Pueblo Man Wits Bonus to Build Big Sanitarium Here
Dr W W Bullette of Pueblo urged Canon City merchants to back a sanitarium project needing forty acres from citizens. Backed by prominent medical figures, the plan envisions a chain across the continent with $200000 startup. A committee will study feasibility and donation terms while Canon City sees rapid home building and growth.
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Canon City Merchants’ Association
W. W. Bullette
Pueblo
Bullette
Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
Jacoby
New York City
Ingalls
Chicago
Canon City Shows Rapid Growth and Prosperity
Visitors see a booming Canon City with crowded streets and busy shops. Climate soil and market access attract residents from the east, boosting property demand from five to eight hundred dollars an acre and lifting employment as trade thrives across the Arkansas valley.
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Canon City
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas Valley
Prospects Good for Large Fruit Crop in Canon City
Canon City district orchardists foresee an exceptional fruit year due to a warm winter and early spring. Prospects point to an abundance of apples and a variety of fruits including peaches pears plums apricots cherries and berries unless a late frost threatens, promising strong harvest potential for local growers.
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Arkansas Valley
Canon City
Pomona
Serry Sues for 80 Thousand Dollars
J J Serry sues The Portland Gold Mining Company for 80000 dollars claiming breach of contract. Serry, successor of South Park Lumber, agreed to supply 75000 feet monthly of red spruce and yellow pine to the Victor mill, but the defendant allegedly repudiated the agreement.
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Fremont County District Court
J. J. Serry
Portland Gold Mining Company
Victor
Colorado
Serry
South Park Lumber Company
Talahassee Creek
Progress on Canon City 1906 Directory
Work on the annual Canon City city directory for 1906, published by The Record, proceeds rapidly and proves essential for local business. With limited copies printed to meet advance orders, merchants are urged to subscribe now to ensure space and avoid later disappointment.
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the Record
Canon City
Timber contract dispute prompts damage suit near mill
The complainant sues for damages claiming the contract’s provisions harmed him. He cites millions of feet of timber within miles of the mill and states willingness to observe contract terms. C. C. Dawson and James T. Locke represent the complainant. P. J. Dougan of Pueblo and Judge A. T. Ginnell of Colorado Springs defend.
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C. C. Dawson
James T. Locke
P. J. Dougan
Pueblo
A. T. Ginnell
Colorado Springs
Fremont Cement Supplies Hit Distant Montana Markets
H H Heaton of Helena Power Transmission Co Butte Montana writes The Record highlighting Fremont county cement in Montana projects. Colorado Portland cement from Portland is used in a new power house and sub station foundations at Butte and in the Symons block a $300000 cement building under construction at the site of a previous fire.
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H. H. Heaton
Helena Power Transmission Co
Butte
Montana
Canon City
Jon
South Canon
Colorado State University
Fremont County
Colorado
Portland
Symons
Million Dollars Deposited in Fremont County Bank
The Fremont County Bank reports deposits of 1,029,946 the largest outside major cities in Colorado. Cash on hand and in bank over 422,000 shows a strong reserve and a growth of over 100,000 since January. The issue credits management and community prosperity and notes Raynolds predicted the bank would strengthen after his death.
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Fremont
Fremont County Bank
Colorado
Canon City
Raynolds
Water supply study urged for Canon City by merchants group
A special committee from the Canon City Merchants Association completed a report urging pursuit of a new water source. They propose hiring a hydraulic engineer to survey nearby territory and identify a substantial supply of clean soft water. The association and city council would share the engineering costs.
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Canon City
Allen Jameson Named New Committeeman
At a Republican County Central Committee meeting in the St Cloud hotel Allen Jameson was elected to the Republican State Central Committee to fill the vacancy from the death of Fred A. Raynolds.
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Republican County Central Committee
Mayor Coulter Buys St. Cloud Hotel at Main and Seventh
The mayor T. B. Coulter bought the St. Cloud hotel from Henry L. White for 15000 dollars. The eighty foot Main street frontage promises improvements planned for the coming summer. A high school diamond baseball game is set for 3 o'clock today featuring Canon City Ladys in the Read The Record want column.
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Mayor Coulter
ST. Cloud Hotel
T. B. Coulter
St. Cloud
Main and
Seventh Streets
Henry L. White
Main Street
Coulter
Canon City
No. 610
Denver Club
Seeds for Record subscribers offered by congressman Brooks
The Record announces a distribution of garden seeds from Congressman Brooks. Free seeds are available to Record subscribers who call, with parental written requests required for children. Parents must request for their children to receive seeds to plant a garden.
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Congressman Brooks
Nine Boys Compete For Record Vacation Trips
The Record offers two summer vacation trips to Chicago or St. Louis and California as prizes for Canon City boys who gather the most votes through new or back subscriptions. Subscriptions rate $2 per year to Jan 1 1904, $1.25 after. credits awarded per paid year and per new subscription. Eligible boys include Claud Singer N M Jones Aaron Casebeer Fred Elliott Frank Harvey James Bunten Clarence Hills Belmont Preston Earl Quinlan and others. Send in subscriptions or coupons to boost a deserving boy’s chance.
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Chicago
St. Louis
California
Canon City
America
Alleghany Mountains
Claud Singer
Peabody’s
N. M. Jones
Colorado Telephone Co
Aaron Casebeer
Marr’s
Fred Elliott
Canning Co
Frank Harvey
James Bunten
Canon
Clarence Hills
Belmont Preston
South Canon
Earl Quinlan
San Francisco Fire Area Devastation Quoted at Ten Thousand Acres
The Oakland California Tribune reports the disaster area from the San Francisco fire as about 10 000 acres roughly fifteen square miles with the extent still uncertain.
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Okland
California
Tribune
San Francisco
Third Lecture in Convict Series at State Penitentiary
Chancellor Buchtel of Denver University gave his lecture on President Roosevelt to convicts in the prison chapel last Monday afternoon under the State Board of Corrections. The talk sparked high enthusiasm, the third in a series of entertainments directed by the State Board of Charities.
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Buchtell
Denver University
President Roosevelt
State Board of Corrections
Buchtel
Roosevelt
State Board of Charities
Former Canon Man S. C. Foltz Dies in El Paso Texas
S C Foltz of Foltz Hardy firm Colorado Springs longtime Canon City resident died in El Paso Texas last Sunday after health decline. He once ran a building near Canon Citys old public library on Main street and later moved to Colorado Springs. Funeral and interment were held in Malvern Ohio, his old home.
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S. C. Foltz
Foltz & Hardy
Colorado Springs
el Paso
Texas
Foltz
Canon City
Main Street
Malvern
Ohio
Puebloans Visit the Royal Gorge Sunday
The first excursion of the season over the Denver and Rio Grande road ran from Pueblo through the Royal Gorge to Parkdale and back. Three coaches carried passengers who enjoyed the Hanging Bridge view. The train arrived in Pueblo around 11, returned from Parkdale about an hour and a half later, with Canon City reached after 2 pm.
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Denver & Rio Grande Road
Pueblo
Royal Gorge
Parkdale
Cripple Creek
Victor
Hanging Bridge
Rocky Mountains
Canon City
Pueblo Woodmen Visit Canon City Camp
About eighty Pueblo Camp No. 2 Woodmen of the World members visited Gate City Camp No. 18 last Tuesday night. The event featured a class of ten initiates, entertainment, a luncheon, welcome remarks by George B. Colgate, and music by a nine member drum corps. Gate City Camp now has 888 members.
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Pueblo Woodmen OF
Canon City Camp
Pueblo Camp No. 2
Gate City Camp No
Santa Fe
Elks’ Hall
Canon City
J. C. Latshaw
Woodmen of the World
Colorado
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Paradise
Lincoln Park
Fruitmere
Hardings
Old Institution
Knights
Fats
C. R. C. Dye
W. H. Peabody
George Prentiss
W. S. Simon
Dr. R. E. Holmes
A. A. Pope
Archie McNelly
W. E. Galley
Grant Dickinson
Leans
F. N. Carrier
Harry Morton
Rio Grande Railroad
Allen Jameson
R. E Yard
R. K. Coward
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Texa
Iron City
Canon City Lodge
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