Cañon City record., 1910-03-17


fortune. In this building ID. III Nof-
Iat established his bank and there tbe
hrst territorial convention was held.
Ihere Was Little bargaining Than
me friendships he had made in the
mountains stood him well. and tbe
mountaneers fiocked to his pIace for
their supplies, piaee LOT
mere was no chinning, no bar-
gaming then," said Mr.. Iondonar
hing aal OF The good old DAYS "Tbe
ho,,. hipIy came down from the hills
their supplies by the barrei
ana tne hundredweight, paid for tba1,
,,nu wai went away. That was ali tbers
Men didn't live as well then .,
90 nowadays. The only canned oonIs. oney
so!d then were sardines and ovs,s''-' eoous
oiu umeTs remember Fields ovS+e-s
mem for so, 60 and rs cents
sna a and the other prices? Well
@usar @ commanded from rs cents IN al
h.- pound; common Rio coffae
9oIIought oI % cents. and salt averaeeJ
- cents when in good supply.
me staple whisky in those davs
RS RS the Mccartney Double Anchor
was no duty and we bought The
o. 1eun Ior II cents gallon in 81 Tonis
Danvar odrreI 10 freight il TO
xon ea out We got s3 a gallon; so
Aiy last big shipment OF mis- cIsss -.
wagon was in '64-ffteen wapons
!. .nu N SIX hours after il had arrived
- .'1,, va an sold and had the cash
,,....t-lz eIe 1 stuck in that old corner "
,,et.'-- ueu Nj Londoner, until 1sS7
'el,, nSu moved up TO my own building
o. AIapahoe street, my present
esta adjustment Once, though i hae-sr
70 thlhk l might have to move. Tbat
Was "hen Wilson Wadingham anJ
e..el S,'l-.'.L d. McCook went up into my
,s'i-l e-is ana played $4,000 game of
ifee@e-out The stakes were S5O Ooo
against the building / occunie5 w.
4IHslaM Won and me title deeds were
mace out at once. Il was a migb-v
suuaen shlit IN landlords, / tell Won
9ut "! tenancy wasn't disturbed"
Everybody in Denver knows how
siT- LUndoner entered politics in Dsn-
teI- rlrst he became an alderman
aneh a county commissioner ana fD-
ally mayor. While county commits
sloner he was chairman Of the finance
committee and il was under MS
~aichiul eye that the Arapahoe eor-t
mouse was built-a monument to hon
est! and promptness. Not only was
u hnished on time. but it holds the
record OF being one OF the few public
ouIIdlnss erected in the United States
without a scandal and without the
misappropriation OF a single dollar
As mayor Mr.. Londoner is hest rs-
niemhered for his veto OF the Santa
re franchise and the veto OF "ordi-
naneeF]4, the water ordinance that
was passed over his disapproyal
IL was when the \ T. a 5 f. ordi-
nance was up for passage over the
veto thar the working people of the
West Side. whose property was af-
fected. marched to the city hall with
ropes and threatened To hang the Al
dermen who would give the railroad
right OF way The veto stood.
Reaching back to the time when
Mr. Londoner started the Canon City
Times. he has always been closely af-
hhated with newspaper men. He al
ways knew the value OF printers ink,
ana there are many old-timers in
Denver who remember his Let 'er go.
Gallagher and "Wun Lung Assignee"
ads. which were copied all over the
country for their novelty and wit
II was in his old rooms on Fifteenth
street that the first Denver Press
club was organized with such Veter-
ans of the profession as NJ. ]. Gavisk,
" II INpNAaNhtIs EuEcut Elt4ut r. -
V. Skin, Sparnick, afterwards clerk
OF the district court; r. G. Dill. W. V.
vickers. Halsey Rhoades and O. j.
Goldrick on the membership roll.
IL was the lamented Goldrick who
marched into Denver wiki a mule
team. atiired, among other things, in
a plug hat and long black frock coat
with brass buttons-a sight that the
natives talked about for many
neon"
Mr.. Londuner did active newspa-
per work, too. and has one big "beat'
- his credit. That was when he ac-
compsnied the National Editorial As
sociation to the City OF Mexico and
there interviewed President Diaz on
silver and the tarin for a Denver pa
per-a feat that his more experienced
brothers fell down" on.
H. y. Byers. the veteran Denver
editor. was an old pal of his. and the
TWO put in many days fishing and
hunting in the mountains.
Beautiful loving cups, the gifts OF
the National and Colorado Editorial
associations. grace the mantel OF his
home.
The newspaper boys have been
good to me-" says Mr.. Londoner. they
uaNa hons red me tar more than l de-
serve and | am very grateful,
No account OF Mr. Londoner's life IN
Denver is complete with reference
to the cyclone cellar" The cyclone
cellar" has been an institution in the
l.ondoner store since away back IN |
the 1os, Everybody knows the secret
OF the cyclone cellar" 50 there is no |
secret about 1t at all. II is place OF |
refuge. where one meets with bound
less hospitality and is invited to rest !
while the storms OF life blow over.
MIR. I.ondoner's domestic life is |
ideal. About thirty-two years ago he !