Cañon City record., 1909-10-14

the most beautiful they had ever seen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merwin spent week in
Colorado Springs and vicinity before
coming here, and while delighted with
the surroundings there, they are of
the opinion that Canon City has more
natural attractions than the famous
Pixies Peak region. They say that IL
Canon City was properly advertised
in the East It would soon become one
of the most popular tourist resorts in
this section of the country. AS a SOU
venir of his visit here Davis took home
with him a live tarantula. which he
captured on the Skyline road.
FRIDAY
Mrs. l.. E. Eldred is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. w C. Eldred. at Grip
pie Greek.
Mrs. Maude Brown Watts, of Salt
Lake City. is visiting Mrs. Guy Hardy.
She is on her wa yto Council Bluffs TO
attend the wedding of her brother, DR..
A Clifford Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Rowland enter
tanned the members of the Card club
and other friends at their residence on
Elm avenue. Lincoln Park, last night.
Cards furnishd the diversion.
Mrs. James Turnbull entertained a
company OF forty or fifty ladies' at
o'clock tea at her home on Lincoln
Park yesterday afternoon. The Occa-
sion was a charming one in all re-
spects and the guests carried away
delightful menorfes OF the hospitality
they had received.
Walter Rea returned home the first
OF the week from a five months visit
on the Pacific Coast. most of which
was spent with his uncle. George
Crozier. in San Francisco. He was the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p Morrison
in Los Angeles for a few days imme-
diately preceding his departure for
Canon City. Mr.. Morrison. who was
formerly engaged in business here. is
now In the grocery trade at Los An
geles.
Mrs. Joseph Esser returned home
last week from Chicago where she
went a month or so ago 10 visit rela-
tives and friends. She was accom-
panied back to Colorado by her moth
er. Mrs. Anna NJ. Barihel. who will
spend the winter here. Mrs. Barthel
is one OF the oldest residents OF Chi
caEo. having resided there since 1857
and has seen II grow from a compar-
atively small city into one OF the
greatest communities In the world.
Rather an unusual freak of nature
is 10 be seen in connection with some
apple trees in an orchard at 1924
Sells avenue. South Canon. which are
deveic ping vigorous second growth OF
foliage. The portion of the orchard
in which they stand was converted
into a pond by the flood in the river
couple OF months tgo and the leaf
age on the trees turned yellow and
fell off as n frostbitten. Lately the
afflicted trees are putting out new
LEAKAGE as though spring had come
again.
4 letter from II. F. Cramer. who
with Mrs Cramer left here a few
weeks ago for Albuquerque. New
Mexico, TO spend the winter. was re-
ceived yesterday by R G. Nesbit He
says they are very comfortably To-
Gated and expect 10 remain there till
spring when they will return to Colo
rado. Albuquerque. according to Mr..
Cramer. Is a progressive and wide
awake community. but in many re-
spects Is not as desirable a place of
residence as Canon City.
Sheriff Esser. CIV. Hodgin. w. z.
Barter and J. f. Mcclure returned
home on an early train this morning
from the western slope where they
the week. None OF them succeeded in
getting a deer and they report game
as being very scarce in the territory
In which they hunted. w. B. Anderson.
who accompanied Mr.. Esser on the
outward trip. remained I'm the western
part OF the state with the intention
of getting a deer. II possible. before
the close of the open season on that
class OF game.
The Hudson Fulton commemorative
stamps were placed on sale at the
local postofice yesterday afternoon
for the first time. although in a can
celed form they have been passing
through the mails here for more than
week. They are issud by the gov
ernment for the purpose OF advertis-
ing the celebration OF the three hun
dredth anniversary OF the discovery OF