The daily sentinel., 1909-11-05
$4,000 Realty Sales Made for Iona
Might as Well Have Been Made
for All Sections of County
East Investment Hungry.
THE NEED OF THE ASSOCIATION
Grand junction. Colo.
November (, 1909.
Mr.. Samuel C. McMullin, President.

with MI. NOOl on NO. IOQdE. we
talked about Iona and what he had
accomplished for the Iona Land
Company with Grand Valley prod
ucts exhibit at the Nebraska State
fair in September.
Mr.. Cool said that our great fruit
crop is matter of astonishment to
the people Of the middle west. and
that his display at the Nebraska fair
attracted universal attention.; that,
while at Lincoln, $50 people regis
tered their names with him as home
seekers on account of the interest
aroused at the exposition; that al
ready since the fair the Iona Land
Company has sold to people on this
list lands to the value of about $50,
600.
Mr. Cool believes however, that,
had this particular exhibit been made
under county auspices, the benefit
would have been as great to Iona
and that every other district in the
county would have had an influx of
new citizens; that, as a public ser
vice, it would have cost the county
no more than it cost their company:
that each section of the county has
attractions which are peculiar to it
self. and that every purse and every
need of the agriculturist can be suit
ed here.
In the money centers OF the east
and middle west there are millions
of dollars lying idle. This money Is
seeking safe and profitable invest
ment. Its owners have been up
against speeulatlons to their sorrow
There is a craze and hunger for land
in the states to the east of us: and IL
tx. n1,s .t,l
showing of what our lands will do
to secure the people and the money
to develop our resources.
The high commercial development
of the fruit handling industry and
the profits from it have helped to
draw attention to the science of fruit
growing.
When the fruit industry was in it's
infancy and for few years there
after there were no organizations
therefore. each grower generally
shipped his own fruit to the differ
ent markets indiscriminately The
| results were that very often some
markets We're overstocked, while, on
the other hand, others were bare of
fruit; and the growers. having no
| knowledge of who were the reliable
commission men, very often shipped
! to dealers who We're crooked and
merely robbed the grower of what he
should have had.
In self-defense they co-operated.
and today we have the magnificent
selling organizations known as fruit
associations in this county. They
have revolutionized the selling of
fruit and have built up and extended
the markets, so that now we are
irb Ito -, a
leo and Canada.
The originators OF the Mesa Coun-
ty Business Association, knowing full
well that there are no monied inter
ests which can afford to undertake
the development of the country, be-
lieve that we should not despair on
that account; but that the same idea
which has been followed in the fruit
associations will bring success to the
! County Business Association.
We believe that by advertising this
county we shall make a larger mar
ket for lands and secure the location
| of industries here which will in
crease the value of every mans farm
and home; that the man who pays
S25 or 500 a year in taxes for pro-
lection and government will be will
| ing to pay $40 to an organization
which will be his agent and in which
he will be a factor to bring about
the development OF this county.
These are the reasons for the eN-
istence of this organization
| It's projectors expected public ap-
proval and thus far the public re-
sponse has justified their confidence.
This association is not made up of
any cliques or of people having ul-
| terror motives. Every member is
working for the one great purpose
of making a greater and richer and
better Mesa county.
Every point in the United States
which supposed it could raise fruit
has been or is being exploited as the
original and exclusive Mecca for the
| fruit land buyer. In comparison with
| other sections it is only necessary
that our country be thoroughly ex-
amined to demonstrate it's superior
| ity. But We must meet and over
come the clamor of rival sections
which are backed by unlimited gall,
plenty of money and perfect organi-
zation.
Right now, when our county has
the best crop ever grown on an equal
acreage, we can take down the pre-
miums and prizes for superior quail
ity, flavor, color, uniformity and size
of our fruit wherever shown.
Right now, when we attract an at
tention which has been withdrawn
from other places on account of their
defects or misfortunes, is the time
for the people of Mesa county as a
whole to go out in their might and
| take their own.
The great transcontinental rail-
tNTO q 1nn In, 70 T~tz a ,rtI "a, -,
winter carry on great campaign.
advertising the agricultural resources
of this state.
The Mesa County Business Associ-
alton has been organized at the op-
perfume moment to get results It's
field is the whole county.
Without conflicting with any pri-