La Junta tribune., 1916-02-19
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accomplishes. or tries 10 aceon0o1G
is told 30 well In letter uritt40 ~
the secretary OF the DavenDoet
tiows) Commercial Club . ~
Sioux City club that the Un1ta1
States chamber OF commefeo ~
sent the letter or copies Of II q ~
member organizations. inciudinS ~
Pueblo Commerce club. y
DAVENPORT COMMERCIAL cLuD
Irving C. Norwood. Sserstary.
Saturday. Jsne -. 1915.
W. 4. Holmes. Secretary Commsei1
al Club. Sioux City. Iowa.
Dear Bill: Your questionairs ~
ceived. Why is II. when an os1la-
kfily sensible individual prsDaP0o
one Of those Internal things. b ~
variably leaves a lot 0 fspaee uheeo
none Is required and leaves nose a.
all where a page Is needed?
/ have discarded the questionaleo,
and you'll find all the facts IN ths
following. as briefly stated ~ p0ae)-
BILE.
In the summer Of 1912 the secre-
tary OF this organization and tAe
president Of the First National bank.
who is a live one and wanted %
make himself solid with the soil til
iers. toured Scott county in 1903 n
a Cadiliace visible. distributing M
erature. calling meetings. tickeelng
the bell cows OF every township and
doing other needful things. In co.
nection with the Information oe .
county agricultural organisattoo.
The Commercial Club provided N
office. furniture. stenosrsphic helD
and other necessities. the govern
ment contributed $1,000 . year. ~
business men OF Davenport dug ~
an even larger sum and the far0efs
OF Scott county yielded tl3l.1S.
With favoring wind. their means
could be heard for miles.
Chcered by the results. we induc-
ed a kindly millionaire With . Dea-
chant for agriculture TO guarantees
the payment OF any deficit that
might be incurred. and launehed
the Scott County Farm lmprovs0eat
League upon n chilly world. TAsa
we bought = second hand foedeaS
and = tank Of gasoline. hired . ~
emn young man from Ames, and vs
we're ready for business.
Our success was not exactly IN
mediate. Although the young nan
from Ames can tell from looking q
u rolled oat whether Il was planted
with \ drill or . shotgun. and b
equally proficient In other direc-
tions. he was nj first the object Of
considerable suspicion. Some far
mers met him on the wrong side Of
the front gate with their hands %
their lngcrroils. and some Of them
shooed their stock In the barn When
the secondhand fordcar hove il
sight. His advice was ss welcome
as = case OF smallpox aud was fol-
lowed as literally rs the ten com.
mandents.
And when he insisted that there
were better methods OF testing seed
corn than by looking nj Il wisely
through n pair OF ic-ceht specs: that
cholera serum Was not invented By
biackhcartcd confidence men to sep
arate the farmer from his loose
change: that alfalfa viii grow Ia
Scott county. and that sprayed trees
yield more and better fruit. he was
looked upon a. 4 hopeless and dan
Eeroas iunaiic.
Two years elapsed.
Tested corn came up and untest.
ed corn did not. scrum.ireated hogs
lived and untrcaied hogs died spray.
cd orchards bore fruit and unspray-
ed orchards did not. alfalfa grew
and thrived and returned big yields.
The farmers bcKan 20 smile upon
the young man from Amcs. some
gave him bus,ermilk. A few invit-
cd him 10 supper. The live bank
president began 10 believe some Of
bis own agricultural predictions.
Thr secretary Of this orsanirssioa
began 70 hope. And the farmers be-
saa 10 sive up money.
Another year slipped by.
Ths secondhand fordear and the
yousg man from Ancs are welcome
gussss 90 every farm. The lire bans
psssadsst b known - the farmerss
frIssl asd bis rural deposits make
hin blusA. Tue secretary Of shie
ofganlaa1loa calls the farmsrs -