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Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
VISITED CANON CITY
THIRTY-SIx YEARS AGO

Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Taylor. of Balti-
more. Maryland. we're guests at the
Hotel Denton Friday night and this
morning. having stopped of here while
on their way to California to make
the trip to the top OF the Royal Gorge
Mr.. Taylor came to Canon City with a
party OF newspape- men from New
York thirty-seven years ago. and. with
his travelling companions. was taken
on an excursion to the rim OF the can
on, which made an impression on him
that the intervening years has not
erased
In 1875 the members OF the New
York Editorial association made a trip
to San Francisco AMI included Denver
In their itinerary. While in Denver
they accepted an invitation from the
citizens here TO visit Canon City before
proceeding to the Pacific coast. The
Denver & Rio Grande railroad was not
completed as far west as Canon City
at that time and the newspaper par
" was met with carriages at the ter
minus of the road. about ten miles east
Of here. and brought to town and ban
quetted at the Mcclure house. which
was then the principal hotel. Later
they were taken to the top of the Roy
al Gorge and given glimpse of the
snow-cefered Sangre de Christie noun
tains to the westward.
Mr.. Taylor says that at that time
they accepted the invitation to come
to Canon City they did not know that
there was no railroad here. otherwise
they might not have undertaken the
journey. The town then did not have
more than five or six hundred inhab-
| itants and gave little indication of the
population and Importance It has since
attained Mr.. Taylor says he made
the ascent on horseback to the sum.
init OF Pixies Peak on the occasion
of the editorial excursion alluded t.
ana that It was about the most serious
proposition OF hie life ~ there wal
nothing but the nrudsst skind osa trail
Y ~ rpilovsd. n. Tsuasr ~ head
Iuarser q ! bsgs sshooslnAt gEslninB
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
Tomato Eater
Wants to Know

retail price of tomatoes? Who gets
all of this money that ought to go to
the farmer? Is there a trust in toma-
toes and who is at the head of 1t? You
ought to know and you owe it to this
community and to the honest farmer
TO expose this unjust conspiracy
which seeks to raise the price of the
necessities of life.
know what tomatoes ought to sell
at. i have raised them and have sold
them. when could. / have sold them
as high as so cents bushel and as
low as 10 cents a bushel.
Think OF It'll have sold them at 10
cents the bushel and / am charged Is
cents for a single tomato so small
my grocer would not buy it when l
was taking them to market Why It
would take over 200 tomatoes Of the
size paid that Is cents for to make
bushel. II 200 tomatoes cost Is
cents and you sell them at Is cents
each that is $50 bashel That must
be at the rate OF about 2.0eo per cent.
proft, or may be 10000 per cent profit.
1 don't know which.
Nov IL the grocery stores make only
Per cent profit on sales, and n the
eating cars are run at a loss as the
conductor told me they are. and II the
hotels are all running behind as a
town man says they are. l would like
to know who is making all this mon
ey and who is waxing rich at the ex-
pense Of the farmer ard OF the lover
of tomatoes!
Who is the srafter' Let's dig him
out
1 believe in reciprocity with any
country that will help us break the
combine in tomatoes.
Yours for fair price on tomatoes
to the ultimate consumer.
PLAIN FARMER
Please correct all mistakes-I am
not a good speller.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
ENTERTAINED AT.DInNER sa ~
-. MONDAY NIGHT

Mr.. W. T. Wallace was host at din
uer at the Strathmore Monday even
ing to a number of friends. The af-
fair was arranged in the same excel
lent manner that has characterized
all of the parties planned by the
Hotel Management Mr.. Wallace as
is his custom, demands something new
and out of the ordinary as he wished
to entertain friends in the most sue
cessful manner.
one CT the big hits OF the evening
was an original solo sang by DR.. Lit
tie in compliment to and also in ref
erenos TO the host. This particular
solo came at a time when music was
in the air. Mr.. Wallace and DR.. Lit
tie and others had been singing differ
ent selections when the Doctor sud
denly arose and without accompani-
ment sung several verses that took
the crowd by storm. The host seemed
Illustrated for time but his ready wit
came happily to his rescue.
Seven courses were served and each
one surpassd tho other In uniausnsss
aaa variety.
|. nosptain trost proved ths fsAtnss
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
ENTERTAIN At DELIGHT
Full DANCIHG PARTY

Friday evening District Attorney
and Mrs. James T. Locke entertained
at pleasant dancing party at the
Pavilion in Florence in honor of their
house guest. the Misses May and Haz-
el o'Neil Of Buena Vista and of Miss
Mercedes Bowen. sister of Mrs. Locke.
About twenty couple were in the parry
and they were conveyed to Florence
in autos. and hay-raek.
The crowd in the latter conveyance
had an unusually pleasant ride be-
cause OF the uniuueness Of the trans
portation. Punch and waters were
served during the evening. Mrs. Lee
Champion assisted the host and host
ess in chaperoning the happy party
Miss Ethel Allen furnished the piauo
music.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
East Canon. June 11th.

East Canon, June 11tn.
Editor Record:
| am but a plain, blunt farmer. Elo-
quence and rhetoric flow not easily
from my pen. But l stand for right
and the square deal always and every
time.
hear about injustices being prac-
ticed by those who deal in the pro-
ducts of the soil-but all the examples
| have heard about pale into insig-
nificence by the side of the wrong l
would have adjusted.
/ like tomatoes. Every since was
a small boy on the farm when we went
out to the old tomato patch back OF
the barn with a hand full OF salt to
snatch an early ripened tomato end
suck out its refreshing contents !
have eaten them whenever the oppor-
tunity presented itself
The other day when a storm detain-
ed me in town past the noon hour
I took dinner at the hotel and order
ed tomatoes.
What did / get? Just one little,
measeiy. half -ipened tomato
What did / payr Fifteen cents. FIF-
TEEN CENTS, mind you for one
.crawney. little half grown tomato
that any self-respecting farmer would
be ashamed to take to town
Another time not long ago / had TO
eat on an eating car hated to do II
bui I did. And ordered tomatoes.
And the charge was % cents for a
single tomato. but is was a fair sized
tomato, l must confess. Two bits
mind you-the price of a square meal
with fried chicken and soup and pre-
serves, and vegetables and cate and
pie all put together at the little old
hotel back in Indiana. The tomato
cost me as much as any honest farm
er ought to pay for his dinner.
Now what want to know is, who il
responsible for this outrageous high
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

ton. Deleware. when he came to Canon
City the first time and newspaper work
was a secondary matter with him.
For the last thirty years and more
he has made his home at Baltimore
where he is greatly interested in the
efforts of the Anti-Saloon league and
other temperance organizations to re-
strict the evils OF the liquor traffic. Mr..
Taylor has retained a pleasant rec
collection of Canon City and the treat
ment accorded him here more thon
a generation and remembers that Capt.
B. F. Rockafellow and Postmaster
Robt s. Lewis were members of the
reception comittee that welcomed the
New York editorial party here during
the summer of 1875. II was the first
large body OF excursionists that ever
came here. 1t was a matter of re-
gret to Mr.. Taylor that the rain this
morning made It impossible for him
to take his wife over the new scenic
highway to the town of the Royal
Gorge. They left for San Francisco
and Los Angeles this afternoon.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

Though the Record contest is just
getting started the votes are coming
in at a lively rate.
Some who have not turned in many
votes yet, will make a good showing
by the time the next count is given.
On Saturday count will be made
and the standing of the different con-
testants will be given the second time.
Get your votes in by Friday night in
order to be in on that count 1t will
surely be interesting to note the new
scores and see the many changes in
the tally.
Don't fail to get in all OF the cou-
pom votes dated the 2Srd not later
than the date mentioned or II out OF
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
An INTERESTING SERMON
LAST SUNDAY EVENING

The congregation at the Lutheran
church last Sunday evening were Civ
en- some good thoughts to ponder
when Rev. c. Z. Sparks, the pastor
gave the first of his series OF sermons
on -The Relation OF the Church to
Social Conditions" The questions
which ho is discussing are of inter
es, to all classes OF people. He gvcs
anyone who wishes the privilege Of
writing suggestions or criticisms and
handing them In the course Of the ssr-
lee. Next Sunday evening hs hAs .
vitality inpersaAt sahjssG -TAs puey
OF ~ Ohsrch y sesaai psee,enAs
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
Ell PAS0. CHAFFEE AND
FREMONT COMMISSION
ERS MOLD CONFERENCE

This morning at ten o'cIock Commits
sions V. c. Davenport. d. P. Cook, and
j. T. Ehrhart OF Chaifee county. b.
A. Banta, j. p. Madden. and II. Hutch
lnson OF El Paso. and W. II. LaGrange,
w. h. Alfred, and S. G. Keison of FIRE.
mont county met In the office OF the
commissioners at the court house.
The exact nature of the conference
has not been divulged as yet but IL
is lptimated that 1t is held for the pur-
pose of getting better acquainted as
regards the good roads proposition
and to devise plans and methods of
procedure.
The commissioners OF the three
counties are the biggest set of boost
ors for good roads in the state and It
can be reckoned that when they get
together something for the good OF
the highways is going to happen. This
is the first meeting that the men from
the three counties have had and II "a
thought that a great deal Of good will
result from this get together" atti.
tuds.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

of the repast and was hailed with a
great deal OF delight by the guests
all of whom happened to be especially
fond of the dish. Those who enjoyed
the evening were: Mesdames NJ s.
Raynalds. Guy U. Hardy. J. L. Coop
er. George F. Rockafellow, r. S. Lew
is, W. T. Little. Judge j L. Cooper, DR..
W. T. Little. Messrs. Guy U. Hardy.
George F, Rockafellow. and R. 5. Lew
is.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

town they must be mailed not later
than that date. II you make a good
start early in the campaign your
friends will see that you have a splen-
did opportunity and will feel much
interested in helping you on.
Get in all of the votes possible be-
fore the next count.
Everybody wherever you go seems
to be talking about the Records big
offer of prizes and wondering who will
be the fortunate ones to carry on the
rewards.
Now is the time to get things NOV
ing. After a while the votes will
come much easier and you will be
surprised at the way they will pile
up.
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

Driven py munger 10 eitnef ouA
render themselves Voluntarily. OF sub
f4t to capture at the hands OF the
Nsuthorities, Ross Hoiiingsworth and
Curtis p. Day. who escaped from the
penitentiary on the afternoon Of June
nfth. returned to Canon City under
cover Of darkness at O'Clock this
morning and gave themselves up to
the prison oficials. Unable to pro-
cure anything TO eat, except roots and
herbs and the few birds they could
kill by throwing rocks, the refugees
were literally starved out and were
glad to get back to the peniientia-y
where they could get pienty OF good.
wholesome food to satisfy the crav-
ings OF their appetites-
Afraid to apply at the ranches in
the terrific, !, which they traversed for
anything TO eat for fear OF arrest they
wandered about in the mountains un-
III compelled TO accept starvation. or
surrender. Hoilingsworth and Day
we're seen in the vicinity of Hillside.
forty miles west OF here. week ago
and a Gordon OF guards was immc-
diately thrown about the surrounding
country to prevent their leaving II
by any OF the roads or trails leading
into the Arkansas valley. or into the
agricultural section OF Custer county
Both Holllngsworth and Day are ex-
cepuonally shrewd. but they had no
chance OF getting away in the noun
tain district in which they found
refuge without help and that they
should have attempted II single hand
ed and alone was surprising to those
who knew them.
Hollingsworth was received At
the penitentiary from Cone
jes county October end. 1909 under 4
sentence of from thirteen and half
to sixteen years for forgery and lar
cehy. He is a bookkeeper by occu-
patton and was for some time engag-
ed in a clerical capacity in the Office
OF the chief clerk at the prison. Hol-
lInFsworth is twenty-five years of age
and was n "trusty." having been em-
ployed the greater part of the time
since the beginning OF the summer
months as transitman and surveyor
in connection with the work being
done on the new State park opposite
the prison entrance
Hollingsworth designed and built
the electric fountain, recently Install
ed In the State park here, and was
engaged in carrying out an elaborate
scheme of landscape gardening there
at the time of his escape.
Day is thirty-nino years old and is
a railroad fireman by occupation. He
was brought here Z from Prowers
county November 21st. 1909, to serve
term OF Imprisonment of from ten
to fifteen years for criminal Dssaul:
MD was, likewise, a "trusty." Both
Hollingsworth and Day we're mem
bers of the prison band. and, 1t has
been suggested. that possibly the,
may have decided upon an attempt tc
escape whilc making the trip to ths
top OF the Royal Gorge on the occa.
sion of the road celebration there las,
month.
In addition TO losing NIL Of the time
gained BY good behavier Hollingswortt
and Day will be deprived Of all of thu
privileges extended 70 prisoners fo'
sood eenAuot. n fael b. tAsir astsupt
- Sa>~ua hawn lnrlusfaA Al a. fh(
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22
.HOLL|NCSWORTH
AND DAY VOLUN-
TAR|LY return
ESCAPED Convicts In the Mountains For
Two Weeks Without Anything to Eat,
Decide to Return to the Pen.

exemptions they formerly enjoyed
They will not be permitted outside
the walls of the prison until dismiss
ed from the institution at the expira-
ton of their punishment
Cañon City record., 1911-06-22

wAAt II somstimes kncwn a. q
hsaxtenAS, might ofssa - more scsar-
'assly -essersssA - wounded pries.A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
"BREACH OF HONOR.
United States Taken 10 Ta.k bx M.r
her of Caundinn PnrIIs ment. II, -

y Ottawa, Ont. May s.-'.The United
states has committed breach or in
,,crna tional honor in falling dur,nr III
,ast Two sessions of Congress 10 enact
w, w, hounoary waters fishery regulations
Wh,rh, nnder treaty. they were in hon
or Or bound 10 adopt" declared j: b. Tar-
1T nonservative member from Brit
'Sl! Columbia. In Parliament TO-DAY
Nlr TAYLOR asserted that under IN.
.rc4ty he resniaiions drawn BY the
Gommissioners from Canada and the
United states should go into effect
W, Mishont amendments Canada, he added
nad made concessions to remedy con.
dilfons in Puget Sound. but the initial
H 1a senate had made several amend
had then failed 10 rally the arr ano
menL lie declared that Canada should
EEroIest. to tho British ambassador a I
Mr. Brodeur Minister OF Marine. re-
r. ,,, ma the attention of the British
ssmhaSsador had been called to tho mai
Ter The minister deprecated the in
,,amPerate ..angua ge" used by Mr. Tay-
ground for formal protest -. We
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
HANDS MANACLED,
APPEAR IN court
Mcnamara Brothers Formally
Arraigncd on Charge Of
Murder.
GIVEN TIME TO LEaD
-Four Others, Their Names Mask
ed Are Accuscdlin In
dictments.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 5.-Iohn j.
Mcnamara. secretary OF tho Interna-
tional Bridge and Structural Iron
workers Associ ation. to- day was for
inaily arraisned before Judge Walter
Bordwell, of the Superior Court on
charges OF murder and dynamitlnc. md
his brother. James B. Mcnamara was
arralgned on n charge OF murder al,
IN connection with the explosion which
wrecked the Los Angeles Times build !
sng on October /. 1910, and killed
twenty-one men.
ortie p. McAIanigal. alleged 10 have
MADE confession duplicating the Nc
Namaras, was not arraigned. It's ~,
expected that lie Will make anv an.
Pearance In court until the trial be !
gins The day for the McNaran -, !,
orothers to plend was fixed for June
Fully an liour before the time for
ne arraignment the courtroom wa :
crowded. despite efforts OF tho no7oa
TO Keep the proceedings secret. The
mcnamara brothers. with hands man
acied. We're brought into cour, hv
s sheriff Hammel and three deputies.
Assistant District Attorney Ford
read all the nineteen indtctments
charging the men with the murder
employees of the Times pIanft. - -
cused with the brothers in the indict
ments were William Caplen. nlIarad
70 nave been an abettor Of James
.: Mc ', a mara In the explosion and
'onr DINERS, ono a woman, who wcra
masked by names of "Johni ~ - :.
Richard Roe" John stiles" ana H..
Doe u 'idhe
Scores Of Witnesses.
me accuse ton was followed bv !,
"a - =. .ne scores OF witnesses examIn-
following the Times disaster. ana WI, = =
me late addition OF ortie Il. AioManil
ga. VINO appeared before the inu,,Isi.
toriai body only yesterday.
considering the Importance OF the
ease and tho distance which II may
re necessary to bring witnesses. III.
torneS Kappa port. for the defense.
said II would like to have thirtv
days before the rleas are entered"
IL you are allowed an unusual lime
to enter the pleas" said Prosecutor
EhPponort sisntfed his willingness.
vision of the statute which declare
that the men must he tried within
sixty days after they are arraisncd ~
James r Mcnamara was permitted
end the district attorney said he would
consent that the pleas he made on
June Ford then read tho other
eighteen indictments
James B. Mcnamara was permitted
to sit down, and then an Indictment
was read. charging John j. McNam-
ara. orte e. McAInnigal. "John Doc"
lrh
Doe with dynamiting tho IlewelIyn
Iron Works last Christmas The time
for Mcnamara to plead to that charge
also was fixed for June 1.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
NO FURTHER DISORDER

oIHcers Stnnd Ready 70 Protect Conf
Cargo OF Steamer.
Cordova. Alaska. May o.-Thcre was
no further disorder to-day over the
Importation OF Canadian coal and none
is expected until the arrival OF the
steamer Edith, which sailed recently
rom Nanatmo With 1000 tons OF Ca
nadian coal for the Alaska Steanshjp
Company $3.50, go ';'''i y
nhreats were made o-day that the
E;uith would not he permitted TO dis
charge her cargo JAS ALI Canadian
Toai IN port Is under control OF III.
Lnited states customs officers until IL
rs landed and the duty paid. the DEPUTY
colector OF customs for Cordova to-day
t rde demand upon United States
commission Q. a. Tucker for protec-
tion for the Edith He was assured
mat an ample force OF deputy mar
hhals would be on hand 10 protect the
Mayor I.athrop sent the following
Juneau: 80 i1's''n at
serious disturbance account of Ca
, ia lan coal on dock Yesterday Be
Iere can handle situation al present
threats freely made to destroy cargo
81 Edith now en- route Government
must htand ready to protest." lf5TI''f'
united States Deputy Marshal
Hrightwell arrived from Orcata Ia at
night and swore In deputies. who arc
low standing guard on the wharf Of
!hs, Alaska Steamship I Company 'Hi :
SlanE. mesHs ees have 3 h e sreceIred
from all parts OF Alaska approving, thc
action OF the mob 'aTi' '''o - -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
CARNEGIE HoNoRED
In Accepting Medal, He Gives s1oO,ooO
More for Feace.


More for Fesce.
washington. p. c.. May 5.--After re-
ceiving gold medal presented by the
twenty one American REPUBLICS bearing
the words, THE American Republics
TO Andrew Carnegie" and "Benefactor
of Humanity" Andrew Carnegie to-
day announced he would give 100000,
In addition to nearly s1.o0o,ooo already.
donated toward erection of the Pan
American Union Building. to be used
for the artistic completion of It's ex-
tensive grounds,
President Taft Secretary of State
nept in diplomatic and official life paid
honor to Mt. Carnegie here to-day,
when the medal was presented In the
hall of the Pan American Union Build
ing. John Barrett. director general of
the union, declared that never before
in history had an individual been so
honored by group of nations. Senior
de Zamacona the Mexican amba ssador;
President Taft. Secretary Knox and
Mr.. Carnegie made addresses.
I'VE meet hero to-day. said the
President, ito take part In the cere-
mony Of the presentation by the union
OF these republics of the Pan-American
gold medal TO the individual fore
tion for the promotion of peace. We
are all glad to take part in It, The
Immediate cause was the presentation
to that union of this beautiful temple
of peace, sif...
Mr.. Carnegie, In a speech accepting
the medal. declared that the, gift be-
slowed upon him was IAN honor tho
like OF which had never before been
bestowed upon human being,n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06
NEW POLITICAL ERA
wilson Calls II Movement OF Reform
mud Restoration.

Hun ItcStorut1On. f.-s
~. Kansas CITY. Mo, May 5.-woodrow
speech before the Knife and Fork Club
Tonight. declared that new politi.
cai era. promising much for the vel
ia nc o. ths nation, Is nov. upon the
OF reform. marked by n process OF
restoration. ia Their than that OF a rev.
oiuoion he said.
ne work OF reforming present con.
ditions was confined No neither politi :
cal party. the speaker said. both par-
t t being we'll represented in the ef-
lorts az reform as we'll as In the OBJ.
strmctire tactics of reactions ries.
The Democratic party Was not go
closely allied with the ,cactionarl
iorhGGs. the interests" as was the Re.
81 nor, and therefore the Democratic
party was better able to serve tina
'e r.p III the process of restoration"
Great care Should be taken in the
nlEed. The processes Of The present
reform m'rement were. fund mentally
conservative. Therefore, excitement
Sinouln be avoided and dema gogues ST.
The New Jersey Executive said the
INITIATIVE and referendum in the field
o. o. legislation AMI the recall In the
!:cid OF standardization were intended
~, inc recall should not apply ~
jndSes. who neither made nor admin.
iatered the laws, but only interpreted
The presence Of Governor Herbert
: iiadlcy. of Missouri. added Interest
&C. inc occasion. Both State Execm.
tiircs were referred to during the eve.
nlng as presidential possibilities in
Governor Wilson'S speech to-nirht
Vas inc FIRST to- be delivered during
Gas esiern tour. lie spent a busy
20 tons.