The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-04-11


Prof. l.. d. Eichhorn for year O..
more. subsequently he was student
at the Moody Bible institute in Chi
cago. He has been employed as .
singing evangelist for couple Of
years and is making good in that line
of work.
f. w. Thomas, John Waltz and Tom
Kennedy went to Florence Thursday
night to attend the evangelistic SER
vices conducted there by Rev. E. II.
Pratt. They report an attendance Of
about five hundred people at the
church and an excellent sermon by
the evangelist. This visitors made
the trip on bicycles and are complain
ing today of the exertions of the jour
ney
Coe Branch has sold his interest in
the Hawkeye grocery store on East
Main street to W. p Taggart, former
ly cashier at the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad station here. Mr.. Branch has
not vet decided in what line of busi-
ness he will engage and his friends
hope that whatever employment ne
takes up it will not be necessary ior
him to leave Canon City.
]. L. Sterling has gone to his old
home in Eagle Grove. Iowa, for two
weeks visit. 1t is surmised by his
friends in Canon City that he will not
return alone.
Mrs. Mary Yard entertained in a
very charming manner the North
Canon division of the Ladies' associa-
tion of the First Presbyterian church.
An unusually large attendance was
present and a profitable meeting en-
joyed. Refreshments were served dur
ing the course of. the afternoon.
George A. Prentiss received tele-
gram from Denver Thursday after
noon announcing the birth of baby
boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Prentiss at
their home in that city Thursday
morning. Messrs. George and E1.
Prentiss are brothers. and the newly
made papa, no less than the uncle,
has many friends In this city who
congratulate him on the good luck
that has come to him.
The board of directors OF the Hard
scrabble Irrigation district at a ment-
ing in Florence few days ago decid-
ed to construct reservoir on what Is
known as the Bowers site This reser-
voir. when completed. will have ca
pacity to irrigate 10000 acres OF land.
It will be used to water Mountain
View park.
Mrs. Collins. the aged mother of NJ.
E. Collins, is seriously i'll at the home
OF her son at 407 River street Mrs.
Collins is nearly ninety-two years cf
age and has enjoyed remarkably good
health until recently She is a woman
of splendid education and her exper-
fences and contact with people in "a
rious parts of the country combine t.
render her a more than ordinarily "a
teresting character.
Mrs. Ruth Romig and sons. Clar-
ence and Winfield. left on the Santa
Fe train Thursday evening for Tope-
ka, Kansas where they will remain
for some line with the. hope that n
change to a lower altitude will prove
beneficial to Mrs. Romig's health.
which has not been vigorous for some
months. They were accompanied to
Topeka by C. H. Frazel, father Of
Mrs. Romig. who spent the winter II
Canon City.
C. v. Krouse was in from his ranch
in East Canon last Friday. selling ap-
pies. Mr. Krouse is an old newspaper
man. coming to Canon City severul
years ago from Kansas, on account CT
his daughters health. He invested
some money in fruit orchard and ID
now living on it, enjoying life and, in
stead Of bending over his desk writing
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