The Delta independent., 1908-05-29
Business Men
Meet at 0|athe
A Large, Harmonious
and Profitable
Gathering.

The meeting of the commercial bod
les of Delta and Montrose with Olathe'
Commercial Club last Friday night was
an occasion of strongly demonstrated
enthusiasm for this part of the West
ern Slope. The special train carried
Olathe and Montrose was represented
by even a greater number.
The speaking was of extemporaneous
character, topics close to the interest
of all being discussed by members of
the different associations as called.
President Seaton, Rev. Baron, w. P.
Dale and others responded for Delta.
The banquet provided by the ladies
club of Oiathe was very highly praised.
A resolution was adopted unanimously
commencing the Delta County Business
Mems Association for its action looking
to the reorganization of the Western
Slope Congress, and pledging delegates
to attend when the meeting to be held
for such purposes should be announced
The Montrose Enterprise has the fol-
ADMlAlk A0HOL VI AAlG lA4GCAAliS
About nine o'clock the meeting was
called to order by DR.. Hickman, presi-
dent of the Olathe Commercial Associ-
tion, who explained the reason for call
ing the meeting and asked Delta to
make the first move.
In response to this T. K. Seaton,
president of the Delta Business Mems
Association took the floor and made an
excellent address in which he struck
the keynote of the meeting: the union
Slope in pushing all matters in which
the whole section is interested. Mr..
Seaton emphasized strongly the point
that the man who in one town speaks
disparagingly of another hurts the
whole section more than he does the
one town: that the ''knocker" is det-
riment to the whole valley.
]. F. Kyle was next called to the
floor, and after seconding Mr.. Seaton's
remarks ne naturally gravitated to the
subject of fruit and frost" He was
followed by o. C. Skinner, president
of the Commercial association, who
drew word picture of this valley
when there would be twenty times the
present population here. 1t was an
enticing picture.
NJ. R. Welch, of Delta, made neat
talk in which he mentioned the instance
of man making $1,000 in one year
from one-acre strawberry patch.
w. J. Horton of Olathe, was called
to the floor and spoke in glowing terms
of the tremendous water power which
will be available when the water is
turned through the Gunnison tunnel
power sufficient to generate electricity
to run almost any number of factories
and electric railroads.
Geo. w. Bruce suggested that very
good thing for the three associations to
take up would be the construction of a
fine highway between Delta and Mont
rose.
Short speeches were made by T. w.
Mcneil, w. p. Dale, w. o. Woolever,
w. G. Barron, C. E. DUNCAN and
others.
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
meeting that each commercial body
represented here send three active del
egates to the meeting to be held in
Delta. with instructions to actively en-
gage in the formation of Western
Slope Congress. Carried.
o. C. Skinner then moved the adop-
ton of the resolution above, and it was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Bruce of Delta then offered the
following resolution: Resolved, that
this joint meeting of the commercial
associations of Montrose, 0lathe and
Delta respectfully request the Hon. {.
b. Elliott, chief engineer and chief of
drainage investigation, to send from
his staff engineers to make surveys
and estimates of the cost of draining
the seep lands of this valley, and to sd-
wise the people as to the best methods
| of draining seep lands and preventing
seep. This resolution was adopted.
A rising vote of thanks was extended
to the ladies of Olathe and the Olathe
people for the excellent manner in
which they had entertained the visisors.
The meeting adjourned amid many
expressions of good fellowship and op-
timsm for the future of the valley"
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