The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-06-07

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tervals. Express trains make fast
time and stop only at principal sta
tions. Local trains stop at every sta
ton, few blocks apart. II you get
on at local station and are going far
you get on at an express station and
take an express train to your destina-
ton.
To get on q Subway you go down a
stairway into the ground. You buy
a ticket from the ticket seller for
i've cents-one jitney. You put the
ticket into box at the gate. Once In
side you can ride on any train or
all the trains to your hearts content.
looking at the subway scenery all day
long, presume-for the one fare OF
Ave cents. You feel perfectly safe.
You get on OF on with the mob. You
cannot be run over by another train
nor run down by an automobile. You
cannot go far wrong and IL you do.
you can ride back
The Subway is noisy Few people
talk. II is HARD on the women for
this reason. Everybody reads news
papers. At night some sleep. When
you first ride on Subway in the even
ing or morning hours you will think
that everybody in New York is going
your way. But IL is the same every
where in New York. Great mobs OF
people going in every direction all the
time, II seems.
Now after gathering all that array
Of figures and information, think
l am entitled to an evening on. So
my friends take me out to q gay cafe.
1t is called the Black Cat. ] have
seen the Black Cat in San Francisco.
so must see this. II is some better.
II js an old barn of a place down
town somewhere. We rode in a Sub
way a long way and then took a cab.
1t is a gay place full of light-hearted
people There is much TO eat. plenty
to drink, men and women smoke.
much music. people sing and have a
good time. Late in the night the
crowd sings Star Spangled Banner
and America" The Italian propri-
etor stands up on a table waving the
when the song ends. be sings out in
good Italian brogue. ITO bell with the
Kaiser" Everybody cheers.
It has been long day and a pleas
ant evening. g. U. II.
Third Day.
am beginning to feel at home in
New York and know the locations
and how to get herewith a little
diplomatic questioning.
In the morning I called at the head
quarters OF the United Press in the
New York World building. This Ia
the greatest news gathering service
n America and has been supplying
rhe Daily Record with news for many
years. :,
The cashier recognized my card
md greeted me like an old friend
He says The Daily Record Is the
promptest paying paper In the u. s.
Ain fact, is paid ahead farther than
any other paper on his list. Before
leaving home had sen; him a check
covering a month or two service in
advance.
The business manager of the United
Press is Mr.. Karl Bickel. who was at
one time editor OF the Grand Junction
News. friend OF long standing. He
is an able chap. holds a big position
and is making good. He soon came
in and introduced me around and
showed me the equipment. He throws
few boquets. which ! inodestly re-
peat. to the effect that The Canon
City Daily Record Is one OF the liy-
est small city daily newspapers in the
whole country Fine business--we
like to hear that sort OF stun even
away down in New York.
Here learn that the office OF The
Editor and Publisher is In this build
ing, few stories up. The Editor and
ubIisher Is the greatest trade journal
for newspaper publishers in the world.
perhaps. II is a strong weekly maya
zine run in the interest OF editors
and publishers and has always been
popular in the office OF The Daily
Record.
So go up and ask for Mr.. Frank J.
Arkins. one OF the editors, a former
Jcnver newspaper man. l am admit
ted without the usual New York de-
lay. Mr.. Arkins has been making a
magnificent fight for cheaper news
print paper and / want to congratu-
late him. He introduced me around
The managing editor. Mr.. w. ID. Sho-
walter, says he knows The Daily Rec
ord. Says that one time. years ago,
| wrote him a letter urging trade pa
pers to cease using ''ad." as an alb
breviation. 10 drop the period and es-
tablish ad as word. He couldn't do
II at first. but has since adopted the
style. He has a good memory had
forgotten the letter. Mr.. Showalter
knows more about the war situation
n Europe than any Congressman II
net in Washington. am introduced
to Mr.. Harry Drummond. one of the
staff. We find we have met In Grand
unction and Detroit. He also calls
up the fact that as a telegraph opera
or he served month or two in
Canon City some twenty years ago
Mr.. Drummond is now a great ed
vertising expert and has been doing
some big things with some big stores
n New York.
After have blocked the game here
for IN hanr Mr Vaxuaa nr1u,x. he