The Dolores star., 1920-01-23
Friday, January 73, 1920
MAKING THE BLADES GROW

To gather the virgin resources
from thousand hills together in
one spot and make it rich is not
a great achievement. but to make
a hundred blades of grass grow
where one grew before, to so assist
natures laws that natures produc-
tion is multiplied and natural
wealth increased many fold. that
is an achievement worth our while.
Success is always relative matter.
Some people find success ready
made to their hands and it would
be great disappointment if they
did not do something to some real
purpose. Others battle their way
to success over difficulties that are
almost insuperable. They may
not accomplish as much as others
who had better opportunity, but
the glory of achievement is theirs
They made their success. 1t was
the result of their own effort and
genius. Ii means more than it
would if he had only to go out and
pick it up. Likewise it is greater
achievement to create wealth than
to 60 out and gather in that which
has already been created"
The story of growing the blades
of grass is an old and true one, and
no one wishes to belittle the efforts
OF the man who tills the soil.
But did you ever stop to think what
part the town plays in this blade of
grass growing business. We
doubt very much if the editor of
the imes.Tribune is acquainted
with the wonderful growth of the
agricultural sections about Dolores.
Within the past ten years great
farms, which are now yielding
annually large crops Of grain. hay
and fruit. have been carved from
the virgin forest to the south of
Dolores, and within the past seven
years the north mesa has become
the home OF many prosperous
farmers. In fact the country is
improving SO fast that those of us
who are living right here in its
midst can not keep track of its
growth. Then there is the vast
area of dry country to the west
that is becoming the home of
hundred of prosperous farmers.
The part that the business men
of Dolores have played in this
great achievement is appreciated
by the men and women who have
come here and made their homes.
Many of them were not possessed
with an over abundance of this
worlds goods, but they found our
bankers ready to give them advice
and financial backing. our mer.
chants ready to trust them for sup
plies during the trying days when
they were laboring to put the
ground under cultivation, and
when the ground was cleared and
crops grown and they began to
realize from their labors, they paid
their bills and deposited their sur
plus money in our banks and that
is the reason that the published
statements of our banks show large
deposits,
Dolores has not a business man
that did not come from the ranks
OF labor. None of them were born
with a silver spoon in their mouth.
All OF them have labored hard and
seen dark days in their business
careers. (There is only one per-.
son that picks up success and that
is the printer.) The reason they
have succeeded is because they
have always been ready to lend a
helping hand and thus have sur.
rounded Dolores with one of the
most prosperous agricultural re.
gions in the state.
If Brother Freeman will strive to
have the business men of Mancos
assist in the growing of the blades
of grass in the immediate vicinity
of their town. he will find that it
will not be necessary for them to
reach out a very great distance to
find business.
A prosperous town makes a
prosperous country, and the farm