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Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

Dry as the proverbial lime burners
wig will be Canon City If the city
council carries out its present arid
ideas concerning liquor legislation.
DIR. Lambs new whiskey ordinance,
which was commented upon at the last
council meeting, was reported out OF
committee. Alderman Hiatt had the
measure in charge and turned 1t over
to the mayor with a negative recon-
mendation. Alderman Orme, OF the
aame committee, was in favor Of the
ordinance and the other member was
absent, 80 the proposed measure was
turned over to the council tor ac-
ton.
The ordinance is short Briefly. It
forbids the sale OF all forms OF in
toxIcating beverages In Canon City.
II allows, however. the sale Of alco-
hol II the purchaser will sign a book
certifying that the drug is to be used
for chemical. mechanical or medicinal
purposes.
Four druggists. seen by the alder
men yesterday. sIgnifed their willing
ness to see the ordinance law. They
are willing to cut out" the sale OF
whiskey entirely. and think such a
move will be better for their business
In every respect.
Quite long discussion resulted
from the committees report Several
OF the aldermen seemed in favor OF
making a clean sweep and eliminating
the alcohol feature from the new law.
II was finally decided to hold the or
dinance over until this can be done.
Then. II the new ordinance is en-
forced. Canon City will be dry. on the
statutes. at least. for an INDEFINITE
time.
Insurance conditions 10 Canon City
and the possibility OF raise In
rates in the near future were dis
cussed By p r. Richards. represent
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09
], \, ALORICH'S STORE IS
SEIZED BY HIS CREDITORS

The elimination of series Of A.
nancial gymnastics by J. H. Aldrich.
OF town, came Monday when = no
tice appeared on the door OF his Main
street stationery store, announcing
that the stock had been signed over
to the Adjustment company OF Denver.
and that Henry Hutton 10 in charge
of the establishment for the purpose
Of liquidation.
The Adjustment company. which 10
q department of the Denver Credit
Mems association, holds claims
against Aldrich amounting to $seS.
Mr.. Aldrich claims the stock win
invoice 1880, although Mr.. Hutton
thinks $1,000 II n better estimate. Lo-
cal business rusa think the stock, at
forced sale. will bring much less
The Denver claim, II Ii understood,
n only a small portion OF Aldrich's
Indebtedness Many local claims are
being filed through the Business
Mons association and through other
channels, one Of them amounting to
q, 900. Just now It 10 difficult 10 make
an estimate on the total evolvment Of
the assignor. It may run $500 or
5000.
Last Tuesday. after making prom
isss Of settlement 10 some local cred
itors. Aldrich suddenly LETT for Dsn-
yer. On Friday he made tho asoign-
meat to the Denvsr concern. He did
not come back to CanoA CITY until
MoaAAy aftorAooa.
N. HuGsoa. vAo b iA eAaSUa - ~
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Dry? Yes. Dry As Powder
Canon Unde1lINew Law
Whiskey Whiskey--aM aroune Es any drop to drink"
Sounds Like the Sa1ubfit soshef's Slogan
When Councn Lot he Booze
Box and Thre Away
the Key---O,Ier .--a
Doipos

ing the Underwriters association OF
Denver. He was sent here to make a
preliminary inspection OF conditions
for the association. In a couple OF
months a committee Of the Underwrit-
ers will be here to make re-adjust-
ment OF insurance rates. Unless some
thing is done to remedy local condi-
tons, this adjustment will be an In
crease, according to Mr.. Richards.
He Investigated a number OF bus
mess houses and manufacturing con-
Germs and says he found defects In
the electric wiring. He detailed some
of these and suggested an ordinance
to raise the standard Of work along
this line. He also spoke OF the absence
OF an ordinance regulating the sale
and storage OF gasoline within the
city limits.
Mr.. Richards visit was discussed at
length after he had left the meeting,
Council will investigate the electrical
situation and see II an increase In
insurance rates cannot be prevented
An ordinance limiting the storage OF
gasoline to three gallons was found
This. It is thought. will need adjust
ment TO meet present conditions
Several dangerous places. where gas
olIne Is stored, were brought to the
attention OF the council.
After these matters were disposed
OF council transacted principally rou-
tine business. The bond OF Food In
spector Richard Houle, In the sum oi
s., 900, with L. L. Harding and ]. H
Harrison as sureties. was presented
and approved. An amendment to the
pure food ordinance. eliminating the
provision requiring that fowls b
drawn" and limiting the power oi
the Inspector In the matter OF clos.
ing up . place OF business. VA
passed.
! For the streets. alleys and bridk'
committss. Aldcrnaa Linkins report
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MANY PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF
THE ROYAL GORGE BOULEVARD

ment for a drive along the old ditch
grade will result in something being
done"
AT Mitchell: 1T would be a great
drive, one OF the very finest in the
country. and I hope II will be re-
allied"
]. F. Mari: "A drive of that kind
would be n splendid advertisement for
Canon City. II would materially help
the Civic Improvement league in rem
dering the town attractive"
l. W. Felter: Il am mighty glad
to see that a movement has been
started to make use OF the old ditch
grade. 1t has been n dream Of mine
for long time to convert 1t into a
beautiful scenic driveway and l hope
II is about to be realized. cannot
think OF anything finer for Canon
City"
H,F. Cramer: 1T would be a grand
drive and I hope It will be given to
the public for that purpose"
Richard Houle: "A road like that
for driving purposes would be 4 great
thing for Canon City and would bring
a great many visitors here every
year."
Col. Croxier: "I see by the Denver
papers that the old grade has been
jumped by eastern speculators. II
they haven't any legal right to It
the city ought by all means. secure
possession Of II for . roadway"
T. A. Clark: "A driveway up into
the Royal Gorge would be = great
thing for Canon City and It 10 un-
fortunate that the old ditch grade
was not used for that purpose long
ago."
J. w. Andrews: "It would he a
beautiful driveway and ought to be
built II It can be done without too
great an expense"
City Clerk Dawson: II celebrated
New Years day by taking Q horse
back ride up the state ditch to the
Gorge and later to the top Of Fre-
mont's Peak. I was greatly impressed
with the possibilities OF the proposed
driveway up into the Gorge. II would
certainly be something Of which all
future generations will be proud. That
It would prove an unusually good At
traction for tourists 10 certain. The
route gives access to some OF the most
beautiful canon scenery in the west
and such . driveway will make Canon
City more famous in the scenic
world"
H. 8. Maddox: "It has long been Q
matter Of surprise to me that some
thing was not done with the grade Of
the old state ditch leading mp into
the Rcyals0 Gorge and am glad ths
nswspapers have began an agitation
10 have Il coayefted Into Q public
driveway. lt can easily b made oae
tCsa010oa - DeUo y
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09
Merchants Associations BANQUET
Was a Great Boosters Rally
Attendance Was Good Memo Appezng and the Speeches
Optimistic -Messrs S. H. Atwater, Jas. Turnbu11
O. K. Parker, c. c. Hamlin Judge NJ. S.
Bailey and Dr.. w. T. Little the
Prncipa1 Speakers.

in possessing so good a hostelry as
the Strathmore, and upon SO large a
body OF thorough-going and honorable
men engaged in commercial pursuits
1T should be thankful, said Mr..
Atwater. for an enterprising press
which helps the Merchants associa-
ton boost for the town." "It is," he
continued, proud of its banks and
has stood Loyalty by them during the
panic of the last few months. A a.
nancial panic is produced by fear and
the people can precipitate one when
ever they want it; it is simply mat
ter of loss Of faith and confidence.
Banks, as a rule, are no stronger
than their clientele. II the people
of Canon City had been deprived Of
news from the outside world since
the '.stringency' began they would
have been unconscious of the none
tary disturbance of the last few
months.
Some of our merchants report a
better trade during November and De-
cember 1907, than during the corre-
spending period twelve months ago.
Business in Canon City is upon a
substantial basis and we can take
courage and go forward with assur-
ance Of that triumph which We seek"
James Turnbull responded to- the
subject of Freight Rates" The
toastmaster," said Mr.. Turnbull, has
given me a difficult topic for discus
sion for the matter of freight rates is
one OF great magnitude and perplexity
to every community. They are of VI
tai concern to the business life OF
every city and town, village and ham,
let in the country. They have been
talked about in Canon City by the
on the streets for many years and the
lagitation has been, upcf ahe whole
helpful in obtaining the required CON
cessions from the transportation COM
panies.
The railroads have shown willing
ness to adjust wrongs where discrim-
ination was shown. They do not, how
ever, take the initiative themselves;
| to do so would be contrary to human
nature. The fact that they are dis
posed to give shippers fair and equi-
table rate when their attention is
called to an injustice is of itself en-
couraging. All We can ask for, all we
can expect, is fairness and equality
All we want in Canon City Is an even
break with other towns similarly sit
! uated.
There has been a great deal OF
talk here for many years about hav-
ing Canon City made Colorado COM
mon point SO far as the shipment oi
freights is concerned. and it is thing
greatly to be desired. How to &C
about the matter of securing the pro
posed reductions is the great problem
of the situation. II we can demon
strate to the transportation compa'
nies that We are entitled to special
consideration we will get it, otherwise
our efforts will be Of no avail.
| Canon City is not SO bad OF in the
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

matter of freight rates as many peo-
pie believe, although it does not yet
enjoy the advantages in this respect
that we should endeavor to secure for
it. Today Canon City is on the same
basis as Denver. Colorado Springs
and Pueblo. so far as few classes of
freights are concerned. but the agita-
ton for reduction should go on until
we are placed upon that footing for
all Of our shipments, both outgoing
and incoming.
The rates upon certain produce
from Canon City to Texas two years
ago was 9S cents a hundred pounds-
Today it is So cents. the same as from
OHIO, Illinois and other Mississippi
valley states, which are about equi-
distant from that market The Colo
RADIO Western Slope a few years ago
had 50-cent rate to the Missouri
river, while We were being charged
rs cents for the same haul. We are
not paying that now and we expect
very shortly to get 60-cent rate on
sugar to Canon City from the Pacific
coast. Canon City is practically a
Colorado common point SO far as tha
output of our brick plants is concern
ed 1t is entirely SO for our smelling
industry and ought to be for all other
varieties of merchandise"
o. K Parker of Los Angeles, Cal.
spoke on Irrigation" Mr.. Parker Ii
chief engineer for the Beaver Land z
Irrigation company and is an ac-
knowledged authority upon hydrau-
lies. Irrigation" said Mr.. Parker,
is comparatively new in the United
States. it being something less than
fifty years since it began to come
into use in this country. 1t is, how
ever. an ancient practice in the east
ern hemisphere and dates back to the
tearly days OF the human race. H. yvas
in vogue among the Egyptians many
centuries ago when they carried wat
| er in buckets from the Nile to irri-
gate the lands. Later the Archime-
dian screw was invented and was used
in raising wSter from the river for
the same purpose.
Irrigation as practiced by the
moderns is an entirely different propo-
the physician, who being called upon
to treat a patient that had swallowed
dime, made him cough up" a dol
lar and a half. By a wondrous trans
formation the irrigationist turns wat
er upon dry and arid land and Il gold
en- apple is the result. No state in the
union can compare in possibilities un-
der irrigation with Colorado. Here
you have hundreds of thousands OF
acres of the best lands that lays out
Of doors, waiting but the magic touch
of water to blossom as the rose. When
YOU have made the most of your op-
portunities Colorado will have takes
her rightful place among the great
communities OF America"
Judge NJ. 8. Bailey responded to
the toast, Colorado" He said he al
ways felt great timidity when he arose
! (Cnnfinuod m pa pa Eourl
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09
POLICE MADE LIVELY
CHASE SUNDAY NIGHT
Burelars Effect an Entrance c. A. Be9htols Jewery
Store Bot Are Apprtxed Of the Coming of the
Officers and Make Good Their
Escape

Not for a long time have the police
OF Canon City had quite 30 strenuous
and exciting an experience as they
did Sunday night and II is not their
eault that couple Of burglars are not
languishiag in Jail. or being treated in
the hospital for Eunshot wounds.
About 1850 O'Clock Night Marshal
e. c. Query was apprised by mes
sage from the telephone office that
burglars were attempting to effect an
entrance to c. A. sBeghtors jewelry
store from the alley At the rear OF the
Apex block and Immediately there was
something doing on the part OF that
officer. He was at the A. p. Nelson
4 Cos. place OF business when I'm
formed OF the trouble, but he did not
remain there long Afterwards. In fAct
In less time than It takes to tell 1t
he had set out ON reconnoiterinE
expedition. determined. II possihle, to
erect = capture OF ne would-be
thieves =,
He Impressed q number of men
whom he met ON the streets into the
police service and soon had "a fol-
lowing resembling posse comitatis.
He stationed = couple Of men at the
front OF the store and went himself
into the alley f6r the p0rpUse OF shut
ting OF means Of escape. thereby ef-
fectually "bottling up" The robbers.
No sooner had he poked his head into
the alley at The rear OF 9eely's drug
store, however. than one Of the burg
lars saw him and gave the alarm,
causing the thieves to beat hasty re-
treat.
The burglars, and there were two
Of them. ran vest through the alley
to Fourth street. thence aleng Macon
avenue to Third street where they dis
appeared In the darknses. 0&icer Que
~ shot ut them three timee before
they got oat of the alley, bat without
apparent result Hiram Pllnore. Night
watchman for Tie Efsueat County
National bank. jolned in he chase at
|tA1s 1uneenro aAa ~ re1Aeso Were 10
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The proposition to use the grade OF
fAo old state ditch for . Royal Gorge
boulevard Is not a new one, II has
been suggested and discussed for sew
eral years but nothing definite done
about It until recently when the
Merchants association and Warden
Cleghorn became interested In the
matter.
The discussion In The Daily Record
ms brought the matter before the
people OF the city and everybody seems
to be In favor of the project.
The report In q Denver paper about
New York capitalists jumping the
state ditch is believed to be fake.
Even II the ditch line Is desired for
other use In years to come there is
NO reason why II could not be used
for the driveway In the meantime.
The probabilities Of II ever being
ussd are very slight owing to the fact
that the water Of the river has all
long ago been -fiied- on.
Il could not be used except In con-
naction with reservoir systems mp the
river ed psaetically NO good sites are
kn0Wn.
The expense OF putting the driveway
IN will be 10 slight that even II the
city had the use OF It for only . few
wears We would be we'll reIkald for the
money Il costs.
Warden Cleghorn has said that he
has 100 convlcts who can be used dur
ing the winter months. 20 now II the
time to get the thing moving.
Seeing the articles In The Daily
Record many people have spoken to
Daily Record reporters about the mat
tar which Indicate In q small way the
keen interest Canon City people are
taking in the matter.
Following are some of the state
msuts made by those interested:
d. e. Gibson: Has long been inter-
ested in just this sort OF drive. About
n year ago he talked about II to q
Record man and to Warden Cleghorn.
Mr.. Gibson was the moving spirit In
building the Skyline drive and he APP
preciates the advantage OF such scenic
roads.
+. 3. Coulter: 81 cannot imagine
4 more beautiful mountain drive than
the proposed one along the grade Of
che old state ditch into Royal Gorge.
The tunnel near the Hot Springs ho-
tel IL . picturesque feature. am
inclined 10 believe that the state new
er acquired title 70 the land over
which the ditch grade was made. at
least, there's nothing on record to
that, effect either here or in DsAvcr
and about all the city has to do to use
Il for q roadway 10 TO get permission
frow the owners Of the land ON which
q = constructed"
~. Fodgin: cit would certainly
- { - thing anH I hcDe tAe 1870
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

Gated near the ditch on Third street
They ran east on Greenwood avenue.
lodging behind trees wherever possi-
BILE to protect themselves from the
fusillade of bullets which the officers
sent after them.
While In front of the residence of
J. n. RAgDdale three shots In rapid
succession we've fred at the fugitives
by officer Query, but all OF them went
wild.
The robbers ran through the hos
pital yard and managed to make good
their escape In the darkness, although
It Is believed that they would have
been captpred II those who were as
fsisting the officers in the chase had
been aEmod. -....
/, According 10 the description of Of
ficer Qaefy one or the burglars was a
short, heasy-set man and wore light
vest TIE other man was considera-
bly, iaresr md wore, a cap and high
top bootas Three men were arrested
In Florence this morning on suspi-
cfon of having bee
cion of having had something to do
with the burglary and officers from
here went down to investigate the
matter, but the men in custody gave
. sudicleusay cleaF aeceant OF them
selves to convince the authorities that
they were not the ones wanted and
they were discharged.
TIE robbers got into the store by
breaking out the glass In the door
Mt the back OF Mr.. Beghtol'o place Of
business and raising the bar which
secured Il In place. They were In
the store when the officers arrived on
the scene. but were frightened away
before anything was taken. They at
tempted to cut through the plate giass
window at the store with . diamond,
but were unable to carry out their ne
farioun work. TAo announcement that
burglars were eadeAvoring to force N
entrance 10 the store was seat into tAe
telephone o9ies b. DR.. Mary =
Phelps.
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

II any doubts exist in the commun-
ity that the Merchants association is
not q booster for Canon City and its
interests they would have been dis
PEELED could the skeptic who enter
tanned them have been present at the
push and smile" banquet Of that or
ganization at the Strathmore hotel
Tuesday night 1t was more, however,
than banquet of the members Of the
association; it was a gathering OF
representative members of the COM
mercial- and industrial forces of the
community and its object was to unite
them Tor the material welfare OF Can
ON City and to hasten that high des-
tiny for which it was intended by
directing attention to its matchless
resources OF soil and climate.
Covers were laid for one hundred
and twenty guests and the capacious
dining room of the Strathmore was
taxed to the utmost for their accom-
mediation. President Henry Hutton
of the Merchants association presided
and ofYiciated as toastmaster in his
characteristic and easy manner. When
the last course Of the very excellent
menu had been cleared away and fra
grant Havanas had been passed to
the guests, S H. Atwater, chairman
Of the program committee, took occa-
sion In presenting his report to ad-
dress the assemblage at some length,
preaching to IT the gospel of encour-
agemcnt and good cheer. He began by
stating chat the people Of Canon City
had abundant reason to felicitate
themselves upon their good fortune
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

but were rented by A. H. Debord and
used by him In his dairy business.
About 90 cows were kept by Mr.. De-
bard II the inclosure, as well as .
lot OF hts. grain, etc. all which were
saved Mr. Debord's loss was confined
chiefly to agricultural implements and
ranch machinery, OF which a consid-
cradle quantity were burned. A cou-
pie of young men who had sleeping
rooms In one of the buildings lost all
OF their clothing and other personal
effects. The fre occurred about 1880
o'clock
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09
FIRE IN SOUTH CANON
LATE MONDAY NIGHT

A FIRE. believed to have been Of in
cendiary origin, destroyed several
small buildings and sheds on South
Ninth street. near the intersection Of
Park avenue. South Canon, Monday
night. entailing considerable loss. The
premises and buildings were owned
by the Campbell Lumber company,
Cañon City record., 1908-01-09

store, will endeavor 10 dispose Of the
stock to as good advantage as possi-
BILE
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