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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
OLD RESIDENT or COLORADO
DIED TUESDAY NIGHT

Jason BlAkeslee died At the home OF
his daugAfer, Mrs. L H. Bancroft.
1866 Park avenue. Lincoln Park. at
$50 O'Clock Tuesday night Of senility
and the infirmities OF old age after
being confined to his bed for nearly
year. Mr.. Blakeslee was born In
Massachusetts,. June 32. 1923. but
spent the greater part OF his life In
the Rocky mountains and middle west
ern states: thirty-six years OF which
he was a resident OF Fremont county.
Mr., Blakeslee emigrated to Ohio
when a young man and from that state
accompanied the Argonauts of 1S4S
to California. In an o8ort to hnd the
golden fleece. He remained on the
Pacific coast for several years, but.
like thousands OF others was unsuc-
cessful In his search for riches and re-
turned to Ohio. Later he went to
Idaho, where he engaged In mining
for several years. but finding 1t uu-
romunerative he purchased q farm
near Spring Garden. Jefferson coun-
", Illinoia, and devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits with . Gratify-
Ing degree Of s1ocees.
In l272 Mr.. and Mrs. Blakeslee and
family came TO Colorado. and settled
on ranch On HArdsefabble Greek.
NaAr Wetm0re, in this county, whore
thay livoA u1tN February 1897.
when hey cane to Canon City to
mako their home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bancroft.
Bss,Ass ,As widow Mr.. Blakes,ee
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
CONTRACTORS
GIVEN THIRTY DAYS EXTENSION

all partially completed work, and of
all such material as is called FOR oy
said contract. that is delivered 70 said
city by said contractors, on the ground
where needed. as the property of the
city, free and clear of all liens and
claims. and with a due assignment. Of
any insurance on said material; the
value OF such material to be based
upon its cost, and such paymeuIs to
be made on estimates made by tbs
engineer In charge"
The agreement has been concurred
in by all parties concerned. and, It il
expected will be signed by Their
representatives within a few days, The
American Bonding company, surety
for the contractors, by its president
and secretary acknowledged the no
tice of the change in the proposed pipe
line and agreed that the notifications
and stipulations set forth will not af-
feet the security OF the city under
the bond on the original contract.
Chairman Okey Of tho water COM
mittee presented . contract for one
telephone to be placed In the new
waterworks pipe line in the Royal
Gorge. at the expense OF the city:
statinx that the two other phones
placed on said line BY the company
would be without cost to the city. On
motion the contract was accepted and
Il was 90 ordered
II was moved and sscoAded that q
horse. harness and suitable rig b.
purchased by the city for the use 0f
the water superintendent ne
proposition vas adopted without alD-
sont ,...,..,-s. ,..sass.s-,.
A motion was adopted appointin8
Aaa. ". Van PAttsn inspeefor f1r -
new water system WITH he Son o.
03x.oo extra salary par m0AtA lof. ~
0iscAnfge Of tAs 6utass pertaanfng 70
the rogitiOn.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
V1TERS NAY REGISTER FOR
ElEcTloN DAY ANY time NOW

Under the statstes Of Colorado In
eities OF more than $4,000 population
. board OF registration will visit every
house In each precinct for the pur-
pose OF registering all persons. II
Ia absolutely necessary to register in
order to vote At the election next
November. the law requiring a new
registration prior to every election.
One importan: change marks the
system this year. Under the new law,
any member Of the family may regis
ter for the entire family. up to four
persons. by making aflidavi, before
the registration board that those per-
sons registered are qualified electors.
This does away with the inconveni-
ence OF the previous system. since
wives will be able to register for hus-
bands and other members Of the fam
lily who are not at home when the
registration board calls.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
CITY COUNCIL MEETS bit
TRANSETS LITTLE BUSINESS
NaAnal Board of Fire UndesWEiteEs Athe Adoptaoa q
A-AGoee RAeN Ofdinaaee GovsenAg ,the EectsAe
MAelng of Rsndaaes Heee. New Hhe Pfug TO
BE Instaned Near Gaming Co. Hant

the intersection of Eighth and Water
streets. Mr.. Tnrnbull asserted that
the insurance companies had raised
the premiums ON the $780, 900 carried
on the property 500 per AMMAN be-
cause there was no IRE plug In the
vicinity. On motion Of Alderman Gar
rett. seconded by Alderman Lamb the
water committee was authorized to
Immediately install q fire plug at =
point to be Indicated by Mr.. Turn
bull at the northwest corner OF the
grounds. The installation OF
the fire plug referred to will neces-
state the laying of q four-inch water
pipe from a point southeast OF the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad sta
tion northward five or six hundred
feet
The application Of c. K c. Dye for
q license to conduct q billiard and
POOL room In the Strathmose hotel was
nead by the clerk. and. on motion
sraEted. Bond In the suE cof $500 ac-
companied the application and was
signed by Mr.. Dye ~ principal and
Alderman C. z. Reeves az surety.
Alderman Pressey. on behalf OF the
Civic Improvement league asked the
council that some steps be taken to
seed Depot park to grass without un-
necessary delay: the ground having
been in readiness for Il for some time.
He stated that the league WIS de-
siross of having the grass seed sown
at once In order that flower beds
might be established and planted with
tulips and other bulbuioaa plants for
blossoainE next spring. The matter
had been previously disc0ssed in DE
council and given over to the cea-
mittee On streets. Allevs and bridges
With power to act and its further co1-
alteration was refused until the COM
mittee ha1 made its report After
sone other business. OF = parely ros-
tias character. the councii adjourned
TN Moaday eveninG. Octoher ktA.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

leaves six children, Ave daughters
and one son. and numerous friends to
mourn his death. The children are
Mrs. Olivia Bernard. Mrs. Lvera
Bowers. Mrs. Sarah Warner. Mrs. Ida
Woodford. Mrs. Cora Cancroft and
Frank Blakeslee; all of whom are
residents of this county.
Frank Blakeslee. who is at Tampa,
In Routt county. was the only mem
ber of the family absent from the
bedside when the end came. Mr..
Blakeslee. Sr., was stricken with ap-
poplexy about nine years ago and
never entirely recovered from its ef-
fects, although able to get about fairly
well In consideration Of his advanced
age. and the weakened condition In
which the attack left him. Last De-
cember, however, his strength gave
way and he has since been confined
to his bed. Arrangements for the
funeral cannot BE- announced until
after the arrival OF Frank BlAkeslee
from the western part of the state ON
Thursday or Friday. Deceased held
to the tenets and doctrines Of the
Unitarian faith. . belief that hs had
imbibed during his boyhood days In
New Hngland. The interment will
take place in the burial ground near
the old home at Wetmors.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

between the Turkey creek Qu0frte0
and Canon CITY, particularly in the
Beaver croek country, Otherwise the
road might - flaiahed between Pue-
bio. and CA4Aa City within the next
six months. To avoid some heavy
grades the line nay cross the river
between harp and Florence and come
across the Horth ne8a a. originally
intended n is very likely that the
company owning the Turkey creek
Quarries viii get the contract for sup
plying the Stone for the new Pueblo
county court house, amounting to
about $450y6O0. and q bond has been
executed by the railroad company to
complete the read between the two
points at tie earliest practicable mo-
ment in order that the stone may be
delivered To the contractors of the
building with the least possible delay.
The railroad company has lately re-
ceived a proposition from outside
capitalists 10 furnish electrical power
for the operation Of the road and It
may be electrified from the beginning,
instead OF temporarily using steam, a.
practically decided upon a few months
age.
Mr. Atwater says that while 1t 10
ny ~ HeduA CeILdAu IuAI Lne great
transmission power plant can be Sc
cured for this end of the line he in
Inmates that there In yet a fighting
chance to secure It for the Canon City
coal fields. Pueblo and several othsr
towns further down the valley are
very anxious to get 1t, but the pros
pect is more encouraging at present
for securing it for Fremont county
than IL has been for some time. 1t
10 probable, according to Mr.. Atwater,
Ii II comes this way. that 1t will be
located seznewhere between Canon
City and Florence. It would be q
great thing to have 1t here a. 1t would
give stimulus to the production of
coal In the Canon City district that
would assure the prosperity Of the
mines At all seasons of the year.
1he KahsAs-ColOrado Railroad com
pany has. IN exhibit OF coal, stone,
gypsum. ere clay and other CONNER
cial products to b found along the
line Of its proposed road at the STATE
mir 1t Pash1o. that has attracted mnch
attention frum visitors during the past
week. more thA1 TOO persons inspect
Ing Il on TAursda~ alone. Matters
b cOn1ectaoa with the buildiag Of tie
kaAsas-Cusorado electric line are pro-
esodlng b. Leaps and bounds and .
coastructi0a gang on the outskirts Of
canoa ctr b coatiaesoey Of the next
g. x>k~x>Arla s7sl;
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

A special meeting of the city coun-
Gil was held Friday evening Of last
week at which the questions arising
in connection with the changes in the
original survey of the waterworks pipe
line through the Royal Gorge was eN-
haustvely discussed and the follow
ing covenant and supulations adopted: !:
This agreement. entered into this
day of September. 1908, by, and be-
tween the city OF Canon City and
Lumsden & Gordon. contractors. wit
nesseth as follows:
First. 1t is hereby agreed that the
changes in the original lines of the
city's new waterworks system, which
said Lumsden 4 Gordon are under
contract to construct. due to the pro-
posed location of second line OF
railway by the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad company, are minor changes
and do not affect the original contract
in any way. neither do they add any
thing to the cost OF construction, bat
on account of the suspension of work
ON part of the line. caused by the
city's giving to the railroad company
thirty days time to make surveys for
the location OF It's said second line.
Tie contractors are given thirty days
additional time for the nnal completion
OF their contract.
Second. IL 10 further agreed be-
tween the partiea hereto 10 raise the
elevation of the reeervoirs. fflters, set
tling basin and Surrounding work two
fOek.
~Third The city Ia to pay the con-
tractors. In addition to The contract
prics, for 500 feet OF Abandoned
trench, between stations 2.7o0 and
$500 the sam OF e70o.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

The .oami-monthly meetinE of tbs
city c0nncil Monday night was one OF
The least important sittings of that
body In many months, due, In CON-
siderable measure. at least, TO the tact
that the Waterworks proposition,
which has received more or less con-
sideration by the municipal fathers
ct nearly every session during the
last year, or more, was not injected
Mayor 6oely was out OF town ana
Alderman w. 3. Okey. president Of the
oouncil occupied the chair and direct
a Tie discuGaion. One of the mat
te1s Of puhlic interest brought out was
he question of better electric wiring
for baildinU ~ . safeguard against
IRE. Alderman G. c. Lamb OF the
oonmittee on ordinances submitted to
the coancil the draft of An ordnance
which the National Board OF Fire Un-
asrvritsrs destfed to have adopted
here and its pfovisious were read BY
the clerk. and. on motion, referred
hack TO tha ordinances commtttao with
distractions to report n the aexf reg
ular meeting.
II was stated that . great deal OF
imperfect. detective electric wiring
had been done here and that u was .
ooastant nasnace 20 property. Most
oe II. however, was done seven or eight
yoars aeo and could not be remedied.
oxcspt upoa the accommodation of
An energetAe. painStAking inspector.
TAe existing ordinance on the subject
- said to be . fairly good one. but has
been q dead letter ~ reason OF ts
Hon-SoforcemAat The ordinance n
vored by the Undervriters' association
Ssforred to II reported TO Be in oper-
AeSoa In Moatrose and several towns
IN the northern part of the state.
james Turnhail appeAred before the
eosncil and asksd that The Coioraao
OnnninR compaay and the Greenhill
orchards' comPany BE 09ered better
tDpo protsct3oA on their property e
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
OUTLOOK FOR POWER PLANT
HERE MORE ENCOURAGING

President Atwater of the Kansas
Colorado Railroad company and the
Kansas,C Colorado Electrical TEansmis-
sion company, returned to Canon City
Thursday night from Pueblo, where
he has been the greaier part Of the
past week on business connected with
the great enterprises OF which he 10
the official head. Mr.. AtwAter's du-
ties have grown very moch more ,ex-
acting during the last few weeks than
was formerly the case. and he - com
deal to attend to them: putting in the
major part OF his time in Pueblo. Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver.
Some idea Of the magnitude OF the
business transacted by the companies
represented by Mr.. AtWater may be
had from the statement that . clerical
force OF IA persons In constantly en-
ployed to look after its office a6aira
alone. and that 1t maintains Its own
tslephone exchange. The company
employs nine civil engineers, besides
the necessary chain carriers and 9TH
ers 70 keep Its surveying corps In the
field. The pay roll amounts to many
thousand dollars q month and. despite
the fact none OF the bonds Of the COM
pany have been sold. an abundance OF
its obliGafiona.
The company a few days ago en-
tered into q heavy bond to have tho
road completed from Pueblo to the
Turkey creek stone Quarries by Janu-
ary 1st, 1903. or little over three
months from the present time. The
statement Published in Pueblo last
week that the line would be in oper-
alton between Canon City and Pueblo
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

constituting a tax upon families,
homes and the wealth Of the nation.
almost beyond human calculation, 10
distinctly preventable.
las an argument for peace it has
been shown that 10000 men were
killed in both armies during the i've
years of the Civil war. As an argu-
ment for better health laws and poll
cies, they show that 100000 persons
have died from tuberculosis in this
country within the last five years, and
that probably 1900 900 are constantly
rate, with $4,000 deaths annually from
typhoid fever, and a large disease and
death rate from diptheria, cholera in
fantum, dysentery, scarlet fever,
measles and other diseases preventa-
BILE with present knowledge, and urge
that with proper governmental assist
ance this list should be constantly ex-
tended. They then state that within
the last ten years, through the U. 8.
Department of Agriculture, $40 ,000, 900
have been expended, and it is now pro-
posed to appropriate $3.50. .o0o. 900 more,
for the determination Of tick fever In
cattle, cholera in hogs and chickens,
scab in sheep, pests to crops and
trees, and for the protection Of other
interests having recognised commer-
cial values, while in all OF the history
Of our government, it has never even
seriously considered the advisahiilty
OF protecting men. women and chill
dren from these far more important
every day domestic pestilences.
Led by Gladstone and Disraelli in
England, and others Of like promin-
ence ON the continent Of Europe. under
the pressure Of conditions which must
soon confront M, 1t was long ago
recognized as automatic. and crystal-
lixed into Law and public policy, That
the care of The puAlie health h tAs
first and most constant duty of -
statesman There the pollution Of
streams, bad conditions in tsnementD
and factories, child labor and similar
things injuriously affecting health and
life, have long been considered rs far
more important than any mere party
questions. In view of their para
mount importance to the individual,
the family and the nation. why are
not the plain laws of health made
such a practical part of every school
course that they would be incorpor-
ated into the thought and daily life Of
all the people? The abstract desire
to live is universal. Then. why not
give every child such instruction. ply
sical and moral as well as mantal. as
would show it how t. live not only
long. but so well as to get all the
good out of life for itself and others
On account of inadequate authority
and equipment for medical officers.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24
PRESENTED SOME ASTONISH-
ING FACTS AND FIGURES
IhossAnds Of People Die Yearly From Ignorance Of the
Laws Of Health and From Preventable Diseases-
Indifference to Human Welfare Causes
Inca1culahle Loss to the Nation

DR.. J. N. Mccormack. in his master
ful public lecture at the First Presby-
terian church, Wednesday, made a
strong plea for such cooperation of
the medical profession and the public
at large AZ will make good health
more contagious than sickness. He
said in part:
"A remarkable meeting was called
at the White house by President Roose-
velt in May last The governors OF
all the states and many of the great
leaders OF thought and industrial &C
tivity were brought together to dis
cuss and suggest methods for the ar
rest Of the blind, senseless waste of
the nations fundamental resources
which, in the mad rush for wealth, has
reached such proportions as to con-
stitute grave public danger. 1t is
more than passing strange that in the
call our great, versatile president, with
mind SO remarkable for its interest
In practical humanitarian problems
great and small. should have totally
overlooked the greatest Of all drains
upon our national wealth, the one
which Is most constant, and the pre-
vention of which is most practically
within reach.
The greatest asset Of every nation
must always be in its vigorous popu-
lation. In its healthy men, women and
children. Farms, factories. mines,
forests, transportation facilities, and
other similar sources of commercial
and Industrial wealth, have little value
except with such 4 population to op-
crate and enjoy thsm. The drain
upon the asset in this country every
year from preventable diseases and
dsaths, and ~ the result OF vicious
living. u estimated At more than one
laird Of the satire sick and death rate,
and he growing eomDaexity Of the
sanitary proolenSs 1Doa which these
things largely depend. incident to the
rapidly increasing density of both
our urban and rural populations, has
% impressed the leading political econ
omists Of the great univirsities that
their faculties and the American As
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence have inAugurated q broad move
ment to arouse and educate public SEN
timent as to the importance and gravi-
U of the subject, and more recently
have organized the American Health
league, with headquarters at New
Haven. Connecticut, already with many
thousand members to conduct the
propaganda.
These economists figure that on an
average there are $500 900 deaths in
this country every year. with 4 200 900
cases of sickness, affecting the peace.
comfort and material prosperity of s.
900 900 homes and $4,000 900 people
They insist that over one-third Of
this enormous sick and death rate.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Aldrich. late Of
Trinidad, Colo. are among The latest
acquisitions to the population Of Canon
City. Mr.. Aldrich has been regularly
assigned here BY the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad company. a. second
track operator n the successor Of
n, C., Sally.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

Dali Dc weess left tAls afternoon
for Grand Junction to look AFTER some
details In connection With hlg irri-
cation entsrpriss In which - b s0-
Dleysd n a. advisory oapos1ey. 1lf.
n Wesss will aDsna tsw days at -
Bsaf Wallew raAeA. nsAr 0ssawooa
Springs. bofore his return y Caaoa
City.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

a son &as born to Prof. and Mrs.
C. d. Hall at Colorado Springs about
ten days ago. Prof. Hall 10 one OF
the inztructors in tie Canon CITY
High ecA00l
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-24

Continued Next Week.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-02-20
THE NEwSHERALD EmLSBoRo OHIO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20

vote at the polesY
Then give this cause a two cent
stamp and ten minutes of your time
Do it today. Tomorrow may be too
late. Write Immediately to your
representative and tell bim that you
want this question referred to you.
Tell him that you agree with Gov
ernor Harris that the people have
a right to have this measure put on
the ballot next November and left to
them. Ask him to vote to submit the
measure In its present form,:an with
out material amendment
A signed letter With a twolscent
stamp counts, This question will be
decided in the House within the next
week. There may not be "a vote to
spare. Your letter may help your
representative to make up his mind.
Your letter may tip the scale In favor
of the people. At Columbus the lobby
is working day and night to defeat
this measure. The enemies of the
people deserve to win and will win II
the people will do nothing to help
Sit down at once and write letter
to your representative, directing it
to the House of Representative,
Columbus Call your neighbors up by
phone and ask them to write without t
delay. Your neglect will make you
responsible for the defeat of great
cause. Your activity now will give
you a share in glorious victory.
HERBERT s. BIGELow, Sec'y.,
The Ohio Direct Legislation League.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-02-20

Our readers may like to be re mind.
ed of how comparatively late In oar
history the absence OF cheap crockery
kept the wooden trencher in use. In
the eighteenth century, silver in the
dining room and pewter below stairs
were abundant for all dinner table use
In large and wealthy households.
But that the number of metal plates
and dishes was insufficient to meet
the requirements of extraordinary oc.
casions is seen In a description of a
dinner given by Lord Nation TO his
tenants in 1888.
II was at Woodhouse that the feast
takes place at which we hear that
" tbs an out of the way thing, the
people are to dine upon wooden dish
es; they cut down wood on purpose
to make them Of"
One of the company describes the
affair in letter to the Lord Straf-
ford OF the time, Lord Nations neigh.
Dor at Wentworth castle.
There was In the prayer hall six
tables made of deals with benches,
such as in the tents att Boughton
fair. Att four of them there might be
about 81 people, the other two some
thing above half the number, the
tables being less.
"our dishes stood single, the table
allowing no more; first dish, roast
porke; End, turkey; 3rd, venison pas.
ty; 4th, cold beefe, roast 5th, fruit
pudding; 9th, a goose; 7th, aple pye
Sth, a hoggs head in souce; so then
the course began again. and kept In
this forme to every table.
I'VE cate upon trenchers and wood
dishes, and drunk In horns; my lord
did the same. The horns held near
pints and the punch was made strong,
and the common people drunk full
horns just after dinner that or 3
horns would make them drunk or
sick"
1t is noticeable that ale was drunk
at my lords table, but as he was re-
puted not to keep "any great stock
OF malt drink" punch was served at
all other tables as being "the cheap
est liquor to make treat Of"
"A treat" meant taking too much,
and this was so successfully accom-.
plished that there was one man
found dead. supposed to be choaked
with punch."-Country Life.