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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
0W FELLOWS TAKE m
MEETING AT PUEBLO

A party of Ods Fellows, represent
ing Wa.do's Encsmpment No. 10 of
this city motored To Pueblo at noon on
Tuesday at the Invitation of Lincoln
Encampment No. IS of Bessemer to
witness the comforting of the Royal
Purple degree on six candidates. The
visitors were delightfully."- entertained
by the generous hospitality of the Pu-
eblo fraters and their day there was
a very enjoyable one. In the party
were Messrs. A. l.. Earl II. w Had
ley. E. w. Thomas. J. H. Horney.
Claude Smith. Ed. S. Miller, f. w.
Jerks. c. II. Edmonds Icilius Mann
and Peter Peterson.
While in Pueblo some OF the visit
ors called on Postmaster Clark Coop
er who is recovering from an operation
for appendicitis at Minnequa hospital.
and found bin 10 be getting along
nicely. He expects to be able to re- !
turn to Canon City early next week. |
The motorists found the roads to be |
in excellent condition on the outward |
trip. but muddy and hard to travel ON
the homeward run in consequence of
q heavy rain during the afternoon.
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MAPLE HARL NEARLY BLINDED
At ARMY TRAINING CAMP

In recent letter TO Truman Stock
ton Maple Hari, who is at Ft. Logan
II. Roots Arkansas, stated that he
was nearly blinded in a sham battle
recently and was confined to the hos
pitaL
Maple belongs 10 the officers training
school at the Fort having been sent
there from Chicago University where
he was First Lieutenant or the law
school cavalry troop.
He had completed most OF his train
ing and was taking part in big sham
battle when blank cartridge explod-
ing in the ground near him threw dirt
square into his eyes practically blind
ing him for the time being. Mapel said
in his letter TO Stockton that. owing
to the accident, he feared he would
not get a commission and that he
would have TO continue on al the
second training camp which starts
soon
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
MISS GEBHARDT or LINCOLN
PARK MARRIED SUNDAY At
THE FAMILY HOME -C0!M!!!M!!G! 0!M!!!M!!G!

A homecoming of the family OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Gebhardt. of Lincoln
Park. Sunday afternoon was made the
more memorable by the marriage OF
their only daughter. Miss Ida Laura
,Gebhardt to Allen NJ. Biggerstaff.
In keeping with the spirit of the
gathering. the ceremony was very in
formal and was 10 part OF the family a
surprise The Rev. Armentrout per.
formed the ceremony.
The wedding was the elimination
of an acquaintance which began in
Columbia, Missouri. where Miss Geb-
..ssaTiii nad prosperous practice piss5;.sss g.: .
doctor of chiropractic. Mr.. Bigger
stan was at that time editor of the
Columbia Daily Times. When Miss
Gebhardt was called home early in
the summer by the sickness of her
father. Mr.. Biggerstaff took charge OF
the Gebhardt ranch during the vaca'
ton months. The FIRST gathering o.
Miss Gebhardt's family in eight years
auoiuru tut iAUst Httihe diue VI INC
summer for the wedding.
Mrs. Blggerstaff was educated in
the schools of Rice county. Kansas
and Campbell College at Holton, Kan
sas. She is also a graduate of the
Davenport. Iowa. school OF Chiro
practic. Until the last few years she
has lived with her parents in Canon
City and is well known here.
Mr.. Biggerstan-s home is a, Platts
zurg. Missouri. II was while he was
taking the course in Journalism a,
Missouri University that he was fore,
man and later editor and manager OF
the Columbia Daily Times.
Those who were present at the
wedding were the brides parents. Mr.
and Mrs. A A. Gebharct. Mr.. and Mrs
Guy T. Gebhardt. of Marion. Kansas
Mr.. and Mrs. p. r, Gebhardt. Of Can
on City. and Glenn l.. Gebharai. man
Hs~r of iir- Royal Gorge pavilion.
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VALUABLE PRISON HORSES
WERE KILLED BY lIGHIMiMG

n "1 -
The beautiful team OF sorTel horses
owned by the state and driven to
Warden Tynan's private carriage
were killed by lightning NJ the Glen
cairn ranch on the Canon Oty-Colo.
rsdo Springs road during an electric
F<orm last Friday evening. The
horses were taken to the ranch and
turned into the pasture several weeks
aso in order that they might enjoy
the grass and a romp in the open air
The warden sent man from the
prison TO the ranch on Saturday 10
bring them back 10 the penitentiary
stables end found them both dead
under a pinon tree where they had
been Killed by tlunderbolt during
a storm the previous afternoon.
These animals were very valuable
and IT will be almost impossible 10
duplicate them owing 10 the very
careful canvass made by the govern.
ment and agents OF the Allied powers
in this par, of the country during the
last year for cavalry mounts.
one OF the horses was eight years
old and the other nine and they had
been used at the prison since 1913
They could not have b-en purchased
for less than thousand dollars.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
WOW. ADOPTS
LARGE CLASS

AS the result of membership cam
paign that has been conducted in this
county for the last six weeks or two
months by one of the district organ
izers of the lodge a big class adoption
and installation of candidates was
held by the Woodmen of the World
at Odd Fellows hall Monday night. 1t
was a joint affair and Gate City Camp
No. Is of this city and Florence Camp
No. 3s were the benefciaries of the
increased membership of the order.
Thirty-fve novitiates were initiated,
twenty-seven of them from Canon
City and eight from Florence In ad-
dition TO these twelve candidates
from Florence and fifteen from Canon
City were unable TO be present Mon
day night and will be taken into the
order later
Monday nights gathering of the
made notable by the attendance of
the large number of men prominent
in the councils of the organization:
among whom were l. /. Boak of Dem
yer. head consul of the order; c. B.
Benson. of Denver. head clerk; Frank
P. Hawke of Pueblo. one of the board
of managers, and several representa-
tives from Pueblo camp No. 81.
The ritualistic work carried out
Monday night was entirely new. hav-
ng been but recently accepted by the
order. and was put on by the visitors
under the direction of Mr. Boak. 1t
was very beautiful and impressive
and conveyed valuable lessons along
moral. fraternal and patriotic lines.
Following the initiatory ceremonies
| light refreshments were served under
the direction of the committee of the
local camp.
Mr.. Boak. who is one OF the leaders
OF fraternaiism in the United States.
is president of the National Fraternaf
| Congress of America and is one of
the twelve members of the commits
A sion appointed few months ago by
+, President Wilson TO assist the govern
nent in formulating plans for the
4. care and comfort of the American
troops concentrating in the military
| cantonments of the country and fight
| ing in the trenches of France and
Flanders On January 18th. 1890. Mr.
Boak organized Gate City Camp OF
this city with a small membership.
1t has since grown into one of the
most influential bodies of its kind in
southern Colorado and now has an
enrolment of 455 active, aggressive
members.
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REV. FEM OF GOLDEN NEW
RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH

At a meeting OF the members of the
vestry of Christ Episcopal church on
Wednesday of last week II was unan.
imousiy voted to extend n call to Rev.
Don Frank Fem OF Golden. Colo. 10
become rector OF the congregation
here as the successor Of Rev. Floyd
Van Kcuren. resigned. The call has
been accepted and Rev. Mr.. Fem will
enter upon the pastoraie of the
church and take charge OF the parish
work On Sunday. September 9Th.
Rev. Mr.. Fem is n young man and
is highly recommended for the posi-.
tion he is about to assume by Bishop
Johnson of the diocese of Colorado.
He II married. but has no family. The
rectorate at Golden is understood to
have been the first he ever held. but
80 successful has been his work there
that efforts have been made thru
Bishop Johnson by number of
churches outside this diocese to Sc
cure his services as rector.
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ed villages. that were formerly held
by Germans
The roads are constantly full of
vehicles going and returning rrom the
front, ambuiances. infantry. ammuni.
tipn wagons. supply trains, sac.
The sights we see are very sadden-
ing: the widows in MOURNING are Wis
:hse everywhere in the tonsns: the
girls are all gone. either carrsed away
with the Germans are in The cities
working. The most pi,iful sight of all
lis the number of wounded men. all
blown 10 pieces: arms and legs miss
ing. blind men. every form oi mutiia-
ton imaginable.
l was certainly impressed with the
aeroplanes constructed in this coun.
Try: rotary moton with sometimes as
many as "a cylinders. l have seen
as many as 100 in the air at one time
and il certainly is a beautiful sight.
The speed they can make is wonder
full. sometimes 165 miles an hoar.
The French are expecting the U.
5. to do great things in this war and
to be the factor in soon bringing the
war to an end. Everywhere the Am
erican is treated with the greatest
respect and courtesy. This letter win
about weigh the limit SO will close
IL with best regards to my many
friends in Canon City.
Respectfully,
"a CLIFFORD s. DAVIS.
Address: s. s. U. 20.
convois Automobiles.
Par. B. c. NJ.
Paris. France. e
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
GOOD POTATOES GROWN
IN CANON THIS YEAR

TIL opinion has long prevailed that
in the Canon City district and the eSs
perience of number of ranchers and
gardeners who have tried the expert
ment here in recent years has been
such as to convince them that there,
is more or less truth in it.
There have always been doubters,
however. that the belief was well
founded and a few potatoes are plant
ed here every season TO try-out the
proposition; sometimes with good re-
suits and sometimes without compen-
sation. 1t is agreed that there is
nothing inherently wrong with the
soil or the climate and failure seems
TO be due more TO excessive irrigation
than to anything else. Occasionally
excellent potatoes are grown here:
success apparently. depending upon
the kind OF cultivation given them
and the degree OF moisture to which
the soil in which they are planted is
subjected.
Those who are trying the potato
experiment this year seem TO have
been lucky and are promised good
yield. In the window of the Record
Office are some nice looking potatoes.
of good size and smooth, even surface
Part of them Were grown by Frank
Stienmeier at his ranch on Four Mile
creek and others by VIII .R. Paxton
at his home on Orchard avenue. East
Canon Both have reason to expect
good returns, aitho the amount OF
ground they have devoted 10 them Ia
small. The variety grown by Mr.. Pax,
ion are the Early Ohio and rAere
planted about the first of May From
en- pounds OF seed he is counting ON
'hout hundred and fifty ponds OF
potatoes.
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Bud" DaDis LZ1rites From
Somewhere ;a France,

Clifford $. Davis. best known here
as Bud" is the first Canon boy 10
reach the front. He is with Salt
Lake City ambulance unit and is now
behind the front trenches caring for
the wounded.
Bud" is well and popularity known
in Canon He worked for the Ford
agency there not over year,ago
He writes entertainingly and well
and his letter is part OF the biggest
news for the home folks in the paper
today:
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J, J. MORRISON WILL AGAIN
MAKE HIS HOME IN CANON

Mr.. and Mrs J. ]. Morrison and
family returned to Canon City on
Monday from Silver City. New Mex
Sco. and will again make their hane
i'm this community. a year or so ago
they removed to Silver City where
Mr.. Morrison went TO take a position
with the Empire Zinc company, with
which corporation he had been pre-
viously employed here Mr. Morrison
comes back here under transfer to
The local plant of the company.
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upon the eyes depends to great de-
gree upon the background against
which the light .s seen. An electric
light. unshaded. against q dark velvet
wall. for instance. win be found much
more trying to the eyes than the same
light would with q white wall behind
II.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-16
rrees Alene F.nee..

Trees along the fences add beauty
o the surroundings. They attract use,
ul birds and often serve them a. a
~frsat from storms and birda Of nrsv.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
HUNDREDS ATTEND
ELKS OYSTER ROAST
Dancing Is Feature of Big Celebra-
ton of Local Lodge.

More than COO rollicking members
and merrymaking friends Of the Elks
of Washington aided and abetted in
the murder of John Barleycorn in the
club rooms OF that organization last
night. The last oyster roast OF the
association at which the spirits of
Bacchus were allowed to be present
was a fitting climax to the predeces-
sors of the entertainment.
While temperance organizations of
the city were celebrating a victory
over booze. the members of the Elks
club cheerfully helped TO put the Of
ten accused breaker OF homes into
everlasting oblivion.
The ball room was filled to capacity.
The dining hall was taxed with hun
dreds Of diners. And the rathskellar,
scene OF many happy days for many
happy individuals, overfowed with
happy pail bearers.
Beginning at $50 O'Clock the merry
making lasted till the witching hour.
Many late comers were turned away.
Creamed oysters, steamed oysters,
roasted oysters, oyster cocktails were
on the menu.
The crowd was a typical Halloween
crowd. Halloween and frivolity with
all the synonyms were in the air.
This will not end the oyster roa SITS
ot the Elks. They will continue. But
doubt Is expressed whether or not,
so cheerful a crowd will ever again
pack the hall as filed it last night.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
JUDGE ABANDONS
night court PLAN
Mullowney Decides to Escape Jury
Trial Demand.

On second thought. Judge Null
lowny and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Ringgold Hart decided not
to have a night court. Not that they
hesitated to spoil the fun of hundreds
of Halloween celebrants. but because
of the fact that one man, IL he had
been arrested for drunkenness, could
have tied up the whole court pro-
cedure by demanding jury trial,
and then have his lawyer talk the
jury to sleep.
Under these conditions. the whole
legal machinery OF the District
branch of the Police Court would
have been put in operation to try
one case and even them with no
certainty of finishing it before the
law itself died. With these condi-
tions probable It was just as well
not to have court until this morn
ing. with persons arrested last night
for celebrating will be arraigned on
charges OF disorderly conduct or more
serious charges.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
KALLIPOLIS GREETS
WITCHES AT Dance
Balloon Dance Feature of Halloween
Affair.

Gobllns. witches and black cats
held sway last night while 800 mem
bers of the Kallipolis Grotto. their
sweethearts and friends danced to
the syncopated airs of the jazz band
at Rauscher's.
Ballet girls. geisha girls. Red Cross
nurses, jockeys, tramps, negroes, all
with the one thought OF having a
good time would have lead a visitor
to think that the affair was one for
all nations.
Throughout the evening many nov
elites were introduced, one being the
balloon dance, when hundreds of bal
looms were released from the walls
and sailed over the ballroom.
In the absence of Chairman Henry
T.ansburgh, c. p. Boss acted as chair
man. and welcomed delegation from
visiting Grottos.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements were: Lloyd J. Hinman,
James Holmes, II. J. Simmons, Will
liam F. GUIDE, Fred Kramer and Vic
tor Evans.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
Good-by, John-WeTl Miss You
By L. M. B.

ByL. NIB.
Your death knell has sounded, John Barleyeorn,
And perhaps It's better
You've slaughtered and ruined, John BarIeycorn,
And it's time for you to 60:
Yet you've ighened and cheeed when things wrong
And you made pleasant hours when coupled with song
Though that you're passing, regrets but few
So Goodby John, but-Wen miss you
You've been wicked and roguish John Baheyeorn,
And you leave trail of woe
You have broken up homes, John Bareyeorn,
Before you told to 60;
But there music in the tinle of ice in your glass
And sighs come apleny, now, that you are to pass,
But it's written indelible, you can't start anew,
So, Good-by John, but-WeT miss you
As you for your sins, John Barleyeorn,
We hope that you well know,
You're reaping your harvest, John Barleycom,
For you have sunken low;
But there's been many times when woes have fed
And who will chase blues away that you're dead
But with your good fellowship you've wrought soow too
So Good-by John but-Wel miss you
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01

the Avenue. The majority of them
for once forgot to be brusque, and
kept remarkable order simply by
'Jollying the crowd along"
sss
1t was nothing for the rank and
file OF Gen. John Barleycorn's fading
battalions to come face to face with
some hideous creature remindful of
other days, and upon more than one
occasion there was a swift sweep of
the hand across the eyes and the
startled exclamation, Thank the
Lord, it's all over; I'll never get 'em
again arter tonightv'
One Of the favorite forms OF amuse-
ment among the kids was to give the
saloons a good send-ofr on their down
grade. This was especially true in
cases where the proprietor hung on
like grim death to a dead Indian and
seemed eager to make all he could
while the making was good. In such
instances, wherever a light was found
burning in the doomed liquor estab-
lishment on the principle that "wher-
ever the light is seen to burn the viii
est sinner may return" the boys act
ed like a lot of Apaches with a vic
tim at the stake, dancing around In
fiendish glee and pulling off all kinds
of stunts at the expense of the one
inside performing the Ajax act. In
several instances the irate saloon
man virtually took the bull by the
horns and undertook to chase the
boys away, only to be met with re-
Dukes that placed the Sheppard bill
in the piker class.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
ONLY FORTY ARRESTS MADE.

every inch Of ground In the National
Capital
In his big house on upper Ma.ss-
ohusetts avenue. Representative Nor.
ris Sheppard. Texas, the originate,
of the bill that SO greatly affected
the National Capital, 10 sitting be-
fore an open FIRE with q smile Of sat
isfaction on his strong face.
! Twelve o'clock draws near-the hour
when a simple tick OF the clock al
saloons and wholesale liquor estab.
lishments in Washington will cease te
exist. He stretches. The clock striker
twelve.
The phone bell rings and Mr.. shep.
pard says, Hello" And while q
guard Of policemen are dutifully pa
trolling in front. in back and on botf
sides OF the house, he answers many
rapid-fire questions hurled at him b.
a reporter on the other end OF the
wire.
Mr.. skeppard's Comment.
Yes, I think # is the greatest
thing that ever happened to the Dis.
tirct OF Columbia" he says to the
reporter. He bangs down the re-
ceiver and goes upstairs to bed
What do you think the police did
last night TO punish those who be.
came drunk? You know they aban.
doned the proposed night court.
Court officials were not anxious &c
have this known, for they expected q
Bacchanalian revel when the fact thai
there would be no prosecutions fol
drunkenness leaked out But leak ou'
1t did.
Night Court Abandoned.
The whole idea of holding NIGH
court to prosecute cases under the
Jones-Works law expiring at mid.
night. was a tentative plan which
was played up by the newsps pers
when Judge Mullowny decided e
abandon It the things was kept quiei
for the aforementioned reason
No case Of drunkenness. OF course
would be prosecutahle under the new
law today IL the misdemeanor vert
committed last night
In cases where drunkenness prompted
last night the offenders were arrested
and placed under arrest on a charge
! Of disorderly conduct.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
SURGEONS MEETING
COMES TO CLOSE

One hundred and twenty-five of the
country's most prominent surgeons
are today well on their way to their
various home cities after the con-
clusion of the third joint meeting of
the Railway Surgeons Association of
the Pennsylvania Lines in Washington
for the past three days.
The convention came to a close
yesterday afternoon with a scientific
session. Addresses on the latest
methods of the treatment of fractures
were delivered by Col. William c..
Borden, stationed at the Walter
Reed Hospital: DIR. Frank Warner,
Of Columbus, Ohio; d. J. P. Hether-
ington, of LoSanport. Indiana, and
DR.. Budd Van Sweringer, OF Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
During the convention the latest az
piled methods of operation in delicate
cases were illustrated by motion
pictures.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
BOOZE And rum
|DONE and CONE
AND GOING SOME
song of Arts Club Bidding
Final Boodby to John
Barleycorn.

Trouble, trouble, booze and rum,
Done and gone and going some;
Doleful gloom and no more song;
No more fun. Goodbye. so long.
Gordon, Jordan, Mountain Dew,
Gin and rum and juice of prune:
Scotch and Dutch and Irish, too;
Troolooloo, trOoloo. trooloo.
This is the chant that vas grOaned
En chorus at the Arts Club last night
|as the members mourned the pass
Eng of things spirituous."
Each member brought n bottle of
some kind of alcoholic inspiration to
the party with him. This collection
|of donations was mixed together to
form a fearful and wonderful decoc-
tion. According to good authority. it
was made up of whisky. sherry, cham
|pagne, beer. creme de yvette, brandy,
chartreuse. ale, benedictine and creme
de menthe. Everybody enjoyed him
self.
ReyeIers Were Mashed.
Practically all present were marked.
Theer were witches and colonial la
dies and Oriental houris; also pier
rOts, MephlStOS aOd GeOre NaShlnS-
tons. During the dinner several of
the maskers performed grotesque
dances. The Count de Lafayette
obliged with a clog and a nimble
Pierot gave a clever pantonsmic
version Of his terror at the sight
OF a ghost. Halloween jingles COM
posed by Willard Howe were read.
and Mrs Bloch thrilled the diners
with a ghost story ending in an anti
climax
Witches, ghosts and gOblins we're
in every corner. Corn stalks. pump
kins, autumn leaves and other gay
decorations covered the walls.
Hostesses were AIRS. \. z. Gaynor.
Mrs. Felix GaTziglil and Mrs. Emma
PraW. while Mr.. Rudolph De Zapp
composed the funeral chant of the
passing spirits.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-01
Kerensky Stops Death
Penalty for Soldiers

Petrosrad, Oct. 81. - Imposition of
the death penalty on troops at the
front was finally and definitely abol-
ished today by a special executive
order from Premier Kerensky.
The situation at the front, as well
as internally, is greatly improved.
The German drive on the northern
front is generally regarded as ended
and actual warfare in Russia is not
expected to be revived until spring.