Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-23
PRESIDENT TAFT
MAY VISIT CITY
Chamber of Commerce Extends
Cordial Invitation
BIG ATTRACTION FOR
WATERMELON DAY
VIII Be Secured II Our congressmei
Can Induce the President to
Accept Invitation.

S0u 1uooSS AuG EICoh0Cut ~
Accept Invitation.
Advices received Wednesday that the
date Of President Taft's visit to Colorado
had been advanced to the last week in
August, brought prompt action by the
Chamber Of Commerce Of Rocky Ford.
At meeting Of the board of directors OF
this body on Wednesday evening the sec
retary was instructed to wire the Presi-
dent cordial invitation to spend Water
melon Day with US. and kilograms were
also sent Senator Guggenheim and our
Congressman soliciting their earnest ef-
forts to induce the President to accept
1t was determined that no means should
be left untried to procure a visit from
President Taft, and IL successful the COM
ing watermelon Day will witness the
greatest festival in this city that has ever
been held in the Arkansas Valley.
The new board OF directors was organ
lied last Friday evening when officers
and committees were elected as follows:
Presidential. l. Maxwell.
First Viee.President- r. Cunningham
Second Vice President-W. J. Brown.
Seerstary-L. R. Fenlason.
Assistant Seeretary-J. W. Bowman.
Treasursr-G. M. coffman.
Committee on Agriculture Edgar,
Lsmon. Gee. Mullownsy and Newberry.
Committee on Advertising Fenlason.
Burrsll. Price. Bowman and O'connor.
Com mittee on Finance and Member
ship-coffman. Van Buskirk. Vaudeville.
Cunningham and Fenlason.
Committee on City Affairs-Moody.
Lance. g. c. Maxwell. Bryant and W. R
Dye.
Several meetings have already been
held by the directors and a campaign Of
boosting" has been started that will
bring results. A stenographer has been
employ cd and by the first Of next week
an Office will be opened in tie Bryant g.
Johnston building. Postmaster Lance
has offered the use Of the postoffiee WIN
dow shelves for display of agricultural
products. and through the efforts Of the
Ch amber of Commerce, H. o. Marsh. an
etymologist connected with the U. S.
Department Of Agriculture will be in
Rocky Ford for about week to make a
special study Of insects preying upon
cantaloupes and sugar beets.
At the meeting Of the board of direc-
tors on Monday the following letter was
prepared to be sent to the farmers and
business men Of Rocky Ford:
Rocky Ford. Colorado. July 10, 1909
Dear SIR
There has been an organization effect
ed. comprising Rocky Ford business men
and others. known as The Chamber Of
Commerce Of Rocky Ford. The pur-
poses Of this organization Is to bring in
home seekers and business enterprises.
and to work for the general improvement
Of Rocky Ford and vicinity.
Realizing the efforts that the northern
part Of the state Is making in booming
their own locality. and the big results
they are obtaining we feel that some
thing should be done to place the Rocky
Ford country WHARF it belongs among
the Agricultural sections Of the state.
and this organization will make that its
aim and purpose. To do this the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of tRoeky Ford wants
to send booklets and news items TO every
person in the United States who 10 intsr-
ested in the irrigated western country.
A good, live commercial club. supported
by the people Of Rocky Ford and vicinity
can double the size of the city in five
years: can get a proper and sufficient
lighting system. can get pure and suffi-
eient water supply and can bring an
electric railway down the Arkansas val
ley.
We will place small advertisements,
briefly setting forth the advantages of
Rocky Ford and this section. in a half
dozen Of the leading farm journals of the
East. We will get our local papers to
make an exchange list Of two hundred or
three hundred weekly papers throughout
the middle west, and have these papers
closely examined to seek out those con-
templating a change Of location. and
mail such person literature on our town
and country, and. in addition TO this we
will send marked copies Of the local pa
pers to your old home, containing news
items Of your success here. Our local
papers will be watched, and when we
see a report that "Jjm Jones" had made
100000 an acre on cantaloupes, Bill
Smith" $4,000 on fruit. Tom Bro an"
on sugar bsets or John john
SON good thing On stock. these items
will be clipped and copied for our mall
ing lists.
Booklets will be prepared, covering