Cañon City record., 1910-04-28

From Mondays Daily.
1t is not often that the people of
Canon City have an opportunity of
entertaining as many distinguished
visitors as they did yesterday. First
came the officers of the Santa Fe
Trail association and newspaper men
from Kansas, representing the good
roads movement in the Sunflower
state, and, later. a delegation of prom
inent men and women en- route to
their homes in New York and the New
England states from Los Angeles,
where they had been in attendance at
the annual convention of the National
Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit associa-
tion. Both were the recipients "
notable attention. and. it is hoped,
enjoyed the cordial. sincere spirit OF
the welcome and hospitality extended
70 them by their entertainers
coming of the Santa Fe trail
ers to Canon City was an event that
is likely to be an epoch-makng one
in the chronicles of the community,
presaging as it does the building OF
q great public highway from Kansas
City up the Arkansas Valley to the
portals of the Royal Gorge. The trail
ers and their friends were the special
guests of the Canon City Automobile
club and the Business Mems associa-
tion, combination OF effort that
made the affair one Of more than or
dinary success and enjoyment, The
visitors, in seven touring cars. were
accompanied by the county commits
rnsrs of Pueblo county and a large
number of excursionists from various
points down the valley as far east
as the state line; Florence, especially
taking a conspicuous part in the de-
monstration.
The visitors left Pueblo at $3.50
o'clock and came up on the north
side of the river, arriving here about
three hours later. They we're piloted
by DR.. Hart Goodice. president of the
Canon City Automobile club: Charles
r. McLain. president OF the Fremont
County Good Roads association. and
the members o. fthe board OF county
commissioners. who went 20 Pueblo
Saturday afternoon for that especial
purpose. Among the party that made
the trip from Kansas here we're Ralph
H. Faxon. president of the Santa Fe
Trail association and editor of the
Garden City Telegram: Fred c.
Twigg. staff correspondent of the
Kansas City Star: Harry Shoemaker.
William Bennington Walter A. John
son, all OF Hutchinson. Kan; T. ].
Scholl and II. c. Shady OF Garden
City, Kan: II. II. Taylor. II. N. Kirby.
C. II. Scott secretary of the Trail as
ISOLATION: ]. H. Shreeyes. W. s.
Thompson all of Hutchinson Kan; c.
Fair OF Sterling Kan; Robert Rayl.
and b. C. Bushears of Dinghton, Kan;
G. " McBeth, Lyons, Kan.
The run from Pueblo here was made
by way OF Beaver Park. Penrose and
Florence. and was without accident
of any kind or incident worthy of spe
cial mention until Penrose was reach
ed, where the visitors were met by
the members OF the Florence Auto
club with a large number of machines
and escorted to Florence. where they
were given an ovation. The Florence
people did themselves proud in the
matter and by their actions. proclaim
ed their interest in the good roads
movement inaugurated by the Santa
Fe Trail association and the Kansas
boosters. The trip from Florence here
was through Lincoln Park and was
accomplished in record time. On the
mesa between Lincoln Park and Pros
pect Heights the members OF the Can
on City Automobile club and their
friends in 80 cars, were drawn up
In a semi-circle TO await their coming
and to have their pictures taken by
Babberger, the official photographer
OF the clubs. The trailers and their
cars were grouped In the center of
the scene and were conspicuous un-
der the lens OF the camera. The
Greenhorn mountains In the distance
were magnificent background for
the picture and contributed to a
scene that was much admired by the