The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-09-05
FIVE THOUSAND LABOR|NG MEN
and THEIR FRIENDS GATHERN
CANON; PARADE IS A FEATURE

Canon City's commemoration of La
Dor day on Monday. was one OF the
most notable events of the kind ever
held in Fremont county and was
great success in every particular. IL
was such a tribute to labor as has
not been seen anywhere in the Ar
kansas valley, outside OF Pueblo, in
many years and was highly creditable
to the committees having charge of
the arrangements. all of which worked
hard TO make it an occasion long to
be remembered in the annals of the
county and of the toilers which il rep
resented.
Labor's celebration this year was
different from anything it ever was
stration of patriotism with the welfare
of the nation paramount 10 everything
else The dominant idea was one of
honor to the industrial soldiers be-
hind the fighting lines who are fur
nishins the fuel. food. ammunition
and supplies necessary to assure vic !
tory 10 the boys in khaki over there"
who are enlisted in the cause OF hu- /.
man freedom. Every marcher in the (
parade-men. women and children. /
native sons and daughters ami those !
who were aliens by birth. but have be- |,
come Anericsns hz adoption, nlarched
under the same emblem. the Stars
and Stripes. and were proud Of the
privilege TO do it honor.
There was in the parade place for |
every body. individuals and orsaniza- Z
tions alike. and the showing they I
made was splendid one. worthy of
the occasion and OF the great cause I
TO which it was dedicated The par
ade was advertised to start at $3.50
O'Clock but it was nearly half an hour /,
later before the procession began TO !
move along Main street from its start :
ing point at Eighth street TO the
State park, opposite the penitentiary.
the day were held. The marching
column was led by a soldier color
bearer carrying the American flag
and was representative of the indus
trial and laboring interests OF the
county Neadly a thousand men were
in line. most OF them dressed in the
garb OF their daily employments. and
the picture they presented was i'm
pressive TO an unusual degree and elic-
tied deserved applause from those
who viewed it from the sidewalks.
As indicative OF the interest taken In
the parade and in the days celebra-
ton il may be stated that most OF the
coal miners worked all day Sunday
that there might be no falling on in
their coal production by their partici-
patton in Mondays festivities.
in the parsding column, illustrative
of labor and its achievements. At
least two of them were designed to
show the method OF digging and hoist
ing coal from the mine. Another rep
resented the Bsrbers' union in which
a knight of the razor. on large
horse-drawn platform. was shown
shaving a customer with an immense
wooden blade. must to the merriment
of spectators that lined the streets.
The Arkansas Valley Railway. Light
and Power company entered float on
which was displayed all kinds OF cleo
trical appliances. over which was
streamer bearing the legend DO
your household work electrically"
Four or five thousand people were
massed ON Main street between the
First Methodist church at the inter
section of Eighth street and First
street. all of them in holiday attire
and enthusiastic celebrants OF the oc-
casion. Hundreds OF them carried
American fiags or displayed in some
way the national colors. It was dis
tinctively patriotic gathering and
might easily have been mistaken by
the aninitiated for Fourth Of July
celebration. On arrival at the State
park. which was en- fste with its color
ling OF Ornamental flasa. ornamented
booths and the blare Of hands. the