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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-30

$4,000 lbs tmore or less) good beef
5000 lbs. dry salt pork. delivered at
intervals OF 60 days
1900 lbs. Lard Compound in SO Ih
go gals. Cooking oil in barrels.
10000 lbs. best wheat flour tfo<
5000 lbs. smore or iess) yellow corn
5000 his 6more or iess) white corn
1000 lbs oatmeal tRolled oats).
cases Cream of Wheat
500 lbs Baking Powder, in ID. cans
100 lbs Baking Soda
50 lbs. Corn starch
5000 lbs Granulated Sugar.
1000 lbs. Table salt
1000 lbs. stock salt.
1000 lbs. Coffee tbulk).
eco lbs Chieory.
10 cases cases seS SSnSeaseS MiiS MIX tqaSrisS
10 cases Canned Corn.
10 cases Canned Peas
cases Canned Pears.
cases Canned Peaches
10 cases Canned TomaI5es tquarts}-
$500 lbs. Dried Raisins.
1000 lbs. Dried ApricotS.
$500 lbs Dried Peaches.
5000 lbs. Dried Prunes.
500 lbs. Macaroni tbulkl.
10 lbs. Bay Leaves tbulkl.
lbs. Ground Nutmeg toulk).
Is lbs. Curry Curry Powder.
100 lbs. Chilli Pepper, ground (bulkD-
$50 gals. Syrup. delivered at inter
cases Chloride Of Lime q Ib. cans)-
doL Scrub Brushes.
! dog. Horse Brushes.
10 doz- Parlor Brooms.
10 doK. SmeiIer Brooms
so eases Kitchen Brown Laundry
10 cases Ivory Soap. large.
cases Sapolio.
cases Toilet Paper.
rolls Butchers si-iuch Manila
j bundle No. Paper Bags.
i bundle No. 10 Paper Bags
Sooo lbs. Leaf Tobacco. delivered at
1900 yards Ss-ineh Amoskeag sca
1900 yards ss-ineh. OF. Canton
500 yards ss-inch sheeting. unbieach-
ed.
200 yards ls-inch Crash, brown
SO yards !S-ineh; 10 OK pnekins--
bolts Muslin. unbleRched-
bolt Gray Outing Flannel
bolts Bingham. blue check.
aoa No, 50 Thread, ciarS's o. N. t.
doL No. 40 Thread. ciark's o, n, T.
! doz No. 10 Thread. ciark's o. n t.
50 do1 No. "a Thread, ciark's o. Mt,
70 doA No. "a Thread. ciArk's o. N
spoois sieoo Iaras) No. o. Ma
IS doa. suspenders.
l50 doz- Pairs Socks.
1880 lbs. Leather. sole. oak tanned
1000. lbs, Leather. Reilly. oak tanned
500 #. Leather. crome Upper extra
500 II, Leather. Velour Calf. Med
/ dez sheepskins,
IS Gro. 6-t Shoe laces.
Also lot of findings used In ana
about a tailor shop and shoe shop
List will be furnished uoon appltczs-
tion.
Each proposal must be signed by
the Individual or Arm making "a. ana
ed by nj least two responsible parties
that the bidder shall. within ten-
(to). days after being called upon
furnish promptly the articles awarded
him to be furnished. and upon failure
to do so. forfeit and pay to the State
awarded, In dollars
Samples of merchandise positively
must accompany bids: otherwise bitlD
will not be considered
The Board ressrveo the right to re-
the Interest OF the state TO DO go
Payment will be made by the Poul-
.entisry vouchera. Appropriations %
An pa. ,ss % ,ssp,,;ss @ y; :. %us: s.-s.,,I y a.
Colorado state PenitentiAry. Canon
City. Colorados and must ~ oA0oFoe0
"prOp0nnln for Maintenance
Canon City. Colombo. NovembeR 1ths
\ =. W1c1Eal Dseal1saA- ial,t
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-30
NOVELS AND mecARRoN BACK

Messrs. A. r. Novels and W. J. Nc.
Carron were in Denver the early part
OF the week on business connected
with the Nowels-Stockton Mercantile
Company. While in the Capitol Cit
Mr.. Novels placed an order for i'm
mediate shipment of the finest line
of Edison Diamond Disc phonograph'
his music department has ever car
ried.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-30
FRED RlEOE GROCERY TO MOVE

The Fred Riede Grocery will move
next door into the store formerly oc-
cupied by ]. Newell Wright as soon
as the location is renovated for their
occupancy.
Fred Riede has been in his present
store for fourteen years and has built
up splendid business.
The change has been made neces.
sary because Of lack OF room. The
new store will give the Riede Com
pany better facilities for handling
their increasing trade and for dis.
playing and storing their goods.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-11-30
FORMER RESIDENT PROS
PERING IN ROUTT COUNTY

J. F. Wilson. at one time connect
ed with the dairy business in Canon
The Press., 1916-11-30
That Bad Back

Do you have dull, steady ache in
 the small of the back sharp, stabbing twinges wien. stopping or lifting distressing urinary disorders? For bad
 back and weakened Kidneys Stafford Springs residents recommend Doan's Kidney Pills Read this Stafford Springs woman 8 statement.
 Mrs. Charles Fregeau. 37 Westfnrd Ave, Stafford Springs, says: 1T had suffered from backache off and on for five years. Every little cold settled on my kidneys and the least bis of excretion caused my back to ache terribly. There were times my back was SO bad, I had to take to bed. couldn't stoop over without being seized by pains and could scarcely straighten up. At night, my back painei me so oouldn't sleep we'll. I doctored and took medicine, but got no relief. Finally, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills aud the trouble disappeared. When my back feels a little weak now, use Doan's Kidney Pills andsthey soon make me better. ' Z Price 5Oc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get ,Doan 's Kidney P Pills--t the same that Mrs. Fregeau had. Foster -Milburn Go. Props, Buffalo, NY.
The Press., 1916-11-30
The Cleaners.

Cleaning is wrongly believed to rest on a common law right iii England. and a legal obiter dictum exists that q man who enters field for this pur-
 pose cannot be prosecuted for tl .spass.
 But majority of judges in the old
 court of common pleas decided that to grant general right to glean would
 be contrary to public policy, because
 1t would demoralize the poor and
 .'open wide door to fraud" Yet a local custom of gleaning has been rec
 ognized repeatedly by acts of parlia
 ment, and in some places the ''glean-
 ing bell'' still rings from the tower of
 the parish church twice 8 day during harvest to let the villagers know when
 they may begin to glean and when \ they must stop. Ruth's romantic in dustry seems unknown in Ireland and has never existed in Scotland Chronicln
 You, the operator and the person you are calling must all do your part to make perfect telephone service
The Press., 1916-11-30
Our Two Brains,

Nature, according to a new theory has given us two brains, just as she has given us pair of eyes, hands and ears, which help each other to do the work of the body.
 Every one has two brains, but hc uses only one for intellectual purposes. If a. man is right handed he uses the left brain. The left handed one uses the right brain. Which brain we are going to use is therefore decided by which hand we make use of first when we are babies.
 The brain which is not being used for the intellect helps the other to min ister to the body. It also serves as an emergency brain in case of disease or acf ident. Sometimes memory or speech is destroyed by accident, and if tht, second brain is trained 1t may do tn work of the other which has been de. strOyed. It is easier to train the brain in this way if the patient is under thir- ty years of age.
The Press., 1916-11-30
Air Men and Altitude.

"A man can go up 15,OOO feet by rail or on foot without more than short ness of breath and occasional nose bleed," says an experienced British aviator, but not every man and not even every seasoned tiier can stand jumping up to 12,OOO feet in the half hour that some of the machines can negotiate that height in. The difficul. tvs almost entirely physical, and 1t all depends upon how a man is made whether or not his flesh and blood will accomm odate themselves to the suddenly reduced pressure of the at mosphere. There's no growing used to it. If it. gets you once it's pretty sure to do it again. At the best you may only have a bad headache and a sort of boiled owl feeling for week. At tile worst you faint, lose control O. your machine and ar3listed among the casualties of cause unknown
 And the flier added that the sooner man learned his altitude limit the better. There's plenty of useful work below 12,OOO feet" he said, flor the man who begins to blow up,' mentally or physically, above that height."- Lewis R. Freeman in Atlantic.
The Press., 1916-11-30
WHITE OF THE MOON.
What Causes Fair Luna, In its Color
 to Rival Pure Snow?

What Causes Fair Luna, In its Color.
 to Rival Pure Snow7
 The moon has no light of its own and shines through being illuminated by the sun. What sort of surface must the moon have to reflect the light SO whitely as it does? This question is put fOrcibly in a letter to Nature from J. Evershed of Srinagar, Rash mir, who describes the moon as far whiter and more brilliant than the snow clad summits of the Himalayas when these are still lighted by the sun. He writes:
 Why does the moon appear so white if 1t is composed of rocks similar in re- fecting power to those on the earth? The rock surface of the moon should reflect far less light than the cloudy surfaces of Venus and Jupiter, and 1t would be of interest if those who know would explain the apparent whiteness of the moon as seen in daylight.
 "A direct comparison of the moon with terrestrial rock surfaces illumi- mated by sunlight is possibly to some extent vitiated by the superimposed blue light scattered by the intervening air, which may affect the color of the moon. Yet it is very difficult to be- lieve that this can convert the grays and browns of rock surfaces into an almost pure white.
 "On several occasions in this valley I have compared the waning moon, setting behind the Pir Panjal noun tains, and, of course, in full sunlight, with extensive snow fields. These snows are perhaps fifty miles distant, and there is considerable amount of blue scattered light superposed on the snow, although less than on the moon. Also the light absorbed by the atmos- phere is approximately and may be ex- actly the same for each if one consid- CTS the whole path of the light from sun to snow and thence to the ob server. When the air is transparent enough to see the moon clearly it ap- pears to me to be distinctly winter than the snows, which seem dull and yellowish in comparison
 MT. Evershed throws out the sugges- tion that the moons surface may be covered with ice.
The Press., 1916-11-30
What'a In Name?

If the heart has atrophied, having attained that wisdom which is mainly disillusion, a name is nothing much. But if the heart keeps young a names the world and all. What man of parts, choosing a book at random, would hesitate between "Paolo and Frances ca'' and Peter Simple or spend his money for Martin Chuzzlewit' if his eye fell on "The Last of the Mohi- cans" or "The Master of Ballantrae" in the next row of the stall? And, of all right spirited young sprouts of sensibility and good romantic proclivi- ties, who would not rather love girl named Eleanor than one named Mary Jane? Who would not rather follow commander named Nelson than one named Henry Simpkins? Who would not rather go to sea in ship named the Talavera than in one named the Goldfish? Who would not rather sight the land of the strait of Sunda than at Bracket bay?-New Republic.
The Press., 1916-11-30
Laundries and Crime.

Among the many minor aids to the detection of crime possessed by Scot land Yard authorities none is more efficient than the Register of Laun- dries,' huge brass bound volume containing lists of all establishments in the kingdom where washing is talk. en, together with the distinctive signs and letters employed by each in mark. ing their customers linen and under clothing.
 Practically every laundry has it's own private mark, usually combina- tion of two or more letters of the alphabet. Following these, on each article sent by customer to the wash is a number corresponding to the said customers name in the books of the concern.
 It is not difficult to see how this practice may be turned to the advan- tage of the police, and, as matter of fact, it has been the means of bring ing to justice at one time and another quite large number of criminals London Mail.
The Press., 1916-11-30
About Greenbacks.

Not a great many people have talk en the trouble to find out why Uncle Sam's banknotes are printed with green backs. The great drawback to paper currency is the likelihood of counter feiting. and this danger has been the chief reason for the constant study of experts, who seek plan whereby bills cannot be copied.
 Stacy J. Edson was the man who. in 1857, invented the green ink which Uncle Sam uses, and this he patented. It is anti-photographic-that is. it can- not be photographed, nor can it be moved with alkalis by countcsfciters working to get a facsimile of the notes. The secret of the inks insre- dients. of course, is carefully kept Exchange.
The Press., 1916-11-30
Shin Siunals at Sea.

There are various ways In which ships signal at sea. The most general method in daylight is by code fi;tgs and pennants, these being arranged ac- cording to an international system of signals. But sometimes, owing to weather conditions or distance, it is not easy to distinguish the colors, pat terms or shapes of the flags, and then other methods have to be adopted. Chief among these is a system of ex hibitiag cones, balls and drums, va rious orders and positions representing different things accolsling to the recog. nized international code. One combi- nation means, Show your ensign; an other, Is war declared? Another, War Is declared. Another, Beware of tor pedoes, or channel is mined. Another Enemy is in sight. Another, Keep a lookout; enemy's ships reported about disguised as merchantmen, and so on
The Press., 1916-11-30
CARIBOU OF THE YUKON.
Caution of an Old Bull In Guiding and
 Guarding His Herd.

Caution of an Old Bull In Guiding and
 Guarding His Herd.
 In his book, ..Campares In the Yu- kon." Harry A. Auer tells how his par ty watched through powerful glasses an old bull manage herd of caribou
 "Friye miles into the sea of peaks above our camp we saw herd of thirty-fOur caribou that had been sum- mering in the high attitudes, but were now driven out by the winter and were on the march to lower levels. There were cows, calves and small bulls in charge and under the strict domination of a fine old bull with big head, which we decided not to shoot for fear of alarming the sheep that might be |, within hearing distance.
 i've were quite content to watch the old patriarch manage his large family. We saw him lead the way to small willow patch, and after his flock had browsed few minutes he deliberately drove them away and headed them down the valley toward us. rushing first on one side anl then on the other and finally at the rear of the column, trying to keep his charges from strag- gling or wandering off the course.
 When the caribou saw us at about 200 yards they started to stampede in different courses. but the old bull ran to the head of the column and changed the leaders course and. utterly regard less of his own danger from us, he rushed about, herding the animals in the way he had selected and was him. self the last to follow. and as the ny ing band vanished around low ridge the old fellow was charging a few smaller bulls from behind, driving them, forward to make compact for ma finn '.
The Press., 1916-11-30
MaAcilasa Alarm.

Am forwarding a barrel of spruce gum as a gift" wired a Vermont man to a friend in Boston. Gee whiZ.'' calculated the Boston man. That's more gum than my family could con sume in several lifetimes." So he went to his druggist and arranged to have him take 100 pounds or so at fair price. Congratulating himself on being so much in pocket, the Boston ma'i awaited the arrival of the barrel. It rame. It was three inches high.-Ex- change.
The Press., 1916-11-30
SuperHuity of Flesh.

The charming station of B., in Savoy gives assurance that its waters are particularly efficacious against obesity It is not rare to meet in the streets of this little place imposing groups of stout danes who have decided to fol low the rather vigorous treatment there employed to transform them selves into sylphs. To recover the slenderness of youth they resign them selves to maceration in the sulphurous water at 30 degrees c. The tub i'll which this bath is taken is intended at most for two persons. Recently three bathers were introduced into this mar row receptacle. A fourth appeared who insisted upon entering the tub whereupon one of the naiads cried out ""Eh, madame, don't you see that there is already more meat than soup?'-Cri de Paris.
The Press., 1916-11-30

Charles Eager is building a cottage on the corner of Furnace avenue and Edgewocd, adjoining two recently built by himself and F. F. Patten. The opposite corner lot on same streets has been purchased by E. J. Sweet.
 Report of school in the Street. 4th district, for the term of twelve weeks, ending Nov 19, taught by Anna Fisk. Scholars not absent or tardy Willie Foster and Mary Fisk; less than two days-Maud Underwood and Josie Lombard. Not tardy-John Hewey, Richard Arthur, Willie and Grace Fisk, Mary, Miltie and Frank Smith, Tommie Hughes, Henry Ducharme, Laura, Minnle and Lola Rider. Per feet in Spelling Smith and Jennie Goodell Whole number scholars, 26; average attendance. 1919. ..
 PerAect in attendance for fall term of 1885: High school-Mary Bid we'll, Sadie Comins, Edith Eaton, Mary Marble. Minnie Neff, Myrnie Washburn James Comins, Willie Heald, Bernie Holmes, Fred Howard, Oleon McCollum, Charles Pinney, Harry Preston, Ernest Taft. Grammar Carrie Comins, Nellie Converse, Jennie Davis, Bertha Haskell, Mary Lathrop, Florence Parsons, Nellie Richards, Alice Sharegge, Clara Sibley. Jessie sidaway, John Bellerose, John Fuller, Frank Richards, Ernest Royce. Intermediate Edith Cushman, Grace Richards, Kitty Smith, Florence Wash burn, Rose Webster, Hattie Weir. Edith Whitman, Clarence Banford, Fred Blair, Chas. Converse, Fred Fuller, Clarence Preston, Louie Stevens. Primary-Flora Bolieau, Grace Converse, Adeline Sharegge, Gertrude Smith, Annie Spaulding, Leon Bellerose, Frank Harris, Geo. Stevens, Fred Sweet.
 School in Dist. No. 1, Union, closed Thursday, Nov. 18th, Miss Belle M. Weld, teacher. The winter term commences Dec. 7th, with Miss Ella M. Corbin as teacher. School in Dist. No. closed November 2Oth, Miss E. Shippey, teacher.
The Press., 1916-11-30
souneinq Bet.

Leaves from the bouncing Let are responsible for the beautiful comp,ex ions of the English girls, who crush the juice from them and make lath- CT by shaking it in water. The pant grows everywhere in profusion. send ing out numerous underground runners as we'll as spreading its kind by seed. The stem is quite stout, with smooth. erect, unbranched length. At the top are clustered numerous pink flowers with deeply notehed or cleft petals.
 Sometimes the plant Is called the soap wort" because of the use made of the leaves. In England the plant blossoms from July until September. profusely in waste places. It was one of the first foreign flowers to be intro duced into this country and thrives in our gardens and hedges.-Philadelphi North American.
The Press., 1916-11-30
PICKING A LOBSTER.
Always Select One That Kicks and
 Struggles Vigorously.

Always Select One That Kicks and
 Struggles Vigorously.
 When you go to pick out lobster for cooking select one that kicks. Such is the advice Mrs. Mary c. Pickett gives in the National Food Magazine, the editor of which calls her the lobster queen" and says she is the best known lobster broker in the United States.
 Mrs. Pickett quotes the ancient He brew law against eating anything that has died of itself, and says that the moment lobster is taken out of salt water it begins to die and it's flesh to deteriorate. So the excellence of a lobster depends in large measure on the length of time that elapses between his being taken from the water and his being served at table. When a lob ster moves his claws feebly he is near ly dead and. though not unfit to eat, his flesh will not be firm and tasty.
 Keepers of first class restaurants have experts to select their Holsters. These pick them over as soon as re ceived, sending some to be boiled at once and reserving others for broiling.
 The finest Holsters come from the coldest waters, and Mrs. Pickett says those caught south of Cape Cod do not amount to much, their flesh being not nearly so firm as those from Maine waters.
 The only way to tell if a lobster is in really good condition is by its liveli- ness. If it struggles vigorously, Hops ts tail and makes wide open init its .laws," it is all right; if it is lethargic, opens it's claws wearily and shows no sign of fight, it is dying and should be let alone, for it is not cheap at any price.
 '"Thc lobster" writes Mrs. Pickett, .'should be boiled in the morning for use at dinner and kept in very cold place, but not in direct contact with the ice, and 1t is better not to remove the meat from the shell until just be fore preparing it i'll any desired way
 No invention has effected so much advantage at so small a cost 70 the individual participant as tile telephone.
The Press., 1916-11-30
FOR SALE AT CRYSTAL LAKE

Four Cottages and Fifty Desir-
 able Building Lots on shore of
 Crystal Lake; also Two Good
 Farms. Cottages to rent for
 season also Land to camp on. ans of Cottages and Building Lots on display the following places T. F. Garvan, Real Es te, Room T. Prescott Block, Rockville, Conn. ,uis Koelsch, at Hotel, Crystal Lake Conn. anley's Shoe Store, Stafford Springs, Conn,
The Press., 1916-11-30
The Eateful Maaaaa aa,

Hubby-Didn't I telegraph you not to bring your mother with you? Wife. -I could not help it, Frank She in sisted on coming after she'd read your telegram.
The Press., 1916-11-30
ORIGIN OF WORDS.
Expressions Sometimes Stray From
 Their Original Meanings.


 The word "sw eethcart" seems every. thing it ought to be for eypreSsiveness. One would naturally think that it had been coined for the occasion, like such a word as "honeysuckle."
 But that is a deluSion and snare. 1t has no more to do with heart than it has with lungs" It is a word that belongs to the class which includes "sluggard' and coward and dull ard and ''niggard." Pretty company for q poets word! But it is true, though sad. that sweetheart ought to be spelled "sweetard.''
 Who has not joined ill country dance? Of course the country dance reminds one of maypoles and merry makings and harvest homes. Sir Roger de Beverley and his quaint rural man. ners and ways seem inseparably con. nected with the dance. But it has no more connection with fields and hay, stacks and cornricks than the turkey trot. The partners in the dance face each other. and the French therefore called it "contre danse." There you are! The secrets out.
 What are ''kickshawS?" Just the - Fren~ Il ''qUelqueS chooses" which means anything
 What is the origin of tramway? It is short for Outram way, because d man named Outram invented them, just as a man named Macadam invented mac adamized roads.-London Answers.
 Traditions of Mother Shipton.
 Of all British prophets Mother Ship ton is beyond doubt the most cele- brated. She was, in fact, all that a prophet and witch should be, in strange contrast to the serious and scientific Nostradamus. The day she was born the sky became dark and gloomy and, according to her biogra. pher, "belcht out nothing for an hour but flames, laundering after a most hideous manner" Her personal ap. pearance, described by her admiring biographer in 1862, is scarcely flatter. ing: 'Her physiognomy was so mis shapen that it is altogether impossible to express fully in words or for the most ingenious to line her in colors though many persons of eminent quail. f1cations in that line have often at tempted it. hut without success"
The Press., 1916-11-30
Speed ExhiIaration.

"A dollar doesn't go as far as fl used to-"
 "No," replied Mir. Chuggins cheerily. but it goes lot faster."- Washington Star. .-sa A
The Press., 1916-11-30
IfMothers Only Knew

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chi dren re- lieve Feverlshness, Headache. Bad stomach, TeeJhing Disorders, move and regulate the Bow els and destroy worms. They break up colds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for g years. All Druggists 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Mother Gray Go, LeRoyy N. Y.
The Press., 1916-11-30

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, labor CTS, rely on Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, bruises. Should be kept in every home. 25c and 50c.