The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-12
Tuesday
SUNDAY FUNERALS
IAROQEQ In PUEBLO.

SUNDAY FUNERALS
TABooED IN PUEBLO.
No more Sunday funerals will be
held in Pueblo after June Is, accord
ing to announcement of the undertake
ers and cemetery officials, says the
Chieftain- One reason for this ac-
ton is that the undertakers want one
days rest week and another is that
this is rule being. observed by un-
dertakers in various other cities of
the United States. All the Pueblo
undertakers. with the exception of one
have signed petition to the cemetery
officials, requesting that Sunday fun
erals be abandoned.
YELLOW TRANSPARENT
APPLE CROP PROMISING.
The indications are that the crop
of Yellow Transparent apples in the
Canon City district this season will
surpass that of almost any previous
year. The fruit is growing nicely and
is. as rule, healthful and unaffected
lives at 624 Pike avenue, left at The
Record Office this morning twig.
hardly larger than an ordinary lead
pencil in diameter. that had 16 per-
fectly-formed apples on it. They were
about the size of walnuts.
PENRosE MAN HAS
OPERATION AT SALiDA.
Thomas Murphy. a Penrose resi-
dent, was taken to the Rio Grande
hospital at Sa'ida yesterday afternoon
by DIR. L. E. Rupert of Florence. and
shortly after his arrival he was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis. His con-
dition is reported fairly well. today.
considering the fact that the appendix
ton.
MR.. HARDY GETS PICTURES
OF PIXIES PEAK REGION.
A large sepia photograph of Pixies
Peak and another of the Garden of
the Gods. both artistically finished and
appropriately framed, will be hung in
the capitol building at Washington.
q. c., says the Colorado Springs Ga
zette. The pictures, which were for
warded by the Colorado Springs
Chamber of Commerce at the sugges-
tion of Guy U. Hardy of Canon City.
Congressman from the Third Colorado
district, will be hung in the repre-
sentative's reception room on the first
floor OF the capitol building.
In letter to the Chamber of Conn.,
merce Mr.. Hardy states that he is de-
sirous of getting number of views
of Colorado which will be hung in his
reception rooms so that visitors his
office may see something of the scenic
attractions which Colorado has to of
fer Along with the pictures of the
Pixies Peak region there will be pic
lures of the recently opened Phantom
canon road and the Royal Gorge trip
in the Canon City district.
Miss Winifred Pease, assistant sec
retary of the Chamber OF Commerce.
stated yesterday that similar pictures
from the Pixies Peak region would be
sent to the publicity bureaus in Dem
yer. Kansas City, st. Louis and Chi
cago.
According to the reports received
from the publicity agents in those
places pictures are the best adver-
tisements that can be sent out from
the region. Scores OF people call at
the OFFICES daily and inspect the pic
lures and gain from them valuable in
formation regarding the region.
HOTEL MEN WILL
BE HERE WEDNESDAY,.
The annual outing Of the Rocky
Mountain Hotel Mems Association
opened at Colorado Springs today
with approximately so members of the
association in attendance. The Wis
itors arrived there in automobiles
from Denver and points in the north
ern part of fhe state this morning and
were entertained at the Antlers hotel
at noon for luncheon. This evening
they will be guests at the Broad
moor hotel for dinner.
Early tomorrow morning they will
leave for Canon City and will take
luncheon at the Strathmore hotel. Be
fore leaving here they will make an
excursion to the top of the Royal
Gorge and back to the city over the
Skyline drive. The visitors will leave
here early in the afternoon for
Pueblo en- route to Colorado Springs.
arriving there in time for dinner at
the Acacia hotel. On Thursday they
will. have luncheon at the Cliff house
in Manitou and then return to Dem
yer in the afternoon.
BIG SALE OF FoRDs
DURING LAST MONTH.
Thirty-one Ford cars were sold in
Canon City alone by the wann Motor
Company, Inc. local Ford agent dur
ing the month of May. or this num-