The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-12

IL. =. TOdd ana Iamliy OF La Junta
are here for a month or two to enjoy
the summer. They are located at
$50 College.
RETURNED TO SAlloA FRIDAY.
Mrs. Matte e. Davis returned to
her home in Sahda on Friday after a
visit here as the guest of her brother.
John A. Heckart. and wife at SIS Mys
tic avenue.
COURT AT suENA VISTA NEXT
WEEK.
The regular July term of the Chat
fee county district court viii be call.
ed at Buena Vista at 10 o'clock next
Monday morning. With Judge Jas. L.
Cooper presiding. The court officials
and district attorney will leave for
Buena Vista Sunday afternoon.
OCCUPY NEW HOME.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Sartor and fam.
Hy. who have made their home at 2l02
East Main street for the last thirty
three years. have sold their property
there to Mr.. and Mrs. CORN of Leal.
vile and art today moving into another
neighborhood. Mr.. and Mrs. Sartor
have purchased the property formerly
owned by Lane Dur at 1912 Macon
avenue and will establish their resi-.
ldence there.
SIGNAL CORPS MEN WANTED.
Captain John a. Murphy or the
United States army in writing TO Post.
master Cooper says: ''Thd signal
corps is very badly in need of expert
enced men for such positions as tele
graph operators. linemen. horseshoers,
farriers and bakers. There is excel
len opportunity for rapid advance
ment and active service in this de
partment of the army and the work
should be alluring TO ambitious. ener
getic young men. These positions
command more pay than that given to
the ordinary soldier and promotion tc
the rank of non-commissioned Officer
is speedy and certain to good men"
DATE OF HEARING
HAS BEEN VACATED
Secretary E. A. Bradbury OF the
Chamber OF Commerce is in receipt
of letter from Geo. A. Flanagan oi
Denver, secretary of the Colorado
state public utilities commission. stat
ing that the commission has issued
an order vacating the hearing set for
Tuesday. July 10th. and Withdrawing
the investigation concerning the pro
priety of the proposed horizontal in
crease Of Is per cent in freight rates
in Colorado. In the commissions or
der alluded to the railroad companies
are granted permission to file supple
ments cancelling the freight tariffs
that became effective July 1st.
BUYS BUNCH OF TEXAS CATTLE
Ex-County Commissioner w. H
Pigg recently purchased of a big
rancher In the Panhandle country OF
Texas a herd Of 800 cattle, which he
is now pasturing along the line OF the
Burlington railroad in Arapahoe coun
ty, Colorado. some twenty-five miles
east of Denver The herd. which is
composed principally of COWS and
calves, is Hereford In its lineage and
represents large sum of money. Mr.
Pigg has been absent from home most
Of the time for the last two months
as a result of the purchase. These
cattle. which were bot as an invest
ment, are at present in charge Of an
.overseer and compuncher. Their pas
turage is costing the owner $500 q
month.
MRS. HUNTooN SR. IS
DEAD At LONG BEACH
Alderman w. c. Huntoon OF Az
North Fifteenth street received a tel
egram this morning from Long Beach
Cslin. announcing the death Of his
aged mother. Mrs. Mary Huntoon. a
the home OF her daughter, Mrs. Gil
bert Campbell. in that city between
s and 9 o'clock Friday night.
Deceased was q native OF canads
qnl S4s SO years Of age. During thu
dast four or Eve years OF her life sh'
made her home alternately at canor
City and Long Beach and will be re
membered by many people here. Pre-
yious to that time she was a residen
Of Nortonvllle, Kan. for forty years o.
more. Mr.. Huntoon left this afternool
for Long Beach for the purpose o
kbringing the body here for burial.
VISITING REV. ELsEA FAMILY.
Mrs. DR.. J. 8. Barker Of La Harpe
Tll.. ard two children. Helen ans
George. arrived from the east > few