The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-08-07

We we're in Winnipeg TWO days and
one night. We bought one meal and
attended 1--WE banquets. thought Of
David Robson several times He
never attends banquet He would
starve to death on this trip For 80
days we are schedu ed lot two or
three banquets a day. aim glad
David ism. along. He would be
bo. ed to death even II he didn'.
staive, for our banquets are produc-
tive OF much speech-making. and
David processes. to despise banquet
speech-making. But as the president
of the Canon City Chamber of Com
merce he will cultivate patience and
tolerance for banqueting and speech
making. and in time he may grow to
like them.
Until Monday of this week the name
Winnipeg suggested little to me, and
to most of our party. ! fancy, but a
black dot at the end of a straight line
extending up 10 near the edge OF tine
great map. But in all future time
winnipeg will stand out as a place of
pleasant memories thriving city
dominated by Western enterprise and
Southern courtesy. think have
never seen a town entertain visiting
de egation SO long and SO cnarmingly
as has Winnipeg Pleasant autcmo-
bile drives have been interrupted only
by meal-time banquets.
L -k~ M rrxIr IF
winnipeg at all. have never known
whether It was most like Florence, or
Cripple Creek. or Pueblo. or Garden
City, Kan. But on arriving here
we found 1t to be a large. beautiful.
well-built polished city of the size and
character of Denver. The climate of
this country In summer is much like
our own Colorado. A man was telling
us yesterday Of the difference be-
tween the hot. humid climate of On
tario and the clear. semi-dry climate
of Manitoba, and it sounded just like
Michigan man Dragging on the eli
mate OF Colorado. 1t was hotter than
Texas when we left Minneapolis. but
as we came north the nights grew cool
and IT has been pleasant ever since.
Winnipeg is the capital Of the prov
inc of Manitoba. The province has
100000 people. and Winnipeg about
100000. The city has two grand no.
tells finer than the Brown Palace. II
has many large enterprises. more biz
banks than Denver, a beautiful rest
dence section and fine parks and pub
lie buildings. Winnipeg is a new
city, as It has grown up from little
frontier village since I was born In
1873 1t had population OF only 1900
1t is the center of a great agriculture
country. which unquestionably has
great future. s1S
A notable institution in WINNIPEG
is the Eaton store. We had seen the
Eaton store in Toronto few years
ago. Fifty years ago Timothy Eaton
started a little store in Toronto. II
was a small beginning but has grown
into a great success. The two Eaton
stores employ about $1,000 people.
They do a great retail business like
Marshall Field. and great mail-order
business similar to Sears-Roebuck &
Company. This concern is especially
liberal with its employees Three
thousand of its employees went TO the
war. All such men were paid their
salaries up to SIS week while In the
service. II cost the company $4,000
900. This fact the manager told me
had never been published. The store
closes at noon on Saturdays 10
months in the year, and all day Satur-
days during July and August. know
many Canon City merchants think
half-holiday In summer foolish thing
but these big stores. with plenty Of
competition on all sides Of them seem
to wae along some way.
Mr.. T. Eaton never believed IN play
ing cards nor in the use Of tobacco,
SO the great shore has never sid
playing cards nor tobacco.
We are learning to drink toasts to
the King and the President. We do
II about every time we eat Our
folks are little awkward about IL. The
chairman rises and says: "A toast to
the King" The music plays God
Save the King" audience standing
with glasses OF water in hands, sing
the song. At the close of the piece
the chairman clinks bis glass; against
that Of his neiehbo and says impress
sively: THE King" The rest. OF
the people follow suit, as nearly as
they can. Then some one suggests a
toast to the President. 1t is done the
same way, only the band o. orchestra
plays THE Star SpangIed Banner" as
our national anthem. II is surprising