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Cañon City record., 1911-09-21


and the Friends in Council: publi-
cations Of much interest to the men,
bers of these particular organizations
This office is as well equipped to do
that class Of work as any in the state
and can turn out catalogue and book
printing of that character with neat
ness and dispatch not exceeded by
any of the printing establishments OF
Denver or Colorado Springs.
Mrs. B. C. White he's returned to
Canon City from a pleasant visit with
friends at Poncha Springs.
The friends and veterans of Green
wood Lodge No. %. W. R. c., are
invited to be present at social to
evening.
Frank Zimmerman. wife and two
children. of near Pittsburg. Pa, are
here for few days seeing the sights
They are guests of DR.. o. s. Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. p. Kiser, or ordway,
came up and spent fair week with
their former neighbors. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Caywood
C. H. Proctor and wife. of Merwin.
Missouri. have come out to Canon
City with view of making this their
future home. They are at present vis-
iting Mrs. Proctor's son. w. Caywood.
on Elm avenue, Lincoln park.
Mr.. and Mrs w. c. Watson, OF Pu-
eblo. and James Allen Joy. of New
York City. constituted an automobile
party that made the trip up the val
ley from Pueblo on Monday. They
journeyed over the Skyline drive and
on to the top OF the Royal Gorge.
Boy Scouts in Canon City have
been asked by Mrs. John Leahey, OF
Lewiston, Me-. to look for her son.
William Leahey. boy scout who is
missing. Bulletins have been sent to
1000 scout masters all over the coun-
try to look for the missing boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Rubridge. of
Monrovia. California. Are visiting
here as the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Shoemaker on Pike avenue
They spent the summer in Michigan
and are now on their way back to
the Pacific coast. Mrs. Shoemaker and
Mrs. Rubridge are cousIns-
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben B. steinmeier
came home recently from Los Ange-
les and other points In southern Cal
ifornia where they went at the be-
ginning OF the summer for the. bene-
At of the formers health. The climate
on the coast was too damp for COM
fort and they decided to return TO
Colorado where the climate Is dry
and the sunshine perennial.
Herbert Combs win leave on Thurs
day for Evanston. Illinois. where he
will enter the freshman plass of
Northwestern university for course
of study. The university does not
open for collegiate work until next
week.
A little son and heir was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis a. Watson Jr., at
their home on Rudd avenue Sunday
night The little fellow tipped the
scales at eight pounds and is a fine
speciman of infantile humanity. The
father is bearing his new monors with
becoming modesty.
The dues social of the. Epworth
League OF the ". r. church will be
held this evening at the Francis
Bachelor home in East Canon. a
hay-rack ride to the Bachelor home
will be one OF the pleasant features
of the occasion. The party will leave
the church between Z and 1880 O'Clock.
A large attendance is desired
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Moore. of wichi-
ia. Kansas. who stopped OFF here last
Friday to visit their uncle and aunt
County Treasurer and Mrs. r. b.
Moore. left for home this morning
While here they were taken to the
Cañon City record., 1911-09-21

Vile, missouri, are spending a rev
csys here and are guests at the Hotel
Denton. DR.. Blaine is looking over
the community with a view OF maxi
Ing some Investments in ranch or fruit
lands.
Friday.
H. T. Coppage and wife, of Cripple
Creek. are down for Fair week visit
ing Mrs. Coppage's parents. Mrs. and
Mrs. John Weed
While Sam Mcdonald. Of Cripple
Creek, was returning from the fair
grounds Thursday afternoon with an
overloaded automobile. one of the
wheels came off and threw out most
of the members of the party AS far
as can be learned no one was serious
ly injured.
Among the many Pueblo people in
attendance at the fair here on Thurs
day were hr. and Mrs. Clarence
whitef Mr. and Mrs J. X. Sweeney
and W. F. Dean.
Harry Hooyer came down from
Cripple Creek to see old friends-the
first time in several years.
Miss Mae Rittenhouse is expected
home next Tuesday and will be ready
to resume her music classes soon
thereafter.
c, H. Sheffield and family came
up from Pueblo to attend the fair
and to visit friends here. Cy Says
Pueblo is fine for work but he feels
at home in Canon.
Mrs. R. T. McGraw and daughter,
Miss Marguerite, of Pueblo, are spend
ing the week end here as the guests
of Mrs. H. S. Maddox and. daughter,
Miss Nettie, at their home, 715 Myr-
tie avenue Incidentally, they are at
tending the Fremont county far.
Miss Zona Kingsbury left on Tues
day for the Wet Mountain valley.
where she will visit her brother.
Arthur. and wife for a couple of
weeks or more. She will be gone
about month and will be the guest of
friends of Westcliffe before returning
to Canon City
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hornbeak, OF
Springfield, Missouri. are spending
few days here as the guests of Rev.
and Mrs. o. S. Reed at 500 Pike
avenue. Mr.. Hornbeak. who is the
city ticket agent for the Frisco rail
road system at Springfield. was re-
Gently married. and is here on hon.
eymoon.
Senator and Mrs. Stephan. of Del
Ia. are visitors in Canon City today.
Senator Stephan is a member OF the
executive committee of the RAINBOW
Route" and will attend the meeting
TO be held hero this evening.
Miss Esther Craig. FIRST honor stu
dent Of the class Of 1911, Canon city
Hish school. left the nrst Of the
wssk for Nanmouth. Illinois, where
Cañon City record., 1911-09-21
News Notes
Ragsdale's
Real Estate
Bargains.

s;.ars Public-W B. Rowland. b23
Mail street, Record office.
Cañon City record., 1911-09-21
Tuesday.

There has Just been issued from
the Record press the annual year
books Of General Marion Chapter,
Daughters Of the American Ruvolu-
ton; the Canon City womaa'e club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
SCANDAL AT THE zoo

From the New York American.
 At the Bronx Zoo the herd of five moun- tain goats celebrated Washington's birth day with a frolic in the snow, winding up their gladsome outing with a battle royal. The latter feature was all the result of jealousy.
 There were three Mir Goats and only two Mrs. Goats; and Buck, a promising candidate for leadership, who decided to get Billys Mamie, believing that all he had to do was give the high sign, winked at Mrs. Billy, and, womanlke. she told"
 Then the fight started. Billy lowered his head and made run for Buck The latter f'sidestepped, and they backed away, the other three members of the herd standing aside to see the fun. Then tEey came together again with the rush of heavyweights and soon had locked horns. They wrested ten minutes, by which time nearly every attache of the park was at the ringside-or hillside The struggle was going about ever when Mrs. Billy got into it, and that brought the other two, who insisted seemingly. on fair play. Anyway, Buck came off victorious. and, brushing the snow off his coat, walked away witt Mamie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
Birmingham's Possibilities

"I have been very much interested" said a prominent man, 'in the nature and the latitude of the comment on Bir- mingham's progressiveness that daily is comr-- .o our ears. There seems to be a truth in our greatness. Still the out ward impression of strangers tells very little of the multitude of activities be- heath the surfact, and l have been anx- ious to her some one from among us come out with a clean-cut expression to this end. One can scarcely keep silent as he watches the endless efforts on the city to push their activities out into broader fields Each day seems to reveal a new possibility for growth and there is always a committee from some organ ization ready to assume the responsibil- ity for it's development
 Birmingham seems to have been the last of all to realize her own possbili- ties. We are just in the making of a city Hereafter when the people wish to have good roads, they will get them because they have the means. In the future should the people desire to es- tablish charitable and public institutions, they will do so because they possess the resources. And never will the people be dominated by capital against the public s interest, because they are invested with a greater power-organization for the pub lies good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
Publicity of the s1OO.OOO Fund

Senator Bailey could not vindicate Lorimer in an all-night session, and it is now probable that the proposed vindication of the Illinois senator will go over to the next Congress-
 This is not bit to be regretted. When Congress meets again. be it in April or in December. committee should be appointed charged with the duty of ascertaining the source of the Sl00.000 Lorimer election fund, and of it's disbursement, if possible, to the last dollar. This has not been done and this is the information needed in order to decide in the best manner the Lorimer case.
 It is better to postpone the decision in this famous contest until the his. tory of the $1OO,O00 fund can be SC cured, better for the Senate and far better for the country at large The utter rottenness of Illinois politics is assumed rather than proven, but wheI the story of the $100,000 fund is told all will be made plain, including Lori mer's right to seat in the Senate The Lorimerites are figuring to obtain a decision before any one knows who got the money in the Lorimer cam paign, and this is manifestly contrary to purity in politics and good govern ment Let the LOrimer case go Ove, to the next Congress in order that tht entire story C. the $100,000 Lorimel election fund may be uncovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
TURTLE RACE ON A LINER

From the New York Times.
 A race between two giant West Indian turtles was an incident of the homeward voyage of the Hamburg American liner Moltke, which arrived here from cruise to South America and the West Indies. The trutles, which were more than five feet in length, have long since gone the way of all good turtles, but for the few days they were permitted to live on the MoltKe they had good time.
 The race, which took place on the deck of the Moltke was arranged by the pas sengers, among them George Ade, former Governor Draper of Massa chusetts, and Simeon Ford The jockeys were William and James Gault, the little sens of Sam uel W. Gault of Pittsburg.
 The turtles were known as Uncle Sam and Kaiser, William Gault wearing the German colors, while the honors of Amer ica was upheld by James turtle.
 George Ade was the starter, Simeon Ford the referee, and former Governor Draper the judge. American passengers said the turtle ridden by James won with wards tc spare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
PRISONS FOR WOMEN IN WALES

From Golfers Weekly.
 "A moral and physical hospital'' is the description of the new penitentiary for women erected at Long Bay in New South Wales. The cells are bright and comfortable; electric light is furnished until o'clock every evening, and books are given to the prisoners, darkness and gloom being condemned as insani- tary for mind and body. Gardening, sewing and cooking are taught The governor finds that many of the women are feeble minded and need help rather than punishment, which latter he re- gards as an antiquated and unscientific mesns' of dealing with prisoners h. stead, the principle of rewarding effort by privilege Is applied. Women in the second grade are permitted to have flow CTS in their cells; those in the third may have pictures as well. Daily hot and cold baths are enjoyed, a daily drill is given for wholesome exercise, and the wardens educated women, it having been found that their authority is more readily yielded to than that of the ignorant. A committee of Sydney women meets in the prison each week and arranges to help those who are com ing out, obtaining situations for them or assisting them to reach friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
THE NEW "HAREM. SKIRT

From the New York Tribune.
 The new fashion is a skirt and bl- furcated garment why not call it 'jupe culotte?" So the French. But Anglo Saxondom shrinks back, whether it be from revolutions, "triangles" or "trouser skirts" But call it ''harem skirt" and if it ever had chance to gain the day it has 1t then!
 Mankind has passed Seraglio Point, but it has not yet rounded Cape Turk, said Meredith This referred to practices, of course. but we shall apply it only to inn agination. In imagination the Turk is still potent. The Young Turkish move- ment has not robbed the Orient of it's po- etic mystery, nor the exploration of SYil- dig Kiosk of it's glamour. The romance of the East still hangs about the word 'harem.''
 Moreover this word imports modesty the modesty is of another standard and the women of the Orient veil their faces, while those of the Occident veil their ankles. The word trousers" on the con- trary, is realistic and revelatory. "Ha- rem'' detracts nothing from the romantic connotation of the word skirt" if in-. deed it does not. as a Hindoo said in an effort to make the English language ade- ouate, itself "insinuate delectability." The fashion may be ugly, but the name is persuasive and leaves the skirt still & garment of mystical sublimty, whether tis made of russet silk or dimity.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01

his measures of appeasement, dislike NJ. Briand because it was he who ushered in separation and made II feasible.
 The vote of confidence on Saturday last was 26S and 252, and as this does not afford a good working majority the ministry resigned on Monday.
 NJ. Briand feels the fatigue of a long struggle with opposing forces. He has been in office many years, and upon him has fallen the chief task Of meeting and answering in the cham Der of deputies all opponents. He IS weary and personally he desires re- lief from the trials of public life.
 Upon President Fallieries devolves the task of finding a leader who caa handle the republican groups in the chamber of deputies without arousing them to open hostility This is a task far beyond anything known in parlia- mentary government in either Eng land or the United States, for the groups in the republican party Of France are tumultuous and radical all most beyond belief. Scarcely any thing is drastic enough to suit some of the socialists of France.
 Premier Aristide Briand became the head of the French cabinet on July 23. 1909. He was the first socialist to head a government in his country. Al together he is one of the most i1- teresting figures in European politics. and he will be heard from hereafter He is but 4S years old and his old constituents in the St. Etienne mining district will keep him in the chamber of deputies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
Typhoid Infection From Diaries

'.It is the sense of this meeting, said the Jefferson County Medical so- ciety, that the moderate cost involved in this sanitary procedure is in nc sense an injustice to these dairies, since the residents of any given sec tion where sewers are available are ordered to connect with said sewers at a much greater cost for plumbing, toilet devices,9 etc.
 The little crematories required at the dairies cost but S75, and surely dairymen who sell their milk at 10 cents a quart can afford to burn up all filth that harbors typhoid or tuber- culosis germs in their home environ ment. At the request of the physi- clans of this city the City Council did pass an ordinance requiring all dairy men doing business here to put in the little toilet crematories. The dairy men do not propose to make their premises as eleanly as a city lot and they will tonight endeayor to have the council repeal their own just and reasonable health requirement.
 The Age-Herald hopes the council will stand by it's safeguard against the contamination of milk sold in this city. The ordinance calls for no op pressiye expense. Its calls for an ex pense that the dairyman for his own good should be ready to meet. Moth 1 ing is so open to germ infection as milk. and one case is well established in New York state of a farmer whC had carried typhoid germs in his sys tenn AZ years and who had in all that time created cases of typhoid fever not only in his own locality but also in New York city whenever he sent there an over-supply of milk. The dangers of typhoid germs carried by flies cannot well be exaggerated especially where milk is accummu lated and made ready for market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
"THE HORSE BOOK" IN FAVOR

that was eyer forged or cast A gun that weighs 11O tons and can throw 16OO- pound projectile 1S miles is mounted upon parapet which commands the channel, and any amount of other ordnance is mounted here and there upon the rocky sides of the mountain, apparently idle and useless, but of great military and commercial significance.
 ''The place is a veritable harbor of refuge" continued MT. Blakeney; there are repair shops, ,sarsenals, magazines of ordnance and ammunition, and ware. houses crowded with supplies for any emergency that may overtake England's Mediterranean fleet. A perfect haroor nas been created by the construction of sea walls ,inclosing a basin of many acres, in which there is a dry dock 800 feet long, capable of admitting the largest ships afoat, and a second of smaller di- mensions.. Long rows of machine shops, comprising one of the most complete plants in the world, are filled with Eng fish machinists, constructing and repair ing cruisers and battleships, while perched on lodges the mighty slopes of the mountains are barracks filled with soldiers, who might better be employed
 in cultivating the>>eol or running the spndles in the factories at home than parading at Gibraltar to emphasize the glory and strength of the British lion. It is a costly luxury, is that fortress, but England could not give it up for many reasons, and there is no use in maintain ing if unless the Notifications are kept up-to-date."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
,Frasts and the Peach Crop

The cold wave and attendant frosts killed about one-third of the peach
 lon in Georgia. The Georgia fruit
 change puts the loss at 30 per cent
 Id the reports received at the state department of agriculture do not point | Q a loss exceeding B 1-3 per cent. bn the higher grounds and on the slopes of hills the damage was sllght | Elberta peaches, but some of the Aarlier varieties were injured to a bticeable degree
 Now. all this means that the peach
 ees of Georgia have all the young caches on them today that they can broperly mature. All peach trees Sresent too many blossoms, and if the ! lold weather has lessened the num- CT one-third it has benefited rather han injured the crop.
 It is pretty safe to assume that otn Alabama and Georgia will grow many peaches this year, unless in Iced worse weather comes than the ecent cold wave brought in it's train. The cold wave was dry and the wind risk, and the peach blossoms with- |tood, in many cases, temperature 20 degrees, and that is a new
 thievement in peach growing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
 Passage by the Alabama senate of a bill 10 abolish the convict lease system in that state wih be nearly everywhere applauded. The measure has yet to run the gantNt of opposition in the lower house, and it's opponents seem to be very active. There is, however, excellent hope of it's enactment at this session and even if that hope be disappointed, no one need doubt that the powerful sentiment reused in it's favor will compel the adop- tion of the reform comparatively early The Alabama farmers, through their un- ion. the humane societies and the auto mobile people, who contend that the con- victs should be employed on the public roads, are reported to be giving the sen ate bill organized support, while back of them is found a powerful and enlightened public opinion of the sort which already has forced the abandonment of the con- vict lease system by most of the other states. Opposed to the bill are the indus trial interests which lease the convicts and those practical souls who fear that the state, which takes by the lease of her convicts a profit said to approximate S1,- 000O annually, cannot afford a step so radical at this time.
 We assume that the strength of the opposition is drawn from the argument last mentioned, or others of the same eff feet. since 1t is hard to believe that the convict lessees alone would be permitted to block the reform now overdue in Ala ho, I difficulties in the way, we are inclined to believe Alabama can afford to make the wholesome change better than she can afford to refuse it. As conducted in that state tne convict lease system is no worse than it has been in other states; it may be even little, or a great deal, better than the average. But the system at it's best is so bad that it is nearly everywhere condemned as impossible. With the best 'levisable methods of control or over sight abuses will creep in. In more than one state the very scandals bred by the l system have compelled it's aboishment.
 As for the question posed by the threat ened loss of revenue it is easily an- swered out of the experiences of nearby ccmmonwealths which have set the ex- ample of reform, notably Mississippi and Louisiana. Mississippi's convict farms, to cite the nearest example, yield hand- some revenue above the cost of main- tenance. In the proposal to employ the convicts upon the roads the Alabama legislature should be able to work out a feasible solution of it's problem. After all, however, the financial phases of the reform should be considered last, rather than first. If the legislators take the trouble to make inquiries regarding how the change from convict leasing to better and more humane systems has worked out. We think they will find that in none of the states which has abolished convict 1 leasing would public opinion support q moVcmer; to restore it-an argumen,
 that of itself should be sufficient to in. sure abclishr1ellt of the ortwofn and m. humane .,ystem in Alapalaa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
MYSTERY OF DOROTHY ARNOLD

From the New York World
 The lnystery of Dorothy Arnold's disap- pearance deepens as the elements which at first cast doubt on it's impenetra bility are eliminated from the case
 It is now more than 10 weeks since the young woman was lost to view after mak- ing a small purchase in Fifth avenue store. Not word has since been heard of her nor a single definite clue to her whereabouts, alive or dead, been forth coming. And this notwithstanding the persistent search by friends and by the police and in spite of conditions which should have made it more than ordinarily difficult for her to evade discovery.
 Miss Arnold was a girl of wide &C., quaintance. Her picture has been pub lished in every corner of the land and her fate has been so much a matter of curious interest in every hamlet that recognition was inevitable wherever she might ap- pear. If she is living she has baffled de- lection with a skill that makes her dis appearance unique of it's kind. Not only must some one have learned her secret and displayed a remarkable loyalty in httplHS II, put IL IS lnCOHcelNdDle IndI SIe should purposely continue a deception causing so much anguish at home
 If she is dead it is> extraordinary that her identity has not been revealed ere this. Granting a motive for suicide, it is not easy for. any one, least of all a girl of careful training, unskilled in de- ceit, to make away with herself in such manner as to obliterate all clues There is no hint that she was kidnapped, and if she was the victim of foul play it must have been in circumstances that should by this time have caused some informa- ton to reach the police.
 The case has been more than a nine days wonder. It possesses aspects un- usual in mysteries of the kind. New York affords every facility for hiding, for the innocent and the guilty alike But it is none the less extraordinary that a young woman of means and social posi- tion can vanish from Fifth avenue in broad day and not be found after months of searching.