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The Cañon City Record.
Vol. XXXX.'
CANON SCHOOLS
OPEN WITH LARGE
ENROLLM'NT AND
GOOD PROSPECT
Over 900 Registered in Canon
Proper South Canon Has
Many New Students.
The public schools of Canon City.
South Canon and the surrounding ter
ritory opened for the year's work cn
Tuesday morning with a normal en
rollment and everything pointing to s
successful tens. Registration Os
ares will not be available before Fri
day, but BupL Drake of tbe Canon
City schools stated this afternoon rhxt
they would be highly gratifying so far
os a.anon City was concerned. Th
enrollment at the Washington. Un*!
coin, Harrison. Jefferson and Ngb
school buildings up to 4 o’clock Tt»*s-|
day afternoon was considerably in ex- j
cess of 900. according to Prof.*Drak»’
but the exact cumber could not lx
ascertained. At the high school 2381
students wgre assigned to c'asses by !
Principal Gillespie on Tuesday, and it
ls expected that the registration of
students there wii) approxrmate 275
within the next 10 4ay* or two weeks.
It is expected that by the close of the
first semester the number will be in
creased to nearly 300.
Tbe South Canon. 2*inco!o Park and
FrulUnere schools opened up on Tue*
day under no less favorable auspices
than those of Canon City, and reports
from all of them are very encourag
ing. as Is also the case in Park Cen
ter. Four Mile and other outlying dis
continued on Paire B>.
PRESIDENT WILL
LEAVE TONIGHT
ON NATION-WIDE
TOUR FOR TREATY
Purpose is to Solidify Public
' Opinion in Favor of the
Treaty.
(By United Press.)
- hingtnn. Sept. 3—President
WII will leave Wa*hlugton tonight
ob a 000-mile epeaking lour of the
country Id an effort to convince the
peop l ? that the treat y of peace With
Germany should be ratified without
change. He will endeavor to solidify
public opinion in favor of the treaty
as lt how stand* so that they will
bring pressure to bear on senators b -
their constituents to change their at*
tltude. The President will speak
extemporaneously from notes jotted
down while traveling on the train.
When hls opponents in the Senate re
ply to bis addresses he w..l Lake Is
sue with them, thus making the treaty
fight a sort of nation-wide deOAte.
There will be a pilot 'ocomotive ahead
of the presidents train nnd- other ex
traordinary precautions will be taken
for hls personal safety.
HITCHCOCK OPENS
FIGHT TO MAKE
RATIFICATION OF
TREATY COMPLETE
Declares France, England and
Japan are Certain to Ratify
Treaty as it Stands.
(By United Press.)
Wushlngton, Sept. —Senator
llltcbcock today opened tho flsat lor,
an unqualified ratification of the
treaty ot pence by pointing out In hls
Speech that Japho would never sub
mit to tho contained It.
the proposed Shantung amendment,
and that the other Allies would not
nsk Japan to do ao.
He declared that with Franc*. Great
Britain and Japan was certain to rat
ify th* treaty and the United States
would be In no danger of losing the
benefits under the peace agreement.
Re asserted that If w* tried to nego
tiate a separate peace with Germany
she might refuse to surrender billions
of dollars’ worth ot property we seised
from her tad liquidate the debt. He
Also declared that the United States
would be at a disadvantage In each aa
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Tacoma and Mt. Ranier
A night and morning ride brought
us back to Tacoma for luncheon. A
very good luncheon wai served at the
Commercial Club. We were to stop at
Portland for breakfast, but our train
was a little late so box breakfast* were
put on tbe train. Portland ladies met
the train with grant baskets of flowers
and decorated our ladies and tbe cars
a* coagpUtAjte and beautifully as tho
it were a wedding party.
We are now ln the state of Wash
ington. Frank P. Goss, city editor of
the Post-Intelligencer, came to the Hot
i Springs meeting to tell us what Wash
ington would do to show us a good
time. We find him in charge and
with a much more elaborate program
than he had promised. Washington
gave us five busy, wonderful, interest
ing days.
After luncheon et Taromn aatorn >-
bites took the party to ML Ranier.
Prominent business men Look us up in
their car*. Max Martin, who runs a
book and stationery store doing $200.-
: o«M) business a year, took Mrs. H. and
i nie in hta car. There is a very good
'road Bp to Mt. Ranier National Park
and twenty miles on to Paradise lan.
Much of the fifty-atx tnlles is In for
jests and mountains. On the way we
passed s great forest fire. The smoke
obsetfred the view of the mountains
from the west. A whole side of a
great mountain was on fire and the
smoke could be seen for a hundred
mile*. When we entered the Park we
had twenty miles of most charming
and wonderful scenery. Tbe first few
miles takes you thru shady forest
lanes. High above you towers the tall
timber. On either side you look Into
dark cavern like forest scenes. Below
you sometimes look fsr down the
mountain side into the tree tops be
low.
The last twelve or thirteen miles of
the ride Is real mountain stuff The
rise from Tacoma to Paradise inn' is
about 6000 feet. The roost of the rise
comes In the last twelve or thirteen
mi! s’ ride Colorado folks are used
to spectacular mountain drives. But
this ride up to Paradise Inn —6000
feet up the mountain side —was a
thriller for us as well as for those
f*"om the flat country. I have never
had such a thrilling mountain ride
, before.
They know how to handle the traf
fic in National Parks. On the upper
end of this drive cars ran go only
one way at a time. A block system
is used. At each end of this twelve or
' thirteen mile stretch care are released
|on the hour. They meet at a station
In between on the half hour. Tele-
I phone messages keep the guards
' posted on the number of cars to look
out for. They must all pass before cars
; are permitted to go ln the ppposit©
direction.
I We went up in the evening as the
sun was setting. The vtew all about,
and of Mt. Ranier especially, was su
‘ perb—splendid. I would like to de
scribe this magnificent mountain so
i that you could appreciate its beauty
and grandeur, but I can't do it. It is
too hlg for me. The qualifying words
I have been using for ordinary scenes
do uot fit here. I don’t know any
word* that do. When it comes to de
scriptive writing old Mt. Ran:er backs
{me off the board.
In Colorado we look at mountains
j from an elevation of from 5.000 to
j 7.000 feet. In Washington. Tacoma
{and Seattle are about sea level. Mt.
{Ranier rises 14.408 feet above them,
jour seventy-six-mile drive brought us
; to Paradise Inn, at an altitude of about
; thut of Canon City. Here we are at
* the very feet of Mt. Ranter, whose
| rocky, snow-covered summit towers
9,000 feet above ns.
Paradise Inn 1b a great big hotel
hulit out of logs. The lobby is 110
by 150 feet. The whole structure is
Austria Will
Accept Peace
(Bg I'altM SffM.l
Berlin, Sept. 3.—The Austrian Na
tlonal Assembly I* certain to accept
the peace treaty by next Saturday,
says a dispatch from Vienna. It la
understood that the German caalttlou
Ist*, who are In favor of on Austro-
Germ op union, oppose the treaty, hat
the Socialist* sad Social Demoeran
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THE CANON dTY CANNON
The Canon City Record, Thursday, September 4. 1919.
Schools Open
By Guy U. Hardy.
built of cedar logs. In each end U a
great fireplace, in which huge logs
were burning, and the fire* were
much appreciated.. It was cold. The
dining room is of similar si sc and
style. Out around tae hotel are many
little tent houses —with electric lights
snd electric heaters. The hotel will
accommodate several hundred people
and is usually about full.
The hotel commands a picturesque
spot Down below U Paradise Valley,
a beautiful nature! garden of wild
flowers and green vegetation. Near
by are great glaciers slowly bringing i
down tbe ice and snows of thousands
of years High gbove—nearly two
miles above —is the snow-capped peak'
of Mt. Ranier.
We spent the night he-e and the
next morning. It was positively cold, j
The great fires ii| the fireplaces
vanned np the rooms and made a
merry scene. Several hundred guests
filled the rooms. An illustrated lec
ture on Mt Ranier National Park was
given, later a dance, for the young
folks.
For some peculiar reason the lights
and heater* are turned off at 11
o'clock, so we sought the warmth of
heavy b’ankets earlier than usual
i that night. Outdoors the night waa
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ICE SHORTAGE IN
CANON IS IMMINENT
AND ECONOMY IS
EARNESTLY URGED
Little Natural Ice and a Hot
Summw Has Made Ice Short
age Thruout State—Local
Plant Can’t Supply Local De
mand.
Canon City in common with 52 other
towns of Colorado, is facing a short
ape of ice. The Canon Crystal Ice
Company, which tarnishes Canon City
and adjacent teir-ory with a plant
capacity of 20 tons a day. is uuab «* to
supply the demand and Is unable to
buy ice in Pueblo and other points be
cause of the shortages there .
The unusually low supply.of natural
ice from last wftater and the contin
ued hot weather of this summer has
caused the genera! shortage. Big
ice house fires in Denver, Rocky Ford
and the one of recent date in Pueblo
have added to the shortage.
Tbe Canon Crystal Ice Company ol
thin city is urging its consumer* to
be us economical in the use of ice as
is possible for the next two weeks
so that the supply can be made to go
as far a* possible. The local p ant
1s working night and day. but even
tbe full 20 tons is not sufficient to go
around, so that the only way ail can
.get some ice is for all to use less thau
they, would ordinarily.
Round Table Talk
Labor and Capital
(By United Press.)
Waahlngton, Sept S.—A round
table conference between represent,
tives of.capital and labor will be held
«t the White House some time be
tween Oetober 5 and 10, It is an
nounced About 40 people will be in.
vited to participate In the delibera
tion*. President Wilson wHI InYlte
delegates from the United States
Chamber of Commerce, tbe American
Federation of Labor and tbe agricul
tural intervals of the country. In
vestment bankers will submit names
for hls consideration. The Presi
dent w!» also select others from the
ooontry at lores. The President will,
send out tho InrlUtioaa while oe bU
eenJtlns tow et tho Went
BIG DECLINE IN
FOOD STUFFS IS
EXPECTED SOON
SAYS HOOVER
In His Opinion Speculators
Have Reached End of Power
and Can’t Control Market.
(By United Press.)
Paris. Sept. 3.—A tremendous de
cline in the price of foodstuffs may
be expected in the United States
within the next few months. Herbert
Hoover told the congressional com
mittee investigating war expenditures
in France, in Hoover’s opinion, the
| speculators have reached the end of
; their power ana are no longer able to
i maintain a corner in foodstuff*, owing
’to the inability of Europe to pur
chase America** surplus stocks. Euro
; pean warehouses are now full of
American foodstuffs, but there is no
market for them as European coun
tries needing food are unable to pay
the present prices for them. The
United States government must inter
vene by granting credit to nations
needing food and fix the maximum ind
minimum prices for it in th? United
States, declared Hoover.
CAPTAIN M’NAB
ON MEX SOIL SHOT
BY CARRANZISTAS
ADMITS GARZIA
This! Increases Seriousness of
thJ Incident, Say U. S. Au
thorities.
(By United Press.)
was one kilometer over the Mexican
line when shot yesterday, according
20 Gen. Garza, commander of the Car-1
ranza garrison at Neovo Laredo. Gen.;
Garza admitted that Carranza soldiers
did the shooting.
The American authorities here say
this increased the seriousness of the
Incident more than would be the case
if the shooting had been done by
bandits. Gen. Garza attempts to jus
tify the shooting on the ground that
the aviator had voilated international'
Uw -
Washington. Sept. 3. —High officials '
of the United States government ■
doubt whether any action can prop-1.
erly be taken by this country against 1
Mexico if Capt. McXab was flying j
over Mexican territory when shot, j
While there is no international law
governing aviation, it was the custom
in Europe prior to the outbreak of
the war to fire upon foreign aviators
flying over international boundaries
without permission, due to the con
stant fear of spies.
FRIENDS OF THE
OIL LEASING BILL
FIGHTING TO STOP
ALL DEBATE ON IT
Senator Thomas Will Present
Petition Urging Early Vote
on Debate Question.
(By United Press.)
Washington. Sept. 3. —The advocates
of the oil-lending bill have secured the
required number of signatures to the
c oture petition and propose to stop
the debate if necessary in order ’to
force the measure through Congress.
Alarmed by Senator J-a Foliette tae
friends of the filibuster nave circu
lated a cloture petition to shut off dis
cussion of the matter. Senator
Thomas haa announced that if the bill
is not passed today he will present
a petition which will force a vatu tffo
days later on the question of shutting
off debate.
Street Car Men
Strike in Columbus
(By United Press.)
Columbus, 0., B*pt. 3,—A thousand
street oar moo struck here today (or
hlcher pay and hotter eorkhi coedF
Ilona. A* a result of the strike set a
street oar l* rnnnlnc m th* eky.
»
WEEKLY EDITION
Two Boys Badly
Injured as Giant
Powder Explodes
Pueblo. Sept. 3. —Blinded and with
faces and heads tacerated moat norri
bly from the effects of a giant pow
der explosion. George and Tom
Wright, 12 and 8 years old. respec
tively, were brought to this city from
Walftenburg Monday night- and taken
with ail speed to the Minnequa hos
pital.
The victims are aona of John
Wright, superintendent of the Baick
Diamond mine at Wa’senburg. They
were out on tke prairfe hunting prai
rie dogs. They placed dynamite in •*
hole, but just how they exploded it
is unknown. Botn of the older boy’s
eyes were blown out, end one eye of
the younger is gone, while much of his
face is torn away also.
Hospital surgeons state that there
U but one chance out of a thousand
for George to recover, bat a fair
chance for the life of Tom.
Insure Next Year’s
Crop of Corn
Every corn grower should be look
ing forward to next year’s crop and
plan to secure good seed this fall. The
best place to find seed is in some field
of a good variety. This field should
be the farmers own or that of a
nearby neighbor. Do not go a long
distance tdt seed com, if it can be
helped. Native grown seed is prac
tica'ly always the best to use.
Select the seed corn in the field
while the corn is still standing. Choose
well-matured ears from vigorous
stalk*. These ears must be picked be
fore a killing frost occurs, if a high
germination is to be expected. As
soon a* the ears are picked hang them
in a well-ventilated pYace until thor
oughly dried.—G. S. Ray. Colorado Ag
ricultural College, Fort Collins. Colo
Florence Fishermen
Scare Up a Bear
Florence. Sept. 3.—James Wilson
and George BoeUler. while on* OB «
fishing trip at tbe Forks of Beaver
creek yesterday had a thrilling expe-;
rience with a black bear which they
j suddenly encountered on Little.
Beaver. The fishermen were just j
rounding a curve in the creek when
they came upon his bearshlp who was
quietly lapping up water from the
creek.
The bear was as much surprised a*
the two men and he showed no vi- '
{ rious temperament, but on the con- j
itrary scampered away in the brush .
; Neither of the men had a gun. but j
i Mr. Wilson, who was anxious to get
j Another good look at the animal, made
his way in the direction in which it
ran and to his amazement encoun
jtered it a short distance away.
The bear, which by this time had be
come thoroughly frightened, again ran
toward the creek- and passed close to
Mr. Boettler a second time.
This was the last seen of the ani-1
mal. notwithstanding Mr. Wilson made
a thorough search when he became
convinced that tbe bear was not look
ing for trouble. The incident caused
considerable excitement among the
many fishermen along the creek, but
up to this time no casualties have:
been reported.
Milner Arrested
at Prison Gates
Clarence Milner, an ex-convict, was :
arrested at the gates of the peniten I
Clary hete at 10 o’clock Tuesday morn- j
ing by Undersheriff Fu ! kerson on a j
warrant from Pueblo charging him j
with the larceny of a quantity of al-'
falfa seed a few months ago while a!
’’trusty” at the state prison farm near [
Avondale. Milner was released from ;
the penitentiary Tuesday mornig un- j
der expiration % of sentence for cattle;
rustling, for which crime he bad been ;
serving in Warden Tynan’s big insti
tution at the head of Main street for
two and a half year*. As he walked
out from the prison a free man h<*
was taken into custody and locked up
in the county Jail pending the arrival
ot an officer to take him to Pueblo to j
be tried for the second offense.
Milner was greatly surprised when
Informed of the warrant for hla ar
rest, and said he would have nb diffi
culty in proving tils inocence of the
iheft when the proper time came. Mil
ner. who is 49 years of age. was con
victed ot cattle stealing in the district
Crt or Denver county .ta 191$. He
a wjte end family living in Den
ver.
Sheriff S. E. Thomas and Under
sheriff William Btagel of Fneblo mo
tored up to Canon City Tuesday after,
noon end took Milner bosk with them
(or arraignment on the chars* of
grand larceny. They sere aoeom.
sealed on th* trip hy Deputy County
[Clerk R. WL Brook et (‘uebio.
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No. 36.
CITY COUNCIL
ENDORSES NEW
P O. SITE IN
A RESOLUTION
$lO,OOO is to Be Raised Among
Canon City Citizens and Gov
ernment to Be Asked for
$lO,OOO.
At the regular semi-monthly meeting
of the city council Tuesday night the
following reso’utlon concerning the
site for the proposed Federal build
ing in Canon City was unanimously
adopted :
“Be it resolved by the city council
of the city of Canon City, Colorado:
“Whereas, The location of the con
templated postoffice ior Canon City is
a matter of great importance to the
people of the city and its vicinity, and,
therefore, one in which this council is
deeply concerned, and to which It haa
given much attention and. accord
tngly. the council has carefully con
sidered the matter of the proposed
change of the site of said postoffice
from its present location to the south
i west corner of Fifth and Main streets,
and the council knowfng that before
| the present site was se ected there
i was a decided difference of opinion
! among the people as to where it
| should be. and that several other sites
had strong support by responsible and
I representative people of this comma*
: nity. an dthe council also knowing that
;at that time that the site now pro
| posed was not seriously considered be
cause of the fact that it could not be
bought for less than $31,000. but can
now be had for s22.auo. and that $lO..
000 of this $22,500 will be guaranteed
by responsible citisens of L anon City,
and that at least $2-500 can be real
| ized from the sale of the. present site,
and.
“Whereas, The said proposed sits
is practically in the center of the bust
■ness district on Main.street, and said
'location will help said business afs
; trict to expand equally and will assist
in preventing any tendency to permit
a part of said street to become dis
used. and,
“Whereas, the said proposed site
has practically the unanimous support
of thf people of this community, in
cluding those who supported the pres
ent. and other sites, and the council
being strongly of the opinion that the
proposed site is the best, and in fact,
an ideal site for said postoffice and
that it would serve the convenience of
the people better than any other site.
“Therefore, this council does earn
estly approve of said site and does re
spectfully request the Hon. Guy U.
Hardy as Congressman from this dis
trict, in which Canon City is located,
to use his best efforts to have the said
site Be’ected by the government for
the location of the postoffice, and also
to request a suitable appropriation for
the construction thereof at an early
date.
“The city clerk is hereby directed
to 9end a certified copy of this reso
lution to Congressman Hardy in Wash
ington. D. C."
All members of the city council
were present at Monday night*3 ses
sion except Alderman C. E. Reeves of
the First ward, who was prevented
from attending by illness. The fore
going resolution was signed by Mayor
biggs after its adoption and formally
1 attested by City Clerk H. C. Webste*.
Protests were filed and read to the
city council at Monda> night’s session
| by various insurance cou-pantos doing
I business in Canon City and by the
| Co'orado Packing Corporation object-
I ing to the storage of gasoline in tanka
ior other containers, erected above
i ground at public filling stations or for
I private purposes, to be fed inro auto
i mobiles or other vehicles by gravity
ion account of tneir menace to the
; community. The matter was referred
i to the ftte committee lor an tavestlgn
l tion add report.
j George L. Padgett, chief of the
I Canon City fire department, made ap
plication to the city council to be per
mitted to attend the annual meeting of
ibe Colorado State Firemen’s Associa
tion. to be held at Ordway September
11. 12 and 13. The request was re
ferred to the fire committee for deter—'
mtnation.
To prevent the parking of automo
biles in front oi the theaters of an
eveniiH and thereby preventing a con
gestion dangerous to the public la
fbe event or an emergency, a motion
was adopted by the council Instructing
the proper authorities to erect appro
priate signs at such places warning
the owners of totomobllee of Un
perils of such congestion.
After some other business of minor
importance, not rngde a matt*? of ton
ont th» council iiUimi— iMH Hate
ter •rtamg, IhwUi U,
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day sue: