Cañon City record., 1906-12-27

Genuine ball bearing, nickel plate,
steel roller skates at Ellis & Hoods.
Russell Page, who has recently COM
pleted a term of enlistment in the
United States navy. has returned to
Canon City.
Most of the students at Mt. st. Sch
|olasticas Academy left for their homes
last night and this morning to spend
the Christmas vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. George, late
residents at $50 Prescott avenue. in
South Canon, have returned to their
old home at Colby, Kansas.
Miss May Terry, who has position
as bookkeeper with the Morey Mer-
|cantile company in Denver, is home
for the Christmas season.
Mrs. j. w. De LaLa left this after
noon for Chicago where she will make
her home during the current winter,
at least. with her daughter, Helen, who
has an excellent position as a steno-
grapher in that city.
Roy, Carl and Archie Heaton, who
are students at the state university at
Boulder, came home today to spend
the holidays with their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Heaton, of 431 Sherman
avenue. Lincoln Park
Rev J. C. Worley, returned mis-
sionary from Japan, will give an il
Dol "a
Fifth Gospel" at the Cumberland Pres
byterian church on Thursday evening
at 7:30. Admission, adults Csc, chill
dren 15c. Tickets on sale at Mr.. Nc
Quown's office, South Fifth street, or
at Thompson Wall Paper Co.
City Attorney A. L. Taylor returned
home Friday night from a business
trip to Leadville, where he is inter-
ested in several mining ventures. Mr..
Taylor found a heavy snow on the
ground at Leadville, and he enjoyed
the luxury of sleigh ride while in the
Cloud City. Mr.. Taylor says mining
properties of all kinds are enhancing
in value in the Leadville district in
consequence of the gradual increase
in the price of silver bullion.
DR.. f. A. Clark and son, Willett. os
Worcester, Massachusetts,. arrived on
Thursday and are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. H. Sale on Lincoln
Park. DR.. Clark and Mr.. Sale are
old friends. having been intimately as
Isociaued in New England in their boy
hood days. DR.. Clark will return to
Worcester in a few days, leaving his
son here for an indefinite stay in the
hope that the climate will have a
beneficial effect on his health.
Frank Rogers, alias ]. A. Anderson,
alias Albert Newcomb. alias Kennedy,
and wife, who were arrested at Flor
ence Tuesday night for stealing a
horse and buggy belonging to the
Rocky Mountain livery, were brought
here Wednesday afternoon and given
quarters in the county Jail pending a
trial in the district court some time in
January The evidence against Rogers
and his wife is conclusive and there is
little doubt that they will go to the
penitentiary.
Jack Bell. who has been mining IN
Nevada during the greater part of the
past year, arrived here Sunday night
and will spend Christmas with his
wife and little daughter Jack is To-
Gated in the Buckskin district about
twenty-five miles from Virginia City,
which. he says, is one of the most
promising sections IN the Southwest,
1t has been exceptionally cold all
through Nevada this winter according
to Mr.. Bell. and there were several
inches of snow on the ground when
he left there.
Mr.. Bruno Hobbs, formerly chair
man of the state committee of the Col
orado Y, NJ. c. A, now a secretary of
the International committee, who will
be present at the state convention in
Canon City January "a to 81. Mr..
Hobbs will be remembered by many
people in Canon City who have met
him on former occasions. Mr.. Hobbs
has recently conducted building cam
paigns at different Texas points. not
ably at Houston, where the community
was stirred to its depths in the inter
est of work for young men.
Canon City merchants report the
volume of halliday hnsiness this wear
as being considerably in excess OF
that OF any previous season, and in
many respects beyond their expecta-
tons. Christmas shopping began ear