The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-10
MAY HAVE TO POSTPONE
Upi AMTiMc nAyU

III Tue event VI RAIN On 1nuTSudy,
or in case the ground is too wet for
work at that time, Gardening day
will be postponed from May 10th to
a later date. when, it Is hoped the
conditions for planting will be more
favorable.
MISS McLAIN TO MONTANA.
Miss Merle McLain left today for
Columbus, Mon. where she will visit
Mrs. Herbert Combs. nee Miss Veda
Ragsdale. formerly of Canon City. She
will be gone a month OF six weeks.
WE'RE MARRIED MONDAY ON
MONDAY EVENING
Miss Genevieve Stewart and Adel-
bert r. Davis were quietly married
by Rev. D. J. Elsea, pastor of the
First Christian church, at the home
of the groom's mother. Mrs. Norton,
SIS River street, at o'clock Monday
evening. They will make their home
in Canon City.
OVERLAND GARAGE GETS Ex-
PERT MECHANIC
Mr.. Kiser Ryan, an expert mechan-
ic. who has been foreman OF the re-
pair department Of the Overland Gar
age in Pueblo has come to Canon
City and has taken charge of the
local Overland Garage Of which
Messrs- Hill and Hill are the rroprie-
tors. Mr.. Ryan has had many years
experience in motor repair work and
90 4f khn, hnot tr.
mechanics in southern Colorado.
NEW CHAPLAIN At
THE PENITENTIARY
Rev. Mr.. Coberly. late pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Wal
senburg. has been appointed to be
chaplain at the Colorado state peni-
tertiafy as the successor of Rev. F.
E. Cain, resigned. and entered upon
his duties there few days ago Rev.
Coberly comes to Canon City splen-
didly recommended for the position
and his friends confidently expect
him ''to make good Rev. Coberly
is married. He preached his initial
/ sermon in the prison chapel last Sun
| day morning.
AN APPRECIATION OF LOYALTY.
Appreciating to the fullest extent
the loyalty of her friends to her can
didacy for reelection as a member OF
the board of education, Mrs. Anna II.
Burgess requests the Daily Record
! to convey to them some recognition
! of their devotion to her interests.
without which her election would
F., have been impossible. Mrs. Burgess
is constrained TO believe that the hon.
or paid her by the people of Canon
City in the balloting on Monday was
tribute to her zeal and consecration
as careful painstaking official and
as such she cannot regard her tri.
umph otherwise than as an emphatic
endorsement of her work in behalf
of the public schools of the commu
nifty.
VISITING MR.. AND MRS. SCOTT.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. W. Trent of La
Junta are visiting here as the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Scott at 532
College avenue, the latter OF whom Is
their daughter. Mr. and Mrs Trent
were beresved on Thursday of last
week by the death of their son, 10
seph Trent, who was run over by a
Santa Fe train in the railroad yards
at La Junta and received injuries
from the effects of which he died
shortly afterward. The deceased was
Fl years of age and was the young
est member of the family. He was
unmarried and will be remembered
as having worked here last summer
for the Arkansas Valley Railway
Light and Power company in the con.
struction of its enlarged plant near
Soda Point. The funeral of Mr.. Trent
Jr. took place at La Junta last Sat.
urday and was attended by Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Of this city.
FORD cATLIN VERY ILL At
Ia JUNTA
Ford Catlin of this city. formerly
employed at the Weils-Fargo Express
office here. but at present a mesaen-
| ger in the service OF the same com
pany on the Santa Fe Railway with
headquarters at La Junta. is reported
4 10 be very seriously Ill at La Junta
from pneumonia. He was taken Rick
a week or 30 ago with measles and
pneumonia developed His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Catlin OF South
Canon, with Mr.. and Mrs. W. II Smith
and Miss Made Jenkins of South
Canon. left By automobile this morn
ing for La Junta to be present at the
bedside Of the unfortunate young
man. Mr.. Catiin. Jr.. fs a member