The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-10-12

Ruth, left on Rio Grande train No.
10 Monday morning for few weeks
visit to Kansas City and other points
in that section OF the country,
HOME MONDAY FROM
COLORADO SPRINGS.
Mrs. Mary Erickson of the Royal
Art store and son, Roy, returned to
Canon City on Monday from Colo
RADIO Springs where they motored to
spend the weekend
BABY GIRL AT GARY, INDIANA
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Kettle, the for
mer of whom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Kettle of AIT Rudd ave
nue. and the latter daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce of Fruita, Colorado.
are the parents of a baby boy born
to them at their home in Gary, Ind,
last Thursday.
PASSED THRU CANON SUNDAY.
F. E. Clarity of Denver, superinten-
dent of transportation for the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad company,
passed thru Canon City on Rio Grande
train No. l Sunday afternoon en-
route to Salt Lake City on a business
trip.
A. H. CRAIG HOME FROM ILL
NoIS.
A H. Craig returned to Canon
City few days ago from a two weeks
visit to his boyhood home at Albion
Illinois, where he was the guest of
his mother. Mr.. Craig says there
was an excellent corn crop in that
section of the country this year, altho
the yield of agricultural products in
the earlier part of the season was
minimized by dry weather. Politics.
according to Mr.. Craig, is the sub
ject of absorbing interest in Illinois
at present
WILL ATTEND EPISCOPAL
CHURCH CONVENTION
Mrs. s. S. Savage of 604 Green
wood avenue left here Monday af-
ternoon for ST. Louis, Mo-, where
she will attend the General Triennial
convention of the Episcopal church
as a representative of the congrega-
tion Of Christ Episcopal church Of
this city. The st. Louis convention
will be composed Of delegates from
the Episcopal churches all over the
world and will be one of the most
notable religious gatherings held in
this country for some time.
WILL GIVE DEMONSTRATION AT
CHANDLER II
| Arthur e. Gilman. secretary Of the
bureau of extension of the state uni
versity. and Mr.. Thompson. mine in
spector. accompanied by a gentleman
from Victor. whose name we have
been unable to learn. will go to Chan
| dler this evening where they will give
some talks on community welfare.
Mr.. Thompson will demonstrate safe
ty appliances as they relate to coal
mining and Mr.. Gilman will give an
illustrated talk on the house fly as
an agent in the communication of dis
ease.
PURCHASED INTEREST
IN RAIDER RANCH
Virgil p. Cutler and his brother-in-
law, r. c. Scholtz. have purchased
from Mrs. Dollje Gardner, widow of
the late Martin Gardner. a half in
terest in the RAIDER ranch. opposite
the county farm, on Four Mile
creek. They obtained thirty-five
acres of irrigable land which they
will devote to agricultural purposes
and stock raising. The north half of
the ranch is owned by l.. w. Gardner
of sol Rudd avenue. Messrs Cutler
and SchoItz have been farming the
Stump ranch on Four Mile creek
during the past summer. Mr.. Cutler
traded in his house and lot In the
north part of town in the deal
WILL GO TO SALlDA WEDNESDAY
Arthur E. Gilman of Boulder, secre-
tary of the extension division of the
University of Colorado, who had gene
raj supervision over the preliminary
arrangements for the recent coufmun-
ity welfare conferences held here and
in Florence, will leave for Salida and
Leadville on Wednesday where he
will carry on for the next FIVE or six
weeks similar campaign to the one
in which he has been engaged in in
this county. Mr.. Gilman is a splendid
man for the work in which Re is en-
listed. and. in addition to the very
thoro preparation he makes. possess
es a faculty bordering upon genius
for leaving a good impression on the
people with whom l e comes in con-
tact during his labors.
PASSED THRU HERE LAST
FRIDAY.
Mr.. Bruce of Fruita, Colorado. was
here for a short time last Friday
while on his way home from Gary.
Indiana, where he had been to visit
niS uduBnleT' his. beTt hettie. MI
and Mrs. Bruce passed thru Canon
City by automobile three or four
weeks ago on their way to Chicago.
In western Nebraska they ran into a
cyclone and narrowly escaped losing
their lives and were compelled to
leave their machine there and COM
plete their journey by rail. Mr. Bruce
stated that during his visit here a
few days. that six inches of rain fell
in the Nebraska storm alluded to and
the bridges in every direction for
nifty miles were washed out. rendering