The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-25

has not less than two moving picture
show houses.
No Institution has done more for
Y. NJ. q. A. Camp Funston has four
teen y. II. c. AS and permanent
force of over seventy secretaries. The
TX. NJ, c. A. combines recreation
with education and religion and
gets away with IT," ns soldiers say.
in q most remarkable manner. have
told you OF the Y. NJ. C. A. work
before. 80 viii not dwell upon II
here.
The American Library Association
has established library which sur
passes many a similar institution In
some of our cities. Its shelves are
well filled with books and It's service
Is excellent. There are DO fines for
overdue booksl A library without
fines-can you imagine its
Our Zone" is known thruout the
unitei States. It is city street laid
down in the heart Of the camp. I'm
agine miniature Curtis street spread
out In military camp and you have
a pretty good idea Of the Funston
Zone Here are located the library.
the large Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium.
moving picture house. vaudeville
theatre. billiard hall. shooting gal
lery. s. monster swimming pool. and
1tha~ x<.r.,s ss,x,,l {rastf,st1~. stta~.
me to say in passing that the billiard
hall mentioned is the largest have
ever seen and the only one of which
y know where smoking and swear
ins arr forbidden. But the .-Zor.s-'
is mt all dedicated 20 pleasure There
arc many. many business concerns
ranging all the way from soft drink
psrlors 10 hanks. They are modern.
upto-date stores engaged in pros
porous tr10e.
No doubt you can fuess the sport
OF chief Interest these days. II IL
baseball After fourfhirty O'clock the
camp looks more like big league
training camp than a military reser-
vatioa- The Funston team is playing
good hall in fast company. Las Fri
day Witnessed . contet with the Chi
caso White Sox We held them IL
TO I. which ve thot was going pretty
rood Funston ''one." we said Some
interesting games with other camps
are anticipated
Among the agencies Interested in
soldier welfare. the Red Cross should
not b. overlooked. This winter Red
Cross sweaters. Red Cross helmets.
Red Gross vristless. Red Cross socks.
and Red Croes conforters vers every.
whese in evidence. OF course the Red
Cross is doing ics biggest work At the
FROM. but IL is not leaving the little
things at home undone.
have not mentioned all Of the en-
deayors made TO keep the soldier hap
ny. but 1t Is. apparent from what
has been said that great sums OF
money and much time are being spent
along these lines That the invest
ment Is a good one. the results OF
lat TIt'NfAt AAE VIII ruONs
Ym wili b. interested in few bits
Of personal history which can give
you Mos, Canon City folks will re
member the fair-compicxioned Mr..
Fritz who used 10 prees pants on
Main street and lead the Presbyter-
ian choir on Sunday. He Ia without
question the most popular secretary
a; y NJ. G. a. No. 6. His principal
occupations still are singing and sInii-
Ing II ia a pleasure to have a Canon
Cstyitc for such close neiEhbor.
Another familiar face about the
ouarterrnaster barracks is that OF
Mr.. John Burgess. He has recently
been q. victim Of the mumps and has
just escaped from confinement at the
isolation huspftai. It's ''hcllo" ss<i
''rood-bye' In passing. or chatty
evening at the room. or occasionally
Sunday afternoon walk. Bat evcn
few friends in camp. tho seen but
seldom. are q source OF happiness.
Mr. c. Allen Hogei OF the high
school conducts surveys" not more
than TWO doors from my office. When
anything Is lost or worn out, Mr..
Hogel accounts for IT, He can get
away with more property than any
man have ever seen. Mr.. Hoeic h
an example Of the eject army life
has on ones habits. HIS nights are
spent al home now. And in bis spare
moments he can frequently be dis