Cañon City record., 1907-10-03

Sheriff Fields E. Mcmillan of Pueblo
is visitor in town today. Mr.. Nc
MILAN brought up prisoner for the
penitentiary.
Miss Cathryn Shepard and Miss
Blanche Meek have rented rooms in
the Central Block, over Galley's shoe
store, and will open a dressmaking
shop. Miss Shepard has been sewing
here in Canon for several months.
Miss Meek is a dressmaker from Col
orado Springs.
S. s. Hartsell of the Canon City
Milling company left at noon today
on a couple of weeks business visit
to St. Louis and other points in the
Mississippi valley. He expects to
spend few days with friends at his
old home at Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
before his return to Colorado.
/ An Austrian miner, whose name we
were unable to ascertain, had his
back broken in consequence of rock
falling on him while at work in the
Chandler mine this morning, but was
not killed outright. He is paralyzed
from the injury and it is stated that
he cannot live but few hours. He
has two brothers living in South
Canon.
Mrs. M. w. Campbell, who came
here several months ago from Moline,
Illinois, left on Tuesday for Colorado
Springs, where she will Join her
daughter, Miss Frances, recently ap-
pointed a teacher in the state deaf
and dumb institution at that place.
Miss Campbell spent the summer here,
but went to Colorado Springs early
in September. She taught in Omaha,
Nebraska, last year.
1t is reported that the engineer and
fireman of an eastbound Denver &
Rio Grande train killed a deer while
waiting on the side track at Texas
Creek Tuesday afternoon. They saw
the deer come down to the river a
short distance away to get a drink
and shot it with rifle which they
borrowed for the occasion. 1t is the
first deer that we have heard of being
killed in this county since the season
opened.
DR.. E. William Caldwell returned to
the city on Tuesday from Silver Cliff,
where he has been resting up and
regaining his strength since his sew
ere attack of typhoid fever. He is
looking much better, for which his
many friends are indeed glad. In fact
he has so nearly recovered his usual
health and vigor as to reopen his
office in the Acme block, where after
a day or so he will be ready to well
come his old friends and new ones
also.
F. w. Booking, who drew the plans
for the proposed plant of the Tri-Bul-
lion Smelling and Development COM
pany, soon to be erected here, has
received letter from Robt. w. Bull,
manager of the company. who is now
in New York, saying that he will leave
for Canon City some time this week
and will be here about the 10th inst.
1t is expected that ground will be
broken preliminary to construction
work very soon after Mr.. Bulls ar
rival. IL"
Frank l.. Smiths new jackson"
automobile arrived from Chicago on
Monday and its owner is busy study
ing it's mechanism. 1t is a fine ma
chine and will no doubt afford Mr..
Smith lot of satisfaction. Four or
five new autos are expected from the
East by Canon City enthusiasts with
in the next two or three weeks. II
this city does not already possess
more automobiles than any commun
ity of equal size in the state it is
rate of augmentation.
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Thomas, C. c. Campbell, manager of
the local telephone system, and Phil
Hamlin of Denver, secretary and spec
ial agent of the Colorado Telephone
company, drove to Pueblo today in
Col. Sellers automobile. From Pu-
eblo Col. Sellers and Mr.. Hamlin will
go to Denver, the others returning
here tomorrow. Col. Sellers will ship
his automobile from Pueblo to Albu-
querque, New Mexico, as he is ex-
pecting shortly from the East a new.
four cylinder, Maxwell car If the 1908
model.
G. v. Hodgin, L. f. Moody and
Elmer Hodgin. who left last week
with a party of friends on grouse
shooting trip to the Crystal river
country, 25 miles south OF Glenwood
Springs, came home Tuesday night.
They left camp before the deer shoot
ing season opened. consequently did
not get an opportunity to regale them
selves on venison. They report game
abundant on the upper slopes Of the
mountains, but 1t is almost inacces-'
sible and the hunter has to pay a
big price to get 1t. Mr.. Hodgin says
there are too many difficulties to be
overcome to furnish sport for the
average hunter in that part of the
country. ~.