Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-12
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The eighteenth annual session o
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
ongres viii be held this month a
Mnskogee. Oklahoma. from the 1911
TO the ED. both inclusive.
In q personal letter from the secre
tary OF the congress. Mr.. Arthur +
Francis. OF Colorado our special at.
tenlion Is directed to certain printed
matter enclosed.
The enclosure Is a printed sheet set
ting forth a number Of interesting
facts regarding the city Of Muskogee.
and presenting a full page picture oi
the place as q appears today.
From the many facts enumerated
we feel impcllcd to copy a few which,
for reasons which VIII readily become
obvious, have. or should have. special
interest for the people OF A%lbuqner-
que.
First. the town Of Muskogec r. only
eight years old. and yet we are told
that II has, according to the census.
a population OF thirty-five thousand.
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five railroads. enabling the merchants
OF The place to ship goods direct to
All points Of the surrounding u
try.
Third. the place has paved streets.
large blocks OF clly-ilke building,
and has put up a big, substantial
convention hall, for the express pur-
pose Of accommodating the coming
congress-. with ample room for It's ses-
sions. and commodlous office rooms
for an OF its officers. and.
Fourth. We are told that The Conn
mercial club Of Muskogee IL the most
progressive Commercial Organization
in the southwest, It's membership
comprises All the business men Of this
flourishing community. This organi-
zatlon has merged It's work for the
next five months into the Trans-Mis-
sisslppl Commercial congress and in
diyidually and collectively * bending
every energy for the success Of the
eighteenth annual session OF this con-
gress."
The first fact mentioned In the last
paragraph accounts for all the gratl-
Tying conditions enumerated In the
other three. A progressive CONNER
clai club, embracing IN It's list Of
members all the business men Of The
place.
The people OF Albuquerque know
what such conditions meant for this
town as long as we had such an or
ganization here; they know that 50
long as we had a Commercial club
embracing all the business men OF the
place. the town continued to grow
and prosper at a rate never approach
ed by any other town In this section.
they know tina whatever the town is
today il owes 70 the live organization
which existed here az that time. and
they believe that u that organization
had continued 20 live. and To boost
along the same lines, that Albuduer-
aus would not now be Obliged TO fan
In far behind thc young giant OF ok
lahoma. which Is only one-thlrd az old
as this town. hut The difference be-
tween the methods of the Albuqucr-
que Commercial club OF the present
time and the Muskogee Commercial
club. Is an that II necessary 10 show
any intelligent man all the cause that
h necessary to account FOR the great
between the progress Of
town and this.
The Muskagee club includes an the
business men Of the town, who an pull
together for everything that viii help
Afuskogee. while the Albuquerque or /
g~anization b composed of a few little /,
each opposing anything that S
viii help he other. making no effort !
10 draw in any new life. or put any Z
new blood into the thing. and allow
Ing q 20 steadily hose in membership !
year {
The Muskogee club. by its own ef- 1
secured the meeting Of the d
rrans- Mississippi congress az It's c
own. while the Albuquerque club. Z
,ner the meeting Of the National Irri- a
congress had been secured for !,
ne town. through The efforts 81 a b
.lilzen 20 a neiEhborlng place. endeav- y
red o. discourage Be- coming here g
il was too big a thing FOR us ]
TAX care o." b
A. soon - Muskogee had secured 81
he Commercial congress. lns club al z
nee went 20 work and had a fine hall =
luli for ~ accommodation but rab- q
ic sentiment had 10 literally force. the e.
Albuquerque club 20 iet 81 Of a lit n
t. of h pubilc's money which n a
,eid. 20 that the same could be used Ct
or the purchase - e siie for a build {,
ne which the territory would put np. q
which Nouid furnish excellent ac- 4
'ommodatlons FOR the Irrigation ,an- b
rress III
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