Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-05-20
BOOSTERS MEETING
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and hear some talks upon various top
les of interest.
Secretary Fenlason made an excel
lent address upon Boosting" OF
which the following is portion:
Boosting consists in the first
place, in my opinion, of good fellow
more or less with his surroundings.
must be in harmony with life and the
idea of living One never heard of a
crouch or a miser being booster.
To boost for a place one lives in:
First he must know well and idolizc
the country he is trying to help, the
more he studies the conditions, the
more he will become enthuscd until
he really knows and thinks out loud,
as it were, on all occasions. One
must impart this knowledge to others
and keep at it, as knowing and not
telling about things will not help you
II five men i'll any community were
absolutely convinced of the fact that
the place they lived in was the best
place to live, a good place to make
money, and each one made con-
vert to his idea and so on, soon the
whole place would be alive and doing
Each would be talking and writing
to their fr1cnus.
In the Arkansas Valley where the
climatic conditions are perfect, where
we have the four distinct seasons, per-
feet i'll their own way, the spring 1
more decent spring than elsewhere,
less winds and bad weather, better
roads; the summer, perfect; the fall
more glorious and perfect than all.
each day perfect entirety in itself;
and the glorious winter, which If pos
siblc. is more perfect than the fall,
Just cold enough SO one can brace up
and take the clear, cold, air through
his lungs and thank God he is alive.
Where else can one find the perfect
conditions we have here? Mountains
and plains joined one to the other,
just Il step apart as it were, each help
ing the other, the mountains giving
us the water which makes the plains
the great garden spot they are.
Where else, excepting in Colorado,
are the great diversity of crops
grown. that is with the enormous
profit per acre. the apple, peach, and
other fruits. the beet and the cante
loupc. the alfalfa and the grain crops
Where else do the cattle, the sheep
and the hog feeders reap the same
profit as we do in Colorado?
In the Arkansas Valley we have an
organization called The Arkansas
Valley Commercial Association. com
priscd of all the towns from Canon
City. Colorado. to Dodge City. Kan
sas, each place striving honestly to-
gethcr for the good OF the whole.
One section cannot thrive without
helping the other. We cannot have
too many such organizations in the
| tat If al he re
| wires. as it were. some of their en-
| thusiasm will be taken up by others
and passed along. Everybody must
get together. All must work, not in
a laborious way, but with the feeling
that The Valley of Content" is the
best place to live in. and also when
it comes to passing into the great be-
yond, the best place to die.
Live this thought daily, all of us,
and in n very short time we will see
| this great state of ours double, aye,
triple i'll population in short space
of time.
We have all heard the story. the
time, the place. and the friend, but
never in the history OF Colorado have
all conditions been so perfect as now
Now is the time for all to boost. and
by boosting | suppose it means to
tell. to write the glorics OF this great
valley of ours to others, to form a
great endless chain of information
from all over the state. as one-half OF
our resources have never been told.
Never stop. All classes OF men tell
the facts to the masses, to their
friends and to their employees, get
everyone. to work. and then do not
stop TO see what good the work has
his. tell at,I t1tt 40
and writing.
! have lived in Colorado for twcn-
ty-four years, and from past expcr-
fences believe that now, today, and all
the tomorrows is the time to work
with vim, vigor, and enthusiasm"
He then presented 4 memorial from
the committee appointed by Rocky
| Ford Lodge. l. o. O. f.. in which
the assistance of the Chamber oi
Commerce was asked to try and Sc
cure for Rocky Ford the State Odd
| Fellows Home, and encrgetically en-
dorscd the movement
Hon. J. II. Crowley, w C. Steele
and +. Y. Hauck commended the pro.
jcct. which they stated would be one
OF the best investments ever made by
Rocky Ford since the sugar factory
was secured. But few realize that tc
| prepare and INT up home such as is
planned by the Oddfcllows means al
expenditure OF at least 100000. a:
well as an added permanent popula,
ton OF between 600 and 500, and il
was surely worth going after with
vigor. We might not be able to lant
it but We could at least make try
and they believed that if suitable
tract of land could be secured and the
trustees who have the choosing of /;
site be induced to pay our city visi
and learn for themselves Our eminent
advantages in the way of climate
health and morality. that Rocky Fore
could secure the home.