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

eighty-six feet in height and its up
stream surface strengthened by .
heavy coating Of reinforced concrete.
A lake will be impounded a mile and
a quarter in length and Of a maximum
width of nearly half a mile; holding
sufficient water in the reservoir to
meet the demands of the ranchers of
the Park Center and Garden Park
districts for irrigation at all times.
The Falkner ranch is twenty-four
miles almost directly due north of
Canon City. A large number of men
and teams are at present employed
by the Empire Construction company
in the construction of the dam and
reservoir and the undertaking will be
finished within the prescribed time
under ordinary conditions Of weather.
Under the terms of an agreement
with the Garden Park Irrigation COM
pany the Park Center Land & Water
company is entitled to the first two
thousand acre-feet of water from the
flow Of Four Mile creek after the
completion of the reservoir The
amount of water impounded will be
nearly 100000, 900 cubic feet. or some
thing like 0O,o0O,0O0 gallons.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
WORK PROCEEDING ON
BIG STORAGE RESERVOIR
Project Being Pushed as Rapidly as Pos
sible---Wll be Completed Early
In the Spring of 1910

The troubles that have interfered
with the prosecution OF the work on
the dam and big storage reservoir
of the Garden Park Irrigation COM
pany and OF the Park Center Land
& Water company on upper Four
Mile creek for several months have
been settled and the enterprise will
now be carried for ward as speedily
as possible until completed.
The reservoir site is located on the
old Falkner ranch. nine miles north
west of Cripple Creek. which the ir-
rigation company purchased about q
year ago and which Is now the scene
of its operations. A total of some
thing like a quarter of 3 million Gu
bic yards of earth will be handled in
the construction of the dam and res
ervoir, about a tenth Of which was
moved last fall. The work is in the
hands of the Empire Construction
company of Denver and 1t has filed a
bond to have the undertaking compile
ted by the first of March of next year.
and expects to finish the job long be-
fore that time.
The dam will be approximately
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
ESCAPED CONVICT BD0BQMT
/. BACK From MISSOURI 10
CONPLBTR HIS TERN

From Tuesdays Daily,
Almost seven years after his escape
from the penitentiary here Geo. L.
Holmes. alias H. J. Holmes. convict
No sS0s on the prison register. was
brought back to Canon City yester-
day to serve. out one year and ten
months Of his term. He was captured
at Soda Springs. No. several days
ago while in the act Of picking the
pockets OF q tourist.
Chief Of Police Fred Stone OF Kan
sas City. into whose hands the Soda
Springs ofncials delivered Holmes,
recognised the prisoner as fugitive.
and search through Rogues' gal
lery revealed Holmes picture. When
confronted with the photograph the
confessed and consented to his return
here without reQuisition papers.
Holmes was sent up from Lake
county ON December Is, 1901. to serve
. term Of from four to four and one
eighth Year, for burglary and lar
ceny. He was trusty under Jack
Martin and was working with road
gang when he made his escape.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

of age-the first prize was taken by
Ellen Dunn and the second by Gretch-
en- Holland.
In the second class-babies up to
three years OF age-the first prize was
given to Mary Marsh and the second
to Phelma Firth.
The Judges were Rev. G. w. Hatch
er. D. G. Devine and B. J. McGraw,
the two latter from Pueblo.
The Judges were all men. Of course.
which NO doubt accounts for the fact
that all the prizes were given to girl
babies.
Mr.. Denton who was manager Of
this department, has invited the
twenty disappointed mothers to take
dinner with him a. the Hotel Denton
tomorrow. which proves that he is
certainly a brave man. as 1t is the
usual custom for the superintendent
of this departement TO duck as soon
as the judges make a decision.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
SALOONS ON PROSPECT
HEIGHTS MUST so OUT
OF BUSINESS SATURDAY

Acting under instructions from
District Attorney Jas. T. Locke, notice
has been served upon the saloon keep
ers OF Prospect Heights by Sheriff
Esser that they must close up their
places of business and cease the sale
of liquor after - O'Clock next Satur-
day night in accordance with the re-
cent decision of the state supreme
court which held the local option law
to be constitutional. After q careful
iAssttgation OF the matter Mr.. Locke
haR.sdsoided that the sale Of intoxi-
eAnts in Prospect Heights comes with
in the decision OF the court and he &C
cordingly ordered the sheriff to no
ttfy the saloon men to abandon the
liquor traffic under the penalties
prescribed BY the statutes. whiskey
dealers were given awesks grace in
which to dispose OF their stock Of wst
goods- Five saloons will b affected
BY the action OF the district attorney.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
SOME FINE SPECIAL
EXHIBITS IN THE HORTI.
CULTURAL SECTION

The special premiums offered by
the fair association for the best COL
lection and display of fruit from
ranches OF five acres and more, and
from ranches OF five acres and less.
resulted In some splendid exhibits
being made In the horticultural build
ing. In the hrst class. NJ. e. Snow and
F. w. Keeling. both OF Lincoln Park.
were competitors, and, in the second.
T. c. Lleweilyn and J. N. Beatty were
rivals for the blue ribbon. The ar
rangement OF the fruit In each case
waS most attractive and commanded
unusuai attentton: In the display
made BY Ar. Snow were fhityItArss
varieties Of apples. tgenty varieties Of
grapes. eleven varieties Of plums. nve
varieties OF peaches. three varieties Of
pears aud one variety OF cherries. TAe
others has nearly ~ many. p. H
Troutman alone had sixty varieties
OF apples ON exhibition at the fair.
making one Of the largest displayS
ever sAown oy . Frsmoat ooaaty
frait grower.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

OF the kind ever seen in California.
Although Samson carried away the
gatesl of GAIA he would have found
it difficult to carry off some Of the big
stock beets grown by Fremont county
farm6rs. - .-.
Tho public schools exhibit is a
splendid one and is greatly admired
by ali who have given 1t inspection. 1t
affords busy people an opportunity Of
finding out what is being done and ac-
mDaished in the schools of the coun-
ty without the trouble of visiting the
superintendents ONCE for that pur-
pose. Ut is a fine display Of education
al work.
1t win go into history as in many
respects the best fair ever held in
Frembnt county. 1t has made a record
of which its friends are proud and
which succeeding exhibitions will en-
deavdr to rival, II not surpass.
The fair grounds were well paliced
and no trouble was experienced in
maintaining order among the crowd
at an times. Better behaved people
than fthose of Fremont county it
would be hard to find anywhere in the
United States. or.elsewhere. for that
mattSr.
Many compliments y ave been heard
about the manner in which the fair
has been managed and no complaints
have been heard from its patrons in
relation to their treatment. Every
thing has been harmonious and every
body vii! go home happy. except ex-
hibitors who failed to get premiums
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
ILLINOIS PICNIC AND
CELEBRATION AT SKATING
RINK NEXT TUESDAY

II has been decided 10 hold the do
ferred Illinois celebration which was
to have taken place on Labor day. ~
the Rink next Tuseday. ArraAgsmsnts
arc bsing made to serve . cAowdsf =
the FORM Of baAQast. 70 - followed
By program ~ m1sie. 80. TAoaa
Who made doaatioas tor ~ cAoMoae
last week win not b called - aanAn.
bet others Who have psoansos 80
tAsy ere wtiling % eontS11nos ~ -,
parpess afe rsq1sses1 - ene -
~ DssssuA. = seees1. = - -
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
WILL DECIDE WEDNESDAY
$ WHETHER 10 BUILD STEEL
or CONCRETE BRIDGE
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The board Of county commissioners
at Q O'Clock this afternoon opened the
bids for the construction of bridge
across the Arkansas river at Ninth
street to take the place OF the struct-
ure recently washed out BY the flood
The bidders were the Pueblo Bridge
company. the G. q. Shelley Construc-
tion company Of Denver. u. Levsy Z
company. De1ver. and FOX . Smith
OF Florence. The bids were for both
steel and ceneAt construction and Il
was agreed 10 award the contract to
the Pueblo Bridge company.
TAe mayors q Canon city and
soutA CaAoa. = we'll - rsprsoeatA-
tivsa fruA L1neesA Park. vill nset
with tAe eon11 ennMlsaioaers = :
oe,sek Ws1 alessaeoa - -
tas ~ - 1vsas shan -
= - e11el -
"a p.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
FREM(,rlT COUNTY, FAIR
PASSED INTO HISTORY
AS A DECIDED SUCCESS
In All the Departments the Exhibits Were Complete and
Representative Premiums VIII Be Paid In Fun
and It Is Expected Small Surplus Will Be
Turned Into the Treasury

fair was a big factor in its financial
success and added much to the en-
joyment OF the occasion. All Of the
premiums will be paid in full and the
Daily Record hopes in the course OF
three or four days to publish a COM
plete list of the prize winners. While
the SECRETARY is yet unable to make a
complete abatement he Is confident
that the receipts have been in excess
of the expenditures and that there
will be a small surplus after meeting
all OF the current expenses Of the as
sociation.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

themselves into any controversy Of
the proposition in other ssctions of
the country have been conspicuoua hy
their absence here and the autAori-
ties have had q free hand. DO maka an
exhaustive test of the ruattar.
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
LIVE STOCK EXHu1f -
81 CALLED FORTH ADMRAH0N

The extent Of livestock At the
county fair was OF such . splsndid
character that II ELECTED continual Cd
miration from all who visited that d.
partmsnt. wAile. the exhibit wAs not
quite % large - at former fairs the
grade Of livestock shown thas year has
never been surpassed.
The horsss particularly. well
Groomed and seeming to appreciate
the fact that they were ON parade
came In for much favorable criticism.
Also included in the exhibit were
some splendid specimens OF short
horned and Jersey cattle. and some
prise- winning swine which evidence
the close attention and care Of their
stock by many Of the Fremont coun-
ty breeders.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16
FAIR NOTES

If's all over
Good xb,,a !, hsted
We could stand more Of IT.
The buckinr bull was a wonder. He
had them Al, ro,np
Tn. e,h,h,,. from neaver PARK
~,c,rr on xir.ip eo,i vrr. much a.-
n,,r.6 sas 80 - sEssa-t -ss5-.-e
me arv s.rmine exhibat also came
in for . roodIv sAare which II vell d.
..rved
In ou.,,,v ,,he pou,,rv display IL
,,,,v mn "a .,vth,n. Of The htnd that
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-16

The Fremont county fair for 1903
has passed into history with a record
OF which neither the members OF the
association nor their friends are
ashamed. Every pledge and promise
made byp the management was re-
deemed and 1t has no reason to re-
proach itself SO far as matters OF
that kind are conserned. The publis
was given q display Of the resources
Of the county in the different exhib-
its. and. ON the race track. fine pro-
gram OF arenic sports. Whatever the
general verdict in relation to the fair
may be It is safe 10 say that no ser
Sous criticism will rest upon the as
ISOLATION, which left nothing undone
to make It a success In every respect.
II ID expected that the horticultu-
raj section would attract the great
est interest. and. this conclusion was
justified by the results. Never before
in Canon City was there a finer exhi-
bit OF fruits. especially of apples. OF
which alone nearly a hundred vari-
eties were shown. While lacking to
some extent that color which has
made Fremont county apples famous
In all Of the markets OF the middle
vest they were In all other respects
fully the equal In quality to anything
Of the kind ever seen in The Arkan-
sas valley. Many Of the appiss DIS
PLAYED here viii b boxsd up and seat
10 the interstate exhibition n Deaysr
for sxhibitsoa. while others wfrl b
put In cold storage and held for the
stats fair ct Pssblo. which occurs Il
week later. .,..
TAs showing o9 peaches. pears.
pluns, gra1ss and other products Of
orchard and eardsa vas ssrprtslnGiy.
seaplsts asa vas Tie sub3set of n1cA
cpnpltmsst, sspseAisy fsoa oct Of
sovn visitors Who were sseoaisAsa
st ,hSr Quality and Of thsir ,ersaA
variety. Il vas apparsss non sAs
nau,iaesat aneviae raaas AZ ths f.ir
rror.A. Asrs this lsas that Frsmcas
eounty Il dest.,sa :, continus DO - |
enc Of ths grsat fruit psoaucias dis
t-,c,s OF coIoraso in spite Of he sf-
sorts being made in aoms quarters
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
OLDEST NEWSBOY
SELLS LAST PAPER
Johnny" Hearn, the Veteran
Hustler" Dies Near Claus
Spreckels Building

Johnny" Hearn. who for a period
of more than 80 years sold The Call
at Market and Third streets. and who
did odd jobs for The Call during that
time. has sold his last newspaper.
Johnny" dropped dead from heart
failure at his old station in front of
the Claus Spreckels building at 7
o'clock yesterday morning, and pc
culiar incident of his sudden taking
off is the fact that Johnny" did not
slam the door as he left his home at
229 Natoma street at o'clock in the
morning. For years Johnny" arose
at a. m. and as he left the house he
notified the other people in the house
that he had gone by slamming the
door.
Yesterday morning he arose at the
usual hour and quietly departed for
Third and Market street. Mrs. John
Farrell, with whom he has roomed for
many years, did not hear the door
slam, and as she said later in the day
she had a presentiment that some
thing was wrong when Johnny did not
slam the DOOR.
He was found gasping for breath at
the entrance of the Claus Spreckels
puilulHS ana was taken 10 the central
emergency hospital. He died while on
the way. however, and his body was
removed to the morgue and his rela-
tives notified
Johnny was of saving DISPOSE
old. Besides selling papers for a liv-
ing he had been employed as a route
carrier on The Call and at times acted
as collector and solicitor. He leaves
sister, niece and two nephews in this
city.
Johnny was ia saving DISPOSE
ton. and in his younger days was re-
puted to have amassed a small for
tune. Whether or not he lost his
money has not been ascertained. He
was careful and is supposed to have
been comfortably fixed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
WE EAT TOO MUCH
SAYS STOMACH man
Young Cooper's Novel Ideas
Create Much Comment in
Bay Cities
Why Thousands Are Half Sick
All the Time From Food
Stuffing

The young Cooper stomach man,
who has created storm of comment in
San Francisco and the bay cities by his
novel theory that 95 per cent of ali the
ills of humanity are caused by stomach
trouble and nothing else. was inter-
viewed at the Owl drug store in the
Fhelan building. where he has been
meeting the people for more than two
months. He said:
1.-The American people eat too much.
1 maintain that the stomach of the race
is degenerating from overeating. Thou
sands of people are half sick all the
time and don't know what is the mat
ter. In nine cases out of 10 the whole
fault is food stuffing. -
II have met more than $4,000 people
since l have been in San Francisco.
That. 1 think, is a pretty fair sized
slice of the population for single man
to talk to face TO face. And yet out of
all these people, ailing from what they
thought was a hundred and one dis
eases-constipation, kidney trouble,
liver complaint, headache, dizziness,
pains in the side and back, nervous
prostration. general debility and every
thing else they could think of-and yet,
l say, when I gave my course of stom-
ach treatment to these people in almost
every instance they have found relief.
People are too prone to gorge them
selves with food. They pay no atten-
ton to the fact that the food supply
should be regulated by the demands
put upon 1t. Brain workers eat as much
as day laborers. / know many brain
workers who eat two meals day. That
is enough for any one unless he is put
to extraordinary physical exertion by
his occupation. The extra meals they
take lie heavy and soggy on the stom-
ach. They make. a man feel sluggish
and tired; he is droopy, half sick, ex-
hausted all the time. The stomach gets
clogged, won't work and the food To-
ments in the stomach and forms gases,
which cause intense agony. pumps poi
son into the blood and causes host of
minor complaints, all resulting from
one central fault-stomach trouble.
My medicine tones up the stomach.
1t simply restores it to a healthy, nor
NAL condition and enables it to do its
work as nature intended. BY building
up the stomach the whole system is i'm
proved and the half sick man becomes
well man. regains his lost ambition
and strength. and if he halfway uses
common sense in his diet is not apt to
get sick again"
One of Cooper's callers Saturday was
Henry c. Goodman of 1884 Twenty first
street. He said:
II had catarrh of the stomach for four
years. | suffered from all the symp-
toms-chronic constipation. gas on the
stomach, food would not agree with me
and caused intense pains in my stomach
and sides. / took everything, without
relief until I tried Cooper's treatment
and now 1 am a we'll man. I can eat
and digest my food without any pain
whatever no gas forms and feel like
a new man. l unhesitatingly ascribe
my recovery to this man Cooper's treat
ment."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
CORNERSTONE OF NEW
SWEDISH CHURCH LAID
Notable Addresses by Divines
Mark Solemn Services

The cornerstone of the new Swedish
Methodist Episcopal church, which is to
be erected at Guerrero and Camp
streets, was laid at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the presence of 2
large gathering with solemn and i'm
pressive services.
J. r. Andrews. district superintendent
of the church. led the services and de-
lfyered strong address Rev J. Fl
Lavedahr, pastor, spoke upon the sig
nificance of the event and the hope IL
held out for the future growth of >
deeper religious feeling in the district
A male choir sang several hymns.
Before the fire the church was located
at Ninth and Howard streets, and since
the structure was burned the congre-
cation has been meeting in a tenn
porary building erected on the old site
This has been sold and the proceeds an
piled to the building of greater edi-
fee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
LINE TO
RUN EAST AND WEST
Eight Vessels Will Be Operated
Around the Horn
Both Ways

Negotiations have been completed by
which the Clipper line operated by
Bates and Chesebrough from San Fran
cisco 10 the Atlantic coast will be made
complete service with vessels plying
westward as well as eastward The
information was conveyed to H. S.
Bates through a telegram received yes
terday from his partner, Arthur Cheese
brough, who has been in the east on
this mission.
For some time the firm has been OPP
Grating the Seawell and Standard oil
ships from San Francisco around the
Horn. While this afforded an east
bound service at low rates, no provision
had been made for the run from the At
Iantic coast to California. The vessels
were generally used by the United
States government to transport coal
from Baltimore to the Pacific. Bates
and Chesebrough had chartered the
ships for the return and have been OPP
Grating under this system for several
months.
TOTAL OF EIGHT SHIPS
The Seawell and Standard ell fleets,
which pass under the control of the
local firm, consist of seven ships. The
Mangareva has also been chartered,
making total of eight vessels with q
total capacity of 10000 tons.
The new service VIII be instituted
next month. when the vessels will en-
ter on regular runs from Philadelphia
and New York. The first vessel to leave
viii be the William p. Frye.
For the present the ships will call at
Philadelphia and New York on the At
lantic side and at Los Angeles and
San Francisco on the Pacific. 1t is
the plan of the shipping firm to extend
the service at a later date to include
Seattle and other ports.
The ships will sail on regular SEIZED
ule departing about six weeks apart.
The freight rates have been below the
30 cent figures which has been main
tanned by the Pacific Mail.
PLENTIFUL CARGOES
I'VE have been working for some
time" said Bates yesterday, ito bring
this about. Mr. Chesebrough went east
to complete the arrangements and /
have just received the telegram an
nouncing his success. 1 believe that
this will be distinct advantage to the
Pacific coast. We have found plentiful
cargoes for the vessels we have dis
patched to the east and we have always
thought that a larger trade was. at
hand
The Clipper line has found its oppor-
tunity in the cargoes which the Pacific
Mail was unable or unwilling to handle.
Beginning with an occasional ship it
has grown with the increasing demands
of commerce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
ASSOCIATION OF DRUG
CLERKS ELECTS OFFICERS
Professor Flint Named Presi-
dent at Annual Meeting

The annual election of the San Fran
cisco branch of the California drug
clerks association was held Friday in
Clerks hall. 343 Van Ness avenue and
those chosen were Prof J. f. Flint.
president; W. Murphy. first vice presi-
dent. V. Schaefer. second vice presi-
dent; J. A. Conway. recording secre-
tary. J. McCune, financial secretary; G.
Never. guide, E. Gallagher. inside
guard: NJ. Leddy. outside guard w.
Weiss. Charles c. Bucher and M. G..
Packsher, trustees; e. j Malone A.
Fretz and w. Adair. executive COM
mittee: Charles c. Bucher and P. Ha-
ley. delegates to the labor council.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-21
We Rent Your Rooms

Phone Kearny Sc for the "ad man"
to call ard tell you how you can rent
those vacant rooms for soc