Cañon City record., 1910-01-06

Fremont county added to the public
wealth during 1909, II Is difficult to es-
innate, but il was very considerable
amount and will not seriously suffer
by comparison with the contribution
made by a like number of people any,
where in Colorado. There are three
important sources of wealth in this
county, viz: horticultural. coal min
ing and grazing and all Of them made
good" last year. Fruit growing has
been a primary industry here for a
long period and is one OF the big
items in the general welfare. Orchard
products in the Canon City district
alone in 1909 totaled at least a thou
sand carloads valued at a million dol
lars This is the oldest and best
known fruit producing region in the
Rocky mountains and its nearness to
the markets renders II favorite with
horticuiiurists from the states OF the
extreme east and of the middle west.
Canon City grown cherries. apples and
half a score of other orchard products
are widely known for their excellence
and command the highest prices in
the market wherever they are placed
on sale The apples of this district
find theiy way from Los Angeles and
San Francisco on the one hand to Chi
cago. Philadelphia and New York on
the other and are the standard by
which the qualities of others are
measured.
There is an increased acreage of
orchard coming into bearing from
year to year and the output of fruit
is OF course. being constantly aug
menied New irrigation. enterprises
are enlarging the fruit growing area
by the reclamation OF semi-arid lands
admirably adapted TO horticulture un-
der new and improved conditions. In
the Beaver Park country twelve miles
northeast OF here. more than fifteen
hundred acres of orchard have been
set out within the last few years.
and. Il Is pr dicted. that the fruit
growing territory in that vicinity will
be multiplied bali dozen iisnss With I
The coal IssSug business in this
county Is n growing one and Is des-
tined 20 attain big proportions In me
near future At present Las Animas,
Huerfano. Boulder and Fremont coun-
lies are the leading products Of the
sprni-hIfumlnous fuels Of 7he state,
within n radius OF half dozen miles
OF Canon City and Florence there are
nearly a score Of coal mines and the
number Is being Increased rs rapidly
as the necessity for doing so arises,
The cattle business in the western !
part OF this county is a fiourishins
one and many ranchers are engaged I
in II. The demand for beef throughout
the country of recent years has given
a big stimulous TO the stock business
and II is. perhaps. a more profitable
Industry now than II has been at any
time for n generation. The pasturage
among the foothills in the western
part of this county was good during
the summer and autumn months. and
cattle made n fine growth. The early
snowfall and the severely cold wealth
er OF December. however. unlimited
tl.e ranchers' profits as the high price
Of hay made the feeding Of stock dur
Ag the long winter period mos, eS-
ensive proposition.
As a community Canon City has no
reason TO be ashamed of her recor :
in the field of material achievemenp
during the twelve months just closec,i
while the population of the town ha
mot Increased as fast as some of th b
more ardent of its friends hope Z
would be the case. II has. nevertheless !,
made a growth in that respect I'll u
registration of pupils in the publ u
schools. as well as the revenues : "
the postofiice. Indicate that there d ''
more people here now that at Z s'
previous time in the history OF
community. Vacant houses are q ol
eslt TO find and property values W =
never more satisfactory that an pf ei
emit Since the beginning OF !, m
/ Canon City has obtained a new VT W
uystem Mt a cost of something ne
shree hundred and seventy-five th- ',
and dollars and the supply is now at
/ o,ate for town of $4,000 or 80 We
{ Inhabitants. With an abundanSt pc
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