The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-08
To Promote Fertile Corners
Of Three States.
BIG coNFERENCE HELD
At DODGE CITY MONDAY
Southeastern Colorado, Southwest-
srn Kansas and Northwestern
oklahema to Pool Efforts in Ex.
ploitation Of Farming Section.

The Commercial Club met Tues
day night for the purpose of hear
ing report of the committee ap.
pointed Saturday afternoon at q
special meeting to attend confer
ence at Dodge City Monday after
noon and evening for the purpose
of arranging publicity and pro-
motion program for the coming
year in behalf OF southwestern
Kansas, Southeastern Colorado and
Northwestern Oklahoma and Tex
as and Northeastern New Mexico
and their natural resources. Presi-
dent A. Nj. Dicks was out OF the
city and L. M. Appel presided.
The delegation from Holly who
attended the Dodge City meeting,
which included a splendid banquet
Monday evening, included Chas A.
Pinkham, f. J. Thayer and John
Duncan.
Col. L. II. Harris of Philadelphia,
who chanced to be in Holly Tues
day evening on other business, and
| because of the fact that he had been
| one of the gOvernment's dOllRr-a-
year men during the war, serving
| in the ordnance and other depart
ments, and had also been in Europe
during a portion of his patriotic
service. was invited to address the
club on publicity and promotion.
The cOlOnel's address, which Is
! briefly reviewed slseNlfere In this
issue, was very practical in many
ways and will doubtless be of
! benefit to the club in Its various
activities during the coming year.
Mr.. Appel took occasion to say
that it was really a relief to see or
| hear the fur brushed the wrong
way" in view of the fact that the
average speaker generally at
tempts to say something pleasing
if not altogether practical. He also
thought we should advertise
broadly of our great resources, agri-
culture and dairying.
E. ]. Thayer. cashier of the First
National bank, on behalf of the
Holly delegation, then gave a splen-
did outline of the Dodge City con-
ference. Mr.. Thayer in substance
said that the general purpose OF
the conference was to formulate a
definite plan for advertising this
vast section as an undeveloped
agricultural and dairy region with
q view to populating it with bona
fde farmers, dairymen, and poul-
trymen. To cover the section above
outlined adequately in systematic
publicity campaign the conference
composed of $50 to 200 delegates
from q counties in the states in
terested- decided after compre
hensive address by representative
from the Rankin Advertising Ag..
ency of Chicago, that s25,0OO should
be raised at once as publicity
fund. 1t was unanimously agreed
that this campaign should cover
the whole section and without
partiality as to any particular part
OF the country covered.
The Dodge City club manifested
it's good faith by pledging $1,000 to-
ward the fund. A committee of
seven was then selected from the
states represented to meet at
Dodge City Feb. % when board of
q governors will be selected to
have charge of the publicity cam
paign, assess the quota each part
of the section is to raise and at
tend to the collection of the same.
Though not definitely fixed it was
thought Prowers county's portion
of the advertising fund would be
approximately $1,000, of which Holly
and vicinity would be required to
raise probably half.
Mr.. Thayer stated that while this
enterprise might be generally char
acterized as purely a real estate
mems boom, that such was not the
case; that it was the paramount
purpose of the movement to secure
actual. practical farmers or dairy
men to occupy this vast territory.
At this junctue the fallacy of
the assertion that it was a move |
ment on the part OF the real estate
men OF the country it was clear
ly pointed out; that real estate men
usually get but one chance at the
newcomer while the business men
and others continue to live upon"
this same newcomer or settler ever |
after. Why jump on the real estate
man at any stage; for how would !
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