Cañon City record., 1905-09-14

6ShSioi sopoi'uecuucut, Vi tuc OuiOEh-
do Telephone company, were in the
city last Tuesday looking after the
company's affairs, Mr.. Burgess came
10 Canon City in 1888 and installed the
fine telephone exchange now in opera
ton here. He was succeeded the fol-
lowing year by MIR. Seelye as local
manager.
Rev. D. R. Lucas of indianapolis,
Indiana, brother of Chaplain J. P.
Lucas, was in the city over Sunday and
preached two excellent sermons at the
Christian church and one at the prison
chapel. Mr.. Lucas was chaplain of the
seth Indiana regiment during the war.
Since then he has been chaplain-in-
chief of the National G. A. r. Encamp-
ment, and is also a past commander of
the Indiana department. He went to
Colorado Springs Monday for few
days visit with his brothers family.
ALL ladies contemplating making en-
tries in the art department of the coun-
ty fair next week can leave their arti-
cles. except pictures, with either Mrs.
Dan Hall, 100 College street; Mrs. r.
s. Lewis, 429 Greenwood avenue, or
Mrs. H. N. Beecher, 420 North Fifth
street, previous to Tuesday evening,
September 10, or take them to the fair
grounds Wednesday forenoon. Entries
will close at IL o'clock a. m. Wednes-
day, September %, ls05.-Srs. Dan
Hall, superintendent.
Leon Woodford went to Denver last
week to arrange for the resumption Of
his studies at Denver university, where
he was student last year. His sister,
Miss Cora, who is also an under-gradu-
ate of that institution, left for Denver
yesterday to continue her work as a
member of the junior class. Leon will
graduate next June with the degree Of
A. B. and. in addition to his literary
course this year, will matriculate in
the medical department.
Mrs. i. F. Mari and children return
ed home last Thursday afternoon from
a three months eastern trip, during
which they visited relatives in Iowa
going later to Chicago. Cleveland and
Buffalo. The return trip was rendered
more tedious than is usually the case
by reason Of the heavy passenger travel
to Denver for the q. A. K. encamp-
ment. and they were six or seven hours
behind schedule time on arriving in
that city.
B. D. Smith was in town last Monday
on his way from his mining properties
near Silverton in the San Juan country
to Beatrice, Nebraska. to join his FAM
lily. Mr.. Smith is very enthusiastic
over the outlook which his mining in
terests in the San Juan country affords
and confidently predicts that the stock
holders associated with him will soon
be receiving big dividends on their in
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Reece returned
home last Saturday after a three
visit with Mr.. Reece's parents
at Streator, Illinois. They also spent
4 few days in Chicago. Des Moines and
other points Of interest in Illinois and
Iowa. Mr.. and Mrs. Reece left on
Tuesday for Ohio City where the for
mer is employed in connection with
the Raymond Consolidated Mines
P. NJ. Armstrong and @. Bowman Of
Lisbon, Ohio, who attended the G. A.
r. reunion in Denver last week, arrived
here on Saturday for visit with the
latter's son, H. L. Bowman, and wife,
on Lincoln Park. Mr.. Armstrong, who
Is prominent druggist and hardware
OF Lisbon, left for home on
Monday. Mr.. Bowman, Sr.. will re-
main for a week or ten days longer
stay.
George Ragsdale, of Des Moines,
Iowa, who is making a combined BUSH
ness and pleasure trip through the
state, stopped off in Canon City last
week for visit with his uncle, J. NJ.
Ragsdale, and family Mr.. Ragsdale
has been engaged in the publishing
business in Des Moines for number
Of years and is well known in the news
paper circles OF the state.
Capt. J. b Lister of Denver. who has
been here for the last three weeks in
the interest Of the Anti Cigarette
League, OF which he is state organizer,
went to Florence yesterday where he
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