The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-09

| for a ticket but could not get one.
The band cleared s2ss for the regi-
mental fund.
Miss Smith was accompanied to
Salida by Miss Dean and Miss Ruth
Goetz.
MRS. FElTER HOME
TODAY FROM DENVER.
Mrs. L. w. Felter returned TO Can
on City this morning after months
stay in Denver. She says the wealth
er was stormy and cold most of the
time while she was there While in
Denver she attended the patriotic
demonstration at the Auditorium.
which was addressed by Gen. Leonard
Wood. who has just returned 10 this
country from France. His talk was
plain. common-sense,- business-like
summary Of war facts which the peo-
pie should know. There was in it
none OF the consoling and armchair
sort of patriotism that many public
speakers recently returned from Eu-
rope give their hearers. The assemb-
A"6c "ao way app SSiatf'S ohu Sh-
thusiastic.
ST. .oHkS DESCRIBES
EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCE.
s. II. st. John. a former Canonite.
lives at 125 Elm Ave. in Long Beach,
Calf, and works for the Layne &
Bowler Corporation in Los Angeles.
He writes as follows about their ex-
periences in the recent earthquake
sensation there:
I'VE had friends to dinner and were
sitting in the front room when the
floor began to feel like someone was
pounding it with their feet. Minnie
asked me If was, and replied mo"
and she said: Its an earthquake"
and Immediately things began to
sway. particularly the electric fix
lures, which hang by wires or chains.
The piano rocked visibly. and all the
pictures on the wall moved. and the
chandeliers swung for several min
utes. There was feeling like being
in a rocking boat"
CANON CITY BOY
ENLlsTS IN NAVY.
Hansel S. Baird. whose parents live
at 815 Harrison avenue. left this
morning for Pueblo to report to the
government recruiting Office there
for assignment to naval service.
Young Baird. who is only 10 years of
age. volunteered for tho naval SER
vice some time ago and passed an ex-
cellent examination Following his
examination and acceptance by Chas.
eblo. he was permitted to return to
Canon City and await his call to the
colors. His departure for Pueblo to-
day was in response to orders from
the naval authorities. He will leave
Pueblo on Friday for Denver to re-
ceive his final instructions. 1t is
not known whether he will be sent
to San Francisco. to the Great Lakes
Training Station at Chicago. or to the
Atlantic coast for training.
EXPECTED HERE FROM
WASHINGTON TONIGHT.
Mr and Mrs. Burnie J. Craig and
little son. Burnie Mac. of Washing
ton. d. c., are expected to arrive here
this evening for visit with the form
avs parents. County Assessor and
Mrs. H. ]. Craig at 2i02 Main street,
and Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Webster. at
SCI Greenwood avenue. father and
mother of Mrs. Craig. They will
probably remain in Canon City a
couple of months or more. Mr.. Craig
who holds a responsible and exacting
position in the Patent office, has had
his duties vastly complicated and in !
creased by the war and the govern
ment has granted him a ninety-days'
vacation for rest and recreation. Mr..
Craig's work in the Patent office for
the last year or more has been of a
confidential character and has had
to do in large measure with the new
war inventions with which the Unite
ed States is carrying on its campaign
against the German imperial army
and navy.
In the May number OF THE Earth"
an advertising publication issued un
der the auspices of the Santa Fe rail
road company, at Topeka, Kansas.
and circulated all over the United
States. contains an excellent writeup
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