The Glenwood post., 1911-02-18

Rifles great annual joy feed last
Wednesday evening was the real event
of the season and those who failed to
attend it certainly missed something
worth while.
The special train, provided through
the courtesy of the Colorado Midland,
steamed out of Glenwood just a little
after five clock with about 40 pas
sengers on board. New Castle added
over 40 and Silt took on 26 more.
Some were picked up at Chapman and
Antlers and when the train pulled up
to the Rifle station the crowd numbered
one hundred and twenty five.
Behind Rifle splendid band the
crowd was marched up the street to the
Dreamland theater in the Odd Fellows
building where the banquet was to be
given. Although places had been pro-
vided for $50 it was soon seen that
the house could not hold the visitors
and the townspeople who were present
and Fred G. Shaifer WHO presided as
-
toastmaster was obliged to ask the
home people to stand aside and make
room for the visitors. This little inc;-
dent, unpleasant though it was. proved
Rifle S need of a larger building but the
home people accepted the situation
philosophically and proved their un
sefishness by the most courteous treat
ment to their neighbors and visitors.
After the invocation by Rev. Me
Carly the guests were advised by Toast
master Shaffer to ''Grin and Go To 1t ~
and then the banquet began. This was
a "ioy feed - in real earnest, the ladies
of the First Christian church serving
in splendid fashion the following:
Bullion Waters
Roast Chicken with Dressing
Cream Potatoes Gravy
Cream Peas la Tart
Cranberry Jelly Olives
Bread Butter
Waldorf Salad Waters
Vanilla Ice Cream
Angel Food Devil S Food
Sailed Almonds
Hot Coffee Mints
After this generous provision for the
"'inner man. the speaking was begun
by Alva A. Swain, state editor of the
Pueblo Chieftain who took for his sub
ject ''What Boosting Has Accomplished
For Colorado
Mr.. Swain opened his address by the
following quotation of Governor Yates
of Illinois who addressed the Colorado
legislature on Lincoln's birthday.
"I have never met visitor from
the happiness and hopefulness of your
people, your general prosperity and the
possibilities of your future"
"That," said Mr.. Swain, "is local
publicity of the best kind. To impress
visitors with our happiness, our hope
fulness. our prosperity and our posi-
bilities is an achievement well worth /
all the efforts it has taken. Fifty years
ago Colorado was looked upon as the
western edge of the great American |
desert, as a mountainess country tit |
only for wild beasts and Indians and
thoughts of its future were along the /
lines of the cost to mountain forts for
the protection of those who were eros
sing overland to the California IS be
yond. Today Colorado commands an
attentive position in the minds of the /
world 1T is truly the ideal farm of
the west. the gold mine of the Union,
the fruit orchard of America, the health |
restorer for the world and the swas-
tika for all ambitions.
''Such change could only have been
brought about through constant care
full and truthful publicity, not only
in publications, but in conversations
and letters back home.
"Last summer I stopped at fruit
stand in Queenstown, Canada, and in
quired the price of apples.
"tThcse,' said the merchant, 'are