The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08

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drilling machine in the mine, and
for a short time his condition Was
regarded as critical When found
Mr.. Best was unconscious, but he
shortly after recovered and is now
convalescent. A cut on the side of
his head necessitated the taking Of
seventeen stitches to sew it up. Mr..
Best will sell out his lease in the
Cripple Creek district and accom-
pany Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre to Califor-
MIA about the middle of the present
month.
Saturday.
Harry McClanahan of Denver IS
here looking after some business mat
ters and incidentally renewing asso-
Citations with his Canon City friends.
Ben B. Steinmeier is reported to be
very seriously i'll at his home on Four
Mile. Mr.. Steinmeier's condition Is
such as to cause considerable anxiety
on the part of his friends.
Miss Edna Biggs and Miss Elsie
Connell of Denver, who have been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Biggs since
the beginning of the week, will return
home today.
Sheriff Esser has recently purchas-
ed a 1912 Ford Model T from Frank L.
Bunten. Frank has contracted for for
ty Fords and will no doubt sell them
all before the season is over.
Salida high school basket ball teams
took both games from South Canon
boys and girls last night. The boys
won by a score OF 80 to 13 and the
girls by AZ to II. The Canon athletes
say that the slick floor in Salida was
too much for them.
Mr.. and Mrs J. ]. Armstrong went
to Denver yesterday for a short visit.
They will return in a 1912 Demi-Ton-
neau, fore-door, four cylinder E. NJ. F.
for DR.. Wilkinson.
Mr. r. o. Clark, publicity man for
The George H. Pauls Orchard COM
pany, is In the city today interview
ing some Of the prominent fruit men
o fthe city.
Through the real estate agency OF
]. NJ Ragsdale & Son the suburban
home and fve-acre ranch OF H. S.
clearinghouse in East Canon has been
sold to z. r. Lynch Of Kansas. who
will take possession of the property
about the first OF March. The property
is one of the most desirable and valu-
able of its kind in the Canon City dis
trict and Mr. Lyuch is to be congratu-
lated on its acquisition. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clearinghouse are planning to go to
California in the course OF a few
weeks for a stay OF indefinite dura-
tion.
Invitations are out for the wedding
OF Miss Pearl Leon Taylor to Benja-
min ]. Schanuel, Wednesday morning.
February 2s, at 10 o'clock, at the home
o fthe brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel C. Taylor. 9o1 Greenwood ave-
nue.
The annual convention of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union nf
the twelfth district OF Colorado will
meet in Salida February 29th for 4
two days session. An interesting pro-
gram is being prepared for the occa-
sion.
John Ovack, OF Prospect Heights,
who was arrested by the authorities
last Saturday night for selling intoxi-
cants in violation OF the focal option
law of the state, pleaded guilty on two
counts before Judge Cooper in county
court on Wednesday and was sent
enced to ninety days in jail on each
count and ordered to pay fine of sew
en- hundred dollars. He was assessed
five hundred dollars .on one count and
two hundred oiiars on the other. .ovack
is an old offender and it is thought
that Gig rnnnfhs imnrisnnment In the