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Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
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z Sunday.
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I'd stories. sayings


morous but I'd stories. sayings
and witticisms.
| The following are some OF the
thoughts emphasized during the even
ing by the speaker:
1t is largely owing to where you are
what you are. There are lots of peo-
pie in the world little in mind and
character who would amount to some
thing II they would pull themselves
out of the slime and mire OF their sur
roundings. The midget mind and char
acter is carbuncIc on the neck OF
society.
A person must have a desire to be
something before he can be anything.
You may plant churches and school
houses on every corner, but to no
avail unless the people have a desire
for something better.
Courage is also necessary for sue
cess in life. The man who knows what
| is right but is afraid to do the right
is OF pretty small calibre. Right here
the speaker scored the church member
who would vote the license ticket or
the citizen who would allow booze
joints to operate in violation of the
law.
Ignorance is also a great barrier
to success. There is more hopes for
fool than for the fellow who thinks
he knows It all No excuse now for
ignorance. The newspapers now fur
nish better college than Lincoln ever
had the privilege OF attending in his
day.
Look on the bright side. Whatever
happens II might be worse. Don't get
soured II everything doesn't go your
way.
Read good books and keep good
company. Every gambler and drunk
ard became so by initiating the gang
he went with. Good books and good
companions are TO character what
water is to the fruit trees. the grasses
and the vegetables in this beautiful
valley.
Every one should have a definite
aim In life Every one should study
his own capabilities and find out what
he can do. There is one thing all can
do: serve God and keep his command
ments.
Determination and grit viii win in
the battles OF life whether in religious
or In the secular field. The world ad-
mires gri. and courage Do your best
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
ADJUDGRD INSANE
IN THE COUNTY COURT

Before jury in County Court at
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Cinda
Hollifield of Florence was adjudged in
sane and an order issued that she be
saken to the state insane asylum at
Pueblo for treatment. Her dementia
said to be due to epilepsy.
George Parker of Williamsburg, was
the same afternoon declared to be of
unsound mind by jury in Judge
Cooper's court was also ordered taken
to the asylum at Pueblo for incarcer-
alton. Parker is sixty-two years of
age and has lived at williamsburg
since 1881. He is unmarried.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11

to the American Bridge Company oi
New York and the building of the
walls and interior work to W. 8. Okey
of this city. All of the machinery and
mechanical equipment has been pur-
chased and will be ready for installa-
tion as soon as the building is COM
pleted.
The addition will be to very large
extent, at least. a replica Of the pres
ent structure and will contain an en-
gine room los feet by 81 feet, trans
former room AZ by 40 feet in size and
boiler room. The new engine will
be turbine. hence will materially
differ from the one now in use. All
of the machinery will be OF the latest
and most powerful character and the
enlarged plan. a model of it's kind,
having a capacity of 1. 900 horse power.
Although organized primarily for the
purpose of furnishing power for the
mines of the Cripple Creek district
the company has gradually extended
its tentacles of wire into other direc-
tions and Its establishment here is
now the center from which radiates
its energy required for Illuminating
at night the streets of Canon City and
Florence. and in hoisting apparatus
at most of the coal mines in Fremont
county.
The line to Cripple Creek, which
is twenty-eight miles in length, car
ries an electric pressure of $4,000
volts where it is used for CONNER
cial lighting in towns which cluster
about the famous gold camp. for fur
nishing power to hoist ore from the
mines, in the operation of samplers,
compressors and other machinery and
in Illuminating tunnels. passages and
drifts in the gold bearing rock hun
dreds of feet below the surface of the
earth. 1t also provides the motive
force for the operation of the street
railway system of the Cripple Creek
district
The Colorado Light & Power Com
pany furnishes the current for driving
the machinery and lighting at the ice
plant, both the brick yards. the En-
pire Zinc plant, the railroad shops.
the Nonac, Royal Gorge, Cuckoo, Rock
vale. Chandler and Radiant coal mines,
not to mention the scores of business
houses and residences on its circuit.
The engines and generators of the
completed plant Will have a capacity
of $500 horse power and the boiler
5000 horse power.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
SEVEN PRISONERS
IN THE COUNTY JAIL

There are at the present time seven
prisoners in the county Jail awaiting
trial at the November term OF the dis
trict court.
They are:
G. II. Long. charged with attempting
to dispose Of mortgaged property.
Chas. Sprulis, colored. charged with
stealing.
w. G. Graham. charged with stat
utory offense.
Elias Ferris, a Syrian, charged with
stealing goods which had been given
him to sell ON commission.
Welby 8. Childs. stealing.
E. r. Murphy. assault and cruelty
beating his daughter while drunk.
Mrs. CAddie Startling. colorsd
charged WITH attsmpting 10 poisoa bel
lhusbaAA
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11

In education and experience Mr.. Nit
ton makes an ideal candidate while in
his individual and private capacity he
is popular with all who know him.
For several years he has held the office
of city engineer of Canon City and has
proven himself an honest, competent
and obliging public servant. He will
make strong campaign, and, we be-
lieve, it will be found that he has
been successful when the votes are
counted on election day. 1t is es-
sential that a capable, efficient man
be chosen for surveyor as he has i'm
portant duties to perform. To a large
extent, at least, his official acts set
tie and determine public and private
disputes arising over the boundaries
of real property and for that reason he
should understand his business. In
electing Mr.. Milton no mistake will
be made.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
SAW LARGE BLACK BEAR
IN COPPER GULCH

Mr. and Mrs. viii OFT, Robert Boyle
night from a deer hunting trip of a
weeks duration on Cottonwood Creek,
seven or eight miles west of Cotopaxi
On going into camp a few night ago
near Copper Gulch they saw a large
black bear. but were unable to shoot
owing TO the darkness. II being about
S O'Clock at the time. None OF the
party had ever seen bear on his
native heath before. and as they had
not lost any carnivora of that de-
scription they did not make very
strenuous effort to locate bruin.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
POPULAR WOMAN IS NOMINATED
FOR Superintendent OF SCHOOLS
Merriam South Canon Well Qualified
Place. Lead on Day.

Mrs. Minnie C. Merriam, the Repub-
lican nominee for County Superintend-
ent of Schools was born in Davis
county, Iowa in 1866 attended the
public schools in her young girlhood
and completed high school course at
Corning, Iowa, in her seventeenth
year. She with her parents moved to
La Bette county. Kansas in the year
of 1883.
On locating in Kansas she entered
the Baker university at Baldwin City.
Kansas, and completed the normal
been always her ambition from child
hood to prepare herself for teaching
now being fully equipped for her life
work she procured a school.
After teaching two years in the ru-
raj schools she was elected to a posi-
ton in the schools at Mound Valley,
Kansas. Teaching very successfully
in one of the grammar grades in said
schools for three years.
Again the western fever took pos
session of the family and with her
parents come to Colorado in 1890, To-
eating in the City of Colorado Springs.
To better acQuaint herself with the
methods of teaching in Colorado she
attended the State Normal at Greeley.
Procured position in the city schools
of Colorado Springs. taught for one
year, at the end of which time she ac-
cepted position in the Rocky Ford
schools, taught in said schools two
years.
In the city of Rocky Ford she met
was wooed and married by Frank l..
Merriam-a splendid man and admired
and loved by all who knew him. She
and her husband moved to South
Canon in 1896. They lived very hap
PLY together until the year 1901, when
death entered the happy home and
took away the husband, the father,
the main support, leaving her with
five children to support. the youngest
being six months of age.
Mr.. Merriam belonged to the Wood
men of the world-The widow receiv-
ed two thousand dollars from this
lodge With this money she paid on
the mortgage on their home, and with
her family of babes stood and faced
the world
She resolved to go back TO teach
ing. Prof George E. Colgate was
County Superintendent of Schools at
that time She and her friends came
to him and asked for his aid. Through
his suggestion she secured a position
in the South Canon Schools. She is
now teaching in her fourth year in
said schools-giving the best of sat
isfaction.
She is woman of culture. of edu-
cation and refinement She holds a
first grade certificate from Ell Paso
county. Colorado Two first grade
certificates from the City of Colorado
Springs. a first grade certificate of
the County of Fremont
She is certainly we'll qualified for
the position to which she aspires.
having experience in rural schools as
well as city schools.
She is a faithful and devoted MEM
ber of the Baptist church. She be-
longs to the Order o. the Eastern Star
To the Women of woodcraft, and to
the Relief Corps as her father was a
soldier.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
WILL LECTURE BEFORE
FRIENDS IN COUNCIL

DIR. Sanford Bell of the faculty of
the state university at Boulder will
lecture under the auspices OF the
Friends in Council at Elks hall at $3.50
O'Clock Friday afternoon, October 18th.
His subject will be Shakespeare" and
will be of very general interest The
members of the various women's clubs
of the city, as well as the teachers in
the public schools, are cordially invit-
ed to attend.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
on HIS WAY TO FAR EAST
WITH UNCLE SANS NAVY

Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Wilson have re-
received word of the safe arrival at
Port Said. Egypt, of their son, Merle.
who is an able seaman on board the
U. S. s. Pennsylvania. now en- route
from New York to the Philippine is
lands via the Mediterranean sea and
the Suez canal to join the American
fleet in Asiatic waters. Merle expects
to remain in the Orient for a couple
of years wher he will return to the
United States.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11
Charles S. Milton.

For Surveyor the Republicans of
Fremont county have placed in NOM
ination Chas. S. Milton of this city,
and for that act they have no apologies
to make for he is admirably fitted in
every way for the position he seeks.
Cañon City record., 1906-10-11

tribute to Pre-
most as sublii
out his disco
norous but
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

ever, swallow this to get at least some
thing. At all events, 100000 new vot-
ers will be added to the register.
With the reactionary first chamber,
the thing is different. They would, Of
course, ike to throw out this bill, just
as they have thrown out all others of
the same kind. But the question is,
do they dare9 They must know that
such moderate proposal as this will
not be offered to them again. Mr..
Staff, in his speech when the bill was
read the first time before being referred
to the standing constitutional commit
tee, gave the gentlemen of the first
chamber to understand as much. Should
they throw it out, and throw it out
with a strong majority, there is no
doubt that the next franchise bill will
be Of much larger scope and embrace
as well a reform of the first chamber.
And then at the next general election
for the second chamber the battle cry
will be, not only universal suffrage, but
also mending or ending the first cham
Der. I am convinced that the senators
know this and think, therefore, that
they will accept the unavoidable and
| pass the bill. If not we can expect
! lively times in old Sweden.
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Election at Aberdeen.

Special to The Journal
Aberdeen, S. D., March 31.-At tho
meeting Of Aberdeen council No. l23,
the following officers We're elected for
the ensuing year: Senior counselor,
Fred NJ. Ingersoll; junior counselor, W.
w. Austin; past counselor, George ).
Tussey; secretary and treasurer, D. e.
Gallett; conductor, Charles Lesh; page,
Charles Sidow; sentinel, M. Murray;
executive committee for two years,
| Frank Stevens and w. E. Kearns; dele
gates to grand council to be held at
Albert Lea, Mimi, in June, George >
Tussey, R. E. McGlachlin; alternates
| D. G. Gallet, Charles l. Crow.
| There was large audience and al
enthusiastic meeting Walter G. Jacobs
member of Aberdeen council No. ,l23
holds the office of grand senior coun
selor for the grand council consisting
of Minnesota, North and South Dakota
and Canada.
The candidates who were initiated
Saturday evening, March "a, were 0
F. Peckham, travelling auditor for Hol
landsworth- Hart Lumber company, Ab
erdeen; William H. Triplett, who rep
resents Aberdeen Fruit company; Ed
ward Leggett, who looks after the III
terests of Hunts Perfect Baking Pow
der in South Dakota; A. S. Breg, repre-
senting Schulze Bros. company, Duluth
Mimi: William Jesse Beck, Minneapoll
Journal representative in South De
kota.
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DAD SPRAGUE A FARMER
Veteran Cigar Salesman Will Raise Bull
Pups Now.

f. W. C"Dad') sprague informs the
editor Of theoU. G. T. department that
he has quit the strenuous life for good
and all and that his present address is
Excelsior, Mimi "Dad' will be re-
membered by hundreds Of northwest
travellers as the man who sold cigars for
the Hunter company for sixteen years
and who went into the jobbing business
himself three years ago. He is now a
fullhedged farmer, having bought a
twenty-five acre tract on Christmas lake
near Excelsior. Spuds, fine poultry and
bull pups will be the crops to which
"Dad'' will devote the most attention
and says he will cater especially to
travelling men who are in need of any
of these articles.
"I would like to say good-by to all
the boys that spent nights in the snow
drifts and billiards. Of North Dakota, -
writes Mr.. Sprague. ''Come down boys
and get strawberry float - he closes.
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WILL, REORGANIZE CLUB
President of Cass Lake Begins Cam
paign to Advance Village.
Snaeic1 to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Cass Lake, Mimi, March 31.-Presi-
dent Gilbert, Of the village council, has
called meeting of the citizens of Cass
Lake. to be held next Tuesday even
ing for the purpose of organizing a
commercial club. This place has had a
commercial club for several years, but
in the past twelve months interest was
lost in the old organization. It is the
intention of the president to reorganize
the old club and infuse new blood SO
that an active working organization for
the betterment of the community may
be launched
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Winona Notes.
w Ii1V1ItS
.'" ..-
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Winona, Mimi, March 31.-Winona
travelling men will meet in regular
monthly session on Saturday evening,
April I, at which time the newly elected
officers will assume their duties. Fol
lowing the business session there Will
be smoker.
A. NJ. Kramer, president of the A. M.
Kramer company leaves this week for
an extended trip to the Pacific coast,
going out by the northern route and
coming back by way Of Salt Lake City
and Denver. 4 travelling representa-
tive Of this company recently secured
an order for one Of the largest ship
ments of cholocates ever made III the
northwest, the order calling for three
full cars for it's transportation and the
contract price being over $4,000.
Winona travelling men were repre-
scented this week at the meeting of
Winona shippers called to prepare a
| formal protest to the state railroad and
| warehouse commissioners against the
| adoption of the proposed distance tariff
schedule without taking the question OF
| competitive rates into consideration.
The travelling men very generally side
with the employing firms that such an
arrangement would be very unfair to
Winona iobbing houses, this city in the
extreme southeastern corner OF the
state being very unfavorably situated
for such tariff schedule.
John 8. Rivers Of the Winona Candy
company, who makes frequent trips
over the road, is receiving congratulate
lions on the fact that the firm has pur.
chased property and this spring will oc
cupy it's own building.
Emil Leicht, one of the active mem
bers of the Winona council, has or
dered a gasolene automobile and eS
poets the machine to arrive here within
week. Mr.. Leicht some years ago en-
loved the distinction of bringing t.
Winona the first automobile ever owned
here. It was Of the steam variety, AM
not so easily controlled as those nov
made Finding the machine not al
ways responsive at critical moments n
abandoned automobiling several year
AGO, but now returns to his old Low
: with machine he knows he can cor
troll.
;, Fred Wright Of Milwaukee was
i visitor in Winona this week. For
number of years he was member 9
d Winona council and was one OF tn
y leaders in entertaining the state COZ
= vention when it met in Winona.
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Personal Mention.

Ave Van Praag of Minnehaha council
No. al, is setting up the cigars these
DAYS in celebration of the arrival Of
the. stork with tenpound girl. He
saws all who have not smoked have
good Havanas coming. ...... B..
Edward Lohmann with Wiltzins 4
Co., of Milwaukee, who has been max
ing Minnesota for the past few years
has brought his family from Dubuque,
Iowa, to Minneapolis and they will
make their permanent home here
William Van Praag of Owatonna, a
member of Cwatonna council No s5,
has quit the cigar business for good,
going back to his old line Of neckwear.
"Bill' passed thru Minneapolis a few
days ago and reports everything lovely
In Owatonna.
W. H. North of "63,'' resident sales
manager of the Batavia Plant company,
was sponsor at an interesting lecture
on Mexico given by J. E. Rhodes, a
member of the company who has just
returned from that country. The event
was interesting.
W. A. Mari of "63,'' representing
Forman, Ford 6 Co., met with pc
culiar accident ten days ago. He slipped
and striking on his head sustained in
turies that put him on the invalid list
For week or more.
Past Counselor and Mrs. J. A. Shep
herd have returned from Mt. Clemens
Mich. where they took the baths ane
( derived much benefit
Hal S. Goldblum of S'63,'' the popu
lar cloak man, while running for q. ca
last week slipped on ice and is now lait
up with dislocated ankle.
Grand Executive Committeeman w
D. Austin Of Fargo has been i'll TO
several months with a bad case o
rheumatism and is now under treat
ment at the Fargo sanatorium. He il
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improving rapidly to the joy of his
many friends.
E. H. McAllister, a commercial
traveller for twenty years, has pur-
chased and will manage the Commercial
hotel at Baldwin, Wis. He has reftted
the place thruout and made it one Of
the best hostleries in the northwest. His
long experience on the road should
avail him much in catering to the
travellers.
Joe Parian of "63,' one of the
partners in the firm of M. Granger &
Co., was the host at dinner to some
of his close friends recently and the
affair was most enjoyable. Bill = Hy-
man, far-famed for his original humor,
composed the menu and was held re-
sponsible for some of. the other unique
features of the evening. The menu
was "beaut,' cheese lemonade and
chopped troubles being some OF the
delicacies it lined up for the guests.
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WARNING TO PARENTS
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Fort Pierre, s. D., March 31.-The
school board of Fort Pierre has Sec
onded warning to parents in that
town who allow their children to at
tend social dances. The board simply
notifies the parents in published state
ment that if their children fail to pass
the examinations for advancement at
the end of the year, neither the board
nor the teachers will hold themselves
responsible, and the parents must
blame themselves for such failures.
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Several new members were initiated !,
into tae mysteries of U. G.. T. ism at the
last meeting of Sanity City council
No. so, St. Paul. A fine vaudeville en-
tertainment had been arranged and |
everyone present at the special session
annoyed himself heartily. Several Min
neapolis U. G.. T.'s forgot civic preiu-
dice and assisted their Sanity City |
brothers to make the occasion one long
to be remembered.
The proprietor of a newly furnished
New York hotel has given an order to
q publishing house for 200 Bibles, which
will be placed in the rooms for the
use of guests. cit will surprise most
persons to know he says, 'that a
great many requests come to us from
commercial travellers for copy of the
Bible They say they like to read
chapter before going to bed. Just why
they do not carry the book with them
] don't know, but it is fact this
supposedly goddess class of men often
call for the Bible when stopping here
The convention at Albert Lea next
June is the big date in the eyes Of the
Minnesota travellers. Governor John
A. Johnson and other prominent men
will speak. The travellers Of Albert
Lea will make the meeting one of the
best in the history Of U. G. T. ism il
their assertions are TO be believed and
this department is no place to discredit
the statements of any body Of travel
erS.
Ed Coddon and John Loss, the cloak
statesmen. have put in their vacation to
good advantage. They have written
two vaudeville sketches which are now
being presented il the east. They are
now at work on their third sketch
which is being written especially
for J. Ham Pavian, the midget South
Dakota lace man, who is going into
vaudeville soon. They hope to have
it written before they leave for their
fall trip. The sketch has been giver
the grand title, GA Bunch Of Orders
or, What Time Does the Next Freight
Ic. -e?" TO-
That a travelling salesman can be {
warm friend of his customers, socially
as we'll as in a business way. was at
tested at Calmar, Iowa, March II
More than a score Of friends and Gus
toners of H. L. Chaffee, the popular
hardware salesman, learning that Mr.
Ghaffee had had the audacity to b.
born on St. Patrick's day, gathered a
his rooms in the Depot hotel and CAV
him the merriest birthday party he ha
had in years. DR.. Conover presente
the happy salesman with-a fine can
from his friends. Music. games an
speeches, the poetry of Mr.. Corser, tn
letter from Governor John A. Johnso
of Minnesota and the several message
of cheer from friends who could nc
attend combined to make the evenin
most enjoyable. What betteS tribut
than banquet from the men he prey
upon could be accorded a traveller
The methods Of Mr.. Chaffee should /
good standards for all travellers.