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Cañon City record., 1911-03-30

In considering this interesting sub
( ject OF Building Up the Town it misii
I be good idea to first take stock. q
sort OF invoice. and see what we have
TO draw 10" as Bill would say.
What have we that we can capital
izeg
My good friend up the street. Mr.
Spencer. is talking of water power
and manufacturing enterprises.
don't want to seem TO discourage
any effort whatsoever. but havn't
much faith in this resource for early
benefits. Capt, Rockafellow. Tom
Howell and Anson Rudd talked of
them 40 years ago. Judge FELTON,.
Frank P. shaeffer and VIII Macon
saw wonderful possibilities in them 25
years ago.
remember writing enthusiastic ar
ticles about them Is and 16 years aga
myself. and yet today we have prae-
tically 40 manufacturing and very lit
tie use of water power.
As to manufacturing sincerely
believe that Canon City will never
have very much or that The freight
rate question is the greatest obstacle
in our way. The lack OF raw material
is another. The scarcity OF people Is
another.
Manufacturers seek first. cheap
freigh, rates and proximity to tue
consumer.
No point in Colorado viii be much
OF a manufacturing center in 20 years.
Most of the enterprises that have
started up in Denver have gone broke
And Denver and Pueblo have big
advantage over us in the common
point and always will have
Our only hope for manufacturing
Is in finding a raw material near here
that can be worked up before shia-
oins.
A. 10 the water power-we haze
talked that for 30 years and yet lod,y
not a single enterprise in Canon City
uses water power except the mill az
that not every day in the year.
Mr. Wallace could tell somethlns,
about the water power question. His
plant is located right on the river
bank and yet he hurns thousands "a
tons of coal every month in preference
to harnessing the turbulant Arkansas
river
Why this is. 1 don't know. don't
know why the power IS not used but
the fact is well known that several
plants have tried ii. including paint
mill, wagon factory. an electric lisat
concern and a smelicr. and all have
gone broke
However. we will assist in every
possible way. every effort Mr. Spencer
or anybody else starts to bring any
kind of enterprise to Canon City.
After many years study of this oues-
tion. have come to the conclusion that
the resources We have that can best b.
capitalized are our climate and our
soil.
We can build up the town quickest
and easiest by these factors.
The Tourist Business.
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
DOUBT DISAPPERS.
No One IN Canon City Who Has . Bal
Back Can Ig1Ure This Double

bhck Cah igTtfe This Double
l N,of.
Does your baci ever ache?
Have you suspected your kidnneys.
Backache Ii kidney ache,
With 1t comes dizzy spells.
Sleepless nights. tired. dull days.
Distressing urinary disorders
Cure the kidneys to cure 1t all.
Doan's Kidney Pills bring quick
relief.
Bring thorough, lasting cures.
You have read Canon City proof.
Read now the Canon City sequel.
Renewed testimony; tested By time.
Mrs. W. H. Dawson. Ill Macon
avenue, Canon City. Colo, says: "In
1905 I gave public statement, tell
Ing of the good results that had fol-
lowed the use of Deans Kidney Pills
In my case. Ny trouble was
dull, heavy ache in the small OF my
back and between my shoulder blades
and II worked hard, the misery was
almost unbearable. Frequently
was distressed by headaches and dig
wekness OF the kidneys.
The use of two boxes OF
" spells and was also annoyed by
Doan's Kidney Pills. procured at
Hunter Palmer's Drug Store. dispos-
ed OF all nv trouble. Now, after
lapse of ovt two years. gladly YER
ny my former testimonial, as I still
have unlimited confidence in Doan's
Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30

! The health seeker. and others who
IKE the climate and delightful resi-.
dence feature of Canon City.
And by peopling our fruit lands
and Increasing their productiveness
One OF the most important of these
is the latter
In a good year our fruit and veget-
able crop is worth a million dollars.
If every acre of ground near Cancn
City. now under water, was bearing
fruit and vegetables as the best hun
dred acres now are. this crop would
be worth s5,oOo.Ooo to 100000. That
would be better than any pay roll any
Colorado city. outside of Denver.
now has, and # is entirely within pos
sibility.
This cannot be brought about in a
day But by education and promotion
and systematic work we can double
the value Of cur crop within few
years.
Four years ago our crop of small
fruits and vegetables did not exceyi
s5o.o0o. Last year it is estimated thut
it came close to s25o,Ooo.
Small stun is the most profitable.
and it puts the money into the hands
OF the people.
One man can take care of 40 acres
of alfalfa and it may produce 1920
to 1850
1t will require a big family and
lot of extra help to take care Of :
acres set in small fruit and vegetables
and ii can produce. under intelligent
effort. 5000.
A thousand acres of alfalfa might
produce $4,000 to $4,000. \ Thousand
acres OF orchard. on the average.
might produce 100000 to s4eo. 900 un-
favorable conditions. \ thousand
acres set to celery. asparagus. straw
berries. rsspberries. etc. might Ba
made TO produce from s5oo.OOo TO ST.
100000. And the care OF it would
support community larger than
South Canon.
We need more caiverts. IsabeHs.
Blake Kenleys. chapmans and ks
singers. They make the best citizens
-far better than smelter or factory
hanas-and the business can be learn
ed 'y Others as well as by them
We need less alfalfa and more gar
dens and small fruit farms
We want every available acre plant
ed to something that requires labor
to produce and that produces big val
les.
luls can be brought about by edg-
cation and am going to show in 9th
pr columns of the Record what people
have been doing in these lines.
am going to ask Glen Kirktou. Jas.
rurnbull, F. p. Smith and others 10
tell what they know about the values
'i the small fruit crop and what they
have seen an acre produced
This will make an interesting dis
'ussion and want every one who has
mad real experience TO help us let tn,
people know more about the value of
an acre of Canon City fruit land prci,-
.rly planted and titled.
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
A DREADFUL SIGHT

10 H. J. Barnum, OF Freeville, y. Y.
was the feyer-sore that had plagued
his life for years in spite OF many
remedies he tried. At last he used
Bucklin's Arnica Salve and wrote:
1T has entirely healed with scarce
ly scar left Heals Burns, Boils.
Eczema. Cuts, Bruises. Swellings.
corns and Piles like magic. Only s5c
at Hunter-Palmer.
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
BALLou GETS APPOINTMENT.

A special dispatch to the Rocky
Mountain News from Washington. D.
c.. under date of this morning. an
nounces the appointment of Allen L
Ballou, of this city to clerkship In
tho railway mall service, Mr.. Bal,ou's
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
A Special Medicine for Kidney All.
ments.

Many elderly people have found
Foley's Kidney Remedy a quick relief
and permanent benefit from kidney
and bladder ailments Isaac N Reg
an. Farmer. Mo-. says: "Foley's Kid
noy Remedy effected complete cure
In my case and want others to know
OF IT,"
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30

friends congratulate him on his seiee-
tion for a.pisce in the government EN-
ploy.
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30

Record Waae Aes brsse rsaults
Cañon City record., 1911-03-30
Building Up The Town
THE SMHLL FRUIT CROP
BY the Editor Of the Record

Seeond d S.ries
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Agricultural High schOOsI

Jackson.-State Superintendent of Ed
ucation J. N. Powers is out on a tour
of the state, visiting the agricultural
schools in the northern section, which
have recently been completed and put in
operation, but which have not yet been
formally accepted by the state superin-
tendent, as the law directs, before the
state appropriation can become availa-
Bile.
The present year has been productive
of seven or eight additional agricultural
high schools, and there are now some
thirty in operation, with Others project
ed. 1t is the aim and desire OF Super
~intendent Powers to see one in every
county of the state, in his general pol
icy of making an education easier for
the rural folks to obtain, and of the
sort better fitted for them and espe.
cially designed to help them solve their
problems than the academic education
of the past.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
BUILD BETTER SCHOOLHOUSES
THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT HAS
PLAN FOR THAT PURPOSE.
More Attention Be Paid the Buildings
Youngsters Spend Their School
Hours In.

Jackson. - State Superintendent of
Education ]. N. Powers has got a plan
he will put before the next legislature,
and its obvious merits will appeal to
every one at sight.
1t is, in brief, to start a systematic
u~pbuilding of the rural schools of Mis-
sissippi by prescribing what sort of
schoolhouses shall be used. Heretofore,
and at present, almost anything with
four walls and a roof has been consid-
cred sufficient for a school. Old cabins,
California" shacks, log houses, and
what not have been used, with no con
veniences whatever; no arrangements for
ventilation or proper heating; no clothes
closets or dressing rooms.
Superintendent Powers is going to
ask the legislature to allow him suff-
Gent funds to have drawn to scale and
with working directions, so that the
veriest tyro Of a carpenter can build ac-
cording to the directions given, plans
for schoolhouses Of every sort and size,
suited to all sizes of schools, and the va
rious climatic conditions of the state.
These will embody all of the latest dis
coveries and improvements in construc-
ton of school houses, and the whole will
be printed IN proper sheets, with the
scale drawings and specifications and es-
Inmates of cost.
Then 1t is the desire of S%uperintend-
ent Powers that the legislature pass a
law to the effect that no school houses
shall be built in the state hereafter I'M
til the matter has been submitted to the
department of education and that the
plans adopted and recommended by the
department shall be the ones used.
The plans will be furnished free to
each community, and after conference
and going over the matter, ascertain.
ing how large a schoolhouse is desired,
figuring on its increase during the years
of its usefulness, the proper plan Sc
lected.
It has been stated in this connection
that there are a great many barns being
built in Mississippi in which everything
is calculated according to scientific ad
vancement and in the light of progress
sive ideas, but no schoolhouses except
possibly in the larger cities, and it is
time the children were being as care
fully cared for and housed, at least, as
the cattle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
WORKING ON HIS MESSAGE
Will Set Forth a Complete Review Of
Administration During Past
Two Years.

Jackson.-Gov. Noel is collecting
data from the various departments Of
the State government preparatory to
writing his farewell message TO the
Legislature.
The lawmakers will convene here on
Monday, January 4, and the Governors
message will be sent in as soon as
the two houses are organized and ready
for business. Owing to the fact that
both bodies must elect officers and sew
eral spirited contests are promised, it
is likely that the message will not be
read until Tuesday afternoon, Jan
uary 5.
Gov. Noel will be in office twelve
days after the Legislature convenes,
owing to a peculiar provision OF the
code which does not permit his term
to end at the same time as other State
officials. The Lieutenant Governor will
also serve until Governor-elect Brewer
takes the oath of office.
All measures passed during the first
two weeks of the session will there
fore go to the present Governor for
approval. However, the lawmaking
body is generally in a do-nothing state
during the first fortnight of the SEES
sion, the only bill of Importance passed
being that carrying appropriation to
pay the mileage and per diem Of mem
bers.
Gov. Noel's message will probably be
q document of considerable length, EN-
bodying a large number of recommends
tions for needed changes in the statutes
and new laws, together with a com
plete review of his administration dur
ing the past two years.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
WATER SUPPLY COMPLETE.
Gives Valuable Data as to Supply and
It's Various Elements.

Jackson.-Dr. e. N. Lowe, state geolo-
gist, has completed the water survey Of
the state, which means the examination
of the various sources of water for drink
ing purposes in Mississippi, and win have
its findings ready for distribution in
printed form about the first Of the year.
Generally speaking, the result shows
that Mississippi is blessed with an ex-
traodinary pure water supply, and in
many instances with water of n high
degree of medicinal value.
All sections of the state have been
visited, and supplies of water from
streams, wells and springs obtained.
The samples would be placed in steril-
lied receptacles, and then forwarded to
the chemists. The results when pub.
lished will be of immense value to the
state in a statistical way, and as de.
termining the supply of the various sec
tions, and is something the state ought
to have done years ago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
CONVICTION COUNTY
Qualities for Tomato Club and Domestic
Science Course.

SSNS
Acknowledgment county has won
the distinction of being the first county
in the state outside of ten selected by
the United States department of agri-
culture and the Mississippi department
of education, to qualify for the tomato
club and domestic science course for the
common schools of the county. The gov
ernment appropriation for the work only
permitted of an extension to ten coun-
ties in Mississippi, and they have been
selected, but other counties wanted the
course for their schools. The depart
ment of agriculture notified Miss Susie
v. Powell, who is their representative in
Mississippi, that while limited by the
appropriation, if any county would raise
$3.50 for the pay of the demonstration
and expert for the season, and a suff-
Gent prize list to make the work of in
terest to the girls of the schools, she
was at liberty to go ahead and start the
course. Supt. ]. 7. Calhoun, of Coving-
ton county, is greatly interested, and has
raised the money. Covington is, there
fore, the seventh county in Mississippi to
get the work and has all the privileges
that the other ten counties will receive
and gets the same attention exactly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
FOR WOMENs MONUMENT
Confederate Veterans Take Up the
Work in Earnest.

AA
Jacksonville Confederate veterans Of
the state of Mississippi have come to
the conclusion that the fund for the
monument to the brave women Of the
Confederaey, which memorial it is
hoped to make a fitting one in point of
artistic design and execution and to be
placed in front of the new state house
as an everlasting reminder Of those
Spartan women and the sacrifices they
made and endured, is coming along too
slowly.
There is only about six thousand dol
lars in the fund as yet, and the money
is coming in small dribIets-too small,
and too far apart. 1t will take at least
twenty-five thousand dollars to get the
proper sort of a memorial, one that will
do credit to the subject and adequately
express to coming generations the debt Of
gratitude Mississippi feels to those no
bic women of the Confederacy.
Capt. II. Clay Sharkey Of Jackson is
treasurer of the fund, which is placed
out at interest in one of the banks in
order that every available cent may be
gotten, but it is hoped the men Of Mis-
sissippi will wake up to the duty they
owe themselves, their mothers and the
memory of their mothers; their wives
and all that great host Of pure and patri-
otto heroines, and attest the apprecia-
ton Of the part they played in the de-
Tense of the common country.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
Confederate Women's Monument Fund"
will take a start again and show a
healthier growth than it has in the last
year. South Carolina on the 14th Of
December unveils a beautiful and fitting
memorial to her women.
At the veterans convention at Gulf
port steps were taken to forward tn,
movement in Mississippi.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
GRAND STAND /
Many Escape Miraculously at Jackson
Football Game.

Jackson.-0ver seventy people were
injured, a score of them seriously, one
perhaps fatally, when the temporary
grand stand erected for the annual Uni
vcrsity of Mississippi VS.. Mississippi A.
and NJ. football game collapsed Thurs
day afternoon just as the game started,
p%recipitating 1900 men, women and
children to the ground and converting
what had been but a moment before an
enthusiastic crowd of spectators into u
struggling, screaming, groaniAg mass of
humanity.
Only one of those injured is regarded
fatally hurt, T. w. Henry of Mississippi
College being reported near the point Of
death. Among the prominent people
hurt were Lieut. Gov. Luther Manship
and Secretary of State J.. W. Power,
who suffered slight injuries. Miss Mary
George Kincannon, daughter of Chancel-
lor Kincannon, and Miss Mollie Bunch
his secretary, suffered severe bruises.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
State Wins Suit.

Gulfport.-The suit brought by The
State and the oyster commission against
the Barataria Canning Company Of
Biloxi in Circuit Court, in which the
canning company contested the tax on
oysters which were brought from Ala
bama, which was 3 cents per barrel,
claiming same to be unconstitutional
resulted in the unfolding of the validity
of the tax and rendering judgment
against the company. The canning COM
pany may appeal the case to the Su'
preme Court.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
MUST NOTIFY AUDITOR.
Bondholders Desiring TO Exchange Have
Until March /.

Jackson.-Holders of the 1910 state
bonds must give notice to the state aud.
itor before March 1st, 1912, if they de-
sire to exchange them for new bonds,
according to the notification of the gov
ernor which is being sent out. But it
looks as though most of the purchasers
of the old bonds may be content to hold
them in view Of the fact that the new
issue will not pay greater interest than
the old, namely, A per cent. Most all
the original purchasers are Mississippi,
ans anyway, and with the exception of
Seasongood 3 Mayer, Of Cincinnati,
who are bond brokers, there will not
ypry likely be az early call on the treN,
ury.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Troops Will Remain.

Jackson.-Gov. Noel, who returned
Thursday from u brief visit to Water
Valley, where he went to investigate
the strike conditions and the matters
pertaining to the detachment Of state
troops on duty there, feels satisfied that
the time is not yet propitious for the re-
moval of the guardamen from that post
of duty. Just when this can be done
is an indetcrminate matter, so far as
his observation and inquiry has extend
ed, but he is firmly of the opinion that
the psychological moment has not yet
Tnatured.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
SEED PRICES ARE SOARING.
Seed Is Selling From Eighteen to
Twenty-Five Dollars a Ton.

twenty-five DOLLARS a ION
Jackson.-There was considerable talk
here a few weeks back to the effect
that there was a %"cotton seed trust"
in Mississippi.
The price was $16 a ton. 1t opened
that way and sagged a bit. 1t went
down wherever seed could be bought
any cheaper, and never got above SIS.
Inasmuch as last year it went as high
as $32 a ton, there was much grumb-
ling among the farmers.
Now all of a sudden the change has
come and the grower is getting more
change for his seed. The buyers have
walked up to the fact that the crop in
Mississippi is woefully short, and are
in a lively scramble for seed.
Prices are ranging all the way from
SIS to $25 for seed and will probably
go higher by the end of the year. The
crop is small and the mills are in a
wild scramble to get what they caV
and keep running.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Odd Fellows at Hattiesburg,

Hattiesburg.-One of the most inter
esting and thoroughly enjoyable meet
ings of Odd Fellows ever held in Hatties-
burg was the district meeting here.
Seventy-five delegates, representing rs
lodges of South Mississippi, were in at
tendance, the guests of Hattiesburg
Lodge No. 1877.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
BERRY OUTLOOK is POOR.
Intense Heat and Dry Weather of Sum-
mer Responsible.

Jacksonville outlook for the straw
berry crop in the State Of Mississippi
for next spring is not bright at pres
ent, and it may be very much curtailed.
This is one of the staple fruit crops
OF the State, and a dimunition will mean
the loss of considerable proportions o
several sections.
The extreme and continued dry
weather of midsummer and fall had the
effect of killing out the plants by thou
sands; the dry weather prevented the
runners from appearing and making
the young plants, and altogether it will
take a years favorable weather and
some hard work to get the berry iiel'
back into fairly good condition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Pass Prohi Resolution.

Gulfport.-At Che close Of The Mis8is'
sippi State Baptist convention the re-
port on temperance was read by P. j.
Lipsey and a set of resolutions was
adopted, in which the Legislature Of
Mississippi was memorialized to pass a
law making it a felony to engage in
the liquor traffic in this State, espe
cially for the second offense.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Truck Growers Organize.

West Point.-A well-attended meet
ing of unusual interest was held in the
Board of Trade rooms when the organi.
cation of the Clay County Truck Grow
ers' Association was perfected, with j.
T. Hood as president and ]. A. Coulsop
as secretary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Contract For 81, 100000 Ties.

One of the largest orders ever given
u local lumber concern in Mississippi has
been captured by Day & McGehee, of
Gloster, who will cut 100000 crossties
for the Union Pacific railway, 1t is es'
timated that it will take six years to
complete the contract.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
New Treasurer FiIes Bond.

Jackson.-TIe first state officer to file
hond since the recent general election
journcyed to the state capitol on Tues
day and delivered 10 the secretary Of
state papers Of security to the amount
Of $780, 900. This wac P. S. Stovall, tho
newly elected state treasurer
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Monument Fund Growing.

Jackson.-Clay Sharkey, treasurer for
the Confederate Women's Monument
Fund submits a staement showing
amounts collected up to November "A
$5,752,20.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07
Incorporation Voluntary.
suppIementaI LeaIsIatlon Needed.

The opportunity thus suggested for fed
eral incorporation, 1t seems to me, is suit
able constructive legislation needed to IA
cilitate the squaring of great industrial
enterprises to the rule Of action laid down
by the antitrust law. This statute as
construed by the Supreme court must
continue to be the line of distinction for
legitimate business. 1t must be enforced,
unless we are to Danish lndividualism from
all business and reduce 1t to one common
system of regulation or control of prices
like that which now prevails with respect
to public utilities, and which when APP
piled to all business would b long step
toward state socialism.
VIM. Il. TAFT.