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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
1
The Record pledges a stronger booster edition to outshine prior Colorado papers with a 1901 style build. Plans grow via refined efforts and a gallery of local scenes and businesses. Support from all county interests is urged.
Canon City hosts a National Good Roads association push led by Wellington E. Loucks with Hon. W. H. Moore and engineers. They urge permanent roads nationwide, cite 8 200 000 miles of primary roads and call for state and local campaigns with convict labor and a Colorado county branch plan. The convention aims to organize broad county participation with leaders from Canon City and Florence and sessions at the opera house.
The piece argues that local retailers in small towns should advertise in local newspapers since space rates are affordable and reach their audience. It notes that country weeklies and small dailies provide suitable background for effective ads while urban dealers face higher costs and broader reach challenges.
A Colorado travel feature extols Colorado climate from Canon City to the Pacific coast route. It lauds mild summers, contrasts with heat on the Atlantic coast and Mississippi valley, and argues Colorado deserves greater population growth. The Canon City Council and visiting Grand Regents discussed assessment vote changes with a satisfactory explanation and refreshments served after.
Canon City apples and cherries push into Kansas City and Chicago amid strong demand. Green Hill orchards sent cherries to Kansas City, then mixed apples and Montmorency cherries to Chicago, selling quickly and at higher prices. A later shipment of Red Astracans and other varieties to Chicago aims to command the market with superior quality.
The Fremont County Fruit Growers Association reports a rapid apple harvest with Manager Salie expecting to ship carloads to eastern markets within a day or two. The early apples crop near Canon City is a quarter to a third larger than ever before, marking a strong season.
John Karterman of Patton's jewelry estate faced health troubles after an outing on Beaver Creek. He was knocked unconscious by a poison vine and developed severe swelling and facial marks. He remains bandaged on return and hopes to discard them soon.
Canon City residents anticipate a mass migration to register for the government land draw opening 2 000 000 acres in the Uintah reservation Eastern Utah. Grand Junction braces for 25 000 to 30 000 newcomers with tents rising as crowds stream in and railroads prepare special runs. No gambling saloons won t be increased and registration can be done in Grand Junction about 125 miles from the reserve.
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