Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-05-25

clined to recommend that factory be
here with thirty machines
by July /, and that these would be in
creased as fast as the farmers learn
ed how to furnish the weed. until the
contained $50 machines.
The finance committee reported
that the citizens Of Durango had re-
sponded very literally to the call for |
funds; and they felt the contributors |
would get the WORTH of their money.
Mr.. Ritter. who had recently been |
to Denver. said ne found 1t easy for |
the first time in ten years to boost |
All he had to do was to say he was
from Durango and the other fellow
did the talking.
The advertising committee reported
the little souvenir was in the hands
of the printers.
DR.. McEwen reported he had infor-
nation from parties who are willing
to put beet sugar factory here as
soon as a guarantee Of 5000 acres
could be furnished. The board had
already had information of a similar
nature, and 1t was the sense of the
meeting that steps be taken at once
toward securing signed contracts for
planting 5000 acres Of beets.
Mayor Mcconnell In a short talk
asked that the board OF trade aid him
and the city council In securing
sewer system. He said Durango had
outgrown present conditions and we
must have sewers and could not do
without them much longer.
Hon John T. Burns, secretary of
| the Colorado Real Estate association,
addressed the meeting, making a
good, logical talk, explaining at
1 length the work which the association
was doing toward advertising Colo
RADIO He said there was Just one
thing better than being good citi-
zen. and that was being good boost
err Boosting was a business which
Is a great pleasure to most men. Dn'
range is in about the same shape that
Denver 10 in; though Durango is
about twenty-five hours from Denver
Durango is taking a greater part to
day In tne development Of the state
and the states progress than ever be
fore.
ii He stated that not long ago people
I coming into his office seldom asked
about Colorado. and about Montezum;
|, county never But when the associa
I ton placed Montezuma apples on ex
a hibition they were deluged with in
auiries about the southwest corner o
/ the state. That was evidence tina
people in Colorado has much to learI
about Colorado. He laid emphasis OIL
al the statement that Colorado is on tn
= eve of the greatest boom ever dream
:. ed Of Colorado is known now, no
q only as a great mining state, but as
9 great agricultural state also, and thi
. has come about by advertising. Tn
r association had had lecturers in tn
l. East advertising the state with ster
r. eopticon lectures. which awakened in
o terest everywhere they were givel
o and a vast amount Of immigration
+. could he traced to this advertising
4 BY this means large numbers OF fan
n lilies who had intended going to otne
A parts of the United States to settl
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