The daily sentinel., 1904-12-14

vn,r tho Er,;t c,ro,rors' Asscoia,;or, has
sbinrad SEQ CO.., - ,r,,it - -oI,,a ~
s4noooo Tbis association sbins from
t,yo. thirds 70 three fonrtbs 81 tho tr,,;t
nroducts Of the valley He stated that II
i corsarv,tivalv ast;r,atod th.t Tho
value of the frnit sbinned from tbe val
Law wopld amount 10 over seOoooo In
his onin,on. frnit land that averaged
sso1 70 s4oo nor acro +odav would an
bance in vaIpe in a very few wears 20
Nor cont Everv vear ,va have been
reacbing ont for now markots and this
vaar have placed onr reaches in tho
ROAR cit;os ~ tho Ati.p+ic coast and
Nav Orleans and sold at n premium
o,ar tho California ,roduot 10 Further
said that his association vas sailing onr
apnles in Nev yor. CITY and now bos
an order from, n firm, NJ tb.t CITY for %
car loads of tho Rem Davis annie The
association is also SHINING annles 10
California and is finding mood morlsets
He tbougbt ba was MAKING corsarvn.
tive statement in saving that in n vary
few wears we would he sanding out four
or five train loads n dav durng tho
fruit senson in place of one train load
ne we have beep doing dur;ng tbe senson
about to close.
ToJA LYONS was assiqned the sub-
iect "The Mercantile Interests of Grand
Junction" Mr.. LYONS having had an az
perienoe of forty wears in the mercantile
business. was prepared to sneak intelli.
gentlv on this subiect In his on;pion
and in the opinion of other business men
whom he had met in his travels. our CITY
is n logical location for n iobbing center
and espeoiallv was this true of the
Wholesale grocery business. He tboupbt
a business mems exchange. in coniunc.
tion with the Cbamber of Commerce
would he n decided ADVANTAGE to tho
business interests. Such an organization
would have n tendencv of creating n
more harmonious feelinp among the
business men. Mr. LYONS was inclined
To think that the hest efforts of the
Cbamher Ind been directed towards nd.
vertising tho valley and Tins induce i'm
mipration
Having recentIv become identifiod
with the business interests of tho citv
the tonic. "The Newcomer tn the Grand
Valley" was assigned To r. A. Atwood.
wbo-bas epgaged in tho abstract husi.
ness here in the mist few noptbs He
gave many reasons that bave induced n
large portion NJ our ponulat,on tn locate
in tb;s c;tv md valley Tho ona all.;m.
count of the many natural resources
that wa enjoy sueb as tbe nrac;o,,e min.
erals coal and otber bountifuI resources
too numerous to ment;on He nradicted
+ba+ in t;na Grand Jurc+ior v,o,ld bo
tho laroost ronutacturin, contor ~ tho
state Mr. Atwood tbougbt that tho
roucor,ore iriectod erarov ;rto n com
,,,,,ri.,,. no. l,rool,er, n, he found anopg
tbor,
The legal fraternity of the city had an
able exponent in the person of S. G. Nc
Mullin. To ANYBODY else but n resident
of the Grand Valley Mr.. McMullin's
talk would no duobt impress them as
very optimistic. But the close atten
ton he received during the fifteen min
utes he consumed in his subject, .sThe
Future Outlook" is evidence that the
greater share of those present concurred
in every word he uttered. He started
out by saving, ave are too prone in the
struggles of TODAY to minimize the
STRUGGLES of the future" Today we can
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see WIN so"ie "9siee Vi "i'
was prophesied by the old settlers IN the
early days. He thought that the build
inc NJ the hipb line canal would mean.
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=" INC lioNt 70" 'ea''' a., PIP"
lation for the valley OF hfteen thousand
and like number for the city of Grand
Junction He would he disapnointed If
~ al 81. -. ,ie,,,Iat ;o,,
'iesa county uiu ~. SUI" poPuia.ion
OF forty thousand IN lSl4. MT. mcMul-
lin pointed out that Grand Junction
was tho oatewav IN the Rockies We
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