Cañon City record., 1910-01-13

lors opinion. was the smallness of
the display of Fremont county fruit
growers.
Fremont lodge No. 9s of the Flor
ence Odd Fellows, have arranged to
go to Canon Thursday night and put
some candidates from that city
through the mysteries of the first de-
gree, line in which our local lodge
excels. They also promise to take
thither q candidate for the second de-
gree and put him through also. The
county seat team are preparing to fete
the local men in 4 manner to be re-
membered--Florence Citizen.
w. L. Morris. secretary of the Can
on City. Florence & Pueblo Water Co..
after spending short time here in
| Thursday morning for Portland to
take up the matter of signing up con-
tracts for water with the Portland Ce-
ment Co. Mr.. Morris is greatly encour-
aged over the business being done by
the concern in Florence and vicinity.
Florence Citizen.
Ed L. Chalcraft, superintendent of
the Indian Industrial school at Chem
wawa, Oregon. stopped on here last
Saturday morning for a short visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Craig, of 240S
Main street, while on his way home
from Washington. D. c., where he had
been on business with the officials of
the department of the interior Mr..
Chalcraft has been connected with In
dian affairs in the northwest for TWEEN
ty-five years and is one of the experts
in that field OF government. While
supervisor of Indian agencies a few
years ago Mr.. Chalcraft for a short
time made his home in Canon City.
Chas. H Duncan returned home
Sunday night from Denver and Fort
Collins where he spent the greater
part OF last week on a combined bus
mess visit. While in Denver he de-
voted considerable time TO the apple
show, which he says was very fine
SIR. Dncan made a run out to Fort
Collins where he spent a short time
with his business associates, Ed c.
Wills, whom. he says. is making
good In the tea, coffee and pice trade
in that city Messrs. Duncan & Wills
transacted a much larger business
Canon City and Fort Collins than they
did during the previous twelve
months
A. 4 vickers was An incoming pas
senger on Denver & Rio Grande train
No. 10 Saturday morning from Canon
City where. with Mrs. vickers he has
been visiting a few days with the lat
'er's father. Dr. Bell. of Lincoln Park.
Arthur. who since leaving Florence
has had charge Of the Las Vegas ter
ritory for the Continental Oil cnmpa-
nv. has been irasferred to Kalisbell.
Montana. and will leave Monday for
his new field Nr. vIckers states that
'hey had suffered very little incon-
yenience with the weather In Las We
gas this winter. Mrs. Vickers Will
visit in this vicinity until her husband
Is located.-Florence Citizen
Chas. Lackey. of the Upper Beaver
creek country. was 4 visitor in Flor
ence a day or two ago and. while there
stated that never during his residence
In this county has there been as much
ice on Beaver creek as there is al
present In some places IL is frozen
to a depth of Is inches. and those
who have ice houses are filling them
for next summers use.
Jamot Brown. who has charge of the
Pueblo Office of the Canon City, Flor |
ence & Pueblo Water Co. and of the
Colorado Southern Irrigation Co. ar
rived here Saturday to look after some
business matters and TO visit a few
days with his wife and family. He
will probably return TO Pueblo to-
night He says everything pertaining
to the company's enterprise is moving
along nicely and that great interest Is
being taken in the undertaking down
she valley.