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Cañon City record., 1910-01-20

gineer. after a full and complete dis
cussion of all matters and claims per-
tanning to said contracts, with the
said firm of Lumsden & Gordon and
with the said Ralph W. Smith, have
arrived at a full and complete settle
ment of all matters pertaining to said
contracts. Now therefore, your COM
mittees beg leave to report as follows:
After a full and complete considera-
ton of all matters pertaining to said
work and contracts as hereinbefore
recited. your committees recommend
that the net sum of $7,252.s0 be al
lowed to the said firm of Lumsden &
Gordon. In excess of the contract
prices agreed upon; and this on &C
count of extra work. and material
furnished and placed by the said firm
OF Lumsden & Gordon, under said
contracts. the details of which extra
allowances are specifically shown BY
an estimate of the engineer (hereunto
attached). and concurrec in by your
committees.
anu gOut
ommend that the sum of s12.o00.oo be
retained out of the total monies due
the said firm of Lumsden q Gordon
under the said contracts. and be kept
in the hands Of the city for the pur-
pose Of completing the work under
said contract, remaining at this time
yet to be done.
The amount of money due under the
contract of May 21st. 1908. was $685..
$4,000; the amount of money due un-
der the contract Of March 1st. 1909.
was s1s,0s6.oo: the amount Of the al
lowances recommended by your COM
mittees. over and above the total of
these two contracts is $7.252.s0. thus
making the total cost of the water
works system under these contracts
s2ss s.oss.oo: and your committees rec
ommend that this sum. less the
amount heretofore paid Lumsden 4
Gordon on account of regular esti-
mates OF the engineer, and less the
further amount of s2o.o0o.o0 which
has been heretofore paid the hrm OF
Lumsden q Gordon out OF the 20 per
cent retained under the terms of the
contracts. and less the sum Of s12.-
10000 which is to be retained In the
hands OF the city for the completion
of the work now remaining to be done,
be paid to the said irm OF Lumsden q
Gordon. and that they be released
from all obligations under the two
contracts first above mentioned: this
upon the condition that the said frm
OF Lumsden & Gordon file with the city
clerk. a good and sufiicient bond in
the penal sum OF s5.0oo0o. guarantee
ing the payment of all outstanding
claims either for labor or material of
any kind furnished and used in the
work. and which may be at this time
unpaid.
II was further agreed and is here
by recommended. that out OF the sum
OF s12.ooo.0o hereinbefore recited to
be retained by the city for the COM
pletion OF the work at the present
time remaining unfinished. and II the
completion OF said work shall cost
the city less than the said sum OF s12.-
10000 so retained. that the difference
between the actual cost thereof and
the said sum OF s1z 10000. shall be re-
turned by the city to the said firm OF
Lumsden & Gordon.
All OF which is respectfully sub
mitted.
r. c. HIATT,
urNF n.
Cañon City record., 1910-01-20
2. c. HIATT,
VIM. T. WALLACE,
CYRUS wEABER,
Water Committee.
d. N. COOPER.
VIM. T. WALLACE.
r. J. CRAIG.
Finance Committee.

ID. N. Coulter. chairman of the wa
ter committee. at Friday mornings
session of the joint committee, pre-
sented the following resolution which
was adopted without change:
WHEREAS. A final settlement has
been made and agreed upon by and
between the city OF Canon City and
the firm of Lumsden G. Gordon. the
contractors for the construction of the
new water works system OF the city.
whereby the said Lumsden & Gordon
are TO be released from the further
prosecution of said work and to be
paid the final sum of $39,174.s4 In full
satisfaction of all claims on their part
against the city. and their bond as
contractors to be released. Now.
therefore, be II
RESOLVED. by the mayor and city
council In special council meeting for
such purpose duly called and assem-
bled, that Lumsden & Gordon. con-
tractors aforesaid. be and they are
hereby released from the further pros
ecution OF work under their said con-
tracts. and from any and all terms
thereof, and from any and all llabill-
ties hereunder; and that the surety
on their bond as contractors be and
II hereby is released from any and all
liability under said bond; and that
warrant be issued in the name OF said
Tumsdon e. Gordon in the sum OF
$39.174.s4 10 be placed In the hands OF
the finance committee to be delivered
TO the said Lumsden & Gordon when
they deliver to the said committee
bond in the penal sum of $4,000. sign
ed by them with good surety and con-
ditioned for the payment by them OF
all debts and liabilities by them In
CURED as such contractors and TO
save the city harmless from any such
debt or liability"
Cañon City record., 1910-01-20

n your business is not worth ad-
vertising advertise II for sale"
Cañon City record., 1910-01-20

IS COMPLETED

to certain stipulations in relation to
the completion of the work.
Ralph w. Smith of Denver, repre-
senting the National Surety Company,
bondsmen for the contractors, was
present at Thursday mornings meet
ing of the council and stated that his
principals would accede to the condi-
tons to be contained In the report OF
the finance and water committees and
would furnish statements as to the
amount of the indebtedness outstand-
ing against Messrs. Lumsden & Cor
don. 80 far as their work has been
concerned, and would furnish bond
for them in the matter.
The estimates of the engineers on
the amount TO be paid the contractors
for the entire work and the reports OF
the committees follow.
Amount Of main contract. .&a83. 10000
Amount Of additional con-
tracts for concreting set
tlement basins. dated LIST
day of March, 1909. ..... 100000
Concrete ordered around
steel pipe near intake and
Eve supporting piers.... 1885
Concrete ordered 1 n surge
chamber instead of air
pipe ofo.oV
Valve ordered in surge
chamber .---... zos'll
Changing so and 60-foot
span bridges, a distance
of 1900 feet ............ 5000
236k lineal feet extra tun-
mel work at $12.00... .,s1s.0o
Steel reinforcing ordered In
cross walls OF filter. ..... 5000
Extra coping ordered
around valve house. 3s.26
finch sewer tile ordered
under slopes between NJ
ters and reservoirs. ... 11i.5o
Extra concrete piers under
bridge spans. 1880
Six extra elbows In short
turns in 30-inch pipe. 1000
One s-inch valve and con-
nection ordered at station
s5a ........ ........... 5000
300 extra bands placed on
pipe ordered due to
change of location OF pipe 10000
4014 cubic yards excavation
for roadway on north side
of settling basin. ........ 1.6os.oo
Extras on FIRST and second
mile for trenching due to
change in alignment oc-
casIoned by D. & r. G. Ry s.oss.5o
Reconstructing pipe line at
slide station No. 262. ... 10000
Tota, s3a1 xxi ~
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

FREAKS OF FASHIONABLE LIFE IN THE NEW
WASHINGTON
Rapidly Becoming the Most Luxurious City in World
Winter Home of the Multi Rillionaires = Dwell
ings That Are Like Hotels Business of
Being 'In the Swim

ator from West Virsinial was heard to
complain bitterly, on a recent occasion.
that letters and even kilograms that
came TO the house were commonly IN
sealed and read by the servants. and
that even the telephone calls had audi
tors in the buffers department, where
pampered menials enjoyed the luxury of
listening in to acquire material for
downstairs gossip.
II one is to enjoy all the advantages
OF wealth and fashion, however, one
certain comforts-among others, that of
privacy. Inevitably, too, there is in the
private palaces enormous extravagances
and waste, especially where food sup
plies are concerned. An intimate friend
permitted by a multi millionaire's wife
TO glance over some CT her household
accounts, CHANGED TO notice that the
mistress of the establishment was pay
ing 81 a pound for every beefsteak pur-
chased But what is one TO do? A lady
in Mrs. Letters position is fully occu-
pied with social affairs; she has no
time to bother with the business of run
ming the domestic hotel
Chaperons for Girls.
The young girl who lives in the pri
vate palace Is never allowed to go out
alone, up to the Tune When she makes
her debut in society. A governess, or a
chaperon hired by the hour, always ae-
companies her. This is rather a new
idea After coming out" of course, IL
is different But that event merely
marks the beginning of a period during
which the endurance of the physical
feminine machine is tried 10 the ut
most. Nothing short Of scientific man
agement will enable even the healthiest
Young woman to go through two or
three seasons of smart" uptodate So
cial dissipation without losing the
bloom of her youth and the better part
of her beauty.
This is why the fashionable debutante
of the season of f909-1910 is treated in
all important respects as if she were a
doll She is put to bed like a doll. by
her maid, and got UP and dressed like a
doll. Her bath is drawn for her, when
she wants it. She does not know how
to do" up her own hair. She never
to do" her own hair She never
anything useful from the time she gets
up in the morning until the time she
goes TO bed She never takes any care
of anything. IL a dress, or any other
article is TO be put away, the maid does
it, If a handkerchief is needed, the
maid gets it.
Being a MiIiionaire's Child
All of this is part OF the business Of
being the daughter Of a modern multi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

not expect to arrive at the theater until
8, or half past 9-tne really modish idea
being that the latter half OF a play or
an opera is always the best part of it.
As matter OF detail. the fashionable
woman should have 40 or so pairs of
shoes To change them frequently rests
the feet OF course. she must have
different pair Of shoes for every cos
tune she wears. Calls are made after
the theater- This is another new idea
And yet another is TO be ~at home 10
ones friends on Sundays. An informal
reception on Sunday makes the day
much less. dull
Where do the children come in7 The
answer is that in fashionable life now
adays they don't come in at all. AtaIl
events, their mothers do not bother
much with them. If little Charlie, or
his sister Jane, sees mamma once a day,
for a few minutes before dinner per-
haps, that ought TO be sufficient Nurse
viii do the rest. But the deputy mother
nowadays, in the gay world. is required
10 be a professional trained nurse, who
wears a uniform. She gets SIS week,
and is cheap at the price
Rene Bache-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08
wonen's Figures.


The fashionable woman of today has
a much better figure than her prototype
CT a generation ago, or of any bygone
period. Her shape may not be better,
but figure is an entirely different mat
ter, being determined largely by the
corset-maker and the dressmaker- The
woman of fashion 80 years ago thought
So ashigh price for a pair or corsets; to-
day she thinks nothing of paying SIS,
and has them specially fitted Often
they are uncomfortable, it is true; and
she finds it difficult to sit down, be-
cause the stays come nearly TO her
knees; but they give TO her body the
seeming contour which she desires. and
aretwen worth all the suffering en-
dured
The fresh-air treatment. which is do
ing so much for consumptives. is ap-
piled to the fashionable woman of to-
day for the preservation and improve
ment of her beauty-especiall for COM
plexion and color. A look of vigor IS
essential to the modern idea of beauty.
The weary girl of the Dundreary play
the maid with the delicate air" OF
the old ballads out OF date Hence 1t
is that the present-day woman OF fash
Ion spends much time out of doors
Exercise and Beauty.
Exercise is aIl-important for beauty.
Accordingly, she rides 6 great deal. ana
plays golf and tennis But when II is
question of avoirdupOis, my. how she
works. In the privacy OF her boudo1r,
she goes through all sorts OF bother
some stunts" such as picking up
something 100 times in succession. or
lying down on her back and kicking.
Anything TO discourage an Increase or
the waist measure or over much tat IN
the abdominal region. These are days
when the fashionable woman or middle
age expects still TO retain at least some
thing of her youthful appearance; but
how is she going TO do II II that tatal
spread at the hips, with the consequent
waddle, arrives?
The latest fashionable fad Tor dis
couraging adipose deposit IS TO stand 20
minutes after each meal This is sup
posed to prevent the aforementioned
tendency to accumulation Of flesh about
the hips. Less wine. too, is drunk at
dinner. Physicians say that alcohol in
any shane encourages fat At some
very swell dinners whiskey and soda
is served instead of wine. and liquor
instead of the after-dinner coffee. This
latter is a recent innovation.
Dinner mt p. IA.
The most fashionable Washington
people are now dining az 9 p. m II
they expect TO go to the theater. the
meal is served at Z. Even so, they do
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

last saw as Capt. DiaZ. of Mexican cav
airy, nearl-- half century ago.
The Old Soldier.
Down in a Mexican tenement at 612
South Kansas street. room 5, to be
exact, lives Juan Menna, passed by one
cycle his four score of years, bent by
years Of war and work-bent Eat I'M
broken. Despite his age and infirm-
ity. Juan Menna never has broken the
habit of work. But a few months ago
he was working in the street, a laborer
with shovel. Now he is out of work
seeking employment at the age of 81
years
But Juan Menna as a workman bears
less interest than Juan Menna as a sol
der. although that was many years ago.
He likes least 10 talk of himself as q
soldier, for Juan Menna is a man of
work. When he speaks Of the DAYS of
war his half-iRdian face, deeply lined
and kindly. displays no pleasure, moth
ing but horror at what he tells Juan
Menna is a natural humanitarian.
humble and ignorant, true. but a hui
manitarian because ne is soft and
gentle, not for logic or theory
Although it is not recorded in anv
history. and known by few survivors
of cruel war, Juan Menna who here
in Ell PasO lives in poverty and kinIess
want, was one of the executioners who
shot the emperor Macmillan. invader
Of Mexico. Fighting with the liberal
forces through that bloody war which
preceded the alleged treachery of Lo-
peg and the fall of the great European
invader. Juan Nenna could tell If he
would. of many things unwritten in his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

when my wife died, and my children
grew TO be men and then died, too, 1
came. away from Mexico. They told me
that there was much work TO do in the
country of the Americans. For more
than 20 years I have lived in Texas. In
San Antonio, senior, and now it has been
four years here in Ell Paso.
when I can not find work, some
times. go out on the pampas, and live
without q house. No, 1 can work still,
oh yes, senior, 1 am not so old as that.
No, never have 1 received money for
what I did in the war. Perhaps they
know that did not want to do it. / do
not want the money anyway. In my
life only have I been paid for work
not for killing people Does that not
prove that it is bad TO kill? Goodbye,
senior, forgive the memory of an old
man; goodbye"
Old Juan Menna, soldier, workman,
bowed his shaggled head in farewell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

Men should be judged, not by their
tint of skin,
The gods they serve, the vintage that
they drink;
Nor by the way they love, or fight, or
sin
But by the quality of thought they
think"
When the great Diaz came to Ell
Paso. on that recent and brilliant oc-
casion when two presidents met in the
sister cities Of the border, an incident
occurred which was not recorded. per-
haps unnoticed except by two very old
men An old Mexican, a very old man
in shabby workman's garb, saluted the
president from the curb stone of Santa
Fe street as the carriage sped past.
Now this very old and Wcrkworn
Mexican raised his hand to a weather
beaten hat in the military salute of
half century ago, not as the soldiers
of any country do today And the great
Diaz as he passed, seeing the man.
raised his hat in answer to the antique
salute The great Mexican bowed very
deeply the carriage sped on, and the
incident was ended
Whether the great Diaz recognized
in the very old man on the curb stone
the person of Juan Menna, old soldier
of the republic, is not known-except
TO Diaz himself-and probably never
will be- Perhaps the president merely
acknowledged, with presidential de-
rnocracy, the military salute of his
country But the man who raised his
hand in the old salute of the Mexican
army believes that he was recognized
by Don Porfirio. whom he knew and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08
Indians Butcher Family Of
Man Now Living AT Nogales
Story of the Hard Luck of Citizen of the Border Town

Nogales, Ariz., Jan. S.-A. L. Peck,
who is conducting mining and livery
interests in Nogales, has achieved his
success in the territory by experiences
unusually discouraging.
In early youth Mr.. Peck came west
from the state of New York and, after
q period OF prospecting in different
parts of the southwest and Sonora,
Mexico, he settled on ranch near
Calabasas, a village ten miles north OF
the town of Nogales, Ariz, in what IS
now Santa Cruz county. Here he car
ried on .extensives cattle and horse in
tere5ts.
This settlement was made in 1884,
and two years after this, early one
morning I'm April, Mr.. Peck and Charlie
Owen, a friend and fellow cattleman,
saddled their horses and went out on
the range as usual.
Owen had roped a COW and they were
just about to make ready for brand
ing her when a nearby report of gun
was heard.
Run for your life; it is Apaches,
said Peck in terrified tones.
And both men mounted their horses
and fled as fast as horse flesh could
take them. in different directions, how
ever, and right after them, riding SIS
only wild indians can, dashed the
Apaches. Owen was murdered and his
body recovered some days later in the
hills.
Captured by Indians.
Peck was quickly overtaken and
surrounded in that magical, stealthy
indian way of springing up on all sides
in a flash. His horse was shot in the
head and fell from under him dead The
indians approached him, removed his
boots, his hat and his coat. leaving him
barefoot and with little clothing on and.
during these perilous moments. expect
ing every breath to be his last one Of
the Apaches, who could speak English,
said TO him: You gave a pair of shoes
once to an Apache child and because of
that act, we are not going 10 kill
you
It had been some months before this
that Mr.. Peck was returning from No
gales with a pair of shoes tied to his
saddle for his own child and, seeing
little Apache tramping along with
bleeding feet, had given the shoes to
the child. which incident was not for
gotten by the indians and saved his
life.
Released by Indians.
After removing most of his clothing
the indians took them and gave Mr..
Peck small piece of silver, about ten
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

w fact that Washington is rapid
ly becoming the fashionable
center of the United States Not only
are i-millionaires from all over the
country coming here to live. but the
very rich New York people, such as the
Vanderbilts and Belmonts, are building
palaces at the capital for winter occu-
pancy. The Perry Belmont mansion. at
the junction of Eighteenth street and
New Hampshire avenue is almost fin
ished, and ii is understood that the
George Vanderbilts will begin to put
up their palace, a couple of blocks fur
Their up the same avenue, in the spring
In social sense, the Washington of
10 years ago was q village compared
with what it is today. The Letters,
leading the movement of the multi
millionaires in this direction, had then
but newly arrived from Chicago, and
were erecting their huge white brick
residence on Dupont Circle. 1t was the
first of the great private palaces, which
since then have been rapidly multiply
ing, SO that today they are numbered
by scores Nineteen servants are en-.
ployed in the Letter mansion; but the
Larz Andersons have 25, and the Scott
Townsends (nearly opposite the Ander-
sons on Massachusetts avenue) are I'M
able to get along with fewer than 80.
The expense Of running one of these
huge establishments-mer to keep 1t
in commission, that is to SAYS from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Homes Like Rosess.
They are rather like hotels than like
private houses. Indeed, the new palace
of Thomas F. Walsh. on Massachusetts
avenue, is larger than a good many
city hotels. The lives the occupants
are obliged to lead are necessarily
somewhat artificial. It is hardly pos
sible to cultivate home atmosphere
under such conditions Kathryn Elkins
daughter Of the millionaire SEN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

cents in value, supposedly in con-
Torrance to some superstition or
theirs, probably to free the act from
that of robbery, ald then told him to
go in the direction of Calabasas: that
II he went to MS house they would kill
him. He. went as he was ordered until
out of their sight. when he turned to-
ward his home and, coming IN view or
it, saw -he entiIe structure IL mass
of flames and also his blacksmith shop
nearby.
Family Butchered.
On reaching the scene a more appal-
ing sight still, met the eyes of the
father. Lying dead in the yard were
the wife and infant child-the child in
the mothers arms, and as was evidenced
by the piercing of the bullet, the
mother was standing with the child in
her arms when shot, for the bullet en-
tered her left arm, then the body Of
the child and finally her body.
The bodies were frightfully mutilat-
ed. The little golden head Of the baby
was beaten into a. perfect mass of jelly
And to add TO the atrociousness Of their
crime, the indians had emptied the hot
contents of the cooking vessels-pcta-
toes. ETC., which were being cooked at
the time-over the bodies and then
covered all with a CLOTH
The Bodies Rescued
Mr. Peck Immediately set out afoot
for CaIabasas. il being the nearest
point, and from there the story was
wired to Nogales. A posse was at once
formed to go out and bring in the
bodies for burial. Mr.. Peck having
been forced TO walk miles over cactus
and brush without shoes, besides the
intense mental suffering, was not al
lowed TO accompany the posse TO the
spot The bodies were buried in No
gales.
Besides laying waste his home and
numbering his family, the Apaches
robbed Mr. Peck of a large number OF
cattle and horses.
Bad Luck With Property.
After this heartrending experience he
came 10 Nogales and bought property
valued at $4,000 on the international
line. which was ordered removed by the
United States government. together
with all other buildings on the line, in
1898 Later his present business was
established.
Mr. Peck was appointed on the flrst
board of supervisors Of this county.
having been active in securing its sep
aration from Pima county.
FraternaIly he is member OF the
Masons, the knights Of Pythias and
No. 9 1. o. o. F.. all OF Nogales-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08
Ell PASO HERALD

bent his head until the face was hidden
in a matted plenty Of hair, and ousn
of beard Only was the beard touched
with gray. The head of Juan Menna
is black, quite black, and unbleacheo
with age
Wants WOrk-NO BeSgar.
"a little moment, senOr-with per-
mission. Could not you tell the people
that old Juan Menna seeks work, that ne
has no children to work for him!
know very well how to grow grass ana
,-orlr in Gardens VIII the senior ask?
Such is the story Juan Menna tens
of the killing OF the emperor invader
of Mexico, long ago. 1t is not eAactiy
in accordance with the historians But
perhaps the scribes may be at 1auiI III
the detail.
At any rate that is the story from the
lins of Juan Menna, who was there'
who saw, who acted, a guiltless murder
er of a great man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08
AGED MAN IN Ell PASO SAYS HE KNEW DIAZ
WHEN HE WAS CAPTAIN.

Is Now Living Paso in Poverty and Thinks President
of Mexico Recognized Him When He Was on His
Visit Here to Meet Mr. Taft-Was One of the
Four Who Fired the Shots That
Killed Macmillan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-08

wv = ASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. s.
MA There is Ano question of the
w fact that Washington is rapid