The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-13
The Canon City Record ThuIsday, February Is, 1919
G. G. GATES RENTS THE
RICHARDSON ORCHARD

G. G. Gates of North Fifteenth street
has leased the Richardson orchard on
East College avenue for the coming
season. He also purchased horse
from L. A. Jones and intends to go
irto the fruit business right this year.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
TO FLORENCE COUPLE
marriage license was issued from
the office of the county clerk here last
Friday TO William A. Cutting and Miss
Inglecta Sparkling, both of Florence.
SHERIFF. NEWcoMB IN
FLORENCE MONDAY
Sherif and Mrs Newcomb motored
to Florence Monday on a combined
business and pleasure trip.
GAY GETS GERMAN
HELMET AND GAS MASK
]. F. Gay of 1902 Macon avenue
received day or two ago a fine speci-
men of German military helmet and
gas mask from his son. Private L. D.
Gay. of Company d, Fifth Engineers,
now with the army of occupation on
the Rhine. The helmet and gas mask
were captured by Private Gay at Thia-
court on the verdun front in October
of last year. They have been placed
on exhibition in The Record office win.
dow, where they may be seen during
the next few days
Private Gay is in the Seventh army
division. and for As days previous to
the signing of the armistice and the
cessation of hostilities. was in the
front battle line, serving most of the
time within from six to Is miles of
Metz.
HERE FOR A VISIT
WITH HER PARENTS
Mrs. George w. Bachelor of West
cliffe came down from the Wet Noun
tain valley last Friday for visit with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luz
ton. on North Nineteenth street, East
Canon. She expects to remain here
for several weeks.
RETURNED HOME SUNDAY
FROM ENID, OKLA.
B. E. Denker of 523 College avenue
returned to Canon City last Sunday
from a week or 10 days business trip
to Enid, Okla. Mr.. Denker's visit to
Oklahoma was for the purpose of in
specting property Interests there and
looking after the drilling for oil. A
producing well on Mr.. Denker's farm
there is now yielding about 800 bar
rels of oil a day.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET NEXT SUNDAY
Plans are being discussed for fa-
ther and son banquet to be held in
the basement of the church by the
seniors and juniors of the First Meth
odist congregation Tuesday evening,
February IS. Formerly these father
and son banquets" were an annual oc-
currence at the First Methodist church
here. and were memorably pleasant
affairs, but with the advent of the
United States into the war and the
consequent demand upon people for
patriotic work they were temporarily
discontinued. The forth coming din
ner promises to be very delightful
affair. Those desiring tickets can
be accommodated upon application to
Rev. Konkel or to NJ. A. Sherbino. One
hundred and twenty-five people can be
taken care of.
is GETTING ORCHARD
IN READINESS FOR CROP
John B. France of 203 South Fiji
teenth street is working on Hunter
Palmer's place on South Twelfth
street, pruning apple and pear trees.
There are about Is acres to look after.
RECEIVE LETTER FROM
SON IN JAPAN
Mr and Mrs. Baird of s15 Harrison
avenue have just received letter
from their son, Hansel Baird. who en-
listed in the navy in the summer of
1918. Hansel is now in Japan and
wrote from Yokohama on Christmas
day which he had to spend in bed
suffering with the mumps He writes
that one of the first associations to
greet him on his arrival in the Far
East was the Y. NJ. C. A. He speaks
very highly OF the work in Japan
is VISITING SISTER
IN CANON CITY
Mrs. w. w. Wallace, 500 Floral ave-
nue., has as her guest her brother. Roy
P. Roberts. who enlisted in the navy
from Ell Paso. Tex. on April %, 1917.
Roy was in the convoy service on the
armored cruisers ". S. S. Huntington.
and made nine trips across. He has
received his honorable discharge and
will be glad to see any of his old-time
friends.
DEACON TANNER ON
THE STREET AGAIN
Deacon G. r. Tanner who has been
fighting bad cold for the past sew
eral weeks has emerged victorious and
is able to be on the street again.
POULTRY RAISING HAS