The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-08-05
Tourist Travel To
Canon City Heavy

Automobile tourist travel is pour
ing into Canon City at the present
time in almost constant stream and
can not fail to be of material advan-
tage to the community in the years to
come BY directing attention to its at
fractions and business opportunities,
to say nothing of the impetus it is
now giving to the trade of the baker,
the butcher and candlestick maker.
The Colorado tourist season began
little earlier this year than usual,
ana it was predicted in some quarters
that it would not reach the p75lpor-
tions attained during the sum6kr of
1919. but thees representations are
being disproved by the facts of the
last few weeks If travel in this di-
rection keeps up the pace It has re-
Gently set for itself. 1920 will be the
biggest tourist year Canon City has
ever had Visitors are coming in from
all points of the compass, although
most of them find their way here from
Colorado Springs and Pueblo The
observant man or woman will see cars
on the streets here bearing the license
tags Of nearly every state in the
Union One was seen ON Main street.
few days ago bearing pennant with
the legend. Ponce, Porto Rico" How
it got across 1000 or 1900 mieIs OF
salt water separating Uncle Sans
West Indian independence and the
Florida coast is something of mys-
terry. Not very long ago a wealthy
physician of Calcutta. India, motored
here from California to make the trip
over the Skyline drive and to the top
of the Royal Gorge. He shipped his
machine across the Indian and Pa
cific oceans to San Francisco. Nearly
every day autos showing the license
numbers of New York. Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Illinois. California, Oregon.
Washington and other distant states.
roll through the streets of Canon City-
While such cars, which may be desig-
mated as "itineranfs.' do not stay here
very long as rule, they remain long
enough to afford their occupants. soma
idea of the town ad its people This.
it is believed in most instances. il IA
vorable
How many tourists use the camp
ing grounds here daily there 10 %
5.eAns- 1cf kaDxins -las Ne rse<fzsT 6ra
kept. Some idea. however. may Be
had from the statement that on. Thurs
day night OF last week 81 automobiles
were counted in the City park and -
in the municipal camping grounds on
College avenue 1t is safe to say that
fully afscore OF other visiting cars
we're either parked at the Hot SPRINGS
hotel property. or were being taken
care OF in some of the garages of the
city, Thursday night From so to Is
ears pass over the Skyline drive every
day and 40 make the trip to the top Of
the Royal Gorge and return every a
hours The figures furnished The
Daily Record ON Monday by County
Commissioner G. v. Hodgin showing
that z,603 automobiles made the trip
over the Phantom canon highway dur
ing the month Of July. 60l q then
non-state machines. is suggestive o.
the volume or motor travel In tAia
section of Colorado this year. The
number OF cars passing over .he
Canon City Colorado Springs highway
monthly is greatly in excess OF tha
number traversing the Phantom canon
route Tor the reason that many drivers
are afraid that they can not safely me-
gotiate the sharp turns of the latter.
although no real danger is presented
by them to the skillful careful mo-
torfst.
Now that the agricultural harvests
In Kansas. Texas. Oklahoma and Ne
braska have been garnered. pig i'm
fiux OF automobilists from among the
farmers of those states may be en-
pected in Colorado and Canon City y
due to get its share OF them. The
wheat crop of Kansas alone this year
is estimated at 147.000.000 hushels-
The income from it will place most oe
the farmers of the state on easy
street." and they are in position to
take a holiday and enjoy with their
wives ad families a motor trip to the
Rocky Mountains where blue skies.
cool weather and inspiring scenery
make life worth living.