The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-12-29
Boost! Boost! Boost!

Nv hat makes good toWn?'' was
:he query propounded to Secretary o.
". Holmes. of the Board of Commerce
~ the ubiquitous and itluerant
newspaper man this morning. And
:he secretary replied in this wise:
people in the town who have faith in
is future: who know the value Of its
resources and who bend their energy
80 securing their developments: vino
unanimously, to the extent of their
financial and moral ability, lend their
assistance to ever effort made that
sill assist in the upbuilding and
growth of their city. No matter how
available or how rich natural re-
sources may be, they are an idle and
useless thing until men and money
convert them into employing activity
and productiveneSs. Rainbow Falls
was simply Il thing of beauty until
men who know the value of the
"atural resources of this city and the
worth OF motive power, men who
nave faith in the state and i'm thp
city, put their energy and their
money into its development and now
.he natural picture that would have
lured II Russell or a Bierstadt. has
neen made one of the mightiest sinp,.
forces on the continent, and fine
energy of these men and their monav
will develop other powers, turniuo
Them perhaps, from the beautiful
picture, but developing them into
enormous usefulness, and they win
develop other resources.
"But a city should not be conten,
aitl letting others do for them, with
cut reciprorating to thefullest extent
IF theirAhility. lending the inyaluohla
assistance of a unanimous and an
.huiastc communal campaign fo,
city building and development. OF
aublicity, Of promotion ana exploit
.ation of every resource that is orran
t,e made tributary to the city.
"Speaking OF the necessity for push
,cn the part of the citizens of a com.
Iaunity. The Shop of Crofters saws in
& recent issue of The Lantern:
"Don't sit around and damn your /
town. a town is just as good as t,,a
,aan who damns it. Every town is
inst what it's citizens want it TO no
\ desire OH the part of a people FOR
better town is Il prayer that els A.
ways answered. The advantages OF
nut town over another are the resuI+c
az t.Ac people rather than natural
conditions.
"ln amy event it was the people
who first saw the natural adyantages
some one individual
saw them Nrst. There is no reason
W. y Cleveland should have been the
oil c uter OF the world. There are
ao oi' wells there, and 9.shippng
facilities are no better than a dozen
others so taras oil is concerned. Ill
Was simply john ID. Rockefeller.
lie wanted to live there, and his per-
sonality, his individuality, Drought
the oil to him in pipe lines. There
S no reason why Boston should be
ahe shoe manufacturing center of the
world. No hides are there they are
al shipped from the west. Simply ,
some man who knew how to make ..
shoes on a large scale wanted to live ;
mere. and his success started others
along the same line. There is no
'hysica reason why Chicago should
nave been the beef packing center.
It might as we'll have been st. Louis. .
simply old Phil Armour wanted to
live there. And the people in these .
tities determined to develop such
resources as were within their reach.
and with one accord they hustled
with patriotic energy for their up
''Cincinnati is still the mercantile {
supply point for all the territory
'onth of the Smith and NELSON'S line,
ears ago, at the waning of the river +
traffic, il was about to give place to
louisville and Memphis. The clti-
ems got busy and built the Cincinnati