La Junta tribune., 1910-03-26
Ar*.n... Valley soe.s.r. o-s.n's.

On Thursday La Junta was the
Mecca Of the most enthusiastic set OF
boosters that ever congre&ated in the
Arkansas Valley. The object Of the
gathering was to devise ways and
means OF organizing an association
to bring to the attention OF the far
mer and men seeking business open
ings the advantages OF the Arkansas
Valley from An agricultural and =
business standpoint. The meeting was
called by the La Junta Industrial As.
sociation At the request OF r. H. Fax.
on. Of the publicity department Of
the National Irrigation Congress.
Every commercial association in
the Arkansas Valley from Canon City
on the west to Dodge City on the
east was invited to participate in the
conference at La Junta. and voice
their opinions on the best way to pro-
Valley.
The meeting was called to order at
10 O'Clock and A. c. Draper. Of La
Junta, was selected Is temporary
chairman, and Lee Fenlason. of Rock,
Ford. was selected as temporary sec
retary.
After the selection OF temporary Of
flces the chairman called upon Mr..
Fsxon to state the object Of the con-
ference. as he had been the prlnci-
pal one In the calling Of the meeting.
Mr. Faxon delivered a short but very
entertaining speech In which he
said that the time was ripe for the
commercial associations of the Arkan-
sas Valley from Canon City to Dodge
City to make a united effort to gath
Of those who were seeking land or
business opportunities the advantages
Of the Arkansas Valley. His remarks
created a great deal OF enthusiasm
and he was followed by a number Of
other speakers who represented the
commercial associations Of the valley.
and all agreed with Nr. Faxon that
this vAssov1aGcholQa11al time for the
valley ceonesclsi organizations to
act ~ . INIT IA Tie developmeat Of
the resourcss q the valley.
~ - aGDssseso ysel1ba tne CO..
u1ttSs = ef1aaisattoa rscsansa1sA
hat tAs nAme oe the csatsal be1y
shan b TIE Arkansas Valley Com
nsecial Association: that membership
In the ceetral body shall be vested In
. membership on the part Of each
one Of the seventeen commercial or.
ganisations In the Arkansas Valley
from Canon City TO Dodge City; TO-
carry on the work Of The Arkansss
Valley Commercial Association. there
shall be charged each club partici.
patins = membership fee and annual
dues Of $40 per thousand inhabitants.
with 4 minimum o( $40 for each club
and . maximum Of 500.
The representatives Of the com.
mercial associations who attended the
conference proved to be almost In
every instance men who knew the re-
sources OF their different localities
and were proud Of the home towns.
but were united In the opinion that
Il was best for the valley that every
commercial association should talk
about. write about and think about
Colorado first. then the Arkansas Val.
ley and their own locality.
The following b list OF those In
attendance from abroad:
Hoily-F. s. Brownlce. J. b. VII.
kins. II. c. McCrcsry and c. A. John.
son.
Brisiol-R. 8. Green.
Hartman-W. r. Puntennsy.
Pueblo-Bruce Lynch. w. o. Skin.
neS and z w. Palmer.
Fowlsr-C. 8. etubbs. c. w. Bsne-
dict. C. W. Buck and J. A. Burnett
Las Aninas-vrank kreybtl. J. W.
Moore. Oeerss Cunning. W. A. How.
ard aad J. h. 0ul1ivaa.
Rocky Voe1-wul Wright. Lee Psn-
Jason. J. r. O'Coaaor aaa J. W. Bow.
nan.
Garden Ctty-N. II. rAxos.
Casea city-h. Q. AaA1ox.
Lamar-k. W. MarkAan. and \. ?.
A1a0s.
0yFaeuos-Paul aicA.
L. Juuta-R. PAilhDs. n. 2. Nv.
les. B. n. Spal1lAs. 4. c. Draper. G.
A. DsssboAs. r. J. csok. Or. ra.