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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-03-06

While no vote was taken on the
matter. 1t was the general consensus
Of opinion OF the 200 fruit growers
present at the regular monthly meet
ing OF the Fremont County Horticul-
surai Society. held in the court house
Saturday, that II more attention was
paid to growing a high grade of ap-
pies in this valley. the standard OF the
apple pack would be raised and would
be made an easy matter.
President f. A. Davis opened the
meeting and called upon Mr.. d. W.
Dunlap to act as temporary secretary
during the absence of Mr.. d. s. Moore,
secretary OF the association.
Discuss Apple Pack.
After a few preliminary matters
we're attended to the members present
plunged Immediately into a discussion
of the apple pack By way of intro
ducing the subject President Davis
TOLD Of John b. Stetson and his reputa-
tion for making hats. Stetson start
cd In a poor man in the hat maufac-
turing business. He was an honest
man and conceived the idea of putting
his name on every hat he guaranteed.
The name soon came to mean a guar
antee in itself. Every hat that went
cut Of the factory was first carefully
inspected and IL 1t could be guaran-
teed the name OF Stetson was placed
upon 1t. II 1t couldn't be guaranteed.
n was nevertheless sent out but was
sold as an inferior hat
Stetson later went to Florida and
entered the orange business and guar
snteed his pack by placing his name
On every orange. Dealers soon came
TO rely upon his trustworthiness and
his pack always passed without ques-
ton for the highest market price.
1T Is this reputation and 1t is this
standard OF pack that We fruit grow
ers OF this valley must strive TO at
tain. II Is for n discussion OF this
subject that we are here this after
noon" said Mr.. Davis.
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! give below
an extract from
q letter written
me by tho bus
mess manager OF
one OF the lead
ing newspapers
OF this coun-
try. He said In
part:
Il was very
much interested d
In your article
about the use OF
alcohol In patent
medicinesL As
you know. your
ad- b ~ been
running In my
paper more or
less for the last
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understands his business. A commit
tee should be appointed to look INTO
the matter of pack and devise ways
and means of overcoming the evil.
"The rancher has received the blunt
of the criticism because OF the poor
pack but l really think the whole faul-
lays with the dealer"
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the installation OF the exhibits and
was In full control of the movement
OF the train.
The tour was begun Monday. FEB.
II. A month will be required TO COM
plete the trip. Seventy-eight towha
will be visited and 1900 miles viii
be covered.
The railroads furnish the cars. the
transportation and even the living ex-
penses OF those on board absolutely
free OF charge and are under much
heavier expense than the college. J..
ID. Kenworthy. OF Pueblo, assistant
general freight and passenger agent
for the ID. 4 r. G.. was on the train
in charge OF the transportation proo-
lens and II. W. McAbee. supcrintend-
ent OF the dining car and hotel depart
ment. came as far as this city with
the train. z. @. Baus. dining car IN
spector. is in personal charge of the
dining car. Very attractive four-pagc
folders devoted especially to the train
were issued by the d. q II. q. this
morning and distributed to those on
board and TO few people along the
line.
At Florence this morning 1000 Wis
tied the train. From here the travel
ing college went to salida and Min
turn and tonight will be spent in
Eagle. Tho entire Western slope and
tho San Luis Valley will be toured
before the train returns to the north
ern part OF the state.
/, Tho train arrived here at 1920
and left at 1880 for the west. During
its stay here the exhibits were visited
BY many school children. who made
copious notes on the various displays.
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A Newspaper Man Writes an
Open Letter to Dr.. Hartman

I which I shall mail to ob5cctors ms thsy
may arise in the future-
your articles convey great deal
Of information to the public. 1 think
the newspapers can well afford to pub
lish them gratis. for the articles you
have been furnishing mo lately con-
stitute some OF the best things that oc-
cur In my paper. wish you contin-
ued success in your magnificent work.
Ny dear sir;-I appreciate your let
ter. II Ia not the only one OF the kind
have received.
know that Peruna has been
greatly misrcpresented and misundsr-
stood I have not had time hereto
fore to answer these ob5ections. I have
been too busy IN my many enterprises.
Ny great farm. with its various de-
partments. hns so thoroughly engaged
my enthusiasm and attention In tsmea
Fast that could give little heed to
critics. -
But I have taken up the maftee
now. Ny farm II In the hands Of tn
teiiigent overreers and my other busf-
meas is all organized In such n way that
1 can give my attention TO these mat
ters- / am proposing now to expiafn
TO the public all there Is TO say about
Peruna. knowing full well as soon a.
the public understands II that the ma
licious things said about Peruna win
be quickly forgotten PERUNA rB
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES.
SPECIAL xoTIcE-Msny persons
sS. Psnlns Ps4ss inaS,riss such for ous shs old.
nam aa@s o KkT&TNo. AZ nv. %snsasssuss3 sassr ss3
Ohio. Write them and they win b
pleased TO send you q free booklet
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to stop the buyer from coming in and
buying tree run. He takes those ap-
pies and packs thep and sells them
as any kind Of an apple except what
they are. SO in the end he makes a
profit but the grower gets little or
nothing and Canon City gets a black
eye.
Should FertlIlze the Soil.
"In pruning we should pay more at
tention to the fruit spurs. We should
cut more OF them OF than we do and
not so many big limbs"
Rev. Shaw declared that the discus
sions Of the various ranchers had
clearly brought the subject down TO
two propositions. THE first PROPOSE
ton is TO produce a good apple pack
the second is to pack the apple well
after 1t has been produced. In the
production OF the apple we are miss
ing a vital point when we depend on
sunshine and water to bring about a
big harvest We should pay more at
tention to fertilizing the soil. We
must start at the bottom, in the
ground. as well as at the top. We
must thin and prune. that is true. but
first we must fertilize the soil in order
to keep our trees good and healthy
and give them plenty of food before we
can expect the right kind OF crops
year after year. A few ashes. either
coal or wood. placed around the roots
OF tree will be a big help to them.
Other Suggestions Made.
THE apple pack is certainly a prob
lem that will be hard to solve. have
some doubt about some people here
joining a central association but We
should take some action and that
soon. in this regard"
Other speakers OF the afternoon
were Mr.. Rice. who declared that our
market was in Eastern Colorado. Tex
as Panhandle and Eastern Kansas and
that the people who bought our apples
were OF the masses rather than the
classes and that they bought mostly
the low priced apple. Mr.. J. o. W. Dun
lap. who followed up Mr.. Rice's sug-
gestion by stating that we were grad
ually getting into the bulk instead OF
the box class. Mr.. Brainard discuss
ed the pack in its various phases.
George Sale and Fred schaffer also
made short talks.
Mr.. d. K Wilson read . paper
which was a criticism OF the Forest
Crissey article which recently ap-
peared in the columns OF the Re-
cord entitled THE Farmers Worst
Enemy" Mr. Wilson'S article will
appear In later issue.
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MEASURES TAKEN
TO INSURE HIGHER
GRADE OF APPLES

understands his business. A commit
tee should be appointed to look INTO
the matter OF pack and devise Hays
and means of overcoming the evil.
"The rancher has received the blunt
of the criticism because OF the poor
pack but l really think the whole faul-
lays with the dealer
Quality, Not Quantity, Aim.
Mr.. A. n. orendorn said that the
! size OF the apples should be improved.
With fewer apples and a larger size
It would be easy to make and retain
reliable apple pack.
Mr.. Garnett said that the harvest
of apples should be and could be i'm
proved by more extensive thinning and
pruning. As it is at the present time.
the apples can be packed up 10 grade
but there are many culls. All this
waste could be stopped by more severe
thinning and pruning. Quality ard
not quantity should be the aim OF the
growers.
Need Central Packing Association.
Mr.. J. w. Augustine said that abou:
year ago he saw a car OF bulk ap-
pies being loaded. A man from Cali
fornia happened to be present and re.
marked to Mr.. Augustine that re
growers here should not send out
their apples in bulk. that II they were
striving to attain 4 demand fer their
packed apples such a practice would
ruin the business.
"Aii OF US have an individual mack
and they are all. probably. good packs
but what we really need is a central
packing station 30 that all packs will
be uniform. You can pack my apples
better than can myself. / can pack
your apples better than you can. II
l am packing my own apples I would
put apples in the box as fancies that
really should not be there and IL
were packing your apples would
throw the maside and put in only
real fancies. II is only human nature
and there are but very few men but
who would be Influenced the same as
l would be.
For this reason / am sure thai we
should have a central association
where every box OF apples packed viii
be uniform. Some time ago when the
Armour man was here buying apples
l happened TO be in an orchard where
he had men busy packing. They were
picking the fancies from the trees
and placing them in the box When
he noticed this he said. 'Aw. shake the
trees. line the box with a layer or 'wo
OF fancies and fill the rest with any
old thing. II takes too much time TIE
other way This practice Is just what
killed the sale and demand for Canon
City apples"
Mr.. A. NJ. Litz. in reference 10 bulk
apples running the apple business. sal
II went into the orchard of friend
In the east part OF Lincoln Park last
year and he had trees just simply
loaded with apples. ! told him that
he had better thin them IL he wante+
to get any price for his apples because
he could not come up to grade. He
said: II don't have to worry about
selling my apples. can get more for
them in bulk than / can by packing
them up to grade. The dealers would
much rather have them small than
large II is Just such business that
will make the bulk apple sale pre-.
dominate here.
Apples Too Small.
81 went into the orchard OF a friend,
said Mr.. F. Bachelor. "and noticed
that the Ben Davis apples were thick
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his two children. n boy OF i've and .
girl OF four. then he drew the razor
across his own throat innIcting a
wound from which he died at the hos
pitai three hours later.
His children escaped By running
from the house and notifying tho
neighbors. who entering the place.
found the woman dead and the hus~
band unconscious from loss Of blood
verceiiIno had been in poor health for
several months and at times had
shown symptoms OF insanity.
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Dealers 10 BIa me.

The dealers should get together
and have some understanding about
what kind OF apples they will buy. As
Il is. the dealers are more to blame
than the growers for the unreliable
pack that has given Canon City a
black eye. One dealer tries to hold
up to a certain standard pack arc de-
nands such a pack from the grower.
The grower says. Why. I'm not going to
the trouble Of putting up the kind of
pack you want Jones down the street
will buy all the apples / have. in aay
old shape. and will pay met a better
price than you WILL This is just the
kind Of talk the grower will put up
can and should blame the dealer who
II not particular about the pask for
II rs just such a method as this that
has given Canon City apples bad
name among the dealers over tho
country.
ITO remedy the uncertain standards
of pack which we now have we ough,
TO have a central packing station
where all the apples going ou. of Can
on CITY should be taken and packed
up TO a defined standard under the
supervision Of an expert packer who
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Apples Too Small.

81 went into the orchard OF friend"
said MIR. F. Bachelor, "and / noticed
that the Ben Davis apples were thick
on the trees. / told him he should
thin and prune. but he did nothing.
The result was that at harvest lime
he had a large amount OF apples put
none At to. pack in any grado. He
should have pruned on at least third.
II was temptation for him to leave
them on the trees and he lived on in
the hope that the apples would grow
large.
"T think we ought to do something
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Association Handicapped.

ar. W. l. Garnett of the Royal
Gorge Fruit Growers Association was
the first speaker. AT the present time
II is uphill business to attain a stand
ard pack here in Canon CITY," said
Mrs. Garnett we have found a great
deal OF trouble getting the right kind
Of apples from the growers and then
after getting up fancy pack, having
thrown a large majority of the apples
into the culls. 1t is very hard to dis
pose OF the fancies because OF the sd
reputation this portion OF the valley
has among the dealers over the cocn-
try because they think the pack Is
Just ordinary and we are thus greatly
handicapped in getting out an excel.
lent fancy pack.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13

stein, wedsed in between Switzerland and Austria, is developing q large reve- nue from the sale of Christmas trees.
 He sold $5000 worth abroad for Christmas, chiefly in Vienna, Berlin, Munich and in Swiss cities, and sent sOem large cOnsignmentS to England. The prince has made a special study of forestry and takes a personal inter est in this part of the sovereign do- mains. The fir trees are planted each season in great numbers about two yards apart in open spaces and along the roads Entire fields of poor land are sometimes planted with trees about 1000 to the acre They take from to F years to reach AiZes suitable for Christmas trees. They sell at from ten to fifteen cents piece
 The expense of cultivation is almost nothing. The plants are strong and require no attention. The prince be- gan this undertaking in 1900. It is said that the profits from land of little rse for other purposes, taking ten years as the period necessary to grow a tree. are from s10 to S15 an acre per year. averaging through the entire period.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
SMALL FIRE, MUCH
 SMOKE AT CAPITOL
Furnace room Woodpie ignites, Men
 acine Building.

If small blaze and much smoke amounts to anything ahe state house was in dange of being destroyed yes terday evening about 6 o'clock. Al that hour, from some cause or other, a pile of wood became ignited m the furnace room, and when smoke was seen issuing from the building the room in whiCl Jhc fire started ap peared to be a seething furnace.
 The smoke mounted tO the upper floors, filled the roturda and prob ably damaged some papers, but not SC .ously The hea. lrom the blaze cracked the g.ass in the doors of the offices occupied by ahe corporation commission. But the fire depal tTnent. responding to a telephone call from Box 2S, hurried out Ito the building and had the blaze undec control be fore serious damage was done.
 This is the second time in the history of the capitol building that fire has been started from similar causes. Some six or seven years ago the wood in the furnace room be- came ignited and a serious blaze was narrowly averted
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
RAPID GROWTH
 0F THIS SECTION
Building Industry Rapidly
 Growing; Payroll for Labor Alone Amounts to $20,OOO Monthly and is
IncrcaSlnO

The building industry in Phoenix 1 is rapidly growing in extent so as to l now constitute one of the chief | sources of ready money for a large ! number of artisans resident in this [ section. It IS not matter of gen eral knowledge, yet at the same time i il is a matter of general interest to know the daily payroll for the build ings now being constructed in Phoe- nix averages $700, or $20,000 a month. One of the beauties of this is tha
 instead of decreasing with the com pletion of the buildings the daily payroll is increasing because of the number of buildings that are being started weekly in Phoenix
 Phe $20,O00 payroll per month is that amount expended for but the labor alone, and is only a small per centage of the actual cost of build ing, so that it can readily be seen that Phoenix building bill amounts to no small sum per month And when il is considered there is also large amount Of building in every i
 of farm houses are being improved
 and enlarged into modern homes, some adequate idea of the present prosperity of the town and surround ing country can be obtained
 The building operations for the immediate future contemplate seV- eral large business properties .Ed tudoloh. agent of the Ford automo- 1 l.Ie, will begin the construction of q modern garage to cost $5000 or more, Of. Adams street one block east of The Republican office. W. B. Lount 1 is constructing two auto houses on { North Central avenue on Automobile
 TOW. These houses will be probably ! the largest, most modern of their ] kInd within the city One of the i rooms is being constructed over the l Salt river canal, which is to be in- ] casrl in concrete to permit of its reauY passage through the property
 without damage 10 the building, the 1 idea Icing the concrete incasement 1 can De used as lower wOrkroom when the ditch shall have been aban- doned Another feature of these | houses Is that they will each have
 a fifty foot span between the walls.
 The Otero store room, on West
 Adams, is a recent addition to the
 business location of the town. There are to be three store rooms, each
 l37 feet deep, facing Adams street
 The office of Building Inspector ! Creighton was applied to already in the month of January no less than
 15 times for applications to build | The new structures which are to be located in nearly every portion of the city. total nearly s60,000.
 The prospects in the building line
 are of the brightest There are op-
 erating in Phoenix a number of trust companies and home building assO- l ciatiOns, as well as a number of firms using private capital to con 1 struct homes on the installment ] plan, and all of these are kept con- stantly busy with new applications
 to build. There are no less than 200 homes, modest as well as pretentious
 in course of construction in Phoenix
 today.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
6. 4. R. INSTALLATION
 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

will occupy the Womans Relief corps and the Grand Army of the Republic next Wednesday at Knights of Pythias hall at 2:30 D. m. The ceremonies will be followed by a camp fire and good time gener- ally.
 The Sons and Daughters of Veter- ans are especially invited to be pres ent. and a cordial invitation is also extended to all old soldiers. It will be a chance to get together and re- new old acquaintances and enjoy the comradeship and hospitality of the patriotic order. and many will take advantage of it.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13

Take the direct road to health and strength by using Foley Kidney Pills for backache, rheumatism, weak. sore kidneys and bladder irreguari- ties. Each ingredient is chosen for it's positive healing and curative qualities. Foley Kidney Pills are the best medicine you can buy for kidney and bladder troubles. Mrs. J. Nj Findley. Lyons. Ga, says: 'I took Foley Kidney Pills and they entirely cured me" For sale by Elvey & Hulett sts.-Advertisement
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
WIDOWS CLOCK
 SWISS WONDER
Cost $4100 and Has Been
 Placed in Steeple of Small Town as a Noun ment to It's Aged Donor
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

GENEVA. Switzerland, Jan. PA clock costing $4,100-a value out of all proportion with it's surrOundings-has been placed in the steeple of the vil- lage church at Bremgarten, in the can ton of Argovia.
 The mayor, the elders, and every other man. woman and child in the place lent the dignity of their presence to the installation.
 The time piece was designed as a memorial for a Bremgartner whom nearly everyone had forgotten, but it's striking will be an hourly reminder of the wifely devotion of Widow Honeg ger who toiled for more than half a century to make possible the testi- mOnial.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
HINTS FOR HOusEkEEpERS.

Keep FOley's Honey and Tar Com pound always on hand, and you can quickly head off a cold by it's prompt use. It contains no opiates, heals and soothes the inflamed air passages, stops the cough and may save a big doctors bill Tn the yellow package. Sold by Elvey & Hulett. druggists Advertisement.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13

The Prince of Liechtenstein, the head of the independent state of Liechten-
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
WILL RESPOND TO WELCOME

c. B. Rhodes of Orchard, Colorado. one of the silver tongued orators among the cattlemen arrived from his home among the snows yesterday. MT. Rhodes will respond for Colorado to the addresses of welcome delivered at the first ses sion of the convention on Tuesday morning.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13

The widow IS 76 years of age Her husband dIed when she was 24 and village beauty. leaving her penniess. In all the years since she has worked as household servant or in the fields hoardng her earnings. Her labor bent figure. excessive self denial, and ''mS-. erly'' habits made her an object of ridicule among the thoughtless but locked in her breast was the secret ambition only revealed to her aston ished neighbOrs when the money for it's fufllment was in hand.
 The other day Widow Honegger, now about the most popular citizen of Bremgarten, witnessed the clock start ed on it's tick-tOck journey. Then she dried her eyes and returned to the fields.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13
HACK TRAVELS MANY MILES,

 Col. w. H. H. Jack of Folsom. N. M., who is here for the convention has two COW ranches in New Mexico, one at Folsom in the northeast and one at Silver City in the southwest. In mak- ing his trips between offices the colonel travels thirteen hundred miles per month
 DIRECTORS ELEcTED-At a rec ont meeting of the Phoenix Realty company which controls the Tweed tract the following officers were elect ed for 1913: John R. Hampton, presi- dent; Geo. A. Mauk, vice president; J. w. Crenshaw, secretary; and Lloyd B. Christy, treasurer.
 FROM TRINIDAD COLO.-William Green. q wealthy cattleman from Tri- nidad; Colorado, and a member of the executive committee of the American National Live Stock association, ar rived yesterday for the convention.
Arizona republican., 1913-01-13

FROM TUCSON-J.- Knox Corbett. postmaster of Tucson and one of the best known men in all Arizona is in the city for the convention