The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-20
PRESTIGE WELL WORTH
TROUBLE AND EXPENSE
Cost Five Months Hard Work
and Several Hundred
lhlu( and Dollars
Special to Daily Leader.

/ Special 10 Daily Leader.
Denver Colo, June 2O.--This city
has achieved a triumph in what in the
West is called booslug. All the prep
arat.ons for the great democratic con
yention have been completed and the
Vigorous work of the citizens who
have lanored day and night for five
months is nearing an end Il has cost
five months work and several hun
ldred thousand dollars to get the con
ivention and prepare for its coming.
lihe citizens of Denver seem wen salts
flied With the result and say that the
lprestige given The city by having a
national convention here is well worth
iall the trouble and expense
! The Denver Chamber of Commerce
had made the most aggressive cam
paign in behalf Of the convention pol
icy OF that body that has ever been
known in a western city ln fact the
whole state has been united on the
convention plans, democrats and re-
pub.icanse all working In harmony.
One hundred thousand dollars has been
delivered over to the national commit
tee Of the democratic party to help
Htis .tiAt NA AiitAot1 VI lAt NouNtNklbu anu
spent for the entertainment of the Wis
itors.
Residents of Denver declare that the
advertising the city has already re-
oeived more than compensate for the
outlay Of time and money. Besides
tlls there is the satisfaction of having
achieved q great success that viii make
The delegates wonder for months after
it is over. Extra precautions have
been taken to insure that no one is
cyercharged at the hotels or restaurants
or other places Of public entertainment
so that no complaints may be made
chat Denver has attempted to get back
her money by taking that OF the deie-
gates.
The securing and entertaining the
democratic national convention is UNI
derstood to be the crowning act Of
ssrlos OF marvellous efforts in behalf
of city building That has been running
through the past three years The
Denver Chamber OF Commerce, com
posed of the most influential men cfl
fNe ''Hte undertook three years ago
to weld the forces OF the state together
and u4Ieot the work OF upbuilding its
manufacturing and commerce. The
excellent results tnat We're secured by
the first attempts at city building en-l
couraged the courageous Denyerites
and the agreeable consequences are
that TIE building record OF I5enVeri
amf UNITS to more than q million dori
aas a month, the public improvements
nearly as much and extensive plans
have been made for immense deyel-
opments ] the agricultural regions
around Denver rhe efforts AT city,
building have put dollars IN the pock
cts Of Denver people, besides adding
immeasurnbly 10 the pride of the citi
zens IN having one of the cleanest
and most prosperous cities of the
country The population Of Denver
las increased fully 10000 in the past
year, and the prospects for further
accessions are undeniably bright The
city's population will be 100000 I'm q
short time
= considerable share of the prosper
ity of Denver in the past few years
has been due TO the newspapers. not
Chly of this state. but in every section
oi the eoautry The flattering n o.
tices printed OF Denver and her en-
terprises ia city building by the press
OF the country has attracted the atten-
tlon OF thousands who have become fav-
orHhly impressed with the plan OF max
ing this city their home.
AS soon as the democratic conyen-
tion Is ever another and more exten-
siye campaign will be begun, having
for hs object the securing of more
conventions for this city The new
costing S550OO. affords
comodious quarters for conventions
and has already attracted the attention
of several International bodies who
wish TO hold meetings here