Colorado Real Estate Prospects Interest Investors From Illinois
John N. Hill and his son Ed of Decatur Illinois plan a brief visit to discuss real estate investments in Colorado. They may head to Montrose to survey lands in the Uncompahgre valley irrigated by the Gunnison tunnel. The note lists other local business optimism and coal market strength.
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John N. Hill and Son
Decatur
Illinois
Hugh Hill
Montrose
Gunnison
Industrial conditions praised in Fremont county coal camps
Industrial conditions in the Fremont county coal camps are as satisfactory as they have been in years. The report notes improvements across work, living standards, and safety, reflecting a positive outlook for miners and associated workers.
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Coal Creek
Kansas
Nebraska
Fremont County
Canon City Sees Bright Spring Prospects With Proposals
In a talk with Col. D. K. B. Sellers on Thursday, Canon City’s spring business outlook appears highly positive. He cites several major proposals in progress including an electric street railway and development plans for extensive arid acreage, signaling strong potential growth for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
D. K. B. Sellers
Canon City
Canon City urged to boost town progress in new year
A Canon City message touts irrigation by the Water Syndicate and plans for a large beet sugar factory a cement plant and a pure water system. The speaker urges every citizen to promote the town with energy and to engage strangers as potential boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
How to Cure Chilblains by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine recommends Bucklen's Arnica Salve to prevent chilblains and treats salt rheum with it, claiming excellent results. The salve claims to cure fever sores, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin diseases and is priced at 25 cents at Hunter & Palmer's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kemp
East Otisfield
Bucklen
Hunter & Palmer's
Colorado Springs Capitalists Seek Irrigation Scheme
Jesse H. Waters C. C. Hamlin and Col J Q McDonald visited Canon City town to discuss a major irrigation proposal to reclaim semi arid mesa lands near Canon City Fremont County. They believe the project could be funded if feasible and noted Garden Park ranches do not affect their plans.
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Jesse H. Waters
C. C. Hamlin
Colorado Springs
Mesa
Canon City
Pike’s Peak
Col
J. Q. McDonald
Florence
Messrs. Waters
Hamlin
Col. McDonald
Fremont County
Turnbull
Garden Park
Mr. Waters
Replacing Mexican Colony With Anglo Saxon Homes
Four Mile reservoir project aims to acquire sites from a single owner rather than multiple. Waters and Hamlin journeyed home by automobile. The piece notes migration of Mexican and Spanish families, with the Sanchez and Patrone families as late residents, and ends with an advertisement for Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup at Palace Drug Store.
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Four Mile
Mr. Waters
Mr. Hamlin
Sanchez
Patrone
College Avenue
Palace Drug Store
Mexican Quarter of Canon City Vanishes
J. D. Lloyd has bought most west side property on Fourth Street from College avenue to Pike avenue and begun demolishing old adobe houses, signaling the imminent disappearance of Canon City’s Mexican settlement after years of existence. The area’s removal marks the end of a historic enclave once shown in local maps and stories.
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J. D. Lloyd
Fourth Street
College Avenue
Pike Avenue
Lloyd
Real independence through banking and saving benefits
The article extols true independence via a bank account and encourages starting an account now. It notes that saving with the bank will greatly benefit the reader and that there is no limit on the amount that can be saved.
Water Well Produces Fresh Supply in North Town
Western Land and Water Company began pumping water after months of boring north of town. They struck Dakota sandstone at shallow depths and found a large, pure supply of soft water at 250 to 300 feet, with a four inch stream reaching the surface this morning. They continued drilling to 900 feet but did not find more water, yet the discovery proves a subterranean aquifer exists near the site and supports cultivation plans.
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Western Land and Water Company
Canon City men plan irrigation project with wells
A Canon City group has secured leases on land and will bore multiple wells to supply irrigation water. Well No. 1 pumps a four inch stream capable of irrigating about forty acres with proper conservation, and space remains on the property for seventeen additional wells.
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Canon City
Mining Interest Grows in Whitehorn District
Following new gold discoveries in the Whitehorn district, mining interest surges as numerous mineral claims are filed. The Woods Investment Company of Cripple Creek, an early Whitehorn locator, bought about a thousand dollars in county tax certificates on several reverted claims. Whitehorn lies in the same mineral zone as Cripple Creek and is viewed by many as having strong future mining potential.
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Whitehorn District
the Woods Investment Company
Cripple Creek
Whitehorn
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Canon Realty Company
Main St
Strathmore Hotel
Peabody
Donald Vice Pres
Esident
Alae
Oh Wrod
TN Bank
A. Smith
Colorado Realty
Foley
Fremont County National Bank Capital
Sue
Fremont County Bank
Joshua S. Raynolds
George A. Baker
Robert S. Lewis
M. S. Raynolds
Pres. CG
F. Rockafellow
F. A. Raynolds
Canon
Citizens State Bank
B. Coulter
J. W. Cannon
Vice-Press
J. Evans
Oashier
The
Canon Investment
H. Atwater
Main Street
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