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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
1
Apple gathering has begun near Canon City with Winesaps leading the color show. Harvest is expected to yield around two hundred carloads this season, with prices boosted by fruit quality and dry conditions, despite hail damage.
John F. Wright of Canon City born 1878 in Missouri rises through schooling in Canon City, builds a drug trade career from Baltimore to Chicago and Cripple Creek, serves on Cripple Creek city council, and remains active in Elks and Knights of Pythias social circles.
A fragmented clause describes the sinking of more than 1,000 wells along the western Kansas river and the pumping of water from these wells onto adjacent lands raising questions of land use and rights in the western cultivated areas.
Mrs. E E Williams and daughter return to Leadville after weeks visiting. A P Arthur and family resume Cripple Creek home after four to five weeks with friends. A P Brown of Brown's Business College Salt Lake City visits for missionary work. I B Cree of Pueblo, recently mined Cripple Creek gains, invest in Pueblo realty. J J Cook leaves for Pittsburg Kansas to make his home. M J Street heads to Victor for a week to renew old ties. Ray Larimer sells Opera House barber shop stake to R D Mitchell and relocates to Oklahoma City. Mitchell once owned the shop. Larimer’s family moves to Florence then to Oklahoma City. William Woods shows fine corn stalks from Four Mile ranch near Canon City attracting attention. Colorado can grow corn with favorable conditions. Canon City area land is valuable for other crops.
A lyrical tribute to October describing its beauty and abundance in Colorado landscapes. The piece evokes autumn colors, harvest scenes, wildlife, and rural life while contrasting hardship with gratitude. It frames October as the pinnacle of the year’s loveliness and bounty.
Thomas L. Joy of the Cen tralia Sentinel spent a week in Canon City, Colorado, during a Western tour and penned that Canon City was the only place besides Centralia that measured up to his town, noting its numerous cosy homes as a standout feature.
The First Presbyterian church of Florence voted to extend a call to Rev John T Thomas of Goodland Indiana to become pastor, succeeding Rev Harry N Wilson who left for Muncie Indiana. Thomas, a Tennessean, is married with one child and has strong public reception from last summer. The final vote was 184 in favor to 10 against, then to unanimous approval.
Canon City plans a strong football season led by a new coach with players Hawkins McLain Duell Birke Warner Dornwood Preston among top heavies. The first game is October 31 at the race track against Central High Puerto, a rematch from last year. Town support is urged to boost the squad and Stockton named alumni Hall Jackson Ackers Curtis known in state football lore.
Canon City Lodge No. 10 B P O Elks plans a two act musical comedy presentation titled A Night in Bohemia at the opera house within four or five weeks. The amateur cast will number thirty to forty with up to date music and strong vocal talent. The show has proved a hit in Colorado Springs Pueblo Fort Collins and other Colorado towns and is expected to be a success here.
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