Cañon City record., 1909-12-16
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daughter are reported as doing nicely.
The regular meeting OF Greenwood
Post. No. 10. G. A. r.. will be held this
to be present. Among other business
TO be transacted will be the annual
election of officers.
Sam Wright, who for the last few
months has been ranching over in
Rio Blanco county, near Meeker. came
over from the western slope this
morning to look after some business.
He will be in town two or three days.
The Minnesota Realty company OF
this city made five sales last week in
volving values aggregatlng $4,000.
Real estate agents abe looking for
ward to a period of exceptional busi-
ness activity next spring and antici-
pate a larger immigration into this
section OF the state than ever before.
A large attendance OF members is
urged at the meeting OF the Friends
in Council at Shaeiier hall tomorrow
afternoon. Business OF unusual i'm
portance will come up for considera-
ton and IL is hoped all who can pos
sibly do 50 will be present
Sam Brown. Jr, who is associated
with Dali Deweese In the promotion
OF the Canon City. Florence & Pueblo
Water Company. returned TO Canon
City last night from Pueblo. where he
went on Tuesday to attend the annual
social session and smoker OF the Pu-
eblo Business Mems Association. Mr..
lands OF the upper Arkansas valley
offer the best opportunities in the west
for agriculture. fruit growing and
kindred callings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin r PEBBLES OF
Ringsville. Ohio. stopped OF here this
afternoon for a short visit with Mr..
and Mrs. George Lewis while en- route
to Los Angeles. California. to spend
the remainder OF the winter. They
halted at Omaha. Denver and Color
ado aprings before reaching here and
will stop at Salida. Delta and Salt
Lake City before arriving at their des-
tination. They have q son residing In
Los Angeles.
Chas L. Milton. who has long been
intimately identified in a professional
way with the great reclamation and
irrigation enterprise. recently made
public oy Dali De wecse and his as
socIates. has accepted n position with
the Canon City. Florence & Pueblo
Water company and will devote the
greater part OF his time 10 It's inter-
ests during the next year or two. II
10 safe to say that Mr.. Milton knows
more about the potentialities and pos
hbIlit,es of irrigation in this part Of
the Arkansas valley than almost any
body else. save Mr.. De weese.
A very enjoyable meeting OF General
Marion Chapter. d. A. r. was held at
the home OF Mrs. ]. ID. BigEs Monday
afternoon. The program was an e1-
eeedingly interesting one. A paper by
Mrs. S. II. Atwater on Historic
Churches In our Country" and one on
Historic Spots Which Have Been
Marked by the d. A. r." by Mrs. Gal
ley. were both greatly enjoyed. Re
H'iFtu n
pleasant social hour spent in this hos
pitabie home.
C. II. Raschbacher. engineer in
charge of the big reclamation propo-
sition OF the Canon City, Florence 4
Pueblo Water company. and of the
Colorado Southern Irrigation com
pany. returned here yesterday from
Chicago where he was called on bus
mess ten days or two weeks ago. Mr..
Raschbacher reports everything con-
nected with the engineering features
of the project as moving along nicely.
The only difficulties in the way OF the
proposition are physical ones. and
they can be overcome by the expepdi-
ture OF money, plenty of which is
available to carry the enterprise into
execution.
Miss Eva Flesher came up from Pu-
@. train No. on account of the Ill
sess of her sister. She has been at
tending Columbne school at Pueblo
and likes the courses of instruction
there very much. The curriculum Is
practically the same as the course of
study in the public schools here, with
the exception for girls and manual
training for boys. The promotions
take place the first week In January
and Miss Flesher expects to enter
Centennial high school aftetr their
occurrence Since going TO Pueblo
Miss Eva has made hor homo with her
riafer Ars q n Neeiev Eha exnecta