Profitable fruit and intensive farming for Canon City ranchers
An article argues diverse crops beyond apples can boost profits for local growers. It cites alfalfa, cantaloupes, sweet corn, sugar beets, stock beets, asparagus, pieplant, garden crops, berries, and small fruits as lucrative options, outlining potential returns per acre and market considerations.
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Rocky Ford
Rock Ford
Colorado
Fruit Growers’ Association
Platt Valley
Lincoln Park
Riverside Avenue
South Canon
Soda Point
Arkansas
Canon City
Canon City Musings and Local Incidents
A clipped collection of stray opinions and comments covers local satire about taxes and community pride. The text notes Eldridge, an F. J. C. machinist, resigning after an incident involving a liter of liquid and injury, with mentions of Arkansas water, real estate, cucumbers, cholera morbus, and civic figures.
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Canon City
Arkansas
Canon Notes: Illnesses Travels and Local Moves
Canon pages report Mrs. M I Maddy’s illness at her daughter’s home, several residents visiting Canon from Colorado Springs and Denver on business, and multiple relocations including Kaye moving to Boulder. Sheriff Simon’s action in the Rose Edstrum case, a local arrest for assault with intent to kill, and notes on sermons by Rev. J Kent Rizer.
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Simon
Pueblo
Rose Edstrum
Linzie Kammer
J. Kent Rizer
Lutheran Church
James Noble
Howard Russell
Marshal MacKenzie
Justice of the Peace
McDonald
Lula Hawkey
Rocky Ford
George B. Raimon
Silver Cliff
Canon
Sunshine in Colorado and the lure of sunlit life
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes in the New York Journal praising Colorado’s climate as brighter and more reliable than California. She notes springtime vitality, a stimulating air that spurs business and social activity, and finds no dull or pessimistic faces in the state.
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Great West
New York
New England
East
West
Europe
California
Colorado
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Journal
Six Smallpox Cases Reported in South Canon
Six mild smallpox cases are in South Canon from the first grade of the South Canon school. Health officers have not located the infection source. The quarantine is strict and officers expect no further spread.
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South Canon
Echoola
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Mrs. Grundy
Arkansas River
Eldridge
F. J. C. Shops
Den
F. D. Heath
Denver
E. Shide
Grand Junction
Mra. W
Parsons
Everton, Mo
E. O. Weacott
Colorado Springs
George D. Kaye
Kaye & Davis
Boulder
Colo
Oren
Victor
Theo
W. S. DuPee
Sacramento
Henry Jones
Paeblo
Charles Williams
Morrison
GC. M. Sterry
Los Angeles
A. Hurlbut
Fruitmere
Emma Biersmith
Kansas City
Herbert Bieremith
Knight of the
C. M. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
Mrs. W. H. Cleveland
Abilene, Kansas
Alfred F. Seeley
William H. Carnell
Pearl Hamilton
Thi County
Minor
Ned Nafe
Preblo
Harvard University
Cora Green
Sunshine
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