The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-07-27
A PRIVILEGE
TOlLIVE IN
COLORADOA AT
ANY Time
NO OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND THE
NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS COOL
THE BEST ALL-YEAR CLIMATE
IN THE COUNTRY.

The almost torrid heat that has
prevailed in the eastern states, par
ticularly in tine Mississippi valley.
during the last week or two should
make Coloradoans more than ever ap-
preciate the delights of their own
summer climate. We have had some
warm weather here, it is true, but it
has been comparative and not of that
extreme. sweltering character that has
obtained in many other sections of
the country, where nothing but an ice
pack or a trip to the Rocky Mountains
will afford relief from the suffering
il imposes. The nights here are al
ways cool and invigorating and COM
pensate one for any discomforts he
may have undergone during the day
It's a privilege to live in Colorado at
all seasons of the year, no less SO
in the winter than in the summer, for
there is a greater equability of tenn
perature here than almost anywhere
else in the country. except in the sub
tropical belt along the gulf coast and
in some portions of California The
climate of this state in many respects
surpasses that of any other section the
year around During the winter there
is the same azure sky and perennial
sunshine that characteriZes it in sum-
mer and there are none of those frigid
days that make life almost unendur-
able in that great stretch of territory
that reaches to the eastward from the
borders of Kansas and Nebraska to
the Atlantic ocean. In summer one
can always keep cool: indeed, by go-
ing into the mountains one needs to
sleep under blankets al night te be-
comfortable. No one needs TO lay
awake at night from the heat: on the
contrary almost any desired temper
ature can be found by little seek
ing
In contrast with the conditions in
Colorado during July and August is
the sitting heat in other portions of
the country. which is distracting in its
intensity. From Boston to Omaha and
from ST. Paul to New Orleans the
country has been shimmering and
frying in heat during the last week
or ten days that Coloradoans read
about but know nothing from their
own experience. One day last week
three PEOPLE died at Dubuque. Iowa.
from the effects OF the hot weather
and numerous fatalities from the same
cause have been reported from other
-, fnsr
sage a few days ago from ST. Paul
states that the heat there was ter
rife and that people there and ct
Minneapolis were sleeping at night. or
rather trying to sleep. in the pub
lie parks in an effort TO escape from
sleepless temperature of their homes.
The same story comes from Chicago.
Cincinnati. Louisville. ST. Louis and
score of other cities in the central
portion of the country.
Automobile tourists that come to
Canon City from Kansas. Oklahoma
and Texas during the summer months
speak in terms of praise and admira-
ton q the climate here. which they
say is delightful in comparison with
what they are accustomed TO at home
Although Tuesday was a hot day. as
things of that kind go in Canon City.
the night that followed was cool
enough to suit the most captious and
exacting. The heat was forgotten af-
ter the sun went down and light
wrpas were not uncomfortable to those
who were upon the streets after night
fan.
A gentleman remarked to the writer
the other day that it was not half as
hot here as 1t was in eastern Kansas
and that Canon City people were to
be congratulated on their fine summer
climate. "The surprising thing" he
continued. sis that one does not per-
spire from the heat here This Colo
RADIO climate of yours Is wonder and
II is matter of astonishment TO me
that a million or more people from
the east do not come here every sum-
mer to enjoy II.
There is no suffering or serious dis
comfort from the heat here and we
repeat the statement that il is priv
ilege 10 live in Colorado.