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Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
NURT NJ FALL OF ms
MORSR ON RAC1 TRACI

J. n. Woods, young man from
yiorsncs, was severely hurt By he fall
Of his horse while riding In one Of
the events at the matinee Of the Ere
moat RidiAs and Driving club at The
fair grounds Monday afterncoa.
His lslt arm Vas Arokea near u
shoulder aAA his 1Aes We badly bruio-
Cd bssidss eone minor injuries. He
was coafnsd 70 DR.. 0ravsg' Aispltal
vhsrs his weuaAs wsre dresssd aAd
latsr Aksa - his home n r1ossaee.
II suetaiAeA . epneuss1sa Of u
beain In epassaasace e tAe fall eDd
vas uassase,ous ipr soDs tins aisss
- aeei1sas teok paace.
- pareats Fssies % rikss Pal
ovsans b Hseesess.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

to Tell OF Them" Robert b Spencer,
publisher Fort Morgan Times.
How to Hold Circulatioa." J. II.
English. Manager Trinidad Chronicle
News.
Some Good storiss." Hido Dudley.
funny man On the Dsnver Post
Great Men Have Met. chalk talk
by Doc Bird FtncA. cartoonist. Denver
Post.
And osAer Interesting features.
Taesany Alsssassa-Qssa Tin&
And row the fan bagiAA
Tuesday afternooA Tie Rsoeptiea
ccmmittss take - boys and tAslr
wives In charge Al show tAem tAs
town-aAa The way Ne autoUOhlls
boys talk tAsg wal toucA oaly ~
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
MUCH Of MACON ESTATE
WILL COME TO CANON CITY

claim 30 any Of the Macoa interests. -
she = only . distant relative. 1hs
came here six years ago from Orange,
N. J.. ard has since lived at tA0 Ma
con hoDe. Miss Harrisun's frsonds
say she was given the place IN the
househ0ld OF the deceased childrea oe
the couple, and was looked upon ~
their Asarest friend.
4 An e3Ort is being made to have
the caso settled without recourse to .
sensational lawsuit ,aad It 10 said
Miss Harrison has been offered the
option Of retaining the beautiful Den
yer honAe II she will relinquish her
claim to the remainder Of the prop
erty. The contending parties win
meet in q few days to discuss . settle
ment.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

Thursday's issue of tho Denver
News has the following story.
showing that Miss Mary v. Harrison
Of that city VIII have TO fight to re-
tain possession Of more than one
half OF the estate of the late Mrs.
Macon, which II said to have been con-
veyed to her in = deed executed BY
Judge Macon shortly before his death,
but not recorded until after the death
Of Mrs. Macon. The News says:
The Macon estate consists Of prop
erty in Denver and Canon City valued
at $4,000 and was originally in the
name OF Mrs. Macon About two years
axo she executed . deed of transfer
to her husband, with the understand
ing, it is said. that 1t was not to be
placed on record until after her death.
Judge Macon died ON May 26 of the
present year. and Mrs Macon passed
away on the 10th of the present
month. When ]. Henry Harrison,
brother OF Mrs. Macon, was appointed
administrator OF her estate. he did not
know of the existence of the two
deeds.
According to the court records. a
shown by the deeds. Mrs. Macon
transferred all of her property to her
husband. who. in turn, conveyed the
greater portion OF 1t to Miss Harrison
and divided the remainder among Mrs.
Macon's three brothers. J. Henry Har-
rison. Robert NJ Harrison and James
Harrison.
The Harrison brothers have insti-
tuted suit in the district courts Of
Denver and Canon CITY. charging ir-
reGularities In the execution and &c
knowledgment OF the tvo documents
and making claim to the estate lefi
By their sister
Judge Macon was one OF the nan0t
noted jurists Of the Colorado bar. YET
It II claimed BY the atAorDeys toE
the Harrison brothers that both deedz
drawn ~ hlmself aad his wife are g.
fsctiyo anA .wAl M aaaA h ooart.
OIa q - nesal1is
|of t6s case b de faal tG6t % dad
lot 1Grs. Mseon ocoarred aftsr that Of
her husband.T although her deed was
drawn two years before. Bnh deeds
were filed by Henry Earle. who held
them in trust for the Macons, and who
has taken the part OF Miss Harrison
In the controversy.
It 10 claimed by the Harrison broth
ers that Miss Harrison has NO legal
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
THEY ARE colIlhk

Mr.. Guy U. Hardy. president OF the
Colorado Editorial association. says
that judging from the many letters
he 10 receiving from newspaper men
all over the state the meeting At Can
on CITY August 10th and 1lth will be
one OF the best attended ever held.
H. J. Holmes of Glenwood Springs,
writes that he Is coming with his wife
and four daughters.
W. Il. Cain Of Cheyenne Wells is
coming with his wife.
Frand McMeekin. wife and four
aauShters are coming In on Saturday
before and wants rooms for . week.
Ex-President C. E. Adams and wife
OF Noatrose will b In ON Sunday.
John H. English Of Trinidad wants
quarters for himself. wife and baby,
: OF course J. r. LAwless Of LAEar
will be here to collect the doc fso0
- oetiaQUsat members. g Ssv1
J. ". Kelly, . reforneA oowspADef
-. bat an active ms0bR of The A.
wn1atsoa. is coming. He - now man
aR oe tie great Ao&At re1d and far-
naaAss the snow for Denver celsbra-
tons.
John Barkhaussa OF the Denver
Democrat will bring his wife.
p. Byrnes OF the Pueblo Indicator is
. member who never misses session.
The Denver Post has promised to lei
Biae Dudley and Doc Finch on for the
two days even II II II necessary to sus-
pend publication for a day:
Robt. b. Spencer OF Fort Morgan
writes that he IL anxious to see this
part Of the state and will be sure to
BE- here. ,.
Carl Anderson OF Fort Collins writes
that he 10 coming but doesn't mention
anything about his wife.
David Elicit Of the Colorado
Springs Telegraph says he wouldni
miss II for anything.
Tom Hunter, city editor Of the Rocky
Mountain News and president Of the
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
Tsesaay Msraias.

Tuesday NsEnhg.
Tuesday morning at $50 visit will
bs made 10 the Colorado 0tats peniten-
ttAry where Wardsa CagAorn will
chow the boys what tAay are coming
to II they don't do right
Tuesday mosAing q $50 . sssaion
Of the association win b held 1t Elks
hall.
TAs program win Be about a. FOL
lows:
PrsszaA-fsssAay Nesails.
..0ur lGlA-0umnsr Meeting" David
niiott. editor oolprado oprtAss Tels-
grapA.
"AAvsrtialAg Rates." q @. NsCor-
nisk. pahaisAea Fort Cellnnas uGpress,
-CssssaAe-Her Nsssssess cd How
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

Tbs city council had several matters
up for consideration at its meeting ON
Monday night, but aside from the
adoption OF resolution authorizing
the construction Of concrete side
walk In improvement and grading dis
trict number 5. In Reynolds Heights
a. provided by the ordinance adopted
. couple OF months ago, and describing
the methods Of paying for the same.
little real legislation was passed.
The resolution recited that interest
bearing bonds to the amount Of $751;
lS3 was to be issued against the prop
srty in the proposed district in pay
ment Of the contemplated sidewalks,
the bonds to draw interest at the rate
of sfx per cent. payable semi-annually,
and TO mature in 1899. The bonds are
to be eighty-one in number and are to
b In denominations of i've hundred
ana two hundred and fifty dollars re-
spectively.
Five bids for the contract were read
by the city clerk. but the matter of &C
ceptance was deferred to a special
meeting to be held this evening in or
der that the mayor. city engineer and
members OF the sidewalk COMMITTEES
might 20 over them In detail for the
purpose Of ascertaining whether they
we're drawn in accordance with the
spocfflcatioos and whether the pro-
posed improvement could be made
within the amount carried in the boad
|issus. The bids were not unpn the
work a. . whole. but were fof excaJ
vation. grading, bridge building, coo-
crete laying. etc. and for that reason
he cost Of The eateFp1fSs ca1not b
determined without considerable com
|putat3on. The bidders were Endsley 4
Gleaaoa. Canon City: Harry Wallace
10 Coler, Colorado SpringS: J. e Fish
% - WNMaAz1 nMAoseg. ReshaOi
Logan RigEls and Rohsrt RIsgis, Pm
sblo and the Standard Construction
company of Pueblo. There was q wide
range in the bids in relation to some
features of the work. although but lit
tie difference was apparent in the lay
ing Of the concrete, which was some
thing like ten cents a square foot.
A proposition was read from Can
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

|. n the newspaper men OF Colorado
Mrs.. Catharine Bell. w. e. Spencer.
do not have q good time here and see
|ca.oa City to ehe bsst advantage. 1t
will not be the fault Of the Canon City
Busipess Meas association.
ne association promises to make
this m.d-summer meeting of ths Colo
RADIO state EDITORIAL association the
greatest ever. Yesterday Mr. G. H.
0alie. president OF the Business Mems
associatioa. appointed reception
committee that will do the business.
This committee will hand out the
glad hand on every occasion, will wear
the badges. Ask Me-" and will look
after the Accommodations for tina ed
|itors and will arrange for the automo-
bile and carriage drives.
The committee consists OF T. N.
Harding. Chairman: H. u. Mingay.
w. B. Rowland, w. A. Matlock. DR..
Orendorff. J. Sidebottom. A. q. Wilson,
A. H. seeiy. A. H. McLain. @. H. Dun-
can, John Cleghorn, d. w. Ross, g. H.
Saiie and Guy U. Hardy.
The meeting will be held Monday
and Tuesday. August 10th and l1th.
The Newspaper men will begin com
ing in Sunday.
A session will be held Monday after
noon at $50 o'clock In Elks hall. THIS
session will b given over 10 the dis
cusslon OF legislative matters. No set
Of men In the world are % patriotic
~ the newspaper rnsA aAd they will
spend half day discussing the laws
that ought to Be made By the next
stale egislature-lAws that are for
tke benefit Of, the people.
NoeaAgA1 81eafs1on.
Monday nlght . mooolight s1cursioa
will take all through the Royal 0orgs
The mooa viii b just right and ths
novel sxDerisnee Of getting OF In II
Noyal Gorge aAd spending IN hDez
wan1estng about iA ~ dark davth1
onder - nAGic ligAts ard aAAAes a
10 fnl noon WIN ~ treat - a1l aAd
worth elnlhg 11r.
Ths ta116s = lAv1ss1 - sajpy ~
nooaligAt sxeurs,oa q u eoa0 ~
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
CASE DIBNISsED FRON DIS
TR1CT C0URT FRIDAY MORNING

The suit instituted in the district
c6urt here last Saturday by J. H. Har-
rison, james L. Harrison and Robert
NJ Harrison to set aside \ deed made
last March under the provisions Of
which the late Thomas Macon traAs-
ferred an the estate which stood In
the name of his wife at the time Of her
death to Niss Mary v. Harrison was
Friday norning dismissed from the
docket at tie costs of the plaintiffs,
the matter. no doubt, having been
comprornised by the parties at issue.
Az . result of the agreement 1t Ia
undsrS1rod that the Harrison he1rs. or
the eo0piainants in the recent suit,
viii est all Of the property owned by
the Maeoas in he Virginia Park nd
ditioa TO this city, and win also oona
inso possession Of forty acres OF val
uaAIe had On Lncola Park Alsa
May v. Harrison. late dsfsndant In
tAe eass. viii get the handsome home
owa6a kyMr. and Mrs. Macon in Den
W.
~ laary v. Harrison came to
Dsav& several yeArs a0O from her
hoa5la Osaaes. Ne J.. al frisadl
=. q Hvfly aay aAat - vas s1vs
The n - OF sAe l4nd eAaldrsn q tha
Maccns and. was considered their bsst
friend
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

They will start abont O'Clock and
go up over the Skyline drive The
outsider cannot appreciate what this
means until he has taken It in. There
is NO drive like 1t In America and Can
on CITY will b. glad 10 ahow It to the
Newspaper men OF Colorado, well
knoWing that even In this mountain
state none have seen its like or equal.
This drive is along the very top Of
. sharp limestoue ridge or "hogoack !"
1t is Just wide enough for = wagon
road, dropping on ON either side al
most perpendicularly 600 or 700 feet
to the valley and city below. It was
built by convicts and shows how they
can be used to advantage.
Another trip will be over the new
drive up into the Royal Gorge over the
old state ditch grade, showing the
site and workings of our new $500, 900
water works. ~-7
Then . run will be made around the
city and through the orchard section
of Lincoln Park and East Canon.
This tour win wind up at the Can
on City natatorium which the Swim
ming pool people have generously put
at the disposal of the newspaper folks
for the afternoon.
At least an hour will be given for
a good swim and romp In this inyigor-
ating water.
Tuesday NigAt-DanQ1et.
Tuesday night the visiting people
will be given . big banquet by the
Business Mems association.
Arrangements haven't been fully
made for this. because 1t In hard tc
find = place large enough to seat ali
Who want to attend
1t will probably b at tho rinl
which will give an opportunity fol-
every member Of the associaeioa to At
tend with his wife. It win Be- IN event
nobody viii want to miss-
II at the rink It will Be wound NJ
with 4 ball-and those Who want d
take the midnight trains out VIII have
% long dull waits.
It 10 the general sentimsat of all te
make this ne greatest event q IN
|eeAnoa and everybody seems anxioaa
to coatrtA1te to its sucosss-
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
PRESENT AT THE LAUNCHING
OF new RAILROAD THURSDAY
r. b cositef SpecaaAos Of the Csfemoaaes Coanected
WIN lie BseakanR q Gsosnd foe the Kansas Colo
..ae Rlseerac Lape It Isriey Cssek ThsrsAay

aad J. 8. Greene OF Pueblo. All mem
beas OF the board of directors Of the
company.
The great enterprise was inaugu-
rated without any great flourish OF
Itrumpets. in fact, was devoid Of the
verbal pyrunechnics usual ON such oc-
caaions.
There were short addresses by Pres
idsut Atwater and others after which
the first spade full OF earth was turn
ed and the great enterprise was turn
ed over to Mr.. Hulit and the contrac-
tors, who will carry It forward n
rapidly as possible. 1t IL the tnten-
ton to build the line from Turkey
creek To Pueblo with as little delay
az possible In order that the COM
pany may avail itself Of the revenue
10 be derived by carrying the build.
ing stone, fire clay. gypsum and orher
PRODUCTS of that section to market
which will amount to something like
four hundred dollars . day. II moth
ling unexpected arises to interfere
with the plans of the company the
road will be open for traffic betWesa
Pueblo and Canon CITY within IL
next twelve months.
An important meeting OF the board
|of directors OF the company 10 beinl
held in Pueblo today.
Among other matters to be dispos.
ed oe will bs tAe election Of two mem
b4s Of ths board Of directors to nj
ncancAss, % the board OF dirsctors
lcaussd ~ the res1gnatioas OF former
|0uveenor Alya Adams OF Paebso and
Donald .McIntoah of Las AnimAs
witch wsr0 Drsssnted at De fas'
mssetng.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

lk- Mayor Coultsr returned home
thursday night from Pueblo. whith-
q he went the previous day for the
purpose Of accompanying tho Officers
anA directors OF the Kansas Colorado
pover and Railroad company and In
vstsd gutaD 70 Turkey creek to Wit
rsrs he formal Inauguration on the
puspOssd elsctric line down the Ar
kansas valley from here TO Garden
Onsy Kansas. . distance Of nearly 800
1Dss.
1fr. Coulter has taken deep interest
IN the eunerprise from fts incipiency.
indeed, the nrst correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Hulit and ANYBODY in rela-
ton to the proposition was with Nj.
Opulter ana he has, very naturafiy.
sssa in pretty close touch win the
natter ever since. 9. H. Atwalsr and
Mr.. Coulter went 70 Pueblo Wednes-
day afternoon to BE- In readiness for
the start from chat city to Turkey
creek esrly the following morning
whore ground was to be broken for
- coustructtoa Of he western divi-
don OF ne electric railroad and pow
q system. .......
ne trip from Pueblo TO Turkey
creek and rstarn vas made In auto
uoSdlss and was q very pleasant fea-
tnrs of tAs days outing.
TAe party was large one and sev-
q 1acAtnea were required or 0s
t5aasporne3oa Of ~ members.
0sa. J. Q. MacDooald OF Fiorence
vas In the party - was also Col.
~ A. LochAArt of Rocky Ford and
1rnrs. ". o. BoafDe. O. ". Crews
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06

Excursion to Cripple Creek Sunday.
August sth. SITS round trip. includes
ride from Cripple Creek to Victor over
famous High Line. Highest electric
railway in the world. Trainn leaves
Canon CITY 1t 8 4. m.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
FROM ALL SECTIONS

Denver Press. club. says. "Of course
I'm coming" and for Tom that's a long
speech. -.- ..-...ts ..r... 2 s.s f7Sft.
Lutte Wilcox OF the Field and Farm
hasn't written yet but you can count
on seeing him. He hasn't missed 4
meeting in thirty years.
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
|MANY PEorLE WENT N
sALDA on TUESDAY,

Emancipation day vas eslebrats1
BY ashig gathering At 1AlidA o. Tuss-
day and . large aumher e .soaureA
|psopie from this city. E1oesaos. pasA,o
|aAd other valley towns were prsooat
70 take part In the fsstivitiss
Cañon City record., 1908-08-06
7il1 Shoot tie Shoots BY Moonlight
Throsgh tie Royal Cerge-Take .
Roller Coastes Trip Oves the Skyline
Drive aad Royal Gorge Dsslevard-
A Flying Trip Through Orchard Sec
tioa Rndiax With = Souse In the
Swinnine Pool Banquet and Ball
4 Tuesday Night. @&

Tie CootaAo Stats 4doeal Assoeataon Which HoIds It,
E1hSsmmsr Meeting Here Ausu.t sI0th and ttth to
te Royalty Ensestaansd In an Eaost 10 Let The
Whole WoeA Know That Canoa City b One
Of the Most lntersstang Toasht Points IN
Tie West-Many Coming
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

Fine weather.
VIM. Prest was a Nezperce visitor
today.
The frost is going out of the
ground rapidly.
Jim Hammells are under quaran-
tene. John, the second boy, having
the scarlet fever.
MrE. Colwell. living south of
Creencreek is reported seriously
III and is not expected to live.
Joe Eller met with a painful acci-
dent one day last week. He was
hauling logs out of the canyon and
they broke loose and caught Mr..
Eller. crushing one of his legs quite
badly.
Jim Eller's house was destroyed
by fire one day last week. Itcaught
from the stovepipe which run
through the roof. Considerable of
the household effects we're saved.
At the basket social held at
winona one night last week the
proceeds amounted to s155.00.
The social was for the benefit of the
church which is now out of debt
and has balance on hand of $50.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20


The following letter is from Prof
w. S. Morley. Of the department Of
mathematics, University OF Idaho
relative 10 the course Of study adopt
ed by the Nezperce school board and
coming from the source il does 4
certsinly speaks very highly for our
schools
Supt. A. A. Aivord.
Nezperce. Idaho.
Dear Sir,-
President MacLean has referred
your letter TO nc as a member Of the
Accredited School committee.
have looked over your course Of
study carefully and am pleased With
Il. You certainly have a good
course for town the sire Of Nes-
percs. There Is nothing In the
course that vii not secure credi, at
the University.
AS you will see BY the catalogue
there arc fourteen points required
for sasraaes 10 any course. You
offer all these. For the A. 3. course
four years Of Latin are required and
swo yesrz Of some other language.
German Is generally offered. For
the B. S. course four years OF Ian
guage arc required. I,may be all
Latin or two years Of Latin and two
years OF some other language. Your
course lacks one year Of language
for entrance into the B. S. course
and three years Of language for
ensrance into the A. B. course.
Nov II you will allow me will
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

threaten to jar loose the judgment
from its moorings-
Remember that in every business,
in every career, there are valleys
TO cross as we'll as hills to scale /;
that every mountain range of hope
is broken by chasms of discourage
ment through which run torrent
streams Of dispair
To quit in the chasm is to fail.
See always in your minds eye
those sunny SUBMITS of success I
Don't quit in the chasml Keep on.
Exchange.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

The very general idea Of Idaho Ia
that Il Is one Of the smaller states
and mos, people are surprised when
they Learn that Il ranks twelfth In
size and is nearly as large as Penn
sylvania and Ohio combined and is
larger than New York and Maine
combined and is larger than the six
New England states with Maryland
thrown In for good measure. The
smallest county In the state is as
large as the state Of Rhode Island.
Idaho County Of which Orange
vile Is the county seat Is an empire.
II Is about In the center Of the state
and contains larger area than the
state OF Massachusetts. The soil of
the farming lands in the northern
part Of the state Is said by Professor
Mark w. Harrington for many
years at the head Of the Weather
Bureau Of the Agriculture Depart
ment, Washington, d. C.) to be the
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

When soday's difficulties over
shadow yesterdays triumphs and
obscure the bright visions of to-
morrow
When plans upset and whole
years of effort seem to cryssalize
into single hour of concentrated
bitterness
When little annoyances eat into
the minds quick, and corrode the
power to view things calmly
When the jolts of misfortune