The Monte Vista journal., 1916-02-12


we have had in the state of Colorado
this year 1t was not because you
had better men here from the col
lege than they had in other places,
but it was because the men from the
college had better local success than
any other place.
You men have done wisely in TAX
ing the boys into partnership. Some
how the American fathers have got
ten away from playing with the
boy. We kick because the young
fellow has different interests from
what we have We forget that when
we were the age of our boys, we
were causing our fathers to say
DARN" We were causing a whole
lot of trouble. When your boys
cause you trouble, remember that
you caused your dad whole lot of
trouble, and that you are only get
ting yours now.
I want to say, men, that you, as
an association, will not get the pleas
ure from better farming, or from a
stronger community, or anything
that you can do, that you can get
and will get, if you will keep in CO.
operation with these boys. But what
a glorious chance you have, and l
know that you all realize it.
DIR. Geo. Glover
Mr.. breckenridge: My good friend
DR.. Glover says that he has made
new scientific discovery. He says
that he has discovered it to be
scientific fact that the ankle is placed
between the knee and the foot to
keep the calves away from the corn.
My Sons and Grand Sons. l notice
you were introduced to various
speakers, and Mr.. Breckenridge
makes the remark that "he also Is
good looking man." until he got to
me- Then he tried to apologize by
making an exception-a good-look-
ing exception.
l heard a little poem one time,
and I want to tell it to you.
Where there am much smoke, there
am sure to be some fire,
And he who talks the honestest, am
sure the biggest liar,
And he who at camp meeting does
the loudest bray and shout,
Am sure to rob hen roost before
the week am out.
Now, talk about Preparedness.
why I have a lecture on Prepared
ness, and it takes an hour and twen-
ty minutes to tell it. Gentlemen, /
am sorry for you, but I am afraid
you are in for it.
| am going to prove to you on the
contrary in ten minutes, that pre-
paredness is often a fake, delusion
and a snare. The first proof l have
of this, you have an ocular and au-
ditory demonstration. I am here to-
night to make speech, and l am not
prepared. Now, preparedness is all
right in certain cases, and under
other circumstances and cases 1t Is
all fOlly-it Is wrong. Now, a man
was asked one time to make speech
after dinner. He got up and STAN
mered Gentlemen, l am not In the
habit of speaking in public, and I do
not like to make fool OF myself
when I am not prepared Well,
that is a good deal the way I feel.
This matter of preparedness! | feel
as though | am on very insecure
foundations.
Man moves in mysterious way,
his blunders to perform. On the
other hand occasionally we have ex-
amples of where people will get to-
gether and work together with one
object in view and accomplish really
wonderful things. You ought to feel
good tonight with hogs at $3.50 and
lambs at s11.15, and I am informed
that there were more notes paid off
in the banks this year. and more
money in the ban"s now this year
in the valley than there ever has
hoen in anv previous wear. Now
that is not the result of natural con-
ditions. 1t is result in measure
of the good feeling OF cooperation
throughout the valley, and especially
in this district Now. mutual help.
fulness makes for mutual happiness
and for success, and when we car
get the idea Of combining our forces
and hitting the line together. why Il
seems like there is nothing that viii
prevent us from making touch
down, but where every fellow Is 60