Cañon City record., 1905-12-14

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at Whipple,s-
HARD TO BEAT" -four is home pro-
duction and has no equal Guaranteed
by the Canon City Milling company
and sold by all grocers.
WHAT is better than an art photo for
. Christmas remembrance? I am per
sonally attending to the sittings and
will get them out for you if you call
early.-Wm. Babberger.
| A. A. Pope, chief clerk in the Office
of the Colorado Electric Power COM
pany, is expected to return home this
evening from Cripple Greek, where he
has been for several days.
PRor. RUDOLPH SHEARKR will give .
piano solo, 1.-The Awakening of the
Lion," by De Kontski, at the musicale
at the Cumberland Presbyterian church
Friday evening, December 15.
How is this for a Christmas offer3
Six Solid Silver teaspoons with your
initial for 81 90, direct from the factory
guaranteed. Address Clara Schurz,
2.27 Stout st., Denver, Colorado.
DR. BULErrE. of Pueblo. will be at
the St. Cloud hotel, Canon City, Tues
day, December 10. Practice limited to
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat. Special attention to fitting of
glasses.
Miss Ida Hope Shaeffer, one OF Cam
on's favorite msidens, will sing Gypsy
Maiden" by Henry Parker. At the mu-
sicnle at the Cumberland Presby terian
church Friday evening. December l5.
Admission 35c. ~
Lafe Combs was business visitor in
Cripple Greek last Monday. It was .
beautiful day in the District and Mr.
Combs says he does not remember to
have seen the mountains more beauti-
full than they were at that time.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Y. NJ. G. A.
was held last Monday night. Beyond
the purchase of handsome. new Bald
win piano for the association rooms no
business Of special Importance was
transacted.
There will be a contest between the
girls basketball teams Of the Trinidad
and Canon City high schools At the Y.
NJ. @. A. A. gymnasium tomorrow
night, the game to begin at O'Clock.
An admission fee Of twenty-five cents
will be charged to the gymnasium.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Chess, Of Dia-
mond avenue, are planning to remove
to Green Forest, Arkansas, in the
coarse Of the next ten days or two
weeks on account Of the formers
health. MIR. and Mrs. Monroe Brown
will occupy the Chess property as
home
Hiram Hitchcock, prominent Kan
sas capitalist. is here this week visit
ing his friend, Senator A. G. Forney,
general purchasing agent for the Great
Western Coal company. Mr.. Hitch
cock is one of the largest, nonresident
stockholders in the Great Western
Coal company.
Mrs. Kate B. Hills, principal of the
Lincoln school at Canon City, spoke be-
fore the Women of Woodcraft in Circle |
No. 90, on Friday night. Mrs. Hills is
thorough fraternslist and handles
her subject in mastery way. Her
lecture on the '' Necessity of Adequate
Rates for Insurance Orders was thor
oughly enjoyed by those privileged to
hear her-Florence Tribune.
The w. c. T. U. is planning to send
q box Of canned fruit to the Cottage
Home at Denver as a Christmas gift
to that institution. 1t is not uecessa-
ry to introduce this important work |
to the people of Canon City. All who |
wish to contribute fruit to this boz are |
invited to send it to the United Pres
by terian parsonage, on Ninth street |
near River, not later than Tuesday,
December 10.
Messrs. Mitchell 4 Egbers. Of the |
Palace drug store, have placed gigan-
tic tallow candle in their show window
and have inaugurated guessing con-
test - to how long it will burn after
being ignited. Every purchaser as
their store during the next ten days
will BE- entitled to register . guess as |
to the length OF time this monster can
die, which ID four feet high and weighs |
twenty pounds. will burn. The one
guessing nearest the time will b. given |
. gold watch and the one making the |
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