Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-11
Durango Board Of Trade

originally organized April 3, 1888. and
its first President was John Taylor,
Jr.; Secretary, II. Il. Pack and Treas
urer. John Knowles. The only Com
mitee on record of this organization is
the Committee on Statistics who were
as follows; George T. Sumner, II. e.
Peck and G. d. Jackson.
The Durango Board of Trade be-
came an incorporated body in 1892,
the incorporGtors were Henry H. Stra-
ter. I. Kruschke, w. C. Chapman, j.
Il. Schutt, A. p Camp, d. L. Sheets,
T. C. Graden and Ernest ]. H. Amy.
The first officers after the incorpora-
tion were: President, H. II. Strater;
First Vice President, E. H. Amy; Sec
ond Vice President, T. C. Graden;
Secretary, Richard McCloud; Treasur-
er. |. Kruschke; Directors, A. p. Camp,
W. C. Chapman, ]. E. Schutt, d. l..
Sheets and Joseph r. Prewitt. The
honorary members of the organiza-
tion are Hon. John A. Porter, Hon
George T. Sumner, Hon. j. B. Grant,
Hon. e. T. Jeffery and Professor Way
land Bailey.
In 1905 the Durango Board of Trade
was reorganized with the following of
ficers: President, A. p. Camp; First
Vice President, C.. E. Herr; Second
Vice President, Harry Jackson. Di-
rectors, d. MacLIean, b. w. Ritter, L.
C. Jakway. ]. l.. Parsons, h. E. Sloan,
B. N. Freeman, Richard McCloud;
Secretary, w. R. Armstrong, Assistant
Secretary. and Lloyd C. Sheets, Treas
urer.
The Durango Board OF Trade is
made up at the present time of 100
representative men and has for its
officers the following: Harry Jack
son, President; L. c. Jakway. First
Vice President; G. w. White. Second
Vice President; Richard McCloud, Sec
retary; w. r. Armstrong, Assistant
Secretary; Arthur w. Ayres, Treas
urer; Directors, A. P. Camp. r. e.
Sloan, w. A. Perry, e Buchanan,
Frank Edredge. L. C. Jakway, D.
MacLean, w. G. White.
Probably no other office in Durango
range Board of Trade. From early
morning until late at night the boost
ing goes on. Here all public Ques-
tions are discussed. The office be-
longs to the people and the people
are learning to use the office. Board
of Trade meetings, ditch meetings, in
dividual telephone company meetings,
fair association meetings, 4th of July
committee meetings, church meetin IS,
farmers institutes, forest reserve
meetings. stockmen's meetings-in
facial the different organizations
Except politically use the office.
The Durango Board of Trade has
been very busy during the last two.
years and who can conceive the bene-
Ats derived from the efforts of tLls
organization, while probably SO per
cent of the new people coming in to
our district are settling upon the agri-
cultural lands surrounding Durango,
every one knows that build the coun.
try surrounding and you will build
the city"
Florida Mesa, Allison. Grommet,
Pine River, Fort Lewis Mesa, Monte
yuma Valley. Aztec. Pennington.
Cedar Hill. Silverton, all have felt
the assisting hand of the Durango
Board Of Trade.
The prospects for the near future
are very bright. A beet sugar fac
tory. the new Malone Foundry Co,
the enlarging OF the Ball Foundry,
new ditch and resrvoir propositions,
two new cold storage plants and
number Of other industries which can
not be given publicity at this time
and last but by no means least, the
Arizona L Colorado railroad and the
broad gauging Of the Denver & Rio
Grand railroad.
Asrs AaA sixty new houses (good