The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-12-02
lNnlISTRIAl s::;...sn.LANT 80 en-
BRINGS ROUS|NC un.iRS
OF THRONCS FOR ITS
BEAUTY, CLEvERNESS
About Thirty.Eight Floats Pdrtici.
pate; C.. f. 81 Wins First Prize
For Best Float and CiOic
League Second

Inc luou8Iklhl p4IAoc u Adcouhy
afternoon has caused . great deal Of
favorable comment from all quarters.
! Tho large crowd which jammed Main
street on both sides was pleased with
the showing made.
The decision of the judges which
gzve the C. r. 4 ]. float first place
and the Civic Improvement league
acat second place has met with uni
versal approval.
PARADE :. :. 1896 .EAol. ....-..
seldom before has pageant such
as that OF the Industrial uarade Tues
day caused so much favorable com
ment
Lieut. r. ID. Harris as one of the
marshais Of the day headed the pa
rAde Mr. VIM. Boucher and Mr.. Da-
vid L. Robson were the other mar
shais along the line OF march. Eiec-
ira In the auto float OF the Arkansas
Valley Railway. Lirht and Power cnm-
pany and driven by w. n. Clark led
me floats. The @. A. r. In nutos and
marching with the ever ready and
celebrated drum corps making a dis
tinct feature. were next
Then came the chief Of the FIRE de-
pzrtment. Richard Knight, and Cap
tain I. n. Barber In the captains car.
The are truck. driven By Lieut. Mc-
Kissick. followed.
beautiful span Of black horses
shitched to buggy all beautifully dec
Grated ID green and rcd and white
and driven By Mr. Ed Dye represented
ae Reeves livery.
The waikorcr shoe was tho theme
= the Galley y.stockton shoe company
a0At and Mr.. Rex Dickson imperson-
sssd the famous whlSover man very
realistically. The float was driven by
Mr.. Truman Stockton.
The famous Harding baied hay was
, ne subject OF the next noat In the
pArade.
sever dreamed OF. yet splendidiy tell
Ning OF our mammoth apple crops. was
The subject of the Eiks float. driven
by Mr.. Ed Owens
One OF the strikinely arranged floats
was that OF the Round Crest Canning
company. showing how they used up
100000 pounds OF the waste apples
and converted them into pala;abic
canned goods OF high quality. The
whole process was worked out on tho
float.
The harvest time float in which Mrs.
George w. Bethel Jr. impersonated
the queen OF the harvest wa stastily
arranged and unusually pretty.
Wallace Bethel Buster Harding.
sanzo shigeta. the Japanese boy. and
several other children were dressed
In costumes to represent various ma
tions. The fruits of the harvest were
much in evidence. This float, which
; was the Offering OF the Civic Improve.
ment league. won second prize.
The float OF the Darrow Music com.
pany, OF which Mr.. X. G. Melton is
the agent here. was next with a piano
player discoursing music throughout
the route. SIR. Melton and Mr.. Friend
demonstrated monographs. The float
was prettily decorated.
An automobile carried the ladies
from the Odd Fellows home. with
Mrs. Jones. the mAtron. in front.
Higgins' float told Of the pioneer
furniture store and was . cabin made
Sfrom rug. The Higgins auto carried
this float. A car attached to the rear
emphasized the point.
J. d. Endicott, the famous gem
scout. had q genuine prospecting out.
Ent in the parade and showed plainly
BY the general arrangement that ''hc
bad been there"
= Mr. J. j. Armstrong had Moon pen.
nahtn strung about ono OF his new
Moon cars. The postofncs ilcat. with
hi the mail carriers and Postmaster
CLARK Cooper. made . very good ~.
DaAsancs.
}. N. Andarnon Z Co. had two aoAti,
,cne q hen falling Abeut niehaltsu