The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-10-05
DENVER
BUSINESS
men VISIT
CANON CITY
REPRESENTATIVE OF CIVIC
AND COMMERCIAL ASsocIA.
TIoN MAKE TRIP OVER THE
SKYLINE DRIVE.
GUESTS OF FLORENCE
AT A LUNCHEON

A party of between thirty and for
ty merchants, manufacturers and
other business men of Denver, rep
resenting the Civic and Commercial
association of that city, arrived here
by automobile at noon today for a
brief visit while en- route home from
get acquainted trip" thru the San
Luis Valley. The party came here
over the Rainbow route highway from
Salida and was met by representa-
tives of the Canon City Chamber o.
commerce and city council at Three
Mile spring and escorted into town
over the Skyline drive.
The visitors were expected to
reach here at IL o'clock this morning
but they were delayed in leaving
Salida and did not arrive until noon.
Altho all of them had heard of the
Skyline drive, none of them had
made the trip over it. All were sur.
prised at its beauty and several of
them expressed their determination
to return here with their families
within the next few weeks for anoth-
er excursion over it. TOO much
publicity" said one of the members
of the party, cannot be given this
magnificent driveway. 1t is a scenic
asset of which any community in the
country might well be proud.
The party was taken to the cham
ber of commerce rooms in the Post
office block where opportunity was
afforded its members of meeting in
an informal way some of the bust
ness men of Canon City. At 1 o'clock
this afternoon the party left for Flor
ence where il was scheduled for
luncheon bali an hour later. The
tour of the party thru the San Luis
valley was for the purpose of bring
ing the merchants of that section in
to closer relations with the manu-
featuring interests and wholesale
trade of Denver and to encourage es-
pecially a wider market for Colorado
made products.
The excursionists left Denver on
Monday and will return home on Fri
day. Each of the seven automobiles
carrying the members of the party on
the trip was decorated with Ameri
can flags and presented very pretty
appearance. From Florence the visi-
tors will proceed to Colorado Springs
where they will remain until Friday
morning before going on to Denver.
The personnel of the party and the
firms they represent follows:
The J. c. Brown Nero. Co, F. j.
Metzler.
The Morey Mere Co. C. NJ Skin.
ner.
The German American Trust Co.
The Hendrie & Bolthoff NJ. & S.
Co, Walter Trip.
The w. C. Neyin Candy Co. L. c.
Blunt.
The United States National bank.
A. A. Reed.
q hn fnL
The Denver Gas & Electric Light
Co, r. C. Gentry.
The Shirley Hotel Co, |. B. Allen.
The Mountain States Tel. & Tel.
Co, w. d. Emerson.
The BGock-Haffnsr Press Co., c.
NJ. Welch.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. A
L. Matthews.
The Denver Photo Materials Co,
i. NJ. Pratt.
The Daniels & Fisher Stores Co..
L. f. Ormsby.
The P. S. Hessler Mere. Co.. H. T.
Huson.
The Lindquist Cracker Co., ]. F.
Merridith.
The Great Western Sugar Co. w
II. Fake.
Won Brecht Candy Co. w. T. The
bus.
The NJ. ]. oFallon Supply Co.. w
J. O'Fallon.
The Great Western Commission
Co. A. H. Krimmel.
The Irrigated Farms Mortgage Co.
J. d. Hitch.
The Denver Union Stock Yards
Co. j. A. Shoemaker.
The American Steel & Wire Co,
F. A. Pattison.
The Sterling Lumber Co. George
A. Henderson.
The Merchants Biscuit Co., T. G.
Candor.
The Coffin Packing and Provision
Co, w. F. Nelson.
The Colorado Packing & Provis-
ion Co, NJ. p. Slattery.
Swift Company, w. II. Geulich
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail
road, W. II. Bird.
Rocky Mountain News. ]. NJ.
Steele.