The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1911-11-02
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Rainer. ora. Oct a2, 1911.
Dear ,lr. Hardy:
Hope you wont get tired chAngias
my Record address just drop it back,
liz you win please. to r. O. Box as6
Forrest Grove, Oregon
Forrest Grove. where poor "wilseyr
died. a week ago. 1 got there an hour
aster she joined old .Teny" in the
dog Hssven. don't feel just right
over It yet for | wanted to hold her
white paw while she vagged her tail
INTO the Great Unknown. but I
couldn't. =.
They sent to Portland for the best
wet" and he came the twenty-seven
miles as fast as the Oregon Electric
could bring him, and he did his best,
but they couldn't save her. No more
dogs for me. they only die.
Yes. still dream OF Canon City,"
as you say. and many happy dreams.
too. but could never be eontented
to live in Colorado again. it Is too
tame and civilized and small after
, having covered the land and water
also--thaf I have since leaving you
over q year ago.
still think that had the good Lord,
in his infinite wisdom. seen fit TO in
habit the Great Northwest with Col
orado people, he might have saved
the expense OF building any other
Heaven Plenty. OF nice people here.
Of course. but they are not Colorado.
some how. There is difference. many
OF them. Colorado sprints a mile or
two while old Oregon is getting down
on her asser tips ready for a start
but when old web-foos- does once get
started. she never stops.
There IL q big sign down In the Of
ace OF the Grand hotel. where l am
stopping. Il reads please do not
come up stairs with eaIk shoes That
means that am In a river town caik
shoes are a bit like miners shoes.
only instead Of hob nails are sharp
spikes from Ia to IL inches long
aud fellows feet don't slip when he
Is on a log raft
The Columbia Is pretty big here at
Rsiner. over . mile wide and lots 10
see for one who has cyes and ears
open to adventure andst the like It's
here you meet the boys that Stewart
Edward white ~rits Of. Here. too.
is the silver Horde Rex Beach tells
you OF. Fish. lumber and boats. plenty
OF saloons. and you have seen Rainer.
visited one Of the big saw mills
this last week. not the kind OF saw
mi'l sam Shepherd and old man Nell
son used 10 run on top the creenhorn
Range near Canon City. but real
up-to-date Oregon plant. and can
tell you that II is worth a trip out
here TO see such a mill won't try
to tell you of II. only the big logs
they jerked ont OF the Columbia river.
Ia II. -
/ big saws. made the Colorado fimbers
look like lead pencils. I got NEXT to a
riverman in one OF the houseboats
nearby. rne young fellow. and hus-
Ky too. and he told me lots Of things
I wanted to know.
sDanrerousy I said.
"oh yes. it's dangerous all right.
we lost I'VE men In sixteen days on
our last drive down the Willamette
into Portland. four drowned. that
wasn't 90 bad. but the other poor
fellow got caught In jam. smashed
like an egg shell. The blood spatter-
ed all over me. ] jumped into the
river not to see it Yes. is's dangerous.
all right, but often Wish I was back
again"
-And you quits- I asked
"oot married That fellow over
there Is two years old Eow and he
has his sea legs all risht--born right
on this boathouee.p