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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-08
WILL VISIT HERE FOR SHORT
TIME.

Miss Rita Johnson, one OF the teach
ers of the Rockvale school. has recov-
cred from an illness of several days
duration resulting from an liberated
tooth. She hfs been the guest Of Mrs.
Jane Williams here, but left wednes'
day for Rockyale. She will go tn
Canon City today, where, after a
short visit with relatives. she VIII
leave for Greeley to spend the sum.
Nor vacation with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. III. Miller ard family.
Miss Johnson has been retained a.
teacher at Rockvale for next year with
. very material increase in salary
Florence Citizen.
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MUST HAVE UNIFORM
CROSSING ON HIGHWAYS

Denver, Colo, June, 1.-All steam
and electric railroad companies oper-
ating within the state of Colorado
must begin Immediately the construc-
ton and maintenance of safe, smooth
crossings at grade with all public high
ways, such crossings to be construct
ed in confo1 nifty with uniform plans
and specifications set forth in an or.
der issued today by the State Public
Utilities Comm ssion.
Each common carrier must furnish
also sketches and data concerning
each public highway crossing on its
lines, this information to be filed with
the Commission within 80 days or
forms to be furnished by the Commits
sion. These sketches and the infor
nation will be made a permanent file
in the office of the Commission.
The order affects every common car.
rier operating within the state
whether interstate or intra-state IL
character. and will apply to 367t
grade crossings. only 25i of which
are protected at present by gates. flag
men, "wig-wag" signals. bells, OF
other safety devices in addition tt
the customary crossing silns.
1t was made following an exhaustiv,
investigation by the members of the
commission and employees. who fount
many of the 1922 unprotected grade
crossings. and some of the protected
grade crossings, dangerous in tina
the approaches thereto, as well as th'
crossings themselves, contained ruti
and humps and uneven road surflc
ing.
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CUT THIS OUTFIT Is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip. enclose with &c and mail it to
Foley & Co.. Chicago. ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for lagrippe coughs. colds
and Group; Foley Kidney Pills. for
lame back, weak kidneys, rheumatism,
bladder troubles. and Foley cathartic
Tablets. wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic, for constipation.
1iliousness, headache and sluggish
,owels Sold everywhere.-adv
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new CHAPLAIN At THE S
PEN on THE JOB

Rev. =. E. Cain. recently appointed
by Governor Carlson 10 be chaplain
at the state penitentiary as the sue
cessor of the late John G. Blake. are
rived here from the western slope on
Wednesday OF this week and the fol-
lowing day entered upon the duties
OF the position. Rev. Cain. who for
several years has been engaged in
evangeiistic work in this state as n
minister OF the Congregational
church. has made his home in. Mont
rose for number OF years past. He
hes wife and family. who VIII join
him here shortly.
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CLOSING EXERCISES At
ST. MlCHAEL'S SCHOOL

The close of st. Michael's parochial
school for the summer vacation was
characterized by a large gathering of
its friends in the assembly hall of
the school building on Macon ave1
nue. Tuesday evening to witness the
concluding exercises. The school had
an enrolment OF sixty-five pupils and
the work done during the past year is
highly gratifying TO its patrons. The
program given by the pupils Tues
day evening. which was splendidly
presented. follows in its entirety:
Chorus-"Welcome, Kind Friends
School.
Recitation-"Aint Glad Amt a
Girl'-Francis Morrison.
Action Song-''This Letter Is for
My Papa"-Minims.
THE Jolly Bakers"-Boys (Perpara-
tory.
Recitation-.Boy Wanted" Bern
ard Tyo.
"The Disseminated School.
Recitaaon-'1The Average Boy" by
Loretta Esser.
Little Negroes"-Boys Qnterme-
diate.)
1.-The Blue Bells" Girls tselect).
Recitation-"The Son OF King
for Me"-Aubine Eeles.
Waiting for the Train"-School.
"Farewell'-Bernard Tyo.
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4 HACKING COUGH WEAkENs
THE SYSTEM.

Don't suffer with a hacking cough
that has weakened your system-get
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
in use over 40 years, and benefting
all who use ii. the soothing pine bal
sam with tar heal the irritated air
PASSAGES soothes the raw spots
loosens the mucous and prevents
racking the body with coughing. DR.
Kings New Discovery induces natural
sleep and aids nature to cure you
adv.
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GOING IzAAK ONE BETTER
(Ry PETER sTERLINe)

ha, ha, there wasn't any in the coun-
try big enough but what an ant would
be too large to swallow. Snake lini-
ment. Ha! that was some joke.
Say, but that was a hot old day,
One of those regular Iowa scorchers
when nothing but the corn could feel
satisfied with life. 1t was 80 everlast.
ing warm that the water itself felt
like staying in the shade to keep
from getting blistered.
But those merry fishermen didn't
mind. The hot old sun for them. Be
lieve me. they enjoyed it. 1t was a
good thing they had brought that
snake medicine along-it made them
cool. Yes, 1t made them cool-for
awhile.
Along about noon they got sleepy
1t was drowsy old day anyway. A
little snooze was what they needed
Just another drag on that snake bite
(Ha! some joke) and on to merry
dreamland they'd go.
They did That stuff certainly had
a somniferous effect. Their snoars
soon Joined in ragged chorus to make
the sawmill buzz sound like beautiful
melody.
They had slept for fifteen minutes
Suddenly from the depths OF those
placid mud-fast waters. midst swish.
ing and swirling and terrific churning
arose a horrible nightmare of gap
ping mouth and serpentine length.
They awoke. One look was enough
my God, I'm drunk" What tn hell's
that" i've got 'em. I've got EN-
and away they went. pell nell. They
never touched five fo-t fence -Four
strides took them across a corn field
They just manufactured speed
When they reached the edge o:
town they gained courage. They
slowed up. for IL would not do for staid
and corpuient business men to seem in
a hurry. They looked at each other
with terrified eyes and then sneak
ed down back alleys to their homes
and up the back stairs to their beds
And the snake? Not a word about
1t; not ON your life. Those kind were
never found only In two places: in
the jungies and in Delirium Tremens
Iowa certainly wasn't any jungle
and -. There was only one
answer. One peep about that sight
and the state inebriate asylum for
three merry fishermen.
That night three trips were planned
to distant cities where Keeley Insti.
tutes flourish.
The next mornings paper contained
an interesting story OF the wreck. One
reading. and three proposed trips were
Immediately abandoned. Life was
again as OF yore.
And the snake iiniment, Ugh, 1t
was no joke.
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CARD OF THANKS.

We take this means Of conveying
pur thanks to the many friends who
SO kindly came to or assistance dur
ing the last illness and at the time
of the death Of sr no.her. Mrs. Alb
bic Dixon Conroy. who was laid to rest
in Lakeside cemetery last Saturday.
MRS. NTLLIE CRowDER.
CHARLEY CRowDER,
TOMMY DIXON,
MR.. and MRS. FRANK DIxoN.
127plt.
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Loo~ eoop-FEeL GOOD

No one can eIrner feel good nor look
good while SUFFERING from constipa-
ton. Get rid of that tired. draggy. life
less feeling by treatment of DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Buy a box to-
day, take one or two pills tonight In
the morning that stuffed, dull feeling
is gone and you feel better at once.
25c at your druggist.-adv.
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A long freight train Tearing the
cars of Dollman Brothers circus was
snorting and groaning it's way over
a long, steep grade near Blake City,
Iowa, one hot day in mid-spring when
suddenly grinding and crunching
and sudden spasmodic jerking told
only too well that broken rail had
sent the train into the ditch. A blind
man could have told it was circus
train. Instantly there was the roar
of enraged lions. the trumpeting of
frightened elephants, the neighing of
frantic horses and all was bedlam
of noise.
Suddenly. above the turmoil OF
sound and bewildered action. arose
the terrifying cry, "The snakes. the
snakes. They're out! Look out every.
body; the snakes are gone. Look out
for the Boa!"
| Instantly the wreck itself was for
gotten. The humans, for the most
part. sought places of safety, the
braver gathering only sticks for pro
lection. The large Boa Constructor
Of which the circus boasted was the
reptile most feared. All eyes we're
turned, searching for it.
But there need have been no worry.
The Boa. released from the smother.
ing and cramped confinement, felt the
thrush OF free air and slid silently
hn ir,,p aadf int ohgf t1
the grassy slopes OF the right-of-way
Under barbed wire fence it went
into the nearby cornfield and wriggled
OF toward the slrggsh waters OF the
classic Boone, a brief quarter of a
mile away.
| Three prominent business men OF
Blake City, that bright. happy. May
morning threw OF the usual cares OF
ribbons, OF loans, and of prunes and
with turned-down panamas. fishing
paraphernalia and cans of bait ambled
merrily away toward their favorite
fishing spot at Big Bend on the sleep.
ing Boone.
They had gone prepared for the day
not only for the catching of a good
mess Of fish but also for any exigen-
cies that might arise on an excursion
of this nature. They carried plenty
of snake liniment.
Singular as it may seem. in coun.
try where only harmless garter and
green snakes slip silently about. that
snake oil got plenty OF attention. II
had to be tested before the opera.
tions Of the day began. II had to be
sampled to celebrate the landing OF
the first catfish. despite the fact that
IT was small enough to make a suit
able watch charm. Yes. and It had
to be-and It was-taken at frequent
intervals thereafter whether excuse
offered or no. And the snakes: Ha.
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CARD or THANKS,

Deeply touched by the Kindness OF.
friends. neighbors and the memte-s
of societies for their courtesies, ex-
pressions Of helpful sympathy and
tender Of many beautiful flowers in,t
the time of our bereavement we take
this method of conveying to them our
thanafulness and appreciation.
j. r. cORRIN.
LEoRA CoRR1N. ?
KERRY CoRRIN,
FRANKLIN CORRrN.
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VISITING FRIENDS HERE THIS
WEEK

Miss Esielle Calvin OF Minnequa
heights is visiting friends in Canon
City.-Pueblo Chieftain.
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The following letter was received a
few days ago by A. Page of this city
from his daughter, Mrs. w. B. Phelps,
and will be interesting reading to
her Canon City friends. Mrs. Phelps
whose husband is mining engineer,
has made her home in Seattle since
her marriage couple of years or so
ago. In the course of her letter she
says:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10

people. Under the old and more rep
resentative bicameral system of coun-
ellis the citizens of the several wards
managed to keep in closer relation
with the municipal administration,
which is extremely important to the
development of a competent and effl-
cient conduct of public affairs.
Through the various civic bodies
such as the Chamber of Commerce,
the Civic Club, the Rotary Club and
the other associations. the five COM
missioners now managing the city are
enabled to hear from their con-
stituents, but even these agencies do
not always speak loudly enough upon
the subjects which ought to have the
consideration of the municipal man
ayers. 1t is doubtless the wish of
these FIVE men in authority to know
what the public wants, but unless
there is a more emphatic expression
of the popular will our officials can
hardly be expected to understand
what is in the public mind.
1t would be most unfortunate to
have the community lose interest in
lis own important affairs through any
lack s,of communication with the
proper administrative authorities. In
deed, this menace of the commission
form of government is giving many
thoughtful people pause, and care
must be exercised by the officials
themselves that they do not lose touch
With tho sentiment nf the rom nnnitN
Also. there is a tendency when gov
eminent Is concentrated in the few to
assume an attitude of personal owner
snip which is often manifested in
disregard of the expressed will of the
people. OF course, this sort of thing
may always he remedied at the sue
ceeding election, but many serious
lapses NAV occur during the period of
waiting which follows any indifference
of an offending official.
Now and then an arbitrary and in
different attitude upon the part of off,
cials leads to reaction and a breaking
down of civic pride. This is serious
loss to any community and must be
regarded with alarm whenever 1t oc-
ours. Fortunately Tor Harrisburg
there has been little of this sort of
thing. but tendency in this direction
is now manifest in the rather trifing
attitude OF City Council toward the
placing of the Hershey statuary. This
gift Of a S25,OOO group, accepted by
the city IN good faith. was a municipal
transaction and the comparatively
small amount of money necessary to
set UP this statuary in some proper
place should not be permitted to inter-
fere with the placing of the group at
the coEt of public ridicule.
Some way should be found to carry
out the original plan and we believe
the City Council should approach the
matter in serious way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10
DOWN WITH THE WIRES

NITY COUNCIL doubtless will pass
u the Lynch ordinance granting
permission to the Cumberland
Valley Telephone Company to lease its
underground Conduits to the Western
Union Telegraph Company for the
purpose of eliminating overhead wire
lines in the heart of the city. The
difference between Market street be
fore the removal of the poles and after
ward is an example of the desira bility
of removing all wires possible from
the standpoint of the city beautiful.
If the city is amply protected in the
way Of fire and police alarm systems,
the contract with the telephone COM
pany granting the city free use of the
conduits. it would he folly to allow the
spare room in the pipes to lie idle
while the Western Union wires are
obstructing the downtown streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10
Women After the War
New York Tribunel

War is often pictured by the radicals
as retarder of progress, a destruc-
tive force that disarranges fine pro-
grams and sets back the hands of the
clock. However you view the merits
of the case, one obvious exception is
being already noted by observers
everywhere. Feminism, in the darkest
sense, has received a sudden and
utterly unforeseen push ahead as an
incident to the great war. The move
ment of women into industry and to-
ward economic independence has
raced forward at a reckless pace since
the days of Liege. For what women
are doing in factory and field, for the
realization of power which has come
to them, and especially for the conse-
quences to men and women alike after
the war. this sudden shift in occupa-
tion and thought promises to furnish
one of the most serious problems of
readjustment in the decades to come.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10
Americanism
kansas City Times1

Kansas City TimesI
I'm straight United States and
nothing else, and that is all any man
ought to be in this country"
That was Theodore Roosevelt's
reply to q suggestion that he should
pussyfoot to get the votes of the kind
of Americans who are not straight
United States. It was a reply that
will meet the emphatic approval of
ninety-nine Americans out of every
hundred. That is, of real Americans.
If there are those who believe such
words should not be spoken, they are
not Americans. They merely have a
post office address in this country.
If there are those who believe they
should vote for an American President
as Germans or Englishmen or French
men, they are not Americans. If they
are in America for any other purpose
than to live and vote, and If need be,
to fight, for the best interests OF Am
erica, they are not Americans.
If there has been any uncertainty
about what constitutes an American,
if there has been any doubt about the
meaning of Americanism, Theodore
Roosevelt has cleared up that un-
certainty and removed that doubt. 1t
Is a way he has when speaking. It
is a good American way. Those who
are not straight United States now
know where he stands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10
THE FAMILY BUDGET
By Frederic J. Haskin

ward thrift. The great men of all
the nations have been holding forth on
the value of economy, and the words
of an American financier have been
quoted widely IF you want to
know whether you are destined to be
a success or failure In life, you can
easily find out. Ask yourself but one
question: Are you able to save money ?
If not, drop out of the procession,
for the seed of success is not in YOU"
So, thrift has ceased to be ignom-
inious but the great trouble lies in
the fact that many people don't know
how to save. When factories and
other business enterprises desire to
save more money, they secure the SER
vices of an efficiency expert, who
points out various places where there
is unnecessary waste. But the house
holder has nothing to guide him but
his own common sense. There are
many different ways of saving, and
what Ia successful in one case will
not prove so in another.
In every household, however, there
should be a budget-a simple system
of bookkeeping whereby the income is
distributed into various divisions, in
oluding shelter, food, clothing oper-
attng expenses, which comprise heat,
light, laundry, ETC.; education, amuse-
[Continued on Page 13l
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Three-Cent Lunch

For Ave months this winter the
Whittier School has been selling to
any pupil who wished 1t a hot nour-
ishing luncheon at the noon hour.
To start the system an old cook
stove was put up in the school kitch-
en-. Eleven tables were arranged by
fastening together unfinished boards
| 2 feet long, and placing them on saw
horses Ten tables, 12X2 feet, sup
ported by two or three horses each.
we're put up. These boards were
covered with white oilcloth. The sum
of s45,77 was spent for dishes and
kettles.
OF course the classes in cooking
could easily prepare the luncheons,
but that would give them no variety
in their class work; so ii was thought
best TO hire a cook who should be on
hand from half-past eight in the
morning until half-past twelve. The
cook not only prepares the luncheon
but sees that the tables are clean, and
that the serving tables are set up. As
soon as she has served the hot dish
her duties end. Al cleaning up aft
er lunch is done by seven children
who earn their luncheon in this way.
Four Of girls-wash and dry
the dishes. Three or them-boys-
clean the lunch room. The work of
cleaning up takes thirty minutes un-
less over 100 children stay to lunch.
How does one know how many to
provide for? When the child comes
into school in the morning he takes
his three cents to his teacher and re-
ceives from her attn check, stamped
with the school letter. This check
is his receipt. About 20 minutes aft
er the beginning of the session the
cook is told how many checks have
been bought, and therefore how many
luncheons are to be served.-South-
ern Workman
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POOL TABLES AND CHURCHES

w in a church or p permitting rnH' ns''e a
church society to- establish
such an amusement device in it's quar-
ters constitutes compromise with
the devil is the momentous question
being considered by special commit
tee of the Presbytery of Syracuse, New
York, following a controversy which
threatens TO disrupt the aristocratic
old First Presbyterian Church of AM
boy that State.
Upon the report which the special
investigating committee will make
hinges the fate of amusement, not only
in the Amboy church, but in all the
churches of the Syracuse Presbytery.
The controversy is due TO the recent re-
vival in that city of Billy Sunday, who
favors the use of mems clubs to bring
men into the church.
The pastor of the Amboy church
and the chairman of the board of
trustees of the congregation favor pool,
billiards. checkers and backgammon
as means to attract those into the
fold who heretofore have wandered
"out on the hillside alone" as the re-
vival hymn has it.
Opposed to them are large number
of the congregation. Both are thor
oughly in sympathy with the efforts of
the pastor TO convert the erring ones.
but one protesting elder voices the
opinions of the opposition when he
asserts that Jesus never advocated
the installing of a pool room in the
church with a devil under the table as
the means TO draw men and boys into
the fold"
All of which is piffie and drivel.
Many who do not approve of the
methods as a whole OF the Rev. Mr.
Sunday will agree with him in this
The sainted Dwight l.. Moody was as
fond of game of billiards-or pool
as anybody, and, it is said, kept table
in his own home. And nobody ever
accused Mr. Moody of being in league
with the devil Quite the opposite.
Poolis of itself as harmless as golf
and as an adjunct to the mems room
! of a church might be made a very
helpful and attractive influence. In.
stead of getting "all het up" over a
little matter like a pool table-whicf
is lawn croquet in a sublimated form
the Syracuse Presbytery might devote
a little more time 10 considering why
so many pool parlors are attracting
young men who ought to he in the
church and who might he there bu
for the stern and forbidding attitude
OF those whose business it should be &c
throw as many lures around church
affliation as the social club does abou
its membership. 49,. ....
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To-mOrroW

He was going to be all that NOR
tai should be,
Tomorrow.
No one should be kinder or braver
than he
Tomorrow.
A friend who was troubled. and weary
he knew,
Who'd be glad of a lift and who need
On him he would call and see what he
Tomorrow.
Each morning he stacked up the let
ters he'd write
Tomorrow.
And thought of the folks he would
fill with delight
Tomorrow.
1t was too bad, indeed, he was busy
to-day,
And hadn't minute to stop on his
way;
More time I will have to give others
Tomorrow.
The greatest of workers this mar
man would have been
Tomorrow.
The world would have known him haC
he ever seen
Tomorrow.
But the fact is he died and he faded
from view,
And all that he left here when living
was through
Was a mountain of things he intended
" Tomorrow.
Edward A. Guest In Detroit Free
Press