The Holly chieftain., 1920-04-29
What 1t Really Is and Pur.
poses Doing.
SEEMS TO DE MANY
WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND
Clear Statement Of Its Origin, It's
Purpose and Plan Of Campaign
to PoPpulats This Section With
Bona Eide Settlers.

What is the Great Southwest As
ISOLATION?
The Chieftain finds that there are
some who do not yet fully under
stand what the Greap Southwest
Association originated In the mind
consists.
The idea for the Great Southwest
Associations riginated in the mind
of Baca county business man who
conceived the idea of organizing all
the short grass country into one
body for the purpose of putting
on q nationwide campaign to tell
the world of the wonderful ad-
vantages of this section OF the cOun-
try.
The general climatic and other
physical conditions OF Southwest
Kansas, Northwest Oklahoma and
Southeast Colorado being almost
identical, the idea presented itself
of grouping these sections OF three
states into one organization.
Accordingly meeting was called
to convene at Dodge City, Kansas,
on January End Of this year. This
meeting was announced in the pa
pers and everyone was invited. 1t
was attended by nearly 800 bust
ness men from the three states, and
at that meeting an organization
was perfected.
The plan Of the organization Is
to spend the sum of s25. 900 I'm q M
tion-Witlv bampAign 30 tell Of the
great resources and advantages of
southeastern Colorado, southwest
ern Kansas and northwestern
Oklahoma.
This fund is being raised by sub
scriptiOn among the business men
of the territory benefited, and is
based upon an assessment OF one
tenth of one per cent of the bank
deposits on Dec. 31st, 1919.
The slogan of the organization is
'NeighbOrs and Citizens Wanted"
and the Advertising Campaign is
being conducted with this slogan
as the catch line.
At the present time full page ad-
vertisements are being carried in,
all the larger farm journals and
some of the large daily papers Of
the east, and the office of the gen.
eral secretary of the association is
receiving hundreds of inquiries,
from all over the United States
from persons who are looking for
new homes.
The idea is advanced some times
that this is a land selling scheme
and that the real estate men
should bear the expense of it. OF
course, it is to be hoped that ev-
cry man that comes west will buy
land, but if he does he will spend
his money here. 1t is reasonable to
assume that a man with family,
moving into Holly district will
spend $1,000 the first year he is
here. and that there would be a
profit of 1919 on his purchases, for
the merchants who sell him mer-
chandise. On this basis the town
of Holly would show profit of
5000 the first year for each man
who comes here as a result of this
assume that located as we are, the
gateway to PrOwers and Baca cOun-
ty, this campaign should bring. at
q conservative figure, 30 families
the first year into Holly's territory,
on which our merchants and busi-
ness men would expect to realize
a profit of not less than $1,000, so
it seems a very simple matter to
conclude that this campaign is
good for every one that is doing
business in Holly or lives in the
Holly district, for while new people
are coming in, land values will be
advancing. and more farmers will
produce more wealth to be spent
and invested in Holly.
It looks to The Chieftain like a
big idea and one that should be
looked at as business proposition
in a big way
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