The daily sentinel., 1908-09-24

Easily one of the most inter-
csting addresses heard in Grand
junction in many days was de-
livered this morning one of
the features of the meeting in
Grand junction of The Colo
RADIO Realty Dealers association.
The address was made by Miss
Osie Kramer, of Colorado
Springs, one of the best known
business women i'm that city or
i'm the state. She is IL delightful
speaker, entertaining, witty and
charming in her manners. While
her subject would suggest n dry
address she delivered anything
but dry address, it was enter
tanning throughout and filled
with meaty facts.
The lady is well known throughout
the state being Past Chief of the
Colorado Pythian Sisters. She is
also secretary of one of the big min
ing companies of Colorado Springs.
Her realty office in Little London"
is said to be one of the busiest offices
there
Miss Kramer's address on THE
Agricultural Products of Colorado"
was as follows:
what of the old colored minister who
said to his choir director. When will
the congregation sing Lord have
mercy upon us, and he replied Just
before the Sermon Now you think
that applies to you, well no doubt it
does but really don't you think |
might well say have mercy upon me.
| realize that my position here to-
night is rather a unique one but the
men of today have already learned
that the women are the Jonahs of
the human race and it is impossible
to keep us down. But truly gentle
men | feel highly honored in being
permitted to address such an intelli-
gent and handsome body of men
as | see here this evening. / can
assure you feel my inability to ad-
dress you, but | was informed some
one was needed to fill up space on
this programme, so l am only filling
up space.
THE subject assigned me is such
an unlimited one and freighted with
so much responsibility ! feel incap-
able of handling it, and feel that
some one else should have been
given this task. But surely it is no
task to tell of the wonderful pro-
ducts of this glorious state.
Some years ago this state was
considered little better than a desert
| today IL is the garden spot of Am
erica. The products of this state
are a constant source of wonder to
the eastern farmer and il is hard for
him to believe that any place in Am
erica can produce such quantities
and such quality as the agricultural
lands of this great state can and are
| producing. | am fully persuaded
that there is scarcely a foot of
tillable land in this state but what
can be made a garden spot once wa
ter is turned on it.
The irrigation proposition at the
present time is one of sucn vast i'm
portance as to almost overwhelm one
when they allow their Imagination
to drift into the unknown regions of
the future and dream of the Won
derful possibilities of this state when
the water now going to waste, is
stored in the mountains and brought
down as needed for the land now
dry and considered Improbable.
ITO climb to the tops of our high
est peaks and look down into the
valleys rich in their dress of frui'
and grain, to see the prosperous
homes. the land dotted with school
houses, the sheep and cattle sleek
and fat and standing knee deep in
alfalfa. is one OF the pleasures af-
forded the inhabitants of this splen-
did state. 1t makes one feel that it
is truly good to be alive and that
Nature when she created this corner
of the world true to her sex was in
her most contrary mood. for while
she created the widest. most rugged
and beautiful scenery in all the
world. it is as though she had held
! forth her hand and said, Peace be
still. and then and there the val
leys and plains in all their quiet
beauty and fertile richness rolled
away from the rocks and canons and
became indeed a fit habitation for
mankind. What n joy to beueve in
Gods out of doors. to arise from a
couch OF slumber made peaceful by
the knowledge of bountiful crops
and sure returns. To breath the pure
ozone of the mountains as it sweeps
down over mill and dale untainted by
molly crowds. TO live under the tur-
quoise sky of this great western
country. No wonder we have the
most progressive and up-to-date
farmers Of any place in the Union.