Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-31

An excellent article on the oppor-
tunities of Pueblo appears in an ad-
vertisement printed in the st. Joseph
tMoD Gazette, July rs. The ad was
paid for by the St Joseph Railway
Light, Heat and Power company and
the article runs parallel with an edi-
torial taken from The Pueblo Chieftain
of July II entitled Public Utilities are
Public Necessities"
That portion of the advertisement
dealing with Pueblo follows:
PUEBLO
Pueblo is in the limelight. The hor-
rors of its flooded districts are flashed
on the movie screens. pictured In the
magazines and pictorial newspapers.
The beautiful major portion OF Pueblo
is not.
CARRIED news reports and editorials
chasten Puebloans for building on the
flats. The big ma jority of its citi-
zens built their homes ON the hills.
The founders of Pueblo didn't eX-
pect Pueblo would ever become so
great town. The same is true OF
many cities.
Pueblo citizens may or may not have
been careless in guarding against
flood. but then there are other cities
sun more careless about things de-
structive.
Otherwise good American citizens
have thoughtlessly listened to and even
applauded commemorative rode TO Of
flee on nice sounding pleas OF cheap
public utility service, cheap railroad
ing No thought for the upkeep of
service upon which the safety of hu-
man life and limb depends. no thought
of the worker who CANDLES with death
from inferior equipment.
The millions of linemen, drillers, en-
Eineers. firemen, train crews and op-
Grating gangs aren't worth the con-
slderation of such gents whom the pa
pers camouflage WITH proof that they
didn't beat their poor old mothers and
that they love children-someth thing that
men don't deserve any more credit for
than they do for buying the wife a
house full of electrical appliances.
Pueblo, everybody knows. is located
on the Arkansas river and the Foun-
tain empties into It. Less than thirty
per cent of the population lived in the
flooded district.
Pueblo has one of the most beauu
ful park systems of American cities.
one big park contains matured speci-
mems OF every known tree that Will
grow in the western country. The city
has broad. weli-pavsd streets and bou-
| levards.
Any one who has ever enjoyed the
hosp itality Of Pueblo people and has
had an insight into their character
would enthuse over the town even tho
I T. did not have the marvellous outlook
| OF scenery toward the Rockies from
northern Colorado to New Mexico. Inc
sun shines nearly every day IN Pueplo'
The Pueblo Chieftaln has done a
rr'at deal for Pueblo. II is a business
Eetter. and Il has made Itself n factor
lin Colorado prosperity.
/ Pueblo will grow faster than n ever
did before. II is the best located city
I in Colorado, The great engineering
concern OF Byllshy & company operate
the street and intcrurhan railways.
| Dohcrty & company, the gas and fuel
company. Neither OF these operating
concerns has made money there. nearly
Everybody else In town ns. It's a long
came. some day they mny-both
Gambling against the day they feel
sure win come when Pueblo viii be a
great city In which they Will make
money.
] They invested their money in Pueblo
because Of It's superior location and
likely opportunities. They are COM
PEELED TO help Pueblo Ms long nS they
/ can raise more mon-S to protect and
maintain tho fortunes they already
have there.
II Is 80 often sai> mat Pueblo. so
|abrolutsly dependent upon the Rookie
. teller plants there. would become a de-
serted village without them. one day
those plants closed down for a period.