The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-10-09
Thursday
THREE HURT IN
WETMORE HILL ACCIDENT

WETMoRE HILL ACCIDENT
Florence. Oct. 2.-Phfpps PLANT, H.
L. Bryan and John Struckel of Coal
Creek met with an auto accident while
on their way home from dance at
Wetmore Monday night, in which they
had miraculous escape with their
| lives.
The boys were coming down the
straight stretch of road on the Allen
lane at a high speed. and when the
car reached the curve at the top of
the hill above Margaret springs, the
driver lost control of the machine and
it turned over two or three times.
throwing the occupants of the car vio-
lently to the ground.
PLANT was the most painfully in
jured of the trio, but the other boys
were SO badly shaken up. A car was
running directly behind them and
when the accident occurred the occu
pants of the second car came to their
relief. 1t was some little time be-
fore PLANT regained consciousness.
The car was brought to the Florence
Auto Company for repairs, which were
not very serious, considering the ma
ture of the accident.
WILL ATTEND STATE
TEACHERS COLLEGE
Miss Grace Arthur left here a few
days ago for Greeley where she will
register as a student for ner second
years work at the Colorado State
Teachers College. A number of other
Canon City and Fremont county stu
dents have matricu'ated at the same
institution during the past week. De
spite the fact that there is a shortage
of teachers in Colorado to meet the
requirements of the public schools.
the enrolment of students at both the
Greeley and Gunnison normal schools
this year is less than 1t was -
months ago.
FAMOUS PAINTER TO
BE IN CITY TODAY
Robert Reid of New York city,
landscape painter of international
fame and reputation. accompanied by
r. L. Beam of Denver. official pho
tographer for the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad, arrived here Wednes-
day night for the purpose of affording
the former an opportunity OF making
a study of the Royal Gorge with
view of painting picture of that ia
nous scenic attraction Messrs.
Reid and Beam were taken to the top
of the gorge by automobile this morn
ing and they are spending the day
there in order that the former may ia
milarize himself with the general out
lines of the scene he is to reproduce
on canvas. Secretary E. A. Bradbury
of the Chamber of Commerce, who is
looking after the entertainment of the
visitors during their stay in town, ac-
companied the party to the top of the
Royal Gorge.
GOT TWO FINE
DEER THIS MORNING
Alfred Randall and Arthur Peachey
of Lincoln Park are among the first
of the local venison hunters to attain
success. Both went deer hunting in
the foothills of the Greenhorn noun
tains this morning and returned home
at noon, each with a fine uttered
buck. Mr.. Randall's deer weighed ITS
pounds and Mr.. Peachey's $50 pounds.
SHOT A FINE
DEER WEDNESDAY
Thomas A. Thornton and James
Hill of South Canon shot fine deer
on Jennings Mountain yesterday
morning about 8 o'clock and brought
it to the city today.
DONALD DICKINSON HAS
sHIPYARos POSITION
Donald Dickinson, formerly of this
city, but for a number of years success
81, H. hn la,
ness al FL Paso, Tex, and in Southern
California. is at present foreman of
the steel yards OF the Los Angeles
Shipbuilding Company. The position
is a good one and pays handsome
salary. In the course of letter n
few days ago from him, he says:
81 have been on the job for more
than two months and like II fine. This
company has semi-government con-
tracts to bui'd 80 vessels for the ma
tional board and large number of
men are on the payroll Twenty of
the ships to be built here are to have
carrying capacity of 1900 tons
each, and the other 10 are 8,s0O-ton
boats. The smaller sized boats are
to cost s1,sv0,00o each and the larger
ones correspondingly more"
DIED RECENTLY
AT BAGWELt, TEX.
Miss Emma Ripley received a let
ter today from Mrs. DIR. r. f. Brooks
of Bagwell, Tex, saying that her Ia
ther-in-law, Grandpa" Brooks, died
at the family home there on. Thursday
Of last week after short illness. He
was sick only about "a hours