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The Cañon City Record
Vol. XXXXI.
TRIAL OF N. Y.
SOCIALISE NOW
REGARDED IS OF
VITAL IMPORT
Attorneys for Both Sides
Regard Issue As of Na
iion-wide Interest.
(By United Press.)
ALBANY. N. Y .Inn 21.—The So
ciallat party went on trial al the hear
hue of the five suspended wwetnbly.
men to determine their fitness to hold
seats iu the Legislature.
The matter became national in it*
scope when tiie prosecutlou declared
that the hearing aas to inve*tlgat«
the ••tactics,” method* and program ot
Saciallsm. Morris Hilquil. cblel
counsel tor the defense. accepted th**
Issue and expressed a willingness to
have the trial conducted along tha
line.
John It Stanchfleld. attorney for the
Judiciary' committee of the General ■
Assembly, declared that th** Hoctallst 1
program calls for “the overturn of
the state's power and Its annihlll
lion.”
Sugar Takes
Another Leap
in Canon City
The sugar shortage in Canon t*it>
Is again becoming acute and the price
ha* Juat taken another upward leap.
It now sells for 15 cents a pound with
the prospect favorable lor a still fur
tber advance lores! dealers ••an
only buy from the wholesaler* three
sacks of sugar at a time. Although no
restriction has thus far been placed
by tin- government «n the frequency
ot their purchasers • anon City con
sumers now get aix pounds and io
ounces of sugar for a dollar
Wholesale!s have intimated to local
grocers that their supply ot sugai la
about exhausted and that there will be
no relief front present condition- h«
for* February 1 at the earliest
The situation In this state lias been
grated by the unusually large ship
ments of In-et sugai »o the East by
manufacturers and dealers Western
I wholesale dealers buy their sugar
from Colorado manufacturers In
niouthly allowances and. therefore,
must dispose of it In turn to retailers
on a ration basis
The arrival of the Februarv supply
will probably find tha stock* *»f ration
City grocers practically exhausted and
a ration system will like y be put Into
effect to tide them ovei until March 1
The panic over Increased prices has
caused unusual purchase* and it I*
believed (hat a g»K»d many people
have he*n forehanded enough to lay
In slocks of sugar sufficient to carry
them over Into the summer months
The lid. however. has now been
clamped down In such away as to
foteMall hoarding It Is not expected
that It will Id- necessary to Issue sugar
cards, bfit dealers will probably still
further limit Individual sales
The smrnr question In "up in the
aIC so far ns future, price* are con
rented and nobody pretends to know
very nim h about It Traveling sale*
fivSlt for wholesale firms an a** igno
rant In regard to 1t ns the public ut
large and can only theorize a* to what
the spring and summer months will
reveal In some places In the Fa stern
Sates sugar Is selling at 25 cents a
»utid ami Is hndd to obtain at that
price
Check -Prices
Every Month
Over Colorado
As a moans of combating the high
CO*t of living In Colorado, the Slat*
Ihqmrtment of Labor, through \Y L
Morrissey, state labor commissioner,
will collect data on the retail prices
on all food commodities, clothing,
coal wood and dry Rood* These In
vestlgatlon* will be made In 10 elite*,
representing every section of the
state, and reports will be complied
each month
The reports will bo made up by the
superintendent* of the Colorado free
employment offices In each of the 10
cit'.-* They will he sent In to the
nt|M department each month this
year and the state department will
compare them. It is the Intention of
the department to ascertain the rung--
of prlcea In various parts of the state,
and JjAiore the prices seem high, to
Investigate and take steps to bring
down the hi eh prices
When all the reports are In. a com
parison of price* over the state will
he sent to each employment office
With Which is Consolidated
Parkdale
Harold Murray accompanied a car
of cattle to Denver last week. Re
turning he visited friends In Colorado
Springs and Florence, arriving horn*
Friday night.
Mrs. John Murray motored to Canon
City Tuesday, returning Saturday
\V. IT. Murray. Sr., who made a Jmsl
ness trip to Denver last week, re
turned Thursday.
The Cross and Wallace families
shopped in Canon City Friday.
Mr. Williams completed the Job of
hauling sand for the new bridge Sat
urday. We hope the bridge will be
,>ut in by next July 4
II Brandon, the trapper, sold hl
traps to W. E Cross and has with
drawn from this territory.
John Murray shipped his turkey
to Denver today.
Miss Flnrk, who has been vislt’ng
at her sister* Mrs W F fro**-. f°
the past six week* left f>r her horn
in Denver tb!.-. rno-s nc
Bassick Items
Mr Mulvay of Junkins Park called
at the postoffice Friday.
Milton Harden returned from Stella.
Mo . Saturday, where he has be* n vis
Ring his mother over the holidays
Mrs Elizabeth Cowles came home
Tuesday after a two weeks' stay at
Canon City.
Mrs Sarah Martin returned home
Saturday after a week's visit at the
home of her son. Frank Martin
I«on Cell went to Canon City with
grain Monday.
Mr and Mrs Henry Morris enter
tained at Sunday dinner Mr %nd Mrs.
William Smith and Granddaughter
Miss Leona Richards. Mrs W I Tut
tip aud two children Miss Elva Van
derllnde. Mrs K A. Ferbach. Mrs.
Elinor Venter and Jesse Seymour
Mr* I. F Dabney ha* been on the
snk list the past week
Mrs. Wiliam Crurkson ot Wheel
gate ranch was a visitor at the post
office Saturday
The mail earners trues broke
through the crust of ice In a deer*
snowdrift as he was leaving the post
office at tia»*lrk Saturday, requiring
the halp of a team to get out,
Silas Spalding visited with hi*
brother. James Spalding Wednesday-
W S Seymour was a business vis
Iter at As* fttggla'a. Mrs Mollie M*
« uloilgh** and W. K McCullough’s
Friday.
F I. Smith and children and Mrs
L K l*lnc ad daughter went to the
eonnfy metropolis Thursday
Rev. A Vaeder inde aud wife and
son iH-nnum were Sunday visit or* at
the home of T W Ferbach
Park Center
Mr Me Murray of Grand Junction
came last week to visit with Mr. and
Mrs Frank Heck On Saturday Mr
McMurray and Mr and Mrs Heck
drove to Stone City In the Deck car
to visit with T. o McMurray and
other relatives-In that city. The Me-
Murrays are brothers ot Mrs Hack
Earl Maius made a trip to his ranch
in ibe liar* hill country last week and
brought back n shipment ot fur his
brother Carl had taken In the 'ot
was the fur of * cross fox. an auimal
very rate It seems, as Its lowest value
In the fur quotations Is $225 Karl
figures his returns should be better
than s4<mi
Bert Miller has been doing well with
his traps this winter He ha** taken
eight coyote*, four fox. one lynx, sev
eral bobcat, skunk, etc. He figures
hia returns will be in the neighbor
hood of SSOO for this shipment, and
the trapping season is good for some
time yet.
Mrs ('anna O’Brien Is spending i
few- days In Canon City visiting
friends.
Jim Berta and son Joe of Lincoln
Park were visitors on the Park Sun
day.
Lon Green went up to his mountain
ranch on High cr****k Monday to look
after some stock he bus up there
Vinclnzo of Lincoln Park
was s business visitor on the Park
the first of the week.
R Mason of Lincoln Park was a
business visitor nt the home of S. R
Huffman Saturday
Mrs .1 S Miller spent the week
end at their Wl'son creek ranch
Mfs. .1 C Brewer spent Thursday
visiting at the home of Mrs .T. P
Hochkla*.
Mr Pringle of Lincoln Park visited
the Park on a business errand Snt
uhday.
C A Nortnsn Is hauling sand He
is going to build another room to his
home and figures that concrete will
he much chenper than lumber
Hen Morrln of Garden Park was n
business visitor Saturday
Little Virginia Burkhart has been
quite ill for several days, hut Is much
hotter at this time
Mrs Pearl© Carter and son Casle of
South Canon was visiting friends on
the Park Thursday
Mr and Mrs Karl Hams nre mov
ing hack to tholt* ranch In the Harehlll
country after living on the Park since
earfy last fall They purchased a
couple of tine milk cows to take back
with them They start Tuesday. Mr.
THE CANON CITY CANNON
Canon Gity, Colorado, Thursday, January 22, 1920.
FOOTWEAR PRICES
WILL CONTINUE TO
SOAR UPWARD FOR
SOME TIME TO COME
Manufacturers See No Re
lief in Sight Foreign
Demand Will Cause In
crease.
(By United Press.)
SEW YORK, Jan 21.—The price or
footwear will continue to advance for
an indefinite |>eriod. according to the
predictions of official* of the National
H«*ot and Shoe Association, who are
now hi ld.ziu their annual convention
here.
The ratification of the treaty of
peace and the resumption of foreign
trad* v.. 1 increase the price of boots
and shoes, in the opinion of the asso
ciation. by establishing new markets
for such poods
Economy and
Efficiency in
Consolidation
Editor of The Daly Record:
i Your article on Monday entitled:
I ‘Consolidation of the Two High
■ Schools." is slightly misleading, as
' the consolidation will be of the two
j school districts. Nos 1 and 8. which
! of course, would Include all the grad"
| schools as well as the two high
I schools.
The consolidation wou d reduce the
{overhead expense by eliminating one
superintendent and one huJi sch«>ol
principal, oue art teacher, one niusio
teacher .one physical instructor and
j several high school teachers t It
would make one strong high school
* of about 400 students insiead ot on**
high school of 2(ni stintents. a:..l an
other high school of l'Mi student* Tb
weak plates lu either high school
j w ouUP be strengthened and all the
students would have a better
j (unity In their four year.*’ woik Th**
advantage in the grade schools would
be In making the work in the united
district uniform on both side* of the
jdilver.
\t present different book* are ttaetl
| and different work l* done so that
, when a family moves from one side
lof the river to the other, which Is
very frequent, the chi’dren are badly
hnndlcapi»e«i in their s» ho«*I work The
(M*ople on both sides of the river
| should work in perfect harmony In all
municipal and school matter* to get
the best results Our children only
have one chance to get their ediica-
I Mon and they should have the very
best it I* |H>.«sihle to give them Our
school* should he made better if pos
i -dble. and by uniting the two districts
, the •durational facilities would be In
j creased.
It would seem the ’ogioal thing for
, the Fruit mere and Four Mile district*
j ’o Join in this union, as their stu
dent* have alw-avs attended the Canon
* City high school
A E SH ARMAN
Local People
Get Pictures in
the Denver Post
Tuesday afternoon"* Denver Post
contained pictures of two prominent
Canon City people They were those
of Mayor C V Biggs, president ot
the Mountain States Lumber Dealer*-’
Association, which is holding its an
nual convention at the Brown
hotel this w*ek. and Mrs Lois II AI
len. editor of the Fremont County
Leader, who was on Monday elected
pre-ldent of the Colorado Editorial As
sociation in the course of its ref
erence to the selection of Mrs Allen
to head the state newspaper organiza
tion for the coming year, the Post
says:
Mis Allen was not elected., accord
inu to the statement of one of the
male members of the association
merely because of a chivalrous nt
tompt to show the women a kindness
hut because she will “stay put** ns an
officer of the asHocintion and because
she has heretofore shown ability ns
an executive of the association ’’
Nlokleson Is going up with them, hut
will return to the Park for the
present
Lloyd Champion was on the Park
Mondav looking for a lease for the
year, but every thing Is taken, so he
drifted down to East Canon to try to
locate there.
l-2d O’Brien Sunday**d n Florence
George Stock Is still on the sick list
and Mrs Stock is staying in Canon
City until he Is better, then will return
to the ranch ou Wilson creek.
Dr. Wade Points
Out Advantages
of Consolidation
In favoring the proposed plan of
uniting North Canon b.gh school and
South C’anon high school. Dr. Pitt A.
Wade, president of the school board
for District No. 8, gives some excel
lent reasons why this move will work
to the advantage ol both institutions,
aud, incidentally help 'increase the
population of the community and
trude.
In his remarks. Dr. Wade indicates
that he has given a close study to the
proposition, and makes clear the fact
that* sm b a united institution will
bring benefits in many ways that wil
be lasting. He says:
“1 am heartily in favor of uniting
the North Canon and South Canon
high school*, for I can see that if the
plan is followed that I and others
have discussed, it will bring an in
crease in the population, and business
of the community, it will advertise our
town guc-h as it has never been ad
vertised before, and it will make the
united Institution one that w-ill be
sought after by ambitious young men
and women who do not now- enjoy
such benefits.
“In my plan and which is favored
by practically all who are especially
interested in the South Canon high
••chool feature, w-e would have th**
South Cation school as the manual
art* department, both institutions be
ing united under the name of the
Canon City high school. In District
No S. ve have three unoccupied
rooms which could be added to th**
floor spa e conveniences, and with
the rooms now in the South Canon
h*eh school building, we could event
ually make the manual arts depart
ment so attractive that both young
men and yonng ladies would want t<
attend from the Wet Mountain valley,
and the Pan Luis vai'ey. and in this
manner our community would be ad
vertised in all that territory.
"The parents of these young peopl**
would also want to h*- with thorn, and
this would mean increased building
operation*, a demand for real estate,
and necessarily an increase in our
business operations.
“We would use the North Canon
high school as the liberal arts depart
ment. or in other words, follow the
curriculum now being taurht In the
two institution*
We wen in awvelnp the uvanua’ arts
(MkarfniAf in such an up to-date man
ner that it would truly be a trade
school in every sense of the word,
where young men could be trained to
do practical things, such as type
setting. carpenter work, automobile
repairing, and the handling of tools
in general, while the young ladles
would be given a knowledge of dress
making, the millinery art. and other
points in domestic science All par
ents are anxious that their children
shou'd be taught how to use both their
bands and their heads*and the courses
In this department could he so ar
ranged »hat a student could by choice
remain with us. say nine months a
year, or even longer, according to
what he desires to learn, and be grad
uates! as proficiently a* he would in
any similar institution where he would
have to pay a big sum for such Instruc
tion.
“For instance, we could make the
«ommercial course truly indeed what
its name would Imply. The students
could qualify in bookkeeping, type
writing or stenography in the same
length of time that it would tak# them
in a regular commercial col’ego. and
our course could be such as to make
it possible to secure a position just
.is readily ns though they were trained
in a •-ommercial college We could
also hav* in the manual arts, an agri
cultural department and horticultural
department, where the students could
be taucht tree husbandry, plan! hits
handry and vegetable husbandry
"In thi- plan, you can see that It is
not our aim to prepare students in the
manual arts department for a unlvcr
slty. hut give them a knowledge of
practical things so that they can sue
ressfullv meet the battles of life Sta
tistics prove that only about 2** per
cent of those who attend high schools
ever go to universities. It Is not our
purpose to graduate young men so
that they can sit around in white co’
lars. and pose for the admiration of
others, but to impress upon them the
fact that ft Is no disgrace to don over
alls, get acquainted with the runninr
of an automobile, and get their hands
soiled, it It is necessary to repair
something that is essential for the up
building and support of industry
•*Bv uniting the two schools It would
•slso enahl*’ us to develop an athletic
team that could compete favorabH
with an> other high school athletic
team in the state This would brin*
ether athletic teams h*re. and In this
manner the city and Institution would
be advertised among a class that
would give its a high standing and
pr* stice **
RETURNS HOME AFTER
A VISIT HERE
Mrs Earl M*efc*rl and th ,- ee chH
dron retioned to Cnlcite .after spend
iug a few w eeks with h**r mother Mrs
William F« Idhouser of Lincoln Park
WEEKLY EDITION
CONSOLIDATION OF
TWO HIGH SCHOOLS
WILL BE TALKED
OVER SATURDAY
School Directors of North
and South Canon Will
Meet to Discuss Matter.
The matter of tue consolidation ot
the Canon City and South Cano:* high
schools, which has been sporadically
discussed for h number of years. Is
again occupying the attention of the :
school authorities on both sides ol
the river. A meeting of the members
of the boards of education ol the two
districts, with representatives of the
teaching faculties and the county
superintendent of schools, will be held
next Saturday night when the ques
tion of the proposed merger will prob
ably be definitely determined.
The consolidation of the two schools
it is generally conceded would result
in increased educational efficiency so
far as the Canon City territory is con
cerned. and would give the community
a high school second to none in the
state in its course of study and in its
>tatidards of scholarship. It would
be an institution of which everybody
would be proud and would be the
means of attracting many people her*
for the education of their children
There are no leeal obstacles in the
way of consolidation, and there are
many people on both sides of the
river who are friendly to the propo
sition. Each district has a bonded
indebtedness that could be converted
into a bonded liability if it was de
*ir»-d to do so to prevent any fituinc a
tangle from blocking the suggested
merger An opinion from Judge Au
gustus Pease concerning consoltda
lion and the steps to be taken to ac
complish It was olaced in the hands of
the Canon City board of education
some time ago. and will be used as th
basis of proceedings If it is decided to
go ahead with the undertaking
The consolidation of the two high
schools is a matter for the careful con
sideration of the people of the com
munity. and th** boards of education
are not disposed to treat it Rghtlv
however desirable its consummation
may seem to be. They would like to
Have an expression from taxpayer-*,
patrons and others interested in the
subject, and to that end would be
pleased to have the opinions of people
concerned in the educaiinnal welfare
of the community for their guidance
That representative opinion may be
had In relation to the contemplated
consolidation. The Daily Record is
willing to print the views of people
bearing on the subject, but as a mat
ter of self-protect lon must specify
tliat all such contributions be brief
and to the point I-ong. discursive
articles would be likely to lack the
necessary clarity of expression, and
would mystify, rather than enlighten,
and would necessarily have to be
barred from publication on account of
the limited space at our disposal for
such a controversy.
Fine Thorobreds
on Exhibition
at Stock Show
Woody Higgins received 83 head
of thorobred bulls in Denver Monday
from Kansas He not only placed
them on exhibition but is selling them
too Woody Higgins is one of the
well known and picturesque cattle
men of the state and as such he was
caricatured by the famous “Doc” Bird
Finch in the Sunday Post.
Woody has a large circle of frie-nds
in Colorado among the cattle Inter
ests and he has been meeting most of
them In Denver this week
Secure Your
Auto License
Immediately
Something like 700 automobile li
censes have been granted by the
county clerk since January 1. and the
clerk in charge of their Issuance has
been about the busiest Individual etn
ployed at -he court house. Although
there lias been a great rush for the
1920 license tags during the last week i
or 10 days, it will increase as the end J
of the month approaches
It shonbl be borne In mind that un
der the new law all auto owners must
have their license tags on their cars ,
on the morning of February 1. falling
In which the state inspectors and |h> '
lie** have a right to arrest them and,
take them into court* and it Is said !
tho> w ill be watching for the new j
tags Ii arrested it will cost an
owner as much ns the license fee
The cle»-k and hi* force wish to
urge upon owners of cars to make
application promptly as there will be.
an unusual rush during the last few
days unless the majority of owners J
applv beforehand
TYNAN THINKS
SALE OF PRISON
FARM WAS PURE
LAND GRABBING
In a Letter to Governor
Shoup He Tells Some In
teresting Things About
the Deal.
The prison farm at Avondale was
sold this week by the State I,and
Hoard to the highest bidder. The re
sults of the sale brought forth the
following letter from Warden Tynan
to Gov. Shoup:
Hon. Oliver H. Shoup. Governor of
Colorado, Denver, Colo.
My Dear Governor- For your infor
mation I will say that the result of
the sale of the Avondale farm yester
day was just as I have predicted all
along that it would be.
The laud board sold it practically
at the minimum price ana anions the
purchasers I find the names of Cawl
field. Cntes. etc., the men who were
making the fight against the farm on
the gronnd that it was a menace.
Furthermore. I will say that the
land board sold this wonderful tract
oi land for $83,760. giving the pur
chasers 30 years in which to pay for
it As you know, during the past
year the state itself took off of this
tract of land $40,000 in cash, and for
the last biennial period the gross re
turns were $101,764.88. with a uet re
turn of $66,578.36. So it will be seen
that the penitentiary' was earning
more every two years and saving to
the taxpayers of the state, as much
money as the land was sold for. And
before this land is paid for by the
m*‘ti who made the purchase, and be
fore the school children of the state
ge* the $83,760 in full, the peniten
tiary would have earned and saved
for the taxpayers of the state $1,000,-
imm) prnfi’. and the school children
would still have owned the section.
Furthermore, as you will remem
ber. f Offered the land-hoard. Tn your
presence, as a rental on this property,
S3O 000 a year without selling the
land. So we offered them more in
rentals than the tract was sold for.
If this should not arouse the people
of the state to the necessity for the
abortion of the present land board
than 1 do not know what will
There was not an acre of this land
that was not worth on the market to
day from $350 to S3OO The aver
age price this land brought yester
day was $130.87 an acre. The land
board managed this bv pulling off the
sale In a little school house in a very
sparsely settled district, thereby giv
ing only the people who were after
the land a chance to bid. and shuttintf
off all outside bidders bv making it
inconvenient for them to attend the
sale Yours truly. WARDEN.
January 16. 192 b.
Fortune In
Whiskey Taken
By Officials
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 19—Whisky val
ued at $3,000,000 has been confiscated
by the government here since the
Eighteenth amendment to the Federal
Constitution went into effect last Sat
urday.
Must Report
the Seizure of
All Liquors
State Auditor Arthur M Stone has
mailed to all sherlfts in the state no
tices asking that they immediately
furnish him with an itemised
ment showing the number of pints of
liquor seized b\ them, or turned by
them to the state authorities, and also
showing the amount of such liquor In
their custody
The report made last w e**k by Aud
itor Stong to Gov Shoup dDclosed
the fact that the constabulary had
turned over to the various sheriff** in
the state a total of 25 9*>o pints of con
traband intoxicant*
JAMES BUNTEN
EXPECTED HOME
Jam* s Rumen. who has been at
Cartersvllle. q« . for several months
on business for a branch of the Empire
Zinc Company, is expected to arrive
m Canon City tiwhtn a day or two.
While he had not actually completed
his work in Georgia, he had finished
the most important part of it. and he
was recalled to this city to take up
some special duties. It may b neces
sary for him to return to the South at
x later date
No. 1.