Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-11-04
VALLEY COMMERCIAL
ASSOCIATION MEETS
And Transacts Considerable
Business of Importance
PERMANENT HEAD
QUARTERS IN LA JUNTA
Counties Forming Association Decide
Not to Make Exhibit at st. Louis
and Omaha Land Shows.


At La Junta, Wednesday. very sue
cessful meeting of The Arkansas Valley
Commercial Association was held. there
being about thirty boosters from the four
counties Of the association present. The
Chicago Land Show arrangements were
COM mpieted and reports heard from s. N.
Hines. secretary of the organization who
has been in Pittsbu:g with the Hearst
Cup. and from the Demonstration Train
Committee. The schedule of the train
will be made public within short time,
and according to the arrangements made
will be very successful undertaking OF
the Valley Association.
President Benedict. who presided. ap-
pointed permanent finance committee
and made other appointments relative to
the future plans Of the association. involv-
ing exhibits. etc.
It was unanimously voted not to ex-
hibt at the St. Louis or the Omaha Land
Shows. as the work in hand for Chicago
would strain tho efforts Of the assoeia-
ton to the utmost. Is
La Junta was again chosen for the
permanent meeting place. owing to its
accessibility from both ends Of the
valley,
With the meeting Wednesday OF
the Arkansas Valley Commercial As
sociation OF Colorado held at La
Junta >the final arrangements for the
Chicago Land Show exhibit was
made. and everything points towards
the exhibit of the association being
the success that it was intended that
it should.
The plans OF the exhibit booths
have been drawn up and submitted to
the management OF the show in Chi
sago and have been approved. The
plans provide for the automatic NOV
ing picture machine furnished by the
Santa Fc railroad. which will show
views OF the. Arkansas Nallcysfo the
thousands who will doubtless be at
iracted by the novelty of the ma
chine.
The booklets have been turned over
to the printers, aud the color plat. S
received from the engravers. The
cuts and art work surrounding them
are of the finest, and to make TIM
type matter show up at its Best the
printers have had forms clcctrotypcd
so that they will stand the wcaI .oi
the thousands OF impressions neccs-
sary for the edition.
The exhibit proper is being care
fully gathered mp by the executive
committee and will be a credit 40 the
entire irrigated west.
A.. Al, A
there arc $4,000 boxes TO be filled
with sugar and advertising matter.
Fifteen thousand of this number will
be filled by. the other. sugar eonpan-
les OF the valley. the remaining TO-
600 to be filed at Rocky Ford. Each
box will hold nearly two ounces oi
sugar. and will have in it circular
prepared by the association telling oi
the valley No firm name will be
mentioned on the sugar boxes. they
being donated by the company TO as
sist in the general advertising for the
valley as whole,
The alfalfa meal mill management
of the valley have made arrangements
to fill thousands of envelopes with
meal to he distributed also. and these
will contain the same general adver'
tisiny circular as is in the sugar box
cs. The work OF filling the boxes, in
itself an enormous job is being done
now at the factory, and the alfalfa
meal mills are working hard on the
proposition OF filling their thousand.
OF souvenirs. Arplcs will also be
shipped from the valley and given
away TO show that this section is ar
orchard distric, as well as a sugar
beet producing center. a.
The Otero county cup will set ir
the center OF the exhibit TO show the
casterncrs further the superiority o