Deming graphic., 1921-03-22

"The Booster Club" Is the assumed
designation of II proposed new civic
organization that as yet has no actual
being, neither membership not articles
Of association. II Is the name, rather
Of Il spirit an aspiration, desire,
hardly yet articulate but tangible with
dynamic energy that "a far electrified
the community that large Number ot
Deming citizens were present at a
mass meeting last Friday night at the
nrmOry to hear the new gospel of COM
munity cooperation.
Ii was the first real mass meeting
for -yenrs-rcally representa-
tive of the various interests Of the city.
Also all the bitter factiona feeling
that has coiled its suffocating folds
around every recent community effort
dragged its Shiny length into the com
Portable social room and mixed its noN-
ious breath with the fresh spring
breezes that came in through the
southern windows So long us this
feeling persists Deming will be a prey
to pamlyZing lethergy, to factlonal
pickering, condemned to the weary
treadmill that leads 10 nothing and to
nowhere
Those who knew Deming when con-
ditions were very much different are
asking themselves whether or not the
bitterness Of fractional feeling can he
eliminated. whether or not Deming cit
izcns can again find common ground
and enter uDOn another era Of progress
and growth The question has not yet
been answered, but solution will be
sought. 4 way out is desired by every.
one II only remains to be seen whether
or not the citizens can submergc their
ingrown hates and prejudiceS long
enough to work ont the problem.
The outstanding feature OF the meet
ing Friday night was the expressed
resentment Of members of the chamber
of commerce toward the proposed or
ganization and the attempt to either
strnngle II ahoming or adopt II at birth
as legitimate child of the original
booster body.
There Is always two sides 20 every
question. and In its consideration of
this rather delicate question the Graph
Is will try 10 be fair. II they tmcaning
those who cnll themselves boosters .
want TO boost Dcming why don't they
Join the chamber of commerce. the
prtiSans Of the latter society reiterat-
ed over and over again. The answer
10 this question might not have been
very convincing and satisfactory 10 the
gentlemen who enquired. but that an
swer which the Graphic will try 10
II. .N...1I ..s...,t.s..I IA.
spirit Of good faith and not contempt
ouSly rejected rs it was by some Of
those present last Friday night. Such
a spirit Of disregard of the opinion ut q
large part Of Deming's citizens isn't
going 10 prosper the chamber OF com
merce. even though It may be fully jus
titled,
There Is an old adagc to the effect
that "You can lead horse 10 water,
but You can't make him drink" That
holds good even though the water be-
Dcmngs best 9990 and the horse be-
ever 50 thirsty. Yet horses can and
are being watercd all the time and just
now Deming's citizens are like horses
very thirsty for the booster waters that
formerly flowed from the 'fountainheud
at the chamber Of commerce. Has then
the water grown bitter, or has the
spring dried up?
ON second thought, the Graphic Is
sure that those who attacked the pro
posed organization 50 bitterly viii ne
knowledge that free born American cit
liens ought to be encouraged to attend
town meetings, the very cradle of
American liberties The Graphic Is
sure that no man. no coterie no so
clety will feel threatened because the
citizens Of Deming propose to gather
together to discuss civic questions. II
is equally certain that it is unwise and
unpolitic for any man. any faction. or
any society to attempt to c0erce the as
semhled citizens. When the citizens
do assemble their motives must he re-
spected and any man, any special In
terest or any society can accomplish