The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-26

Ilttle DOrOtnQ SteTiluS VINO mas Dteu
i'll with an attack of the mumps the
past week, is now convalescent and
able to be out.
HOME FROM
UNIVERSITY
Alfred Sinden returned to Canon
Canon City last Saturday afternoon
from the University of Illinois at
Champaign. where ne has been a stu
dent during the past year. He also
spent a short time in Chicago after
the close of the university before leav-
ing for Colorado.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
PICNIC TUESDAY
The members of Canon City Com
mandery No. 9, Knights Templar, with
their wives and families, will cele-
brate ST. Johns day tomorrow with a
picnic on the Phantom canon high
way, between Canon City and Cripple
Creek. 1t is the annual picnic of the
commandery and elaborate arrange
ments are being made for its observ-
ance. Canon City members will mo-
tor to Ora Junta at 8 o'clock tomor-
row where they will meet the Flor
ence delegation, and the entire party
will proceed to the picnic grounds
near Glenbrook by automobile and
spend the day.
Canon City commandery has 115
members. but they are scattered all
over the country from New York to
Alaska. One of them lives in Scnth
America About so reside in Canon
City, Florence and vicinity, and have
been invited to take part in tomor-
rows outing.
sToRk eLADDENs
FOND PARENTS
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Devol are the
happy parents of girl born to them
at Graves hospital Sunday afternoon.
GUESTS OF THEIR
DAUGHTER HERE
Mrs. c. r. McLain and son George
of Denver motored to Canon City yes
terday and were the guests of Mrs. Nc
Lain's daughter and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Biggs. They will spend
the week here, and will be accompa-
MED back to Denver by Mr.. and Mrs.
brthur Biggs and two children to re-
main until after the Fourth of July.
HOME FROM
SALIDA HOSPITAL
Mrs. X. p. Edmunds.who was a hos
pital patient at Salida for FIVE weeks,
came home Thursday much improved
in health, but still quite weak from
an operation undergone. Mrs. Ed
munds is at the home of her mother
on Mystic avenue. M
CIVIL SERVICE JOBS
FOR Ex-SOLDIERS
Although there is desire on the
part OF Congress. the heads of execu-
tive department and the Civil Service
Commission to recognize in all proper
ways the claims of returning soldiers.
sailors and marines to employment in
the classified civil service. the Civil
Service Commission feels that in or
der to avoid misapprehension certain
facts should be brought to the at
tention of the men, says dispatch
from Washington.
The law provides for certain pref
erences in appointment in favor of
discharged soldiers, sailors and ma
rines. 1t should be understood, how
ever, that preference claimants must
qualify in open competitive examina-
tions unless they left the Classified
civil service to enter the military or
naval service. These examinations
are announced from time to time to
meet the needs of the service. They
must be advertised for a sufficient
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the papers must be rated. registers es-
tablished and claims of preference
passed. upon.
An act of Congress of February 25.
1919, makes mandatory the reinstate-
ment to their former positions OF all
former government employees who
were drafted or who enlisted in the
military service of the United States
in the war with Germany. upon their
application. and IL they have received
an honorable discharge and are quail
flied for the work.
PROMINENT RED CROSS
WORKER TO SPEAK IN PUEBLO
DIR. Livingston Farrand, prominently
identified with the American Red
Cross, Will come TO Colorado this
week TO outline the peace program at
a series os division conferences
Dr. Ferrand is chairman OF the central
committee of the Red Cross ard will
speak in Denver on June "a and at
Pueblo June 27. During his stay in
the Mountain division he will strive to
impress on the minds of the people
the great necessity for a continuance
of Red Cross activities on wide
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