Cañon City record., 1911-10-19
CANON CITY
IN MOVING
PICTURES

Canon City BUSINESS mems 61socia'
ton BY the Lyman H Howe company
Of New York for the entertainment ol
its members and their families were
exhibited at the opera house Satur-
day night and were n great success
The Royal Gorge. both from the rail-
road track and the top. were shown,
as well as the Skyline drive and the
new highway to the rim OF the Grand
Canon Of the Arkansas. The pictures
were taken by Photographer Crow
hurst of England, who was brought
to this country by the Lyman H.
Howe company especially to secure
views for 1t in the Yellowstone park;
Yosemite valley In California; Ma
CARA Falls: the Grand Canon of the
Colorado and the Royal Gorge.
The exhibition OF Saturday aight
was beyond praise and evoked q de-
served applause from the audience
by Its beauty. II. s. Maddox. secre-
tary OF the business mems assocla-
ton, made short address previous
to the beginning of the picture show
describing the work being done here
in advertising Canon City. In the
course OF his remarks Mr.. Maddox
said:
The Business Mems association
through its splendid board Of
directors. composed Of such
public spirited citizens as t.
NJ. Harding. president: A. E
Wilson. vice president; G. v. Hodsin.
U z. sidebottom. A. r. Mitchell. DR.
Little. Guy U. Hardy. John F. Mari.
VIM T. Wallace. David L. Robinson.
and d. w. Ross. has done and are do
ing many good things for Canon City
and vicinity. About forty meetings
OF this board have been held during
the year 1911 TO date. Perfect har-
mony and good feeling exists In their
meetings. No sign of friction has ever
occurred. This bunch OF busy men al
ways have the time or take the time
to help In any legitimate undertak-
ing that has merit that has the bot
terment Of the community In mind.
Not less than $4,000 pieces OF lit
erature have been mailed. or handed
out. To people during this year; reach
ing homes In every sta.s and nearly
every county In nearby states. more
especially has Texas. Oklahoma. Kan
sas. Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska
been well covered.
Hundreds OF articles and pictures
have reached the clumns of maga-
zines. daily and weekly papers
throughout the United States and
could not fail to have been seen BY
millions OF people.
We have had letters and articles in
such widely circulated magazines and
papers as the Saturday Evening Post.
Golfers, and Leslie's Weekly, World
Today, Success. Mcclure's and many
others as well as the New York
World. Christian Science Monitor.
Washington Post, Philadelphia Times.
Chicago Record Herald. Inter Ocean.
st. Louis Globe Democrat, st. Louis
Republic. Omaha Bee. Kansas City
Star. Hutchinson News. and hundreds
OF smaller papers throughout the
country. is It any wonder that a man
coming to Canon City from Boston
New York, Roanoke, Philadelphia,
Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City. Oma-
ha or any one of thousands OF other
points says. 81 have heard of Canon
City. the Skyline drive and the Royal
GorgeT
To be brief. we have done man,
things, hundreds Of things for Canon
City and this section. which we have
not time nor opportunity to relate
but let us mention a very few briefly
We we're enabled to get stop-overs OF
Ave days at Canon City on all wcst