The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-09-27
VISITED HERE F,Rsv OF THE
WEEK

employment are such AZ to make va
cations difficult to obtain and it is
probable that he will not be able to
return to Canon6City until the Christ
mas holidays.
WILL ATTEND Y. N. C. A. CON-
FERENCE
U. T.. Sidebottom, c. w. Van Pat
ten. Guy U. Hardy. r. j. Craig. John
w. Rogers. W. Al. Rambo and II. H
Maxwell left this afternoon in the
Sidebottom car for Palmer Lake
where they will attend the Y. NJ. c.
A. officers and directors "get-togeth
err conference. The Palmer Lake
gathering will be held in the Rock
for discussion will be "The Boy in
War Times" The Canon City repre-.
sentatives expect to return home Sun.
day
HOME THURSDAY FROM LONG
TRIP
L. W. Felter and his brother, Har-
vey Felter, of Iowa, returned to Can.
on City at noon on Thursday from an
extended motoring trip thru western
and southwestern Colorado, during
which they visited the Mesa Verde
National park. Durango. Silverton,
Ouray and all points of special inter
est in that section of the state. They
were gone about thirty days and the
speedometer on their car indicated
that they had travelled eleven hundred
miles. The excursion was very
pleasant one in all respects.
VETERAN OF PERSHINo ExPE-
DITIoN HERE
Trooper John Borden OF the 7th cav
airy. stationed on the border. is here
on furlough visiting his parents Mr..
and Mrs. II. NJ. Borden OF Woodlawn
avenue.
Borden was a member of Pershing's q
punitive expedition after Villa in
Mexico and was in several skirmishes
with the greasers. They penetrated
nearly TO the Durango line and suffer,
ed some almost unbearable hard
ships. Borden is anxious to get into
the present scrap but sees no posi-
biIity of it unless the caIavry unit to
which he is attached is converted in.
to some other branch of the service
FATHER OF MERRILL SHERsiNc
DEAD
Word has been received here OF
the death of DIR. G. w. Sherbino, al
the family home in Abilene. Texas, on
August 2Sth. The deceased was the
father of Merrill Sherbino. formerly
Of this city. but now living in Denver
Mr.. Sherbino was in the seventy-third
year of his age and had resided. al
Abilene for nearly thirty.four years
He was engaged in the practice of his
profession there most OF that time
The three sons of the deceased. Mer
rill. of Denver; Newell, of Girvin
Texas. and Jerome of Mountain
Lakes, New Jersey, we're present al
tie funeral Burial was at San An.
b"io' 'SAoS-
MRS. SLOWER DIED AT MABToN
WASH.
Information was received here a
day or two ago from Mabton. Wash,
announcing the death of Mrs. V. A.
Stover, at the family home there on
Thursday of last week from tubercu
husband and the members of her fam.
lily, was well known in this commun-
ity. They resided in Canon City for
considerable periods of time on two
occasions for the benefit of Mrs.
StOver's health. which had not been
very strong for many years. They
were residents OF this community last
winter and lived at 725 College ave
nue.. Two of the sons will be remem.
bered as having been students in the
Canon City High school.
MR.. LAMBuTH RETURNS FROM
FISHING TRIP
l.. L. Lambuth returned Monday
evening from three weeks fishing
trip spent at Lake City. Colo He says
fishing was very good. and that there
were greater number of tourists in
Lake City this year than ever before.
Mr.. Lanibuth has been making this
trip each year for the past fifteen
years and says that business condi-
tlons and activities are better now
than for several years past, due to
the higher price Of metals. especially
silver. William Humphrey. better
known as "Dick" to the older inhabi-