The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-09-05

marchers grouped themselves about
the handsomely decorated stand to
listen to the addresses of the day and
the music program that was to ac-
company it Mayor ID. N Cooper pre-
sided and extended a welcome to the
He said IL was a proud day for any
community 10 entertain a gathering
such as he saw before him and that
Canon City was not unmindful of the
distinction that had been given her
and that she was trying to measure
up to her full duty and responsibility
in the matter. The first speaker was
Judge l. W. lbbotson, who said in
part:
1T is very warm here today. but we
will all stay here for little while in
spite of the heav. We are going TO
keep you here until You get real
warm. II is warm over there where
our boys are fighting: much warmer
than il is here, and. as they are stand
ing IL. month after month. without
80 teth otahu lltic us
comfort here for their sake, without
murmuring.
''One uncomfortabiiy hot day good
many years ago. / attended an old
Hardshell Baptist meeting back in the
east where l lived at that time, and
'xiey-had tusaxesHDsnasses. aas-of them
good ones Today We have only
three speakers and You certainly can
listen TO them. Here in this assemb-
lage. as well as in hundreds of other
similar assemblies thruout the country
today. We are all one great family. for
labor touches all of us. We are an
laborers in one way or another.
whether in the factory or the mill. in
the mine or the smelter. in the store
or the office We are all ono great
family working for the upbuilding and
the prosperity of the United States.
We should all work together as one
for the common good. especially in a
time like this when half the world is
in arms. There has unfortunately
arisen in the past some antaSonisms
between individuals and communities
and some have said that Canon City
was unfriendly to labor This is ms
take and such feeling should not be
cherished. Canon City is especially
not exist without The laboring man
and the toilers in the mines and mills
and smelters. We always speak with
pride of our Fremont county miners.
They dig $4,000 tons of coal day
and place it upon the market to bless
mankind. Canon City is the miners
friend. Let us come to appreciate
each other better. The division and
discomfort between people in the past
have been largely because they did
not understand each other,
We of the United States have joined
hands in the greatest conflict in the
history of the world. Our sons have
gone away to fight for the liberty of
mankind. They have been furnished
by the country villages. the towns and
cities OF the country. I sat in regis
tration booth for these young men last
spring and they came in and did their
duty to the flag with a wonderful pat
riotic spirit They have gone away
with smile upon their lips aud a de-
termination in their hearts. We can
leave the issues OF the war in their
hands. but must support them loyalty
at home. President Wilson has now
said that we must have the fighting
men of the nation between 81 and IS
come in and register and they will
respond no less cheerfully.
I'VE have terrible fight on our
hands yet. We have lately felt like
shouting because OF the gains made
by our soldiers ON the western front.
but we are yet a long way frob Ber-
lin. Thousands OF our brave men must
be lost. must die. before we reach
Berlin. II is permanent peace that
our armies are fighting for and ws
will not be satisfied with anything
less. The kaiser and his war lorda