The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-12-11
WEATHER CHANGES
go DrcREES HERE
IN "a sn,S. THUS
MAKING, - 7NRD
From 25 Degrees q
Zero to Freezing Point is
the Range Covered.

The temperature at a m. Tuesday
was % degrees below zero. A, the
corresponding period this morning it
was barely at the freezing point.
difference OF nearly so degrees in "a
hours
Rarely has. SO radical or so pleasing
an alteration OF atmospheric eondi-
tions taken place in Canon City IN the
same lefleth OF time 1t is as if tho
community had been transferred from
sub-Arc;ic climate to a sub.tropical
Latitude within the scope OF a single
day
At O'Clock Tuesday night the ther-
mometer showed temperature Of s
degrees below zero. At daylight this
morn NJ it Indicated a temperature of
freezlne. or a little abovs. The trans.
formation occurred about midnight
when a7strong west wind sprans up.
and from ilas time on the mercury
began 10 climb IN the thermometer
nlbe aud Al noon today is lowering
Neii up toward The top of the winter
scale. IN the more favored localities
Tor warmth temperature OF 50 o.
more degrees WAS shown. 1t was
somewhat colder on the shady side OF
the street. but ihe difference there
WIS IN a marked contrast with yester-
day. when at no time during the day
was il warmer than degrees below
zero
In scores OF houses waser pipes tina;
were frozen during the previous after
noon were tiiawed out by the modi-
he'd Temperature Of Tuesday night and
this marning. the eongeaiment giving
way In consequence OF the ohange in
the weather Plumbers ken, 10 he'd
Tuesday nlfhi with the expectation OF
having great demands made upon
them from househn'ders 10 thaw out
their water pipes in their Kitchens.
The anticipated harvest WAS not real
lied, thanks 10 the switch OF the
weather from one extreme to the
other within a lev hours Nobody.
perhaps. war more gratided by the
Improvement on conditions than the
plumbers. who had been forced to look
forward 20 this morning as the begin
ntng az Il dAxao Rr1af an annnsaace.
The weather man Was kind to them
and lifted from their shoulders the
burden OF trouble they had expected
to carry 4 few water pipes were
frozen up. but the number was not
great. and SO far as generally report
ed. none OF them were burst by the
frost, AS would have been the case in
many instances 20 those exposed TO
the outside air had not the snow ar
rded them the required protection
fsam the cold
he chinook" or west wind. that
bron. ht moderation in the weather
Tuesday night is not so common in its
Nisits to the Upper Arkansas valley
as TO be without; mention. II only o..
@casionaliy reaches this Far Inland, or
l. SO sweeping in its results as 1t was
generally acceptable and pleasing to
the aeop Of this community. chang
ing as il did overnight the tempera.
tu.e OF Greenland and AlaslSa to that
OF the Carolinas and Tennessee
Business that WIS dulled by the re-
mafkably cold weaih n of Tuesday re
samed its normal proportions this
morning. Railroad trains are running
on schedule time today in the terri.
tory between the Missouri river ami
the Rocky Mountains, and the outleoN
Is promising for seasonable weather
in Colorado for some time TO come. q
Ia f.4.A 81,
mum OF the winters cold was attained
Tuesday night, and that from this
time on until the vernal eGuinuv next
spring Canon Cny's weather viii be
ON consonpnce with the best tradi-
tons Of the community IN that re-
spect.