The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-04-15
BY GUY U. HARDY.


and / am pleased to see the great
bunch OF little local news items YOU
folks are gathering up. This is one
OF the most valuable features of a 10
cal paper. The story of a town is
told in the personals and locals.
In reading the local l am constant.
ly being surprised at how many names
am not familiar with. I have been
away from Canon City most of the
time now for little over year, and
from the local items l am convinced
that a good many new people have
moved in during the past year
read the other day that William
Il. Murray. ST., of Parkdale, was in
town. l remember writing these
same locals about Mr. Murray over
20 years ago. We called him the
mayor Of Parkdale." His name got
in The Record so often that good
old lady complained about it and want
ed to know why we mentioned his
name so often and hers hardly ever
| The reason of course was that Mr.
Murray came to town and the good
old lady never went anywhere or did
anything out of the ordinary.
The stories YOU run on the first
page by James p, Hornady are very
good / know Mr.. Hornady well,
and he is one of the best old-time
newspaper correspondents in Wash.
lngton- often think of something to
write The Record about. and then
before | get to it | find that he has
covered it in his letter. Between Mr..
Hornady's daily letter and the United
Press you get the Washington news
covered very well.
The Peoples Forum column is very
good But insist on people signing
their names. A lot of people like to
get stun in a paper without putting
their own names to it. like to see
people discuss matters of interest to
the community, and this gives them
the opportunity. And in this column
we don't care whether we agree with
what they say or not.
| ! was glad you ran the letter from
/ Herbert Mas. OF course. we do not
care to run booster stuff for other
sections of the country very much
Naturally it isn't our business to be
/ playing up the alleged attractions OF
other states. l fancy Gene Bradbury
would have hard time getting a let
ter about Canon City in the Los An
geles Times. He might try It some
( time.
Herbert Mas used to work on The
I Record, and was . fine boy. II he
ever becomes great journalist / hope
that he win give The Record a little
credit for the Inspiration that started
I him in that line. hear that he Is
doing well.
am glad that Herbert likes the
/. climate and the country he is living in.
! wouldn't give ? cents for man who
doesn't boost his home town. The
only way to be happy on this earth is
10 praise the life We live in. the ell
mate we live in and our friends all
about The man who thanks Coo
every day for the blessings he is en-
ioying is far better off than the man
who is continually finding fault with
his surroundings. Wherever / have
. been ! have found people thoroughly
contented and satisfied with their sur.
roundings. ! have seen folks IN Flor
Ida, in Alaska and Missouri. and Indi-
ana, who would mpve TO California
If you would give them an orange
grove in the suburbs Of Los Angeles.
And II is well that II is so. the western
shore Of this country would be so
crowded with people that Il might be
In danger of tipping over into the sea
Since Mr.. Mas mas decided to make
/ California his home forever am glad
that he is enthusiastic about It. He
should indeed be happy man But
really ] don't see why be should have
gone back on his old home town.
have an affection for little old town
back in Southern Illinois where n
played in a limited way aud worked
In hard way as poor boys do. that
will not permit me to compare It
unfayorably even with Colorado
Those folks back there can boost Jheir
game as hard as they want 70: can
continue to 90 on living in an atmos
phere of happiness and tonten'ment.
and | shall never do ane thing 10 de
Jurb them from their dream.
Herbert would have you believe mat