CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-09-02
CANON CITY. COLORADO:
Vacation Notes

gagged me in a talk. He had q great
deall to say about Salem and con-
WINGED me that Salem was worth Wis
ittnG- / have always wondered how
these state buildings and exhibits
paid and I was interested in the oper-
ation Of the Salem organization.
TIE gentleman at the fair gave me
q card Of introduction to the secre-
tary Of the board Of trade at Salem
and assured me that would be we'll
treated II 1 would call. / found my
self within fifteen miles OF Salem and
concluded would go over and see
the Did town.
found Mr.. Hofer. the secretary of
the board Of trade, very cordial. He
beG4n by telling me Of the Colorado
people who had recently located in
Salem. and found had several ac-
qnaintanees in the city. Then he ar
ranged to have me take an automo-
btle{ ride out in the fruit section.
while 1 was there several others
called with cards from the man in
Seattle and several car loads were
AxeA mp for a ride after lunch.
I noticed that Mr.. Hofer would call
mp some citizen and say he had 4
bunch to take out and he would Inn
mediately have car placed at his
command. The people of Salem are
anxious to show their city and coun-
try % strangers and they are willing
to 1onate their automobiles for that
purpose.
I did not intend to buy any land
and frankly told them %. But out Of
the great number of people they take
ont In this manner this season.
am sure they will locate q good many
families In Salem. have seldom
seet such effective work being done
by any chamber of commerce ~ that
OF 0alem-and the most effective part
Is showing the new conner the fruit
sections out around the city.
Canon City could get q few very
good pointers from Salem. Eugene
and Medford. Oregon. We have finer.
ussre mp to date community than is
tdEs6s found In Oregon but we doat
know much about the art OF bring
ing people to the town. During the
summer hundreds Of thousands Of
tourists have passed through Colo
RADIO. Colorado Springs stopped about
100000 off there for a few days or
weeks, but Canon City never turned
its hand to bring any body here. and
We have more to show that IL out OF
the ordinary than any other point be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific.
But to return to Oregon. Salem Is
the capital OF the state. It is one Of
the oldest towns on the Pacific coast.
It is a very pretty city Of 17.oo0 peoa
pie. Even the town knocker con-
ceeded 14.000). Besides the capitsf an
the state institutions are located
there. It has hne water power and
several manufacturing enterprises.
Through the heart Of the town runs
parked strip occupied by public
buildings The court house occupies
the center OF the block. the q. 8. post
ONCE the center Of a block. Two
blocks are vacant except for a city
park and two blocks are occupied
by the capital building. II is a very
pretty arrangement.
Salem II surrounded by very pret-
~ fruit country. All kinds of fruits
are raised but pears and apricots
seem to lead.
Fine rocked roads lead out from
Salem in all directions and these
roads have certainly had something to
do with the rapid rise in prices Of
farm lands.
Several former Canon City fami-
lies live there. among them w. H.
Paine. w. r. Howes. W. A. Penney and
George Lewis. @. U. H.
TAe OAis.
We met the Ohio rs we were ON our
way up towards Alaska at Just about
the place where the unfortunate
Wreck occurred last Thursday. She
was returning from a trip to valdeR
and Port Graham. Her passengers
were all on deck and we exchanged
hearty greetings. The Ohio was
companion ship to ours, the North
western and both belong to the Alas
ka Steamship company. The Ohio was
nat quite 70 largc IA the Northwestern
and was 81 years- old. When Gen.
Grant made his famous trip around
the world at the end Of hia presiden-