The Glenwood post., 1908-11-28
100 Business Men Put Their Should
er to the Wheel and Pledged
Their Support
Rev. foo1E MAKES GREAT PLEA

shall have no more talking-bees on the
subject. ! hope the next bee we have
will be building-bee and that very
soon. &C Behold how great matter lit
tie fire kindleth! ''saida verywise man
of old in some uncomplimentary remark
about the tongue. But it is our purpose
here to kindle with our tongues fire
that will build an auditorium.
AS we have come here to take the bull
by the horns / shall devote my re-
marks to pointing out the horns of the
bull-the horns which we must take
hold of in order to march him to the
slaughter. And let me give warning
right at the beginning that 1 shall not
for a moment tolerate any objections
of any veterinary or bull-specialist,
who may be present, to the fact that
this bull has three horns.
The first horn is town pride. believe
there is not man who lives who is
not proud of some things in his home
/ town. III tnere Is SUCH IL HidH ne uots
| not deserve to live in Glenwood. / be
lieve, also, that there is not man
who lives in Glenwood who does not
want to be prouder still of his town.
Civic or town pride is a mighty factor
in building up community. 1t is the
antidote for that hateful, virulent, and
destructive town-poison called knock
ing e
How long would you keep carpenter
in your employ, who, upon your hiring
him to build new house in place of an
old one would bring only hammer
with which to knock the old one to
pieces and not his whole kit of tools
with which to build new one? That g
the sort of town carpenter "knocker"
is. He has, an everlasting hammer to
knock things to pieces, but he never
produces any tools to build with. But
the man who is proud of the town he
lives in, while he may sometimes have
to use his hammer little, will always
be ready with other tools to build up
something better in place of the thing
he knocks t6 pieces.
And now I want TO ask. you men of
Glenwood Springs if a new, handsome,
and cpmmodious auditorium in this
town would not make yuor bosoms
swell with town pride. When we had
the democratic convention over here
last summer, it was just little morti-
flying to have to corral them in tent
during a rain-storm.
Come, let's have something else in
Glenwood to strut about. I appeal to
your civic pride. Come along with
your boosting and building tools and
g build an auditorium that will
burst our vest buttons.
The next horn 7 desire to point out
to You was made by q very artistic
bull-maker. He melted quantities of
gold and sievcr in a melting pot and
poured them into mold to make it.
1t is the horn of profitable investment
Now of course it is not necessary fol
me to make a heart-breaking plea to a
crowd of hustling business men to in
ftIce them to take hold of such a horr
as that. You are all on the qui vivt
TO get in on the ground floor of thu
bull-pen and get the first grab. You
would not be worthy of the name
"hustlers if you were not ready
But you need to be convinced that il
would be profitable investment.
Now, there is any number of me,
. here, who, being better acquainted tina,
. am with the eccentricities of prof
and loss, since my only knowledg'
along that line is obtained from occa
sions when the groom digs up ar
, far more able to make an argument il
behalf of a profitable Investment thai
l am. But 1 have the floor and I am s.
e wrapped up in this auditorium propo
t sition that am going to give you tn
g best have.
q You all know the profit which visit
; ing crowd brings to town. You bus
s mess men are thoroughly alive to sue
e an advantage, ~ You are always read.
to put up money for the purpose o
= attracting visitors. On special days i
1 Glenwood you are always called ON t
' provide money for the entertainment
!. of the crowds. 1t is expected that yo
e will make the money back in busines
i, proAtA
= That kind Of An,invsstment is all We
. enough, bat suspect tKlre 4 just On
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