CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

E. 8. Bobbitt il in Pueblo today.
Miss Mary Wickencamp from near
Plainfield. ILL.,. is visiting here. the
guest Of Mrs. c. T. Chapman.
Mrs. R. L. Robinson and children Of
Denver. en- route home from the Pa
cific coast. where they, spent the sum-
mer. are the guests Of the formers
sister. Mrs. Chas. H. Duncan.
Miss H. Marie Williams Of New
Cambria, Missouri. is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. Joseph Walton. Miss VIII
liams will be here about a month.
Mrs. A. T. Richardson. son and
daughter. OF Cripple Creek have been
visitors in Canon City during the fair.
They are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Duncan. the former being
Mr.. Duncan's sister.
Mrs. Mary Patterson. OF Chicago.
en- route home from Roosevelt. Idaho,
stopped off here a day or two ago for
a weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
G. Anderson and family on Pike ave
nue.. During her sojourn in Idaho she
was the guest OF her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. N. e. Snow Of Lincoln
Park will attend the interstate fair
and exposition to be held In Denver
next week. They will make a large
number Of entries In the fruit and
pantry stores departments Of the Dem
yer show.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bachelor Of
Orchard avenue. East Canon. will
leave tonight for Denver for the pur-
s,se OF attending the interstate fair
and exposition which opens in that
city next Monday. Mr.. Bachelor will
take with him to Denver . large num-
Der Of the, individual fruit exhibits
made at the fair here this week.
This country each year produces
more corn than all other countries OF
the world combined-3.917.00 900 900 out
Of 3.sSS. .000. 900 bushels. It grows more
wheat than any other country In the
world-s.34o.O00 out Of 3.los .0oo. 900
bushsls. 1t produces more oats than
any other country in the world-7s4.-
900 900 out Of 1851. .00o. 900 bushsls.
II 10 the third largest annual pro-
ducer Of harley In the world. lsS. S.0oo.-
900 busAels-only 7.00o. 900 !. bashsas
less than Germany. with Russia lead
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TIE iauto0obils races At the fair
grounds were very Interesting and
held the attention OF the crowd until
nearly O'Clock. The nrst contest was
between Maxwell and Buick rum
abouts and the other was between DR..
GIBBS twsnty-two horse power Ford
touring car and the Gaines Aatomo-
bile company's Colorado Flyer" TIE
distance covered by the competing
machines was three miles, which was
made In ave minutes and aftesn SEQ
onds. The race was q tie. ard. BY mu-
tual agreement. the prize money was
divided between the drivers OF the
competing machines. ...
A number OF pick-pockets are be-
lieved to have been In town during
the fair. but 20 far m has been ascer-
tained they did not make any very
rich hauls In playing their vocation.
Tom Watson. who came up with the
Pueblo excursionists on Thursday.
was relieved of his purse. containing
eight or ten dollars In cash and =
check for twice that amount, at the
Denver q Rio Grande depot just be-
fore starting for home. Another one
of the Pueblo visitors had his pockets
picked and was the loser OF twelve
or fifteen dollars. Mr.. watson's purse
and check were found yesterday on
top Of . freight car where they had
been left by the thief.
| Frank l. Bunten returned home
yesterday from Colorado Springs
where he went several days pre-
vIously with party OF people who
were marooned here In consequence
OF the wash-out o fthe Denver q Rio
Grande railroad tracks at Riverton,
near Pueblo MT. Bunten says tourists
are beginning 10 leave Colorado
Springs for the season and that the
burros. which are . feature OF the
street transportation there during
the summer months, are being taken
out Of the city to their natural past
urase in the hills. Mr.. Buntsn expects
to leave ON Tuesday or Wednesday
OF Asks week for Bend. Ore. and
otae. points In the northwest.
NenAas.
Mr.. Clark OF 0Alva. Illinois. arrived
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