The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-08-22
BEAUTIFUL SECTI0NOF FREMONT
COUNTY WEST Of CANON CITY

the choice water rights out of Hay
den creek. has very oul. massive log
farm house. On each place are big
where great fat horses mingle with
red cows. while troops ot chickens
roam over everything. Gardens pick
eted off from the poultry show fine
growtbs of usual vegetables and ber-
ries. Peas. which down here at Pueb-
10 are now played out. are two feet
high up there and the vines heavily
loaded with pods. Pieplant and Gel
cry grow to perfection. The whole
valley could be put in celery. the
most profitable of all garden crops.
Beans, beets, lettuce. onions and 9TH
er vegetables do well, but the corn is
only three feet high. and there are
no melons, A peculiar blue-white corn
adapted to the altitude is grown. along
with sweet corn. Three kinds of ap-
pies grow well--Yellow Transparent.
Wealthy and Ben Davis. There are
many small orchards now loaded with
apples but small attention is paid to
fruit because II is hard to sell. The
apples. like everything else. are COM
paratively free from the plague of in
sects of many kinds which vex the
farmers out on the plains. Seldom
are gress hoppers. mosquitoes. worms
or bugs TO be seen But there is n
fearful plague OF flies--far worse than
here at Pueblo. Hayden creek has
the Arkansas river which here is quite
ciear.
mile back from Coaldale the for
est reservation begins. and IL takes In
the San Luis valley. Cattle Craze
everywhere. owners paying the gov
ernment a head tax OF a few cents.
There are very few sheep on the Ar
kansas valley side. but flock OF
about 70 goats was seen. which for
merly numbered 500. Potatoes, as a
substantial crop are coming back"
and are doing well this year.
Farm land is valued UP to 800 an
acre. but each farm is held at round
price higher than this figure because
II commands grazing privileges and
other favors which may ever exceed
the cultivated values. Wood is used
for fuel, there being an unlimited
quantity in the public forests: yet
there are no longer any saw mills. and
lumber is not plentiful The immense
tracts OF pinion cedar trees which or
iginally stood where now are alfalfa
meadows and gardens. have almost en-
tirely disappeared. having been cut up
10 make charcoal. The great conical
ovens in which the wood was roasted
still stand but will never be used
again except as sherfers for cattle. n
was this charcoal industry that gave
Coaldale its name. The original name
OF the place was Palmer. from the
name of the pioneer builder OF the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
No mining OF any kind is at present
carried on. tho many years ago pros
Pttiih- wan d'Aif' III hh'
peaks that tower toward the west.
But there is profitable movement OF
white rock from which wall plaster is
made. II Is quarried from great lodges
a mile back OF Coaldaie. is hauled to
Pleasanton. loaded on casr and ship
ped to Portland. below Florence.
where the plaster is made at the ce-
ment works. A rather extensive new
lime industry is being started mile
below Cotopaxi. and the immense lime
quarry and kilns OF the Colorado Fuel
and iron company are at Calcite,
whence supply switch OF two miles
runs to Howard.
All this valley is destined some day
to be a favorite for resort hunters.
being traversed thruout by the new
auto road. Its farm people show en-.
that few of them sell butter and
eggs to the travellers. The railroad
offers no Inducements whatever and
does not want any tourists. Or any ex-
press business or botheration of ship
ping. No chickens. eggs or butter are
ever sent to Pueblo. The only means
OF transportation Is the parcel post.
unless there be quantity of carload.
II Colorado Springs hal a little of the
attractions and opportunities lying |
there for 20 miles untouched II |
would go wild with joy.