The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-09-18

pIp you KNOW THAT


he year Of the big panic, and two
ears after the camp wan founded7
le was also agent in Canon City at
ne time when the offices were ON
outh Fifth street to the rear Of The
big residence at Fifth and River.
Tom lyman used to peddle prunes
Tor Morey, and he was on that job
Hhen Gov. Shaf.oth sent him TO tie
benitentiary-as warden, the position
Fhit3 he has held ever since, mat
|er OF 10 years or more7
rom York used to be blacksmith?
He, however. had a good mechanical
brain and found himself applying 1t
10 automobile construction until he
hnaiiy gave up horse-shoeing entirely.
Lan~ Dun got his FIRST experience in
the ~ goods business as a clerk for
Frey ~ Collins at 81 day. That
was u years ago. Today he is senior
memoer OF the rpn-Lear lJry Goods
COMPANY OF this city. dr. Duff does
not consider his career spectacular in
rms sense. He got his training under
good merchants and made his success
|by hard work and perseverance
r. q. Hubbard OF J. c. Penney Com
Pany WAS mail clerk before ne land
d his cieTkship with the big company
Fi.S when now has The managership
bad an interest in their local storez
tGr. Hubbard left Eooj.paying job TO
start at the bottom and work UP in
khe J. C. Penney system.
JSl;us cramer was for many years
.roah clerk at the penltenuary lin the
good old days" under Warden Cies-
bern. He WAS rated as one of the
best clerks In this capacity The peni
ientiary ever had.
The Florence & Cripple railroad.
main headquarters at Florence and
laier built a branch from Ora .unta
10 Canon City. which branch was
known as the Canon City and Cripple
|Greekg After the branch with the
shops were built IN here this town be
came the main headquarters The
big excitement OF Is or is years ago
fused TO be when the c. C. & C. C.
khops used to burn down, which was
Ipeemirgiy al regular Intervals. To
Ithe small boy O. that day IL was the
height of his ambition 20 be the 1rst
lat one of these fires.
The territory which beautiful Lin
coin Park e5 years ago was a barren
v sstc and seemed TO be good for moth
Iing until Dial DeWeese came along
with his magic wand and started
Isomethinr. Worthless land was sell
Iinr an high as 1880 or $4,000 an acre
bin the couree OF five or 10 years after
water touched H.
Canon City once had q very we'll
Ilncwn and popular musical organiza-
Hon called the Peabody Military
IBands There were II pieces IN the
band and they were In demand al all
|the big celebrations AROUND Colorado.
{ouite few of the members are sti'l
living IN Canon City. This band was
Intact FOR many years and did much
10 advertise Canon City.
The lot now occupied by the beau
Itlful Jones theatsr was at one time
The site Of an airdome or open-air
moving picture theater which lasted
|for a season or so, Ralph Fairchiii
LOT the former Majestic. was ins;ru-
mental in its management
The Ninth street bridge was washed
|oui by a terrific food in August. 1907
| At that time Nelson's gardens alcnE
tine river bank were aiso swep: away
1fcr the most part
Frank Emmerson used to be n pas
|sengcr brakeman on the Big -Four
railroad between Cincinnati and CHI
|carer he gave up railroadinE when
he tame 10 Colorado and started In
lthe secondhand and repair business,
and gradually worked into the new
furniture line until today be In part
|cwner Of one Of the finest furniture
tso-es west OF Pueblo.
The Official spelling Of Canon City.
which is OF Spanish origin, was AZ one
|,ime Canyon City" with q diphthong
|pver the ~" The foreign orthoe-
|ravny was continued from the settle
|rneht Of the community In the early
|eas WITH rbour IL or II years ago
when q petition from the people here
WAS sent to the Postoffice Department
IN Washington asking that the silent
4eterr and the diphthong be eliminated
land the name OF the town spelled pho
|neticaIly7 After several months de-
bay the Federal authorities acted on
khe matter and granted the request
pr the petitioners. The agitation for
kbe. change was started when the
|Slka Fe railrond put up a big sign on
Its station at the foot Of Fourth street
with she Spanish spe cling. Several
months ensued before the postoffice
|officials decided TO make the requested
h teration, and the Santa Fee sign was
taken down and made TO conform to
|th. nav rs,Iluv The naonls hare