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Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
RIVER CLARIFICATI0N CASE
CALLED MONDAY AFTERNOON

The Arkansas river Qualification
case, perhaps, the most famous pro-
ceeding of its kind ever submitted to
a Colorado tribunal for adjudication,
was called for trial before Judge VIII
court here late Monday. 1t was
set for hearing at 10 O'Clock this
morning, but the details of the pro-
cedure required considerable discus
sion on the part of the attorneys in in
terest before an agreement could be
reached and the delay in taking the
matter up was unavoidable.
The suit is brought by the Cities of
Pueblo and Canon City against the
Twin Lakes Placers company, Limit
ed, and is for the purpose of securing
a permanent Injunction to compel the
defendant company to desist from the
further pollution of the waters of the
Arkansas river by washing into it
vast quantities of mud and mineral
matter in its placer operations at
Cache creek, in the vicinity of Gran
lite. The Twin Lakes Placers company
has not been working its Cache creek
properties this summer on account
of temporary Injunction granted the
complainants last spring, and it is
this state of affairs they are now en-
deavoring to have male permanent.
The agitation for the clarifying of
the Arkansas river began many years
ago and has been continued at inter-
walls ever since. In 1906 the sum of one
thousand dollars was raised
at Salida, and like amounts at Canon
City and Pueblo, to institute suit to
stop the placer workings at Cache
creek If possible. Committees from
the various towns specially interested
in the Qualification of the river went
before the sixteenth and seventeenth
general assemblies of the state in an
effort to get law passed covering the
placer operations in question. but
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

ed supreme secretary. The member
ship of the Foresters of America in
the United States is now approximate
ly 25o,oOo; the state of New York
alone being credited with $1,000 of
them.
The l.. o. o. M. also held it's an
.nual convention in Detroit while we
We're there. 1t is to all appearances
an up-to-date body of men and they
are very enterprising in advertising
their order. The attendance of MEM
bers at the Detroit convention must
have been very large us almost every
man on the streets wore a Moose
badge"
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

they were unsuccessful in their en-
deavors owing, 1t is said, to some Sc
cret influence which worked in oppo-
sition to them.
The case is one of statewide inter-
est and the outcome of the trial now
in progress will be watched with great
concern by the people of the Arkansas
valley from Salida eastward to the
Kansas line. Its trial will, in all
probability, last all of this week as
a great deal of expert testimony will
be submitted by the compalinants,
tending to prove that the river water
is rendered unfit for drinking pur-
poses without alteration in conse-
quences of the hydraulic mining car
ried on by the defendants, to this pro-
ceeding. The attorneys for complain
ants are Waldo, Dawson & Stump of
this city, Judge Arlington and NJ. J.
Galligan of Pueblo and Wallace
Schoolfield of Salida. The attorneys for
the defendant are Thomas, Bryan, Nye
& Malburn of Denver and Harken-
stein of Buena Vista.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
ELKS' SECRETARY, DEMEhTED,
WALKED OVER MOUNTAINS

Colorado Springs, Sept. Com
pletely exhausted, suffering from hun
ger and thirst, and blistered by ex-
posure. Howard P. Seeds, secretary
of the Cripple Creek lodge of Elks,
who has been wandering in the noun
tains since Tuesday morning, was
found by Watson o'Conner, a Short
line fireman. in the southern part of
Colorado Springs this morning
Seeds was recognized by O'Conner,
who took him to the La Veta rooming
house and notified the Elks. The ap-
half-demented man was re-
moved to st. Francis hospital, where
physicians state that hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery. Apparently
normal in physical respects. Mr..
Seeds was still unbalanced when
about his actions.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
PLEASANT TRIP THROUGH MICH
IGAH BY R0CKVALE COUPLE

Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. job, of Rockvale,
have just returned home from very
pleasant trip of a months duration
through northern, central and south
ern Michigan, including visit to De-
troit, where the former went as del
egate to the supreme court of the
Foresters of America. In referring to
his outing Mr.. Job said:
Mrs. Job and myself left Rockyale
on the Santa Fe train Thursday, Au-
gust third, and arrived at Iron Noun
tain, Michigan, two days later where
we spent some time very pleasantly
as the guests of Mrs. Jobs parents
Later We visited relatives at Loretto,
Vulcan. Norway and Iron River, Mich
igan. At these places we found many
changes since we were there before,
especially at Norway. which had been
moved about mile west of its origin
al location on account of a cavern at
the Henrietta mine. At present the
iron mines are working only about
half time because of the depression
in the iron and steel trade of the
country in spite of existing condi-
tions the iron range of northern Mich
igan has very prosperous future in
sight.
"on August twentieth l left Iron
Mountain for Detroit where l attend
ed the supreme court OF the Foresters
of America. which was grand sue
cess in all particulars. On the even
ing of August twenty-second the
courts OF Detroit held class initia-
tion of two hundred candidates on
board the steamer st. Clair. The at
tendance of officers and representa-
tives was about three hundred and
'"S ai ""9 'Si' S"J''" ""ie N"S
to all having the good fortune to be
present.
THE sessions OF the supreme
court of the order were of extreme
interest and much business of import
ance TO the membership OF the or
ganization was accomplished. II. W
Mace, of Pennsylvania, was elected su-
preme ranger and T. NJ Donnelly. OF
Jersey City. New Jersey. was re-elect-
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
SECRETARY MADDOX SPEECH
A VERY EFFECTIVE ONE

The members of the special commit
tee from the First Methodist church
and the Canon City Business Mems
association that went to Colorado
Springs last Saturday morning to en-
deayor to secure the next annual
Methodist conference for this city.
speak very highly of the speech OF II.
S. Maddox asking that the 1912 con-
vention be held here. Mr.. Maddox was
the first to obtain the floor after the
presiding bishop announced that NOM
nations for the next place OF meeting
would be received. and, by his optim-
ism and ardor captured the gathering
horse. foot and dragons" A num-
Der of partisans of other towns were
present and expected to make speeches
in the interest OF their favorites. but
when Mr.. Maddox got through with
niS duuEeSS lhty hdstcHeu To- beconu
his nomination and Canon City was
given the unanimous vote OF the con-
vention. Delegates to the conference
from Grand Junction, Boulder and
from the Grand Avenue and Grace
Methodist churches OF Denver were
all loaded" with speeches for their
respective cities. but they had nothing
to say when Mr.. Maddox had finished,
except to suggest that the advisable
ity OF accepting the proposition he had
made in relation to the meeting place
OF the next conference. Mr.. Maddox
received letter from a lady at Colo
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
SAYS DENVER APPLE SHOW
WILL Be BIGGEST EVER

Clinton L. Oliver, of Denver. secre-
tary and manager OF the American
Apple Exposition and Carnival. to be
held at the Auditorium building the
second week in November. was q buzz
mess visitor In Canon Sly on Mon
day; having made the trip for the
purpose OF interesting the people OF
this district in the forthcomingahow.
Mr.. Oliver. who says that a good rep
resentation OF fruit from the Arkansas
valley is expected. expresses the opin-
ion that the Denver apple exposition
is going to be the biggest thing OF the
kind ever attempted in the west and
viii attract the attention OF fruit
growers all over the country. Mr..
Oliver will return here on Saturday
of this week for the purpose OF ad-
dressing the members Of the Fremons
County horticultural society at their
regular monthly meeting.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
MILLIONS TO SEE COLORADO
SCENES BY PICTURE FILMS

The Greater Colorado moving pic
ture films pronounced by advertising
authorities as one of the best public
ity schems ever devised, will be re-
leased to hundreds of theaters over
the country on Thursday, September
Z. During their run" the pictures will
be shown at some 500 cmving picture
theaters in the United States and Can
ada and in the leading cities of Eur
ope. The number of persons who will
have an opportunity to learn some
thing of Colorado's commercial, in
dustrial and scenic wealth is esti-
mated in the millions for the ninety
days in which the films will be shown.
The Greater Colorado pictures are
the result of the combined efforts of
the Denver commercial bodies, the
labor organizations and many of the
fraternal societies, who, in July,
through the Greater Colorado fair and
frolic, raised funds to have the pic
lures taken, printed and assured of
q ninety day run on the leading mo-
tfon picture circuits of the country.
a telegram from New York, where the
films were colored and made ready
for display, announces that they will
be released on September Z.
The industrial parade in Denver
July IS, epitomizing industrial Denver
and vicinity, will form one feature of
the display. Included on the same film
are scenes of Industrial life in the
agricultural, fruit raising and mining
sections of the state, as well as some
of the most attractive scenic wonders
of Colorado.
To enlarge the usefulness of the
pictures the Denver chamber of COM
meree on Friday began the distribu-
ton of $4,000 postal cards, which will
be sent to other states by the people
of Colorado. The cards are so arrang-
ed that the writer can indicate to the
person to whom it is sent the date
on which the pictures are to be dis
played in the latter's CITY or town
Included in the scenes dipicted on
these films are a large number of
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. John Weed have re-
turned to their home in East Canon
from Cripple Creek where they have
been visiting for several weeks.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

views of the Skyline drive, the road
to the top of the Royal Gorge and
among the orchards of the Canon
City district
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

Mr. Clarence Bates is visiting his
uncle. Mr.. Peter Richter and his
cousin. Mrs. NJ. E.cohces. - a week
or two.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07
The Fa11 Term Begins Septembe

You are Thinking of Enrolling,
You know you Should do it,
Hundreds have done it, and thereby
Doubled their Earnings, why not your
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

rado Springs yesterday morning con-
graduating him on the excellent tenor
and effectiveness of his address be-
fore the conference.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-07

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

here. in the greatest and most lavish
ly, bestowed by nature for the pur-
pose?
The American is the best business
man in the world. as good horse
man as can be produced anywhere.
and is always looking for the straight
est way of getting to certain point.
and has certainly succeeded in sur
prising the world in this direction. He
has produced the most extraordinary
light harness horse that has ever been
heard of, when speed alone Is consid-
cred, and also some OF the fastest
thoroughbreds, and it seems that the
time has not arrived when more care
should be shown in the selection OF
horses for breeding purposes, SO as to
be able to produce sounder. bigger,
and better individuals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

4 RMY regulations are being changed
IA for the benefit of the enlisted
man. The old rules which have add
ed to the hardships Of the common
soldier are being modified to keep pace
with modern ideas of humanity and
Justice, and, in the course OF short
time, It is hoped that conditions VIII
be so far improved that assertions
will be practically unknown and re-
enlistment will be general. Gen. Leo
nard Wood. chief of staff, is working
or the proposed changes and his ef-
forts have the sympathy Of President
Taft, who ever since his administra-
ton as secretary Of war has been
interested in the enlisted men.
AS long as the ancient regulations
continued in force. both President
Taft and General Wood agreed, little
real amelioration Of the soldiers con-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

NJ ASHINGTON.-The high cost OF
" living Is becoming a live topic
again. Much Of the mail that comes
to members of congress daily deals
with the subject. Constituents OF SEN
ators and representatives are saying
that If the legislative body can do any
thing to bring prices of the neces-
saries of life down. 1t ought to do it.
Among public men there is very gen.
eral agreement that the topic win be
to the front In the presidential cam
paign next year.
James Wilson. secretary Of agricul-
ture, has come forward with the sug-
gestion that every large municipality
ought to take UP the cost of living
problem. He thinks the problem OF
reducing the cost of living Is one
that must be settled by municipalities.
Federal legislation can, he declares,
at best do but little toward bringing
prices down.
The secretary Is trying to persuade
the leading citizens Of the national
capital to get in behind an inquiry
here as to why things people have to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09
Huge Guns Will Shoot Fifteen Miles

THINK of a gun which will hurl a
j 1,400-pound projectile through nine
inches Of the best face-hardened steel
Is miles away from where 1t is fired!
This is what Uncle Sans new 14-inch
guns will do. They will shoot beyond
the horizon. In other words, the
range of the monsters with which the
two new battieships. New York and
Texas, will be equipped is greater
than It is possible to see target the
size of a ship Of the Delaware type.
Under the most favorable conditions
not even the tall masts of the Della
ware could be seen from ship OF the
same size Is miles away. And the
new 14-inch gun is effective at that
range.
The navy department has Just COM
pleted a successful test of the gun
and work will go forward at once in
the washington factory to make the
20 huge weapons needed for the two
vessels.
The recent tests made with the
naval service 12-inch gun on the old
battleship Texas in Chesapeake bay
showed that the efficiency Of the gun
makers had reached high state.
These 12-inch guns literally made a
sieve of the Texas at range of H.
900 yards, or six miles. 1t was the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09
Army Regulations Are Being Modified

dition could be brought about. As
long as young soldiers were sent to
jail and herded with criminals for
trivial offenses, they believe, the army
would continue to be summed by a
large class of desirable men who
would otherwise be inclined to enter
the service.
One of the first reforms to be In
augurated was that of the sentences
administered for slight attractions OF
army law. The most common OF these
offenses now, as 1t has been for many
generations, Is desertion. and most
of the assertions are unintentional.
Upon conviction the culprits are
sentenced to three to six months In
a military prison, not because theiI
offense merited such punishment. but
because the ancient regulations had II
that way.
Under the new system the punish
ment for mild cases of desertion Il
merely a deprivation of leave. extrs
work or the cutting on of special al
lowances. The guardhouse Is only t.
be used for real offenders and thu
military prison for hardened Grim
inals.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

survive only in a semi-domesticated
state. Animals which live In the cover
part or q whole of the time Will
survive as long as law is enforced and
forests continue to grow.
The government has control only Of
such game animals as are to be found
In the territory directly under federal
rule. Notwithstanding this limited
authority the additional protection
given the wild life in recent years BY
the several states Is due largely to
the efforts Of the officials of the
United States biological survey, which
is a bureau of the department Of agrt-
culture. For several years each win
ter the governments scientists have
appeared before the different state
legislatures to urge protection for the
birds and mammals. and as q result
of their efforts nearly uniform laws
sre IN force al over the country.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09
The Progress Of Our Game Protection

vxsHE report of DR.. T. s. Palmer OF
the governments biological survey
ON "The Progress Of Game Protection
"a an exceedingly interesting docu-
ment. Il bears every evidence OF care
fuI study Of conditions. Nothing IL
set down which in any way can De
attributed to guesswork. 1t can be
ieccented as accurate and authentic
iDoctor Palmer is known to scientists
las 4 man Of method with an innate
love of the subject Of which ne Is
making a life study.
Deer. moose, elk and other Dig
game Of pronounced economic value
are increasing in numbers With the
.wakened interest in their protection
and with the constant improvement
IN laws intended to save useful
snec,es there are sound reasons for
the belief that future generations OF
Americans Will know the animals that
man today knows. and that legitimate
eport will be possible in the years
~ come. The movement for the con-
starvation Of the natural resources Of
the country takes full heed OF the
necessity for the preservation OF the
Wild birds and mammals.
Some few species Of big game per
hsrs are sou-i &c H. ;c,.-r. or to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

longest range at which actual shoot
ing had ever been done. Eight to ten
miles is about the maximum for these
guns.
The new 14-inch guns weight is 63.6
tons. The diameter at the breech or
butt is Al inches and at the muzzle "a
inches. The cost of one gun and
breech is STATIC. The carriage upon
which the gun will be mounted in the
turret of the vessel will cost $4,000.
The projectile weighs 1,400 pounds,
is 66 inches, or Eve and one half feet.
in length and costs $3.50. 1t is loaded
with a bursting charge of IS pounds
of "dunnite." The powder charge
used behind the projectile to give It
velocity consists of four bags Of 80
pounds each of smokeless nitrocellu-
lose, yet even then 1t would be over
half minute from the time OF firing
before the projectile would hit the
mark Is miles away.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

What Is declared to be the largest
tree In the world IL the famous tule
tree that stands In the churchyard az
Militia, Mexico. The body OF this won
derful tree IL LAG feet in circumfer.
ence, and although It was measured
more than 800 years ago 1t cannot be
seen that the tree Il making any.
growth. Thousands Of people visit
the tree each year. There Is no ac-
curate way by which Its great age can
be determined. but the best judges
place It at several thousand years.
Its exterior IL very rough. and a. u
has the appearance Of being diseased
1t is thought the interior IL decaying'
Steps are being taken to preserve tho
wonderful growth. but time mas
worked such wonders that man In his
weak way scarcely knows what to 40
to help to retain its life. Other large
tule trees are In the same locality, OUT
none Of them approaches the one IN
the old churchyard. = Philadeipnia
North American.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09

Asparagus may be started from seed
and come into size for table use at the
third year. Seed may be planted as
late as midsummer.
It requires about six weeks for the
seed to terminate and come up. The
young plants may be cultivated IN
rows as other garden vegetables and
set in permanent rows or beds this
fall or next spring.
The asparagus plant is doubly use
full. The young shoots can be used
for food and the foliage branches for
c--n- Sprays Q. asparagus AZ
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09
SUMMER WORK
FOR CHICKENS
whereThereI Is Not Perfectly Com
Portable Poultry House ON
Farm One Should be Pro-
vided This Summer.
(By MILLER PUvIs.,

(By MILLER PUvIS.,
II there is not perfectly comfort
able poultry house on the farm, one
should be planned and provided this
summer, at least before cold weather
sets in, for it is poor planning to put
off providing a warm poultry house
until the time arrives for its use. A
comfortable poultry house need not be
a costly one nor q particularly warm
one. Every poultry house should have
two rooms with tight partition be-
tween them. If it is build in this way.
the flock may be crowded into one
room when very cold weather comes,
and the heat of their bodies will keep
the room warm. A hen does not feel
the cold as quickly as man does. for
her blood is five per cent. warmer nat
urally. and il she can sleep where
there is no draft blowing on her she
will be very comfortable In room In
which the temperature runs as low az
10 to IL degrees below the freezing
point.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-09-09
Observation-Disclosures
CLAUDIA'S FAST
By BELLE MANDATES

Were you hurt Claudia'" he
asked anxiously.
"No--the bahy3"
"He didn't even awaken he re-
piled. depositing the child on the seat.
@Wiil you look after him while ! 90
to SEQ what was the matterf"
He returned In . few moments.
mo one hurt" he treasured her.
I'VE ran into something. But the
nurse Is left behind. She got on to
see some friends and failed to con-
meet. That fact and the shock sus-
tanned from the accident proved too
much for the child's mother. She has
quite collapsed. The diner got .
worse Jolt than wedid.
"Then," she remarked refiectively
1T wasn't such . misfortune. after
all. that couldn't 60 into the diner.
Claudia" be began impetuously.
but the entrance Of the young matron.
looking white and III. precluded fur
Their explanation. Claudia went to her
assistance and helped her to bed IN
the stateroom. while Craig devoted
himself to the child.
In half an hour Claudia returned.
"She il asleep. told her l--you-s
we-would look after Bobby"
II shall need your help. He seems
cross"
Il should think he would be. He
has had nothing to eat since noon!"
"You have been longer than that
without food" he remarked sisnin-
/ cantly.
~And I. too-have been--tross." she
admitted
shall We take Bobby into the
dinerf" he asked.
Eyes. thank you. Craig And-I am
sorry"
1--WE win make It past history. dear
Let US go into the diner and forget
it ALL"
He ordered everything tempting ON
the menu for Claudia and himself.
while Bobby contentedly ate q cereal
and milk.
win you tell me-" demanded
Craig, why you did not dine"
She smiled archly.
you thought I was fasting from
a broken hearth To be candid. a.
soon as was aboard / discovered ]
had left my purse at home. Ny ticket
and reservation were In my valise.
but haven't = cent Of money. reach
my destination In the morning and
had expected to fast until then"
~And you wouldn't take even the
l ~ ct IN N