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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
Schenectady, N. Y, 5-26-'0'

Schenectady, N. Y, 5-26-'0s.
Dear Mother and Father:
l have a job today that consists of
sitting around and watching the
wheels go round. / have nothing to do
unless something goes wrong. The
hardest part of the job is keeping
awake. In order to help me keep
awake ! am going to start my next
weeks letter today and tell you some
thing about New York and Philadel-
phia. New York comes first for saw
1t first.
1t is easy to find your way about in
New York except in the lower part of
the island in the old part of town.
Even down there you can soon find
where you are. Wall street and the
Bowery are down in that part of town.
The stock exchange Is not on Wall
street as I had always supposed, but
is on Broad street. just off Wall street.
The curb stock exchange Is on Broad
street, too. They have no building but
get in the middle OF the street. They
all act as though they were crazy. but
I could not tell how many fortunes
1 saw made and broken while watch
ing them.
Looking up Broad street and on
Wall street is the old Trinity church
1t is a small church and has an old
graveyard all around 1t. It looks fun
ny right in the sky-scraper district
They certainly do have tall buildings
in New York. The niger building II
the tallest and is AZ stories and about
600 fest.
Battery Park 10 down in the old
part too. The old battery has beel
turned into an aquarium and IL III
largest thing OF its kind in the world
TIE tanks have glass sides and all thi
hight comes In froaA ths top 70 the ~
oaa b sesa vesy eaaarty.
LookiAS out ovsr the harbor from
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
CANON YOUNG MAN SIGHTSEEING
IN new YORK AND PHtt ADEtP PHtA

Battery Park 1t is pOssible-if not fog
gy-to see; the statue OF Liberty
Ellis Island (where the immigrants
land), Jersey City across the river,
and the sea gate down the harbor. The
harbor is full OF ferry boats and tugs
and sometimes a few large ocean lin
ers and river boats. saw the Lusi-
tania in the dock. 1t is the largest
ocean liner in the world We went out
to the Statue of Liberty and climbed
up into her bonnet. From there
you can get a good view OF the skyline
and see the Brooklyn bridge in the
distance.
We took subway train over to
Brooklyn and rode under the East
river and took the elevated back and
rode over Brooklyn bridge.
The Broadway that you have heard
so much about runs the entire length
of the island. I forgot to tell you that
New York is on an island. 1t covers
all of Manhattan Island. About the
middle of the island is Central Park.
think this park covers about as
much ground as Canon City. and 1t is
pretty too-nothing much but grass
and trees. 1t contains few buildings
the art gallery and menagery, and
the Croten reservoir, which is the New
York water supply
bn arf tot a tod
paintings and statues.
Fifth avenue runs along the east
side OF the park. Here is where you
find the houses. with the big stone
fronts-the homes Of the millionaires
Opposite the upper end OF the park on
top of the hill is Columbia University
and just beyond that is Grants tomb
where Gen. and Mrs. Grant are buried
This is on Reversible drive and over.
looks the Hudson.
We saw several good shows in the
evenings. That Just about sums ur
what we saw in New York, 80 now We
will go down to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Is laid out in good
shape and is easy to get on to. Thu
city hall-a fine structure-is In thu
middle OF town with Broad street run
ming north and south and Market
street east and west. From 1t most ol
the streets are narrow and they have
Ionlys surface cars so II you want to &c,
anywhere in hurry you have to ws1lE
i We aa~ Sn Dhgl. A.srSs. A.. Ia ~
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
wOODMEN OF WORLD HOLD
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE

There was large attendance of the
members of Gate City Camp, Wood
men Of the World and of Gate City
Circle, Women of woodcraft. and their
friends at the First Methodist church
on the occasion OF the annual memo
rial service Sunday evening. A fea-
ture of the exercises was the splendid
discourse preached to the visitors by
Rev. Frank r. Hollenback, pastor Of
the congregation. The annual decor
alton of the graves OF deceased mem
bers was observed by the Woodmen
OF the World at Greenwood cemetery
In the forenoon.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11

avenue was made chairman and J. II.
Bartlett secretary Of the meeting.
which strongly favored the enterprise
which It was called to promote. In
view OF the great number OF former
residents OF Iowa living In Canon CITY
and vicinity that had not been in
formed OF what It Is sought to &C.
complish It was decided to defer any
action looking to permanent organi-
zation until Friday evening. June II.
when the proposition will be disposed
of. Every ex-resIdent of Iowa now
living in Canon City and its environs
IL requested to be present at the
meeting to be held next Friday even
ing.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11

The Beaver Land & Irrigation COM
pany is getting ready to start work on
Its schaefter reservoir ON Beaver
creek and has some supplies and ma
terial being delivered on the ground.
1t will be necessary to construct q
building for the mixing Of concrete.
Within the next few days gang OF
men will be employed and then work
will be pushed az rapidly as capital
and labor will permit.
A six mile pipe line will be laid
starting six miles above the creek and
running almost to the site of the res
ervoir. This pipe will convey the
water from the creek into a fiume,
and the water will wash the side Of
the mountain as in a fill for a dam.
This dam will be 100 feet thick at the
base and will extend upward sixty
feet.
A cement foundation will be laid
from bedrock to hold the cement core
which will be backed up with dirt
and when 1t is finished 1t is said that
no body OF water that will ever rush
down Beaver creek will come with
sufficient force to carry the fill and
the core down the stream. It 10 re-
ported that the company will spend
about 100000 In this work. The
dam will hold several thousand acre
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
EMINENT SURGEON IN
CANON CITY SUNDAY.

Dr.sA. g. Place. head OF the Boulder
sanitarium, was visitor in Canon
City on Sunday and performed q deli
cate surgical operation on Mrs. Elmer
C. Hodgin OF East Canon at DR.. Graves
DR.. Place is one Of the most
eminent surgeons in the west. his
fees in that line of practice last year
aggregating $4,000. He was return
ing from trip to the western slope
when he stopped OF here. He is ar
ranging to reclaim 500 acres of land
in Montrose county by means of q
big private irrigation enterprise.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
EXPERIENCE
SNOWsTORM ON GUNNISON

T. NJ. Harding Jr.. L. L. Harding Jr.
and Louis Reynolds, who left here
Friday night on fishing trip to Hero
on the Gunnison. sent back word that
they experienced a heavy snowstorm
over there Saturday and that such y
thing as trout fishing was out OF the
question. There IL said to be more
snow in the country tributary to Tay-
lor river at present than at any time
for many years.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
NAIL FOR DENVER AND the
EAST CLOSES EARLIER

Owing to the change in the schedule
Of Denver 4 Rio Grande train No. 10,
which now leaves Canon City at 10:6e
a. m, instead Of 1875 D. m. q has
been the case heretofore. all mall for
Pueblo, Denver and the east must ~
IN the posto3ice before 1850 Q. n,
instead Of before 11:4S Q. m. - tornr
Srly. People Interested viii 20 ven
- note t1as cAAnOS II ths ttne a
- SJ6atAg Of ~ nails. T
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11
PARDON ASKED FOR NAN
SERVING - YEARS

The state board Of pardons on Sat
urday made public the list OF appli-
cations that will be considered next
Friday. The only one OF importance
10 the application Of Moses Freytas,
who was sentsnced from Las Animss
county in 1897 to - year term fof
murder. He. togsther with two other
hssn. were convicted of murdsfing two
|oHicers and Afterwards burning their
|bol1os.
Yfsytas 10 - years Of aGe. II III
shculd serve his fall tsem 40 Win y
sosty ysaru bseoee - - - a1nt1o
10 Saross.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11

Ed Curtis, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Curtis of 429 Cooper avenue, who
graduated last year from the engi-
neering school of the state university
at Boulder a year ago with the hon
ors of his class and was shortly af-
terwards rendered a position with the
General Electric company at Schenec-
tady, N. Y, has written the following
letter to his parents descriptive OF
a recent visit to the metropolis that
can hardly foil to be of interest to
our readers.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-06-11

surmounting the lofty casino tower
that rises above the main park en-
trance is the same $4,000 candle
power searchlight that was used At
the St. Louis worlds fair. Fully 1OO.-
900 electric lamps Of varied candle.
power are used in the general Illum-
inatIon scheme OF the new resort,
which is a place OF dazzling brilliaa-
cy at night
Band concerts are to be rendered
free every afternoon and evening by
foreign musical orEanIxations in -
broad plaza between the casino aAA
the lake, and balloon ascensions and
other thrilling open-air acts win b
used as weekly and semi-weekiy nsa-
lures during the season. ~ ="
The resort IL exceptionally veil
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13

leave behind this disgraceful present,
with that face that had looked into
his from above the dusty street?
If fate intended that, why had it
turned him back? If such was the
bed he had made, he would lie in it.
He would drink the gall and vinegar
without whlmpering. Whatever lay
behind he would live it down. This
man at least had befriended him.
He turned into the room. Perhaps
shall remember after awhile" He took
the saucepan from Prendergast's hand
"Tn cook the breakfast" he said.
Prendergast filed bis pipe and watch
ed him. II guess there are bats in your
belfry, sure enough, Hugh" he said at
length. "You never offered to do your
stint before"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13
WOMEN'S WOES.
Hopkinsville Women Are
Finding Relief at Last.

1t does seem that women have
more than fair share of the aches
and pains that aff1ict humanity; they
must keep up" must attend to du-
ties in spite of constantly aching
backs. or headaches, dizzy spells,
bearing down pains; they must stoop
over, when to stoop means torture.
They must walk and bend and work
with racking pains and many aches
from kidney ills. Kidneys cause
more suffering than any other organ
of the body. Keep the kidneys we'll
and health is easily maintained.
Read of a remedy for kidneys only
that helps and cures the kidneys and
is endorsed by.people from all over
the United States.
Mrs. w. 7. Vinegar, living on
GAINESVILLE street, Elkton, KY. says:
81 am very glad to state that Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me of most an
noying case of Kidney trouble which
had resisted doctors treatment and
every remedy that had given a
trial. My health and strength be-
came greatly run down, | had little
ambition to perform my household
duties. Hearing of Doan's Kidney
Pills procured box and the results
of their use were all that l could
wish for. Before | had finished the
contents of the first box of the rem
edy, noticed decided change for
the betterin my condition and by the
time | had used the second box, /
felt like different woman. | do
not hesitate to give Doan's Kidney
Pills my endorsement"
Plenty more proof like this from
Hopkinsville people. Call at L. A.
Johnson & Co. g drug store and ask
what their customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the Unit
Cd States.
Remember the name Deans and
take no other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13

He turned to the hearth, kicked the
smolderlng log ends together and set
a saucepan on them. you'll be stron-
ger when you've got something be-
tween your ribs" he added.
"How long have 1 been lying here"
asked Harry.
"Only since last night. You've had a
fever"
"Where is my dogW
"DogT said the other. II never
knew you had one"
Harry's lips set bitterly. It had Jared
more hardly, then, than he. 1t had
been q ready object for the crowd to
wreak their hatred upon, because it
belonged to hlm-because it was Hugh
Stires' dog!
els this your cabin, my friend?"
The figure bending over the hearth
Strengthened itself with a jerk, and
the blinking yellow eyes looked hard
at him. Prendergast came close to the
bunk.
"That's the game you played in the
town." he said, with a surly sneer.
"It's all right for those that take it
in, but you needn't try to bamboozle
me, pretending you don't know your
own claim and cabin I'm no such
foolr
A dull flush came to Harry's brow
Here was a page from that Ubiquitous
past that faced him. His own cabin!
And his own claim! Well, why not2
"You are mistaken" he said calmly
IT am not pretending. cannot re-
member you"
Prendergast laughed in an ugly, de-
risive way. 81 suppose you've for
gotten the half year we've lived here
together and the gold dust we've gath
cred in now and again-slipped it all,
have your"
Harry stood up. The motion brought
temporary dizziness, but 1t passed.
He walked to the door and gazed out
on the pleasant green Of the hillside.
On a tree near by was nailed a rough,
weather beaten board on which was
scrawled, "The Little Paymaster
Claim" He saw the grass grown
BIdNel lISu~ les, CNluSuCG VI dDdnOOu-
ed work. He had been a miner. That
In itself was honest toll.
"The claim is good, them" he said
over his shoulder. Eve found the
payP
Prendergast contemplated him mo-
ment in grim silence, with scowl.
you're either really fuddled, Hugh"
he said then, cor else you're star
play actor and up to something deep.
Well, have it your own way-it's ell
the same to me. But you can't pill
the wool over my eyes longv'
There were mockery and threat in
bis tone; but, more than both, the evil
intimacy in his words gave Harry a
qualm Of disgust. This man had been
his associate. That one hour in the
town had shown him what his own
life there had been.
What should he do? Forsake for
ever the neighborhood where he had
made his blistering mark? Fling all
aside and start again somewhere and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13

guilty backward glance she bent and
touched her kps to his forehead.
She drew back quickly, her face
flooded with color, caught her breath.
then. drawing her hood over her head,
went swiftly to the door and was lost
In the darkness.
When toward midnight the fever
ebbed, Sanderson had fallen into
deep sleep of exhaustion, from which
be opened his eyes next morning upon
the figure of Prendergast sitting, pipe
in mouth, in the sunny doorway.
He lifted himself on his elbow. That
crafty face had been inexplicably WOW
en- with the delirious fantasies Of his
fever. Where and when had he known
1t? Then in a great tide welled over
him the memory Of his last conscious
hours-the Tcene in the saloon, the
fight, the music, the sudden appalling
discovery of his name and repute. He
remembered the sickening wave Of self
disgust, the fierce agony of resentment
that had beat in his every vein as he
walked up the darkening street. He
remembered the thrown quartz. No
doubt another missile had struck home
or he had been set upon, kicked and
pommeled into insensibility. This old
mana miner probably, for there were
picks and shovels in the corner-had
succored him. He had been i'll, there
was lassitude in every limb, and shad-
owy recollecions tantallzed him. He
retained a dim consciousness of a wo-
mans face-the face he had seen on
the balcony-leaning near him, bring
ing into painful disorder a sense of
grateful GOODNESS. of fragrance and of
rest.
AS he stared again at the seated fig
ure, the grim fact reared like a grisly
specter, deriding, thrusting its haggard
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13
AWhO's Who" In The Story.

SATAN" SANDERSON, the
hero, daredevil, quixotic friend and
minister of the Gospel.
cHUGH STIRES, prodigal and
criminal
JESSICA HOLME, the beautiful
heroine, helpless In the rush Of
events and the principal sufferer !n
a case of mixed identity.
MRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle.
DAVID STIRES, stern, yet for
giving, and at the last made happy
by another's unhappiness.
THE BISHOP, the victim of a
misunderstanding.
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
ligious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole weight of the story.
EMMETT PRENDERGAST, the
false friend, perjurer and thief.
THE SHERIFF, who is very
much divided between duty and in
clination.
"BIG" DEVLIN, who turns
champion instead of prosecutor aft
x er the hero's race with death.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13

sica had not heard of the incident in
the saloon which had precipitated the
fight with Devlin, and with sympa-
thetic rhetoric Mrs. Halloran told this
too.
"Why does Smoky Mountain hate
him so? What has he doneP asked
Jessica.
Mrs. Halloran shook her head. "I
never knew anything myself" she
said Judiciously. II reckon the town
allus counted him just a general low
down. The rest is only suspicion an
give the dog a bad name"
There had been comfort for Jessica
in this interview. Mrs. Hallorans
story had materially increased the
poignant force of her pity. What had
seemed to her a vulgar brawl had
been in reality a courageous and I'M
selfish championship of q defenseless
outcast. Thinking Of this, the self
blame and contrition which she had
felt when she listened to the violin
assailed her anew, till she seemed
very part of the guilt, an equal sinner
by omission.
Yet she rode homeward that day
with almost a light heart.
AS Harry stood in the cabin door
way looking after Prendergast toward
the town, glistening far below in the
morning sunlight, he thought bitterly
OF his reception there.
"They all knew me-" he thought.
every one knew neon the street in
the hotel They know me for what l
have been to them. Yet to me it is all
a blank. What shameful deeds have l
doneT' He shrank from memory now.
"What was 1 doing so far away, where
was l going, on the night when was
picked up beside the railroad track? I
may be a drunkard," he said to him
self. "No, in the past month 1 have
drunk hard, but not for the taste of the
liquor. 1 may be a gambler, may be
a cheat, thief. Yet how is 1t possible
for bad deeds to be blotted out and
leave no trace? Actions breed habit If
they do not spring from it, and habit
lCpCAlCu DCNOihCo NhhA-
acter. l feel no inherent propensity to
rob or defraud. Shall L? VIII these
things come back to me if my memory
doesY
In the battle that he fought now he
turned, even in his weakness, to man
ual labor, striving to dull his thought
with mechanical movement. He clean
ed and put to rights both rooms and
sorted their litter Of odds and ends.
But at times the inclination to escape
became we'll nigh insupportable. When
the conflict was fercest, he would
think of a girls face once seen, and
the thought would restrain him. Who
was she? Why had her look pierced
through him? In that hateful career
that seemed so curiously alien could
she have had a part2
He did not know that she Of whom
he wondered in the bitterest Of those
hours had been very near him; that on
her way up the mountain she had
stolen down to the Knob to look
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13
THE rest Is ollU suspicion. /"

AftS SoS % INV SHcFLItCfO'
nightfall. Harry had put the warning
elements under When Prendergast re-
turned at supper time, the candle was
lighted in its wall box. the dinted tea
kettle was singing over a cracking
fire and Harry was perspiring over the
securing of the last utensn.
Prendergast looked the orderly int
rior over on the threshold with a
contemptuous amusement. almost
thought was in church." he said. He
took off his coat and lazily watched
the other cook the frugal evening meal
Excuse my not volunteering" he OBJ
served. "You do it so nicely I'm al
most afraid you'll have another attack
of that forgettery of yours and go back
to the old line"
Presently he looked at the bunk,
clean and springy with fresh out spruce
shoots. he went into it. knelt down
and thrust an arm into the empty
space beneath it. He got up hastily.
what have you done with that?" he
demanded, with an angry snarl.
with what?' Harry turned his head
as he set two tin plates on the bare
table.
with what was under here"
''There was nothing there but an old
horse skim" said Harry. cit is hanging
on the side Of the cabin"
With an oath Prendergast flung open
the door and went outside. He re-en-
tered quickly with the white hide In
his arms, wrapped it in a blanket and
thrust it back under the bunk.
HAS any one been here today since
you put it out there?" he asked quick
~.
mo" said Harry, surprised. ''Why?"
Prendergast chuckled. The chuckle
grew to a guffaw, and he sat down,
slapping his thigh. Presently he went
to the wall, took the chamois skin bag
from its hiding place and poured some
Of its yellow contents into his palm.
That's why. Do you remember that
eh?"
Harry looked at it. "Gold dust" he
said. 81 seem to recall that 1 am
going to begin work in the trench to-
morrow. There should be more where
that came from"
fro BE CONTINUED
>-,>>--,--->~~~~->.~-.>->~.-.
Hands cracked and bruised from
husking, skin diseases, tan, freckles,
cuts relieved at once with Pinesalve
Carbolized (acts like a poultice).
Draws ont inflammation. Price 25c.
Sold by Anderson-Fo wlerRDrug Co.,
INCORPORATED.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13

by what miracle had he been so altered
as to look upon himself with loath-
ing?
He lifted himself upright, dropping
his feet to the floor. At the movement
the man on the doorstep rose quickly
and came forward.
you're better, Hugh" he said "Take
1t easy though. Don't get up just yet
I'm going to cook you some breakfast"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-13
ON THE STUMP
Smith and Morrison Will
Address Voters.

David Smith and C. W. Morrison,
Democratic nominees for sheriff and
county judge, will address the voters
of Christian county at the following
times and places:
Bennettstown, Tuesday, Oct. Is, l
p. m.
Howell, Tuesday, Oct. Is, Up. m.
Era, Wednesday, Oct. IA, l p. m.
Lantrip's School House, Wednes-
day, Oct. IA, z p. m.
Macedonia { Murphy's store ,
Thursday. Oct. Is. p. m.
Cones School House, Thursday,
Oct. Is, z p. m.
Castleberry School House, Friday,
Oct. 16, p. m,
Empire, Friday. Oct. 16, Up. m.
Crofton, Saturday, Oct. II, pm.
Kelly Station, Saturday, Oct. II, z
p. m.
A number of prominent speakers
will accompany the candidates and
address the voters at said times and
places.
Don't fail to hear them.