The Glenwood post., 1911-01-28
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Garfield County Commercial
Discusses Advertising
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next MEET At RIFLE

| There was ring of optimism from
the beginning to the end of the meet
ing of the Garfield County Commercial
association held at Dougan's hall
Thursday evening.
| After the excellent supper, furnished
! by the ladies of st. Barnabas Guild
had been finished, President Austin
GAVIN called the Glenwood Board of
Trade to order and after the minutes
of the previous meeting had been read
appointed as committee on arrange
ments for the next supper j. S. Hum,
C. NJ Kcck and Ernest Barlow The
matter of collecting from the members
their annual dues was referred to the
board of control with the suggestion
that they get busy. The Board of
Trade was then adjourned.
The Garfield County Commercial as.
sociation was called to order by Presi
dent Todd of Rife, Ollie Thorson serv.
ting as secretary As soon as the min
utes had been read Mr.. Thorson' ai-
dressed the meeting on the subject Of
advertising. He referred to his appeal
to the county commissioners for aid in
exploiting the wonderful and varied
resources of Garfield county and said
there was a prospect of receiving
| from the commissioners $1,000 to
800 from an advertising fund raised
through direct taxation, but this it
was said, would not be enough to do
the work that ought to be done in ad-
lyestising the county.
Fred G. Shaiier of Rife was called
upon and as he is an enthusiastic be
lever in advertising he followed up
the ideas advanced by Mr.. Thorson and
made plain the fact that other sections,
far less fortunate in situation and
ability of production-sections much
Hess desirable to homeseekers-were at
tracing much more attention and re
ceiving more settlers than we are for
the reason that they reach out through
an intelligent system of advertising
and interest the people in search of a
location. "We are simply sleeping on
our opportunities; we are allowing peo
pie all over the country to sell lands
Inferior to ours because while we are
Indifferent they advertise, advertise,
advertise.
w. P. 'Clough of Rifle made a very
interesting talk on the subject of poul
try culture and especially the care of
chickens for egg production. He also
took up the alfalfa question and the
matter of intelligent farming along
other lines and closed his remarks by
reverting to the advertising question,
declaring that every family that could
be induced to come into this county
and procure a home, either through
purchase or location. was worth to the
county, not $500, as some have said,
but $1,000.
J. F. Kanm of New Castle said that
the most of sNr farmers had too much
land and that they could raise more
crops. from one fourth of their land
than they do now from all. He said
he thought it was necessary to i'm
press on the farmers that it is cult
walton and not irrigation that makes
crops. He was highly favorable to
good advertising.
Theodore Rosenberg talked interest
ingly on the scheme of irrigation, bear
ing out the thought advanced by Mr.
Kamm. Before sitting down he i'm
proved the opportunity to land on
Uncle Sans forest reserve policy.
C. NJ. Keck made an interesting tall,
.. the advertising situation, ending
with a motion that committee be ap-
pointed to solicit from the various
commercial bodies of the county for a
special advertising fund.
After considerable discussion by
Mayor Drach, DIR. Mccartney. ]. S
Hum, Ed McLearn and others Mr.
Keck withdrew his motion and a mo-
ton by Mr.. Draeh that the finance
committee again confer with the coun-
ty commissioners with reference to an
advertising campaign and as to the
probable amount of money the asso
citation might reasonably expect fol
advertising literature.
Fred G. Shaffer, on behalf of the
Rifle Chamber of Commerce, thanked
the Glenwood Board Of Trade for its
hospitality and invited the CONNER