The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-05-04

Gates the hour and minute each caller
is supposed to be admitted. 1t is diff
ficult to keep this schedule absolutely
on the dot, but it is adhered to pretty
closely. The senator preceding me
consumed little extra time, so l was
five minutes late in being admitted.
President Cordial.
"The President is always human
and cordial in his greetings. Uncon-
sciously l picked up from his desk .
copy Of the Marion Star and remarked
that l had often heard of it and was
glad to see a copy. The President
said. sit down, Hardy, we can visit
better sitting And then he took up
the paper and turned it page by page,
showing me each Of its thirty-six
pages. commenting on the volume and
character of the advertising. He said
that the Saturday edition should have
ITS columns of ads in it. He was
proud of that paper-of its character
OF news and editorial, of its prosper
Gus pages of advertising-as a Canon
City man would be of a twelve-page
Friday issue. as l have been some
times when l unfold a copy of the
Daily Record and show it to some
member friend who has a newspaper
of his own.
Both Started As Kids.
"Then we talked of our early days
IN the game. I was 22 when l first
went with the Record, and he was 10
when he took up the Marion Star. The
Star has been his life's work and the
Record has been mine. He now draws
$4,000 year salary from the Star,
which helps out some with the family
expenses in Washington; while draw
down 1900 year salary from the
Daily Record, which likewise is need
ed to supplement the government sal
ary in meeting living expenses. But
the President also gets dividend
from the Marion Star that makes
little Colorado daily look humble in
deed. The Marion Star has a circu-
lation of 1000 and compares very
favorably with the Denver papers.
"He has one competitor. 1t is run
by Brooks Fletcher, good friend of
mine, who has lectured at the Chau-
tauqua in Canon City several times.
The president said that his paper had
always been fair financial success
the leader in its field. He said that
he ought to buy the other paper and
have only one, but that if he did some-
body would probably think it a good
field for new paper and start anoth-
er one-and he seems to like Brooks
Fletcher as competitor.
Star Regular Newspaper.
"The Marion Star has the same sort
| nf ko% Ill r,,1
papers have-and we talked of them;
Of the fellow who wants you to publish
piece attacking somebody or some
thing without giving the writer's
name; and of the folks who stop their
paper because they don't like some
thing printed, or not printed, as it was
in his case.
"And so we talked on-the Presi-
dent doing most of the talking-and
neglected to watch the printed sched-
ule which is on his desk also-and the
train got further behind.
"The business Of the day was not
entirely forgotten, but what is official
business with President when two
newspaper men can sit down and chat
together in a heart-to-heart fashion
about the problems of the shop, even
if one OF. the parties is the highest
executive in the land-in the whole
world, in fact?
President Likes Children.
"And then he invited me to come
over by the window and look at the
several thousand little children rolling
Easter eggs on the White House
grounds. He said. Look at them,
Hardy. What happy lot-what
good time they are having. ! like it.
! like them to come here"