The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Y. NJ. b. A. MASS MEETING
Large Gathering of Members at the
Elks Club Rooms Prepares For
General Meeting of NeighbOring
Counties on Thursday

In view of the proposed meeting of
the various towns in Southeastern
Colorado to be held in Lamar on
Thursday of this week, President r.
E. Nye of the local Y NJ. B. A. called
a mass meeting of the organization
and citizens generally for Monday
evening at the Commercial Club room,
but owing to the large turn out 1t
had to be transferred to the Elks hall.
The movement had its origin in the
recent proposed advertising campaign
in Southwest Kansas, which Prowers
and Baca counties were asked to join,
but most of our LEGAL boosters believ-
ed that better results could be effect
ed for this part of Colorado if it was
made a strictly Southeastern Colora-
do proposition with Baca, Bent, Kiowa.
Prowers and the eastern half of Las
Animas county as the territory involv-
ed. Messrs. f. w. Gregg, Chas. II.
Wooden and V. VI. Hovis, who have
kept in touch with all the Kansas
meetings and plans so far, were call
ed upon to state the purpose of the
meeting, and tell what had been done
so far. Both Mr.. Gregg and Mr..
Wooden were heartily in favor of the
Colorado campaign, and the former
with Messrs. Jesse C. Johnston and
Chas. Maxwell, who had attended the
Baca county meeting last week, ex-
pressed the belief that the people of
that section would join heartily with
the proposed campaign.
Mr.. d. II. Bane, who has recently
spent several months in the east,
made most effective speech, stating
that this year would unquestionably
mark the high tide of western move
ment of farmers looking for new
homes in the cheap western lands, and
the localities that got in the best ad-
vertising in the next few months
would be the ones to get the largest
influx of desirable citizens. All pres
ent spoke in like vein and when
Chairman Nye called for rising vote
on the proposition of whether Lamar
20 into a campaign to persistently ad-
vertise the advantages of this great
section of Colorado and the Arkansas
Valley the entire crowd rose to their
feet. A motion was then made to ap-
point large committee to look after
the matter of preparing a big banquet
for the visitors and send delegations
to the various towns of this section to
extend an invitation to be our guests
on Thursday evening. Ii was carried
unanimously and the following were
appointed: E. w. Gregg. J. c. John
ston, Chas. Maxwell, F. II. Kelsey,
Chas. II. Wooden, X. F. Cooper, J. ID.
Paxton, w. H. Brown, Glen kirkpat-
rick, o. II. Rhodenbaugh.
After further discussion Of other
subjects the meeting on motion ap-
pointed a committee composed Of W.
H. Brown, A. C. Mitchell and Alfred
Todd to investigate the question Of Sc
curing ground and erecting a public
warehouse for farm produce.
The committee on banquet met at
once W g. ~
plans for the big doin's Thursday
evening when all Southeastern Colo
rado will be welcomed here. The new
Brown Garage on the north side has
been secured already ard it is there
that the banquet will be held. AL
ready a number of our neighboring
cities have announced that good sized
delegations will be sent and Lamar
will have large list of guests on her
visitors roll for that occasion.
The movement is one that means
great things for all this section of
the state and we hope to see big
turn out locally as well as of visit
ors on Thursday evening. A hearty
welcome will be extended to all VS.
itors.