The chronicle=news., 1913-05-05
FR|AR MEMBER
Of new SCHOOL
Of community
BOOSTERS

u ani u believer In belief. I shall
talk. preach and write the gospel Of
believing. Relieving myself such
things as I shall talk. preach and
write about Colorado. Trinidad and
Las Animss county. may lie able
to induce others to believe. be-
lieve In boosting all the time. Trini-
tories. above all Il is essential that
Trinidad people he imbued with the
booster spirit. Let us all pull to-
Kether for the advancement OF Trim
idsd and Las Animas county,
This In = sample Of the common
sense philosophy OF Victor n. friar
the new secretary OF the chamber OF
commerce who was seen at his desk
for the first time today. The Sec
retary Ia young man who In m
evangelist OF the new school os COM
munity boosting. He is not SER
monizer but worker. Tie hus been
trained In commercial club work and
in the gentle art OF publicity. lie
believes In believing and above all
believes In doing things.
MIR. Friar 10 u former newspaper
man. His first fling IA, the game
wss ON the E:mporin Gazette. owned
by the famous william Allen White.
who wrote those never to be forgot
ten stories I'm Our Town. For
some time he was OH the STAFF of the
Kansas City Star and came hero
from Pueblo. where he has been
closely connected with the Commerce
club Of that city. lie wax At ont
time with the advertising depart
sent fthe Santa fc railroad aud
h1s most recent activities have been
- an organizer Of tho ''Industrioas
Order Of White Ants" tho only -.
~ scaltsr fneEaai1ni!on =. the
elIs ~ -sSs's'
e 9As sscfssAsS esao hsrc hiEhly
recommended by J. n. Jdhkins. scc-
retary Of the Pueblo comcrcc club.
Hs brings with him progressive idcas
snd the energy and rcsourccfnlncss
that In essential to secretary who
expects to accomplish results. Ills
BELIEF" In the future Of Trinidad
~ the commercial center of the
southwest, nx one Of the growing cit
ics Of Colorado has already taken
root. His talking. preaching aud
writing begins today.
Tho firsi work Of the new sccrc-
tary will he to start mcml,ershii' T.
campaign. lie expects to got out
with the membership committee and
make n canvass. lie wants to VEG
the Trinidad chamber Of commerce
one Of the iivcst commercial orrani-
zations In Colorado and he has map
ped out u long program of work that
will bring recognition TO iais city
tlOnx the lines that will cnablc the
S,ty to grow and build mp. lie farors
tho working out OF the plan for bet
ter lighting OF the down town streets
the plan OF placing ornamental lamp
,pos,s on the comcreiai street bridge.
and throughout the business district
and particularly IL Interested In the
Gxploltatton of the natural resources
Of the county. that the people OF
other parts may know what oppor'u-
nties are offered In agriculture.
stock raising. etc. HIS hobby In an
"Informatton bureau" that will en-
able any citizen to secure data ana
statistics relative to coal and coke
output. agricultural conditions. all
OF which Is valuable information To
send out. Mr.. Friar believes to a
Ercat extent in working in harmony
with the newspapers that the COM
anuuity may be advertised locally
anu IN state papers.
Viewing the new sccretns, by
and large" as our friend Sam Blythe
would, say. he looks like "tvs
wire" He looks and acts and talks
like a young man who does not know
Of the existence Of the hook worm
He Ii a white ant but boosts not
secretly. He Intends to give his
entire time to the work Of being Sec
retary and to putting forth every cf-
fort and energy toward helping the
merchants to broaden their fields oi
trade and to putting Trinidad on tho
map in bigger letters.
In this work MIR. Friar can be as
sured Of the loyal and unfailing sup
port OF the Chronicle-News. ~