The Springfield herald., 1907-08-09
BUILD UP STATE.
CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN
GREELEY AUGUST 20 AND Fl.
GIVES EACH PART A CHANCE
People Of the East Know but Little OF
Colorado Except Of Its Superb
Climate and Beautiful Scenery.

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The annual convention of the Colo
| RADIO State Commercial Association
will be held in Greeley August 21 and
22 and already movement has been
started to lay before the delegates and
business men from all parts OF the
state who will attend the convention
n plan for extending the scope OF the
| associations usefulness SO that Its
| work may be carried on along bigger,
| better and broader lines than ever
before; that it may become state
| organization, working for the whole
state in every sense of the word.
Pueblo through its Business Mems
Association has expressed itself as
heartily in favor of the proposed ex-
panslon and will go to the Greeley
| convention enthusiastic supporters OF
| the movement. Denver. through its va
rious commercial bodies, stands SOL
| idly behind it.
Denver as the capital and metropo-
| lis of the state will be called upon to
| furnish much of the financial assist
ance necessary for the conduct of the
| organization So anxious are the busl
ness men of Denver to show that tht-
| interests of Colorado are Denver's In
| terests, and SO great is their pubic
| spirit, that they are willing that the
| state of Colorado, and not the city OF
| Denver shall conduct the organization.
| They realize that as the state prospers
| SO must Denver prosper and that the
upbuilding of the whole state and not
any particular part or portion OF 1t
| iS the work now most necessary to be
done.
Pueblo, as the second city OF the
| state has expressed itself in favor OF
this plan and stands ready to do It's
share of the work. 1t is expected that
other sections of the state Will fall In
line with the plan and support 1t
heartily.
Division Of State.
1t is proposed to divide the state in
the following manner. although OF
course, this arrangement Is subject TO
change and revision:
Division No. /, to include La Plata.
Archuleta, Montezuma, Dolores and
San Juan counties.
Division No. 2, to include Montrcse.
Delta, Gunnison, San Miguel, Ouray
and Hinsdale counties.
Division No. 3, to include Mesa. Gar
field, Pitltin and Rio Blanco counties.
Division No. 4, to include Routt and
Grand counties.
Division No. 5, to include Lake, Chat
fee, Summit, Park and Eagle coun-
ties.
Division No. G, to include Ell Paso.
Elbert, Teller, Lincoln, Kit Carson and
Cheyenne counties.
Division No. Z, to include Pueblo,
Fremont, Custer and Kiowa counties.
Division No. s, to include Huerfano,
Las Animas and Baca counties.
Division No. 8, to include Otero,
| Bent and Prowers counties.
Division No. 10. to include Saguache,
| Rio Grande, Costilla, Conejcs and Min
eral counties.
Division No. IL, to include Weld
Larimer and Boulder counties.
Division No. -, to include Morgan,
| Washington, Yuma, Phillips, Sedgwick
and Logan counties.
Division No. 13, to include Denver,
| Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson. Adams.
| Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
Other details of the proposed plan
| follow:
A chairman shall be elected by the
| delegates from these various districts
| and by virtue of his being chairman
| for the district he Immediately be-
| comes a director of the board of the
| state commercial association. This
board of directors will elect presi-
dent from the state at large, or the
| president may be elected by the dele
| gates to the convention. The presi-
dent will not be credited to any dis,
trict The directors will hold quarterly
meetings. The governor of the state
will be the ex-officio chairman of the
| Ix,;cr iv,
! character and consist of five members
| chosen to represent the different busi-
ness interests of the state.
1t will be the duty of the chairman
| of each district to keep in touch with
| the organizations within his district,
ascertain what the wishes of his people
| are in regard to securing industries or
| commercial enterprises or in regard to
| mining, agriculture, horticulture. He
| will also receive from the various Or
ganizations within his district reports
upon progress in his district, taking up
| of lands, openings Of enterprises and
| shall also report these matters to the
| central Office.
There should be an appropriation
| guaranteed for the conduct of the work
| of the association of an amount not
| less than 100000 per annum. This
| could be divided up among the vari-
| GUS districts and the cost of any one
district would be comparatively light.
Thus a strong effective working
| force would be formed. 1t would have
| the support of the whole state and
would have for its aim the furthering
of the interests of the whole state. 1t
would be assured of an income sufIi
cient TO carry on the work in the way
it should be done, and Colorado would
be the gamer by the exploitation of
the states advantages and resources
thus put into effect.