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NAY ESTABLISH SlITIM6
SIATwu N CANON CITY

Harry w. Combs, chairman Of the
new Industries committee of Canon
City Chamber Of Commerce. il in cor
respondence with the Marshall Vine
gar company Of Mas1hailtown. Iowa.
with . view OF getting it to locate a
pickling station here. The company
is desirous Of establishing a branch
OF its business at some point in the
Rocky Mountain region and and early
in February wrote to J. W. Mckinley
in relation to opening such an indus
try here. The letter was handed
Prof. H. v. George. secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, who turned il
over to Mr.. Combs for . reply.
The company viii require rs one
Of its conditions that ranehers sign
contracts to grow from one hundred
and ffty to two hundred acres Of
cucumbers: for which Il win agree
to take the entire produce at stipn-
lated price. II h understood that it
viii pay one dollar and thirty cents
. hundred pounds for cucumbers from
one to two and a half inches in length
and something like nifty cents hun
dred for those Of larger size
Mr.. Combs is anxious to talk the
proposition over with ranchers and
gardeners interested in the PROPOSE
tion. II there are any such In the com
munity they are invited to can on. or
address. Mr.. Combs in relation to the
matter.
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FREMONT COUNTY PlO-
KEER DtA0 n DENVER

Ars. Caroline Hudson. wife OF VII
ham Hudson. died IN Denver last
Saturday from pneumoniA after =
abort Illness. ased ssventy-nve years.
Deceased was pioneer resident Of
Canon City and Fremont county:
coming here with her sister. Mrs.
4. +. Alexander. nom Chattanooga.
Tennessee. In 1856. She made her
homo at Coal Greek on frst coming
to Colorado and was subsequently, .
resident Of this city for seventeen
years. She is survived by her hns-
band. who Is seriously III from dropsy.
For 1 number Of years Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson have lived At lo45 West
Fourteenth avenue, Denver.
The remains viii be brought here
wednesday night and The funeral viii
take place from Wilson's undertakiss
chapel At 10 O'Clock Thnrsday morn
ing and will ~ ccnauete1 ny Rsx L
J. Holo. nastee q ~ Methodist
ln,opal 11l,z Hl,115 = ~
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SENATOR LINES RABBIT
BILL PASSES BOTH HOUSES

Senator n. n. Lines sent a tele-
phone message Friday from Denver
TO the effect that his famous Rabbit
bill passed he House that morning
about IL O'Clock and was now up to
Governor Carlson for his signature to
make IT law. The senator stated
that the bill met with considerable
opposition in both the House and SEN
ate but that # was overcome by con-
vincing argument ON the part of its
supporters In the House the bill re-
ceiyed thirty-five votes out of total
membership OF sixty-five. although
there were a number absent
Senator Lines stated that he dis
eussed the fate of the bill in the
hands of Governor Carlson, yesterday
morning. with Lieutenant Governor
Lewis, and he expressed the opinion
that Carlson would not veto it. Sen
ator Lines accompanied Lieutenant
Governor Lewis to the State House
Friday afternoon to discuss the bin
with the governor and use their in
nuence to have him attach his sigma
ture to the measure.
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CANON CITY DEFEATED
CENTENNIAL IN FAST GAVE


The Canon City High school basket
ball team crushed the Centennial
team in the final game OF season last
night by the score of 32-15. Eyery
one Of the two hundred and fifty
spectators agreed that it was some
game The game was called at Sis
BY Referee Wallace of Centennial and
from the first to the last whistle there
was shown determination to win
by both teams that produced fast
and furious game.
Captain McClintock of Canon CITY
scored the first point on a free throw
and followed a short time later with
clean field goal. Then both teams
settled to steady grind OF fast hard
team work and quick, sure shots for
goal The half closed with a score
OF 10 to in favor of the local team.
The second half proved TO be still
faster and the teamwork even more
machine-like in its scoring effective
ness. During this period of play SEN
sational long shots at the close of
each flash of teamplay were featured.
the half closing 32-15 in favor OF
Canon City.
1t would be hard to pick the stars
Of the home team in last nights game
but Captain McClintock would proba-
bly, be given the preference for his
effective goal shooting and for his
numerous baskets at long range. For
Centennial Captain LiItestrom and
Mccoy should be given special men
ton for the work.
This closes one of the most success
full basket ball seasons both financial
ly and otherwise of the Canon CITY
High school with six games won out
of the eight played The two games
lost were only given up by narrow
margin and after a hard fight in each
case. School athletic emblems will
be presented in short time to each
member OF the team.
The work of the season this year
has been development only Winning
has been placed secondary and only
incidental to the real object OF the
game Over twenty-five players nave
been developed and will serve as a
foundation for next years team I'm
mediately following the game an in
formal reception was given by the
Canon City High School to the mem
bers OF the Centennial team, and to
the South Canon High school pupils
and friends. After few minutes Of
general mixing" and an around
hand shakin" a short program was
given and refreshments. consisting
OF punch and cake were served in the
gymnasium
The program:
Piano Solo-Miss Marie Schweigert
Piano Duet-Misses Schweigert
and Sharman
Vocal Solo-Mr Hussey.
Short talks on the game and the
general good feeling prevailing be-
tween the teams were given by
Coaches George. Wallace and Hussey.
representing the Canon City High
School. Centennial High School and
South Canon High School respective
ly.
Piano Solo-Mr. Folk.
The evening closed with the Stand
ing Chorus" 'Tipperary.- rendered
by all present
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ARRANGED FOR cooNTv
TEACHERS MEETING


At conference Of the members of
the executive committee OF the FIRE.
mont County Teachers Association
here last Saturday Afternoon. at which
Prof W. H. Pay, superintendent of
the Canon City schools: Miss Gar
wood. county superintendent OF
schools; Superintendent shaw OF
South Canon; Superintendent Brown
OF Florence and superintendent Grad
Ter OF Rockvale we're present. Arrange
ments were made for holding = meet
ing OF the county teachers association
In Canon City in April. The program
and date OF the meeting win be an
nounced later
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c. c. i. S. NOTES

( Tuesday morning the students were
favored with one Of the greatest treats
Of the season, when DR.. E. ]. Bulgin
assisted BY Mr.. and Mrs. Rose. his
singers. gave fine program.
After several beautiful selections
were sung By Mr.. and Mrs. Rose. DR.
Bulgin delivered an intensely inter
estfng address on Gums" He com
pared the gums Of various kinds with
the characters of different persons;
he said some guns, as well as some
people. were true in aim and force.
He said another thing was to always
keep a supply of ammunition on hand.
SO as to be prepared for anything that
might come up.
This was one of the most enjoyable
programs Of the year. as DR.. Bulgin
is an excellent speaker and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rose are certainly beautiful
singers
Basket Ball.
Friday night witnessed the closing
of the most successful basket ball
season in the history of Canon City
High School The defeat OF Centen-
NAL to the tune of 80 to 10 is the
first time in seven years that Cen
tennial has been defeated by Canon.
Our team has played all together
this year total Of eight games of
which six were won. The two lost
to Central and Centennial were amply
revenged by the overwhelming scores
on our own floor. which leave no
doubt as to the home teams super
iority.
This season has seen the develop
ment Of great deal of green mater
ial which win prove exceedingly valu-
able next year.
The present team viii lose in gradu-
alton three OF the regular players.
Captain Mcclintock. Merriam and
RabsahL These have been the main
stays Of the team for the past two
years. and have played basket ball
that undopbtedly entities them to 10.
sitions on the ail-state high school
team Merriam by his airtight guard
ing. and Mcciintock by his steady
goal-shootfng have been the chief fac
tors in many hard won victory.
Monday viii start baseball. track
and tennis II is hoped that at least
seventy-nve boys will turn out for
these sports
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J. A. MEYER RECEIVED
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT

Last week Mr. LA. Meyer. one OF
ahe pioneers OF Beaver Park and who
has been employed by the Beaver.
Penrose = Northern Railway COM
pany since the road was hrst built.
received word that he had been off,
cialiy appointed to the offices Of audi
tor and superintendent Of that com
pany. the office formerly held By Mr..
J. J. cogan. This is well earned
promotion and one that puts Mr..
>afeycr in line for stiil better thinss.
The responsibility in connection
with such a position would seem to
most people to he but minor con-
rsderatIon. but the b.. p. 4 n. eom-
pany are compelled to comply with
the same rules and laws ~ railroads
much more extensive and Il requires
az accurate knowledge to meet the
requirements OF the several railroad
commissions. Railroads make II .
po.nt never to violate the laws. this
aiso uakes such positions the more
responslble.--P Prees.
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AFFIRMED DECISION or LOWER
COURT

Ex-District Attorney Jas. T. Locke
received . telegram from the clerk
Of the supreme court at Denver this
morning informing him that the SUI
preme court had affirmed the juds-
nent in the case OF Elliott versus
the Denver Z Rio Grande Railroad
company. In this case Mrs. Elliott
Of Portland. secured judgment in
the diatrict court here for The aestH
Of her husband, q section foreman h,
the employ ot the Santa re company
At Portland. who was Killed By Dem
yer Z Rio Crande Train while wcrking
q The track BY The action q The
supsene eonrs tha op,nion q Jnass
W1lAin. who rss.aeA = 49, neasing
e ~ - h ~ IeMer ts'A6npl.
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PUEBLO BRAKEMAN
t;uRT AT FLORENCE.

& G. De 3.nne Of Pueblo. a well
Known brakeman in the employ Of the
Denver 4 Rio crande Railroad COM
psny. was se-scusiy hurt near Flor
ence wednesday morning while work
ing on his train. He was head brake
man on one Il the locals. and. on ac-
count Of the freight train being tied
up AZ . result Of the wreck At Eoun-
tain the night before. more than the
usual amount II switching was. nec-
essary at Fl7rsnce. De Rome. who
10 said to havs been particularly
careful man. and how the accident hap
pened d not known. In some manner
he fell betwea,t tho cars and enetain-
ed injuries about the head ana body.
De Rome was taken to 81. Mary's hos
pital at Pueblo for treatment,
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oleO At FLORENCE
TUESDAY MleNT

Jeremiah r. lIylton. ased seventy
s.ven ysazs. disd q The home q HE
d.uxhter, Mn. L 2. Mott. In this city
last Tuesday night. Ths deceascd
wsr a native Of vir9iniA but spent
hIs youth in Missouri. coming from
there TO Colorado. thirty-nve yearu
AGO. locating At cotopAxi whore he
had one OF the incest farms IN that
.a.tion. He sold this property to
A r. uun,aer . few yeara ago. and
s,ncs that time has resided In Flor
ence. He IL survived By two sons
SSs two daughters, W. =. Hytton. Of
nsn STkancisco. r. w. Hyltcu. q Pne-
SIo Mn. L. 8. Mott Of this place and
Nh. Efank Hersuan q ntsAmhcat
h $500. The funeral wi1i taks
~ mn ths resldssee q ~ eenae-
- ~: z & lExtA, nxt119 upsr'
~ Il'oiA ~
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SCHOOL
CONTRACT
AWARDED
TO FRIEBES
OF PUEBLO


At a special meeting OF the South
Canon board OF education last Sat
urday afternoon tho. bids for the con
struction OF the South Canon high
school building were opened and a
contract for the erection OF the struc-
2 ture awarded TO Frank Friebes of
Pueblo. There wore several bids un-
der the modified plans submitted by
the board OF education; all OF them
very close. After going exhaustively
into all OF them that of Nr. Friebes
was accepted as being the most ad-
yantageous for the district
1t is understood that the sub-con-
' tract for the brick and stone work
will be given Fred Kober & Son. and
ale sub-contract for the heating OF
the building to the Leader Hardware
company. We are also Informed that
.he contractors win employ practic-
ally all OF the labor needed for the
construction of the building in the
Canon City community.
The proposed building viii be Of
the cottage type and will contain
about ono and half times as much
school room space as the old struc-
ture. While all OF the interior Will
not be finished under the contract
with Mr.. Friebes enough OF II viii be
a. .aa h. lwf. .r1f.<
more room. and better acconmoda-
Sons. than ever before The building,
which viii have IN attractive outside
appearance and n conveniently ar
ranged interior. has been planned In
such a manner as to permit the install
iation Of domestic science. agricuitu-
raj and business departments when
ever the people Of the district desire
10 add them to tho high school curri-
cuium
Work on the building will begin as
soon as the necessary materials for
its construction can he assembled and
will be pushed to completion as rapid
II as circumstances win allow. The
task Of lining matters mp in order TO
Eet somethinK satisfactory for the
dis;ric, has been an ezaetins one fore
the members Of the boArd Of edncA-
.,ion and nov that II IL over and the
contract let they feel that . big bur
den has been lifted from their shoui-
ders.
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DO ouR NAM FRlsNDs.

Who 20 willingly rendered their
services a, the time Of the illness and
death oe our mother We extend our
thanks and npprertAticn. The COM
tortinG words ana ths beautiful now
srsa were Al evidence OF their aym-
pathy which Ne viii aiways chetish
NJ. aR1 MrA g. H shirley.
An1 eAnily,
4. J. ~.
n. n. O. H.. 4
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DISCUSS CANON CITY'S
GREATEST ASSET" At
Y. N. G. 4 LUNCHEON

Between fifty and sixty business
and professional men were present
at the twenty-five cent luncheon CIV
en- At the Y. NJ c. A. NJ noon today
By the lAA.e. g :he First Methodist
church The affair was = very enjoy
abls one In an respects. The luncheon
itself was an unusually goneFous one
ana its quality ard ssrvics vas excel-
lenf-
The post-prandial program was pre-
sided over BY J. W. Emmerson. and
was given up TO the discussion Of the
question. What Il Canon city's Great
est Asses." The speakers were Rev.
Geo. r. Sewer. Judge /. w. lbbotson.
@. T. Gibbs. c. A. Linkins and DR..
Bulgin. Rev. Sewer said that Canon
city's greatest asset was the Chris
tian homes Of the community; Judge
Ibbotson that Il was the splendid cii-
mate and high class citizenship Of
the town: Mrs Gibbs. that II was unity
and cooperation Of its churches; Mr..
Iinkins. that IL was its spirit Of mu-
tuai helpfulness and frNternity- Dr..
Bulgin. that It was the thoroughness
Of the establishment hero OF the
church OF Christ
The speeches were all excellent
and very much to the point. DR.. Bull
gin said that ten men giving ten
ideas in ten minutes on such occa-
sicns was better than one man taking
ten minutes TO give one idea The
spirit OF goodfellowship and brevity
Of discussion are to be the keynotes
OF these meetings. They are wholly
informal and everybody is welcome
to attend.
The MONDAY luncheon at the Y. N.
c. A. on Tuesday will be dedicated
to the chamber NJ commerce and the
subject for discussion viii Be "Busi-
ness and Christinnity." Every man
In the community II invited 10 be
present and enjoy the good cheer and
sociability o1 the aMair. Those who
are crowded for time viii not b. ex-
pocteA 70 remain for all Of the
speech making II they are ~ ali IN
convenisnced b. doing %; they may
leave 1t any time AFTER tho luncheon
70 soFvo1 that they desire.
A very interesting post-prandial
program WIN Be- arransed for the noen
day luAcheon tomorrow and every
member o. the chamber Of commerce
should be present.
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w. 3. c. Held Meetlns.

Greenwood Corps No 22. W. r. c.
met in regular semi-monthIy session
Wednesday, Feb. "a, with the presi-
dent, Mrs. Dunlap. presiding.
Report OF previous meeting, which
was celebration of Lincoln's birth
day. was read and approved.
The report OF the treasurer which
showed goodly balance in the treas
ury. WAS read and approved.
II was voted TO send dollar to the
Department Treasurer toward the
nag which will be presented to the
high school at La Junta. where the
Department Convention will be held
in June. Great preparations are be-
Ing made for the entertainment OF the
C. A. r. and W. r. C.
1t Is the plan OF the people OF La
Junta TO make this tbs best conven-
tion and encampment ever held in
the state. No one can. AFFORD to miss
it that is entitled 20 be present
There being no particular business
to be transacted. the Corps closed
with the flag salute. The next regu-
lar meeting win be held March 10.
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SOCIETY," MOTES
EMIERTAINEp.

Mrs. Minnie L. Harding and Mrs.
T. M. Harding. Jr., entertained .
party OF friends 1T O'Clock dinner
Friday night complimentary to Miss
Anna P. Livingston, who win leave
for New York City on Sunday where
she viii join q party OF relatives and
friends for cruise in the West In
dies. during which she VIII visit
cnba. Porto Rsec. Js.:.=.ca,r the Bar
BADGES. Panama and other places Of
interest
The dinner was an elaborate and
highly enjoyable affair: covers being
laid for fifteen guests.
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on. DLAck HERE rMuRapAv. !.
Or, Her6ert 4. Black q RnSolo.
pEesident q ne cNhoA Cas counpan1.
voe : lrise hn1,As(a vi.isee hase a
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ENTERrAlMEo rRlENos.

Miss Genevieve Cox celebrated her
thirteenth birthday anniversary last
Monday afternoon by entertaining a
number of her young friends
Among those present to enjoy the
occasion were Misses Dorothy Dixon.
Catherine EweIl. Alice Adams. Gladys
Welsh. Maud Welsh and Helen Drie-
den. Refreshments were served and
all present had good time
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MrS. cIslland rssd an interestins


Mrs. CIeIland read an interdsting
paper on .Pauperism." In which she
presented many practical ideas.
Mrs. Hiatt rend a most excellent
paper. written by Mrs. Ashley. on
.Degeneracy,,' telling Of many Of the
causes. the effect and how it may In
a meaSure. be prevented
The program closed with a short.
humorous reading by Miss Child.
which was greatly appreciated. "schol
arship Day" which was to be
the subject for next week has been
postponed until . later date.
The subject for next week is Home
Economics" Of which Mrs. Coulter
has charge. Papers we're distributed
on which questions were asked In
regard to household problems. They
were then collected and re-distributed
to be answered at the meeting next
week.
y "
Auction Bridge Club.
Mrs. W. H. Smith delightfully."- en-
tertained the Auction Bridge Club on
Saturday afternoon at her pretty
home in South Canon Mrs. David
Robson. Mrs. Dunaway. OF Denver.
and Mrs. L w. Gardner were special
guests dainty luncheon was serv-
ed after cards.
Roland Armstrong; Birthday.
Last Thursday Mr. Roland Arm
strong was 2l ard the important event
was properly celebrated by dinner
at the apartments OF his sister Mrs
Tom York in the Maupin block Just
the immediate family were guests and
the party proved jolly one.
The dinner table was beautifully
decorated, a large brown basket filed
to oyernowing with yellow and white
daffodils making the distinctive CEN
ter-piece. A cunning little Kewpy sat
cufely on one edge Of the basket hold
ing in his chubby arms grasp a green
ribbon which led to the birthday gift
at the plate OF the honor guest
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GATE CRY CIRCLE.

Gate City Circle 100 held its regular
semi.monthly session Monday evening.
with Guardian Seighbor seh~eigert
presiding.
After the conclusion Of the buEineas
session Mrs- Eads gave n reading and
responded to an encore Mrs Nelson
rendered piano solo in a pleasing
manner and was recalled.
Luncheon consisting Of wienerwursf
rolls and hatchet-shnped cookies and
coffee were served. Misses schwei.
CERT and Ennerson played several
piano duets.
The circle will soon begin a cam
paiEn for gainins new members.
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FrIends In Council.


The Friends In Council met In reg
uisr weekly session Friday afternoon
At Pythian hall with the president.
Mrs. Graves. presiding.
The report OF the Secretary for pre-
vious meeting was read and approx
ed.
A letter was read from the State
Federption President. Mrs. cArretson.
thanking the club for their donation
Of $40. 10 be paid in two years, to-
ward the endowment fund OF 10000
The committee appointed to talk
over the founding OF q woman's or
ganisaaion for young women met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Web
ster. There were sixteen iadies pros
ent representing different clubs and
societies who were very enthuniAstic
over the subject. Two committees
were appointed. one for temporary ar
rangements and another for perma-
nent organization.
An invitation wns extended 70 the
club 10 attend = reception given BY
the members Of the D. a. n. ~ the
residence Of Mrs. r. 8. Lewis from
4 to s o'clock Tuesday afternoon 70
meet Mrs. 0uernssy. state regent q
Kansas. The Invitation was aceept-
-.
Mr.. Baker had charge Of The pro
gram Tor the afiernoon which OPEN
"a with vocal solo By Miss Hassl
Holman. entitled. "one Spring Morn,
Ing" accompanied b. Miss Hendrick-
son. She responded to an encore.
Mrs. Baker read paper on Tho
Trump" giving many practical iilus-
trations oe the manner in which The
situation has been successfully met
at Grand Junction and other places.
Mies chllds. IN excellent eaoeuticn.
1T. rave rea1ins from Pickwick
fApesp.
MA nAlIey red I carefuIly rre-
pArse paper prepated b Nrs. Men
Whippls a sTke D>ptn1anlw
lts1 dsifn1 r1,tsea 4 voeol oe,A
'eIle(is. I. 6te ~ Sxo.