The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-18

FRIDAY

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Sheetz returned Thurs-
day from Roise, Idaho, where she
spent the past six months with her
daughter, Mrs. w. T Wallace.
w. N. CLARK TO CRIPPLE CREEK
w. N. Clark went to Cripple Creek
Thursday where he viii spend seve-
raj days on business for the Light
company.
DOWN FROM euFFEY.
Mrs. E. w. Hammond and her daugh
ter, Mrs. r. A. Halliday, came
down from Guffey Wednesday even
ing and will be in town till Friday,
attending to several matters of busi-
ness.
WERE MARRIED BY JUSTICE
| Vern Jarman of Champaign, Ills,
and Miss Edna Smith of Clarksville,
Tennessee, were married by Justice
of the Peace John r. Kennedy at the
latter's office, 430 Main street, We'd
nesday afternoon. The contracting
parties are both connected with the
Southern Amusement company. now
playing a weeks engagement here.
RETURNS FROM KANSAS VISIT.
Mrs. Chas. Cass and daughter. Mary
Agnes returned home Thursday from
months visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs NJ. Ruttgen of Cswe-o. Kans.
HERE FROM RocKvALE.
Mrs. Elmer John and two children
of Rockvale came to Canon the first
of the week to spend some time at the
home of Mrs. Margaret Williams on
River street
MRS. JACKSON DOWN FROM THE
RANCH.
Mrs. Jane Jackson came dop n from
the ranch near Nlicanite to spenu =
week with her son c. c. jackson OF
Rudd avenue.
WILL SPEND SUMNER IN EAST.
morning on the Santa Fe for Peoria,
Ills, where she will spend the sum-
mer with her aunt.
MR.. GIBsoN's BROTHER HERE.
w. NJ. Gibson, manager of the Glib
son Lumber & Mercantile company at
Grand Junction came over Wednesday
to spend several days with his broth
er d. f. Gibson and family.
MAIL CLERK SPENDS FEW DAYS
| HERE.
John D. Rover, mail clerk on the d.
& r. c., between Salida and Alamosa,
left this afternoon on No. 5 after
few days vacation spent in town.
LEFT FOR HOME TODAY.
Mrs. John Kettle of Westcliffe and
daughter, Mrs. Adams of Hillside, and
the latter's two children left on Rio
Grande train No. 1 this afternoon for
their homes in the Wet Mountain val
ley after couple of weeks visit with
relatives in this city.
SMALL FIRE IN SOUTH CANON
A small fire in South Canon at
1870 O'Clock Thursday afternoon dam
aged the cottage at $50 Chestnut
street to a considerable extent. The
fire department responded promptly
/ to a call made upon It, but was unable
to reach the scene until the flames
had made great headway. The upper
part of the house, including the roos,
was destroyed. The fire resulted
from a defective fue. The loss will,
probably. not exceed a couple of hun
dred dollars.
MoToRED TO SPRINGS TODAY.
Mrs. Grace Yates, Misses Ruth
Johnson. Roxie Wood, Este Yates and
Harlan Wood motored to Colorado
Springs this afternoon to attend the
Interscholastic Track meet at Colo
rado college.
D. w. ROSS TO LA JUNTA.
d. W. Ross is in La Junta for day
or two in connection with legal mat
ters.
TELEPHONE LINE THRU GORGE
| REPAIRED.
The private telephone line to the
waterworks intake station in the Roy
al Gorge, which was badly damaged
by the snowstorm of ten days ago,
has been repaired and is again in
working order. The restoration of the
line was carried on under the super
vision Of John Chetelat, superintendent
OF the waterworks system, and re-
quired several days hard work for its
Accomplishment.
MR.. NOVELS IN FLORENCE
A. r. Novels is a business visitor
in Florence today.
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