Cañon City record., 1905-05-11

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closing session the association elected
officers for the next year and selected
Salida for the 1905 meeting place, the
date to be determined by the execu-
tive committee later on. Geo. w.
Dixon, of the Saiida Mail. was elected
president and W. C. Hunt, of the WAL
senburg World, secretary-treasurer.
At O'Clock the newspaper men were
the guests Of the Canon City Mer-
chants association 1t banquet at the
st. Cloud hotel, which was one of the
pleasantest Affairs of the kind that has
taken place here for long time. The
representatives of the art preserva-
tive" at the dinner were E. o. Blair.
Trinidad; Geo. W. Dixon, Salida; Carl
Anderson, Fort Collins; Philip Doyle,
Silver Cliff; W. c. Hunt, walsenburg;
A. d. Bishop, Rocky Mountain News,
Denver; Walter L. Wilder, Pueblo
Chieftain, Pueblo: F. g. Hoag and
Gust. E. Krenzke, Star-Journal, Pueb-
10; A. n. Dariey, Pueblo; d. W. Bark
ley, Rocky Ford; Frank Moore, E. E.
Watts and c. H. Bissell, Florence;
Guy q. Hardy, Capt II. NJ Mingay, ].
w. Work, T J. schall and W. W. EN-
merson, Canon City.
A considerable number of the busi-
ness men of Florence were in attend
ance and. by their presence, contrib
uted in no small degree to the success
of the occasion. Three long tables in
the dining room of the St. Cloud pro-
vided accommodation for one hundred
and forty persons. The tables were
decorated with exquisite flowers,
while on the walls branches of various
fruit blossoms heightened the effect.
The spread was good; indeed. it was
almost sumpeuous, and was well
served.
After cigars had been passed around
G. A Linkens. president of the Canon
City Merchants association, extended
a graceful greeting and welcome TO
the guests, closing by presenting the
tonstmaster of the evening, Judge
Morton s. Bailey of the district court.
Both are able and entertaining speak
ers and they made splendid impress
sion upon those who heard them.
Judge Bailey has a most resourceful
mind and, if at times he rubs in vitriol
enough to almost draw blister, he is
quick to apply painkiller in quantities
TO cure the sore on the spot
Ex-Governor Jas. H. Peabody re-
sponded to the first toast, the sabject
of which was Fremont County" His
eIcellency read carefully prepared
paper dealing with the events of a
stirring past. He covered the period
from Col. Zebulon Pixies visit in 1907
down to the present time. 1t was an
able paper and should be filed away in
the archives Of the association. Gov.
Peabody shines as an historian and
should he engage in that pursuit he
wSald engender no political antago-
nisms. The makers of history are the
proper historians, anyway.
A. d. Bishop, of the Denver News,
replied to the toast Advertising.
Possessing a thorough knowledge of
the subject the business men present
were enabled to gain some practical
Information. Mr.. Bishop is inclined to
the belief that the advertising corre-
spondence school system does more
harm than good. II business men
write their own ads and give to the
matter the same care ard attention
h,stnu al npnu othar bc~sn>.s .H.;--
such as the employment Of clerks. the
results would be satisfactory. The
speaker claimed that no particular
emphasis as to the cheapness OF goods
need be displayed in advertisements
and that quality would bring purchas-
ers willing to pay what was right and
proper.
The toast of p. t. Mcclure. of Flor
ence, was FLORENCE, Our Sister. So
Smooth and So Fair" The speaker
dwelt upon the, pleasant and cordial
relations existing between the two
cities and saw no reason why good
feeling could not continue to the bene-
fit of both. He deplored the fact that
the Business Mems association of Flor
ence was now defunct, though it Was
organized ahead of that of Canon City,
and had in part inspired the lstter's
formation. He claimed that the
trouble in Florence had been that .i,ey
had undertaken tco much. The speak-
er hoped In turn that the Business
Mems association in Canon would re-
vive sufficient enthusiasm to reorgAn-
ise in Florence at an early date.
Walter L. Wilder, Of the Pueblo
Chicftain, responded to THE Arkansaa