the North Woods Club
thereupon made the experiment in Frank
Pond, and captured the biggest brook
trout on record since the taking OF the nine
FOUNDER in White Lake, years ago. ihis
Frank Pond trout weighed eight ana nail
pounds.
II don't know whether or not this method
Of trout fishing has found favor among
the scientific anglers OF which the Norm
Woods Club consists. but by no other means
ness waters be brought from their depths:
speaking of big trout rhe true specified
trout OF the wilds, 1t isn't likcl " that there
il another spot on the continent "hern
they average NO large To the regular catch
as they do in Lake Wnvagamack, In the
Three Rivers A three-pounder there Ia
not regarded rs more than an ordinary
catch, and siN-pounders are common.
~The lake Is go miles in circumference,
dotted with islands, and indanteh with man.
bays Fly fishing is the rule early in the
80 ison, bu, later On the lure is young white
fish saw one catch of four trout from
TINT lake. the four having been killed in
Quick succession. and the weight of each
fish w3s above five p eunds.' -
The sun., 1903-05-03

late a. thirty year, ago. The Govern
ment established a Chippewa Indian Reser.
walton near there, however, and that meant
the death OF the beavers and OF every.
thing else that was not swift enough to
get out OF the why. for Indians herded on
a reservation destroy every eatable or
sellabe thing within reach In and out OF
season. There has been no beaver trap
ping to speak of In the Lac du Flambeau
waters for twcnty years.
Rivers, moved by curiosity, has made
some subsequent diggings in the marsh
enough to show the extent and direction
of the dam, which was big one, evidently
SGs' sr"am Of whioS ds not Mas's Sestse remains
The sun., 1903-05-03
AN OBJECT LESSON
Given b, u Black Bass Bencath n Darkened
Boat House.

From an experience a friend of mine
had on Lake Keuka, said Steuben county
fisherman, at would seem that it is not
the prick of the hook nor the sensation
of being hauled out OF the water, but the
sight OF the fisherman, that terrifies fish
and puts i, to fight if 1t escapes,
This friend of mine had boathouse
at the edge OF the lake, beneath which
there was two or three feet OF water, There
was an opening in the floor large enough
for him TO hang his bait-pail through to
the water When the door was closed
the boa,house was quite dark.
.Onc day he went to the boathonse to
sce how the minnow' IN the pail were far
ing The dooh blew shut behind him:
Everything in the water. though could
be seen a. plain as day, owing to the dark
ness above IL
-My friend found dead minnow in the
nail whea he drew it up. He took the
fish out and dropped it into the water
Instantly u Zig bass three-pounder
ho declared rushed from some lurking
place beneeyh tie o?a'housc door, seized
The sun., 1903-05-03
DEER TURNING WHITE.
IT'S Due to Their Increasing Terror ot Lie
In the Woods, the Indians Say.

OsoNo, Me, May 1 "A party Of scien-
tiHc men from Cornell and Johns Hopkins
universities and several naturalists from
the Department of Agriculture at Wash
inpton are coming to Maine this summer
for the purpose of studying the ehect OF
fear upon the physical development OF
wild animals.
Prior to the appearance OF the white
men in North America all mammals con-
formed to the laws of natural selection as
promulgated by Darwin and his successors.
Timid mammals were 80 colored as TO ut
the environment in which they lived. Hares
were brown in the summer to correspond
to the shaded woods in which they roamed,
but with the approach OF winter, they put
ON white overcoats to match the snowy
surface of the country, Deer, moose and
caribou, which were rusty rcd set on with
white in summer, coated themselves in dun
gray suits az soon as the snow fell, thus
bob cats and panthers. Aged Indians of
the three tribes which inhabit Maine say
that the abino form of deer was unknown
in the woods until half a century ago,
When asked why these freaks among the
herds have changed their coats the wise
-Heem bin lax heem was some scared
Some mans heem geet mooch scared an
heem hair bin turn sames all white. What
for ze deer no bin do ~ same way!
According TO reports brought IN by men
who spent much time in the Maine woods
last summer. all the Indians have noticed
the remarkable increase in the number OF
albino deer in the last five or six years,
and they have reasoned the question out
among themselves until they have come
10 the conclusion that white deer is either
a deer which has been very badly fright
enei at some time in its life, or is the oil :
spring Of deer which have been scared
equally effectively,
A year ago last winter Nick SockaleSis,
n hunter of the Abenaki tribe, spent the
cold months trapping for. furs along the
West Branch, making his headquarters
in an abandoned camp close to the tracks
of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
Wishing for company he caught small
female deer in December and kept her in
the camp hovel during the. winter. She
grew to be very tame. but, in spite OF all
that Sock ale xis could do. she became terri
fled and shook with fear every time train
went past. ..-
his pet to the noise, the hunter tied her
out to tree near the track. When he came
in from his traps at night he found that
her coat had changed to snowy white with
terror. He kept the deer in the hovel
until June before turning her loose to run
in the woods. In May she gave birth to
two healthy fawns, both Of which we're
snow white and very beautiful The Indian
is sure that the change in color was due
to terror awakened by the noise of the
trains, and that the physical symptoms
of fear implanted in the mother were i'll
herted by her offspring. To investigate
this Indian hypothesis the scientific mer
are coming to Maine ne xt month.
The sun., 1903-05-03
the rninnow, backed away q little, !spasit
out. and ther, seized II again and swallowed

the minnow, backed away q little, spasIl
out, and then seized 1t again and swsi'o~eo
".Mv friend instantly baited a hook VIII
A i've minnow, and dropped II into the
water. through the hole. The bass rusneo
up, seized the bait spat II out az ne mac ,ont ,nt
dead minnow, eyed u a moment theh '''"
IL into its mouth. J.. ., 4, ~.
@When the bass had taken u well IN. tns
eager angler yanked his line aho ho bro,,sht ,o
the bass up out OF the water with swsn
ts head struck the boards at one side OF .he t.o
, hole. the hook broke. and back INTO the
water went the bass, retiring to its p'ace
beneath the floor .-,.,a e.,h,d
"Daiting another hook, ny lrleno ,shed ,,shs;
out as before, seized the minnow, ana
went through the previous performances
/ with It, g., ,., 4,
Again the bass was hooked. again ~
was thumped against the hoor' th's 'i"'
parting the smell. s,r
, through the hole. 1t came out TO the tnlnh2w
again, the piece Of smell hanging rom .s
mouth, In which, also, must have peen VIE h
half Of the first hook. This time thouen;; "a;
/ the bass stopped within few inches , o, y,
the minnow. eyed 1t suspiclo;,uss;Ni,. from
all sides, and then concluded that IL "ou'"
, leave 1t alone. h,,,
, INV friend tried II for half an hour, put
the bass would not tackle the minnow,
All above was, Of course, hidden from the
bass 3 sight owing to the DARKNESS oi '''
boathouse.
'Thc next morning my friend visited y the ne,
boathouse again, closed theu 10 aat lo.a Nen
the interior, and began TO try for tne pt.Sa
as before. The old fellow had evioelu!
forgotten the doings of the previous Gay,
although the smell was till hanging from l.s
mouth, showing that the hook was mere ye.'
and 1t seized the Ininnow with a rusn' spa'.
1t out for further inspection, and then tooH
it In for swallowing.
MY friend seemed to have queer colecn
tion of tackle on hand, for this time nus HlsI' II
broke again, letting the big bass back into
the water with two hooks and a-hali OF
hook somewhere in its mouth.
Using some language over the pae' !ueh M
he was having my friend fixed up announcer
line, baited it and threw in again; ,,
~Out from its lair rushed the bass, trall'
ing the two pieces OF smell by their HOOKS
and seized the minnow. In the intervh,
between the ejecting Of the mlnnow aho
the moment the bass was moving to take
it for the serious part of the business, my
friends son cams along. not knowing VIVA!
was going on inside. and opened the boat
house door, letting in a food OF light.
Like fash the big bass made IRON
beneath the boat house out into the deel
water Of the lake, followed by half doza!
or SO of rock bass that had kept It com
pany under the house, and my friend sa"
it no more.
Although greatly disappointed ovel
losing the bass, he accepted what he hac
seen as a valuable object lesson In the man
ner and method Of black bass. and has uset
It's teaching to great advantage In fishing
for them since.
The sun., 1903-05-03
RECORDED IN OLD HEMLOCK.
Tale OF an Unknown wisconsin stream
Told by q Buried Beaver Dam.

Not long ago John Rivers, one Of the old
est guides in the Wisconsin north woods.
thought he needed some clay with which
10 re-chink his log cabin. The spring thaw
had taken out much OF the clay and the
raw winds Of April were coming through
the cracks and blowing the blankets oil
him at night.
He took a spade and went to . piece of
marshy land in the western part OF Villas
county, and, wading out into the bog. began
! to dig. He went down Ave feet without
striking any clay, but he found timber and
| took some of it up to examine 1t.
he brought up several pieces. They
! were of Il uniform length of five feet and
three inches thick at the butts. They had
once been hemlock saplings.
Each end of each piece showed the marks
of beaver cuttings. The grooves made by
the sharp front teeth were as plain a. when
| they were made ages ago.
Rivers is all right on bear, wolves and
| deer, but Is no great shakes as geologist
| He took some OF the timbers to Alinocqua
and asked for expert opinion. He got a
lot of opinion, but not any OF 1t expert.
The general notion was that the beavers
had done the cutting anywhere from S,OOo
TO $1,000 years ago.
In the western par, of Villas county there
is no made land except swamp or marsh l.
land. That il made by slow washings
from the hills, which, in this instance, were
quite mile away, How long il tool, the
The dirt from the hills and build five feet
/ Of earth above the top timbers of the
ancient beaver dam, no man can say II
I took long timc.
The wood when the guide dug it up was
apparently ss solid as a rock; in fact seemed
, to be semi -petrifled. II stayed hard for
more than twenty-four hours. Then II
, began to dry and crumble. :,
In two days il was so soft that 1t could
| hc broken by pinch of the fingers. 10
| three days it was as rotten as any above
| ground punk, and in less than week 1t
r, had gone into dry dust.
That was great country for beaver as
The sun., 1903-05-03
THE SUN, SUNDAY, MAY 9. 1908. !.

good musRallonge from the hook while
II Il alive. Tho teeth Will rip through the
stoutest glove and scar the hands badly
salmon, will fight ns the muskallonge
will fight when hooked bya cast from, an
island or the shore OF lake. and taking
the shark OF the unsalted seas In this manner
Is the very highest form OF sport with the
rpI
The sun., 1903-05-03

IN Tho essence Of this plan that the fishing
But the leal hearted angler will agree
as he puts up his rod at night that he has
discovered the very best way TO fish
stream thoroughly. that he has gone over
a good deal OF water easily. and the results
An creel are likely 10 be excellent.
The sun., 1903-05-03
WHEN TROUT ARE COY
The Bait Must Be Dainty
in These Spring Days.
SOME ODD KINDS THAT TAKE.
Luck In Baby Mice, and the
Red Worm Goes Well.

In the North Country the Water Hasn't
Yet warmed Up. and the MeaitO Tempt
Spotted Beauties From the Bottom
Has to Have Uncommon Attractions
Hut the Lust. OLD Grandfathers VIII
Always Take q Chance and the An-
gler's Rewards II He Knows the
Game Are Well Worth the Trouble.
The sun., 1903-05-03

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-13
Anti-SalOOn
League Move
Mass Meeting Of Churches Called
for Sunday Night to
Discuss Matter

The first step towards the organIza-
tIon Of a branch of the Oregon Anti
Saloon League In Astoria will be taken
on Sunday night at special union
meeting to be held in the Methodist
church. All Of the denomihational
churches Will take part, and efforts will
be made to or ganize ~ the meeting.
Or. q. l.. TUFTS. Ph. G., recently ap-
pointed superintendent Of the Oregon
Anti-State league by the national lea
que. Will be the principal speaker at
the meeting. An effort Is also being
made to hold a meeting Of Fins on Sat-
urday night at which the doctor will
speak. and on Sunday morning he will
probably preach in the Scandinavian
American Methodist church.
DR.. Tufts IL authorized 10 present
plans and methods to the mass meet
ing TO organize local and county lea
gues. He is making tour Of the state
In the interests Of the movement.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-13
Dead Body
In the River
Decomposed Remains Of Un.
known Man Taken out Of
Water Near Clifton

The badly decomposed body Of an un-
known man was found floating In the
river near Clifton yesterday. Coroner
Pohl was notified and he went up and
took possession Of the remains. bring
Ing them TO this city last night. Ow-
ing to the lateness OF the hour Of ar
rival here the clothing was not examln-
ed, and the Identity Of the man has not
yet been revealed.
The foater was discovered by w. A..
Patterson. Fro mthe appearance Of the
exposed part, the head ami hands, the
body must have been In the water at
least two weeks, The head was almost
too far gone to give hope u identifica-
tion, but II is probable that there will
be something found In the pockets Of
the clothing that win lead to identif-
cation.
The body was clothed In overalls
lace shoes and coat of dark material.
The people of Clifton do not know Of
anybody who is missing. but II is re-
ported that the strange disappearance
Of a man from Westport has been re-
ported.
Coroner Pohl will Investigate the case
today.