Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-05-05

morning mail brings stack of let
ters from all parts of the country, ask
ing all sorts of questions.
A man in Newark, N. J., wants to
know if there. is a good opening FOR a
cigar factory. Another asks if sec
tion 7, range II. township 20, can be
irrigated. He had bought the land
without seeing it and is wondering if
he got stuck. A letter from young
lady in Oklahoma says she has just
graduated from a hair-dressing col
lege in Chicago, and would there be a
chance for her to go into business in
the town. An eastern man writes
from one of the coast cities saying he
would like to know something of Col
orado lands, and perhaps he will stop
on his way back. A farmer in In
diana writes to inquire if this is a
good country. to raise strawberries
and small fruits. Another wants to
asks if he can be cured of rheumatism
if he moves here. The next wants a
job of some sort. A woman in South
Dakota asks if there is an opening
for millinery store. And so they
go-questions of all sorts that have
to be answered. Some are encour-
aged to come, others are told that
their particular line is already well
filed, and it might not be advisable
for another to start. The farmer is
always welcomed and urged to come,
for he is the man most needed.
At 10 o'clock a stranger drops in to
visit with the secretary. He is from
Elgin, Illinois. and came out to in
vestigatc the country as to its pos
sibilities for dairying. He says he
has been spending a week on the
tract, has bought forty, and will go
back to Elgin in few days and tell
his friends that they will find this the
ideal country. He will bring a COL
ony of frst-class dairy farmers back
with him. That is the sort of visitors
the secretary likes to have. Then n
livestock man from Portland comes
in to see il there is any chance to
ship in stock for winter feeding. He
is directed to persons interested. A
rings. and the wife of one of the club
members wants to know where she
can hire 4 maid. A real estate man
brings in visitor from Ohio. and
shows him the display of grains.
grasses and pumpkins grown on the
tract. The visitor is duly impressed.
and puts his name on the register for
future literature to show when he gets
back home. He can then tell his
neighbors that he saw the actual pro-
ducts just as shown in the pictures.
A party of tourists. on pleasure bent.
come in and spend half hour. alb
sorbing all the good points the secre-
tary can think of in the course of a
hurried talk. Something like this is
part of the dialy program Of the
secretary. in addition to his regular
work.
When the secretary sees n man and
his wife and five children and a dog
come to town. his heart is glad. He
knows that family will settle on Il
farm near by. and will make for the
growth and prosperity of the country.
As in a vision he sees through the
mist of years the herds OF lowing kline,
the waving fields of grain. the chick
ems, and even the automobile the far
mer is driving, and he is happy to
know that his letters and literature
and follow-up system has brought the
farmer and his family to the tract.
He even looks pleasantly az the dog.
for he remembers that the tax col
tor will be abroad in the spring. and
the county Golfers will be the nearer
filed as result of the new dog ad-
1cd to the census.
"Why should you belong to the
commercial clubI" What possible
reason can vou offer why you should
not belong?