Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-08
ARE YOU A BOOSTER?
 IF YOU ARE Are You q Moose Booster?

The motto of Che Loyal Order of Moose cone for an and all for one" is the true receipt for boosterism. It contains the directions for manly rec iprocity. which is yitauy important to the ultimate welfare of our social and business careers.
 Boosters are self-made and no in. herent quality can within itself pro- duce a spirit within a man along the lines Of being booster. Each has within him thei subtle potion which if properly nmtured and developed win expand and grow until he can real ly appreciate the fact that there i. a truth underlying the statement that the longest way round is the short est road to success in other words that within the act Of assisting dhers We are deyeloping in others desire to assist us in projects that are neal and dear to our hearts The highest type Of American citizenship are our boosters Men who have an mceas ing desire to assist with an the pro jects that aim at the bettermeut oi conditions. Some men remind us O, a bear tied to stake and traye, around within one little prescribed circle thinking only of themselves and self qualification They think on. ly of their own projects and have nc thoughts for others or other interests Such a fellow receives just such sup port as the world is forced to give him and not one whit more Did yol ever stop to think that in one respec. true boosterism is like charity inas much as it should begin at home? Tn real, sure-enough booster has a har py home. filled with sunshine, and he cndeavors to create and maintain witt in his family a condition that is in aC cord with the manner in which ht desires to pursue his daily duties in the business world
 In creating this condition he has secured for himself a never failing supply of the essential potion that makes him a success. How much good it does a fellow to have somr one slap him on the back in the morn ng and say. Well, old boy. ] kuov you are going Co succeed today be cause you are filled with the righ, kind of stdn" Such a send-on as thi is little like She breakfast food that the advertiser used to say "woul, make you want to walk to work. Every positive has a negative. auC when the word booster was coined its negative was also brought forth Tho negative of the booster is commonly known as knocker When We hca this appellauye applied to any maI we know at once that he is a fellov that the community would highly ap preciate the opportunity to attend hi funeral and in most cases fifty yolun tcer pallbcarers could be secured oI fifteen minutes notice Did you ever go home with a fellow whose dol would go under the porch when 1t say him coming That is .sure sigr that the fellow t not a booster Yoj cant fool the dog When you enter this mans home you win find his wife and children have allowed their per sonaiItie- 10 die while in the presence of the crouch and crab. The mockei Is am unceasins critic of thc action. of others and seems to rest easy iI the thought chat he is perfection per sonitied What he needs is goo, thorough course of selfeAammatioI and little dose of facts concernin. how others view his contemptible con duet When a fellow of the knocke. class dies everybody wants him bur. jed by the fire department in doublt quick time. and don't want thC minis Ger to euloeize much on the possimi ties Of the resurrection Of the deceas td. They al agree that che proper epitaph 'at rCst' fits the case exactly Not so much for the departed as foi those leh behind Gee, we would hate 10 live life like that and have everyone who was unfortunate enough ! Co know us be waiting Go celebrate out death
 it is gratifying Co know that the boosters are in the overwhelming ma jority and knockers in the painful minority Bisbee Lodge is livini testimonial 10 the efforts of true b0osterism. True it is that the Al. mighty has been good 10 us in show erlns upon us an the natural resours ! es in abundance but it Is also true | that these same natural resources were here many gears ago But with ! in ihe past tbree years the boosters , have inrreuspdeitbe ulembership Of Bisbre Lodge from nothing Co four nIndrcd grand and noble work