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The Cañon City Record. VOL. XXXIL MEETING AT THE COURT HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT IN ENTHUSIASTIC ONE The Utmost P lie Interest Shown in the Plans and ivmbitions of the Canon City, Florence & Ptieblo Water Company r Statements of Its Officers and Employes Evoke Approbation and Applause ▲ very large and enthusiastic pub- Mc meeting was held In the district court room Saturday night under the auspices of the Canon City. Florence and Pueblo Wafer company, for the purpose of acquainting the people of this community with the plans and purposes of the big Irrigation enter prise recently announced by Dali De Weese and others. Long before the aixwh making began every seat In the building was occupied, and. later an. standing room was at a premium Among the speakers were Dali De Wee**. Robt Candee. of Chicago, gen eral attorney for the Trowbridge A Hirer company; A. L Register, of Philadelphia, contractor for the con struction of the proposed Arkansas valley irrigation system; R D. Man son. secretary for the Trowbridge A Hirer company, of Chicago. Boston and New York, which negotiated the bonds of the company: 8am Brown. Jr , of Chicago, capitalist and promo ter of the undertaking; II O. Ranch barker, engineer In charge of the /work; R C 8t. John, of the firm of Arnold A On . of Chicago, engineers of *e project; R. D. Proc'or. of the con struction company; Geo F Rocka fellow. Rev J T Thomas; Chas L. htlttnn. Judge I* Cooper; Chas R l McLain and D N Cooper The proposition from Its Inception, several years ago. to the present time was described by Mr De Weese. who said that It had grown from a small beginning to be the largest enterprise ef the kind In the United 8tates Mr IV Weese related the successive steps tm the evolution of the proposition, making known for the first time the struggles and ultimate triumph of the undertaking It was a story of achievement, more Interesting than any romance, because predicated on facta as demonstrable as s mathe matical question The narrative was an extremely modest one. but revealed something of the thought and labor IIr D« Weese had bestowed upon the matter from Its genesis up to Its con structive stage The spirit of the meeting was an ex oellent one and the speeches reflected tbs general confidence In the outcome •f the proposition. Mr Rookafellow outlined the pur pose of the meeting and Indicated the Immense benefit the consummation of m* project of the Canon City, Flor ence snd Pueblo Water company y would be to the people of this portion ~ ef the Arkansas valley Mr Rocka - fellow s'ated that Mr De Weese** as sociation with the enterprise Inspired public faith in Its realisation, and. that under his leadership, success was certain Rev Thomas spoke on be- half of Canon City and was very hap py In his remarks He said people here were pmud of the community aud believed that It had a bright In dustrial and material future. "W« are sure of our resources.” continued Rav Thomas, “and what w* -jed more than anything else Is the money and enterprise to develop them The peo ple of Canon City should contribute tu every way to the attainment of the splendid Irrigation scheme about to he constructed by Mr De Weese. and the gentlemen with whom he is as sociated. It will mean much for Canon City and for tho propertty of those who reside within Its gates.” On being Introduced by Mr. De- Weese as the representative of an en gineering and contracting firm that had built twenty-six railroads, both •team and eletcric. In various parts of the country, Mr. Register said that he had never made a speech In his life and that he hardly felt like doing so now. ”In projects of this nature.” assert ✓ ed Mr Register. ”it Is tho promoter, the engineer and the banker that gets most of tho credit. The contractor simply does the work and does noth ing. I desire to say In this connec tion, however, that ns a contractor of public works that thla proposition of ter prises in the west and 1 am abso lutely sure that it is going to be car ried out along the lines Indicated In the newspapers of your city a week or ten days ago. As ths contractor for the construction work I will say that not less than 3.500 men will be given employment on the first day of next March In building the great diversion canals and reservoirs necessary to the Installation of this magnificent under taking The very largest and most powerful steam shovels, dredges and other machinery will be used in the i creation of this project. Our machln | ery will be no less efficient than that employed by the United Btates govern : rnent In cutting the Inter-ocesnlc ca | nal at Panama "We propose to give the people of ! Canon City and of the Arkansas val ley the preference when It comes to the purchasing of supplies and ma • rerlals to carry out our contract. We will also favor the labor of this sec tion of the state In selecting men to do the work" Mr Raschbacker addressed himself . to the engineering feature# of the pro position and to the achievements of . his firm In the field of construction. , particularly In hydraulic undertak ings He said that while much of the engineering to be done was highly picturesque there were no great diffi culties In the way and that skill and money would euable the company to subdue all obstacle* to rbe realisation of the proposition Charles L Mltton. also of the engi neering corps, stated that be had been working on the matter for Mr De- Wee*e for four years and was confi dent of the feasibility and the ulti mate success of the contemplated Ir rigation scheme "It Is the intention," said Mr Mlt ton. "to butld a great diversion canal on each side of the river from the entrance to the Royal Gorge eastward nearly to Pueblo, and to reclaim all rf the land lying between them and the river, a territory computed at ap proximately four hundred und fifty Ihcutand acres. These canals will be cons meted at tb- line of the pinions and the plnrs which will permit the reclamation of all of the tillable land in the valley " Mr Candee spoke of the legal aspect of the proposition. He said that he had been connec'ed In a professional, way with the proposition since last June nnd had gone pretty thoroughly into the technicalities of the matter. "I am very confident, continued Mr Candee. "that everything is all right from the standpoint of the lawyer and that the Canon City. Florence A Pu eblo Water Company will be able to make good on all of Its promises. People who purchase water from It will get everything that It agrees to give The contracts have been oare fully drawn and are equitable alike so far ns the company and its patrons are concerned I promise you as an attorney of the firm of Trowbridge A Nlver that nothlug will be done la a legal way that has not received the Indorsement of Clyde C. Dawson of Canon City.” Mr Manson. as general secretary of the bond buying firm of Trowbridge A Nlver. which he said had supplied the money to complete seveuty-lhree Irrigation projects in the semi-arid regions of the west, spoke of the fi nancial features of the proposition. He expressed the opinion that there was no section In all of the Rocky Mountain region that offered as allur ing prospects to the irrlgatlonlst as the upper Arkansas valley. The land was naturally fertile and pre-emi nently adapted to horticulture and Its | allied Industries. He predicted the ! time when all of the country between i Canon City nnd Pueblo would be con verted Into one vast orchard, produc ing annually millions of dollars worth of the finest fruit In the Temperate zone. Mr. Mnnson said thnt the rec ords of tho state engineer's office in Denver showed that a volume of flood water flowed down the Arkansas river WEEKLY CANON CITY. COLORADO THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1909 past Canon City every year that was worth $20,000,000 for irrigation pur poses and, he said, Mr. DeWeese had associated with him men with the skill and capital to utilize this waste for the benefit of mankind. Mr. Man boq declared that no section cf Col orado had as varied resources as the Arkansas valley and that it would be made to blossom as the rose within the next few years. Mr. Brown made a brief but opti mistic speech In the course of which he said that the Canon City, Florence & Pueblo Water Company had sold five million dollars worth of water in the last thirty days, and that applica tions were coming in at a gratifying rate. Mr. Brown gave expression to the belief that the entire project would be finished by the first of April, 1911, and that it would result in a popula tion of 600.000 people between Canon City and Pueblo within the next ten years. Judge Cooper spoke on the re sources of the Arkansas valley and D. N. Cooper on the advance in the MR. BATCHELOR GIVES GOOD ADVICE TO FRUIT GROWERS Gives Good Pointers at Chicago Expositisn and Urges Canon Growers To Go To the Denver Apple Show With a Strong Showing. Onarga. 111.. Dec. 9. 'Oft Mr Guy U. Hardy, Editor Record, Deer Sir: —1 have just read Mr Ol iver's letter published in the Record J and wish to add a word of indorse ment to what be has said in regard to the National Apple Exposition to be | held in Denver The National Irriga tion and I-a ml Congress closed Satur- . day night at 11 p. m . a success from start to finish, as s show of irrigated | products Now after spending a week there studying be object lessons presented by the splendid exhibits from nearly all of Ibe great fruit regions of the West and Northwest. I can heartily endorse what Mr. Oliver says as to who: will be on exhibition at Denver. The exhibit from the Wetinahchee' country was. in my opinion the finest I I ever saw The Spltsenburg. Grimes Golden. Winter Banana. Black Ben ' Davis. King David B’a Winesap. Ar kansas Black. Ortley. Delicious and I others, were as near perfection as It 1 Is possible for apples to grow The Hood River country was well represented by a car load of Spttxen- ; burg. Newtown Pippin. Arkansas Black, Ortley. etc The most uniform j In shape, site, color and quality and general appearance and artistic pack hat one can expect to find anywhere The Bitter Root section. Rogue River •nd B< ise. Idaho, were there with ex it bits uot only of rrolt. but grains, grasses and vegetables in profusion. No fruitgrower of Fremont county | ran afford to miss seeing the National \pple Exiiosltion at Denver. The les | sons that may be learned there will give us an uplift toward higher Ideals of the possibilities of fruit-growing ' that will be of untold value to the : whole county. Let every one who can possibly do so plan to visit the expo sition and strf- several davs You will find plenty to Interest you Many of us have the Idea that we know considerable about the fruit business, but wait till you s»*e that ex hibit and I believe you will be willing to acknowledge that we have not yet reached anywhere near the perfection that Is within our reach And if we ate to hold a place In the commercial markets of the country we will have to climb quite a little higher, both in the quality of our fruit and the per fection of our pack The exhibit from Fremont county, while It was fairly creditable, and re ceived a good many compliments, yet any one could see that we could not compare with the Wennatchee or Hood River exhibits We made a great mistake In preparing too hastily and beginning too late. Our competi tors planned for this exhibit and pre pared for It when they could select \ the very best they had. and put It In cold storage direct from the orchard There are some other things that we must learn. The boxes used were not whnt they should have been In a gen eral way We used the ordinary ap ple box. nnd In some cases no care was used In selecting the box Thin boards were used so that In the pro cess of handling every Jolt caused the box to expand or bulge more, thus leaving the whole pack to jumble and get out of shape. This alone made It necessary to repack a large part of the exhibit at Chicago. Our competitors use nothing but the very best export box with uniform thickness of boards, nothing less than 1-8 tnchfts, except tor ths top or face values of real estate during the last twenty years. At tho conclusion of Judge Cooper's remarks Capt. Rockafellow arose and racetlously remarked that "it takes the coopers to tell us how to make a barrel of money” Charles R. McLain told of the pro gress of the good reads movement in Fremont county and sail that with the opening of the new public highways to Colorado Springs and to the top of the Royal Gorge this community would be in a position to make a bid for the entertainment of the thous ands of tourists that annually come to this state for pleasure and recrea tion. The speechmaklng was very much to the point, consequently instructive and entertaining. The large attend ance and the close attention paid to what was said was a splendid tribute to Mr. DeWeese and his friends and was an earnest of the public interest in the magnificent irrigation enter prise they are about to carry into ex ecution. of the box. Thinner boards there will bring out the bulge where it is want ed and shows the fruit to the best ad vantage when placed for exhibition, or on the market. For show purposes a layer of cheap cotton batting was placed over the face of each box. thus preventing any bruises, Jnst where we want them to show the least Scarcely an apple of their exhibit showed a bad bruise, while onrs looked very bad. especially the Jonathan and Rome Beauty, for they were getting quite ripe and mel low. Then. too. most of our growers made the mistake of filling the boxes too full— a result of the unreasonable de mands of the apple buyers st Canon ! «Tty this season The pressure pat | on mans >he boxes bruised nearly | every apple in the box. There is a | right limit as well an a wrong as to > how much should be put in a box | For show purposes the pack should 1 not be all one style, but every known pack should be used to make the 41s i play attractive. We have a good deal to learn about this business and I believe this Expo sition will be one of the best schools to go to for that purpose We can do as well as other places if we go st it right and try. Now fellow fruit-growers, get ready to attend our own institute at Canon City, then gj to Denver and see the possibilities shown there. I b lieve you will be ready to take off your hat and make ytmr politest bow to our brothers of the Northwest. Now. do not let any word f mine discourage any of you from making an exhibit at Denver The prizes to be competed for are nngnifleent and well worth trying for. and you may surprise some who seem to think the big apple will win over everything The interest shown by the great number of people who saw the ex hibits at Chicago revealed the fact that there will soon be a turn In the tide which has been sweeping so many toward the cities, and they will be seeking homes In the country Many are seeking Information about the various sections of the country The places where the people are en ergetic. progressive and liberal In ad vertising. so as to let these homeseek ers know of the possibilities and ad vantages of their particular localities are the ones that will succeed the best. I hope to be able to attend the in stitute and be able to give more of the Incidental features of the exhibit at Chicago Very truly. F BATCHELOR. PRESBYTERIAN BROTHERHOOD HELD PLEASANT MEETING The meeting of the Presbyterian Brotherhood at the church parlors last night was largely attended and was a very pleasant affair in all re spects A feature of the program was the address of Chaplain Blake of the penitentiary on his experiences as an officer In penal Institutions. It was a revelation of prison life and showed that the inmates of such institutions were not unlike the more fortunate portion of humanity and that they were not necessarily depraved be cause of their conviction of wrong do ing Rev. Blake la always an Inter esting talker, but never was he more •o than last night. Over One Million Votes Cast in Record's Contest Prlz?s Awarded Winners in Great Popularity Contest — Pinal Hours Show Tremendous Flood of Ballots — $1,500 in Prizes Awarded to Four teen Happy Victors. Miss Hattie Loras wins the piano offered to Grand Prise District “A". KlSg Harj E. Harrey wins the piano offered to Grand Prize District “B”. JHei Cieona Elliott is second In Grand Prize District “A” and Miss Corn M. Woodford is second in Grand Prize District “B”.—A total of 1411493 rotes were cast in the contest What was undoubtedly the mo9t suc cussful popularity contest ever held In Fremont county and in this sec tion of Colorado, concluded last Sat urday evening when officials of three Canon City banks counted the ballots which decided the winners. During the six weeks of the contest a total of over 1,000,000 votes were cast and it was no small task for the judges to go througn this mass of coupons and to determine the winners. The count was completed at a late hour Saturday and today the full report of the Judges Is given to the public. The winners of the grand prises are as fol lows: In grand prize district A, which com prises all the territory of the contest north of the river. Miss Hattie Lucas, of the first district secures he largest number of votes and is awarded one of the pianos Her total vote was 143,366 votes. Miss Cleona Elliott, also of the first district, receives the second largest number of vote* In this grand prize district and awarded one of the free trips to Denver as representative to the Apple Exposition. Her total vote was 59.539 votes. In grand prize district 8.. which comprises all of the territory south of the river. Miss Mary E Harvey of the second district, secures the largest number of votes and is award -led the other piano Her total vote was 103.471 votes. vt 10 o’clock Saturday night the ballot box which has been used in The Record contest, was opened by the judges Mr A. J Turner, Mr Harry Combs and Mr Claude Benton. It wa!> no small o un* to recheck the j thousands of votes that had been cast j during the six weeks of the contest ! and to also count the hundreds of FORMER CANON CITY GIRL WRITES ABOUT INDIA Ongole. Madras. Pres. S. India. November 6. 1909 My dear friends:—Only four days have passed sinse 1 arrived in my new Inrae There have been many queer sensations all along the way. but do r»*u know 1 find it hard to realize that 1 actually am In India For the first year 1 am to live with a missionary family, consisting of father, mother, eleven-year-old boy and five-year-old girl. They are all very lovable. Mr. and Mrs Bawden both love music and sing beautifully We have a good pi ano; there is a Singer sewing machine In my room: Just In front of my door is a tennis court: Just now a dusky Vilege boy brought me an Invitation written In English to see a football game at 4:30 on the college campus I was met at the station with a real American surrey How’s that for In t'la? We are really much more civ! Used than you think. I must tell you about that meeting at the station Although It was one o’clock at night, several of the mis sion men and women and a large number of native Christian men wore there to meet me. After handshaking and sal asms bad been exchanged, and 1 had b*en decked with the garlands they brought. I was conducted to thi* aforesaid carriage and drawn by two of the men. while some went befote with torches and the rest followed At the gate of the mission compound I saw with surprise both sides of the driveway lined with girls from the boarding school There were other garlands of flowers for me and smil ing salaams, then they began stnglng My throat swelled up unnaturally, but 1 was glad to be there The next day I received many call ers Of course I could not say very much to them, but they seemed satis fied with looking at me In the even ing there was a big "tamachl" In the church In my honor Addresses of welcome, drills, and singing formed the program After It waa ended and they crowded about the uew "mlshl NO. 43 housands of votes out in the reserves of the many popular young ladies, but at a late hour Saturday night the t*ak of the ballot counters was ended and today is made public the winners of the $1,500 in prises offered by The Record. The actual number of bal lots cast was 1,111,695 votes. The total number of votes cast is significant of the great and general interest aroused by the contest and also of its success. The Record de sires to express its appreciation of the work done and takes this means of extending its thanks to all of the contestants and to those who so loy ally supported their favorites. The Record Is only sorry that there are not prizes for all, for all deserved to win, but trusts that those who did win will enjoy their prizes to the utmost and have cause to remember pleas antly their efforts In the contest. Canon City, Colo., Dec. 11, 1909. We. the undersigned, named to take charge of the ballot box and count the votes in The Record’s contest, were present and took possession of the ballot box at 10 o'clock, the hour of the closing, and immediately pro ceeded to count the votes. The counting was completed at a late hour Saturday night and the re sult was made known to the manage ment of The Record contest The figures given In this issue of The Rec ord are the result of our count. The Record has kept a record of | every vote cast In the contest and | these records are epen for the Inspec | tion of any of the contestants. HARRY W. COMBS CLAUDE BENTON J TURNER (Official Count will be found on page four * m»" I felt as proud as the president, but much happier That evening I began to realize, too, how much power there is in the gospel to turn men from lives little better than brute Ufa to such bright, intelligent ways as these One gel people show. A thous and Christians were seated In the church and many standing outside. The new Jewett Memorial church will be finished about Conference time. Then there will be visitors from every | station in our Telugu mission. It oc curs the last of December. Mr. Clough’s house is across the road on my north and Prayermeeting Hill Just west. The ocean is ten miles east In the afternoons we have a “munchi gal 11” from the ocean which cools the air l have not suffered from the heat at all. but my friends advise me to have punka (fan) during the middle of the day and not to be In the sun a single instant without my topee. This is the cool season, but warmer than usual because thi9 dis trict failed to get a monsoon last month It will cause a partial failure In rice crops and some suffering. Every missionary saves time and strength by having manual labor dons by servants. Caste prevents a man from doing other work than what his ancestors have done for hundreds of years. Hence we have one man to cook, another to draw water, another to sweep, or wash, or sew But al together they are less expensive than oue servant In America. My punka walla tone who stands outside room and keeps the fan mov ing by a rope) works from 11 to 3 for one anna—that Is about one cent. The average low caste people live on two rents a clay. 1 shouldto describe the people and my delightful voyage, but will wait until some other time. Will you kindly pass this around among ths friends who would like to hear from me soon? I’ll writs more about school next time Most lovingly yours, BERTHA M EVANS