Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23

manufacture patented waterbag, known
as the Desert. Waterbag, which Is famous
in all parts of the wor where there Is
scarcity of water, being greatly IN de-
inand in some parts of South America
and Africa. :.
Pueblo is also the greatest bread-dls-
tributinp center in the west--a prestige
which it acquired during the war when
many bakeries within the radius OF hum
,lrcds of miles were compelled to drop out
of existence because they could not keep
pace with the government regulations
Evidently the bakeries of Pueblo could,
for they are now supplying the surround
ing territory, including parts OF otah,
New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Kansas
and Wyoming with bread, rolls and dough-
nuts. In fact, so conspicuous is the bakery
atmosphere in Pueblo that the smell OF
hot raisin bread and doughnuts Will ever
be associated with a visit here.
Yet with all its industrial responsible
ties and we have mentioned but a few OF
them. Pueblo is extremely good-natured
and easy-goirg, with great capacity for
enioyirc life. 1t seems to be filled with a
boundless enthusiasm for everything. In
the evening. when the band plays In the
park and most of the population IS pres
ent. this general exuberance bursts forth
in the form of loud and prolonged APP
ulause. After each musical number, the
automobiles parked in the vicinity of the
band-stand press their horns and keep
nm n constant din until the leader of the
band bows his acknowledgment and gives
fhe signal for another encore.s Sometimes,
is the tune is q popular one, hve or SIX
epcores are demanded before the audience
relents and permits the band to drop ITS
instruments.
If YOU ask the Pueboites, they will
tell YOU that their energy and cheeriulness
are due to the almost perpetual sunshine,
which by actual record occurs on an aver
age of $50 days n year. You see, SAID
one of them IN propoundlng this theory,
"the sunshine has to escape somewhere,
and SO it turns us all into natural Polly
annas.
THEY USED TO HAVE LIQUOR.
But it may also be that Pueblo's pleas
antness is an inheritance from its past
a past which hardly seems possible IN
this wear of our Lord and the Eighteenth
Amendment For Pueblo has always
been famous for its good spirits. 1t was
here, during the mining days, that the
redoubtable Jack Allen had his popular
establishment ard brew which tradition
saws was Ulauc from alCoupl, tilil, tpto-
RADIO tobacco, Arkansas water, old boots,
rusty bayoncts, soap weed aud cactus
thorns The chief charm Of this liquor was
that lit cut like a three-cdged file as It
went down
At this time, one of the frequent visitors
at Jacks was q certain prominent Colo
RADIO lawyer, who while extremely talent
ed, was unfortunately in the habit of
getting drunk every time he was needed.
'On one OCCASION" declared the Old
Timer who told us this incident, when
he had an important case he evaded has
client, who was keeping close watch on
him, and succeeded in getting to Jack 5
before breakfast. After searching for
several hours, the client found him asleep
in a stagccoach along the river bank.
The client thought for a few minutes,
and then an inspiration came to him.
He persuaded the employees of the coach
to pull il out into the middle OF the river
and leave it there, hoping that his at
torney, thus imprisoned, would become
sober in time 10 try the case.
But il didn't work, continued the
Old-Timer. The old boy woke up after
awhile, and got a farmer who was driving
his OK team across the ford TO come TO ms
rescue, and the client never did get hls
case tried by that lawyer
The most tragic event in Pueblo's his
tory was also due to the conviviality OF