The daily sentinel., 1912-06-27

T.. T.. IulOCk was tOaStUlaSleE ana
introduced Hon. William Weiser. Mr..
Weiser talked on harmony of the
common or garden variety. In the
heighth of his eloquence, however.
the waitress Interrupted a peroration
by placing a platter OF roast ham
with champagne sauce in front of
the speaker and his flow of oratory
simmered down to a state secondary
To his appetite His talk, however.
was strongly optimistic and placed
the audience in a high good humor
Senator Horace 7. De Long cover
ed several important topics in his
speech He referred to the certainty
OF the Greeters' home being located
in this city If the national organiza-
ton endorses the proposition next
Monday, He spoke of the coming
visit of the national geographers in
Septembe and of the plans for
their entertainment. New ideas for
the Mountain Water day celebration
were advanced and the speaker
dwelt interestingly on other matters
incident to harmonious boosting"
Dr. Fl. Freudenberger urged that
more advertising be done on the
proposition of the health advantages
of the city He declared that no
spot in the world. to his knowledge
is freer from disease or has lower
death rate. '
George l.. Crawford was called on
to tell of the advantages of the city
lie declared that the irriga tion pos
slbilities of the Grand valley needed
more emphasis. Other sections may
have our equal in soils, he said, but
few, If any, have our advantages in
plentitude of water
Mr.. Crawford was given an ova-
tion as he sat down.
l.. Il. Storm made a pertinent sug-
sestion in reference to Increasing the
iobbing enterprises in Grand juno
tion. He said that Denver and Pu-
eblo were making strenuous efforts
to get western slope wholesaling
busines in spite of the recently gain
ed rate advantages "Why don't we
go after this business?' he asked
The packing houses which have
branch offices in Grand Junction are
doing from 100000 to $1,000, 900
worth of business annually when
the Denver houses were on an equal
basis with us on rates. With the re-
duced tariff sheets in force Grand
Junction ought to get this business
and ought to go after it" Mr. Storm
suggested a trade excursion into the
Telluride Paonia sections
with the idea of putting Grand juno
tion on the map with the retailers
of those towns. s15 -t i'.rF IFS
He referred to the C. ID. Smith
Drug company and the Bower-Derry
Cigar company as instances of the
growth of the jobbing business al
ready attained in this city. no
Suggestion was made that Charles
Lee Watson had acted in most
public-spirited manner in donating
his legal services in the freight rate
fight, and, on, motion an enthusiastic
vote of thanks was rendered Mr.
Watson iby the Club, VIM
Bert Fairman referred to the pos
sibility of getting some good ball
teams in this summer for the games
here. The Redmen's team of Pueblo
is making a western slope trip and
wants a game with Grand Junction.
NJ. c. Ramsey advanced the sug-
gestion of installing one or more
bubbling fountains at the depot as
an advertisement of our new mount,
ain water system "
T. NJ. Edwards, president of the
club, announced that the luncheon
IL
the next occurring two weeks from |
today
James Fisk closed the meeting |
with timely story on harmonious |
color schemes as an aid to popularity. |
Among those present were: T. NJ
Edwards, E. E. Udlock. NJ. c. Ramey.
V. c. Talbert, V. E. Northorp. T. NJ.
Todd, Edwin Price Edgar A. Rider |
b. A Fairman, Horace r De Long,
DR., H. G. Fisher of Montrose, NJ. o.
Delaplain, l.. E. Storm, George L.
Crawford, C. B. Rich, J. b Matthews.
B. NJ. Hebard. Frank Merrill. T. l..
Breed, ]. j. Weiggmann, George
Bullock, E. R. Heflin, W. S. Sullivan,
T. w. Primrose. William Weiser, ].
II. Fisk, A. r, Gormley, f. ]. Robert
son, Fl. A. Poker DR.. H. Freuden-
berger. Harry Burnett. Karl A Bick-
Ell and ]. E. Moorhead