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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
Pinto Beans
Now Available
for Planting

o. H Liebers of Denver. represent
ing the pinto bean division of the
United States Food Administration,
announces that several car loads OF
pinto beans have been stored insreadi-
ness for planting and may now be had
by those desiring to plant them, at
nine cents a pound. These beans
have been carefully selected and can
be purchased by ranchers In one hun
dred pound lots. or In multiples OF
one hundred.
As far as possible growers should
combine their orders by making re
QUESTION for several farmers at the
same time. The beans can best be Be-
cured thru the county agricultural
agent, who will attend to the matter
IL requested to do 80. All orders must
be accompanied by draft. or money
order. made payable to the United
States Food Grain corporation Or.
ders should be placed at once as II
will soon be planting time and freight
deliveries are somewhat uncertain
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
Sergeant Lear is
Home Few Days

Sergeant Louis s. Lear. member Of
the dry goods firm Of Dun G. Lear. ar
rived here from the east Sunday night
and VIII leave Tuesday morning for
Camp Funston. Kansas. to resume his
military duties after a ten days fur
Tough. the greater part OF which he
spent in the east He visited his
wife and family in st. Louis and then
went to Chicago where he spent a
couple of days with his mother. Mrs.
Katherine S. Lear. who accompanied
him to Colorado. His mother whose
health Is not very vigorous, will re-
man in Canon City during the sum-
mer. She will have apartments at
the home of Mrs. Sheldon. at 1105
North Eighth street. Sergeant Lear
reports everything at Camp Funston
as being in good condition. He says
the soldier boys are all anxious for
overseas service under Gen. Pershing.
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". E. ASHTON HERE FROM
SOUTH AMERicA

". z, Ashton. q former weil known
resident OF South Canon. but for a
number Of years past employed In an
official capacity with the Oerro de
Tasco Mining and Smelling company,
La F.ndicion. Peru. 10 visiting here as
tho guests OF his sisters. Mrs. Richard
IIoule on Orchard park, and Mrs. ver-
- Hsalba< on .1sivess satseat. M. Ash
ton returned 10 the United States BY
way Of San Francisco and spent a
couple OF weeks at Camp Kearney
with his son. Thomae Ashton. who Is
In military training there. before com.
Ing to Canon City. Mr.. Ashton has
been granted leave Of absence from
hts post Of duty BY the company until
the first day Of July. when he will
return to South America He will
visit the headquarters Of the company
In New York before leaving for Peru
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Mrs. Lucy Ripley
Died Sunday Night

Mrs. Lucy NJ Ripley. widow OF the
late Aaron Ripley. died at the family
home ON Birch street. Lincoln Park.
at 7:3o O'Clock Sunday evening. The
end came unexpectedly and the an
nounccment of her death was a matter
OF surprise. rs well as OF grief. to her
friends. She had suffered greatly a
few days previously. but passed away
peacefully and quietly, She was con
scious OF her SURROUNDINGS until with
In few minutes Of the end.
Her son. Winfield Ripley. and wild
and her eister. Mrs. Nettie Lucas.
were with her at the iast Her bus.
band died last November.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE C0WARDS|
INDIVIDUALLY, SAYS LIEUT.. Milan

Up their mits and boiler 'Kamerade."
I know Germans fairly well now, they
are q bunch of square heads. ruled
by iron discipline and their courage
exists In comradeship and numbers
and do not as individuals The reason
they attack In mass as they do. with
arms locked. is because Of their lack
of Individual courage and with com
'rade on their right and left they are
able to stand the strain. just imagine
the target these men formed. with a
perfect cross fire Of machine guns In
the Engl.sh trenches. how the Eng.
hsh moved them down
There is nothing more I can say.
much as would like to. This week
have instructed some new men; II
took me two days to put the finishing
touches on my Instructions There
is no use talking. one known nothing
about It until he has been 'over
here"
Adectionately.
ERNEST
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Soldiers Strong
for Red Cross

Albert Lehrer OF wetmore, who is
IN untiring worker for all OF the war
wo-k enterprises OF the government.
Is IN receipt Of letter from his SOD
who is with the American Expedition
AIRY forces In Europe. AT present
young Lchrer Is In England. but ex-
poets to be sent to the trenches In
France. at any timo. The following
extract from q letter from him. con
corning the American Red Cross. will
prove interesting. inasmuch as there
is to be another national drive for
funds for that organization next
month. The extract given an excel
lent idea OF what the boys who are
to DO the nations fighting think Of
II. He says:
@The Red Cross is sure doing won
ders for the boys. They have given
mo woolen sweater. a muller. a
pair OF wooden sox and a WOODEN he'll
met Just the other day we received
apples from the Red Cross and this
paper am writing on now ID some
they gave me. Whenever ono is In
the hospital they give you candy and
bther daintfcs and do everything they'
can for you. n ron really want TO
know what the Red cross ID doing.
ask any Of the boys and they Win tell
you YounG Lehrsr ID in the Aero
scrvtes.-Florsncs Citizen. Y
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02

The members Of the 34lst Field Ar
tiriery band were delighted with the
.cordiaiity OF their reception in Canon
City ON Thursday and with the gen
erous hospitality exsended 10 them
In the homes OF their entertainers.
Their visit here was voted TO be one
Of the memorable events Of their
tour Of Colorado and they carried
away with them pleasing memory
Of the community and it's people.
The gathering at the State park
where the afternoon concert was Civ
en-. was perhaps the largest that ever
assembled there: fully 5000 people
being in attendance. The parking OF
automobiles in the streets adjacent
to the park was the greatest ever
seen here and is ia estimated that
approximately q thousand machines
were lined up within two or three
blocks OF the concert grounds. There
were no accidents of nny conse
quence and the musical program was
much enjoyed by all.
There were 43 members of the band
here and three ladies. the wives of
the officers: one of them being Mrs.
Griffith. wife OF the regimental chap
lain. At the conclusion Of the con-
cert at the park the bandmen and
their guests were taken for an auto
ride over the Skyline drive in twelve
machines. by a chamber of commerce
committee headed by Warden lyman
and W. z Galley. Two musical num-
befs were played by the band from
the highest point on the Skyline
drive. which was heard distinctly by
the residents in the northern part OF
the city. The trip over the Skyline
drive was one Of the pleasing incl
dents OF the band's visit TO Canon
City and the visitors were enthuslast-
ic over its beauty. But few OF it's
members had ever been over the Sky
line before. aitho most of them knew
of II by reputation
The Liberty loan army of Fremont
county. under whose auspices Thurs
days. the Liberty day celebration
took place. has every reason to be
proud OF tho success of the nnair.
The streets were crowded with visit
ors from all directions for many miles
around. TO watch the parade and par
ticipate In the demonstration The
Santa Pc railroad ran o special train
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Game Wardens
Take Census of
Wild Animals

For the first time in the history OF
Colorado the animal population has
been made the object OF n census
thru the Efforts of the state game
and fish wardens and the officials
OF the foreatery service. according to
a table prepared by Smith Riley there
are In this state 23.4s4 biacktaii deer.
besides those in private game pre-
serves which number $50: there are
1895 mountain sheep. 2.3ss black and
brown bear. 5s3e elk. i.l6o mountain
Lions. estimated: 1895 antelope. a.
zls beaver. 4oo. 900 quail. 10000 pheas.
ant.
Tho census Is declared TO be quite
accurate for the reason. that wsrdens
and forest rangers have been feed
ing the animals and thus have been
keeping close watch on their numbers.
The national forest In Colorado con-
tains practically all the areas occu-
pied by big game. From their inti-
mate knowledge; OF the country local
forest officers and wnrdens have been
able to compile detailed infor1netiQp
ON the number OF Inhabitants or the
various game animals and birds, nat
ural to the varied conditions OF this
state.
Bears are becoming scarce enough
to be classed as game animals. All
wardens and forest rangers report
the bear as q game type instead OF a
predatory animal. Elk have In
creased during the last year. There
are over 1000 in the state. $3.50 are
Wild and the rest in parks and private
game preserves. Mountain sheep are
on the Increase. The closed season
on deer for the last four years has
resulted in gradual increase.
Antelope are holding their own.
Beaver are increasing. Tho grouse ia
decreasing rapidly because Of unfav'
orabie climatic conditions during nest
ing time.
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Some Useful
Information
on the Army

AS a great deal Of ignorance exists
among people generally In relation
to the United States army and its
various units and subdivisions. es.
pecially under the reorganization OF
our military establishment brot about
at the beginning of the present war.
the following facts bearing upon the
subject will be of interest.
. An army corps is composed Of 60.-
900 men, s4--.s.
An infantry division is 10000 men.
An infantry brigade Ia 1000 men.
A regiment OF infantry is. 5000 men.
A battalion is, 1000 men.
A company is $50 men
A platoon is GO men,
A corporal's squad is II men.
A field battery has 1876 men.
A firing squad is 20 men
A supply train has 283 men.
A machine gun battalion has 296
men
An engineers regiment has 1.09s
men
An ambulance company has sc men.
A field hospital has 55 men.
A medicine attachment has 13 men.
A major general heads the field
army and also each army corps.
A brigadier general heads each in.
fantry brigade.
A colonel heads each regiment.
A lieutenant colonel is next in rank
below a colonel.
A major heads a battalion.
A captain heads company.
A lieutenant heads a platoon.
A sergeant Is next below Iieuten-
ant.
A corporal is a squad officer.
1.... No. a-SA.-~
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Emergencies Of
Big Battle; Huge
Dressings Demand

When 10O, 900 soldiers are in action.
the wounded viii number approx
mately 10000 and major or minor op
erations will be necessary upon about
10000 of them. while 5000 men will
require medical attention, it Is stated
This gives an idea Of the work sud-
denly thrown upon an Army Medical
Service In q battle such as has been
raging in France. only. instead Of
1e0. 900 men in action. there are more
than 100000 engaged. The Red
Cross. therefore. is not exaggerat.ng
when it tells American women that
surgical dressings cannot be oversup-
piled.
The United States Army Medical
Service has now officially designated
the Red Cross to supply the army
with surgical dressings. The army
will furnish the materials and the
women will do the work. according to
specifications made by the army. 1t
is q fine compliment to Red Cross
workers- Previous to the active en-
trance of the United States into the
waN Red Cross surgical dressings
were sent to the Allies
One surgeon. In the course Of seven
or eight hours. will Use between 900
and 400 packets Of surgical dressings
or from 1900 to $500 individual dress
ings. Multiply this by the hundreds
and thousands Of surgeons working
at top speed in great battle and still
further emphasis is given to the state
ment that an oversupply is improb-
able
Nearly all the wounded recover.
The percentage of wounded who. re-
cover in this war is higher than in
any other war because aid is given
promptly right behind the trenches. at
a First Aid Station in dugout. then
at the Evacuation Hospital and final
Iy at a Base Hospital.
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What Wheat
Control Has Saved
the Nation

II 10 estimated by 4. y. Fairchiid.
n Cleveland. Ohio. miller OF hong rx-
perienec and sound Judgment. that
nearly ssoo.ooo. 900 have been saved
the American pepie on floor r'nce
laet July by the United States Food
Administration Mr.. Fairchiid said
recently in an interview. reported in
the American Grocer: 1t is an easy
thing for parron to criticize an of
ficial of the Government. and criii-
cizins seems TO be one of the traiis II
Americans. II is not difficult for us
to recall that a year ago. when Amer
lea had not entered the war against
Germany and there was no Food Ad-
min,rtrator OF regulation Of the mark
ets. flour was retailing ut $50 a bar
rel This year. with smaller crop
TO work on and the country In the
midst Of the war. flour N averaging
about e12 barrel II hos been eatj-
mated that the annual consumption
OF flour In this country Is barrel per
person In normal times. There are
about 10000. 900 people In the Unit
cd States. and the saving effected BY
the unsses stsxes rssA Admsnirera-
ton kas, been akopt x. = 81 ~
II Il has manakcd 70 save The country
81 on each barrel consumed since IL
was founded. II is readily seen thai
I has saved the people $4,000. 900.
ny the came method .. s.rurinR. u
$40 has been saved on each barrel
the Food Administration has saved
Us $3.50 100000 since July am NO,
content TO believe however. that 1t
has saved us q dollar less than $50
a barrel. or sl.7eo. .ooo. .0oo.'
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Homes Of the Future

A II In the next few ye4rs this coun-
try does not show = much larger per
cent OF it's families owning their own
homes than at prefent. the reason Will
be that our people are losing their
appreciation of hrns and the pleazp
urt,s Of domesticity.
The present high prices In all lines.
and more especially those Of labor
and farm products. are rssuitiug' ~
the common people OF the land con-
Ing to more easy circumstances than
ever before In our history. The man
who can nov s.-c and lay by . litfl~
money 10 rare. Bank accounts are
being accumuiu.ed BY men who here
tpfore have never known what IL
meant to have money ahead.
Now the country that enjoys the
soundest prosperity. the prosperity
that makes for stability and ,perma-
nency. is that country whert the
greatest per cent Of It's peopl$ own
their homes. The feel OF ones ovn
soil under ones feet impsrts a sense
OF oneness with the things about Us
that nothing else can give. John
Howard Payne touched human
chord that moved the world when ha
penned the immortal line. There's
no place like homo"
There is absolutely no reason. un-
less II be disinci'nation. why thous-
ands upon thousands of families that
have heretofore been renters. shonld
not make the effort to own their own
homes. Real estate values are sai
very reasonable In many parts OF tbe
country. and nowhere are they as
high as in many other lines. Then
the riek is not great. as all indica-
Jona point to a hong period OF the
present high prices and strong dc
msnd for all the products OF human
labor. In former times many men
were reluctant TO assume property In
debtednees. owing TO the fact that
none could tell at1Ehat time the bot
tom would drop out Of the prosperity
OF the country and they be Ieft stran-
ded- But this fear has no force now.
Even IL the war were to end this year.
conditions In Europe would demand
all Of OF ==ss:.SS,,s= &c. SS,,s= Cor several years &c
come. and prices and demand would
continue active.
The man who is making a surplus
wiil be rccr~unt TO his duty. to him
self. to his family and 10 his country
II he lets this opportunity pass 10 es-
tabiish himself as ons OF the substan-
tiol permanent assets of his country
q home owner.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-02
MRS. OVERAlAN
MAKES VISITTO
CAMP kEARNEY
Says Canon City Boys at Camp kear
oey Are Getting Along Nicely
All Want To Go To France.


Mrs J. E. overman OF 1912 Green
wood avenue. returned to. Canon city
last Saturday night from San Diego.
California. where she went three
months ago to v,sit her son. Lieut.
cieyert Overman. OF the 18th infan-
try. who Is IN military training at
Camp Kearney. at Linda Vista. ak
teen miles from San Diego.
Mra. Overman's stay at San Diego
was o very enjoyable one In all re-
spects and abe met many former Can
on City people while there. She was.
OF course. delighted to be 30 near her
son and the other Fremont county
boys in the army at Camp Kearney.
She says all OF the boys from here
are getting along splendidly in the
military service. There "a, she says. a
fine spirit OF patriotism among them
and that they are doing their work
cheerfully and thoroly In anticipation
Of taking part In the great struggle
for freedom on the other side of the
Atlantic ocean All OF them. she at
serts. are anx.ous to go to France with
as little delay as possible.
She says the 18th Colorado and the
15Sth Arizona regiments at Camp
Kearney are considered as among the
best in the National army of the Unit
ed States and that the officers and
men OF both commands are doing their
best to deserve the reputation they
have achieved. There are a hundred
regiments In the military service of
the government
Lieut.. Overman recently completed
three months' course Of study in
the officers training school and was
graduated with high standing. He has
been listed as q second lieutenant.
as were all of the others who passed
the examinations. and will receive his
commission shortly. There were sp-
proxima,eiy 700 men In the Officers
training school. Of whom 1888 ranked
sufficiently high In their studies to
earn for themselves commissions.
Lieut. Overman wasAthe only Canon
City man IN the school.
Mrs. Overman says the Colorado
boys ut Camp Kearney are fortunate
in their place Of army training and
that Linda Vista 10 one Of, the beet
and most healthful militsry canton
ments in the country. Colorado peo-
pie residing in Southern California.
take great interest in the soldier
boys from this state and are doing
everything they can to make their
stay at Camp Kearney an agreeable
one. Former Colorado women. uow
making their home at San Diego. are
especially active in this matter. nc
cording to Mrs. Overman- She says
the Colorado women of that city are
establishing a memorial flower gar.
den at Camp Kearney n honor Of the
Colorado boys 1t is located in front
OF the Red Cross hospital and there
VIII be very attractive with Towering
plants and shrubs, shade trees. grass
plots. etc. -
Mrs. Overman says tina. while many
hundreds OF men have been sent from
Camp Kearney TO France. they have
gone in small detachments. rather
than In large bodies. They ARE going
all Of the time. abe says. buf tho pro
cess is 30 nicely adjusted that the
loss Of men from the cantonment ir
hardly noticeable. New men are be-
ing received almost as fast as the old.
er ones leave for the front.
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LEFT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ron RED cLlFFE.

Henry Galley. Franklin Smith and
Cleo James left here on Rio Grandc
train No. I. Sunday afternoon for Red
ciin where they have accepted en-
ployment at the plant OF the Empire
Zinc company for the summer months.
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sERor. kEARhEy AND
WIFE. HERE.

Bergt. and Mrs. Walter Kearney.
who we're married recently In Denver.
arc visiting here on their honeymoon
Th!s Ii Sergt. Kearney's first visit
here since be won't 10 Linda Vista
with the Second Colorado. He docs
not belong to that organization any
moro bat 10 unattached and at pres
ent IL mess sergeant for the officers
trimming school at Camp Kearney.
whoa. By the way. was not named
after him. However, 6srgt- kerney
has made . splsndid record for him.
self and has hown marked ability In
The supply department.
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MRS. TRuMAh STOCKTON
m MISSOURI.

Mrs. Truman A. Stockton and little
daughter. CorTine. OF 615 Rudd Ave.
loft few days ago or visit In Kan
sas City and Excelsior Springs. No.
They expect 10 be gone about month
Master Truman Stockton. Jr. will
ieavs on "wednesday Of this week for
Denver where he viii be the guest Of
his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
). Hooper. until his mother and iittis
sistsr returns % canon CITY.
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Boy War saving. stamps
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30

vey a message that is worthy of the
thought expended upon it. Life is
made UP of paradoXes, of unexpected
twists and turns, of problems that
must be solved, of harsh notes and
those that soothe by their rhythm and
beauty. 1t is In itself a series Of pic
lures. Every mans life is a motion
picture, might say. Then it is quite
naturally the duty of the maker of
pictures to transfer this mans life to
the screen. Every life is involved with
the lives of others; It is a tangled
skein. The motion picture may en-
,leavor to take up and untangle a
snarl involving many lives; or 1t may
concern itself largely with the career
of one individual, or at most, of say
three individuals. But TO separate
them wholly from the other lives that
enter in, is impossible.
"The short story is a single episode;
the novel may be a complete life
story; the motion picture partakes OF
both. 1t is sometimes a slice of life,
sometimes 1t carries a man or woman
from cradle to grave. 1t demands
generally the climax of the short
story, with the ramifications of the
novel-if It is in five reel form It Is
more complete than the stage drama
though it must be Dramatic to sue
seed Tbvs It d o form by itself"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
What the Press Agent Says, That Say |

There is message to be con-
veyed by the motion pictures-a
very definite message and one that
every conscientious director and
producer is striving valiantly to
"get across" 1t is the message of
life. itself. Never before has the
writer, the artist-in letters or in
any form of expression-had a
greater opportunity. His canvass
Is continuously unfolding before
him; his pages are unnumbered; he
is limited by neither distance nor
time. Only the spoken or printed
word is limited-and the gifted sub
title writer may convey an infinite
amount by judicious choice of words
and expressions.
What is this message of Life?
1t Is not SO easy to answer this
question, for its involves the very
psychology of expression. when he
makes a motion picture. the pro-
ducer-and by this I mean the one
who actually supervises or directs
feels. his work. II he does not
feel IT.. he is pretty certain to be
falling short of any work of act
ual worth. And to diagram q feel
ing is BY No msana sp easy tssk;