Cañon City record., 1911-07-06
and Fern. win remain for a few weeks


the city for a few days.
W. S. Core. purchasing agent for
the Florence & Canon City railroad
company, has returned home from
Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs
where he spent the first part of the
week looking after business matters.
He says there are more tourists in
the Pixies Peak district at present
than there was at any time last year;
the greater part of them being on
their way to points on the Pacific
coast
Frank Wright finds the smudge pot
of value in the summer as well as
in the early spring. He set one afire
out in his orchard the other night
and it caught $50 of the little millers
which lay the egg from which hatch
the leaf roller worm. Not bad for a
starter.
Miss Katherine Mahoney returned
on Saturday of last week from Canon
City where she graduated with high
honors from Mt ST. Scholastica's
academy a couple OF days previously
after having taken four years course.
Miss Katherine is one OF the bright
attractive girls OF the young members
of society Of Gunnison and the young
people are glad TO have her with them
again.-Gunnison Republican.
A substantial wooden bridge has
Just been completed across the Mil
ditch on First street. much to the con-
enience OF the people Of South Canon.
1t was originally designed to build
a concrete bridge at this point. but
the unexpected demand for money in
other directions caused the city coun-
ell to change its plans in respect to
the character of the material to be
used in Its construction.
A couple of automobile parties from
Hutchinson. Kansas. and sedalia.
Missouri. respectively. arrived here
Thursday night from Colorado
Springs. This morning they made the
trip to the top OF the Royal Gorge;
returning to town over the Skyline
drive. In common with everybody
else who have made such an excur-
sion. they were enthusiastic in rela-
tion to what they saw of our mountain
road building
1t Is reported that the prisoners
from Canon City began work on the
east end OF the Monarch Pass auto
road. Monday. We hope It is true;
It will be a good thing for the whole
country as well as the prisoners. The
state has no money 20 pay for build
ing roads. so let the eonvicts build it;
1t will be a great saving TO all and
viii be a grand thing for the Western
slope and it viii only be matter Of
time when there viii be good road
from Denver to salt Lake CITY
ounnison Republican.
The coloring OF apples which is gem
orally regarded as one Of the myster-
les of nature by people who do not un-
derstand all the ins and outs OF the
process is influenced greatly by thin
ming. When two pieklngs are made
the half-colored fruits left at the first
round will within two or three weeks
increase in size and put on much more
color, Early thinning at this time OF
year accomplishea this result In still
more marked manner. There is also
a greater number of wind-fails from
unthinned than from thinned tree.
partly due to decrease Of defective
fruits by thinning. as we'll as to les
sened drain upon the vitality OF the
tree, Owing to the necessity OF pro-
ducing a better grade OF fruit than
formerly and of more careful packing.
the thinning of our commercial fruit
can not be neglected.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w Van Patton are