The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-03-01

cial gatherings. There seems moth.
| ing lacking in the main building to
meet the demands for which it was
erected. 1t is well lighted and heat
ed. well ventilated and provided with
every means known TO the archi.
tect for it's sanitation. While the build
ing is not as large as the structures at
some other state Odd Fellows homes
in the country it is nowhere sur
/ passed in its conveniences and in
the comfort provided for those whom
it is designed to minister to. II is in
many respects model of its kind.
| At present there are at the home.
! in addition to Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
| the superintendent and matron,
forty-three residents, of whom TWEEN
ty-three are old people, and twenty
are children. Their ages range from
seventyeight years to children who
have not yet entered their teens. To
become a beneficiary of the home
one must have been a member of
the Odd Fellows or Rebekah lodges
f, for period of at least ten years. FIVE
OF them in Colorado. Orphaned chill
! dren between three and thirteen
, years of age are eligible to the
home. provided one or both their
parents had been members OF the
Odd Fellows or Rebelxah lodges
, within this state for a period OF two
(, years. II either the father or the
4, mother of any of the children in the
home get married at any time there
after they are required to assume
the responsibility for the care and
protection of the said dependents and
+, take them away from the institution.
( OF the forty acres of land owned by
the home all is devoted 10 agricul-
ture and gardening. except nine acres.
which is in orchard, and the lawns
and Fairgrounds about the buildings.
A large part of the tract is given
over to the growing OF alfalfa and
the remainder OF it is under an inten.
sive cultivation on which corn, wheat
, and other cereal and forage crops
are raised. All of the vegetables and
most of the dairy products used at
the home are taken from the farm.
Last year 275 bushels of corn was
> grown on five and half acres at the
home and vegetables having a
market value of $2S2.27 were raised
and ronou~ad hv those Iix,ina With lv
its walls. During the same periot
$754.54 worth of milk and butter was
produced; all OF which was used or
the premises.
Il During 1915. the last year for which
the reports OF the board of trustees
have been published, produce wa.
sold from the ranch belonging to tn,
tome. in addition to what was uset
there. $1.113.95. Meats and eggs wer-
: produced and consumed on the farm
in 1915. having valuation Of S296.06
The meats were furnished principall,
by chickens. turkeys and rabbits. tn,
, livestock on the farm at present con
sists Of four cows. mixed HolsteiI
| and Jersey. a nice lot of hogs,
couple Of horses, rabbits. chicken
, and turkeys. They constitute In tn,
, aggregate valuable asset to tn,
home.
. Last year the apple crop was a fail
: ure owing to the killing OF the frui
buds by the frost in the spring. Un
= der ordinary conditions the orchar,
4 should yield an annual revenue /,
: the home Of from nine hundred to
I thousand dollars. The current yea
t promises to make in the prodigaIit,
( Of its orchard OUTPUT the deficiencIe
OF twelve months ago. With q real
}. zation Of expectations this year tn,
} homo will have q nice income nex
' fall from the sale OF apples and 9th
3 or fruits.
/ The board Of trustees and the mem
r bers OF the Odd Fellows and Rebekal
, lodges Of the state generally are :,
/ bo congratulated that they have sucl
: admirable people ~ Mr.. and Mrs.. Al