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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
1
Canon City hosts engineers from Madison Wisconsin and Pueblo Colorado as the Kansas Colorado Power and Railroad company outlines plans for an electric line from Canon City to Garden City. Officials say construction could start within weeks with an electric railway linking Canon City to Pueblo and power supply for irrigation and pumping in the valley.
Canon City celebrates a new scenic Royal Gorge driveway built along the old state ditch. Reporters describe its spectacular granite cliffs and Arkansas River views, predicting it will attract visitors and become a celebrated city feature for picnics and tours. A traveler marveled at the panorama during a Skyline drive visit.
Fort Collins June 12 1908 President Barton O Aylesworth issues the first authentic reply to attacks on his private life claiming there is no truth in the insinuations and that the inquiry should cover the sources of the character attacks and the harm to the institution he leads. The Courier notes a letter from E Rem president of Kansas State Oral College alleging the directorship at the Kansas Experiment Station was not offered to Dean Carlyle and that Nichols doubts Aylesworth will win the Fort Collins post. The Kansas Regents meet next Monday.
D E Gibson writes from the Lusitania about life aboard including ship size and classes, steerage conditions, prices, deck life, and a charity concert. He notes 2200 capacity with 400 first 500 second 1300 steerage, steerage cabins, and comfort on board, while a London New York singer performs for seamen’s orphans. The voyage nears Liverpool with a 2 pm arrival tomorrow.
Richard Houle sued Mrs. Beckwith in the Custer County District Court for a $1250 commission on the sale of the Beckwith ranch to George A. Baker and C. A. Biggs. The jury, before Judge M. S. Bailey in Silver Cliff, returned a verdict for the defendant after finding no contract authorizing Houle’s agency.
The Canon City high school's late junior class held a moonlight picnic on the new scenic driveway into the Royal Gorge Monday night. About twenty youths joined the event, chaperoned by Miss Edwin Hall and Miss Myrtle Goodykoontz, with a splendid luncheon. The 1909 class is the largest in local school history, numbering about forty.
The Canon City city council met with absence of several officials. They considered a new yearly peddler license of 50 dollars paid semi annually and tied inspections to a local pure food inspector. Local vegetable peddlers objected to 50 dollars while merchants supported equalizing taxes and protecting brick and mortar shops.
Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad company plans strong move toward organization this week in Pueblo with a board meeting to elect officers and award initial contracts for grading the Pueblo to Canon City route. Chief Engineer C W Davis from Madison Wisconsin returns with a report, locating engineer Allen remains in Pueblo. The project aims to build an electric line with a mesa route avoiding rail interference and to start grading ahead of Canon City within the month.
The Canon City Junior baseball team will face Florence next Saturday at 2 p.m. on the latter’s grounds. The listed lineup includes Ray Ward and Forrest Hodgin as catch and second base, H Purmall and Burdon Sherrill as pitcher and first base, Lawrence Raynolds at short, Harry Wray at third, Earl Teamond in right field, Tom Purmall in left field, and Frank Clucas in center.
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