Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01
VALLEY BOOSTERS
Hold meetings
Extend Their Territory and
Lay Plans for Future
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS


And u EDITORIAL Association Puts the
water Fund ImbrogIio Up to
Auditor Leddy, Endorse
Good Roads, Etc.
At La Junta on Tuesday the second
annual meeting of the Arkansas Valley
Commercial association was held. A
large attendance of boosters was present
\ from the different towns of the valley
and considerable enthusiasm was mani
tested for the future outlook of the or
gaQization.
p ollowipg is the list Of new officers who
were elected:
President-B. F. Soribner. Pueblo.
Vice president-G. H. Nuckolls. Pueblo
Vice president-G. M. Coffman. Rocky
Ford.
\ Vice president-W. A. Colt. Bent
county.
Vice president-N. F. Vidal. Prowers
(county.
\ Vice PRESIDENT. H. Crowden. Crow
W county,
NSeeretary-L. M. Markham. Lamar.
Treasurer-A. c. Draper, La Junta.
he association during the. past year
hineluded the counties of Prowers,
70. Bent and Preblo. but at this meet
faere present representatives from
letnt county, which will partipate in
hptk of the association in the future.
am, ',ort made by Treasurer A. c. Dra-
we'd that the association is entirely
I'm debt and starts in the years
AbEn with clean slate. During the
tucst passed approximately $4,000
p"ssed through the treasurer's office
estimated that at least $4,000
been spent by different oreani-
4ons Of the valley in the boost game.
The past years work has been entirely
satisfactory and has brought vast
amount of immigration and investment to
this fertile valley of Colorado.
Hereafter the monthly meetings Of the
association will be held at Pneblo and La
junta. alternately.
Editors Meet
A very successful meeting of the
Arkansas Valley Editorial associa-
ton was held in Pueblo on Saturday
last, and as an aftermath the teditors
met up with officials of transpor-
tation and fuel companies. CONNER
cial association officers and other
noted men of the state-amongst
them being the warden of the state
penitentiary-and they were banquet
Il fatad ~ h. Hotel
Vail, one of the finest hostclriss in
the west.
At the business session Colorado
Springs was taken into the associa-
i, ton, and a committee was appointed
to show State Auditor Leddy what
the state thinks about Colorado de-
Tending its water rights against 9TH
er states by laying before him clip
pings from the different newspapers
supporting the payment OF the $4,000
aefense fund.
The association took the step after
sending men over the state, into the
rcmotest sections, for the purpose OF
asce7Aqing public sentiment on this
stately defending its water rights
again3A the dangers that threaten in
the foyyn of suits in the courts. The
auditor will be shown what the peo-
]
ing up of the appropriation constitut-
ing the defense fund,
The association adopted unani-
mously motion to give all possible
( publicity to the Santa Fe trail and the
| Rainbow Route and to assist i'll the
| mt vement to complete these routes
| and make them part of the Trans
continental highway which is being
,.ianned to be built from New York
city to San Francisco.
At the banquet Frank s. Hoag OF
the Pueblo Star Journal acted as
itoastmaster, and in the introduction
Nof ever speaker made remarks tina.
Hcaught the crowd, and the five hours
were one OF continual fun and enlight-
E|enment.
II ]. II. jenkins, secretary of the
llCommerce club OF Pueblo. was the
t1frst speaker. Mr.. jenkins is Il no
tlstranger to the editors OF the valley,
Iwho through their local papers have
lGuring the past year paid many COM
ailments to his ability as speaker
l,snd as a man who can enthuse the
|most unsympathetic audience. Mr..
fiIenkins, knowing the work that has
ilbeen done by the newspapers of the
VALLEY and the work that they will
icontinue to do at all times and under
all circumstance for the upbuildins
oi the valley. paid the ma high com
fpliment and said that it would be
through their efforts that the valley
association of commercial organiza-
fions could be revived and made an
instrument for much good in the fu-
iture, as it has been i'll the past. He
told of this work that had been done
in the valley in the good roads move
,nent - how the newspaper men