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TWO GOLD OBTAINED BY PLACER MINING FROM SAND BARS ALONG THE ARKANSAS From Thursday’s Daily. A. N. Strickland of Florence, and associates are arranging to engage in placer mining in the auriferous sands along the river bank in the upper reaches of the Royal Gorge, being convinced that the enterprise can be made a paying proposition. Mr. Strickland acquired title to a large tract of land there several years ago by government patent and is in posi tion to carry od mining operations there without danger of molestation from the holders of private property. The placers alluded to are located about half a mile this side of Park dale in what was apparently the bed of the Arkansas river in pre-historic times, perhaps, many thousands of years ago. There is at this point, an immense bed of gold-bearing sand, es timated to contain two hundred thou sand cubic yards, showing values up on its surface ranging from seventeen cents to several dollars. At one place in this ancient sandbar, which slopes back to the walls of the canon, Mr. Strickland found a veritable bonanza of the precious metal; the values running up as high as four hundred dollars to the cubic yard of silt on the bed rock. Particles of gold half the sise of peas were found in large quan-, tity, to say nothing of an occasional nugget as big as the tip of one*s little BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BUILD SCHOOL HOUSE ON EIGHT MILE PARK Prom Friday’s Daily. A special meeting of the members of the board of education was held at the office of Dr. F. N. Carrier in the Barrage block yesterday morning for the purpose of considering several matters of Importance requiring their attention, among them the proposition to erect a school house on Bight Mile Park for the accommodation of people living in the vicinity of the top of the Royal Gorge. A delegation composed of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cord, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glim, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Goss and G. Ricchluttl, all of whom have children, and are directly ccn cerned in the matter, presented itself before the board and urged the neces sity of the establishment of a school in the western part of the district with the least possible delay. They stated that there were twenty-two children in that portion of the dis trict that were without school facil ities and that the number would be Increased to twenty-six within the next few weeks by the advent of an other family. The petitioners contend ed that they were entitled under the laws of Colorado to school facilities that they might be placed on the same footing as the people of other more fortunate sections of the county. In view of the fact that several previous FRONTIER SKETCHES The death of Senator WUJtam A. Stewart in Washington recently, re moved another or the lino old charact ers of the frontier. In 1860 he went to Virginia City, Nevada, and engaged in mining litigation as well as In the de velopment of the Comstock lode which eventually poured an ocean of wealth into his Jap. In 1861 the Ter ritory of Nevada was created. Stewart was then practicing law at Carson City. Mark Twain tells how great riv alry existed between Carson City and Virginia City as to whch should be the capital. Virginia City had an over whelming majority of votes and counted the prize as won but her sons overlooked the keen-eyed gentleman in the sister shanty town sixteen miles away. Someone casually asked Stewart which town he preferred aa the capital. "Carson City, of course," ... answered the budding statesman and ; rode off thinking no more about It Ml The next day his name appeared up ■ ©n the ballot as a candidate for the ggipper branch of the legislature. He ||»ade the race and won. Not only that mfrt he called a gathering of terrltor- delegatee from every part of Ne - Ada except Virginia City and prom £ad them the privilege of dividing the flbrrltory Into counties to suit them giftes If they would vote for Carson at, tor the capital so that when the I Virginia City delegates put in appear ■H, confident of Tletory. th*r w»r« wMlowmlf AvkUMtviM. A, I. -Ir finger. J. J. Lewis of this city, who made a visit to Mr. Strickland's placer workings on day last week, brought home with him some gold dust he panned while there and which he ex hibited to the writer this morning. Every pan full of sand on being wash ed shows “colors," according to Mr. Lewis, and he is sure that placer min ing there can be made a profitable industry. Mr. Strickland has erected a miner’s "shack” on the property and has been at considerable expense and trouble to make a road to the place, which would be otherwise a little difficult of access. There can be no doubt that the Ar kansas river in the ages past has car ried vast quantities of gold from the mountains through which it flows down through the Royal Gorge, much of which has been precipitated in the sand and silt of its bed. Could all of the gold that has been brought down by the current of the river from the rich mineral-bearing strata at its source be collected and coined Into dollars the aggregate would make for tunes of the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilt’s look like a beggars pit tance. It is to be hoped that Mr. Strickland’s find may result in making him rich "beyond the dreams of avar ice.** petitions tor a school building hare been presented to the board from the residents of Eight Mile Park it is probable that their request will be complied with and a teacher be elect ed to take charge of the work of in structing the pupils tn the rudiments of an education. It is altogether likely that the school house will be erected at some point on, or near, the road to the top of the Royal Gorge, at some point be yond the DeviPs Gap. The building will contain only one room but will be ample for the necessities of the situation. Another matter transacted by the board of education yesterday was the election of Miss Eleanor 8. Warner of Colorado Springs as the successor of Miss Myrtle Goodykoontz as teacher of English in the Canon City high school. Miss Warner holds the degree of M. A. from Colorado College, also a degree from Iceland Stanford Jr., University at Palo Alto, California. Last year Miss Warner was assist ant to Prof. Patterson of the chair of English in Colorado College. Miss Goodykoontz had promised to notify the board here of her acceptance, or rejection, of the position of instructor in English in the faculty of the local high school by July 15th, but falling to do so her successor was elected. $3 a day and after six months of ser vice Councilman Stewart threw up the job and resumed the practice of law but politics was in his brain and from ’hat time forward he held the guiding reins tightly in his grasp. There was no demand for statehood in the new territory, but the necessity for a new state was keenly felt in Washington. In 1864 an enabling act was passed admittinr Nevada into the union in order that her two senators might be of service to the administra tion in controlling the questions aris ing from the civil war. Stewart was the man elected to the senate. Then he served five full terms. The new sen ator entered upon his work with the skill of a trained lawyer, the coolness of a man who had carried his life tn his bands times without number. He framed the fifteenth amendment to the constitution, secured its adoption and supported warmly the fourteenth amendment. He might hare settled the negro question then If he had been permitted to do so but his remedy was frowned upon. In 1860 Senator Stewart offered a reeolation In the senate granting universal amnesty and suffrags to the states which had seceded from the Union, providing l that the legislatures of the states might pass laws disfranchising oer taln voters who were Illiterate. This resolution did not lire. Senator Stew art always said that if It had been en acted the race question of the present day would not be la existence—*Held and Hum. THE CAWCWf CITY MBCOBP, THPRBPAY, JULY *9, "09 DENVER & RIO GRANDE PUTS ON ADDITIONAL TRAIN TO GRAND JUNCTION From Friday's Dal!' Beginning next Sunday, July 26, and continuing dally thereafter, pass enger train No. 16, ob the Rio will be extended through to Grand Junction from Leadville, its present terminus, reaching Its destination at. 3 o’clock p. m. Returning it will leave Grand Junction at 2:30 In the after noon, reaching Canon City at 1:30 a. m. The new schedule will prove a great convenience to the traveling public. In addition to carrying a L#ead ville and Glenwood Springs sleeper, this train will also carry a sleeper to Grand Junction, which is just what the people have been wanting. This service will be in addition to the standard sleeping cars between Denver and Salida, and Denver and Leadville. which will be continued as at present. PUPILS' RECITAL. Prom Friday’s Dally. A pleasing program was given by a majority of the members of Miss Grace Dale’s piano class Wednesday afternoon in the Sunday school room of the First Presbyterian church. Their mothers and a few friends were present. The two piano numbers add' ed greatly to the variety of the pro gram, which was as follows: Trio—Valse—Op. 100, No. 2—(Gur lltL) Misses Wilma Paxton, Leora Corrin and Dale. Prelude —(Bach.) Emma Swanson. Duet—" Lilly Dale.” Rath Morris. Miss Dale. March—"ln Review.” Katherine Anderson. Duet—Walts. Helen and Marlon Parker. "Blue Bells of Scotland.” Ruth Mor ris. Duets—a. Merry Girls, b. Skat ing. Catherine Ware. Mias Dale. a. Slumber Song. b. The Miller Boy. Althea Talbot. Morseaux Melodleux. (Gurlltt) First piano, Emma Swanson. Baoond piano, Miss Dale. “Under the Undea.” Blanche An derson. Duet. Lneresia Borgia. (Donizetti.) Mabel Kent, Mian Dale. Allegretto. (Mosart.) Miss Nora Fankhauser. Duet. Negro Melody. (Wanks.) Miss Dale, Althea Talbot. “Oats, Peas. Beans and Barley Grows.” (Spaulding.) Catharine Ware. Duet. Purple Pansies Walts. Blanche and Katherine Anderson. Sonatina Op. 38, No. 1. (Clementl.) Miss Preston. Second piano, Miss Dale. Mazurka Des Tralneaux. (Ascher.) First piano. Misses Preston and Fank hauser. Second piano, Misses Em merson and Dale. At the close of the program refresh ing orangeade was daintily served by Misses Ripley, Paxton and Corrin. SOME DURABLE BRIDGES BEING BUILT BY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CANON From Friday's Dally. The village council of Sooth Cason should be congratulated on Its enter prise in inaugurating a campaign for street improvements, particularly in the construction of eoncrete bridges. Under the supervision of Street Com missioner George B. Kirkland, cement bridges and culverts are being put in wherever they are needed, mneh to the gratification of people generally. First-class bridges, designed to last for a generation, protected by con crete abutments forty feet in length, have recently been erected on Hew York, Catlin, Douglas and Riverside avenues. They have cost the commun ity a considerable sum of money, but have been a good investment because of their permanency. The people of South Canon seem to regard the building of a cheap bridge as a poor kind of economy. DR. CANNON TO REMOVE HIS FAMILY TO IDAHO Dr. J. W. Cannon has relumed to Canon City from Weiner, Idaho, and id arranging to remove his family to that place in the coarse of the nest week or ten days with the Intention of making his home there. The doctor has purchased a large tract of splen did horticultural land within two or three milea of the corporate limits of Welser and anticipates a rapid en hancement in its value In view of the prosperous conditions prevailing la that section of the country. Dr. Can non will in the future devote himself largely to the real estate buslnees, ! abandoning aa far as possible the practice of his profeaeion. It Is a mat ter of regret to the people of Canon City, and, In going away, they win carry with them the best wishes of the commnnlty. They will extract ft sort of a grim consolation from the fact that Canon CMp*s loss will feS Werner's Mia. sSIMJ SH7 1 UM . A.V •’ » TiXHI MRS. W. M. OZBURN OF SILVER CLIFF, SLOWLY IM PROVING FROM INJURIES From Friday's Dally. A telephone menage thla moraine to Under sheriff John Chetelat from his niece, Mrs. Ed. Osburn. at Silver Cliff, stated that Mrs. W. M. Osbnrn rested comfortably last night and was believed to be slowly Improving from the effects of her Injuries, although not yet out of danger of a fatal ter mination of her wounds Mrs. Osbnrn Sr., It will be remembered by readers or the Dally Record, was very serious ly bitten by dogs at Hermit Lakes on last Saturday morning, where she had gone with a party of relatives and friends for a couple of weeks out ing. Mr. Chetel«.t states that the arma and lower limbs of the unfortunate woman were fearfully torn and lacer ated by the teeth of the enraged dogs, there being more than a hundred bites on the legs alone from which the blood exuded. $100 REWARD, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science baa been able to cure in all Its Stases, and that Is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Ca tarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter nally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous sufaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patleat strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature In doing 11s work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that tbay offer One Hundred Dollars for any ease that It falls to cure. Bead for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY A 00.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Phmlly Pills for soasti patlou. Blake Rogers, of the clerical force of the county treasurer's oOee, has returned to his- duties from a delight ful vacation trip to the Pacific coast. Mr. Rogers visited Los Angelas, going later by rail to Baa Francisco and thence by water to Portland, Beattie. and other points of Interest la the northwest He says the Alaska-Tu kon-Padße exposition contains an In teresting display of the Columbia. Al aska. Hawaii and the Philippines, bat is, of course, much smaller la every way than the world’s fair held In St. Louis and Chicago. FRUIT LANDS IN THE =^^== PECOS VALLEY, NEW MEXICO N THE MAIN LINE of the State Pe System, am attracting the hfgh- Ocst dam erttkrs and the moot camfd investors In the Mildb Went, as evidenced by sales amoaattag to more than $65,000.00 worth In 10, 20 and 40-acre tracts during the past lew ntonths. ___l II The exact place Note Mr. "I* aatvar to joir inquiry regarding oar MR Old Fort Stunner McCann's aada at Start Sumner, Naw Mexico, I will say, at- I .1.1.1. WM a spot 45 Words tar k>okl, « OT,r ,h * mo,t attraotlra Irrigation pro , jects I ooaM Had la Wyoming, Colorado, Now Msx years ago wider tbe care ot 100, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon, I dad dad that tor I the Federal government, bat real merit, SV>rt Samaar sarpaaaad Can all la the following re- Was allowed to lapm *—l’* r qulrementa for aa Ideal home: m. -I*. Ist- Ita eHmatte eaadKlaat are the beat, into its original after mWw wwtr I. a-yie w nriUM, the removal of the military m. n* sen kan that eaa ho desired. post. 1i These lands were 4 th. Ita rail read facilities aad mat* Ida an naasxallr pat reclaimed bv two of Denver's 11 W *“ I " u "*• vaat ta mate aa ideal icaOe „ ataa’a ha me with all kladi af fralta aad Hewers, aad at the fame best known citizens, Hon. time make awn amaer ea IS amt thaa eaa be made oa a qaartor Geo. W. Temple, ex-aoditor seeUee of anrap farmlaf loads. M of state, aad Mr. D. ). Me- For these reasons I hare Invested my own money aad BO I family's money In Ita development with the utmost oonfldenoe, aad Canute, Irrigation Engineer. believe we have here one ot the choicest spots. In the entire weet" I Roswell, 80 miles down the Peooe river, below Fort Sumner, le one of the greatest apple, pear (no blight), alfalfa and sweet potato sections in the entire West, and yet Fort Sumner Is to be to the Pecos Valley what Palisades Is to the Grand Valley—the Cream. And why not? The climate Is Ideal; the altitude (4000 feet) la Just right; It tempers the heat of summer and the latitude modifies the cold of winter; It has a very rich soil soda n abundant supply of water by di rect flow from the Feooe River—more than enough tor double the acreage to be covered. la fact, the people back of this enterprise challenge personal Inspection and comparison In every particular, with lha more noted fruit sections of the satire West. This vslley Is the peer of aay In the United States In producing perfect fruit la great variety. The per petual sunshine hammers sweetness aad flavor Into the peach, the apple the pear, and the melon. The Fseos Valley fruit has won a asms la ths market, and always brings the top prloe. Mr. Stork, the* great nurseryman, has Mid; “No such apples aa those grown la Pacoa Valley are grown elsewhere la the United States.” Everything within reason Is being done to assist ths settler. Prices are right, terms art fair; the free serv ices of expert hortleuMuristo aad gardeners are given—that all may start right. Low rate excursions leave Colorado potato ths first aad third Toes days of each month for Fort Sumner, and ws Invite the public to join us August Ird. mMnaMMaMMamnmnSMnßsnnsmMmMHMßmtemMnmMMmHmsHßnsMMami^mmMamaasMMMmMMMßsMMaMapmanm Joseph Powell & Co., Selling Agents 331-3 CoremfeWg*. Weaver. Col®, Mr. PMI WM ho si Hotel Mn Mow My 30* to Aggost. Sri GWILLIM INVESTMENT CO. TO GIVE SOUTH CANON ARTESIAN WATER Money to Catty Out the Enterprise Sub scribed by Colorado People. Work of Laying Pipe to Begin Soon. From Friday’! Dally. The Owl] 11m Investment company, which, tor the last year or more has held a franchise from the village council to supply the people of South Canon with a municipal water supply from the artesian wells at Chandler, has secured the money necessary to carry out Its enterprise and expects to go ahead with the proposition In the course of a short time. The original franchise expired on the eighth of the current month, but, upon application of the company, was extended tor a period of six months from that date. Under the terms of Its agreement with the oounoll the com pany binds Itself to pipe an adequate water supply from artesian sources at Chandler through all of the prin cipal streets of South Canon without expense to the public; depending up on the revenues from consumers tor the cost of Installation, maintenance. Interest and profits. The company covenants to furnish all the water STATE INSPECTOR SAYS THAT CONDITIONS ARE UN USUALLY GOOD IN CANON Mato flood laepoctor M Goal tor of Doanr, who la oao of tho ma aoa provided bjr too atatatoo of Colorado to look aftor tko enforcement of tho para food lava of tko atato, vaa a kaataaaa vialtor la town this aon- Inf. havlnf (topped oft kora wkllo oa kta war from Leadvllla to Ptarar to apaed Bandar. Mr. Ooaltor vaa takan la ehargo bp Rtokard Hoala oa Ma arrival la Canon City and vaa akown aomothlas of arkat vaa kotaf aeeompllahod bore In tko matter of food Inspection. Ha axprooaod hlm aalf aa greatly ploaaod with tho mant el pal ordinances hero oorrrtaf tka la* ■paction of food, vhlch bo oara ban no anpertor anywhere Canon City and PVjrt OolUae. ao oordlna to Mr. Ooaltor. ban the boot needed bjr the people Of Sooth Ouo* for houaehold and general towMl pirpoM op to one million go llo— par day. for which the aiilw charge moot not exceed twenty-floe cents a thousand gallons. A large covered reservoir will be built on the mesa between Uneoln Park and Prospect Heights, which will give suffleleat pressure In the mains to furnish water to all parts of South Canon and contiguous terri tory. The water will be conveyed front the wells at Chandler, a distance of between live and sis miles, to the ran- ' ervolr In a heavy steel pipe, thereby preventing a deterioration la Its quality by exposure to the stiune phere. With a supply of artesian wat er for drinking and household uses, the people of South Canon look com placently and confldeatly to the fu ture; being assured or that material growth and prosperity that cornea to an Ideally located and oandMsasd community. food Inspection In the state. TMr or dlnsoces goTermlDc tko OMtttar. ks says, are vary similar sod should to generally adopted ss tko ksdi for regulating tko laspoettoo oC oil foods of foodstaitm. Mr. Oooltor oxpaats to rotors to 00000 Olty onmotlfoo Mat week wkso ks will moke o mots so baustlTo QTSsalsstfcio of tko faro food ordloaoeos boro vitk a rtem of sneer ing their adoptioa la otker toaao of tko state. Ho says that nrmdlltnoo are trery bod la LeadrUls aad oao or too places la tbs western porttoa at tko state, bat ho hopes by awakening pah- Itc oplaloa apoa tko sakjoot to bring about a chaose for tko bettor. Mr. Coulter highly ooouoeadod Mr. Hsoio for tbs tboroogkoaoa at his work OS aa Inspector for the city.