The daily sentinel., 1910-04-06
DETAILS Of the GREATEST
BOOSTING BANQUET IN THE
HISTORY OF GRAND JUNCTION


and most lucrative post, came to this
valley. purchased two fruit ranches
and is now as POSTMASTER Miller re-
marked, "one of our most desirable
citizens"
1t was a splendid talk that Mr..
Eddy made. He didn't occupy the
floor long but he said a world of
pointed, convincing things in the
brief time he spoke and he reused the
big audience to a high pitch of en-
thusiasm. II was a talk that rang
true. A talk that was meaty and
vigorous. II was a talk that made
men think. Eddy has the situation
sized up about right and his talk was
one of the finest features OF the ev-
ening.
After a striking and original dis
cussion of the boosting spirit Mr..
Eddy emphatically declared, after
leading to the subject in a most APP
propriate manner that some times u
community suffers from too many
doctors mot professional mem who
have multitude of remedies to pre-
scribe for its growth" Grand
Junction" declared Mr.. Eddy, lis
suffering from an overdose of freight
rates administered by old DR.. Rio
Grande."
Tear down these barriers and high
walls of freight rates, and you will
have solved the problem of How to
Make Grand Junction Grow"
Mr.. Eddy declared that nowhere
in his extensive travels last year had
he found better evidence OF rapid
growth than right here. He then
referred to the marvellous building
growth the valley is enjoying even
under the disadvantages of outrag-
eous freight rates. He referred to
| Grand functions marvellous posi-
bilities to become a great city, a great
trading, manufacturing and residen-
| tial center. From the rivalry of Chi
Gao and st. Louis and of Seattle and
Tacoma MIR. Eddy drew some graphic
lessons of the result of boosting and
the manner in which one city has
| forged ahead of another simply as fhe
result OF diut of enterprise and boost
ing.
| A most important announcement
was made by MIR. Eddy to the effect
that n complaint is now beiE,. formal
ly drawn, to be presented before the
Interstate commerce commission in a
fight 10 yet n square deal On freight
| TuiSs LOT uFAHu JuuctlOn
| That Mr.. Eddy's talk made a deep
impression on his hearers goes with
out saying. The Sentinel is nightly
glad John L. Eddy was On the pro-
gram. o.
Hon. Plat Rogers, fon Y mayor
of Denver, law partner of eov. Shat
roth, one of the greatest irrigation
law authorities and lawyers in the
inter-mountain region, followed Mr..
Eddy. It was a witty, richly enter
tanning talk that the distinguishe ed
lawyer made last night and he had
the guests laughing almost constantly
at his humorous remarks and his
numerous jokes on the governor, his
law partner. Mr.. Rogers spoke for
only about twenty minutes. His story
of his visit to Grand Junction twenty
years ago and the changes that he
had noted since then, was most in
teresting. Mr.. Rogers declared that
the people of this section do not
realize to what wonderful extent
they have developed this country.
Mr.. Rogers was heartily applauded
time and again. 1t was a most ex-
cellent address.
Then came DR.. ID. d. Forsyth, the
widely known pastor of the Methodist
cHuTcH Oh tHls city ana WNen ne arose
to respond to the toast, The Bene-
fits. of Organization, he was greeted
with enthusiastic cheering from all
parts of the big room.
1t remained for Er. Forsyth to
simply set the crowd wild with en-
thusiasm. The address was charac-
teristic of the man. strong, vigorous.
aggressive, sincere through and
through, sparkling with epigrams and
wit, fraught with truths that struck
home, clean cut, and free of affecta-
tion and teeming with earnestness as
are all the addresses of this wide
awake minister whom, as Toastmaster
Miller declared last night, would be
success in whatever field of en-
deavor he was placed"
DR.. Forsyth can speak with auth
ority on the benefits of organization
for he has had great deal of ex-
perience in that line. His talk last
night was one of the most effective
tributes to the necessity of, the ad-
yantages of, the work accomplished