Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18

the secretary is answering from l2 I
35 letters a day from people all owe
the United States and Canada.
Sixty fan les 2an be traced to thi
district within the last few weeks
how many more can not be found.
The real estate man will tell you o
the lively movement in farm land
and beet sugar factory for Durango
is almost a certainty.
ASK yourself this question: Are yol
not better of financially for the worl
of the Durango board of trade. eithei
directly or indirectly?
Mr. f. C. Dunbar. manager of the
new. rubber company. was then called
on. He said: When | took up Will
my people in the East the matter OF
the percentage OF rubber in the rub
ber plant | said to them that We
could expect to get from to Z per
cent of the crude rubber from the
weed. judged the amount from ex'
periments made with the Buena Vista
weed and assumed that all weed
would produce the same percentage
of rubber. but when |. made my trip
through Arizona over the beautiful
Cottonwood pass | found large quaint.
ties of rubber weed, but upon analy-
sis was surprised to find only 3 per
cent of rubber This set me to think
ing and | analyzed the weed found in
La Plata county and will say that the
weed here is the simon pure, as 1t
runs better than II per cent rubber.
Our progress in the Installing Of
our machinery is slow. When asked
three months ago when we expected
to get to running ! said by Jan. /.
When asked now ! say March l.
do not know what will say on March
l. Our trouble is in getting the ma
chinerr here. one MACHINE ordered
by telegraph and shipped the same
day has taken four weeks to arrive
from Denver We have the finest
tank in Colorado and It was built here
from Durango products Our boilers
and pumps are in place and we are
hustling hard to get in shape. We
have sign over the door. No Admit
tance.' This is up for a certain reas-
on. You are cordially invited to visit
the factory and see our progress.
Hon. Blair Burwell then gave an in
tensely interesting talk on sugar
beets. he being chairman OF the sugar
beet committee. He said . Some years
ago in an eastern city a discussion
on future development was going on
when the speaker remarked that there
were three things the Almighty did
not know: The verdict of petit jury
the whim of a woman and the result
of election. and an outsider remark
ed: And the price of cotton The Al
mighty only knows day by day the in
dustries which will spring up like rub
ber. Our section is gifted as no other
in Colorado. AS to sugar beets, it is
not generally. known tnat southwest
.ern Colorado leads the world, our
beets running 22 per cent sugar, while
the average In other sections is l.
per cent, AS to tonnage, | found two
farmers formerly from Rocky Ford
who told me that we have raised 4G
tons to an acre. We had beets which
were sent 10 TOIN 1OlilllS
3A pounds. All root crops grow bet
ter here than anywhere else. The
oyster plant grows wild around the
Methodist church in this city. | have
rock-like faith in this district and only
regret that | have not the years to
stay here that | have already spent
in the San Juan
Mrs. Pultord spoke on the need of
a state normal scqool: During my
years with the Durango High school
have worked for higher institution
OF this kind. A state normal school
is supported by the sale of school lands
and we have sent more money to the
state from this district than is our
snare. 1t. is too bad that our boys
and girls are compelled to go so far
at such an expense to secure the ad-
vantages of such an institution, A
county high school would not be ne,
cessary ii a state normal was estab-
lished. The benefit can not be meas
ured which accrucs to a town from a
college. In the town in Wisconsin IN
which was raised was located a
state normal school and ! speak from
observation. 1t helps the morals OF
a city. You can not drive people to
be good but must use persuasion. "A
higher institution of learning brings
better class OF people, and it is this
better class which will bring reforms
The next Legislature is certain to es
tablish a school and Grand Junction
is working hard Tor it Mrs Pulford
told of writing Senator Harris aBout
the matter and his promise of aid
| The normal school in my home toVI
was tae work OF one person and fac
tories have come and gone, but the
school has kept steady growth in. tn,
town. We can count on towns arounC
us for assistance. Greeley gave a sit'
and some money. The size for tn,
school must be about twenty acres
| We must all work together If we SO
cure the school," Mrs. Pulford spok
of the establishment OF the public Il
brary to demonstrate individual infiu
ence in public institution. Sne- ais
stated that Andrew Carnegie had sen
blanks for a building. After Mrs
Pulford had finished Mr.. Dunbar SUI