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The Cañon City Record. YOL. XXXIII. PRESBYTERIANS DE FEAT CHRISTIANS From Wednesday’s Dally. The Presbyterians retain*: »eir position in first place by ►- ing the Christians 12 to 3. The gw— was simply an effort to see which team could make the most errors. In the first inning the Christians were able to get only one man on base. C. Turner took first on balls, stole second, went to third on the catcher's error, but was unable to •core. The Presbyterians made three runs in their half. Miller. Duncan and Wylie scoring one lone dit and three errors. The Christians went out in one, two three order In the second in ning while Hodgln was the only one to score for the Presbyterians. The third inning was a swat-fest for both teams, the Christians batting seven men and the Presbyterians 12. The Christians made only three runs while the Presbyterians made eight The fourth Inning was uneventful, both sides being easy outs. The Presbyterians kept their posi tion In first place more by luck than baseball, for enough errors were made to let any team win. STATE CONVENTION MAY BE HELD HERE From Wednesday s Dally. Miss Lola Robert* aad Arthur Pow ell will leave about the fir»t”of next week for Fort Colins, as delegates to the Stale Ep worth League convention which convene* there June IS-lt. The convention Is expected to be the best yet held In Colorado and a fine pro- , gram has been arranged. Many ques- , ttons which vitally concern each league will be discussed and no one who can spare the time should miss It The railroads ha>e granted a rate of a fare and one-third for the round trip Canon City is gotng to get the next ( contention. which inlets In 1913, If plans which are being made are car- : ried out properly. The convention ha* been held In all the other district* ■ and now It Is time for It to be held 1 in our district. The Business Men’s association has extended an invita tion to the convention In Fort Collins ( to make Canon City the next place of > meeting The association hat also furnished us with a tuply of the new J folders of Canon City Thl" will not CODDING WILL SOON BE RELEASED FROM PENITENTIARY UNDER PAROLE From Wednesday’s Dally John K. Godding, the Rocky Ford tanker, who was convicted of misap propriating the funds of the institu tion of which he was president, will be virtually a free man on the 17th day of this month. His sentence will not have expired at that time, but he will be due to parole under the pro vision* of the law and he will be re leased For about four months he will be required to report to the pa role officer, after which he wll be dis charged from any further obligations to the state so far as his crime Is con cerned. Goddlng’s punishment was fixed at five years In the penitentiary by the district court of Otere county, but the lest official act of Oovernor Butchel. was to reduce his sentence to two years, and this sentence will expire lAte In the rail. But. during his first year of imprisonment, Godding earn ed one month's reduction of hla term by good conduct and during the sec ond he also earned good conduct time During the past few months he earned additional time by working on ths road In tha convict camp near Col orado Springs, wslldlng the pick and •hovel like his fellow-prisoners, and Box Scores. Christians AB K H PO A E Bowers. Ist 2 11 3 0 1 Schanuel. ss 2 1 0 2 0 1 C. Turner, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Henry, 2d & c 2 0 1 5 0 C A Haris. 3d 2 0 0 0 1 3 R. Turner. cf*2d ... 2 0 0 0 0 0 G. Duncan, rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 K Harris, c 0 0 0 0 0 3 Hemmel. If 2 0 1 0 0 0 Sul Ivan, cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 ]g 3 3 12 2 10 Presbyterians Ong 3d 3 0 1 0 0 0 Miller. If 3 2 2 0 0 0 F. Duncan, c 3 2 010 0 3 Wylie. 2nd 3 2 0 0 1 0 Rundahl, p 3 1 0 0 0 0 Reynolds, ss .3 11 0 11 Bean. Ist 3 11 2 0 1 Hodgln. cf 3 2 0 0 0 0 Lloyd, rf 3 11 0 0 0 27 12 C 12 2 5 Team standings W L Pc. Presbyterians 2 0 1.000 Methodists 11 .600 Episcopalians 11 .500 United Presbyterians .... 11 .500 Baptists 11 500 Christians 0 2 .00 only be a help in getting the con vention hetw but It will be a good chance for advertising Canon City. The automobile club has also ex tended an invitation for the conven tion to meet here and has offered the I use of the autoe in entertaining the guests. They will give the delegates a ride over some of the scenic drives or through the orchard dls j trlcta. Tonight 1* the regular monthly ] business meeting of the league. Of ficers for the next six months will be elected and final plans for the con vention be made It will be hfid In the learue room of the church. Every I leaguer Is urged to be there i At the regular monthly business meeting held in the league room last evening the following officers were | elected for the next clx mouths: Pres ident. C W. Van Patten, first rice- J president. Miss Rthe] Byers: second 'vice. James Wilson: third vice. Miss | Eva McGowan: fourth vice Mies Ixv ,la Roberts: secretary. Arthur Powell: treasurer. Alfred Smith: pianist. Mtaa i Fay Thomas; chorister. Miss Ella Roberts. thus he will be liigibls for parole at au earlier date than roost prisoners and will obtain all the good conduct time that the law permits Godding'* case arroused more Inter est and caused more excitement than most other criminal cases that have been tried In this state the people of Rocky Ford being particularly bitter agnlnst the banker and former lead ing citizen. He was a close friend of Governor Butchel. and It was believ ed by many that the governor would pardon him prior to the end of the Butchel administration. Butchel stated nt the time that he would have done this, hut Instead commuted the flve-yeara’ sentence to two years, for fear that other Indict ments then pending against Godding would be tried and his friend sent to prison for a long term, when it would be out of the power of the executive to exert ths power of his oflce for mitigation of the sentence. By com muting the term to two year®, Butch tel believed that Codding would be able to escape further Imprisonment, because of the running of the statute of limitations, and that thus the greatest advantage of the prisoner would acrue, although for a time an other prosecution was threatened. CANON CITY, COLORADO, 1 1 1 UNI)AY, JUNE 9, 1910. LINCOLN PARK NEWS | From Thursday’s Daily. Mr. Arthur Englißh cf Houston, Texas, is the guest of the family of Dr. Youngman on Grand avenue. We notice a pile of lumber and new house building in progress on the place of W. MacDougall on Popular avenue. Mr. Murch on Park avenue has been treating his house to a coat of paint. Mr. Payton and Mrs. Langbliu fnm over town visited at the home of Mr. Farmer on East Grand Monday. Mrs. Henry has returned from Pueblo, where she went to visit her father and mother at the St. Mary’s hospital. We are glad to re port that they were not seriously in jured in the wreck at Cachuras Junc tion. D. W. Ross has sanOea the road in front of his place. He has had a good sanded walk for some time. In fact the whole premises is a model of at tractions and looks like it was made e to order. Mrs. King. Mrs. Likens, Mrs. Frank Wright and Mrs. Preston were the four Lincoln Park ladies who repre sented the Canon City W. C. T. U. at the convention at Florence Thursday. Mrs. Jones, the youngest daughter of Dr. Bell who has been visiting at bis home for some time, has been quite 111 for a week or more. L. C. Tucker occupies the residence lately vacated by Mrs. Key who has moved her family to West Park avenue. Donald Likens is attending his va cation with his mother on Park avenue. He has been attending the Military Academy at Kearney. Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Schlaf. whose home is on Walnut street have gone to Glen wood Spring* for the benefit of | Mr Schlaf*s rheumatiic trouble. Mrs. Kiskaddon attended the An nual Indies association of the Pres byterian church Thursday, and was highly commended for the report brought from Lincoln Park Division. Mis* Mae Snow and Miss Nellie and John Stelrs are home for vacation after a year's course at the Agri cultural College at Fort Collins. Mrs. Andrews has the Junior as sociation of Lincoln Park well organ ized. and they had their second meet ing on Mr. James' lawn last Satur day afternoon. They have com menced a “trip around the world,” GOV. SHAFROTH PETITIONED TO PARDON J. E. SMITH FROM PRISON From Wednesday's Dally. It is reported from Denver that strong pressure Is being brought to bear upon the authorities to secure a pardon for Cashier J. E. Smith, who aas sent to the penitentiary from Rocky Ford In connection with the failure of the bank in that city, for a term of from three to four year* More than a hundred letters addres sed to Oovernor Shafroth and the state board of pardons have been re ceived daring the last few days ask ing rlemency for Smith, whom, the writers state, has already been amply punished for his offense. The com munications are from some of the most influential citizen* of Rocky Ford. I-a Junta. Swink. Victor. Col orado Springs. Manxanola and other points over the state some of them having been depositors in the defunct ! bank. All the petitioners declare that Smith l» the unfortunate victim of i ELM AVENUE. LIN COIN PARK, TO BE SANDED From Wednesday's Dally At the Instance of W. H. LaOrange of the board of county commissioners the work of sanding Elm avenue. Lin coln Park, from Lakeside cemetery eastward to Its terminus was begun a few days ago and will be carried on as rapidly as circumstance* wil per mit until complete. A strip about 30 feet wide down the center of the road way will bo sanded, and when prop erly settled, will make one of the best drives In the community. There Is a heavy travel along Elm avenue at all season* of the year, particular ly during the summer months, and Its Improvement will be greatly ap preciated by the public. Mrs. W. K. Granger and family re turned to Canon City from Pueblo, where they spent the winter, and have taken possession of their house at the northwest corner of Pike av enue and Btxth street George Bengly and friend, Harry Goetz left on No. 10 this morning for Colorado Spring*, where they ex pect to make their home. Mr. Beng ly and friend were shipmates on the V. 9. Steamship Albany. WEEKLY with the first stop at Porto Rico. The family of M. C. Gaines know how’ to do things. Mrs. Gaines sent wrord to some of her old neighbors at Salvam —twenty miles on the road to Pueblo—to furnish cake, cream and sugar, and gather a crowd and the family would drive down Saturday evening with a few crates of straw berries. The compromise was effected according to suggestion, and they met their friends at the school house to the number of eighty, 3nd enjoyed an old fashioned social* evening. They also visited in the neighborhood over Sunday, returning in time for straw berry picking Monday morning. They report a “grand time,” and that wheat and alfalfa are looking very promising in that section. Those living on Grand avenue are proud of the fact that that street is now graded from end to end. Eary cheries are getting red, roses and peonies are making a fine showing in many yards and those who gave their lawns special treat ment in the early spring are enjoying the results, as well as giving pleasure to people who take drives over the Parle There is no good reason why Lin coln Park should cot be made one of the beauty spots of Colorado. The family of Mr. Gilbert have changed their location from Elm to Colorado avenue. Mr. Geo. Salle, we believe has the largest average of strawberries in this vicinity. He employed a full force of pickers last week every day but Saturday and marketed 160 crates of berries. The home of John DeWeesa on Elm avenue has lately been quarantined for scarlet fever. Mr. Hemphill moved hla family last week to their new home on Sherman avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Carver took a trip to Ordwvy, just before Mr. Carver started on his tour of the West. A lawn party waa given by Pender Trimble on Elm avenue to some of her school mate* one afternoon, not long past. They had fan and frolic to the flntsbw. # Millie Lewis gave a party to a few of her friends at her home on Elm avenue one evening last week. The young folks had a very enjoyable time. , ’ circumstances, rather than being in any sense criminally inclined. The writers declare they believe he has been sufficiently punished fer any thing he may have done In connec tion with the failure of the bank . Among those who asked for clemency is Judge J. E Rizer. of the tenth Ju dicial district, who sentenced the man He writes that the chief executive may act in the case to the end that one who sinned not so much of his own initiative need not be made to suffer more than the head and front of the offending. Attorney Fred Sa bin. who prosecuted Smith, advisea the governor that the man ought not to remain behind prison wall a day after J. E. Godding, who was presi j of the bank, and who soon Is to j** Pleased, is given his liberty Sec retary of State Pierce also asks for 1 clemency In behalf of Smith. BURGLARS BOUND OVER TO THE DIS TRICT COURT From Wednesday's Daily F. E. Moore and W. L. Rou*er, who , were taken to Portland yesterday i morning by Sheriff Easer for a pre liminary hearing on the charge of , robbing the Portland Cement com- , pany's store Monday night, of a quan tity of clothing and other merchan-1 dlse, entered a plea of guilty before j Esquire Holmes and were held to the district court for trial without bond. I K. H. Hicks and R. H. Thomas, who were also arrested In connection with the Jobbery, were discharged as the evidence against them wa* insuffi cient to convict them as participants in the crime. All of the stolen goods consisting of two suit* of clothing. , two hats, two pairs of shoes, two] pocket knives, two necktie*, two rax- j ora, two watches, a revolver and thlr- 1 ty cents in m-vney, were recovered and returned to the comiwny. The defendants are 18 and 19 years of age respectively and will, in all probab ility. be sentenced to the state re- , Lrmatory at Buena Vista. The caae against Moore and Houser will ba called before Judge Champion In dla trlct court to mo row. “SAFE AND SANE” ORDINANCE REJECT ED BY CITY COUNCIL From Tuesday's Daily. At the regular meeting of the city council last night the proposed ordi nance prescribing a “safe and sane” celebration for Canon City so far as the use of giant crackers and other ex plosives is concerned, was rejected and no restraint will be placed upon the enthusiasm and ebulition of “young America” in the celebration of Independence Day. The ordinance passed on first reading three weeks ago, but was voted down last night on the ground that the amendments to its original draft had destroyed its use fulness to the community. The ma jority of the members of the council are favorable to the regulation of the use of dangerous explosives on the Fourth of July and other public holi days. but want a more drastic and sweeping measure than the one pre sented for their consideration last ev ening. lits liberality was the result of its death. Alderman Chapman of the fire com mittee reported that there was in In sufficient equipment available to make the recently established fire station in Harding's addition of much value to the people residing In that section of the city and asked that four hundred feet cf hose be purchased and placed in charge of the volunteer sta tion In that quarter. On motion of Alderman Wallace the fire committee FRONTIER SKETCHES From Tuesday's Dally. A telegraph operator who had been discharged by the company for de vulging the secrets of the office, agreed with a monied man of San Francisco to furnish him the result of a great Virginia City mining law suit within an hour after its private reception by the parties to it in San Francisco. For this he was to have a certain percentage of the profits on purchases and sales made on It by his fellow conspirator So he went, disguised as a teamster, to a little wayside telegraph office in the moan tains. became acquainted with the operator and sat in the office day after day smoking his pipe, complaining that his team was fagged out and un able to travel—and meantime listen- ■ GABLE BRIDGE AT TEMPLE CANON PLACED IN POSITION FEW WEEKS AGO From Wednesday’s Daily. The foot bridge over Grape creek in the vicinity of Temple canon was placed in position the first of the week and is now available for pic nickers and others who desire to use it as a means of crossing the stream at the place. It is of the suspension order and Is hung on wire cables, se curely anchored to each side of the creek, fourteen feet above the creek bed The bridge was built by S. A. Van Busk trk at the Instance of the Canon City Ru&tro-ss Men's associa tion and will fill “a long felt want' so far as the people of this commun WILL ASK DISTRICT COURT FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION From Wednesday’s Daily. Mrs. Mary V. McSbane will be a complainant In the Fremont county district court tomorrow when she will ask Judge Champion for a temporary injunction restraining William McKin ney from taking water for irrigation or other purposes, from the sources : iof supply of the Frank Ditch A Res ervoir company, of which she is said Ito be the principal owner. It is un derstood that the petition of the plain tiff will be heard at 10:00 o'clock to morrow morning- The parties to the suit live In the Six Mile district, to ! the nertheast of Canon City. A marriage license was issued this morning to John F Murray and Mary E Harvey. NUMBER 16. was instructed as a preliminary to the proposed purchase to obtain a long time lease on the necessary land in that part of town upon which to erect a building for the storage and safe keeping of the fire fighting aparatus to be set apart for the protection of property in that locality. It was stat ed that there was at present in pos session of the city about 3,300 feet of first class fire hose, a quantity ln suflcient for the need* of the deport ment The ordinance introduced at the last meeting of the council conveying to the Denver & Rio Grande railroad company a right of way for a railroad track across Eleventh street, also a right of way, along and across Tenth street was passed upon second read ing and ordered published in accord ance with the laws of Colorado. The committee on streets, alleys, and bridges was authorized to purchase for use of the city a new road grader, the old one having been declared In adequate to meet the demands upon it. It was also empowered to purchase a new mowing machine to be used in cutting weeds along the roadways within the city limits. The matter of a settlement with Warren W. Ireland for injuries re ceived several months ago in oonse- (Continued on page 4) ing to the dispatches as they passed clicking through the machine from Virginia City. Finally the private dis patch announcing the result of the lawsuit sped over the wire* and as soon as he heard it he telegraphed hU friend. “Am tired waiting. Shall sell team and go home.** It was the signal agreed upon. The mock team ster’s friend picked up most of the stock at low figures before the news Itecame public and a fortune was the result. Those were the days when everybody including the hired girls I had the mining fever worse than love , sickness and squandered their money I in buying stock just as everybody else was doing and many went broke. i ity are concerned. Heretofore It has been a difficult matter to cross Grape j creek in the neighborhood of Temple canon without getting wet. at times ! a physical impossibility. and the ' bridge In question will Increase the popularity of that locality as picnic resort, in addition to the bridge con struction Mr. Van Buskirk erected a ' railing along a portion of the front of 'the temple, under the great arch, to avoid the danger of falling on the rocks below. Temple canon and the old Ute burying ground are now easi *ly acessible to visitors. JUNIORS OF THE S. S. A. L WILL ORGANIZE from Wewucsday'a Dally. The Intermediate and Junior dlvis lona of the S. S. A. h. w|l meet at the Y. M. C. A. Friday night of thl* week at 7:30 sharp. All hoys betwoeo the ages of twelve and sixteen year® who are interested in ba*e hall and. want to play this summer are requested to be present. Come promptly an«t get your team in the league. ? Joe Dal left on No. 10 thia morn ing for Pueblo on business. <f« »l will Join her HIUMM. who TWrTWfcB M. buslnean In t|mt state.