The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-07
LINCOLN PARK
!. ! . =. NEWS. NOTES

A. L. Sprinkle has been dragging
the highways over the Park since the
snow has disappeared and putting
them in first class shape for public
travel. s''@. ~
A. Wiley has been absent from
his home on Sherman avenue for sew
erai days. in the interest sot busi-
pess at his old hsme near Eads.i Colo.
w. H.. Williams has purchased the
IT. J. McEniry place on Grant and
Lombard and will move his family
over from Poplar avenue 10 the new
home during this week. :.
Mr.. Sim McCurry who has been
confined to his home on. Grand Ave.
during much Of the winter as the re-
suit OF an accident. is much improved
and able to ride about some
The C. M Bailey family OF Park
avenue. are moving to town and will
locate on Pike Ave. The family from
Leadviile who have purchased the
ranch will take possession as soon as
1t is vacated
D. E. Welch who haa been taking
care of the Polhemue ranch on Wal
nut street, has rented Mrs. Ella
Boni's place on 18th street. Mrs.
Boni expects to leave for Kansas soon
to visit relatives and look after mat
ter Of business.
The Evans family who purchased q
home on Park avenue and located
there few months ago. have recent
iy sold their household effects and re-
TUNED to their old home in Illinois.
A number OF ladies from Lincoln
Park are taking advantage OF the Ex-
tension School being conducted this
week by Miss Haynes OF Fort Collins
and Miss Virgil. the Home Demon
.stration agent OF Fremont and Pueblo
counties. in the basement of the First
Presbyterian church.
MIRA Emil Tobler left on the even
ing train Tuesday. In company with
her con md daughter. Mrs. Ed
wards and Mrs. Jones. with the re-
mains of her husband. for intcrment
in the old home cemetery at Mirage. In
the San Luis valley. The funeral OF
the deceased took place at Wilson's
Undertaking parlore at o'clock and
was largely attended.
The Lincoln Park Ladies' Aid so
ciety and their friends meet once a
week at the different homes to do sew
ing for the Red Cross society. This
week. Wednesday. an aIiday meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. c. A.
I.inkins and next week the ladies win
gather on Wednesday at the home Of
Mrs. J. K. Hawkins to continue the
work
Robert Ralston and J. J. Lewis who
have homes on Garfield street. had an
unusual experience while driving
along 9th street, Saturday. which for
tunateiy did not prove TO be disast-
rous. The horse became frightened
and ran away. causing the wagon
wheel to pass thru ditch which
threw both men to the ground. Mr..
Ra'ston was bruised somewhat, about
the face, right arm and shoulder aud
badly shaken up but otherwise not
seriously injured. Mr.. Lewis BUS
tanned minor injuries but iB able TO
be about ",l ~
Mr.. and Mrs Stephen Schlaf of Wal
nut street. enjoyed few days visit
tast week from Mrs. Schiafs brother.
Il. NJ. Leech. OF Maxwell. Nebr. Mr..
Leech has large cattle interests in
Nebraska and had been attending the
Stock Show at Denver. He was much
pleased with what he saw of Canon
City and says he will motor thru
from Nebraska with his wife next
summer for further exploitation of
the city and Its surroundings. From
first impressions. however. he ron
eiudes IL will be an ideal spot TO lo-
cate when he Is ready to retire from
business. s--s 7.-
A goodly number of those inter
ested in the welfare of Lincoln Park
school were entertained Monday even
ing the the school house. by sterop-
ucon views of Mt Rainier. National
Park. exhibited by Prof. Blake Warn
er of South Canon High school. The.
views were exceptionally fine and as
Mr.. Warner had visited that region
on recent summer vacation. his talk
In connection with the exhibit made
the evenings entertainment especial
~ interesting and instructive. 'A,num-
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