The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-10-02

uated on a bluff and were not damag-
ed. The bathing beach. is entirely
gone and loss is estimated at twenty
w!uion. The state has taken over
affairs and will soon have things
Strengthened out. Every one is NOV
ing up on hills for safety
WoMAN'S GYMNASIUM
CLASS AT 'Y"
A Woman's Gymnasium Glass will
be organized at the Y NJ. c. A.
Wednesday evening at 1880. Miss
Fiske will have charge. All women
over sixteen are eligible.
REV. AND MRS. STARRING
LEAVE CANON CITY
Rev. and Mrs. F. w. Starring and
son Paul, left here this morning for
Denver where they will spend few
days with old friends before proceed
ing to the Pacific coast where they
will make their home. The First
Baptist church was crowded to its
capacity at the Sunday evening serv-
ice to hear Rev. Starring's farewell
sermon after three years pastorate
in this community. He will enter
upon the pastorate of the congrega-
ton of Grace Bptist church at Port
land, Ore, next week.
FREMONT SEVENTEENTH IN
ASSESSMENT VALUATIONS
Figures just made public by Shell
Non T. Tucker of Denver, secretary of
the State Tax Commission. show that
the total valuation of taxable proper
ty in the state this year is s1,4sS,1S1,-
oil, as compared with s1.422.112.275
10 months ago The increase for 1919
over 1918 is sec, 1856. OF the 6S
counties in the state Fremont is eight
eenth in the list with total property
valuation of s2o,524 $50, of which
s493, 93O,9SO is the tax commissions
figures on public utilities. The coun-
ties that are ahead of Fremont in as
sessment values are Denver, Weld,
Pueblo, FL Paso, Adams, Boulder, JEFF
ferson. Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Ana
mas. Lincoln. Logan, Mesa, Morgan,
Otero, Prowers and Washington.
Virtually all agricultural counties
showed a marked increase. The min
ing counties. on the other hand, show
tanned, OF the slump which affected
the mining lOllOWluS CcSSd-
ton of hostilities in Europe.
Weld county stands next to Denpver
in the list with a total valuation of
s107,742,5S0. Pueblo with s71.270. sos.
Ell Paso with s67, 521, $50 and Boulder
with s47.61s, $50 come next in the or
der named.
LOTS OF INQUIRIES
FOR PROPERTY
Secretary E. A. Bradbury of the
chamber of commerce says that never
before during a corresponding period
have as many letters of inquiry been
received at his office from non-resi-
dents asking about property in Canon
City as has been the case during the
last few weeks Mr.. Bradbury's ex-
perience in this respect is being dupli-
Gated by local real estate agents.
These inquiries come from every por-
ton of the United States. with the
majority from Kansas, Texas and Ok
lahoma, are chiefly from people who
visited here during the summer
months as tourists. Heretofore many
letters have been received from peo-
nle who desired to rent property for
the winter months. but this season
most of them are from people who de-
sire to purchase home here and be-
come permanent residents of the
community.
U. E. SIDEBOTTOn
IN sALIDA MONDAY.
+ U. z. Sidebottom went to Sslida on
Sunday for the purpose of delivering
TO customers there on Monday a car
{ load of Peerless flour he had shipped
there from his mills at Norton. Kan
sas. He returned to Canon City Mon
day night
CALLED HERE BY
DAUGHTERS ILLNESS.
H. NJ. Andrew, for many years en-
gagged in the newspaper business in
Canon City. but since November 1916
publisher of the Labor News at Pueblo,
was called here last Saturday after
noon by the serious illness of his
daughter. Mrs. Will Canterbury, who
is undergoing treatment at the hos
pital for typhoid fever Contracted a
couple of weeks or more ago Mrs
Canterbury recently underwent a
surgical operation for appendicitis.
day night
JACK LIVINGSTON STILL
FLYING FOR UNITED STATES
! Florence. Sept. ga number of
/ Florence friends of Jack Livingston
have been wondering where he is 10.
Gated as they have heard nothing from
him for several months past. Yester-
day d. II. Sullivan was looking over
this weeks issue of the Aiamosa Jonf-
nal and read q paragraph which clear
up the mystery. NJ H. Van Fleet of