The Glenwood post., 1906-12-15
COLORADO BOOM
PLANS OF STATE CONNIE RciAL
ASSOCIATION.
DAILY LECTURES IN DENVER
Colorado's Resources - Lectures
and Stereopticon Exhibitions -
Fifty Thousand Dollars to Be
Raised

Denver.-Plans for advertising Colo
rado and her magnificent opportuni-
ties for investment, on "A scale never
before attempted, have been completed
by the Colorado State Commercial AS
sociation.
The first step will be to remove the
headquarters to larger and more cen
trally located building at 1G47 Califor-
MIA street
The total floor space to be occupied
is 300 feet. The front portion will
be the Offices of the association, and
the publicity bureau. All pictorial
and printed matter which the associ-
alton has now, over $50 booklets and
pamphlets, will be attractively dis
played for the visitor. farther back in
the room. The exhibit of Colorado re-
sources which will be Increased in size
rapidly, will find place in the rear
of the publicity department. A new
feature to be added to this department
will be revolving cabinets of the finest
photographs procurable of Colorado
scenery. buildings, farms, ranches, ir-
The greatest of all the new features
however. is to be an auditorium to oc-
cupy the rear portion of the building.
1t is planned to have this apartment
fitted up with upholstered furniture
and other comforts to attract the WIS.,
1tor. In this auditorium, as is done at
commercial headquarters in Los An
geles, illustrated lectures on Colorado
will be delivered twice daily, in the af-
ternoon and evening, by men thor
oughly acquainted with the conditions
here. The lecture course will start
early in January.
Every stranger with Denver;s gates
will be invited to attend these lee
lures. New guests at the various ho-
| tells will find in their mail box in the
morning a handsomely engraved card
| calling their attention to the Colorado
| State Commercial Association, and CIV
| ing them a pressing invitation to at
| tend one or more OF the lectures and
learn something of interest about this
| wonderful state.
John r. Burns, secretary of the as
| sociatiOn, has been making for some
| months close study of the successful
| advertising methods used by CONNER
| cial associations on the Pacific ceast
| in drawing attention to the resources
of those states.
In April next it is proposed to begin
series of special lectures by eminent
! takers on the different features of the
| state and the cities. These subjects
will include mining, irrigation, beet
sugar. agriculture. dry farming, plans
for beautifying the cities and towns,
| etc. Under this series will also come
| lectures on the special advantages as
a place for investment, of Denver, Col
orado Springs. Cripple Creek, Pueblo,
Greeley. Grand Junction, Glenwood,
Fort Collins, Leadville. Canon City,
Durango, and. in fact, every city, town
and mining camp in the state. There
| will also be a series of lectures On the
| resources of the various counties. The
very best views that can be had will
be used on the scenes. The bureau
will also put in a superb collection of
maps of the various counties, sectional
| and otherwise.
The department of statistics of the
| commercial association is making
| great progress gathering reliable sta
! tistics from the various counties, and
| hopes to have the figures complete by
| early in the new year. These will be
| most valuable adjunct to the associa-
| tons fund of information about Colo
| RADIO.
| The work of raising the $50. 900 nee
| essary to boost Colorado on an elab-
| crate scale is well under way ana it
| is expected that the fund will be of
sufficient proportions to warrant pro
ceeding on the lines above described
| without much delay.