The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-08-28

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interesting in conversation and fnte,li-
gent in thought three qualities
which first create then hold favor
able Impression and makes friends.
You. have heard of course of saw
ers of wood and drawers OF water"
Canon City has saver of wood"
who does ii as an exercise and
hobby. He was saving wood long be-
fore the Beast of Berlin ever took up.
the pastime, and he has the Old Boy
from overseas beat 40 ways for Sun
day at the game just as the Amer
leans in general beat him at his war
game.
This gentleman not only saws wood
as pleasure. but he saws wood in
business. too, which amounts to about
the same thing, because business to
him is a great pleasure. He has seen
his uphills and his downhills. but
with the result that he is decidedly
on top at present.
Frank l.. Smith is one of the had
est workers in Canon City. He works
hard today, but he worked much
harder several years ago until his con-
slant attention to business lost him
his health. He got out and forgot bust
ness for awhile and took a saw back
and saw and with their aid got his
health back again.
Mr. Smith likes to saw wood the
best early in morning. and the crispier
and chil,ier the morning the better he
likes it. From this constant exercise
he has built his lungs and his muscles
up until he looks like an athlete. and
at least Is years younger than he
really is. He has developed smile
that won't come OF and there isn't a
better natured man in town today.
The gospel of the Golden Rule and
good will toward every one has hoped
the saw and the sawbuck in doing it.
Shrewd business men and large rat
ing concerns like Bradstreet continu-
ally harp upon the folly OF taking up
a business that has failed and trying
to make success of it. They say
that whoever does it assumes a load
that they can never overcome.
Yet right here in Canon Cry there
is a woman who took up a business
that had utterly failed and she has
built 1t up until today 1t Is acknowl-
edged as one of the best in the state.
At least its graduates have made good
in very large percentage OF cases.
We speak of Mrs. Z. d. Hart and
Harris Business College. She certain
ly had strenuous fight IL anyone
ever had one. At first she couldn't
get pupils. and then after she got her
pupils big fire came along and al
most put her out of business. A siege
in the hospital came at the same time,
because troubles never come singly,
and even though the fire hadn I ended
things. she wouldn't have been able
to teach anyway.
Did she give up and bemoan her
fate? We should say not She just
naturally buck'ed down all the harder
and like all people who laugh at OBJ
stacies and who fight trials and tribu-
lations to a finish, she came out on
top. You can't keep good man
down. and much less a good woman
who has the spirit of determination
in her bones.
Mrs. Hart takes a personal interest
in everyone who entrusts their bust
ness training to her Gaze. and they are
her boys and girls from the time they
start until the final exeunt comes.
She has quite a colony down In Wash
ington now. and she Is adding TO 1t
every month.
Grit and perseverance won in this
case. which goes to show that a
woman has Just as good chance as
man to succeed in business II they
have these two qualities in sufficient
quantities, coupled with lit BUSH
ness sense and some ability in their
chosen line.
Some of the biggest improvements
Canon City as a municipality has
made came to pass during the regime
of Dedrick Cooper. OF course Ded-
rick doesn't deserve all the credit for
It; he hasn't claimed any and doesn't
want any as far as we know. But
we know that his constant study of
conditions, his deep knowledge of the
financial condition of the town and
his keen insight into its future posi-
bilities. brought about many sugges-
lions from him that led to excellent
improvements
Dedrick is one OF these studious
sort of chaps who has his mind work
ing on some idea all the time. He is
an example of man who has made
himself. and he has done Il by con-
slant thought and study and persever-
ing labor. He never did have much