The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-15
MRS. ERNEST HARRIS
LEFT FOR OKLAHOMA.

LEFT FOR OKLAHOMA.
Mrs. Ernest Harris and little son.
James Ernest. left this morning on
No. 10 for Lowell. Oklahoma where
she will visit with Mr.. Harris's pa
rents and relatives. Mrs. Harris ex-
poets to be gone about two weeks.
NEW CLERK At
GOLDEN RULE
| Mr. II. c. Cation. whose parents live
in East Canon. Is a recent addition
to the clerical force of the ]. c. Penny
Company. Golden Rule store. Mr. Ca
! tion has had years of experience in
the dry goods business and is COM
petent man.
DOWN FROM RANCH.
b. +. Kindig came down from his
ranch fifteen miles north of Coto
paxi on Thursday to look after the
marketing of his POTATOES. Mrs. Kin
dig and son Gilbert returned here a
couple Of weeks ago in order that the
latter might take up his school work
for the winter.
GOV. PEABODY REPORTED
TO BE coNvALEscING.
Gov. Jas. II. Peabody, who was tax
en- III In Denver couple of weeks
ago with heart and kidney trouble, is
reported TO be improving with the
chances favoring rapid GONZALES
cence. He has been able to sit up for
a short time during the last two or
three days and Is expected to be
strong enough TO return to Canon City
in the course of the next week or 80.
Mrs. Peabody is with him in Denver.
WANTS TO MEET HER PUPILS.
Miss Anan s. Garwood. county su-
periD.endent OF schools, is In receipt
of 4 letter from Miss Elsie Chambers
Of Hssweli. Colorado. In which she
says that abe Will be in Canon City on
Saturday and is desirous OF meeting at
the county superintendent Office at
O'Clock in the afternoon those OF her
pupils in this county who are study
ing the regulations OF at and the text I
book" Miss Chambers. who has made
q remarkable record as an instructor
in her special field of work. has abcu,
twenty pupils in Canon City and the
surrounding territory.
WORK OF VOLUNTEER
FiREMEN RECOGNIZED.
The Canon City Volunteer Fire de
partment has been presented with q I
check for twenty-five dollars by the
Empire Zinc company in recognition
of its services and assistance in extin- /
gushing the fire which threatened the 4,
destruction of the coDpany's plant last |
Sunday afternoon. The check was &C. !
companied by letter from Superin.
tendent R. S. Beal In which he THANK
cd its members for the substantial |
help they rendered in minimizing the
damage resulting from the flames and ,
for their devotion to the material IN. I
tererts OF the community. He also
praised their loyalty to the traditions .
a. their organization
MRS HARRY BOWEN
900 CLUB.
Mrs Harry Bowen charmingiy en-
terained at n reunion Of the 500 i
Club Thursday evening at her home.
sos Pike avenue in honor OF her sis {
ter, Mrs. Ernest Harris of Nevada l
City California. who has been visit I
ing her parents here for the past
three weeks. Five Hundred was the
diversion OF the evening. There Were
six tables. Mrs. Forest De Price re-
ceiving the prize for high score and
Miss Laura Abersold the conso' o'uation
prize. The guest of honor also re.
ceived a prize. Later In the evening
a delicious luncheon was served, af-
ter which ali departed declaring the
evening q mos; enjoyable one.
CAPTAIN srEARNs
NOW A MAJOR.
Mrs. J. II. Peabody received a teie-
gram this morning Informing her that
Captain and Mrs. Stearns and daugh-
ter had arrived in San Francisco from
Honolulu and were on their way to
Portland. Oregon where Captain
Stearns had been assigned 10 the sig.
nal corps OF the u. S. army
Mr., and Mrs. James Grafton Rogers
of Denver. were on their way to Hon
olulu TO visit Captain and Mrs.
stearns. Neither family was advised
Of the others movements and the re
suit was that they passed each other
at sea. Mrs. Rogers is a sister of Mrs.
Stearns and Mr.. Rogers was on his
way to Honolulu on professional busi.