Sugar beet industry eyed for Canon City district
Aemlican Beet Sugar company official will visit Canon City next Saturday to explain beet cultivation profits and irrigation advantages. Local ranchers are urged to meet at J. M. Ragsdale & Son to discuss joining the sugar beet growth program and potential expert guidance for market preparation.
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Aemlican Beet Sugar Company
Rocky Ford
Canon City
Arkansas Valley
J. M. Ragsdale & Son
Fremont County
Colorado
Swink
Garden City
Pueblo
Otero
Bent
Prowers
Canon City votes to become anti saloon territory
In Canon City a decisive victory for the temperance cause approved making the city anti saloon under Colorado local option law. The tally showed a dominant 14 to 1 preference with even the First ward voting 188 against license and 67 for license. The overwhelming result signals the town’s rejection of the rum trade.
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Canon City
Third Ward
Daily Record
G. A. Tanner
Jonathan Seaman
L. P. Boyle
D. N. Cooper
C. T. Chapman
W. T. Wallace
E. C. Hiatt
G. R. Tanner
FE. F. Jewett
Cyrus Weather
John Hamilton
R. J. Craig
Colorado
Friends of the
City Council Outing to Royal Gorge Waterworks Visit
Twenty three council members and citizens toured the Royal Gorge waterworks line on Friday. They traveled by Denver and Rio Grande train to the intake and by walking back, viewing the 36 inch conduit from inlet to reservoir with a capacity of 29 cubic feet per second and 22 cubic feet per second above the intake. The group praised the contractor and engineers, found leakage minor, and returned before sunset after visiting the reservoir and basins.
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Royal Gorge
Rio Grande
Hanging Bridge
Gorge
Cottonwood Creek
Ecity
Finance Committee
Lewis P. Boyle
T. B. Moore
Okey
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Arkansas River
Water Committee
Civic Improvement League’s Impact on Town Pride
The Canon City Improvement League has greatly aided the town by boosting local pride and community spirit. It compares to New England village groups and mirrors civic progress efforts across western towns, highlighting Cabea City as a beneficiary.
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Canon City Improvement League
New England
Organizations For Civic Progress
Cabea City
Hag Beza
Civic Improvement League Advances Canon City Progress
The Civic Improvement League has completed four public service projects valued beyond dollars and cents. It promotes cleanliness and good citizenship, created the City Park along the Denver and Rio Grande tracks, and helped seed parks, plant trees, and clean streets. The group also championed the Skyline drive, Scenic road, bridle path to Temple Canon, and other public works, positioning Canon City for a thriving civic future.
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Civic Improvement League
Denver & Rio Grande
League
Royal Gorge
Temple Canon
Canon City
Colorado
Public Park Plan Approved for Raynolds Heights Triangle
A Can on City Civic Improvement League committee asked a $500 appropriation to buy a two acre triangle between Cooper and Hazel avenues on North Fifth Street, promising to deed it to the city for park use. The council unanimously endorsed the grant, clearing the site and seeding it this spring.
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Civic Improvement League
Cooper and
Hazel Avenues
Canon City Civic Improvement League
T. M. Harding
M. S. Raynolds
Fred
H. Whipple
J. F. Marr
Frank P. Smith
City Council
North Fifth Street
League
Ex Congressmen Bell to Address State Realty Dealers’ Assn
Secretary Ross of the Canon City Merchants Association reports a letter from a western slope real estate agent saying ex- congressman John C. Bell will address the Colorado State Realty Dealers Association meeting near month end. Bell is seen as a leading state speaker.
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Bell
Ross
Canon City Merchants’ Association
John C. Bell
Colorado State Realty Dealers’ Association
Department Commander and Staff to Visit Canon City April 10
Commander Watson of Greeley and staff of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming Grand Army of the Republic will make an official visit to Greenwood Post G A R. Arrangements are being made to greet the distinguished guests with enthusiasm and vigor.
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Canon City
Watson
Greeley
Department of Colorado
Wyoming
Grand Army of the Republic
Greenwood Post
Vittore
Gresiteg. Ae
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Canon
G. R .Tanner
Sede Assassescas
Wees Ee Beaesen
W. T
Perererererr
the Civic Improvement League
South Canon
Beulah McRay
Herbert Warren Laws
Sarah McRay
Stanley Avenue
Mendelssohns
Barnaby
Jean B. Groff
G. W. Hatcher
First Baptist Church
Alyward
DeKoven
S. E. Lane
Harry Baker
Martha Baker
Cripple Creek Pointe
Cripple Creek
Raynolds Heights
Reeves
James Turnbull
Eighth Street
Colorado Canning Company
Turnbull
Main Street
C. W. Banta
A. H. Davis
W. T. Bridwell
Alfred Gorten
J. D. Gorten
Percy Craven
L. F. Colties
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