The Holly chieftain., 1919-01-23
Holly Commercial Club Is
Getting Under Way.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM MARKS
MONDAY NIGHTS SESSION
Week of Farmers Short Course and
Cow Testing Club Program Being
Planned to Be Held at High
School Building Soon.

The biggest, busiest year in its
history for the Holly Commercial
club has already gotten under way,
if the splendid enthusiasm mani
tested at last Monday nights meet
ing is any criterion.
For lack of quorum OF the city
council the remaining city solons
gave way for the Commercial club
session and also joined in the in
formal discussions of the club, and
it was lively forum in prepara-
tion for the clubs start.
President A. NJ. Dicks stated that
Supt. Shanner of the High school,
had invited the clubs enlistment
in behalf of a weeks short course
in farming at the High school with
in the next month, when it is pro
posed to have able men from the
State Agricultural college at Fort
Collins, address the school and the
farmers families in attendance on
various topics of interest to both
dry and irrigated land farming.
Along this line Engineer Frank
Smith of the A. V. Land Co, sug-
gested cooperation with the Cow
Testing club in its annual cOnven-
ton, that the two might constitute
a sort OF Farmers institute as it
were, and elicit lAlge attendance.
AS result of these suggestions
President A. NJ. Dicks and Supt.
Shannery were appointed commit
tee to arrange for coalition. of the
High school farm week and COW
testing meet, the program and date
of which will be announced later.
President Dicks sounded the key
note of the club when he urged that
cooperation and enthusiasm was
the soothing syrup which brought
people together and resulted in
harmonious constructive effort. Up
on the full exercise and expression
of these principles, Mr.. Dicks urged,
depended success of the club and
its achievements for the benefit of
Holly and vicinity for the ensuing
year, and called for free expression
of promotion ideas of those present.
Engineer +. w. Smith of the A. V.
Land Co., and who is one of the
ardent members of the board of di-
rcctors of the Stub, declared that
good roads was one of the biggest
an most valuable things to be con-
sidered from now on and that it
should be taken up by the club i'm
mediately after the membership
drive, and as soon thereafter as the
club could arrange definite, con-
structive plan of action. 1t was
asserted that Holly and vicinity
have practically no good roads out
side of the Santa Fe trail, whereas
much money and labor have been
spent in the west end of the cOun
ty on the roads. 1t was also urged
that business men of Holly must
take hold of this matter in earnest
if the town is to realize it's share of
the trade in it's large territory.
Along this line President Dicks
of the club, urged that every bus
mess man in town owed it to his
own interest to become an active
member of the club and take part
in the various programs outlined
for growth and development of the
town and county.
HI. l.. Christman, the Syracuse,
kas., auctioneer, who recently mov-
cd to Holly, was called upon and
briefly stated that he was glad to
cooperate with people and town
who were trying to do something
for themselves He said he needed
the support of Holly and its peo-
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