CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-09-21

Montrose and Granc junction
are being held this week. z
A number OF local merchants ha J.
excellent displays at the fair.
Senator Beckwith, of Westclin, is
down with a fine horse or two.
Keep out of shell games and keep
your hand on your pocsetbook.
Get a season ticket down town and
avoid the jam at the ticket window.
This will be banner year for Canon
City. Lots of fruit and high prices.
Did sou see the bull buck? He made
all the bucking horses feel ashamed.
The premiums are very liberal this
year. Everybody Is satisfied on that
point.
Those who have poultry or live stock
for sale should advertise in next
weeks RECORD.
Gen. Bradbury has charge of the
ticket window He did 1t very satis-
fsctorily last year.
The w. O. T. U. ladies have q rest
tent and check booth which should
receive patronage.
The3mov.ng picture man and the fel-
low who sells medicine that cures
everything, are here.
Victor. and Cripple Greek football
teams will have a game Friday. 1t
~ill:be:s hard fought battle.
The man who does nothing TO help
the fair along 10 usually the one To find
fsult.with the way things go.
Mos, OF the stores will be kept open
Thursday and Friday evenings TO give
the town better appearance.
The grand stand has been moved
back 30 feet which gives extra seating
capacity and Il better view for all.
A. .R. Gumaer furnished about the
whole horse show last year. He has .
fine string OF animal. UP this year.
The state fair at Pueblo was . big
success and Fremont county did more
than any other county To make IL 80.
Funny, isn't Il, why they should,
but some Canon people have been
knocking against the fair right along.
Papers In neighboring cities have
been very clever with their advertising.
They have given US all we could ask
for.
BuylA season ticket even II you 20
out but two days. II costs only dol
lar and you can 40 In and out at
pleasure.
The greatest trouble about the fair is
the distance from the city and the diiii.
Guilty OF getting sufficient rigs to handle
the crowds.
Special trains are coming In Thurs
day from Salida, WestcliG. Pueblo.
Florence and Cripple Greek. The town
will be full.
W. II Peabody, racing secretary,
has had his hands full In looking after
racing matters and he has everything
In good shape.
j. Wallace, Of Florence, is always in
He has done lot of boosting for the
fair in Florence.
The demand for Canon City fruit has
been 80 good this year tha, IL has been
hard to get enough donated for the
free distribution.
Canon people should not fail to spend
some time about the fruit displays.
A lot of home folks do not half appre-
ciate our fruit resources.
II any man wants to make = little
eksy money all he has to do 10 to ride
that bucking bull. Looks like any
cowboy ought to ride q COW.
The Chieftain and star-Jourpal eacl
have tents on.the ground and those in
terested in Pueblo paper will have
chance to zee representative.
The grand stand and bleachers will
seat about l 900, when closely crowded
Fit were five times ~ large it would
be ehock full Thursday and Friday.
II has now been almost four years
since An electric belt man has done
business In Canon. It's almost time
for some similar fakir to reap harvest
here.
Canon City people got lot of pre-
miums at the Pueblo state fair. The
Canon City exhibits would have been
missed more than that from any other
section.
Tell.strangers to take drive out in
East Canon and up on Lincoln Park.
An hours drive will show them more
fruit than they have ever before seen
In day.
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