The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-09-25
The Family Skeleton
DID YOU KNOW THAT

the Rocky Mountain Herald of Au-
gust 20, 1875, said: "A drive of i60.-
900 ties is floating down the Arkan-
sas, destined for the Pueblo & Salt
Lake railroad" This ancient state
ment gives a key to the cut-over con-
dition of the river valley al the way
up from Canon City to Salida. 1t
must have had originally thousands of
fine trees and was beautiful place.
These pines were sacrificed for he
sake of the building of the railroad,
besides which bonds were issued on
which taxes have been levied and col
lected for an entire human lifetime.
The beautiful Y NJ. C. A. building
of today was erected on the site of
The Cumberland Presbyterian church.
which was torn down to make way
for the new structure. The Cumber-
land church at one time housed one
of the leading evangelical congrega-
lions in the community. In later
years the church property was given
to the Y. NJ. C. A, and for years the
structure was used as Y. NJ. C. A.
headquarters.
Canon ,ity's beautiful Carnegie
public library is in reality an out
growth of the Canon City Women's
library, which was presided over for
so many years most efficiently by Mrs.
Sarah Megrue 25 years ago. The
germ of the public library idea start
ed in Canon City in this capable as
sociation which, although it had but
a very limited number of books, had
good ones.
The First National Bank 20 years
ago was situated where G. T. Wood &.
Son are now located at the corner of
Fourth and Main streets? 1t later
owed to the corner of Fifth and Main
streets and then, a year or two ago,
took up the present location.
Canon City's postoffice was at one
time located in Capt. B. F. Rockafel-
lows building at 22S Main street. in
the days when the old stage coaches
used to rumble up the river to Califor-
mia Gulch and Leadville? The build
ing was the first in the town to sport
plate glass windows. and for long
time was the SWEETEST place in the
thriving little city.
Arthur's Bargain House used to be
located where Hardy-Stuart and c. c.
Patton now have their stores? This
used to be one large store room, and
just before it was cut up into two
rooms Mars famous department
store held sway there.
The chilly, cloudy weather which
this city is now experiencing as re-
suit of the equinoxal change is not
unusual at this transition period be-
tween summer and autumn. The tenn
perature for the last Sc hours has
been such as to indicate a possible
snowstorm before a return to normal
conditions. In fact, such precipi-
tation has been freely predicted by
the weather-wise of the community.
Mrs. Sarah Moray, in the course of a
with The Da ly Record
this morning. was reminded that there
was a snowfall of several inches in
Canon City and vicinity A years ago
today.
The Washington school was at one
time used as the high school OF Canon
City? Many of the leading citizens of
this town and several prominent peo-
pie of the state finished their high
school course within thoSe hallowed
walls.
The famous Soda and Iron springs
at Soda Point were for several years
left in their original state with no at
tempt to beautiful the property? The
soda spring was not as convenient nor
did it flow through pipe as it does
now. An enterprising warden had
the stone spring house erected and
the architectural improvements made
about Is years ago..
Years ago a gold and silver smelter
was located on South Ninth street
just above where Ritzman's cement
factory is now located? In fact the
Ritzman building and grounds are To-
Gated on the old dump The method
of extracting the ore was very crude
at that time and rich values were nee
essarily thrown on the dump. At
various times prospects and assays OF
the dump have been made and have
shown workable Stag which promises
good pay. Carl Walters and several
others around here have prospected
the dump.
Jay ID. Sidebottom used to be
prune peddler before he went on the
road for the Morey Mercantile Com
pany? Before his prune peddling
days, however. Jay was one of the
star statesmen of the National Biscuit
Company. While peddling prunes
and jumping counters Jay was part
owner Of the Canon Grocery Company.
From all reports he has made more
han good with Morey.
George F. Rockafeilow started his