CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-16

The Grocers Banauer.

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As q fitting finale to the educa-
tional convention of the retail grocers
of Fremont and Custer counties, which
took place at Elks' hall last
Thursday afternoon, a banquet was
held at the Strathmore hotel IN the
evening, at which covers were laid
for forty guests.
The banquet, which was served in
nine courses. was in keeping with the
high reputation enjoyed by that
hostelry for the excellence of it's
cuisine and the promptness and eff
cheney of its service The guests en-
tered the dining room at 8 O'Clock
and found the environment so pleasant
that it was after IL before they left it.
!, A number of addresses were made:
@. A. .-.nKins urnciatins in the capa-
city of POSTMASTER in accordance
with the plans of the committee of ar
rangements. Mr.. Linkins presided
with a dignity that we'll became the
occasion. although there was nothing
of that austerity of manner about
it which interfered with the natural
facetiousness or jocuIarity of the
guests.
". H. Dozier, who had been select
ed to respond to the toast, Canon
Ladies'" was unable to be present.
and that subject was reluctantly per-
mitted to be passed over.
L. Y Kohlman's name was on the
program for an address on the topic,
Horses VS.. Automobiles. Mr. Kohl
man is a strong partisan of the equine
race and he naturally glorified it at
the expense of mechanical means Of
locomotion.
The toast. Photographic, which
was assigned to n. E. McClanahxn.
was not responded to owing to tho
absence of Mr. McClanAhan from the
innatnib<asad Gay L hardy. wa
requested to make short talk upon
1.-The Press and the Grocers. Mr..
Hardy spoke of the relations that
should exist between the two callings:
their connection and their interde-
peudence He also referred to the
successful grocer as a man that is
liberal user of printers ink
H. T. Biersruith had for his sub
ject, Marriage: Is 1t Success ?''
To answer the query that had been
given him for solution Mr.. Bier
smith related a number of very hum
orous stories, aud in such happy
manner as to win for him the ap-
plause of those about him.
Canon Grocers," was the sub
treated by ]. e. Brown. a topic tha
he is peculiarly fitted to discuss. Mr..
Browns talk was an interesting one
and commanded the attention of the
banqueters-
J. r. Gardner of Victor. president
of the state butchers and grocers asso-
citation, did not arrive here until
nearly 10 O'Clock by reason of the
lateness of the Cripple Greek train
and. in consequence. was deprived of
much of the pleasure of the occasion
Mr.. Gardner delivered short, but
interesting. address
W. ]. Wilson responded to Our
Neighbor Grocers, in the course Of
which he spoke of the fraternal rela-
tions that should obtain as matter
of expediency, if upon no higher
grounds, should exist among those
engaged in the retail grocery trade
rhe last speaker on the program
was F. P. Smith, to whom was as
signed the subject, Soothing Syrup"
Mr. Smith proved himseE to be equal
to the occasion and delivered hum
orons address, greatly to the merri-
ment of his associates.
The convention and banquet WAS q
great success and will, no doubt, ma.
terially aid in promoting the inter-
ests Of the trade
A committee WAS appointed to ar
range for picnic, some time during
the coming summer, for the grocers Of
Fremont and Custer counties.