The La Jara chronicle., 1910-06-03
STARTS OUT WITH THE
BRIGHTEST OF PROSPECTS.

the Alamosa Empire, which covers
the meeting thoroughly and well.
The meeting last Saturday night of
the delegates from the various Com
mercial clubs of the San Luis valley
and from towns where there are no
organizations, held at the Alamosa
club rooms, to organize the San Luis
the most representative of the pro-
gressive citizenship of the valley
ever held in the history of settlement
of the south half of Colorado.
They were all good ones. Among
them the brightest men of the West.
Among them representatives of large
aggregated capital, and more than all,
brainy follows who knew what is
needed for the further and immediate
development and advancement of
western interests.
Messrs. Faxon, Hooker and Watson,
representing the creation of the Irri-
CATION congress at Pueblo, are all
live wires, than whom no other trio
could suited their places better.
There was never before such
gathering of the men of the valley
who have been vital factors to its
life and progress, and they were all
in harmony on a policy to push, not
one place, but the whole valley. And
everybody present was satisfied with
this plan.
The spirit that characterized the
proceedings of the meeting insured
the San Luis Valley Commercial as
period. but for years to come.
And the San Luis valley will have
the biggest show at the congress next
September.
Promptly at O'Clock the meeting
was called to order by Roy Shahan
president of the Alamosa club, who
in a few chosen words welcomed to
AIamosa the visitors and delegates of
the valley towns.
A motion was made and carried that
the convention proceed to elect TEN
porary chairman, secretary and as
sistant secretary. Roy Shahan was
unanimously elected chairman, as
were T. NJ. Peterson of Blanca secre-
Vista. assistant secretary.
Arthur Hooker, secretary of the Ma
tionaI Irrigation congress, addressed
the meeting, giving a short detail on
what the former meetings of the irri-
CATION congress had accomplished for
states in which they met, and urged
upon his hearers that all petty jeal-
ousies now existing between different
sections of the va ley be dropped
and that all pull as unit to have
the San Luis valley properly and fit
tingly represented at the meeting of
the congress in Pueblo next Septem-
ber.
R. II. Faxon, president of the Ar
kansas Valley Commercial club and
also secretary of the board of control
IF the Eighteenth National Irrigation
congress, was the next speaker He
outlined the benefits that had been
derived by the farmers in the Arkan-
sas valley by forming commercial
club and trusted that this meeting
would prove to be grand under
I taking for the people of the San Luis
valley.
This meeting then proceeded to
business. II. Fl. Russell of Conejos
F. f. Griffith of Blanca. and w. II.
Fassett of Monte Vista, were appoint
ed a committee on credentials.
The committee ON resolutions were
E. p McVey of Romeo, J. ID. Frazey
of Anionito, ID. E. Newcomb of La
Jara. Grant Newmyer of Center, A. V
Shipley of Villa Grove, w. R. Pike
of Hooper, A. B. Jack of Manassa, H.
Roe of Blanca, L. d. Conant of Monte
Vista. Jue Weiss of Del Norte.
The committee on organization,
constitution and bylaws was c. NJ.
Sampson of Conejos, James A. Kel-
ley of Monte Vista. j. c. Wiley of
Del Norte, w. R. Pyke of Hooper,
Fred d. Stanley of Alamosa.
/ Motion made and carried that tenn
porary organization be perfected and
temporary officers be elected for the
association to be ratified by the diff
ferent clubs of the valley, and if ac-
cep.able, be the Officers of the San
Luis Valley Commercial association
for the ensuing year.
| ID. E. Newcomb of La lara was
elected by acclamation, president of
the association.