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Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
PARK CENTER
DITCH COMPANY.
Annual Stockholders Meeting
Last Friday Night Will
Begin Work of Laying
Wood Conduits Soon.

The annual stockholders meeting OF
the Park Center Land and Ditch Com
psny wss held at the Office OF the
Canon Saving Bank last Friday after
noon; nearly all OF the stock being
represented. The business OF the COM
pany was shown to have been very go d
during the past year and its finances
reported to be in excellent condition.
A new board Of directors was elected
A. follows; Jas. J. Cone, s. II At
water, w II Mcclure. w @. James
and o. p. whipp'e.
On the adjournment of the stock
holders meeting the directors organ-
lied for the ng year by electing
jas. J. Cone Hs president. S. II. Atwafer
secretary and W. H. Mcclure, treas
urer. II WAS decided to proceed As ex-
peditiously possible with the pro-
posed work of inclosing some eight or
ten miles Of the company's ditch in a
wooden pipe. or conduit. for which q
loan Of $4,000 was recently secured in
New York from syndicate Of French
capitalists a. 4, Grave.tcck, fore
mau for the company. was ordered to
begin cleaning the ditch in an:icipA-
tion Of the contemplated enterprise at
once. and is now engaged in carrying
his instructions into execution.
The first work TO be undertaking In
connection with the conduit will be the
construction OF 300 foot siphon under
Wilson creek. for which plans have al
ready been agreed upon. The siphon
st this point will take the place Of the
overhead wooden fume. which spanned
the creek at an elevation Of upwards of
a hundred feet above its bed, but which
was struck by lightning last summer
and destroyed,
The wooden conduit system to be
put into operation by tire Park Land
and Ditch Company for carrying water
for irrigation purposes is compare
tive innovation in Colorado. althoug h T.
is extensively used on the Pacific coast,
where the science OF irrigation is more
perfectly developed than IL is in the
Arkansas valley. The pipe line to be
constructed for the conveyance ofwater
for the irrigation OF Park Center will
be one of interest to the people of
Canon City and will be an enterprise
in which the community will be n
beneficiary.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14

comforting. The same proverb is ap-
plicable TO the United States east OF
the Rocky Mountains. but is meaning
less SO far as Canon City and the Ar
kansas valley is concerned, as the east
wind is shat uff by an impossible bar
rier Of hills.
Its freedom from excessive cold, the
generousness Of its sunshine, its mineral
springs and the beauty Of its environ
ment should render Canon City very
popular winter resort, and. doubtless,
will when its advantages become more
widely known. There are thousands
OF people Of ample means in the
Eastern states that would mahe Colo
rado their winter play ground If they
were acquainted with the advantages
it Offers in tie way of climate and rec
reniion.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14

of the evening 8 exercises was num-
Der OF recitation and musical selections.
The elective officer OF the Rebekah
lodge installed on the above named
occasion, were Mrs Belle Durant, No.
BILE grand. Mrs. Alice B Thomas, vice
grand, Mrs. Cora A. Shultz, recording
secretary, Miss Hettie Pennington,
permanent secretary. Mrs. John De
Vivian, treasurer.
The officers of Canon City Lodge, 1.
o. o. F., as installed last Thursday
night are e. S. Spencer, noble grand
@. ]. Logan, vice grand. Lafe Combs,
recording secretary, W. ]. Houston,
permanent secretary Sam Elliot, treas
urer. We were unable to obtain the
appointive officers in either instance.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
AN INTERESTING Event.
Ceremonies a Banquet and "Reminiscences Of
Unpleasantness."

b. F. Rockafellow, commander, Chas
T. Helm. Ser for vice Commander.
Albert Walton, junior vice commander,
G. W Gillett, chaplain, F. A. Nc
Donald. adjutant, w. B. FELTON,
quartermaster, H. NJ. MingaY, officer
OF the day. H. w. Redmond, officer OF
the guard, George Gregory, serst
major, L. z. Elliott, quartermaster
sergt, DR.. j. NJ. Bradbury, who is the
usrgeon-elect OF the Post was unable to
be present. and he will be ind ucted in
to office at future meeting.
Among the features OF the entertain
ment was intrumental music by the
high school orchestra, readings By
Misses Dawson and Pittinger, vocal
selections by qusrtette composed OF
Mes-rs. NJ C Morse, George Whitmore,
Frank McClintock and George Pedley
Jr. the singing of little Miss McDaniels.
and the addresses of the old comrades
among them being interesting talks by
Department Commander Vaughn.
Past Department Commander Huff
and j. Il. Tanner, the latter on behalf
OF the local Confederate Camp, of
which he is u member
The Refreshments were both generous
and delicious, the tables upon which
they were disposed fairly groaning
under the weight of good things to eat.
The latter feature of the program was
a fitting finale of The intellectual treat
which had preceded it and completed
the complement of a most deiightful
evenings entertainment. The soldiers
OF all wars aud their families were The
guests of Greenwood Post last Thurs
day night and the delights and
patriotic inspiration which they drew
from the occasion will long remain a
pleasant memory.
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To Exploit Its Property.

The property of the United States
Mica Company, at Micsnite, in this
county, is to be systematically devel-
oped by the establishment of a modern
milling plant for the treatment of its
products on the ground adjacent to its
mine. The United States Mica Com
pany is composed of gentlemen con-
nected with the Pennsylvania railroad
system and a few of their friends in
Chicago and they have decided to push
work upon the claim as rapidly as cir
cumstances will permit as soon as
spring opens. h. w. Menk, general
manager of the company, arrived here
from the east last week and will at once
arrange for the erection of crushing
mill in the ueighborhood OF the mine.
1t is understood that some rich strikes
of mica have recently been made on
the company's claim, which is probab-
" responsible for the stimulus given
to the movement for its exploitation.
A considerable quantity of ground mi
ca has been shipped from this city to
Chicago during the last few months to
be made into various commercial pro-
ducts.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
CANON CITY C0EUR
De LEON LODGE
Knights of Pythias, No. 4S. Install
Officers For The Semi
Annual Term.

An event OF more than ordinary
interest in local Pythian circles was
the semi-annual installation of officers
of Occur de Leon Lodge, No. IS, at
Elks hall last Thursday night. In ad-
dition to the impressive ritual connect
ed with the induction into office of
those chosen to preside over the lodge
during the ensuing term, refreshments
were served and the occasion made a
memorably pleasant one in the chroni-
cles of the order in this city.
There was large attendance and
the installation ceremonies were con-
ducted under the direction of DIR. T..
B. Moore. one of the past chancellor
commanders of the lodge. The officers
installed were Tom Parker, chancellor
commander; L S. Bailey, vice chancel-
lor; Lafe Combs, keeper of records and
seals; A. H White, prelate; A. P.
Nelson, maste of work; A. l.. Jeffrey,
master of finance; Allen Jameson,
mas er of e1chequer; Elmer Lambuth,
inner guard Walter Adamson, outer
guard.
Occur de Leon Lodge enters upon
the new year with high aspirations
and with every prospect Of a season of
fraternal growth and prosperity.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
A Joint Installation.

On the invitation OF the ladies CON-
posing the membership Of Harmony
Rebekah Lodge there was a joint in
stallation of the officers OF that organ
ization and those OF Canon City Lodge
No. ., L. o. o. F, last Thursday night,
the ceremonies occurring at woodman
hall. At the conclusion Of the more
formal part OF the program, rsfresh-
u,ents were served and general good
time enjoyed BY all present. A feature
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
Likes the Climate.

George W. Brown, formerly inspector
In chief OF steam boilers in New York
City and at one time connected with
the police department OF the metropolis,
is AN ardent admirer of the winter
climate OF Colorado, which he pro-
nounces one Of the most desirable In
the country. Mr.. Brown and family
stopped Oh in Canon City about a
month ago, while en- route to Arizona
and have become 40 enamored with
the climate that they have rented a
house on Harrison avenue and will 10.
main hero until next June.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14

Although Greenwood Post, No. 10. is
one of the oldest organizations of the
Grand Army Of the Republic in South
ern Colorado there has been but few
occurrences in its history more enioya-
BILE than the exercises connected with
the public installation of its officers at
Annex hall last Thursday night. The
roster of the membership of Green
wood Past contains the names of men
VINO are the representatives Of half a
score OF the army corps of the Civil
war, and many are the incidents which
they relate OF soldier life on Southern
battle fields when they gather about
the camp fire, for they were partici-
pants in the stirring events of one Of
the ages.
The members OF the Post were
honored by the presence of Department
Commander II. 5 Vaughn OF Denver
and Post Department Commander T.
". HUI OF Victor last Thursday night
and specia! effort VAS made TO provide
an interesting program OF entertain
M mt in commemoration OF their visit,
and that the committee in charge of
the arrangements succeeded in carry
ing out its ambition in that respect
goes without saying.
The installation was under the
direction OF Comrade Huff and was ex-
tremely Interesting to the large
audience which assembled TO witness
it. At the conclusion OF the more
formal ceremonies OF the evrning a
highly diveriing program, consi>ting
Of music, recitations and speechmaking
was rendered /; followed by supper at
which there was an abundance OF good
cheer rhe officers installed were
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
In Jennings Gulch.

Work is being prosecuted on a num-
Der of mining claims in jennings
Gulch, on Grape creek, about eight
miles west of this city. While opers-
tions are not being conducted on a
very extensive scale, enough is being
done to thoroughly test the value of
the various mineral properties in that
vicinity The American Boy of
which Mr.. Pond is manager for a COM
pany of Chicago capitalists, keeps sew
eral men at work and the character of
the ore taken out is sufficiently rich in
gold, silver, copper and zinc to leave
surplus to the stockholders after pay
ing operating expenses.
The "El Plomon claim. in which
Capt. Rockefellow and other Canon
City gentlemen are interested, is also
being gradually developed. with results
gratifying to its owners. The ore bear
ing vein on The American Boy" and
the "El Plomo" claims varies from six
to ten feet in width and assays show
that it carries gold, copper, lead, Einc
and silver, but not in quantities to
warrant any castle building in SPAIN
on the part of those who are endeavor-
ing tn exploit its treasures. "The
American Boy" management, which
has shipped two car loads of ore to the
smelter, is discussing the advissbility
of erecting a reduction mill in the
gulch next spring, which will give a
stimulus to mining in that locality,
Jennings Ouch is almost directly
west of town and the ore bearing vein
which crops out there is continuation
of the one on which the Copper King"
is located at Dawson on this side OF
the Greenhorn range. Although there
can be no question as to the identity
Of the vein the ore on the eastern slope
shows only gold and copper, whereas
in Jennings Gulch it re evesls gold, cop
per, lead. sinc and silver. A concern
traitor in Jennings Gulch would ma
terially promote the mining Of the low
| grade ores In that vicinity.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
A Narrow Escape.

j. P. Farmer, manager of the Fre-
mont County Fruit Growers Associa
ton, who returned 10 Canon last Thurs
day from a visit to his old home in Hor-
ton, Kansas, has reason to felicitate
himself that the Inflated passenger
train on the Rock Island road which
left Topeka at IL as o'clock on the
night Of Janary 5th was unable to af-
ford him seating Accommodations. 9TH
erwise he might have lost his life or
been seriously injured in the disastr-
GUS wreck which befell the train an
hour later. Mr.. Farmer boarded the
unfortunate train in the Topeks sta
ton. but having his little daughter
with him and being unable to procure
a seat, decided TO get of and wait for
the next train which was scheduled to
leave thirty minutes later. Thirty-ti
miles out of Topeka the train upon
which Mr. Farmer had planned to take
passage was wrecked as result OF
head end collision and seventeen peo-
Pile were killed and large number of
others seriously injured. Had Mr..
Farmer been alone he would doubtless
have submitted to the Inconvenience
of crowded coach and been victim
of one of the most disastrous wrecks
in the recent history of the Rock Is
land system.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
A DASTARDLY CRIME
An Effort Made to Ditch a Pas
senger Train On The D. & r.
q. at Adobe Station Last
Sunday Afternoon.

An attempt was made to wreck the
west bound Denver K Rio Grande pas
senger train No. L, near Adobe station,
five miles east of Florence, about 8
O'Clock last Sunday afternoon by pull
ing the spikes from the rails for a
distance of nearly fifty feet. Fortunate
ly No. was an hour late and escaped
the disaster which had been planned
for it by those who had removed the
spikes. Ii was impossible for the
engineer to foresee the danger and
when east bound extra freight No. II2s
in charge of conductor Quigley reached
it wreck was the result.
Three cars loaded with live stock and
eleven with miscellaneous merchandise
were thrown into the ditch The engine
passed over the loosened rails in safety
but the jar caused them to spread, in
consequence of which the cars were
thrown from the track, entailing q
heavy loss on the company. A wreck
ing crew was summoned from Pueblo
to clear away the debris and repair the
roadbed, which was torn up for a hun
dred yards or more. 1t was not until
the men had been working for some
time that il was discovered that the
spikes had been withdrawn and thrown
to one side with the deliberate purpose
of wrecking the train.
A spike puller and pick Ak bearing
the letter 1T" was found near the
scene and it is supposed they had been
stolen from the terminal association at
Pueblo for the purpose of bringing
about the accident. Special Agent
Brown and corps of railroad secret
service men were summoned to the
scene and made an examination with
the view of procuring some clue to the
perpetrators of the crime, but they
were unable to fix the responsibility
and thus far no arrests have been
made.
Frank ID Heath, sgent of The d. &
r. g. at this place, was early on the
scene OF the disaster and was the first
to discover that il had been caused by
tne renoN9l OF the spikes A mes
senger was sent to Canon City to
procure bloodhoupds to assist in rum
ing down those who had caused the
disaster, but no dogs were to be had
and that feature had to be abandoned.
1t was plainly evident that the
object WAS to wreck passenger train
No. and had that been accomplished it
is probable that we would have had to
record one of the worst disasters in the
recent history of western railroading.
The wreckers were unable to open
up the road for traffic until o'clock
Monday morning.
A reward of s. coo has been offered by
the railroad company for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty parties.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14
The jolly Dialogues:
Number M

Harki A Row in TOWN.
Not at oil.
Hear the shotsf
Yes.
And the loud shouts and the
drum beats1
Yes.
Suppose you call it a Charter
Convention.
Bless you no.
Well7
Just Taking a Man In.
In7
Yes-Elks Initiation.
Oil
Every Wednesday Night oc-
currencc.
Indeedl
Great Sport-Ought to See It.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14

No doubt.
Listen - More shouts and
laughter.
Then the Candidate still
lives?
Sure thing.
Ever Kill Oue7
Obi Not often.
Will the Candidate ever re-
member this Night7
He Certainly Will.
Cañon City record., 1904-01-14

Place your wants in the RscoaD
Want Column
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

Crawford and Clay. None of the four
secured a majority Of the electoral
college, and the election thus devolv-
cd upon the House, with choice to
be made from the three candidates
adams, Crawford and Jacksonville
had received the most electoral votes.
This debarred Clay, who, forced, as he
expressed it, to choose between two
evils, announced that he had decided
to support Adams. But Clay's deter
mination no sooner became known
than some Of Jackson's friends at
tempted to drive him from it. The
weapon used for this purpose recalls
one Of the most discreditable Incl
dents in our political history.
A few days before the time set for
: the election in the House letter ap-
peared in a Philadelphia newspaper,
asserting that Clay had agreed to sup
port Adams upon cordition that he be
made Secretary of State. The same
terms, the letter alleged, had been of
Tered to Jackson's friends; but none
of them would descend to such mean
barter and sale" The letter was
synonymous, but purported to be writ
ten by member of the House. Clay
-at once published a card, in which he
pronounced the writer "a bastard and
liar" who, if he dared avow his
name, would forthwith be called to
The field. Two days later the letter
was acknowledged by witless men,
Der from Pennsylvania, Kremer by
name. who asserted that the state
ments he had made were true, and
that he was ready to prove them. A
duel with such a character was out
OF the question. Something, however,
had to be done, and Clay Immediately
demanded an investigation by a spe-
c&al committee of the House. Such a
committee was duly selected. None
of its members had supported Clay for
the presidency. Kremer promptly de-
ciared his willingness to meet the in
quiry, but in the end the committee
reported that he had declined to APP
pear before 1t, sending instead a COM
munication in which he denied the
power of the House to compel him TO
testify. No further action was taken,
and in this shape. for the time being,
the matter rested.
Soon, however, came the election of
Adams by the House, followed quickly
by his appointment of Clay as his Sec
rotary of State. Though it is now
generally acknowledged that there
has been no bargain between Adams
and Clay, 1t was natural that, at the
moment, the rank and file of Jack
sons following should regard Clay's
appointment as conclusive proof that
such a deal had been made. BY &C
cepting it Clay made himself the vic
tim of circumstantial evidence. AS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

cess and the victory of the democratic
party"
Il do not want any Of your wine,
sir" was the reply. 81 told that
damned waiter to say as much to you,
sir, moment ago." And so saying,
Thurman turned his back abruptly on
the man from Cleveland.
Payne never forgot nor forgaYe this
public insult. The quarrel thus begun
ever after kept the two men apart, and
three and twenty years later thwarted
Thurman's highest ambition. In 1880
he was candidate for the presidential
nomination before the democratic ma
tional convention. Had he had the un-
finching support OF the Ohio delega-
ton, there is little doubt that he
would have been the nominee. The
delegation was solid for him on the
first ballot. Then it broke and the
chances of his nomination vanished
into thin air. Payne was behind the
break. The delegates from the dis.
trict in which his influence was su-
preme led it and were strongest in the
claim which stampeded the convention
to dark horse. As Ohio was then an
October state and practically certain
to 90 for Garfield, the result would be
disastrous to the democratic cause.
That argument defeated Thurman and
nominated Hancock, and the revenge
of Payne was complete.
But the most dramatic Of all the
political feuds of the last forty years,
both in its inception and its sequel,
was that between Blaine and Roscoe
Conkling. The two men entered the
popular branch of Congress at about
the same time, and both soon became
leaders in that body. There was,
however, little in common between
them save the gift of pre-eminent abil-
ity. COnkling made Blaine the OBJ
iect Of his sarcasm whenever oppor-
tunity offered. and the member from
Maine was prompt to retort in kind.
Thus the enmity grew until, in the
course of one of their many encoun-
tiers, Blaine, stung to the quick by an
unjust and ungenerous taunt, burst
forth in an onslaught on his torment
or which wrought the House into a
high pitch Of excitement and marked
the beginning of a fierce struggle in
the Republican party that ended in
the humiliation of Conkling and the
defeat of Blaine for President. Here
are Blaine's words. and they are
model of excoriation:
CAS- to the gentleman's cruel sar.
casm, l hope he viii not be too Sc
we're. The contempt OF that large
minded gentleman is so willing, his
naughty disdain, his grandiloquent
swell, his majestic. supereminent,
overpowering turkey-gobbler strut has
been so crushing to myself and all
members of this House that 1 know it
was an act of the greatest temerity
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23
EEUDS TENT COST TINE PRESIDENCY
~ OF The GDRk5g M@as Sl- haze 5cHsn ~
been fIhM@Fa@d by Personal Ism@Mni@@

litical annals. Everything that rancor-
GUS partisan intention could concoct
was spread broadcast by the Jackson
journals; nor were Clay and Adams
the sole objects of the storm of SLAM
der. Charges of the most Infamous
character were made against jackson,
and infamed his animosity against
Adams and Clay to a degree that APP
preached insanity. Jackson believed
Clay capable Of anything Of which the
latter could be accused, and he him
self gave currency TO the "bargain and
corruption" cry, which was printed,
placarded and harped upon throughout
the land. Clay, on the other hand, was
unable on the stump to assume the
line of dignifed refutation; and his
language, losing all restraint, became
the vehicle of raying wrath. The re-
suit of the contest was signal tri-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-23

for me to venture upon a controversy
with him"
Then, referring to a chance news
paper comparison of Conkling to
Henry Winter Davis, lately dead, he
continued:
The gentleman took 1t seriously
and it has given his strut additional
pomposity. The resemblance is
great; it is striking Hyperion to a
satyr, Thersites to Hercules, mud To
marble, dunghill to diamond. a sinsed
cat to a Bengal tiger, whipped pun
py to a roaring lion. Shade of the
mighty Davis, forgive the almost
PROCLAMATION of that jocose satire"
There could be no reconciliation
after such an onslaught, and the bat
tie was to the death. Defeated for
the Republican nomination by Conk.
ling and his friends in 1876 and again
in 1880, Blaine in the latter year
threw his following to his friend
Garfield, who, nominated and elected.
made Blaine his secretary of state
and Official right hand. Then came the
struggle over the New York patron
age, which retired Conkling, and was
followed by the assassination of Gar
field. In 1854, when Blaine was final
ly the formal choice OF his party.
Conkling was no longer In politics.
but the sequel proved that his was
still the will and power to strike a
mortal blow. A detection OF a few
hundred votes in Conkling's home
county of Oneida gave that county.
normally Republican. to Cleveland
and with it the electoral vote of New
York and the presidency. Conklins
had wiped out the score against his
ancient enemy.-Rufus Rockwell VIII
son in Philadelphia Ledger.