The Arvada enterprise., 1919-01-23
dancing and social pleasures.

dancing and social pleasures.
.In,s SPACIOUS and magnlflcentiy
nppointcd nail nad been specially de.-
,ratcd IN honor of the occasion under
tho nersonal supers lsion Of the gen
erous hosts, gAr. ana mrs. 1a1eS al"
al each o,ale tloated q deiicately COZ
ored balloon, with the INSCRIPTION OF
.welcome. Ye Editors," on one sde'
Mr. Gates portrate On the other ana
an advertisement OF the Gates HAIL
Sole Tires on another.
A six-plece jazz" band was play
nm overture of welcome in q cove
ono s,de OF the room and Mrs. Gates
with bevy OF happy-iaced MAIDS
stood attention to every tabiA to see
that their guests were made to iee'
ut home.
Mr. Alexander, the escort Of the
party from the Airany to the 1ae'ois
introduced the company TO tneir cor
a,al and nospitaDie hosts, and theh
announced that they had just rece"-
cd nv airplane route from Seattle a
fresh consignment Of whale meat
which was now served.
You can well imagine the eager
ness with which this announcement
was met by the proverDlal hungry
editor and it Is needless to say thae
the announcement brought forth q
roar of applause.
vi course the photo man was right
on the job and several snapshots OF
the "ravenous aggregation" were ta-
en- "before and after"
But presently the frivolity that had
held sway gave way to the real I'M
portance of the occasion, and the cd
itors were grouped about their host
to listen to a revelation most inspir-
ing and convincing. Mr.. Gates in a
most informal and pleasing manner
unfoloed the tale of what an ideal
in the mind of man of dauntless
courage has wrought, right here IN
Denver-in Colorado-that much
n,aligned State in the realm of COM
mercialism.-That State which hith-
erto has had nothing to recommend it
t. the capitalistic world but superb
mountain scenery and sage and cac-
tus brush. Even the editors assem-
bled had no conception of the vast
resources which this old state with its
rocks and crannies holds that should
attract the man with the ideals and
capital, looking for investment, until
it was revealed to them by this man
of experience, who in six short years
having waved his magic wand and, in
the place Of baron waste on a few va
cant acres, has sprung an industry
the magnitude of which battles dc.
scription. Here it was that six years
ago, In a small way manufactured
of automobile tire leather half soles
began to ply his trade with the as
sistance Of one industrious tho un-
sophisticated youth. But time went
on and US the bean stalk of "Jack, the
Giant Killer" grew, SO did the indus.
Try Of the Gates Half-solc grow until
today, out Of its own earnings, it has
become u S5.OOO.OOO concern, GOV.
cring perhaps full city block, with
unit utter unit of buildings Of ths
most modern architecture and of the
most modern equipment for the man
ufncture not only of the Gates Half.
Sole tires. but of thrce-fifths of the
haltcrs manufactured in the United
States. and 80 per cent Of the auto
mobile fun belts used.
Here is the evidence founded upor
the rock of experience that Colorado
is not omly desirable place to man
facturc of automobile accessories
and automobile tires, but for man,
other lines of industry.
To put it bluntly, the editors wcr,
simply swept off their feet by thi.
master builders enthusiasm for Col
orado and Denver as the mecca fol
every line Of industry. Lack o
space and time forbids further dc
tnil Of what We saw. but II il enough