The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-19
News Notes
THURSDAY


returned home Tuesday afternoon
Salida Mail
OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS
Alderman c. E. Reeves was oper-
afternoon for appendicitis. He stood
the ordeal nicely and is reported to
be convalescing from its effects.
ENJOYS PICNIC ON
THE SKYLINE DRIVE
The Misses Frances Walker, Clara
Hoover and the Messrs. Harold Sa-
yiers and John Harry chaperoned
about 20 young folks on a Skyline
drive picnic Wednesday evening.
CAME DOWN FROM
THE VALLEY TUESDAY
William Scholtz and daughter of
the Wet Mountain valley came to
Canon City Tuesday evening for a
short visit While here the daughter
will undergo a slight surgical opera
ion at the hospital.
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOLKS
HERE
Mr.. and Mrs Chas Keeling and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Keeling of the Wet
Mountain valley motored to Canon
City on Tuesday on a combined busi-
.ness and pleasure trip. Thep left for
Westcliffe en- route home this after
noon.
Rev. S. H. Sperry has been called
to Hillside to assist Evangelist Sara
E. Doubler in a religious meeting
there next Sunday and to baptize a
number of. children who have been
converted under her preaching. He
will leave here Saturday afternoon
and return home the early part of
next week.
RETURNED TO FORT LOGAN.
James C. Peabody of Company c.,
First Colorado Inafntry. United States
National guard. who has been in
Canon City for several weeks on spe-
cial recruiting service, left for Fort
Logan Tuesday night in response to
military orders to rejoin his COM
mand. Lieut. c. P. Norman, who has
been here for like length of time on
similar duty, will return to Fort Lo-
gan next Saturday morning.
LA JUNTA PEOPLE
ARE VISITING HERE
Mr. and Mrs. R. c. Todd and family
aF co.
whose home is in one of the eastern
states, have taken the cottage at $40
College avenue for month or six
weeks and will devote the time during
their stay here to an enjoyment of the
mountain scenery about Canon City.
lir. Todd, who was at one time county
clerk and recorder of Otero county.
is a prominent business man of La
Junta. The party came here by auto
mobile
HOME TUESDAY FROM FISHING
TRIP
DIR. Theodore Asniey ana A H.
McLain returned horne Tuesday after
noon from five or six days camping
nd fishing trip on the Western Slope.
They left here on Wednesday of last
week by automobile for Gunnison and
fished at various points along the riv-
er of that name as far as the eastern
portal to the Black canon from which
they proceeded to Lake City where
they eangied for trout in Lake San
Cristobal. They had an enjoyable
outing. but everywhere found the
water too high for successful fishing
HERE FROM PLAcERvlLLE FOR
FEW DAYS.
NJ. ]. Wolf. formerly of Carthage.
Illinois. but for the last few months
living on his ranch near Placerville,
Colo, is spending a few days in Canon
City visiting friends. Mr.. Wolf re-
Gently enlisted in the military service
OF the government as a member Of the
First Colorado cavalry, but is now
endeayoring to get transferred to the
aviation branch of the army with an
encouraging prospect of success. ow-
ing to the great demand for men in
signed to the aviation school at San
Diego for training in the event the
transfer is made.
wARDE WANTED SOMEONE TO
scoLD "oNLY A LITTLE"
When the time came to cast "The
Vicar Of Wakefield" in which the
celebrated star. Frederick Warde is
to be seen at the Opera House Friday