The Delta independent., 1922-12-22
PRIZE LETTER AWARDED
TO EUGENE HOOD
OPPORTUNITY


First Prize won by Eugene Hood
D. H. 8.
/ Would you like good opportunity
to save a large amount of money?
Certainly" you say. Listen and I
will tell you how you may do 1t.
The question concerning the pro-
posed road to be built between Ce-
daredge and the mines is a question
of vital importance to the people OF
both Delta and Montrose counties. II
you have ever hauled over this road,
or have been over it at all, you do
not need to be told how great an Inn
provement this new road would be.
The following explanation is for the
benefit of those who do not know
this road.
The road used is much longer than
the new road would be. It also has
several steep grades that one en-
counters while both going and coming
from the mines. In the summer the
! road is in fair condition, II a road
full of chuck holes and and very
dusty may so be called. In the win
ter the roads become very slippery
| and muddy, thus making them hard
to traverse and in some cases danger
| GUS. 1t is during this season, when
| the roads are at their worst. that
most of the hauling is done. The
new road would be in good condition
| the year round. thus enabling larger
loads to be hauled, and the use of
many trucks that can not be used as
! the road now is.
II there was a chance of a large
| factory being installed in town a fac
tory that would insure the employ
ment OF a large number Of men, you
would boost for it. This road is con-
siderably like large factory in this
same respect. II this road is built
it will insure work for many other
wise idle men with teams and trucks.
some the year round. but especially
| during the winter. This is the season
that money is hardest to botain and
may be used to the best advantage.
| II this road is built there will be
sufficient hauling to make Delta and
Montrose entirely independent OF
outside support on the coal PROPOSE
ton. This road would mean progress
for both Delta and Montrose coun-
I ties. because it would mean the pat
ronizing of home labor and in this
way we would be keeping our money
at home The way in which a local
ity progresses is by keeping all the
money possible in that locality. II
this road is built it will make a thriv-
ing coal industry. A good coal indus
try is a liability. AS to paying for
the road. this very slight matter
compared with the benefits and saw
ings to be derived by it. 1t would
soon pay for itself in tonnage. gas
and time.
| The thing that interests you most
is what you save personally. saw
ing that you can readily see. It comes
in the price OF coal. II this road
goes through, the larger sales of the
mines. the cheaper transportation.
and the competition. all benefits de
rived by the road. will tend to give
son who has the upkeep of a house
hold knows what a reduction in the
price of coal really means.
l not only urge the building of this
road but also urge haste. There is
now an abundance of labor and abun-
dant labor means cheap labor Could
one find more opportune time for
project such as this than now?
Labor. the main problem of such an
enterprise. easily and cheaply to be
had and also an abundance OF oil
shale. the best material for building
roads to be obtained. Now is the
time to act. II you are concerned
with your own welfare as we'll as the
prosperity of your community now is
your chance to show your concern
Get behind this project and talk it
up. boost it. and we will put it
''over the top"