The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1911-12-28

Prentiss and Mrs n. 2. Smith and
the affair tomorrow afternoon will pc
under their direction.
H. w. Gaddy is removing the OLD
Mayer house which stood on Santa
Fe avenue below Third street in Flor
ence. to the Columbia water well
This was originally one of the Rock
vale company houses 1t was recently
purchased by S. J. VanBuskirk o1
Canon City, who intends to fit it ur
for a residence, at the water well
which he intends to turn into ranch
and fruit orchard.-Rockvale Para
dox.
A fine specimen of mountain lion
was killed by w. H. Pigg at the old
Sweeney ranch on upper Currant
creek this morning. The carcass was
brought to town and placed in the
show window of Harding's hardware
store where it attracted much atten-
ton from passers along Main street
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Dean Of Buena
Vista, cousins of Mrs H NJ. Jameson,
are the guests at the homes OF Rev.
H. NJ. Jameson and ]. ]. Armstrong.
The mid-winter examination for
teachers certificates began at the
court house Thursday morning and
are being continued today under the
supervision Of Miss Mabel Currau.
county superintendent Of schools.
There are eleven candidates in the
class of whom eight are ladies and
three are gentlemen. The examins-
tions will be concluded this after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Pope leave to-
day for Pittsburg. Pennsylvania.
where they will make their home.
Miss Jennie McNeal has gone to her
horne in Kansas for the holidays. Lat
er she expects 10 ~:s:. Florida, re-
turning to Canon City in the spring.
A special military train Of five cars
carrying soldiers from Jefferson Ba:-
racks at ST Louis to San Francisco.
passed through here shortly after
dark Thursday night The special was
run aver the Missouri Pacific from
st. Louis to Pueblo and from that
point 10 destination over the Denver
G Rio Grande and the Western Pacif-
ic lines. The troops on the train are
on their way to the Philippine Islands
and will leave San Francisco for Me-
Mia early next week.
Mrs. Gertrude Hurley and son Tom
of Des Moines, arrived in Canon the
first of the week to spend the winter
here. Mrs. Hurley has had her boy in
St Stevens school in Colorado
Springs but is so favorably impressed
with the excellence OF the schools
here and the general advantages of
this climate that she believes she
could find no better place to spend
the winter months. Mrs. Hurley and
son are at the Strathmore.
Albert Clearinghouse. C. E. second
year Colorado University. arrived
home last night for two weeks visit
with his parents on E. Main street.
Other Canonites from the university
who will arrive home this evening
are: Miss May Morgan L. A. third
year; Mr.. Arthur Morgan. E. E. first
year; Mr.. Herman Graves, l.. A. first
year; Mr.. Burden Sheriff.. L. A sec
ond year; Mr. Vie Lonnecker. E. F
fourth year, and Miss Nina Munroe
L. A. first year.
After boring to a depth of over 2o9c
feet, the Falcon OIL company. which
has been drilling for oil at Falcon
near. Colorado Springs. for seyers
months, has abandoned operations
and pulled the casing of the dril
hole The oil indications are said Z
have been promising enough but diff
Guilty in renewing some Of the lease
on adjoining territory is given as tn,