Cañon City record., 1909-07-22

days IN Florencs as the guests Of Miss
Anna McConnell.
Messrs. Roy Ramsey. Max Unger
and Ed. Copper .hwaite OF Florence.
were visitors in Canon City Wednes-
day night.
r. B. Jones of Denver. travelling
passenger agent for the Pennsylvania
lines, Is business visitor in town to-
day. Mr.. Jones' headquarters were
formerly at Madison. Wisconsin.
Warden lyman. OF the penitentiary.
and wife. accompanied by Gen. and
Mrs. Joseph II. Maupin. made an auto
mobile trip to the Wet Maintain val
ley yesterday. They win be gone for a
couple of days.
Secretary n. q. Collins Or ne n.
G.. A.. accompanied by his Njfe and
family. left this morning for the
northern part OF tie state fer q two
or three weeks visit. Mr.. Collins will
attend the Y. NJ. C. A. Vacation con-
ference at Estes Park; his wife and
children during the interval Icing the
guests OF relatives ft Loveland.
Miss Emma Paxton, WHO Is visiting
at the Kirkton and McWillams homes
in East Canon, will sing at the even
ing service at the First Presbyterian
next Sunday. Miss Paxton is vocal
and Instrumental instructor at the
Presbyterian college at Emporia,
Kansas. and is singer OF exception
al talent. :
Miss Helen Lockband OF Cripple
Creek, who has been the guest of
Mrs. A. v. Hoffman in Florence for
some time. arrived here yesterday af-
ternoon for a short visit with friends
before returning to her home in the
district.
Chas. H. Duncan returned home
yesterday from a two weeks fishing
| trip to points on the Gunnison river,
the greater part OF his time being
spent near lola. He reports trout fish-
ing as improving all the time and says
many anglers are now to be found
both II pand down the river from Gun
nison City. Mr.. Duncan caught two
hundred and forty trout during his
absence.
| Mrs. B. A. Corp of 309 Greenwood
| avenue went to Salida yesterday in re-
sponse to a message appraising her of
the illness of her daughter. Miss Elsie.
at that place from scarlet fever. The
unfortunate girl went to Salida the
4 a., nj 4, ehnrf1xy nj
terwards stricken down with the con-
tagion. In going TO the bedside OF the
| sufferer Mrs. Corp was compelled to
| leave another daughter. Miss Pansy.
AFFLICTED with typhoid fever.
Henry Curtis and daughter. Miss
Laura OF Chicago. late residents of
Floral avenue. who came here from
California for the benefit OF the lat
ter's health nearly a year ago. LEFT
yesterday for Ashville. North Caro-
would have a beneficial effect upon
the invalid. They were accompanied
as far as st. Louis by DR.. W. T. Lit
tie, who was their attending physician
while here. Mr.. Curtis Is a retired
lumber merchant and was at one time
a leading dealer in that line OF busi-
ness in Chicago.
Charles Avery. OF Maxwell. New
Mexico. general sales agent for the
Maxwell Irrigated Land company. is
a visitor In town today and is being
introduced among the business men Of
the community by Harry e, Champion.
Maxwell is located in the Canadian
river valley. something like one hun
dred and nifty miles south OF Pueblo.
In what is reputed to be one OF the
greatest coal regions In North Ameri-
ca. There are coal measures in that
section OF the country seventy-two
feet In thickness and the fuel taken
from them are OF exceptionally good
quality; 20 much 20, n fact, that the
United States government has con-
tracted for the delivery OF q million
tons Of II annually as Ban Francisco
for the next ten years for naval pur-
poses.
SAtur6Av.