The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-08-17
MR.. AND MRS. R. S. LEWIS
TO LEAVE CANON CITY

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Idaho, to make their home. They ex-
pect to leave Canon City for the west
some time next week.
The departure of Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
is from this city to establish their
residence elsewhere will be very gen
orally regretted by the people of the
community and they will take away
with them the best wishes of multi
tude of friends and acquaintance for
their health. happiness and prosper
ity.
Mr.. Lewis has accepted the proffer
of big eastern irrigation, townsite
and exploitation company to take the
general MANAGEMENT and control of
the North Side Inn" at Jerome. one
of the handsomest and modernly ap-
pointed little hotels in all of that sec
ton of the country. The position
opens up for Mr.. Lewis line of en-
ployment in which he has had a var
led and uniformly successful expert
ence and one in which he has been
as popular as he has been successful.
Mr.. Lewis was connected in a
managerial capacity with the old Nc
Clure House here for years, and, sub
sequently with hotel at Lawrence,
Kansas. and established reputation in
that line that was as gratifying TO
the public as it was pleasing to his
friends. The North Side Inn" at
Jerome is an unusually attractive
structure of the Mission type of archi.
lecture and is palatially fitted up for
the entertainment OF its patrons. II
was built by the irrigation company
and made as attractive as possible in
order to create a good impression on
visitors to the town and stimulate
an interest on the part of the inves-
tors in its real estate holdings in
the vicinity.
Jerome is a delightful and growing
town of three or four thousand peo-
pie on branch of the Oregon Short
Line railroad and is about thirty
miles from Twin Falls. where Ray
nolds Lewis is employed in a clerical
position with big electrical power
company, of which w. T. Wallace.
formerly of this city. is the general
superintendent. There are several
other Canon City people at Twin Falls
among whom are Dick King and Joe
Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis may almost be
said to be pioneer residents of Can
on City; both of them having spent
the greater part of their lives here
and been intimately identified for
many years with the social, Industrial
and intellectual progress of the COM
munity. Mr.. Lewis has held num-
ber of important positions here; hav-
ing been cashier of the Fremont
County National bank, deputy county
clerk. member of the city council,
postmaster, etc. Mrs. Lewis has been
prominent in educational and intellec-
tual matters, and, for many years, a
leader in the women's club movement
and other matters tending to the gen
eral uplift of the community.
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Connecticut forty-three years ago and
has been associated with the enter
prises of the town ever since. Canon
City at that time had but five hun
dred inhabitants; only comparative
ly few of which are now living here
Among the old timers who were here
when Mr.. Lewis came are Capt
Rockafellow. J. H. Harrison, r. NJ
Pope, Harry Catlin and others whom
we are not now able to recall. Mr.
| Lewis has seen Canon City multiply
in population ten or dozen times in
the last forty odd years and take a
prominent place among the communi-
ties of the state. Mr.. Lewis said to
the writer day or two ago that he
would always regard Canon City with
affection and consider it one of the
most favored places to be found any
where in the Rocky Mountain region.
Miss Ruth Lewis will not accom-
pany her parents to Idaho, but will
remain here, temporarily, at least, to
look after her duties as public librar-
ian. She will make her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd B. Campbell and
family at 215 North Fifth street.
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