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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-12-03
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OR THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
AT CANON CITY,
In the State of Colorado, at the Close of
Business, November IL, 1903.


RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts Sal, ,soe. Is
Overdrafts secured and unsecured IL, ,E.e1
u 8. Bonds to secure circulation H. 90
Stocks, securities, etc ------ 1a,s3o.o6
Due from National Banfs mot -e-
serve Agents lassSss
Due nom State Banks and Bankers s,sn.p
Due from approved reserve aeents 5,614-ee
Checks and other cash items <,S57.ls
Notes of other National BANKS 1000
and cents -...---- $3.50
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank. viz:
sPs,s,.nd.r ssPssi,e, note. ai.ssas saS Ss ,Arpm
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasury
S per cent of circulation - e9soo
Total ....--..-.-- Ss1I ,sTs.ia
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in-.------- in s 100000
UndivideS orofts. less expenses and
National Bsni notes outstanding rasSo.oS %
Dividends unpaid ---.-..-. 1000
Individual deposits subject to check iso. .s5s s.
Demand certificates of deposit S,.SSs7
Bills payable. including certificates
of deposits for money borrowed 100000
Total l.-.......,--.-.-..-.-.s ssai .s.sla
STATE OF COLORADO ..
In O. Craven. cashier Of the above named
bank. do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best Of my knewledgc and
Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 18th
day OF November, isos. W. T. BRIDwELLs
NY commission expire. April $, 1901. '''N-
CoRRRcr-Attest-
TaosAs Il; osAv.S Diree.or.
JAMES H. PRAsopr
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
LARGE STANDING ARMY.
James j. Hill at Banquet In st. Paul
Advocates Strong Military
Force to Insure Peace,

At banquet given recently at st. Paul
In honor of Col. Pond, of the United
States army, James j. Hill was one of the
principal speakers. He said:
Il am not overrating the demand when
| say that it is imperative that the Unit
ed States maintain the nucleus always
and the organization and the officers for
an army of 200 900 men. With our varied
interests, with our expanding commerce
and with our ever-increasing power, this
strength is not more than sufficient for
our uses in times of stress and danger.
However, that may be, am thoroughly
convinced that the United States should
maintain at all times an army of 10O.-
600 thoroughly drilled, thoroughly dis.
clplined, thoroughly trained, and thor
oughly differed men.
The people of the United States are
the government. Their word dictates
But they are people of peace, and there
is no way as sure to maintain and pro-
mote peace as to be prepared to fight fol-
1t. We must have peace! for our in
dustrial and commercial growth and
peace we will have If we have to fight
Tor IT.. Therefore, say that 100 900 men
should be always at hand to take the
field, with the knowledge always that
100000 can be at once brought forward
should the need arise
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
dredths at twelve stations:

Cotton has made good growth in
the northern and delta counties.
Rust, shedding and some worms are
reported from all parts of the State,
but are not damaging the crop Sc
riously, except in southern counties
where the condition of cotton has
deteriorated for the last two weeks.
The crop continues from three to
four weeks late and requires favor
able weather and late fall to make
a good yield. Open bolls are re-
ported in almost all counties and
picking has begun as far north as
Kemper county, but is not general
yet. The weather has been very ia
vorable for fodder pulling and hay
ing, which have progressed rapidly
in all parts, and much fodder and
hay have been saved in fine shape.
Corn, both old and young, is fine.
Pastures, peavine hay, cane, pota-
toes and turnips continue to be very
promising.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
uLlEBSChEN."

When the god of dreams Is good sometime
An, then soft accents flow,
Ana visions of the glory vines
And ways l used to go
Come down through Sunderland to me,
Mere back beneath the old elm tree,
were back to where long to be-
hear her whisper low.
near the 'liebschen" like sigh
wen from her ripe red lips,
see the lovelight in her eye.
Days orb swings low and dips
Beiow the far horizon line
me world, my world, is all, all mine,
Our lips meet-tingers intertwine,
An, heavens in those sips,
one Is my world! All mine, My own!
beneath the old elm tree
learned she loved. loved me alone!
An, l would tonight that we
Were where We stood that far-off time.
beneath the elm, and glory vine;
just she and l; just me and mine;
would We might ever be!
But Wen win back and scorn the years
Ihat seek to intervene.
ana we'll forget the longing tears
ana miles that stretch between,
AND love shall make us glad again,
AS glad again as we were then,
II hear the ''Liebschen" soft as when
No years had come between!
j. NJ Lewis. in Houston Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
The
Wedding Boots
Of Ellis Sam

"DRoVIDENCE or not" said the
! man from Knob country. Ellis
Sam got his weddin' boots; but if they
don't give him corns, then Cyrus is the
forgivin'est feller-citizen that ever dis
app'inted his ownself to 'commodate a
neighbor.
Now, | like to fish, myself. and I'd
go fishin' now and then if | didn't know
so many feller-citizens, most OF 'em
keepin' two or three yaller dogs. at that.
who spend seven days in the weeI settin'
on a stump vexin' the water in the
stream with a worm on hook, while
their wives is to home veXin' the water
in the waShtub so as to keep the house
a-goin That sort O. spiles fishin' for
me.
But this here case O. Cyrus was diff
ferent, and Ellis Sam ought to be
ashamed O. his inconsiderateness and
selfishness in settin' that day for his
weddin' when that was the day that
Cyrus had laid out to go to the pond for
two or three days fishin', and comm to
Cyrus the day before and sayin' that
on the last for couple O weeks back
was TO be his widdin' boots, and that
he must have 'em next day.
Ellis Sam was so One-sided and I'M
neighborly that he wouldn't oblige Cyrus
and put the weddin' off till he got back
from fishin', and so Cyrus couldn't see
no way out of it but to finish the boots,
though he was outrageous put out and
disappointed.
Them boots O. Ellis Sam was all done
but solein', but Cyrus had to foot it in
to the tannery to get the sole leather for
finishin' of EN-. He took his fishpole
along, thinkin' that he mowt leastways
lIe(ch a mess O. trout for supper. and on
his walk back, when he come to the deep
hole in the creek, jest below the alders,
he stopped and put in his hook, baited
with live minny.
His bait run along till it got down
TO the lower end O. the hole, and Cyrus
was gittin' ready to give the trout that
was on the pint of bitin' it chance to
try whether he was the best Teller or
whether Cyrus was, when Cyrus heerd
splash in the water up the creek. With
out lookin' round, Cyrus says to hisself:
Now who can the unmannerly Teller
citizen be ash jump in the water to rifle
it up on me, when I'm fshin', and spile
my gittin' bite?'
With that he turned and looked round
to see who the unmannerly neighbor
could be, and he seen that it was great
big don't-give-a-continental bear!
NOW, Cyrus is law-abiding citizen.
but when he see that unmannerly bear
standin' there and rilyin up the water on
him and sp'ilin' his gittin' that bite, he
pulled his pistol and p'inted it straight
at the bear and fired. The bear kind O.
give hump as if he felt somethin' eat
in him worse than woodtick; and he
squealed little, and snorted. He seemed
s'prised, but he give few more kicks
in the water, rilyin' it up more than ever.
and didn't move step.
See here!' said Cyrus This pistol
is six-shooter!' he says, and want to
ketch some trout! You better move onn
he says.
But that bear never moved a stem
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11

escape by trap door in the roof, and
l had placed key Of powder. with
match, which l could set off and blow
up the Office and all my invaders; and
this should most certainly have done
in case of the last extremity"
Whitehall, which has oeen willed to
the public, is large two and half
story building of brick and in a grove
of beautiful evergreen trees. There
are forty-two rooms. but only three or
four of the rooms on the first floor are
furnished. The main parlor and hall
hold many rare relics of Gen. Clay's
strenuous life. There are immense
vases and gorgeous rugs, divans and
chairs, all bought by Gen. Clay in st.
Petersburg when he was minister to
the court of st. James, and sent to his
wife at Whitehall. There are also
bowie knives and revolvers and guns
of various descriptions that he used in
the army and in his various fights and
duels. Relic hunters from all parts of
the country are already inquiring for
these things, and when they are Of
fered for sale the competition for them
will be exceedingly keen. The house
is just as it was when Gen. Clay died.
and nothing may be done until the
legal battle in the courts result in the
final disposition of the estate. The
mansion, although in good repair ON
the outside and well preserved with
In, is too large for a modern resi-
dence, and 1t is doubtful if it is ever
used as private residence Gen. Clay
occupied one room, and in this he died
in the midst of only strangers, his
faithful bodyguard, Jim" Bowlin, who
had been with him for IA years, and
Joe" Perkins, who for many years
had administered to his wants.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11

1t shall be in fee simple the property
of the United States of America in
trust for the inhabitants of this earth.
It shall be SO long under the care OF
my executors as may be deemed best
by the federal government, and then
be under their direction and support in
the purposes of this 1egator.'
In the following section he provided
for the maintenance of the park by
setting aside my coal mines in Clay
county, KY, bought of Eli Bowlin, near
Manchester, about 300 acres" He de-
sired that they be controlled into a
company and work to the end of sup
porting the park.
But it is very doubtful if the United
States ever secures control over the
estate, for the children of Gen. Clay
have entered contest of the will and
will maintain that their father was Of
unsound mind for several years before
his death, embracing the period
marked by his marriage to Dora Rich
ardson, the 14-year-old girl from his
kitchen, AID beginning at the time that
he shot a .legro servant who disobeyed
him.
On the other hand, friends of the old
anti-slavery advocate say that if he
was insane in the later years of his life
he always was mad. 1t was a mad
freak. they said, which made up his
mind to talk against slavery to the
southern planters. after hearing Will
liam Lloyd Garrison lecture at Yale.
He was in many fights and duels be-
fore he issued challenge to the world
to come and try to take him out CT
Whitehall.
He never attempted a more danger
GUS thing, however, than editing THE
True American" an abolitionist paper,
in Lexington about so years ago. This
is the way he fortified himself for it.
according to his own account:
81 selected for my Office a brick
building and lined the outside doors
with sheet iron to prevent them being
burned. l purchased two brass four
FOUNDER cannon at Cincinnati and
placed them, loaded with shot and
nails, on table breast high. l had
folding doors, secured with chain,
which could open upon the mob and
give play to my cannon. l furnished
my Office with Mexican lances and a
limited number of guns. There were
six or eight persons who stood ready
to defend me. If defeated, they were to
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
School Terms.

State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Whitfield last week sent out
a circular to the boards of super
visors of all the counties in the
State urging upon them the addi-
tional tax levy for the purpose Of
extending the school terms.
Superintendent Whitfield has just
finished thorough campaign of the
State, made for the purpose of
sounding the sentiment Of the peo-
pie On the subject of school extern
sion by additional taxation. He
has had an able corps of educators
in the field with him for several
months, and the question has been
thoroughly discussed in all of its
phases in nearly every county.
Many counties have acted by order
ing the additional levy necessary to
maintain the schools for a longer
term, and Mr.. Whitfield hopes to
have all of the white counties, at
IOilOW illlS
In his circular to the boards of SUI
pervisors, just sent out, Superin-
tendent Whitfield sets forth in brief,
succinct paragraphs the reasons
upon which he bases his appeal for
the additional school levy.
1. That the people are in favor OF
h. IN,
bases this opinion upon the splendid
success of his recent campaign, in
which he says vote was taken in
every audience on the question and
not one single vote was cast against
while over 10000 votes were cast for
the levy
2. Schools are of supreme impor-
lance, and should have precedence
over roads, bridges and other county
improvements. History shows that
the development of a State is the de-
velopment of it's schools.
3. The movement is in general IA
vor all over the South. Last year
twenty-four counties in Mississippi
voted to levy school taxes, and fifteen
others will fall into line this year
Six counties submitted the matter to
the people. and it was carried by a
vote of to l in all of them Coun.
ties having the longer terms will at
tract the best teachers, and the 9th
ers will suffer accordingly.
f. The records show that the aver.
age attendance is better in counties
with long terms than in those that
have short terms.
5. The longer term does not inter
fere with farm work. If the larger
boys have to stop in the blowing sea
son, they should have a better school
while they can attend. All the girls
and smaller boys have full term
and they have more education when
they have to stop to go to work.
5. The negroes do not get one cent
of this tax paid by white people. If the
| negroes be given credit for the taxes
they pay, plus their share of the taxes
paid by corporations, it will more
than pay for their schools on the
present basis.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
Mississippi State News
Killed by His son-ln-Law.

John A. Warren, well known
and well-to-do farmer, who has re-
sided for many years about twenty
miles from kosciusko, was shot and
instantly killed by his son-in-law,
James Ferguson, last week, dou-
ble-barreled shotgun being the weap-
on used. The killing is said to have
been caused by Warren's remarriage.
He was a wiodwer and the female
head of his house was single
daughter, about grown. He left
home last week to get married, and
instructed his daughter to prepare a
reception dinner for her stepmother,
who, instead, went to her brother-in-
law. The old man came home with
his bride, found the house empty,
went to Ferguson's in search of his
daughter as mad as hornet, carry
ing shotgun with him, tried to
shoot his son-in-law, but wasn't
quick enough, and was himself
killed. 1t is said that Warren was
under the influence of liquor when
killed. Ferguson is at home await
ing arrest.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
PARIS OF AMERICA
Icxico City Has Earned That Place
and Title.
The Mexican Metropolis Declared to
lie Jewel Set In the Crown OF
the Sister Republic of the
United States.

Mexico City has been called the Paris
of America, and with good reason,
surely
Mexico City is jewel set in the crown
Of our sister republic; it does not shine
with light reflected from the great me-
tropolis upon our eastern shore, nor
does it pale in close comparison. 1t
CLEANS alone undimmed and with Q
radiance peculiarly its own.
Set upon a hood plateau. with the ever
snow-crowned mountains standing as
a sentinel, this lovely city commands
as grand a view as is to be found in all
the world To the north a never ending
chain of verdure-hung mountains. while
to the south the glowing tints and volup-
tous beauty of the deep valleys and
tropic gardens lie dazzling in the golden
sunlight.
Here you will find the contrast of
splendor and squalor, following the
avenues of stately homes and pampered
luxury will be the narrow alleys and
swarming byways, the home of pesti-
lence and crime.
The aristocracy of Mexico is found
among the descendants of the pure Cas-
lillian Spanish and, with the flowing
Mantiila and Golfers of gold, have come
the hidden dagger, the slow smile and
treacherous hand of the Indian.
While you would miss the boulevard
cafe of gay Paris, you will find its mate
behind gorgeous gilded pillars and heavy
hangings. Here. if you wish, a fine lob
ster the waiter will bring huge plat
terful of the crimson monsters that you
may have your choice and decide which
shall be prepared for your delectation.
A long drive, through overhanging
branches of ancient trees, will bring
you to the superb Tacubaya, the Monte
Carlo of Mexico. Here all day and all
night is the click of the wheel and the
clashing of the dice. For the Mexican is
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
HEALING BY MACHINERY.
Automatic Devices Now In Use which
Take the Place of Expert
Surgeons.

Hospital patients can now be nursed
by machinery. An inventor has re-
Gently patented an ingenious little ma
chine. consisting of small box, in
which is self-registering thermome-
ter, connected electrically with tiny
bell. This register, says the New York
Press, is put under sthe armpit of a
person suffering from fever, and when
his temperature rises the bell rings
and the doctor or nurse is summoned.
A wound stitching machine Is the
invention of another doctor named
Michel. 1t works very much more rap.
idly than the old method of stitching
by hand, is painless and effective. 1t
consists Of case or sheath, holding a
number Of hooks or bands, like those
| used for the corners of cardboard
boxes. They are put in position with
a pair of forceps and can be adjusted
| at the rate of 25 minute. Their
| rounded points do not penetrate the
| lower layer of the skin, but only the
caused by them is very slight. They
have the additional advantages of be.
ing very easily disinfected.
A most curious invention is that of
DR.. Coakley for stimulating a weak
heart. 1t consists of hollow needle
some eight inches long. made of an al
10y of gold, and driven by little cleo
trio motor. 1t is so shaped that it can
be used to actually pierce the heart
| and inject into it solution OF salt and
warm water, which will stimulate the
organ and SO prolong and save life
Somewhat similar is the device of DR..
Cardier, which is for the cure of neu-
ralgia and similar pains. 1t is sort
of gigantic hypodermic syringe, by the
aid of which not medicine but air can
| be injected beneath the skin of the
sufferer. A sort of bubble of air is
formed under the skin, and this being
kneaded along the painful parts, gives
instantaneous relief in severe cases OF
sciatica, lumbago and other neuralgia
| Affections.
| For the cure of consumption ma
chine has been devised which can also
ooSANNS ~
an ordinary electric light. 1t consists
| of transformer and what is called an
Audriols tube. This converts the oxy-
hydrogen of the air into ozone Ozone
is the active agent in sea air, and one
of the most effectual killers of the
consumption microbe. Most elaborate
machines, of which the controlling
power is electricity, have been devised
for curing headaches and other tenn
porary ailments, and for the purpose
of massage. One is a sort Of metal
helmet, through which alternating
currents of electricity are passed. An
other communicates very rapid vibra-
tons to the head. There is third,
not electrical, but purely mechanical.
which is used for massaging the liver,
and so curing the miserable pains in
duced by indigestion.
Insomnia is now treated by a simple
machine which passes an electric cur
rent through the body of the patient.
This current is interrupted 200 times a
second by the device, and it is to this
interruption that it owes is efficacy. A
person kept under it's influence for a
sufficient length of time not only goes
to sleep, but is hypnotized and be-
comes absolutely insensible to pain.
In this condition any operation can be
performed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
Weekly Crop Outlook.

The Mississippi department of the
climate and crop service has issued
the following general summary fol
the week ended August 81:
The temperature throughout the
week was somewhat above normal
and the weather was very favorable
for all growing crops. Local show
ers occurred the first and last of the
week, being rather heavy in the
southern part, but light elsewhere
The following table gives the rain
fall for the week in inches and hun
JroJ +l,c o+ +uolyo ct,,,n,,e.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
HARD TIMES IN HONDURAS.
Commercial Paralysis Expected to
Result When Panama Canal O.
Is Built.

British Honduras is sometimes called
the Ireland of America Blessed with a
soil of unsurpassed fertility, mild and
equable climate and variety of natural
productions but rarely found within so
restricted an area, the colony is yet af-
fiicted with hard times. Although one
of the most thinly populated of the hab-
liable regions of the globe, the number
of it's inhabitants Is constantly decreas-
ing; the labor market is overstockcd,
agricultural industries are declining,
trade and commerce languish and the
pinch of depression is felt by all classes,
according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
The reason for this state of affairs is
not hard to discover 1t is the same
sentee andlordism-in little different
but not less fatal form The area of the
colony is only 1886 square miles. OF
this $500 square miles, or one-third, is
owned by one London land company
In all more than four-fifths of the col
ony is the property of handful of
English proprietors who will not sell
nor lease nor permit settlement nor Gull
tivation. They derive sure, steady
and perpetual income by working the
mahogany, rosewood, cedar, logwood
and other natural products of the for
ests. and for this reason desire to keep
their domains forever wilderness.
An effort has been made to compel
these absentee landlords to sell their
holdings at an appraised valuation
However, so overshadowing is their in
fiuence that the laws passed for this
purpose have proved imperative. 1t
therefore seems probable that the coun-
try will long continue to be held in pawn
by few English proprietors who have
never even visited Its shores and that
its wealth will be sent abroad to enrich
the Golfers of the strangers instead OF
remaining to stimulate trade and in
dustry at home.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-11
ALL LIKED "ROUGHING IT."
Had None of the Comforts of Home
That Was Why They Called
1t Rough.

The entire family was "roughing it,
that is, the members of the family
called it "roughing it." They were To-
Gated on the shore of small lake. prob
ably as far as two miles from the nearest
village, and quarter Of mile from the
nearest farmhouse, says Elliott Flower,
in Brooklyn Eagle.
They believed in "roughing it" for a
few weeks during the summer; they
were proud of their ability to rough it,
without complaining. and they OCCASION
ally invited their friends to come and see
them rough it.
Such pretty place" said the father.
"The outdoor life does us so much
good" said the mother.
"Roughing it" is such jolly fun" said
the son.
"The hardships add zest to life" said
the daughter.
Then the visitors looked over the place
and one of them said:
pretty little cottage you have"
Designed by one of the best archi-
tects in the country" explained the
father, proudly.
"The kitchen is a gen." said the
mother; "a little crowded for three serv-
ants, perhaps, but it has every con-
venience."
"Nicely furnished, too" commented
another visitor
mo expense was spared" said the
son.
Aren't the Turkish rugs pretty?'
asked the daughter.
The visitors nodded assent, but
seemed puzzled. Finally one of them
said:
Excuse me. but-ah-where does the
the hardship come in?"
The family was aghast.
"Why, there's no plastering on the
walls just plain wood" said the father
"And no stationary wash stands" said
the mother.
"And no gas-only hanging lamps,
said the son.
"And you can see the floor between
the rugs, and it's not hardwood" added
the daughter.
"But we don't mind: we find 'roughing
it. good for the health" they added all
| together.