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ply two thousand tons of beets day
Navajos who are Just suited for that
tedious handwork upon which toe
whole success of beet culture depends.
II is a reserve supply fortu-
nate 10 nave. We have the best of
coal, good lime and abundant water.
In fact for factory we have every
thing that is wanted, and we can
make ii an inducement TO parties to
come. We want steel works, we nave
millions of tons OF iron ore. We want
woollen mills, we have hundreds of
thousands OF sheep. When wool is
| shipped 80 per cent of it is dirt. We
have good market which now stands
| the dirt loss and pays freight both
ways. We want a tannery, we nave
| the hides. the canaigre plant and the
| market. We want capital 10 turn our
| hundreds of prospects into May Days.
Negiecteds and Durango Girls. We
want a rubber factory to utilize our
| rubber weed. We want electric roads
to Trimble Springs and elsewhere,
| We want the poor man whose wife
and babies are sending him out TO
| make a home. He may come to us as
poor as the church mouse, but If he is
| worthy, II he is one of Bobbie Burns
"A man is a man for a that" he is
| welcome, and will find here God S
richest gifts to labor. We want al
| 10 arfn uynir n :
the cheap power of our stupendous
| power plant. We want men of cap
itaI TO invest; men of brain TO con
ceive; men of energy and Drawn to
| carry out. Our opportunities are
| golden. the man OF health can here
enjoy all the more his good fortune
The man of broken health soon finds
that ne is mending Tourists can en-
| JOY scenery. lakes, rivers, hunting
| fishing and camping. The touris
can find here more than this. Be
sides the snap and energy of a wide
| awake people. we have dead race
| that will interest him. Possibly Ii,
| never heard OF them. When the writ
| er came into this section twenty-five
years ago and was told of the relics
of an ancient race. buildings in the
| valleys, dwellings in the cliffs, cover
ing acres. containing hundreds o
| rooms. it was new To him, and won
dertul: and he has never ceased IL
| wonder Who the builders were We
| cannot tell. All tradition is lost
u nd no
| used bitches and reservoirs Tne.
raised corn, beans, squash. cotton anc
melons. They used implements o
stone wood and bone. They made 9
beautiful pottery. They wore sandals
OF yucca fibre; clothing OF the SAINT
| and of cotton and of woven feathers
They had no matches. but started
fires with bows and points. Witt
strange skill they broke flint int
scales and used these for knives
They nicked these and used them fol
saws. Some OF their arrow points
are surprisingly beautiful. They hat
pipes, and smoked Skeletons are
sometimes found and have been re
! markably preserved, due to our dry
climate Their ruins were old 300
years ago when the Spaniards came
The anthropologist can find something
TO study.
In word this Is one of nature
most favored spots. No short sketch
can tell it all. We are going to build
up our country and ourselves. We
see and know Nothing pleases a
| man more than to realize that he Is
able to carry out mis- plans. We can
Here are the opportunities of life
time. Opportunities for labor; oppor
tunities for capital. We can share
and not lose, We can share, and gain
We tell YOU of them and confine
ourselves absolutely to the truth
What next! Go and reflect. Is it moi
well for you, for your own interest, to
come and unite with us in this up
building. for in its wake is success
for us all, Reflect. We extend our
hand and say-Come.
MEETING OF THE