Canon City Fortunate in Its Mineral Waters
Canon City boasts rich mineral springs that rival Manitou for healthful quality. Public interest grows as springs near Main Street provide free drinking water, with facilities built by private funds for public use. Nearby Alpine terrace and Royal Gorge hot springs add to Canon City’s potential as a health and pleasure resort.
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Canon City
South Canon
Alpine Terrace
S. A. van Buskirk
Arkansas
Grape Creek
Losality
Colorado
City Council Transacts But Little Business
The regular meeting was brief and largely unproductive. Bonds for a contractor’s sidewalk project were approved, a license for a pool business sought, and committee reports noted. The council adjourned to Tuesday, September 8.
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City Council
Four Mile Creek Flood Reaches Historic Level
Superintendent N C Durning reports at 9 am Four Mile Creek stood at four and a half feet the highest flood since 1903. No clear damage along lower courses, but higher rainfall upstream harmed ranchers by spoiling much of the alfalfa second cutting. Overall impacts mix heavy losses for feed with broad regional benefits from rain.
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N. C. Durning
Four Mile Creek
Road to new site completed opens scenic drive to waterworks
A new carriage road from Sand Creek Valley to the proposed Fremont peak waterworks site near Canon City is finished and will stay open to the public. The route winds in a gentle spiral, offers scenic views, and will connect with the Royal Gorge drive as a pleasure roadway. Engineers report heavy equipment including two 150 horsepower engines and Fresno excavators operating with 80 000 pound cables, with work continuing for months to complete the reservoir and settling basins.
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Sand Creek
Fremont’s Peak
Daily Record
Royal Gorge
Canon City
Canal Street
Kenley’s Gardens
Portland
Patmos
Fresno
Colorado Editors Praise Canon City Meeting Highlights
The Colorado Editorial association met in Canon City for two days with a banquet to close. Canon City Record editor Guy A. Hardy drew praise for hosting while Leo Vincent of Boulder and Catharine Bell of Canon City were among speakers. The event praised public finance transparency and the primary law, and noted Canon City as a growing summer resort with national park nearby and the Skyline Drive offering scenic views.
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Bide Dudley
Denver Post
Colorado Editorial Association
Canon City
Doc Bird
Man of the Post
Guy A. Hardy
Canon City Record
State Penitentiary
C. E. Adams
Montrose
George H. Sake
Canon City Merchants’ Association
Hardy
Wolfe Londoner
Denver
Leo Vincent
Boulder
Vincent
Catharine Bell
John F. Greenawalt
Prospect Heights
North Longmont
Judge Rucker
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Argument ends in landmark receiver case in Florence
Arguments in the petition of Jacob Wallace for a receiver for Inland Oil and United Oil were completed Friday at 5 pm. Judge Bailey took the matter under advisement and promised an order without undue delay after a four day session that featured sharp exchanges between William V. Goldner and John Macbeth over how the evidence should be viewed. A $1,000,000 damages claim was identified as a later issue.
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Bailey
Jacob Wallace
Florence
Thenland Oil & Refining Company
Boulder
United Oil Company of
William Victor Goldner
New York
Mr. Goldbert
N. H. Hawkins
Denver
Richardson & Hawkins
Clyde C. Dawson
John R. Dos Passos
400 Square Miles Range Offers Prime Sheep Country
The Great Western Wool Growers' Corporation controls a 20 by 20 mile range in New Mexico. Dr. Pitt A. Wade, president, and J. W. Felt, Salt Lake City vice president, report strong profits and growing investments. They predict 50 to 75 percent annual dividends as the sheep business rebounds after Taft's election.
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Great Western Wool Growers’ Corporation
New Mexico
Pitt A. Wade
Great Western Wool Growers’ Co
Poration
J. W. Felt
Salt Lake City
Dr. Wade
Taft
Seventh Normal Institute Closes Its Tenth Annual Session
The twentieth annual session of the seventh normal institute for teachers of Pueblo Custer and Fremont counties closed at the high school building after ten days of lectures and field trips. Asa P. Dickson Nellie Corkish Minnie C Merriam served on the executive committee with Milton C Potter conducting. One hundred forty nine active members registered along with ten visiting teachers. An excursion to Skyline drive and Royal Gorge included a picnic supper at the convict camp.
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Seventh Normal Institute of the Teachers of
Pueblo
Custer
Fremont Counties
Asa P. Dickson
Custer County
Nellie Corkish
Pueblo County
Minnie C. Merriam
Fremont County
Milton C. Potter
Albert G. Owen
Hastings, Neb
Sanford Hill
Denver
Myrtle Goodykoonthz
Canon City
Merriam
Katherine L. Craig
Royal Gorge
Institute
President Atwater Enlightens Public on Rail Line Project
Aug 18 Fowler reports a large crowd at the Commercial club heard 8 H Atwater and J B Green discuss plans for the Kansas Colorado Electric Transmission company. They outlined benefits to town beyond electric lighting and power, aiming to advance interurban connections.
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Fowler
Commercial Club
H. Atwater
J. 8. Green
Kansas-Colorado Electric Transmission Company
Railroad project push noted with local interest
Wisit Manzsanela, Mansanos, Aug. 19. S. H. Atwater of Canon City and J. B. Greene of Pueblo, president and consulting engineer for the Kansas Colorado railroad, were here yesterday in the interests of the company. Work is reported to be going on rapidly. Electric lighting and power transmission are spoken of as offering particular advantages to the community.
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Canon City
J. 8. Green
Pueblo
Kansas-Colorado Railroad
la Junta
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Alderman Reeves
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Water Committee
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New
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Macbeth
Tricounty Institute
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Wisit Manzsanela
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