Cañon City record., 1911-08-17
GIVE PUBLICITY TO OUR
SCENIC ATTRACTIONS

every citizen of Canon City to see
that he gets what he has come for and
to keep him as long as possible. When
he goes to Boulder they show him the
FlatF1at Irons, Boulden Gregory and
Sunshine canon.
In Colorado Springs and Manitou
the people do a little better by
pointing out Pixies Peak and if he has
the price let him ascend and if he has
anything left take him through the
Garden OF the Gods, all of which helps
considerably. But what shall we do
with him? See it from the Top"
Harry Maddox will say" and come
back over the Skyline. That is not
near all. That only takes one day
How about Temple canon, Oak Creek
canon, Ohio canon, and other canons
and beauty spots too numerous to
mention. but each SO different and
striking in its own peculiar beauty
that no stranger who loves noun
tain scenery will want to leave Canon
City till he has seen them all
Then there are those who have
friends and relatives visiting them
and their people expect to be enter
tanned by views q our marvellous
scenery. Where shall you take them?
The remarkably fact often reveals it.
self that many people who have lived
in Canon for years never heard of
AlkaIi Gap. Oak Creek Grade. or
Jennings canon. They don't know
how 10 get to Temple Canon, don't
know there Is such a marvellous con-
dition of rock carving as Ohio canon
or Wilson Greek Canon. How few peo-
pie know that We live right close to
the fossil beds where those giant
lizards Of early perological times are
found and OF which all the
scientific papers and popular maga-
zines are writing about today. Yet
right in our library is a gigantic
femer bone OF those hugh monsters
monsters. People will come and go
and think we have nothing but the
skyline and :hs Royal Gorge. Let's
astonish then with all these other
things Tourists as a rule are most
intellectual and cultured class Of peO-
pie in onr 'ecuntry. Once point out our
marvellous geological formations.
what they represent. how compactly
they are distributed and how easy Of
access and we have another great
drawing card for our tourist trade.
All this cannot be done unless we
inform ourselves little better about
the things we have at our doors. We
should make il a point, every man,
woman and child. to acquaint our
selves Of all the fine accessible points
of scenery and geological interest
There should be displays of our
rocks to show and give to tourists.
Get good common specimens and place
them in the hotels and see how soon
they will be gobbled up and carried
off as Canon City souvenirs. Let Col
orado Springs give you some eye-op-
eners along that line Have all the good
picnic grounds and places where good
water is obtainable. labeled and clear
directions given as to the distance
and accessibility. Label all your inn
portant drives and distances and di-
rections. Then after all this is done
let everybody get out and help Mad
dox and afterwards look after the
strangers. See that they are treated
courteously, that they are in no way
disappointed and the crowd for the
next year will be doubled. In other
words the main object now is to treat
the tourist so we'll that he will do
what many of them will do naturally
and are really doing now-turn from
tourist to dweller.
CARTER W. THOMPSON AR