The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-07-17
IA Very Personal Letter
From Guy u. Hardy to
the Folks Who Get
Out the Paper


(The Old Man has written us the
first personal letter since he went
down to Washington. He has been
all business up to this time, and we
didn't know whether we were hitting
the bulls eye or whether we were
shooting wide the mark He tells us
what he thinks about 1t in this letter.
He didn't write the letter for publ
cation. 1t is as personal as 1t can be.
but we of The Record force are so
proud Of what he has to say that, we
fear. we are not going to be very mod
est about it We are going to print
the whole thing right here on the
front page of The Record $50 That
the People May Know" as the Denver
Post puts it. The Old Man will prob
ably crawl our frame for this heed
less disregard of the proprieties. but
we are going to take chance. If he
does it will most likely be our own
funeral, so I'VE should worry" as the
poet says.-Editor's Motel.
Dear Pete-After several days alb
sence from the city am back on the
job again. have put in a long day
a'0 AAcht al tbO OAiNt. II 10 doout
midnight now and l have put in the
last hour resting and reading the old
home paper. have been reading the
last half-dozen copies OF The Daily
Record
Do you know, they make me half
homesick? / would like to be back
in the little old Record Office doing
the usual work-meeting old friends.
The glamour which is supposed TO
surround the life of g. congressman
never made me dizzy. ! think you
know better than most people how
little ! cared for that for which SO
many people strive in the way of po-
litical honors. What little glamour
there is is soon worn on down here.
The life OF a congressman under
present conditions is a life OF hard
work and toll. For six weeks now
harder than lawyers or doctors or
farmers or newspaper men work at
lone. A congressman truly has moth
ing to do but work. nothing to wear
but clothes. nothing TO eat but food
and no place TO go but home. He
works long and weary hours. he wears
the same old clothes he wore at home
His food is none too good and the
only home he has 10 go TO is a mar
row three-story apartment or a cheap
Gin appearance only hatel room
which a college boy would turn up his
nose at.
some phases OF IT, realize that I
am in the heart OF things. where his
tory is being made. know the men
who have been making the history.
and ] will be with them in the next
year or two as history is made. :.
know some OF the big men intimately.
and they are just big-hearted. big
Drained. human individuals. / would
like to tell you about some OF them
some of the notables as they appear
out in the country-and l Will some
time, but not tonight.
When look over these copies OF
The Record ! wish some times that u
avs back at the desk. would like to
have hand in things. So far as the
work goes, II is about the same here
as there-lights burning late. do
not mind the work rather like IT,
But there is no work SO pleasant as
that which takes you among your own
home friends.
like the way you boys are taking
care OF The Record very much. II
shows up fine. You are getting out a 4
dandy little paper. have not failsd
to note with pleasure and satisfac-
tion several little improvements. and
the great number of local news items.
That is the stun. People take The
Canon City Daily Record chiefly TO
read about Canon City people They
can get the general news in the Dem
yer papers. but they can't get the
home news except in the home papers.
! always look for the Twenty
Years Ago" column. and am disap-
pointed when fail TO find II. | wrote
most of these items myself that were
run in The Record 20 years ago, and
/ recall many interesting incidents
as ] read your short notes. And |
Ike the Instant Interviews" ! like
TO know what the man n-about-town is
thinking and talking about. Those
features run under the head Flowers
For the Living" are fine. ! recognise
in them many good friends. The sad