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DENVER MAN INTERESTED
m OAK CREEK COUNTRY

Denver. Colo. March y. 1914.
Pub. Daily Record.
Canon City. Colo.
Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge
the receipt OF your favor OF the sth
inst. and also the additional papers
referred to. and I thank you for the
courtesy extended and the informa-
ton obtained from the articles re
ferred TO
am interested in the Oak Greek
district as the owner OF the Wild
Girl and High Kicker properties.
locally known as Lead Hill. which
am developing with reference to a
remarkable showing OF lead carbon
ate or cerrusite. The entire district
in question is an exceedingly inter
esting one from both a mining and
geological point OF view. My proper
ties are located a short distance
from the old Terrible mine. which in
its day was a great producer.
From what know OF the district
the present Interest arising out OF the
recent strikes is not at all unwar-
rsntcd and would no, be at all sur
Ifised to see a new camp OF import.
anee established in that vicinity. !
am disposed to think. however. that
the main values will be found to con-
sist In the cerrusite. which abounds
along the western base OF the Wet
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Alfalfa. sac acres. average tons.
NJ sis. made see.seo.
Cereals. ls0 acres. average 3s
bushels per acre. a total OF s.3so
bushels. value about as many dollars.
Mr.. Hoffman found under the ditch
i.s7s acres. OF these sac acres is in
alfalfa. Iao acres in cereals. ess acres
Ia bearing orchards and go acres in
young orchards.
This section is fast coming into one
OF the best fruit sections in the val
ley. II is young and much OF the Ia
Dor and expense goes into develop
ment The orchards arc growing in
to value. In fact the growing value
OF the orchards amounts to more than
the products OF the fruit.
II Is encouraging. however. TO note
that the developers OF this new Soc
tion have this year marketed about
s,cc .coo worth Of products from tbs
soii.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-03-12

REPORT -..,...,
LIBRARY =
BOARD
TO the Honorable Council. Canon

City, Colorado:
Gentlemen: In accordance with
the library laws of 1889. Sec. 3. the
board OF directors Of the Canon City
s,ublic library very respectfully sub
Rit the following reports. those of
treasurer. librarian. book committee
and secretary. as furnishing you the
information required OF the board an
Vnaiiy
Twelve u2) regular monthly board
meeunss have been held In the last
year and cne special meeting.
At the April meeting the board had
invited the mayors OF the three Can
ons 10 be with Us and two responded.
IL being impossible for the third 10
come. Al this meeting there was a
0isssssion Of the question Of going
} back TO the old way of letting the
outlying districts have books and
In the July meeting n motion to that
,afect was carried. South Canon Civ
ing us $50 and Eas, Canon s25 to help
haintsin the library.
At the election In July Mrs Rags
dale, Mrs. Rockafeliow aud Mrs. Ba-
ker we're unanimously reelected
members Of the board. Mrs Lewis.
Mrs. Burgess and Mise Kahn men,
bers OF the book committee.
A special meeting OF the board was
called June 7th and the library Was
closed ON account OF the measles be-
las so prevalent In the city. and was
reopened June 18th BY the consent
Of the heaish orseer =
Al the October meeting Of. the
itard We received Mrs Reynolds
ssesignAfIon from the board. II was
With the deepest regrct accepted. She
was surh an efficient member We
we're sorry to lose her. Mrs. Julia
Mack was elected to ail the vacancy
The officers Of the board are as
follow:
Mrs. u. ,. Rockafelio~. vice pres
ident.
Mrs ,. p. smith. secretary.
Mrs. Julia Mack. treasurer.
Nrs II. :. Lewis. chairman book
committee.
The other two members OF the
board are Mrs. Baker and Mrs Rags
dale. Our librarian. Miss Ruth Lewis.
and her assistant. Miss Josephine
Palmer. have given us perfect salts
faction during the year.
Financially the library is in very
good condition. for the reason that
We keep within our means. but We
can always use all the money that
Is given us. and then some.
Respectfully submitted.
BESSIE b. SMITH.
Secretary.
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ADJOURNED
MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL

An adjourned meeting of the city
council was held Mnoday night for
the purpose Of canvassing and receiv-
ing the vote cast by the tax payers
in viaduct Improvement district No.
on March 9Th and to take such fur
ther action in relation to the pro
posed enterprise as required by law.
Following a general discussion OF
the matter a subcommittee Of two
members to further represent the tar
payers OF the district In making the
necessary preliminary arrangements
for the construction of the vtaduct
was nominated and confirmed This
special subcommittee consists OF r
s. Lewis and a II. Davis. and ii was
authorized to act in conjunction with
the regularly appointed tax payers
committee. which is composed OF Jas
II. Peabody, C. r. C. Dye and Ben W.
Rea- One Of the duties Of the COM
mittee will be to consider and recon-
mend TO the city council a proper ap-
portionment Of the levy and ASSESS
ment to be made upon the taxable
property within the said viaduct i'm
provement district No. /. to cover the
cost OF tie improvement to be made
therein and to pay for and retire
the bonds to be issued for that pur-
pose. The firm of McLain & Peass
has been selected to act as attorneys
for the tar payers Of the district In
all matters affecting the legality Of
the undertaking.
AT its meeting Monday night the
council adopted without dissent the
following resolution on the death OF
the late Frederick B. Sweet OF New
York City:
Whereas. IT has been brought TO
the attention OF this body that It has
pleased Almighty God to call to Him.
self. after n brief illness. Frederick
Is. Sweet. and.
Whereas. We are fully alive to the
interest and effort exerted by the de-
ceased toward the creation OF an
electric railway in Canon City; aud.
Whereas. We wish to extend our
aid as fully as possible towards the
completion OF this project; therefore.
be il
Resolved. that we express our pro-
found grief at the loss that has been
sustained by his death and express
to his family and friends our sympa-
thy in their bereavement; and be it
further
Resolved. that this resolution be
published and that a copy OF the same
be forwarded to his friends
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Report OF the librarian OF the Canon
cky library for the year ending Feb
ruary rs. 1914:
The number Of volumes added TO
each department of the library dur.
ing the year. the total number OF vol.
usnes and the total circulation are
shown by the following statement:
Vols. Total Total
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MarrIss by Judae Cooper.

David NJ smedicy and Mrs. Alice
n. Hamilton. both of Denver. were
married by Judge Cooper in the
county court room last Saturday.
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Moro Meen cars.

Roland Armstrong went to Pueblo
today. where he will unload = car
Moon sixes. which viii bs delivered
to Canon City and Colorado spring.
purchaser.
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Total -. AT 6s17 1885
OF the additions above. 2ss were
se0sted and iss purchased A list of
"de is given herewith. There
were -. worn out and dis
carded an. missing and tnoc-
counted for and lost and paid for.
The reading room is furnished with
s2 papers and periodicals and has
been visited by 1878 persons. Ref
erence department has been used by
] 1.0o7 persons.
Donations during the year have
received from the following:
Mrs. w. B. Rowland Mrs. W. T.
Wallace. Mrs. w. E. Spencer. Mrs
Greydene-smith. Mr. l. W. Felter.
Mrs ]. II. Peabody. Mrs. NJ NJ.
sheetz. Mrs. Dubois. Mrs. +. P. Smith
Mrs. slone. Mrs. C. W. Burrage. Miss
curren. Mrs wingert. Mrs Merriam.
Mrs. w. II. Ray. Aura Poppleweil.
Mrs. Nettie Cook. Louise Marr. Rev
Ilsley. Wednesday Musical Club. Miss
Livingston.
Respectfully submitted.
RUTH LEWIS.
Librarian
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a cerreesIen.

In the account in yesterdays pa
per under Canon City Boy Doing
weli.- tho name Of the young man
should be Jay d. Taylor iastead OF
Miller.
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mountains. on the east side of oak
Creek
certainly await further develop
ments with interest.
veTy truly yours.
SYLVESTER C. WILLIAMS.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
ABOUT THOSE "NEBULA
TO MAN" LECTURES

Owing to Saturday being Memorial
day. the matinee that was to be given
for the children's benefit has been
abandoned. There will be a lecture
Saturday and Sunday evnings. the
subject both evenings being "The
Wonders of the Heavens" The plan
of giving the same lecture on two sue
cessive nights each week will afford an
opportunity for much greater mum
bers of persons to take in each stage
in the romantic story science tells
about the origin of the earth and the
evolution of life thereon.
During the first two evenings near
ly a hundred of the most interesting.
not to say startling, photographs,
made by aid of the worlds greatest
telescopes, will be projected on a
large screen by electric stereopticon
Marvellous telescope views of the
sun, moon, planets, comets, nebulae,
and other wonders of the heavens will
be shown, including two beautiful
views of the planet Mars, with it's
snow cap glistening in the sunlight
The veXed question, Are the planets
inhabited?' will be discussed by the
lecturer, and the last word of science
on this ever interesting topic will be
presented.
Professor Shipley's views of the
moon, made from the original mega
tives from the worlds greatest tele-
scope (the Yerkes 40-inch refractory =,
bring our satellite, OFFICIALLY, to with
in less than hundred miles of the
earth, it's actual distance being about
100000 miles. Wonderful photographs
of Halley's comet before and after the
earth passed through it's tail will be
shown, along with other photographs
of the mysterious visitors.
Limitations of space forbid further
enumeration of the marvels to be
shown on the screen. Surely no one
can spend a more interesting or more
profitable evening than this opportun-
ity offers.
Admission will be free. A volun-
tary offering will be asked for to de-
fray necessary expenses.
Tell your friends about these lee
lures and help make them success
as educational work
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
PROTEST AGAINST SENDING
JoBLESs TO STOCKADE

The Everett Trades Council pro
tested vigorously during it's Friday
evening session against the proposed
action of Police Judge William Shelter
to sentence al men found in the city
without visible means of support, to
work in Forest park for period of
from ten to thirty days AS many as
thirty men arrive in the city every
day seeking employment, say members
Of the council, who are honest hard
working men merely seeking to better
their conditions, and to arrest them
as Migrants and sentence them to
work on the chain gang is not just.
The police assert that all idle men
should be arrested to put an end to
the epidemic of petty thieyery that is
now existing here,
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
Fighting The
Prohibition Party
THE REASON WHY.

1t should be remembered by all
readers of the Washington Socialist
whether they are prohibition advo-
Gates or not, that the object of our at
tack on the absurd claims of the Pro.
hibition party is not for the purpose
of recommending or condoning the
use of alcoholic drinks, No one knows
better than we do that an Incorporate
indulgence in strong drink is merely a
form of suicide, due to the disease
Known as inebriety. No one can deny
I that the abuse of intoxicating liquors
IS bane to the human race. But the
point we wish to emphasize here is
that the justification of our criticisms
of the Prohibitionists as political
party is to be found in the fact that
the leaders of this party are endeav-
oring to make the wage-workers of
this country believe that poverty and
crime are caused by the liquor traffic,
not by the inherent and ineradicable
defects and injustices inseparable from
the capitalist system, which they
themselves support. Thus they throw
sand in the eyes of working-class vot-
ers, so that the only real and vital
issue of the day-the abolition of
wage-slavery-is obscured or wholly
lost sight of. Thus these blind lead
ers of the blind are a greater menace
to working-class emancipation than
are the Republican, Bull Moose or
Democratic parties.
Workers bewarel Any reforms ad-
vocated by the beneficiaries of the
capitalist system, and which leaves
the ownership of your jobs in their
hands, can be of no real benefit to
your class.
In later articles we shall take up
the question of how the liquor prob
lem will be solved under Socialism.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
RUBE SAYS:

Bill, my neighbor, was up the other
day to talk politics again, and about
Iowa. Bill is from Iowa. told Bill
there must have been an epidemic in
Iowa for I saw in the Worlds Almanac
that the old Hawkeye State had lost
5000 inhabitants in the last ten years,
and it was the rural districts that were
that much shy on population. Bill
saws no. you got another guess coming.
I'll tell one of the happenings that is
going on all over Iowa. A manufac-
turer of gloves back there bought
eight farms and punched them all into
one: hired a boss and some single
men to run the machinery with which
he equipped the big farm, so where
there used to be eight families there
is now one and some hired help. SO
those families must be some of that
5000 people Iowa lost. The man who
owns this big farm still lives in the
city; never plowed furrow in his
whole life. Bill says there are lots OF
them kind Of farmers in Iowa nova
days. This owner of the big farm
now has his hired help raising lots
of hides for gloves. He used to have
to buy hides from the butcher, and
the jobber who had bought them from
the farmer. I says, Bill, don't you see
what he has done? Bill says, yes, |
do; he first skinned the farmers out
of their hides and a skinned farmer
has no use for a farm, SO he got their
farms too I says that's right, Bill,
but didn't he get rid of the middlemen
too?
Then it was chore time and Bill
went home. But have been thinking
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
AN OUTRAGE THAT
LABOR WILL FIGHT
Jobless Men Seeking Employment to
Be Punished as Criminals.

AS If it were not enough that the
capitalist system deprives many hon
est workers of the opportunity to
work and enjoy the fruits of labor,
now comes the police department of
Everett with n warning to all unem-
ployed men seeking work that this
city is no place for them. Hereafter
poverty, inflicted by society upon the
helpless individual, is to be treated
as a crime, punishable with enforced
work without pay.
Even the capitalist press regards
this easy shifting of police duties on
to the backs of robbed workers, inno-
cent of any crime excepting voting a
capitalist ticket, as too raw to be toll
Grated by the working class as a
whole. What's the use of Flag day
once a year and the violation of its
prated principles the rest of the year?
We are glad to see that our evening
contemporary has taken the side of
both justice and prudence in this mat
ter, and gladly quote its editorial on
this subject which appeared last Sat
urday evening:
The proposal on the part of the
police department to arrest and i'm
prison all idle men, technically Eva
grants" where they have neither mon
ey nor place of abode, in an endeavor
to put a stop to petty thievery which
is said to have become too common,
is a very questionable means of ac-
complishing this object. There always
is more or less war between police and
idle men, for it cannot be denied that
among the latter are many men, with
no inclination to work, who are re-
sponsible for many small crimes But
such must be far in the minority in
periods when work is slack and many
men take up the march in search of
employment 1t is the business of po-
lice and police courts to distinguish
between these two classes, furnishing
the few and helping the many. To
punish a man whose only crime is i'd
leness, when that idleness is involun-
tary. is injustice It's an ironical JUS
tice that would seek to force a man
to work for the public for nothing,
simply because he is unable to obtain
work for wages. The only way many
of these men can obtain work is to
move from place to place until they
find it and sometimes the search is
long. And they should be encouraged
in this search, should be helped in
every legitimate way instead of being
hindered. For there are fey people
worthy of more sympathetic aid than
the man who is anxious to work but is
unable to obtain it. In such matters,
however, the police bark often is
worse than it's bite and it is very like
" that is the situation now. 1t is well
enough if it serve it's purpose or
keeping the viciously idle away; but
the honestly idle should not be made
to suffer-"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
DEAD-LUDLoW. COLORADO
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

There are several rural school boards
throughout the state calling for So
cialist teachers, salaries ranging
about $40 per month. Practically all
the union teachers have positions and
the Socialist bureau has exhausted its
enrolment of teachers. Socialist
teachers who have not yet secured
places for next year had better write
to J. M. Salter, 1901 Everett, Wash,
for further information.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
CROSBY EXPLAINS HOW IT
HAPPENED.

The rooster is growing again be-
cause we have completed another
month ahead of the game, and largely
because we are able to come out this
week with two extra pages. Comrade
Shipley has been growing at me for
the past two or three weeks because
haven't left room for reading matter,
news of the class struggle, and party
progress. Driven to desperation by
constant nagging, l sailed forth with
blood in my eye and rounded up
enough new ads to justify getting out
six pages this issue. Now, comrades,
| have done my duty and it is up to
you to say if you want the six pages
continued. If you do, get in and
hustle, get our friends to partonize
the firms who advertise in "The Wash
ington Socialist" Hand one of those
little coupons over the counter with
every purchase, tell him you are glad
to see their ad in your paper; tell
them any darn thing that will cause
them to put an ad in or keep the one
they now have. If you do these things
good and plenty you can have six
pages every week, and if you work it
strong we may even aspire to an eight
page paper in the future. If you don't,
then it's four pages for yours again.
NUFF SEQ.
~ n NDOCpV
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
TRADES COUNCIL WANTS
MINIMUM WAGE FOR CITY
50 for Eight Hours Work Will Be
Demanded.

80 for Eight Hours Work Will Be
Demanded.
Organized labor of Everett, as ex
pressed at meeting held last Friday
night by the Everett Trades council,
proposes to ask voters of this city to
pass upon an initiative measure pro-
posing minimum wage of SO a day
for all persons employed directly or
indirectly by the city.
By another resolution adopted the
Trades Council will also try to init
late an amendment to the city charter
which will provide that all day labor
ers employed by the city shall be citi-
zens of the United States and resi-
dents of Everett, and that qualified
electors shall be employed in prefer
ence to non-electors, and married men
and men of family in preference to un-
married men and men without fam
lilies.
To Shut Out Alien Labor.
This amendment is for the purpose
of preventing contractors from inn
porting Greeks and other foreisners
to the city to work on big contracts,
such as street paving and putting in
sewers, while so many of the residents
of the city are out of work, explain
those back of the proposed amend
ment. At the present time, they say,
these outside men are brought in and
live in shacks as cheaply as possible
so the merchants get but little bene-
fit of the money paid them, and when
the job is completed they move on to
some other place, taking their hoard
ed savings with them. The advocates
of the proposed amendment believe
that if it passes, the city will be great
ly benefited by it.
Similar to Other Cities.
The proposed ordinance which is
to be brought before the voters un-
der the initiative law is modelled af-
ter similar minimum wage laws now
in force in Seattle and Spokane The
Spokane law provides So a day for
eight hours and the Seattle law $2.75.
The proposed ordinance as laid before
the Trades Council was fathered by
Senator J. E. Campbell who advocated
that the minimum wage be fixed at
$2.75, the same as Seattle has, but this
met with objection on the part of
some of the members and the ordi-
nance was finally amended to read SO
for eight hours
1t is the intention of those back of
the proposed minimum wage law to
begin at once to secure signatures on
petitions to bring the measure and
the amendment before the voters of
one of the elections that will follow
the recall on June 8, in case the com
are recalled, and if they
are not recalled, a special ELECTION will
have to be called,
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
INCREASE IN So
ClALlST VOTE.

Late news from Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentina, states that the Socialists
have doubled their vote in the past
two years. All seven of the Socialist
candidates for congress from Buenos
Ayres were elected. Sixteen years ago
there were only fifty-two votes in the
whole of Argentina The Socialists
form at present the strongest party in
the great metropolis
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
PLACING THE RESPONSIBLE.
ITY.
R. d. 2, Castle, Rock, Wash.
May Is, 1914.

May Is, 1914.
Maynard Shipley, Everett, Wash
Comrade Editor-May 80 is knock
ing at our door and with the approach
of Memorial Day my heart goes out TO
that stricken people in Colorado. Per-
haps they are mostly foreigners, but
whether native or alien their blood
cries out for some token of vengeance
to come.
When l think of that burning heap
of dead, that awful pyre, that Nam
mons offering of labor before our God
shudder, yea, tremble. At whose door
shall the avenger stop, across whose
threshold shall the sword be thrust?
Surely not of the poor contemplate
hireling's home. No! The guilt lies
on the head, clings to the hands of
that soulless saint whose filthy wealth
met the bills and all the endowments
of ten thousand colleges wouldn't
cleanse his hands. Yes, May 30 is
nearly here, but there is yet time for
us to heap such a memorial to that
mans iniquities that the world will
know that all Americans do not sane
ton such oppression.
Beginning with tomorrow's mail
am sending each day one letter or
envelope edged in black containing
this notice:
DEAD-LUDLOW COLORADO
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother-Our
FIesh-By THY Hand
Yours for the revolution,
JAMES K. BOYD, JR.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-28
SOCIALIST BECOMES PARTY OWNED PRESS
THE KANAWHA STRIKER.
By a Paint Creek Miner.

Good God Must I meekly bend my head
And crnge back to that gloom know well?
Forget the wrongs my tongue may never tell,
Forget the plea they silenced with their lead
Forget the hillside strewn with murdered dead
Where once they drove me-mocked me when fell,
All black and bloody, by their holes of hell,
While all my loved ones wept uncontrolled?
Is this the land my fathers fought to own
Here where they me-beaten and alone?
But God, it's cold Ny children sob and cryl
Shall | go back into their mines and wait,
And lash the conflagration Of my hate
Or shall | stand and fight them till die?