The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-06
WRITES lNTERES TlnGLY
OF SAN DIEGO, CAL.


at The Record of ice few days ago.
Sic says:
= San DIEGO has had coli an- ioggy
nter with unusual floods and crime
o-sly. refusing help from Los Angeles
she has raised about forty thousand
dollars for immediate relief and
her philanthroiic citizens have es
tabl shed bank of credit fer the spec
ial need OF those dependent upon her
The officers and enlisted men of tie
navy did valiant service as ife-sayers
ard n protecting property.
During the foods the bay was filed
with fresh water and one fisherman
caus ht in his net young bear. lot
of ra;tlesnakes and fish all at the
same time One winery here had a
ig safe Carried away in the flood with
four thou ad dollars in it and they say
tl.at many caches of opium were des-
troyed by the me means. At Lake
side, a suburb. school house was lost
in the mud anl Debris. A friend of
mine told me his brothers. pigs came
home after being carried way on the
ere of tt fo d. Another bunch
of pigs were foInd squealing on the
top of hayst 3ck floating in the bay.
: The exposition reopen d on March
IS. with nearly fifty Thousand people
in attendance % tho do fiea-orx- aa-a
-sonies- 1t is hunlred per cent bet
ter than last year as many exhibits
have been brought down from the
no tn. There y ere six flying machines
IN the air over the exposition grounds
the day of the re opening OF the fair.
u ton Sinclair IS ct the Coronado ho-
tel and says Colorado is on the black
LIST so far as he is concerned. He is
coal' in which he will depict the Iud-
low war during the Colorado coal
miners strike. He has been giving
a ser'es of lectures here on war and
socialism.
Most Of the leading churches here
have free moving picture shows once
"a week for the entertainment of their
ngresations. with lectures and
music The United States govern
ment build ng maintains a free EN-
lployment bureau at the federal build
ing in San Diego for the PURPOSE of
sting the idle in ottaining work
The public school buildings here are
becoming civic centers for the people
Of the community. Tie latest innova-
ment of nearly sixteen hundred stu
dents. a number but little short of
the registration in the hish school
The principal classes are in Spanish,
mcdaniel art ard electricity. The
attendance includes people OF all
-es; me of them as young as four
teen yars and othrs as old as sew
enty-tive or eiyhty- Many women are
taking instruction in domestic science
ard in automo' ling. There are lee
tures weekly on civics and the his
tory OF the United Site.
The pubIie schools we're eli closed
d ring the food, as was also the santa
lie station; the water having complete
ly put the latter out OF business. For
a month I wee no trains into
SIN Diego over the Santa re tracks
and travel TO Los An eles and
points north was by means Of a packet
boat 20 san Pedro. The student body
and the teachers OF the schools
here have scholarship fund they
raised from giving entertainments at
high school buildings. The money
represc nted by these scholarships Is
loaned without inte est to such boys
and giris as may be decided need
help in oLtAining higher education.
A part of the in crest accruing from
, certain investments is withheld to
, au meut the capital.
Les Angeles has won her suit from
the Bannins's for title to tide lands
and is offering the government a ste
for a naval base on this coast in com
petition with San Diego. Ths Hercu.
les Powder works is making powder
from kelp at its plants in one OF the
suburbs here and have more than
eight hund ed men employed. Kelp
is sea weed and is very abundant ON
this coast. The-e is to he no Tent
city at Coronado this year, as has
been the case for long time past Mr..
Sprecklss. the owner, thinks it will
not pay. so a Jolla is planning for