La Junta tribune., 1913-05-03
COLORADO IMMIGRATION suasAu,
Organization Effected In Pueblo HAVING
In View the Advancement of imni.
grafton In the ARK ansss Valley

The Colorado immigration Bureau was
formally organized In Pueblo last Tues
day afternoon at IL joint mass meeting
OF members Of the Arkansas Valley
Commercial Association. boards of
county COMM ssioners, representative
OF the transportation bureaus OF the
railroads Of the Valley. and others in
tcr-sted In the advancement OF iuni-
grafton. There We're about one hun.
dred boosters among those pres, mt. prae
tically every city and town Ia the Ar
kansas Valley being represented. Those
In attendance from La Junta were J..
W. Fisher. A. {. Draper. r. j. Cook.
Il. Phillips. Park 5. Hyde and NJ. l..
McCaui.y.
u. r. Scribncr. who has been pr.si-
dent OF the Arkansas Valley connm.r-
cial Association for several terms. Was
elected president OF the new organization
and J, l.. Newell. secretary OF the Flor
cnce Chamber OF Commerce, was elect
ed secretary. Tn. other officers elect.
.d were: David Heaton, OF Salija, first
vice president; e. u. Hatch. Jr.. OF
Las Animas. second vice president. and
Il. Phillips. Of La Jun,a. treasurer.
Thes. officers will Ice assisted In
their work by seven directors, one to
be- selected from each uf the seven
southern Colorado counties represented
In the organization. These directors
will be nominated by tn. commcrrisi or
ganizations of the seven counties. and
the nominations will be presented IT, the
county commissioners and tn. selection
made hy them. As soon the direc-
tors are appointed there VIII h. a joint
meeting OF tn. elected officers with III.
directors Tor the purpose of discussing
the appointment of "a cummis sioner Of
immigration.
In the matter Of raising funds II Is
proposed to ask tn. county commission
.rs of each county to MAX. a levy OF
less than - mill on the assessed yalua-
upn after the assessment II mad. this
spring. This II expected to raise
one-half uf the money necessary to
conduct the business of the orgsnisa ton.
The other half viii b. met by the dif.
fcrcnt commercial organizations. II Is
expected that II viii tax. about see. 40
year To op~rat. tn. bureau.
1t In h"p-d that this organization viii
be rtri'tiy Arkansas Valley affair.
Already Denver II trying to haze the
d
a. ynnuati'n L. IN, 'ni that the cal
t"i city nns ...e m opportunity 10
hog all tn. piurns. nits and he icfits
that will result iron, a., .ff.-'iiv, All
v.rtising campaign OF iie opportun'ties
Of the Arkansas Valley. Although IL.
Arkansas Valley IL III" ric'.-t an.l
most promising agricultural domain In
III. stat. Of Colorado th-r" has been
very ltu. II any recognition III this
fact on Ia. part OF tn. capitol city
California has accomplished wonders
through advertising. and the Arkansas
Valley viii never come int" it, own un-
I'll II adopts similar methods TIL. Ar
kansas Valley IL IN. most attractive
spot On earth. agricuiiurally and cli-
maticaiiy, Ia tn. man who wants a
chance 4" succeed In life. II requires
less money and less energy to make
good than are requisite In any other
place californin. especially. not .N-
c"pt.d The trouble II that very few
p-opi. On earth at III" present Tim.
known OF III. opportunities and advan-
tages II III. Arkansas Valley. They
should b. Informed regularly and r.-
pcst-siiy. and ". know of no more .f.
fcctivs way than through the medium
of y monthly publication to be- known
as the Arkansas Valley Monthly" pat.
| termed after the "kacr~tncnto Naii.,
Monthly" the official publication oi
III" Sacr-nento Valley Development As-
ISOLATION. Il is publication abou,
the sis. of the SATURDAY Evening Post
| contains twenty -four pages each
month. and III. subscription price I,
~ cents per year. \ monthly pubiica
tion " this Kind would do III. Arkhn.
nss Valley NOR. good than tons oi
booklets issued periodically.