The day after the flood, the Canon City Cannon came out "with the most bizarre story of the flood, written by a book-store owner" who freelanced for Cannon owner Mrs. Jack Bell:

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Jack and Catherine Bell took over the Clipper and changed the name to:

Canon City Cannon January 2, 1906-1912. Mrs. Bell was publisher. The Cannon slogan was "Fired Once A Week."

Jack Bell did "handy work around the paper," taking an occasional holiday for a good time. On one of those five-day, unchaperoned good times, he arranged with the Canon City telegraph girl to deliver his wife a telegram (numbered one to five) each day he was gone, telling how much he missed her. All five telegrams were delivered as Jack got off the train in Canon City on the sixth day.

Nellie Weston, wife of "a typical western prospector, Eugene Weston" was a Cannon reporter.

Mrs Bell and her wandering husband turned the Cannon over to printer E.C. Shumway about 1910.

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Colorado Press reported in February 1914 that Jack Bell, was doing special work for the Denver Times.