The Greeley tribune., 1911-02-16
LETTER FROM A BOOSTER ON
THE PROGRESS OF GREELEY

Editor Greeley Tribune:
l take no back seat as regards my
brethren of the Commercial club as
booster for Colorado and in partic-
ular for Weld county and Greeley.
shall not pretend for a moment
that am not glad to see my article
in that whitest of great American
journals, the Springfield Republican
of Massachusetts. which, under the
caption of 1.-The Colorado City OF
Greeley" has advertised us In its Is
sue OF February 8, 1911, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. l quote:
"If Mr.. Greeley could look upon
Union colony and see it as it now
appears, after Al years of life. how
his kindly face would beam with sat
isfaction. He would know that this
considerable scheme of co-opera-
ton; this planting of saloonless
community; this fostering OF church
and school; this effort to cherish
those things most helpful to society
while eliminating the grosser things,
had met with gratifying success here
under the shadow of the Rocky
mountains and on the once cactus
covered desert. He would see a
vast territory, dotted with elegant
and happy homes and the irrigated
lands sending out tens of thousands
of carloads of potatoes, flour. wheat,
alfalfa, sugar. canned goods. live
stock, etc. He would see little city
OF homes numbering nearly 10000
prosperous people. He would see
the Colorado State Normal school,
with its hundreds Of teachers and
students. located in Greeley in recog-
nition of the advanced educational
spirit of our people. He would know
that the broad colony has its several
railroads, its street cars, its million
dollar sugar factory. its canning fac
tory and its Touring mills. and best
Of all, its scores OF churches, its hun
dreds schools and teachers and its
thouands OF bright school children
who have never known the touch OF
malaria.
"The great irrigating canals oi
Union colony, Of vast extent, making
possible productive farms, unequal.
ed, says one globe traveller, for fer.
tilfty and productiveness in the
whole world are serving today. with
the body Of irrigation laws developed
by our citizens, as models for the re.
demption with irrigating water o.
other vast sections of the "Great
American Desert" And we who
have dreamed and delved and &C
complished would look into the face
of the founder of the New York Tri
bune with Joy, were he to come
among US now. certain that we hat
justified the closing words of hi
busy life to the founder of our cit,
and colony: Il believe in Uniol
Colony and you"
But you men, while paying small
taxes are over-eager to lay enor
nous burdens on the shoulders o
others; you who imagine the ami
hilation Of our present court hous
and the building Of one costing
quarter of million dollars and mil
lion dollar roads across our count
for transient automobiles to tear up
you who say you would gladly Ia
the whole people OF Weld county TO
the sake of begreatening the valu
OF your private property; you gen
tlemen, whether of my associates Il
the Commercial club or elsewher
are not making healthy boost
Don't, I pray you gentlemen, don
use your club, our club, to kee
back the man who wishes to brin
his capital and settle here. If yor
would boost for Northern Colorado
be reasonable; be wisely economical
don't let us hear any more at thi
time of depression. of tearing dow
our splendid court house and build
ing million dollar road.
| OLIVER HOWARD.