The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-11-30
START is MADE

Very few small towns, II any, have
ever made better start in organizing
the citizens for town growth and develop.
ment OF business interests than Dodge
City made last Tuesday night. Every
man who was at the meeting was proud
Of Dodge City and her citizens. There
was energy, enterprise and ability pres
ent worthy Of any city In the land. The
people Of Dodge City universally realize
that the time and conditions afford an
especial opportunity. Realizing this
they are on the alert to take advantage
OF the situation. The rapid settlement
and agricultural development Of west
ern Kansas alone is enough to awake to
activity the class Of men that live In
Dodge City. The fact that vast expert
ments are being made In testing the
underflow of the Arkansas river for irri.
eating purposes, and that as soon as this
demonstration has been thoroughly made
it is to be expected that unlimited capital
may easily be interested in the highest
deyelopemeDt Of the Arkansas Valley
offers another opportunity which Is
staI ding in It's great possibilities.
The further prospect that the Arkansas
Valley from here into Colorado, is soon
TO become the great sugar country of this
land, dotted the length with large sugar
factories and densely covered with labor
ers engaged in beet culture is an addit-
ional cause for hard thinking and plan.
ming and unceasing activity. If all of
these things should not come to pass in
the measure now promised, this town
will still be the gamer for the effort to be
put forth from now on. II the expected
happens 1t is easy to be seen that one OF
the most important towns of Kansas will
be In the Western part of the state. II
our people keep close together, organlz-
ing thoroughly and work In harmony
Dodge City will be THE town. This
does not mean that our business men
must sacrifice their own business and
their capital in town building, but 1t
means that they must drill together for
battle In the interests of Dodge City,
keep their plckets out and keep posted
upon coming events In Western Kansas;
they must let outsiders know what our
real advantages a.s, we must convince
them that we are strategically located to
command the situation In Western Kan
sas, we must call their attention to the
open secret that Ford county offers better
opportunities than any other place In the
territory; then outsiders will enlist and
help us hght our battle and will bring
additional ammunition In the way Of
capital.
The old time feeling that things are
going to bump along just about as they
have been doing In the past must give
way. Because dozen railroads have
been built on paper, and never elsewhere
10 not necessarily an argument that this
will be so In future. Just look back at
conditions in those times and then look
carefully at present conditions. Rail.
road building always comes when the
conditions are really right for new roads.
Under continuation Of present condit-
ions now roads will soon BE- doing busi
q sas In Western Kansas. We need aroad
TO the north west and one to the south
vest and our Commercial Club will
sndsavor to keep posted on railroad
Moves and secure these roads II there 10
any chancs 70 do 50,
The move for strong business cam-
paign has been we'll started. With the
same enshusiam shown as Tuesday nights
nesting much will be accomplished.
Don't be QuItter. Don't miss the next
meeting. Don't under rate your influence
bscanss 4 might BE- fatal II you les \ fall
upon the wrong side. Attend the next
meeting % next Tuesday nighi.