Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-11
RED RIVER IS ALL RIGHT
Hysterical Dispatches to Denver Papers
Corrected by a New Mexican Core
~spondent- Credit to Whom
Credit is Due.
Correspondence New Mexican,

Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Red River, N. NJ, Feb. 9.-The Dem
yer News of the Sd inst. has the follow
ing:
Especial to the News.
''Trinidad. Colo, Feb. 2.-Dr, Reed, the
new president of the Red River Town &
Mineral company, has a large force of
men at work bridging Red river, in an
ticipation of the spring influx of miners.
There will be Is bridges constructed,
and all the difficulties attending travel
to Red River City will be overcome"
The natural inference from the above
is that DR.. Reed or the Red River City
Town & Mineral company are paying
the bills for this road b~uilding-are
hiring the men who are doing the
work. The facts are that the work has
all been donated by the miners of this
district, aud the grub" powder, feed
for teams, etc, have been donated or paid
for by the merchants of Red River,
Questa, AntOnito. and La lara and by
Taos county, the commissioners having
donated $50. DR.. Reed, individually,
SdNc F"o w ehC cAPcHsc luuu, d1lu LOS
been quite active In getting the work
done. Several items have appeared
lately in various papers, written with
the evident intention to create the i'm
preston that the town company has
been very liberal las their interests
would justify and enterprising in this
road bnildfng, and other matters look
ing to the development of this district.
In case DR.. Reeds subscription is finally
charged up to the expense account against
the company, then they will have con
tributed the magnificent sum of $2O-out
of the several hundred that have been
contributed in labor and supplies. Credit
to whom credit is due-let the town com.
pany take their 500 worth. As l have
before said, the road is partly completed,
several crossings bridged and several
more avoided by changing the road, and
it is greatly improved. No work is being
done at present but it will be resumed a.
the weather permits.
The same especial" further says:
"The Red River board of trade is pre-
pairing literature for eastern distribu'
ton, showing the mineral prospect of the
country"
About a year ago q so-called aboard
of trade Vas organized-and died
About the most important thing SAID
''board of trade" accomplished during
it's short life was to procure a large sup
ply of highly colorcd stationery. NJ
meeting of the ''board" has been helC
for nine or ten months and there is III
board of trade" authorized to ''prepart
literature for eastern distribution" II
any alleged board of trade literature il
going out, it is probably being sent by
persons who are using the '.board' sta
tionery to increase their own private
correspondence and business.
The mar who writes these Trinidad
specials" about Red River ought tt
give his imagination a rest, and devote
part of his time. at least. to ascertain
ing facts.
The Red River mining region is al
right, the mineral is here and the mine.
will be opened up. The district will b.
developed by the hard and persisten
work Of the miners who are 10Y her,
and the thousands yet to come, and no
by the ''talk" of town boomers. AND
the development of the mineral resour
ces will build up the town, and the town
company will reap a harvest. A town
company cannot make a mineral region
but a developing mining district can ant
will build up town. It will be thu
man with the pick and drill, backed b,
the capital Of the mine operator VIII
will do the developing and building up
The town promoter is a side issue, ant
while waiting to sell lots made valuable
by the miner he ought to be somewha
modest in appropriating to himsel
credit for work done by others.