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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-13
SMUDGING IN ORCHARDS
FRIDAY NIGHT

A number OF ranchers on Lincoln
Park and in Fruitmere ignited the
smudge pots in their orchards Friday
night for the purpose of increasing
the temperature to prevent possible
injury to their fruit trees from the
frost. The fires, which were kept
burning all night presented beautiful
spectacle to people that were privileg.
ed to see them. A pail of smoke hung
over the smndged orchards early this
morn ns as result of the effort OF
the ranchers to combat the effects OF
the frost. The thermometer indicated
a temperature of twenty-five degrees
in some sections of the community ct
. O'Clock this morning but the injury
TO vegetation from the cold is not be-
lievcd to have been serious
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made" The resolution further states
that the apro ntee shall be subject to
-emoval from Office by the board Of
county commissioners in the event
hat he shall prove inefficient or un-
satisfactory from any cause.
Among the incidental duties of the
county agricultural agent Will be the
organization Of boys and girls clubs
the public schools to study agricul-
growing of grains. fruits and her-
res and to better understand and ap-
preciate the wholesomeness and value
of fruit growing. farming and their as
sociated industries.
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INCREASED DiMUR-
RICE CHARGE

CT 'n-erest to every shipper in the
state is the acton OF the State Pub
lie Ut.lities Commission in issuing au-
thority 10 all steam railroads OF the
state to increase demurrage charges
ON ears held more than Ave days after
delivery. This action was deemed
necessary by the railroad because Of
the countrywide car shortage. II is
believed that the extra charge will
result n cars being released almost
Immediately after their delivery to
unloading points.
The authority permits railroads to
charge 81 per car per day for three
days after the first As hours following 2
delivery. and to charre 81 per day for
efch day each car is held after that
time. The extra charge may le made
by any railroad by giving one diy's
notice to the Commission. Authority
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MRS. ELLEN LEWIS
DIED OF HEART DISEASE
SATURDAY MORNII. G

Mrs. Ellen Lewis OF Victor. Colo
r1do. wife William Lewis. prominent
dairyman of the Cripple Creek dis
trict. died at the home OF her niece.
Mrs. Fred J. Pennin9ton 51i Pike
avenue. at G:30 O'Clock this morning
from heart disease. Although Mrs.
Lewis had been an invalid for some
time her condition was not especially
alarming to her relatives and friend =
Until a short tine before the en1
came. She had been in Canon CITY
but a short time. having been brought
here from Victor about ten days ago
by Mrs. Pennington and her mother.
Mrs. Emma Swan, with the hope that
"a change of environment would do
her good. The patient did not expert
ence the benefit that had been anti
u ted might follow her coming here
and Mrs. Pennington and Mrs. Swan.
latter of whom is sister of the
deceased, had arranged to tale her
- Carthage, Missouri, today to try the
effect of lower altitude upon her.
Mrs. Lewis was looking forward with
pleasurable anticipation to the trip and
expressed the belief on going to bed
Friday night that She was able to
make the Journey unass!sted and nn.
attended. Her condition, however, he
came more threatening during the
night and she passed peacefully away
shortly after daylight this morning.
Her husband was here on Friday tn
see her. but she seemed better and he
left for home during the afternoon,
motoring back to Victor by way of
Colorado Springs.
Deceased leaves besides the hns-
band and numerous family kindred a
brother and two sisters. They are r.
G. Belts OF Los Angeles, Calf, Mrs.
Emma Swan OF Carthage, Mo, and
Mrs. Edward GImlett OF saIlda, Colo.
Mrs Swan was at the bedisde when
Mrs Lewis died and Mrs. Gimlctt VIII
arrive this afternoon MIR. evils is
also expected to reach here this even.
ing.
Mrs. Lewis lad severe attack of
pneumonia during the winter OF 1914
1915 and ancthor llncss OF similar
character a few months apo .whicl,
Isft her heart In Preatly weai.enad
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INTEREST IN TUNGSTEN
STRIKE NEAR GUFFEy

j. C. Hyssong came down from his
ranch on Thirty-One Mile creek Fri
day night and reports considerable In
terest among miners and prospectors
in that section over the reputed dis
covery there few days ago OF some
rich tungsten ore.
Mr.. Hyssong is not in any sense a
mining man and does not get excited
over such matters and relates the oc.
currence simply as news item without
expressing an opinion as to the value
OF the find. Tie discovery was mads
by some Cripple Creek prospectors in
the Moonlight Gulch country. which Is
in Park county thirty miles west of
Cripple Creek and about an equal dis
tance northwest of Canon City.
La Wednesday. according to Mr..
Hyssong. ore was found which he was
told carried tunesten in a paying guam
t'ty. The matter OF the discovery
WIS keIt quiet for o day or two. but
finally leaked out In Cripple Greek AMI
a rush of miners from there began TO
pun hhtO tHt litW nfiuH III gre u
hunters. Soon afterwards more and
richer ore was uncovered and the ex-
citement Increased
Mr.. Hyssong himself visited the
place. which is only about three miles
from his ranch. and learned that th.r-
~ or forty claims had already been
staked and tn I the territory was be-
ing prosrected In every direction.
Moonlight Gulch is located in a
mountainous and mineraIized belt
three and half miles northwest Of
Guifey and for years has been pros
pected for gold and silver. but with
OFT result The country is rough and
rugged aud the hills are scanned with
veins and leads of various kinds and
my contain tungsten and its asso-
ciated metu's In paying vnlues.
Mr. Hyssong, who Is giving but lit
tic attention 10 the matter. says II IL
impossible 10 say Mt this time what
the excitement viii amount 10. but IL
convinced that tho men who have ere.
ated II VIII not leayo the fold until
they have thoroughly exploited II. II
tunPstnn exists there In quantities
worth while Il VIII be mined and plac.
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UNIVERSITY BOYS
GAVE FINE PROGRAM

The Glee and Mandolin clubs of
the University of Colorado gave an
excellent entertainment at the First
Presbyterian church Thursday night
and were en- husiastically applauded
for their work. There was a large
attendance and the program was of
the sort that wins popular favor. The
instrumentalism and Is,neing were
both good and redeemed the highest
antioipat.ons OF thei friends. The
program was sufficiently varied in its
ccmposition and arrangement to show
the skill and versatility of the perform
ers and it was greatly enjoyed by all.
| The clubs have achieved for them
selves an enviahle reputation during
their present tour which is being car
ried out under the, direction of Prof.
Chadwick. have everywhere heen ac-
corded Hearty reception. The enter
ia 'nment here was presented under
the auspices of the South Canon high
school and the generous patronage
extended to it was a tribute to the
SPLENDID attainments of the oreaniza-
iJon3 giving it and the university
they represent While the coming
of the clubs to Canon City was purely
a business one 1t was much apprecia-
ed and was given a sincere welcome.
, The visitors, who are travelling in a
s-ec:al car. left for Pueblo at 1:30
this afternoon where they will give
d.,
The program was as follows:
Program:
PART /.
THE Stein Song Frederic Bullard
Glee Club.
Popular Selection
Mandolin Club.
"My Lady Chic" H. Clough- leighton
Glee Club.
Reading
Horace Pierce.
Pizzicato-from sylvia. l. Delibes
Mandolin Club.
Eileen" from old Killarney" -.
Allen Spurs
Glee and Mandolin Clubs.
(Tenor Solo-Anthony Cush}
Violin Solo
Herbert Miller.
PART II.
Serenade ............ G. Pierne
Mandolin Club.
Re ding
FORAGE H Pierce.
Col!e-e Sonss-
Glee and Mandolin Clubs.
Hawaiian Needles
instrumental Quintette.
Thine Eyes So Blue and Tender.
--.--....-.-- --..-..---. Lassen
Glee Club.
fTenor Solo-Horace Weils.l
Sextet from ,.Duciade Lammermoor"
! Mandolin Club.
In the Night" ...... Ludwig Liebe
Glee Club
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OBITUARY

| Florence, April S.-Daniel Rogers,
aged II years, and who for twenty
years has been resident of Florence,
died suddenly at the family home on
East Fourth street at $40 O'Clock
Thursday evening following an attack
of apoplexy with which he was strick-
en- while doing his chores about the
house an hour previous. The many
friends of deceased were shocked
when the fact became known that Mr.
Rogers was dead for he was seen
a out town as late as six O'Clock the
previous evening. He returned from
his milk route and complained of feel
ing badly. His condition became so
alarming that a physician was sum-
moned. The patient passed off into
a peaceful sleep and a short time later
when it was observed that his breath
ing was not regular. an attempt was
made to arouse him. but his life was
ext net.
Eaniel Rogers was born at Athens,
Penn. April 10, 1899 and would have
day on April 18th of this year. He
was united in marriage September 2i.
1866 to Eliza Draucker at Luthers-
burg, Penn. Mrs. Rogers still sur
yves. The estimable couple wou'd
have celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary this coming September
Mr.. Rogers early life was spent in
the vicinity of Williamsport, Penn.
where he was engaged in the lumber
business. He later moved to the west
ern Pennsylvania oil fields which we. e
especially active at that time and con-
Quoted a successful mercantile bust
ness and was prominent in public and
political affairs In the year 1856 Mr..
Rogers was attracted to the West and
located in northwestern Nebraska
where he followed the occupation of
a farmer for seven anil half years.
About this time the Oklahoma cou.i-
try was rapidly settling up and he
transferred his family abode to that
section remaining for two and a half
years. The family came to Florence
in the summer of 1896 and during
their long residence are classed among
the most substantial and loyal citizens.
Mr.. Rogers was a remarkable man
in many ways. Altho his hearing has
been affected for a number of years,
he was always alert to matters of i'm
portance in county. state and natioa.
He was close observer and made a
study of public issues and was able ID
discuss them in thoro and intelli-
gent manner. He made a house to
house campaign of the residents OF
Eastern Fremont county when his son
Blake. made successful race for
county treasurer at the last election
and the victory was the most satisfy
ing event of his life.
There were seven children born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers, four of whicn
survive, as follows: Park, of Colo
RADIO SPRINGS: Blake. of Florence: i:
Ford. of Salt Lake City: Mrs Sarah
Van Gorder. of Athens, Pa. Deceased
is also survived by three brothers.
John Rogers. of Athens. Pa, Henry. Of
Royton. Okla, and George OF Elkins,
Okla.
The funeral will take place Sunday.
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Ch1lQren Dry
FOR FlETcHER'S
casio RIA
RETURNED FROM FLORIDA

Mr.. and Mrs. Deios Hull. OF North
Fifteenth street. parents Of Mrs. Geo.
S.nden. returned Thursday from
several months sojourn i'm the south.
They spent the greater part OF tho
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CONDITION. and as result her vitnIlty

condition. and as a result her vitality
was at a low ebb.
Deceased was born in Pennsylvania.
but had spent the greater part OF her
life in Colorado. She was in the 9Th
year OF her age.
The funeral arrangements have not
heen announced. but will take place
here. Burial it is understood. will be
at Lakeside cemetery.
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VISITED PUEBLO SCHOOLS LAST
TUESDAY.

Prof, w. II. Ray. superintendent OF
the Canon City public schools. visited
the Central and Centennial high
schools in Pueblo ON Tuesday OF this
week, He says many OF the Pueblo
teachers are planning TO visit Canon
City on the occasion Of the meeting
% The Agora or Southern Colorado
sehoolmnster'si club. here during thu
apple blossom searon.
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ed uron the market: II not the horde
Of mines and prospectors will soon
abandon it for more alluring territory.
MIR. Hyssong brought down with him
samples OF the ore. which he will have
assayed and tested with a view Of
.scertain.ng Its value.
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Don't Endure
Itching Skin
->-..
Wll.1

We urge aii skin sufferers who Save
sought relief in vain. 60 try this liquid
wash. the ~. u. II. rrrNcription for Ec-
rema- All skin diseases Yield instantly to
its soothing oils Its ingredients. oil ot
wintcrEreen. thyfnoi and Elyccrine. havs
been used by doctors for years In the ciirs
Of the skin. The liquid form carries the~s
healing inErrdentr down through the pores
o. the root of the fi-ra-e.
Druggists arr glad to recommend this
soothing. cooling liquid 2-c. 5Oc and 81 %.
Come to u and we VIII tell you more ahput
this remarkable rsfncdy. Your money back
unless the frst bottle relieves you. u. u. u.
Soap keeps your skin healthy. Ask about IL.
- - ~ For IS Years
Un the Standard
skin Remedy
CORNER DRUG STORE
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CORNER DRUG STORE

to make this extra charge expires at
z a. m. June i5, 1915.
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
PRESIDENT NOW
HAS UPPER HAND

Washington Feb. 21.--Aftcr can
vassing each senator Democratic
Whip Lewis reported to Senator
Stone that the opposition to the pres
ident could not prevail and recon-
mendel that the Gore and Jones reso-
lutions warning Americans to keep off
armed ships Of belligerents be allow
ed to come to a vote as soon as the
authors desired.
Discussion of the submarine issue
was kept from the floor of both
houses. Senator Stone, holding the
lid in the senate, prevented the intro.
duction of even local bills, saying he
would not offer the opportunity for
any debate.
Serious attempts to pass warning
resolution over the presidents head
have been temporarily abandoned. BY
a parliamentary maneuver in the SEN
ate consideration Of the Gore and
Jones resolutions were avoided
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
IN NORTH DAKOTA
I.cWs Of the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
BONDING COMPANIES APPEAL
Mill Carry Decision Holding State Law
Valid to the Federal Su-
preme Court.

The state supreme court decision.
hclding constitutional the law passed
by the last legislature, creating Il
state bonding fund and department
ana authorizing the commissioner Of
insurance to issue bonds to county,
village, city and school district Off
GERS in the state, will be appealed to
the United States supreme court for
final decision This is announced by
counsel for bonding companies that
are testing the question of consttn-
ticnality.
Counsel for the companies assert, as
do also officers Of these companies,
that they are in favor of a bonding
law that will regulate rates. but they
do not believe that it is within the
province Of the state to go into the
private business OF bonding officers
OF the state, county, villages, cities or
school districts
They also contend that the law is
not operative inasmuch as the bill
only carried with it an appropriation
OF $1,000 year for carrying on the
work. which, it is asserted, is not suf-
ficient for more than the purchase Of
postage STAMPS.
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
OUGHT TO KEEP OUT
OF EUROPEAN WAR


Washington, Feb. 2S.-President
Wilson told members and guests at a
Gridiron club dinner that America
ought to keep out OF the European
war at the sacrifice of everything ex-
cept this single thing upon which her
character and her history are founded,
her sense of humanity and Justice
Il would be just as much ashamed
to be rash as | would be to be a cow
ard. Valor is self-respecting. Valor
is circumspect. Valor strikes only
when it is right to strike. Valor with
holds itself from all small implications
and entanglements and waits for the
great opportunity when the sword will
flash as if it carried the light of heav-
en- upon it's blade'
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
LODGE BEHIND PRESIDENT
Republican With Wilson, but Bryar
Supports Opposition.

Washington, Feb. 26. = Senator
Lodge, ranking Republican member of
the foreign relations committee, de-
clared in statement that he is in full
accord with President Wilson's views
on the submarine issue, as expressed
in his letter to Senator Stone. and
that he will stand by the president.
kilograms to congressman from
William Jennings Bryan, former Sec
retary of state under President Will
sen, supporting the movement for
warning Americans off armed ships,
have begun arriving. Representative
Bailey of Pennsylvania received one
and planned to read it from the floor.
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
Will Not Sink Merchant Ves-
sells Without Warning.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS
Submarine Commanders Must Be Sure
Ships Are Carrying Guns Before
Trying to Destroy Them.

Washington, Feb 29-German sub
marine commanders have been in
structed not to sink without warning
any enemy merchant vessels unless
the presence OF armament on board
such vessels ''is proved"
Such information, it was authorita
lively stated. was laid before Secre
tary of State Lansing by Count Won
Bernstorff the German ambassador. in
response to inquiries Of the American
government concerning tie new sub
marine campaign OF the central pow.
ers
Austria is prepared to stand by the
same assurance, Secretary Lansing
was informed by Baron Zwiedinek, the
Austrian charge daffaires, who called
following the visit of Count Won Bern.
storf, to bring the response of his
government to the American inquiries
According to authoritative sources
Count Won Bernstorff was directed in
part, to say:
NO enemy merchantmen is to be
tcrpedoed without warning, unless the
presence of armament on board such
vessel is proved"
Method Not Altogether Clear.
How the proof is to be furnished in
individual cases is not made altogeth-
er clear in the written memorandum.
1T is understood from reliable quar-
ters, however, that the German am
bassador expressed the personal opin-
ion that the submarine commanders
have been instructed to look for such
proof in the actual use of the arma-
ment.
The memorandum, on the other
hand, is said merely to add in this con-
nection that the German government
is convinced from examination of the
alleged secret orders" of the British
admiralty that all British ships that
are armed are under specific directions
to attack hostile submarines on sight.
Secretary Lansing refused absolute
1y to make any comment as to the i'm
preston made on him by the. memo
randum.
Before announcing the attitude of
the United States the secretary will
confer with the president
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
ARREST BRIDE AND HUSBAND
Texans of Prominent Family Charged
With Murder.

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb 29.-Mrs
Katherine Vance Harrison, twenty
five-year-old bride of Charles Harri-
son. nephew Of Mrs. Charles Culber-
son, wife Of the senior United States
senator from Texas, was released
with her husband after they had given
$4,000 bail each on charges of MUIR
der filed against them.
The police said Mrs. Harrison had
confessed that she shot and killed w.
R. Warren, a hotel proprietor, and
claimed that he had wronged her be-
fore her marriage
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
Charge of Numbering Marian La
bert Goes to Grand Jury.

Lake Forest, H., Feb. 29.-Before
the calling of the preliminary hearing
for William H. Orpet, charged with
the murder of Marian Lambert, Lake
Forest high school student, before
Justice of the Peace Henry Wicker
nan, Attorney James H. Wilkerson
representing the defendant, announc.
cd that his client would waive ex.
animation.
The case will be considered by the
March grand jury.
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
BRITISH VESSEL HITS MINE
Many Lives Lost When Steamer NJ
LOLA Goes to Bottom.

London, Feb. 29.-The British
steamer MaIoja has been sunk by a
mine, $50 persons being drowned.
The sinking took place two miles off
Dover. The steamer, a 12.431-ton YES
,sel, was owned by the Pennsular and
Oriental line.
Several smaller steamers also we're
blown up along the English coast and
it is believed the recent severe storm
has set powerful mines adrift.
F'iftytive passengers and ninety-six
OF the crew comprised the dead in the
Maio1a disaster. The company's
agents gave out a statement saying
26o persons have been saved.
Courier Democrat., 1916-03-02
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Events Throughout North Dakota
Concise|y Related.

Jacob Alexander, Jr., Of Kief, i'll
with rheumatism five months, crept
from his bed and hanged himself.
A new city directory gives Dickin-
son a population of 5,766. This is an
increase of 500 over the directory OF
two years ago.
Major w. l.. Belden. pioneer settler
and Indian trader. was honored by
Shields Odd Fellows when they named
their new lodge Belden lodge No. 1856.
Bismarck was selected by the North
Dakota Society of Engineers as it's
1917 meeting place at the conclusion
of the annual gathering at Grand
. Forks.
With the bodies of their seven-year-
old son and their four-year-old daugh-
ter, who died in the past few days,
Mr. and Mrs. John ~ Page left Rugby
for Sleepy Eye, Mimi, where the chill
dren were buried. The former died of
pneumonia and the latter of appendi-
citis.
When Carl Kiebert of Center
Il
pencil in his vest pocket entered his
chest above the heart and broke off.
Another inch and he would have been
killed physicians say. The pencil was
removed by physician and recovery
is expected.
The inheritance tax measure, under
which alien nonresident heirs are
compelled to pay taxation four times
greater than paid by resident heirs,
was declared unconstitutional so far
as that feature is concerned. by Judge
G. A. Pollock in the Skarderud test
case at Fargo.
The National Association of State
Supervisors and Inspectors of Rural
Schools elected as president N. c.
Macdonald, state inspector of rural
and consolidated schools of North Da-
kota. l.. j. Hanniffan. state inspector
Of schools in West Virginia, was elect
ed secretary.
Arthur Deamer newly elected super
intendent of schools at Fargo, is super
intendent of the Laporte Ind)
schools. He is graduate of the In
diana state normal school at Terre
Haute; Of the University of Indiana,
with the degree of b. A., and of Co.
lumbia university, New York city,
with the NJ A. degree. He will locate
at Fargo early in the summer.
Darlington has entered in competi-
tion for the location of the proposed
packing plant that will be erected in
North Dakota by the North Dakota
Union of the American Society of
Equity At meeting of Darlington
business men the question was thor
oughly discussed and the sentiment of
the gathering was that every step DOS
slble should be taken towards getting
the plant.
More than 100000 bushels Of grain
will be marketed in New England be-
fore the close of the 1856 market
ing season, according to estimates of
local grain dealers. Already 944 cars
of grain have been loaded at that
point. Indications are that about 60
per cent of the grain has been mar
keted. There are 100000 bushels of
grain in seven local elevators, while
farmers still hold much of their
wheat.
kilograms received at Fargo from
M. G. Straus, president of the First
National bank Of Casselton when it
was closed, and G. II. Anherr, national
bank examiner, who are in Washing.
ton comforting with the comptroller of
the currency, indicate the bank will
be reopened for business shortly. All
directors have put up $4,000 each
with the exception of one, who has
put in $4,000 to assure the opening of
the institution. ~