The Glenwood post., 1911-08-05
Big Get Together Banquet Thursday
Evening the Event Of the Season..
The knoCker Buried.
NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED FED

BADLY in this country Every ranchman
and citizen should feel under obligation
to keep the roads in good condition.
| Prevent bad roads by keeping the
irrigation water off of the highways.
| A ranchman will often spoil a good
road by letting irrigation water run
over it and cut it up because he hap
pens to be busy attending to his crops
or with other work when each man
| ought to feel personal responsibility
to at least refrain from damaging the
road along his own property
Mr.. Osgood was received in most
cordial way by his old neighbors and
, friends who deemed it an especial hon
| or to have him with them and his in.
| tensey practical talk on this very inn
portant subject was greatly enjoyed
by all.
''Politicians and Industrial Develop
ment' was the subject of an able ad-
dress by Col Meek of Marble and
father of the marble industry in this
state. Col. Meek dweit with considera-
bic feeling upon the spirit of hostility
80 Industrial development which. the
unscrupulous political demagogue has
been assiduously disseminating through
out this and other western states the
past few years.
"Colorado is one of the youngest
states in the Union and l think the
fairest and richest of all Fortunate
indeed are those of US who live here
We little realize the wonderful possl
bilities of this great empire. Behold
how the state has grown and devel-
oped in spite of all the class hatred
which has been injected into our indus
trial situation by the faddist, the agi-
tator, the demagogue and other enc
mics of real prosperity
The speaker told how he had seen
tracts of sage land of S. an acre value
Il few years ago, become paradises val
ued at $1,000 an acre and more. and
urged the people to get together with
hearts and brains for the general good
of this great state of such vast possi-
bilities.
Austin Gavin of Glenwood delighted
| the audience with string of funny
stories such as Austin is always loaded
with.
| Ollie Thorson of Glenwood represent
ed the Glenwood board of trade with
| splendid talk in which he urged the
get together spirit and especially ad-
vocated the habit of patronizing home
people. He surprised some of his hear
ers when he referred to the number OF
Montgomery Ward and Shears & Saw
buck catalogues that are sent to the
patrons of the Glenwood postoffice and
also told of over $4,000 sent out OF
the Genwood office last year to the
mail order houses for goods that ought
to be spent with the home merchants
who contribute to the churches, the
schools, the building of roads and tc
every good cause in the community.
DR.. E. L. Kennedy of Basalt made ar
interesting address along the line OF
boosting for western Colorado.
J. F. Kamm. the leading booster OF
New Castle, delivered ringing address
upon the subject Boosting Your Own
City" Kamm always makes good.
N. NJ Hubbard, who is but recent
arrival from Iowa, made very inter
esting talk on general topics
Father Carrigan told the audience
that in spite of his long residence il
Colorado he never really knew Colorado
nor realized her great possibilities un
til he became a resident of the western
slope. Father Carrigan is certainly :
royal booster for this western slop'
country.
W. R. Lee, president Of the Glen
wood board of trade, grew retrospect
i've and told something of Carbondal'
when he first knew it Is compared wit!
the present time. He also announces
that the next banquet Of the associa