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Cañon City record., 1910-06-02

The commencement program was
az follows:
Piano duet. Overture to Lutespiel'
Rose Lines, Leila Dickinson
Invocation. The Rev. w. d. Phifsr
Music. .... High school orchestra
Address. 4. THE Wind in the Trees
Dean Edward s. Parsons.
Music--..H High school orchestra
Presentation Of diplomas. .......
President of the board, J. w. Emer-
son.
Benediction. Rev. C. E. Sparks
The piano duet, rendered by Miss
Rose Lines and Miss Leila Dickinson
won general admiration for the ex-
cellence OF their playing and showed
that they were excellent performers
on that musical instrument
The high school orchestra won
hearty applause by the excellence of
its playing.
Dean Edward S. Parsons address
was a most interesting and Instruc-
tive one and was very Characteristic
OF his subject. The Wind In the
Trees
Mr.. J. w. Emmerson. as president
of the board OF education. made a
brief address to the class and at its
conclusion presented the graduates
with the coveted diplomas. which
concluded the program for the even
Ing.
A very unique and novel way was
used In the distribution OF the dipio-
mas to the graduates As Mr.. En-
erson read off the names OF the grad
yates the one named stood up and the
diploma was handed to him or her by
one OF the little girls.
There were nine scholarships
awarded to the highest standing
tcontinued on page -
Cañon City record., 1910-06-02
FRONTIER SKETCHES

the silent but truthful witnesses.
On Forty Mile creek bones can be
found projecting partly from the
sand and among the driftwood along
the stream. On a creek below this
these skeletons are quite numerous.
One ivory tusk projects nine feet out
of sand bank. and is larger around
than a mans body. A single tooth
would be a good load for man to
carry. This certainly is great
field for scientist, for all appear
ances it is rich in natures curiosi-
ties.
Among the fur animals of that
country are the bear, beaver, otter.
mink. martin. black, silver-gary
and other foxes, the Siberian black
wolf and other animals of lesser
note. Among the food animals are
the reindeer, which are the most
abundant and run in herds of from
fifty to five hundred Then there are
the moose. caribou, sheep, squirrels.
grouse and quails. Salmon and
other food fishes are abundant in the
streams. Near the headwaters of
White river is a large and active
volcano that discharges almost con-
tinuously great streams of fire,
smoke and lava. At night 1t can be
seen by the light it discharges for
miles. The Indians rarely visit that
neighborhood, as they have a su-
perstitious fear of it and call it the
Mountain of Bad Spirits.
Cañon City record., 1910-06-02

The Simple Life in the Far West:
A white man up in Montana was
called Steve Crow. He lived with the
Indians for forty years, married a
squaw and raised a family. Finally
his wife died. his children threw him
out and he drifted up to Seattle
where he married again. After a
time he returned to Montana and
said his second wife had secured a
divorce from him. what happened.
Steve7- asked a friend. Why"
Steve replied" that there woman
didn't know when she had a good
Thing. ! married her and built a
cabin out on the flats II wasn't
my land. but lived there for a
while She didn't appreciate her ad-
vautages. Why. every morning
went out on the flats and gathered
bushel OF clans and all she had to
do was TO shuck 'em and cook 'em."
Cañon City record., 1910-06-02

Ndutaker. why every morning
went out on the flats and gathered
a bushel OF CLAIMS and all she had to
do was to shuck 'em and cook 'em"
The few years preceding 1s5e-60
brought the most intense excitement
to the people OF the United States
on account OF the finding OF gold in
fabulous quantities In Colorado More
than $1,000 people back east sold all
they could spare OF stock. etc. and
shouldered shoveis and pickaxes and
started for Pixies Peak. Among
others George J. Tracy of Weld
county started from Atchison. Kan
sas. about the middle of May 1859.
with sixteen loaded wagons drawn
by l2s work oxen belonging TO Al
ford Fenton. David Ault and wes-
ley Tiff, afterward the great cattle
king.
We headed for Pixies Peak" says
Mrs. Tracy. ''and Travelled at the rate
of about ten miles a day for ten
days. During this time the road was
literally lined with men going to-
wards the Peak. But from the time
we had gone one or two hundred
miles on our journey we began to
meet squads of men returning and
as We journeysd westward the return
tide kept Increasing until it was a
difficult matter to tell in what di-
rection the most of the people in
camp were travelling. Some had gone
as far as Cherry creek. others had
travelled to Pixies Peak and other
polntS reputed to have contained
rich gold deposits. Disguised and
disappointed they had turned back
and started homeward.
There was no special enjoyment
in meeting any Of these men for
they were angry and disposed to
be quite ugly. some OF them charg-
ing quite whole fiasco to a sharper's
scheme to sell shovels and picks at
fabulously high prices. Indeed one
lot of fellows threatened to hang us
and take possession of our cattle and
loads. The fact was that the gold
had not been found in paying guam
titles, but only sufficient to form a
the vast unknown with fear and
ground of expectation of something
better farther on. The only reason
ing was that such gold as was found
had come from somewhere in the
mountains and II was only a matter
of time when some lucky fellow
would find 1t and then there would
be untold millions
But theory of this kind must be
propped up by pure faith and hope.
for the man with neither of these
would never start at all. The amount
of those hopeful elements he possess
sed determined the distance he
would travel before turning his face
toward home. Every generation OF
men and at every point OF the
worlds expansion and development.
has come up against the same con-
ditions when men have looked into
trembling This return tide continued
very strong until We arrived at
tuleahur. ran not tell vou uf thu
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
JOHNSON PROMISES
To co To WORK TODA
Big Dinge Finally Allows Himself
to Be Persuaded Out of
His Lazy Habits

san FRANCISCO. May S.-Under
orders from George Little, his man
ager. and at the most respectful sug-
gestion of Kid Cotton, his sparring
partner. Jack Johnson, heavyweight
pugilist, will begin tomorrow to put
on the finishing touches to his prepa-
ration for the meeting with James j.
Jeffres at Emeryville, July 4.
1t will be the first real work that
johnson has tackled since he has been
on the coast, and, although it will be
training of the lightest order. 1t VIII
mean that the big fighter is commence
ing to round himself into shape. john
son laughs at the idea that he must
get busy with the weight machines,
the medicine ball and the four-round
Tits with the human punching bags in
order to lie i'm fit fettle to exchange
fstic ideas with Jeffries. He says and
not Doastfully. that he can reach the
prime condition notch in three weeks
and local experts agree with him.
Johnson doesn't seem a bit excited
about the coming event, although he
fully realizes that he is about to en-
gage in the hardest struggle of his
career
With George Little and a party Of
friends johnson rode down the PENN
sula highway today to San Jose,
where he was spectator at the auto
mobile races held there. He returned
at o'clJc6, had dinner, lOlled about
the sea beach training camp awhile
and then prepared for bed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
PISTOL EXPERTS Do
SOME TALL SCORING
Several Club Members Make 90
or Better in Possible 100
on Standard Target

Several regulars of the Los Angeles
Revolver club were at the Bishop street
range yesterday to perform their usual
stunts with the single-shot and six
cylinder smokestick9, and before sun
down a number of close groups were
made on the standard American target
at fifty yards.
When nobody was looking DR.. Pack
ard recorded couple of scores of 81
out of a possible 100 one score being
made with the .3S Smith & Wesson
six-shooter and the other with the
pistol In each score he placed all but
one shot in the 10 ring, one shot in
each case beinga 7. Up to the hour Of
going to press the doctor has not eX-
planned to the official reporter just how
1t came about that he missed the bulls
eye in each Of these scores.
Carl Schroeder and r. J. Fraser each
recorded a score of 95 yesterday. 9th
ers who reached the 90 mark were Hol-
comb, Royce, Smith, Lieutenant Up
ham and A. r. Douglas.
w. f. Smith did exceptionally we'll
with his .22 hand gun, his lowest score
being 30.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
SANTA ANA WHiTEWAsHED

Santa Ana boosted itself some in the
Trolley league yesterday by admins
tering an overwhelming shutout defeat
to the McCormicks by the score OF 10
to 0. The Santa Ana bunch were on
their batting horse and severely bat
tered three pitchers from one corner
of the field to another. Hendricks,
who performed the honors for the vic
tors, was in fine fettle and besides al
lowing the local boys but two hits he
landed on the ball for two doubles and
two singles out of four times at the
plate. The game was all Santa Anas
from the start seven runs piling in to
her credit in the first out of five bin
giles around the lot One hit in the
second and one in the sixth was all
the Macs could discover and they
seemed to be down on their luck for
sure. This is the fifth shutout the
Santa Ana people have accorded their
opponents out of six games played,
and a record like that is something
not blowing around the history of
every club in the southland by any
means. The score
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
ing. The score:

All Mackenzie of the Brunswick al
Ieys will start mixed doubles tourna-
ment on the same order as the Journeys
he held in 10000. This tournament is
omen to all men and women who care
to take part and will be for the cham
pionship of 1910.
: There will be no entrance fee. The
leading prizes will be two handsome
gold medals for the winners, also other
prizes.
Some of the leading bowlers have al
ready entered. Among them are Mrs
Meador-R. Lacy Venice; Mrs Mack
F. r. Fenner; Mrs. Turpin-J Bowron;
Mrs. Holcomb-G. Ballard; Mrs. II. Z.
Scott-Alf Mackenzie; Mr.. and MIS-
Saunders, and Mr. and Mrs. stone.
The matches will be bowled on the
Brunswick alleys, Spring street alleys
and the Venice alleys. There VIII pc
a preliminary match game on All
Mackenzie's Brunswick alleys Thurs.
day night of this week. in whlcn az
of the above mentioned couples VIII
compete. Any couple that may desire
to enter can do so by giving their
names to Alf Mackenzie.
Cy Taylor Is out with sweeping
challenge He has announced that All
Mackenzie and himself can trim any
two bowlers in this part OF the state,
and as Cy has the coin to back his
statement, it is up to some of the ex-
perts to come forward and grab II OIL
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
JEFFR|ES TAKES HIS
LAST SUNDAY LAYOFF
Disappoints Large Crowd OF
Fans by Cutting Out Boxing
and All Hard Work

BEN LOMOND, May SIN adherlng
to his desire to make Sunday afternoon
a regular half-holiday break in his
training routine Jeffries today disap-
pointed a large crowd of spectators
who had waited several hours at the
gymnasium for a sparring matcn thaI
did not materiallZe.
After the big days work saturday
with the exception of a short period III
the gym in the morning, JefTrles spent
the day without exercise other than a
tramp up the stream for fish. Win
lack Wooley he spent the afternoon on
the hanks of the San Lorenzo river
Manager Sam Berger tried TO lhduce
his charge to hold to his original pan
TO spar in the afternoon, but JeH could
not be persuaded. He gave an lroilclau u
promise, however, that hereaIter ne
will do his Sunday work regularly at
8 p. m. .,, IT.. ,,-,,o, ro,,-
tine at his morning workout i'll the
GYMNASIUM. He cut the road work out
Of his program and engaged III Iast
encounter with the punching bag. Two
games of handball followed, with thee
1suaI allotment of skipping ana
shadow boxing.
Lack Gleason and Tex Rickard, CO.
nromoters of the big fight, were poth
arnected on the scene this morning.
but neither appeared. 1t was thought
toev would go into conference Win
Rerpnr regarding the referee question:
Tho situation regarding the choice OF
the third man remains unchanged 10
dav with Welsh, Graney and Smlth
still the favorites.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
BREEDERS
FORM ASSOCIATION
Increased Demand in Foreign
Lands for American Bred
Horses Causes Organization

NEW YORK, May s.-Racing men
and breeders here have organized an
association to be known as the New
York Trotting Horse Breeders asso-
citation. In announcing it's formation
the organizers say;
IAN signs point to a tremendous de-
mand for trotting bred horses in the
near future. The demand will come
from all sections of the globe, espe-
cially from New Zealand Australia
and several countries of South Amer
lea. to say nothing of Europe, which
took more trotters from this country
last year than for the three previous
years combined. This great prospect
for a demand for our trotting bred
horses amounts to a certainty and the
breeders of New York state should be
prepared to have their share of the
harvest"
The list of members includes John E.
Madden, James Butler, A. J. Welch,
w. f. D. Stokes, Gen. Brayton Ives,
A II. Cosden and William Bradley.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
BY lay DAVIDSON

n EPoRTs regarding the
LII scrap saturday aft
ernoon will postponed called off entirely Roy
who is assisting Men1s IN ms tarns SAD a ns % @ e
that he would be unable to resume training oeo
the scrap week. Angeles until
official statement from h ub as 10 what ~
Will etaken be had.
The tendon painful that
Nemsic cannot stand on
ing at home
ahead with his training and keep his sh
Improvement noted yesterday
Memsic finally
for the posponement He will have
made 1t sufficient
this and the fans will be
much disappointed postponed or called off
FERGUSON TO
trip McCarey to Frisco is an
Sandy Ferguson the Salinas big
doing nicely in recent months Is planned to pus
the nght "a
excellent opponent Ferguson because of his
unless the Big Bostonan can make good IN TINS scrap ne VIII
forcing recognition from the 1angford side of the
MCFARLAND PREDICTS HE
tngle with Freddie Welsh for the light
Doyle that he is training INTO cohton and VII De
pounds 142 pounds
him another Packy he
this fight force Ad Wogast
lntoa mattel for
M'eoVERN AFTER CHAMP
knocked out Billy
champion him chance at his title
will tackle Cony
him heavily
financial be made
but probable that he will require Gene qualify first by whipping some
ofthe climb ladder
Levy
his health
finally vncae
within rea sonae time if the
Bloom
fair punch be possible that
stiu
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
EMERYVILLE ENTRIES

OAKLAND, May 7.-Followlng are en-
tries for Mondays Emeryvile races:
First race. 1l-16 mile. purse--Tilton, 1856
suly. 49, Centem, 1i2; Dahlgren, III;
Monteveido, 10; Doweress. 10; Moorok'
10Y; Circo. 1o7; New capital 1O7; Green
Dragon. 1O7. Ethel NICK. 105.
Second race, Futurty course selling
Seryicence, 112; f. NJ. Fry los; Tramotor'
los; Anna MAY. 1O6 Hampass, 1O6; xsal-
wage. 103 Mollie Montrose. lO3; HeriVes'
1O3: Dorothy Ledgett, 101; Biased, 80;
Beda. "a: Roberta 81
Third race. l mile, purse-Gold Finn, 10S;
Chester Krum 1903; Eddie Graney, 80; KID
North. 81: Braxton. 81: Banorela. S5
Fourth race. fu-longs, handicap-Jim
Gaffney. los; Spohn, 07; Fern l., 99 Fer
nando. 95: lnclement "a.
Fifth race / mile and 90 yards, selling
Kaiserhoff 10; Copperheld, 107; Miss OFT
cious. 1885, McNally. 103 Wap, 1O1; ocean
Shore, 101; Orilene' 90; Silver Line, 90; Mel
tondale, 95; Old Rose. 90; XWlcket, 81.
sixth race. furlongs, seling-Orello,
114; Lord OF the Forest. III; Billy Myer.
III; No Quarter, III; Airs, 1903; Hiacko,
1O9: Madeline Musgrave, l02.
xApprentce allowance.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
BOWLING

The Commercial Bowling league tour
nament has developed into the closest
bowling contest held in Los Angeles for
years
The Santa Fes still lead in the steam
standing, but by such a small margin
that the Rivers are likely to take the
lead from them at any time.
In the individual standing the first
flve men are in the same position as
last week, with only twenty-five pins
difference between the first and third
men.
Hobgood of the Athletics is showing
improvement. He got off with bad
average. not qualifying for the honor
able mention class, but by consistent
bowling has worked up to twelfth pace.
The team and individual standing, as
computed by Secretary Mackenzie. are
"a follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09

II ASEBALL CRANKS should not
* forget that this is one of the
~ very few Mondays when Coast
league baseball will be on tap in Los
Angeles and go out to the Chutes TINS
afternoon to see the final game of the
series between Los Angeles and san
Francisco. Some funny dates are
furnished in the continuous schedule
for Los Angeles this season, but as we
get all that is coming to us, there
should be no kick Portland comes
Wednesday for a series that includes
the following Monday. Then Vernon
comes for another season with the
Angels. For instance, Vernon VIII
play nine games here with Oakland,
ending on Decoration day, including
two double headers. one on sunday
May 29. and one on Monday, May 3O'
San Francisco then comes the toiioW-
ing day for a series, thus giving Yer
non sixteen, straight playing dates at
home without an interruption. rms
means that continuous baseball in
May on the local diamonds includes
thirty-two games in thirty-one days.
The Sunday double headers account for
the loss of the regular Mondays, and
the Decoration day double header adds
the extra game Fine, isn't it?
Walter Kelly who belongs to the
Orpheum people; Hector Mackenzie,
who is boss of the Pommery factory
and Imperial Nash. also in the wine
trust, headed the delegation from Los
Angeles yesterday morning for Rowan
dennan Park to visit the only big boy
and Jack Ripper and wife and Jack
Jeffries and wife followed on the owl
in the afternoon. 1t will be a happy
reunion today at Jeffries' camp, with
so many good friends on hand to say
Hello" and give evidence of their
deep down in -the-heart wishes for his
success. All of them expect to stay
at the camp at least a fortnight, while
Brother Jack and wife will stay until
after the big fight Jack will be one
of Jims sparrng partners from now
until the end of the training period.
Mel Nordlinger got reminiscent yes
terday when, at a club reception, ne
found his beak would not go into a
highball glass because there was too
much ice in the pot This made him
remorseful, and he told his right name,
age. address and business secrets, IN
Guiding his weight which he says now
is 226 pounds. This weight question
is a touchy subject with the boy. A
month ago he weighed 24S pounds and
decided he had on too much meat he
went to the l.. A. A. c. gymnasium
and took off six pounds. Then came
the celebration and the addition of
eight pounds. Another period OF work
at handban. boxing, wrestling and
shadow boxing took off fourteen
pounds. But the inevitable Hannis
high one boosted the Fairbanks to 246
again, and then he decided to cut out
the buttermilk and mineral water and
train down to fighting weight and by
consistent and systematic efforts, eX-
tending over several days he has
placed himself at 226 pounds, and
thinks he can clean Jeffries with fair
referee. Just before Ripper got on the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
TEN HORSES START
AFTER DERBY HONORS
Waldo Continues 10 Rank as
Favorite for First Blue Ribbon
Event at Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY May S.-The
hard rains of Saturday and today have
rendered the track at Churchill Downs
very heavy, but if there is sunshine
Monday and no more rain the Ken
tucl<y derby, set for Tuesday Will be
run over fast track. Ten horses
with Waldo favorite, will start in the
classic, as follows: Waldo lovers
Zoe Morris. r. Rice; Donau, Herbert;
Roola Boola. r. Martin; Topland, ID.
Austin. Fighting Bob. Page; Relluf;
q. NJ. Miller; Gallant Pirate, Kennedy;
John Furlong. G. NJ Miller is thought
to be the only doubtful starter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
YE0MEN WHITEWASH
RACYCLES AT VERNON

The local Yeomen team indulged in
a little bingle game with the Racycles
al Vernon park yesterday, with the re-
suit that sixteen Yeomen travelled the
long way and nary a Racycle could
pass the corners. Nearly all the Yeo-
men boys were batting around the 700
mark and scoring accordingly. The
Racycles were simply not in it. A
home run by Scheidecker, three -baggers
by De Maggie and Stuart and a double
play by De-Maggio and Lyons, with
another by Scanlon, De Maggie and
Lyons, added a good deal of excitement
to an otherwise one-sided contest. The
score:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
REDONDO BLANKS
LONG BEACH CLUB
Ybarrando nwirIs Classy Ball and
Whitewashes Opposing Bunch
by 2 to 0 Score
M'CORMICKS FAIL TO SCORE
Santa Ana Makes Fifteen Runs,
While Irish Aggregation
Fails to Connect

with Ybarrando in the box for the
leaders of the Trolley league and twirl-
ing some of the finest curves the
leaguers have witnessed. the Long
Beach team went down to defeat ON
the Redondo diamond by a score OF
to o. The game was replete with sem
satlonal fielding and opportune hitting
by the victors. Rawlings, former
member of the L. A. high diamond
squad. now engaged at short for Re-
dondo, made a great one-handed stop
of a liner in the fifth that made the
bleachers come to their feet. The
game was a snappy one from start to
finish and contained none of the OBJ
jectionable wrangling and delays OF
many of the amateur contests. Both
teams are to be congratulated on their
splendid showing. The score:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-09
Rialto Gossip

Owl last evening he promised Mel
job as sparring partner to the Dig one
if he would stay in condition to give
and take the awful maulings that the
June boxing period will require. Past
experience made Mel doubtful until he
recalled an experience of two years
ago. when jeff outweighed him eight
pounds and gave him the dreamland
punch in four minutes. With Jeff now
down to 22o pounds. Mel thinks he has
a chance. He says he always did have
1t on Johnson, anyway.
Charlie O'Connor, formerly manager
of Tommy Burns. has returned from
a business trip of nearly year, cover
ing the entire west. He has come
back home for a rest and will stick
around until after the big fight, when
he goes to London to enter partner
ship business with an auction house.
Charlie thinks Jeff will whip Johnson
in ten rounds without any trouble,
that Langford will clean Burns when
ever he wants to and that Memsic will
turn Powell into a sleeping beauty in
side fifteen rounds He came back
with a bigger bundle than he took
away, has his same old sparklers and
seems altogether too prosperous to be
sport.
Little Lord Fauntleroy. the mimicking
bunch of seriousness that once fur
nished local fight fans with their pre-
liminary agements, tucked on his
regalia Saturday and paraded up and
down the Rialto in full glory of the
Fauntleroy raiment in the interest of
sweet charity, peddling tags by the
handful to his friends among the
sporting element. With his knicker-
I,ai
have believed him a beautiful creation
at one time. but the arc light on his
nasal appendage gave the secret away
The Lords heart is right, and he
found time enough to help out good
cause, and did the work to perfection
by gathering in a lot of shekels that
otherwise would have remained out OF
circulation.
Eddie Robinson, formerly boxing IN
structor at the Jonathan club ana q
recognized authority on all things re-
lating to the manly art, is running the
boxing department of the Astoria Ath-
letic club in Oregon, and is making as
big a success of it as he was here.
Eddie acknowledges to lack OF IN
difference regarding Los Angeles by
the admission that he will come PACK
to the old town soon. His local frlenus
will rejoice in the news that ne Is
doing nicely in his new home, and that
he is soon to return to the haunts that
know him best.
John H. Cummings, amateur rlfe
champion of the world business man.
sportsman and all-round good felloW'
is passing a vacation period in Los
Angeles, the guest of Tom Harris ana
family. Success in the mining wofld
has taken him away from the sharp-
shooters ranks, but he still finds
enough time in which to make the
shooting gallery bugs marvel at his
remarkable air and sure eye.