Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-21
LUNCH COUNTER ADVANCE
GUARD OF CIVILIZATION
Filling Of Thousands of Stom-
achs Best Monument TO the
Memory Of Founder of Eat
ing House System.

cent nulnDcE 81 the 4NullOHdl llOtt
Reporter" IT is as follows:
Kitchener Of Khartum, landed (;
san Francisco the other day withou
any fuss; so little attention was pal,
10 him that the very lack Of it be
came a news item.
He opened up a large part OF
continent to civilization. and his worl
after he has gone viii be recognized
more fully than ut the present.
Very frequently it seems ncccssar!
that these silent men have to di'
to get their recognition.
Another mar Who's voice is silen'
started the greatest civilizing fore,
that we have seen in our generation
down in the southwest, and his
name was Fred Harvey. A plain. un-
ostentatious man Of high character
great shrcwdness and common sense
and imagination. he had faith in his
business, and the faith and example
of his character has been a stimulus tC
greater things along his ideals in the
minds of his sons and heirs, Ford and
Byron Harvey. as well as their as
sociates who were his associates. ID.
BENJAMIN and his brother, II. l.. Ben
jamin.
Do YOU remember the old Creek
who said to Epaminondas, ut is
not the that has made
you famous, oh Epaminondas, but
it is you who have made the monu-
ment famous
There is many a monument. how
ever, that has been the means of
preserving the memories of many
men. hut whether in the great south
west they are aver wise enough to
build 4 monument to the memory Of
Fred Harvey, which he richly de-
rart+a HE rnctDorx will l0Gf lOnonr
than any granite shaft they may
erect.
From q small beginning, his in
terests spread as the stream of
population went forward. Following
the old Santa lee trail, he was as much
of q pioneer as Kit carson-only II
greater one. lie strove not only as
business policy. which with a business
man must necessarily be a tunda-
mental policy, but from his high ideals
of which he never lost sight, he strove
wherever he was to give the people
the best possible, and the best pos
sible" seems to have been his motto.
The "best possible from a man of
his stature. with his intense applica-
ton and his thorough knowledge of
the business, meant much more than
the people could possibly demand.
Ills ideal was "character"-char-
acter of the food he served, character
of the manner in which he served ii
and character of the people who serv-
ed il and the environment arouGl
about.
There was never anything small or
cheap about that which he did, it was
always substantial and in good taste,
and above all came in the ideal.
As his business progressed and as
his means went with it, he was en-
abled to rise higher and higher. H.
became not only . leader in his bust
ness, but his places set an example,
their wives and families became the
leading influence for good in each
of the communities.
Not only were the wants of the
traveller supplied in a manner to
please him, but there in the far west
all the dclicacies and retinements or
service were given him, such as he
had no rcason to expect. The best
possible was given to the Apache
country ana ii was not Il relative
term. IT meant as good as was
served in New York or Boston, and
usually much better.
When "A young man or a younS
woman entered the Harvey system,
of good character always, but per-
haps o bit rough or %uncouth, slowly
like q butterfly dropping its chrysa-
lis. would come a change. h IN
tluence Of the force would be felt, II
not seen. and a better. more highly
trained and worthicr man or woman
would be the result.
And in those rough western COM
munities, these forces working at all
times, quickly but steadily made the
impress, as character always does
but in his case the influence of
thousands of good characters instead
Of but one, yet all receiving their
impulse, their initiative from the
man ct the head.
Near some water tank on the
prairie a little lunch counter would
be established. Like unto an oasis
in the desert the cowboys would be
attracted to the place from miles
around. Different from the rough
saloon or pine board restaurant. this
would be neat and clean, good food
NIGEL" served, quietly conducted by
decent men n women. 1t would
he an attractive place and form the
nucleus of q little laW-abiding, self
respecting community. As the tWlg
Is bent, the tree is inclined; as the
few dwellings would grow into the
hamlet. the hamlet into the town,
the lone of the first settlement would
he continued. With the growth OF
Alt business lulS iutttu NObliAtA
would become an eating house and
then q hotel. and every other restau-
rant and hotel that would come later
would perhaps unconsciously feel
han an example had been set to "a
ceive the endorsement of the people
10 whom it catered.
When hotels were to be ercctedy
real architects were selected to SUI
nervise their building and their face
and form. Hotels were built mostly
embodying the architecture of the
old mission fathers that are the de-
light of those who enjoy the truits
of the spirit. i
Can YOU imagine . man desiring Z
10 erect a dry goods @ structure &
with regularly spaced holes in II and {
ii 2 hotel to compete with I
one of those beautiful buildings of Z
Harveys? Z
Always strong for the ideal, mod :
trn farms were cultivated, some OF a
them now having nearly a thousand
mich cows. seven thousand chick I
Ems and ~up-to-date vegetable gar v
ems. Everything Mt work to do
better work and everything done y
:" give the best value for the money.
Architecture, farming. food, ser s
ice. character. The people were a