The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-29
n. n. BEECAER WHITES
FROM OREGOH
Medford. ore. FEB. IS. 1912.

Coming up from Grants Pass -
Medford yesterday. we rode some dis
tance along the usually beautiful
Rogue river, and at this time It was
10 longer the dashing crystal trout
stream. but a real and nasty torrent
,1cf yellow mud and drift. seemingly
trying to initiate the old Arkansas
d6hn through the Royal Gorge. at
times But of course 1t couldn't do
that, for it's not big enough-then.
too. sts not Colorado. 1t acted its part,
however, and when 1t dashed over the
big power plant dam at some place
don't remember. it was really quite
thrilling. and very different from its
real salt as / saw It when l made the
same trip last week. for then all along
the route we saw fishermen with
strings of beauties such as you get
over on the Gunnison. only these were
gall silver instead of gold. When / saw
them it made me think OF DR.. Ashley
and Geo. Cassedy. only I am not going
10 mention Cassedy's name for the
"dodgasted" old cuss never answered
the letter I sent him from somewhere
dfesn hop country way when I met
one of his old Silver ciif companions
in sin. II Geo. didn't know how. he
kIiight have got Doc" q mean Doctor)
fwitchell 70 write for him. | am sure
Swanson would have paid the postage.
Anyway Geo. will be sorry when he
comes with the Eiks TO Portland next
July for won't show him the city,
and have a good friend or two on
''the force" and Geo. might need EN-
like to write TO the Record for
every letter so far has brought me
sfiiher a letter or call from old Col
orado friends. the last being l. A.
Jones who was then in Vancouver. B.
C. He called on me several times IN
Portland. said he would give ten dol
lars to see dog from Canon City"
Well. he came. but he didn't leave the
ten. Anyway was awful glad TO see
him. He is In Portland now.
. Ths last time tortured you think
was special salesman and down
about The Daiies and Hood River
Well since then I've been lucky
enough 10 get another promotion. my
third ''lift up since began less than
a year ago. Now am general sales
man and just sell the jobbers and
Sc,aIlers and so ahead and lay out
work for the specially men
Advance agent OF prosperity" as
order to help make up an extra car.
This IL dandy town-Medford-ai
awake and knoy the war is over. The
town is a typical Colorado town In
looks. location and people. settisd
right down in the midst OF old Oregon.
where 80 many OF the Inhabitants have
frst seen daylight and lived all their
,,yes In quiet comfort. They mine here
Rme but the real hackers are eastern
men. Oregon never gets excited. One
man in the mining district asked me
II they mined much In Colorado" 4"
just think of hat, Do they?
took cfnner yesterday at a quaint
moss covered little hotel few
miles from Grants Pass. They told
me that Gen. Grant and President
Hayes used TO put up at this same
hotel in the good old days OF staging
down Frisco way. However ahat made
no difference to me. ate there Just
the same and I've dined after lots
worse fellows thnn Grant and Hayes,
\ and the dinner she gave me was fine
about seven kinds OF sauce and other
stuff, and every time she waitzcd out
I new dish she apologized for not har-
ing more ate TIL was ashamed of
myself and when | quit felt like