La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
soosrsas' SMOKER.

Wind and water. That was the
sum and substance of the results &C.
complished BY the smoker" given by
the La Jun,a Industrial Association In
The Elks' club rooms Thursday even
ing. Every memter Of the organiza-
ton was expected to bring Z candi-
date for membership. but only two
Of the fifty people present confessed
to non. .membership in the Ancient ard
Decrepit Order Of Local Boosters. The
.smoker" was a distinct failure so
lar rs accomplishing the purpose for
which the meeting was called is con-
cesned. II had been the intention to
make this smoker" the startink point
for = whirlwind campaign for new
members and to give every member
an injection Of the boosting spirit.
This part Of the program, however.
was entirely overlooked. Nothing was
sid about starting \ campaign for
new members, aud not over onehalf
a the present membership Was
Anoag those present.
Somebody mentioned the subject Of
water. and from that moment to the
close Of the meeting everybody had
water ON the brain. The question
was discussed from every possible
angle. as It has been many times be-
fore In public meetings and In the
local press. and the appointment Of
. committee was the sum total Of the
results accomplished. In u day or
two the committee will forget II and
the rest Of us will Join 'em later on.
We don't believe La Junta feels the
need Of pure water supply any more
than II feels the need OF real live
boosting organization. II II did II
would have both OF them.
The Tribune does not blame the
present officers Of the La Junta In
dustrtal Association for the general
lack OF interest In the organization.
They are doing more than their share
and have shown an inclination TO do
. everything In their power that will
heAsunA 70 Tie sod anA uslfsxs .ee
tho cponuaity. fhst their sftssts
are not appreciated b vssy evtdsat.
Ths assoetation lacks support. laces
fuAds. lacks everything that u need
ful 70 make II . power for good In
the community. An Institution that
u In debt. whose account at the bank
II ovcrdravn. and which has to start
out upon . begging expedition every
time It wants to spend q few dollars
cannot be expected to be of much
force In . community. and II does
not have the respect Of anybody. We
give the officers credit for doing all
they can. but the association can ac-
complish very little unless II has the
unanimous support Of the entire com.
munity. II Ia the rest OF Us that are
1t fault and not the officers Of the
association.
The trouble with our local boosting
organization Is that 1t is = cheap af-
fair. Did you ever see business
that was run on = cheap basis that
ever amounted to anything! Did you
ever see cheap man that was worth
the powder to blow him up! Now
the Tribune Ii In favor 0f = first-clAss
commercial organization. %ith money
to burn. II need be. or no commercial
organization 1t all. The Tribune will
be one Of fifty. or one Of one hun.
dred. to give 500 per year. payable
\ Tor the support Of the La
1unta Industrial Association as Il Is
now constituted. You can think large
thoughts. bold smokers. appoint COM
mittccs and spout hot air from now
untu hades ID covered with Ice q foot
thick and you will never accomplish
anything. You can't accomplish any.
thing worth while ~ . commercial
organization without money. The -.
sociation should have . paid seer.
tAry. . good one who II an expert In
his particular line. with nothing TO
do but 20 around with hyperdermic
syringe and iaject boosting virus into
the mcmbsrship. The Arkansas Val.
ley Ii on the eve Of = woaderful dc.
vciopmcnt. and now u the time To
get busy II the people Of this com.
munisy expect 70 share IA the pros.
pssity that u about TO envsiop the
greatest aa1 most promising Irrigated
tePritnry a the fnce Of the earth.