The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-05-09
Mr.. Hardy, Who is In
Texas, Finds Trip
Thru Kansas Brings
Back Many Early
BOyhO0d Memories

Time tables for Texas destinations
we're not arranged for Canon City
travel. Either way you 10 you spend
from Ave To seyen hourn In Pueblo One
route takes you out Of Pueblo at $3.50
In the morning and brings you back
70 Pueblo at about 2:30 In the morn
Ing. The other route takes you out of
Pueblo at II so In the night and brings
you back at $50 In the morning
Not very much choice for personal
comfort. after aii. but on the fac. of
the time table we chose .he latter
route as being the most desirable.
This route gives you four hours at
Newton. Kan, In the day time Four
hours is about two hours 700 much
for Newton. Two hours would give
you all the time necessary to see the
Al Newton we ran across Or. and
Mrs. KItteIi. formerly of Canon City.
and had pleasant little visit with
them. al-
also called up NJ. J. Evans on the
phone. He In doing well with gen
erAl merchandise store at Sedgwick.
which is about ten miles south OF New
ton.
Both Dr. Kitteii and Mr. Evans keep
IA touch with Canon City by reading
the Weekly Record. They both spoke
about the Wonderful work Canon City
Is doing In patriotic cndeavor and
expressed a pride In our liberalfty.
Newton In In rich farming section
and has much wealth. II has done
well. but hasn't given ms much per
capita for Y. M. c. A. or Red Cross or
for bonds as Fremont County has
This same report comes from many
favming sections back East Canon
City folks who read their backbone"
papers are finding that Fremont
= County and Canon City have been
very liberal In. comparison TO other
communities. While the wheat and
corn farmers are making big money
us liberal toward war time benefits
ms our folks out wesf- Is,
Dodge City Is on this route. You
are called for breakfast at Dodge City
before ak o'clock In tho morning. Not
a very cheerful hour for breakfast
when you have no work on hand and
nothing to do the rest OF the day but
20 look out OF the car windows at the
short grass country of Kansas. ] have
been thru Dodge City several times
ard niwavs passengers have been
called for breakfast before six O'Clock.
1 nave never eaten breakfast there but
once. Once wns enough. Breakfast
before sun up at home Is nll right. but
not whom you are on on pleasure
trip.
At about every station in kansns
our train took on bunch OF boys for
the new army. Great crowds OF people
run down to see the boys on and at
several towns the band played and
other demonstration made. BY the
time we reached Newton there were
several hundred in the bunch Al
Newton they were given a Eood din.
ner At the Harvey Houss and enjoyed
the last napkin they will get for somc
time, then were loaded on a special
traiu for Camp Funston.
Going south tru Kansas, we passed
thru. wichita. Winhefd and Arknsas
City. In boyhood days Apent n couple
of years In this section OF the country.
That was many years ngo-probahiy
about thlrty-hve-yet tho view OF these
towns brot hack memories OF little
happenings Of boyhood days little thot
bf in recent yenrs.
wichita has quite grown out OF all
re~oxnttion. At Winfield Is the old
bridge. or probably a new bridge
where tho old one stood. on which tie
citizens hung Cobb. the young despair
ado. What boy does not like a dess
perado story At Arkansas City and
Caldwell in the cnrly day. desperado
stories in the local papers and In tae
Iocni gossip were as common and
moro interesting than the &C. s.y
news. At Caldwell In lers thea y year
We had seven killinsr. and we boys
were more familiar with the names OF
tlcsperadoca than Conon City boys
a~a With tho base hail rtprS--and N0
boys had sceu and know BY slight at
leaxt some OF the ncted shad men"
Cobb MIS- = boy of about tvonty.
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