The Glenwood post., 1908-11-28

! Is not always the large margin OF pro-
i fit you would like. On account of this
drawback think you are very willing
to listen to proposition which will
in the long run require a smaller in
vestment and yet will yield a larger
profit. propose that you invest in the
natural advantages of Glenwood
Springs. Dom spend so much money
on brass bands, dancing pavilions, priz
es for sports. and such things with the
object of attracting crowd, but put
little more into Glenwood surround
ings, her scenic beauties, her bathing
| facilities, her hotel Accommodations, and
her other attractions that cost you
nothing. What DO / meant Simply
that if You make it possible for large
conventions to come here they will
come for the sake of a trip to Glenwood
a swim in the pool, and breath of her
invigorating air. You won't have to
spend money on bands; they will bring
their bands along. You won't have to
organize sports and give them prizes
for their entertainment; they will get
all the sport and all the prizes they
want out of the trip to Glenwood.
Besides they will be people from
distance who will go back and tell
their neighbors- and you know that no
business man prizes any advertising so
| highly as the "tell your neighbor, -
kind.
| But how shall these conventions be
| brought to Glenwood? First of all by
building an auditorium that will accom-
modate them. Build an up-to-datc,
commodious public hall. Put picture
and description of it on your letter
| heads, and in your town advertising
matter. Give your public officials, your
| lodge representatives, your school
| teachers, your preachers, and your bus
mess men and lawyers, who all belong
| to public bodies that have annual CON
| ventions an auditorium to back their
invitations for their respective conven-
tions to come to Glenwood. Under
such conditions their influence will be
increased doublv. And let me remind
you that such conventions will bring to
our town something more than money
They will bring the representative men
of the state here-and | see no reason
why they should not in time bring many
outside of the state. They will bring
our town distinction and wider repu-
tation than she has at present. Let
us build an auditorium, gentlemen, not
| a little pitiful excuse for one but big,
imposing, and commodious one. Then
let us set ourselves to induce public
bodies to come here and to provide
sleeping and eating accommodations
when they come. And I dare say we
shall reap goodly profit on our invest
ment and ! am sure we shall promote
the interests of our town as a resort.
To put it briefly and pithily, gentle
men, hitch an auditorium in with these
mountains and these mineral waters
and we shall have a pulling team for
our town that even Denver has not.
And now fellow members of this
Board of Trade, as I have done ny
hest to induce you to take hold of the
horn of profitable investment, in which
you, as business men, are particularly
interested, I ask you to look for a mo.
ment at another horn. 1t is one in
which / am deeply concerned and it is
I one, / assure you, which can never be
as I am pleading for tonight. Tt is the
horn of educational advantage to the
public.
I believe that it is scarcely needful
for men to enter upon any lengthy ar
gument to prove to you that I have .
heart and soul interest in the politica
financial, moral, intellectual and spirit
nal welfare of the people of Glenwood
Springs. Especially am T vitality con
cerned in the welfare of your children
the young people who are to make Tho
future citizens of our town. I believe
YOU all recognize this concern on my
part as kcenly as 7 feel it. And feel
ing as I do I plead for an auditorium
because of the educational advantages
educational along every line-it will
enable us to have. Some of these ad
vantages we will get from the conven
tions that will come to our town.
1t is always an education to come il
contact with the leading men of ever,
movement and to hear Their speak; an'
the conventions always bring them. ]
was an invaluable assistance to tn,
teacher of political economy and civi
government in your high school to hav'
the democratic convention here las
summer. heard men say it was an ed
ucation to go to the druggists conven