The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-24
BORDER DAYS, ITS POSSIBLY
TIES AND BENEFITS.

TIES AND BENEFITS.
If what may be considered reliable
Information from disinterested out
side sources is to be accepted as
true, few If any of our citizens under
stand or appreciate the wide scope Of
advertising which Grangeville has re-
ceived and the enviable position
which 1t occupies before the world to-
the Border Days venture of last year.
The Idea was conceived and brought
forth under very discouraging sur
roundings, and at times 1t appeared
as II further movement forward was
out of the question, there were so
many unnecessary and unreal obstac-
les that would arise at every point to
block the progress of the plans as set
forth.
Some of these obstacles came from
honest differences of opinion, and
some were from causes not so good
nor SO genuine. The plans were not
entirely perfect, nor were the men
who managed the affair, and as a
consequence numerous mistakes, some
real and some entirely unnecessary,
were made. But at the close of the
four days show, when all the mis-
takes and blunders and chickering's and
contentious had been placed In one
side of the scales and the general
results of the event for good had
been placed In the other, Border Days
was pronounced q success and 1t was
admitted by even the most reluctant.
that our town had received great i'm
mediate benefit therefrom.
However, to those who can look
deeper than the surface, the results
which at the close of the show caus-
ed all to pronounce 1t a success, will
in nowise compare in magnitude and
importance with those which have
since been made manifest. Those af.
ter results have come through a num-
Der of sources, not least among
which is the pictures taken at the
show, which have gone the world owe
since that date and have given mil.
lions on millions of people who had
never heard of It before, to under
stand that there Is town on the
map called Grangeville, and that It ie
worthy OF recognition for one thing
at least, II for no other, and that IL
that It has pulled off one Of the very
best western border days events evel
shown the public.
The treatment accorded the visitor
to our town at that time, the fact tina
grating and overcharges of all kind
were tabooed, and that the hospital
ity of the town was proffered all, hal
been carried broadcast by those VIII,
participated In the entertainment fea
lures as well as the spectators, all o
whom were turned into boosters b.
the friendly and courteous conduct O
our people.
Last years success laid q founda
ton for far greater things this year
and that those things are going to b
fully realized there Is not the shade,
of doubt, unless some unforsee
and inconceivable upheaval or dowI
pour of natural elements should wip
things up locally, or some other III
expected and unreasonable thin
should occur. for the outside "sign
are right" for the greatest Assem-
blage of people on September IL
90, ever witnessed in central Idaho
This Is not the vaporings of irrespoI
sible "hot-air artists" but comes froI
the heads of the leading railroads {
the northwest and the transcontil
entail lines. The Northern Pacific
advertising Border Days for and wild
all of the menus on it's various line
carrying an advertisement of tn
event in a prominent place. and tn
officials predict an attendance I
10000 people at the show from on
side points. other railroads corro
crate the predictions of the N. F
and the officers at the head of tt
other wild west" shows are free
admit that Border Days stands
the head of all similar shows. in Il
public eye.
If these estimates of the lmpor
ance of Border Days are true. VIII
does 1t mean to our town? To get
down more personal, what does
mean to each citizen and man in bu
ness? Certainly 1t must mean suffi
lent to him that he should not wa
to kill 1t off. or even obstruct it
In any way cripple it's success. To
true to his town and the general got
bow can he help but be booster +
It, no matter whether he agrees full
with all the plans or not? Let
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