The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-05-06

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every reason to be congratulated on
the results of the election, the largest
number OF votes having been cast
that was ever polled In District No.
&.
Considering that large number OF
votes we're thrown out on a technic-
ality. tthe voters making mistake
in marking the ballots) and also that
many voters did not understand the
issue at stake in this election. we
feel that the general sentiment of the
district is in favor OF the issue for
which we stand. namely the uniting
of the two districts: District No. 1
and District No. s.
This will bring the two high schools
under one head, making of the North
Canon High school the department OF
liberal arts OF tde Canon City high
school. and OF the South Canon high
school. the department Of agriculture
OF the Canon City high school. The
latter will embrace three departments.
an Agricultural department. a Domes-
tic Department and Commercial De
partment- The students who finish
on the south side will be graduates
OF the domestic science department
Of the Canon City High School. or OF
the Agricultural Department OF the
Canon City high school. or of the Com
mercial department Of the Canon City
high school. Students who finish on
the other side viii be graduates OF
the Liberal Arts Department OF the
Canon City high school This gives
our boys and girls an opportunity to
dcvelope along any line toward which
they may have a natural bent and in
cidentally we believe IL will be the
means OF forever biotting out the
strife which exists between different
sections of our community. We viii
have one school OF which we will all
Be thoroughly proud.
The Athletic Team. being selected
from among the strongest men OF
both departments. viii give us team
that viii make the rest OF the state
"sit up and take notice"
we recognize the fact that neither
district is strong enough in itself to
maintain both . department Of liberal
arts and department OF manual arts
We also believe that II we succeed
In establishing school Of this kind
ia our valley. that we can get the u.
8. government TO recognize this as
an Experimental station. and furnizh
us an expert horticultural. who. in
addition TO his work IN our schools.
will act as our fruit Inspector
Had we . man OF this tcalibre in
this. community when the leaf roller
first made its appearance. he would
have recognised II and shown us the
remedy to destroy ii in Its incipieney.
Had We been able to have stamped
the leaf roller out when Il first made
its appearance. It would have saved TO
our community nore than a million
dollars in loss OF fruit and deprecia-
tion OF value in our fruit lands.
We believe this means more TO our
community than any other question
that has ever been up for considera-
tion.
A school system OF this kind es-
tablished here will attract students
and their families. not only from Gus
ter county. but from the entire south:
ern part OF the state.
We want to assure the friends OF
this movement that we are not dis
couragcd as a result OF this election
but we intend to persevere until we
have succeeded in consolidating these
two schools and establishing one OF
the best vocational schools in the
state OF Colorado.
will be glad to meet the friends
Of this movement from both districts
In my offce. and tassther we will
formulate plan whereby this may be
brought about.