Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-29
other night Of travel we reached St

early In the morning. its present low
water showing even now the great
steamer traffic predominating. evil
denced by the many craft along the
levee.
i Heretofore the weather had been
dry and pleasant, but approaching st
Louis we ran into evidences of recent
heavy rains. although no storm pre-
vailed during the day in that metropo
lis. The city has hundreds OF solid
towering business blocks, and handles
much of the commerce OF the south
west. Afternoon OF the 18th we re
sumed our journey going through Mis-
souri,, and via ST Joe to Omaha. arriv
ing there next morning right in the
midst OF winter and which prevailed
all the way to Denver. Summing up
The trip we find this: Durango is not
as well known as II ought TO be con.
sidering the resources we have 10 Of
fer; often the question was put
| Where do you reside?" and when an
swered brought forth another. Where
Is Durango situated?"
During he four days spent In the
Twin Cities the writer met many
business men who said they had
money to invest II proper recommen-
dations were made, for the prosperity
of the past few years has caused peo-
pie to desire more particularly land
Investments. and surely We have that
advantage. A little concerted effort
spent in behalf of advertising Durango
NOW would bring grand returns. Land
Is at present the great drawing card
being used by promoters. the papers of
our principal cities consist of page
after page devoted to sections of our
| country suitable for homes, and the
south Is being advertised successfully
for the reason that no cold weather
prevails, and land being cheap the av.
erage man can purchase a home and
not be heavily burdened with debt the
rest OF his days. In Minneapolis the
principal department store Of that city
W no otNoNihE pei sUu lttl VI
windows to display apples from Yak.
ina and Wenatchee valleys, Washing.
ton. one OF the finest exhibitions OF
fruit that could be shown, but | want
to tell the people of Durango candid
ly, the fruit WAS not superior to that
we grow here, and all around us, for
have seen just as fine from the Mon
tezuma valley and from Aztec and
Pennington, but did admire the meth.
od of boosting" adopted by these pro.
gressive fruit raisers, and could not
fail to make comparisons
In the religious world ! noticed
visible sign of progress: the great
firms of Chicago have combined to
create fund for religious services
conducted by the prominent pastors OF
the United States they being called to
that metropolis as dates are made
The music is something fine, the in
terest taken is remarkable, and when
such firms as Marshall Field, Butler
Bros, and other prominent merchants
of Chicago are willing TO raise a fund
of thousands of dollars per month to
carry on this work there seems rea-
son to think perhaps the world is
growing a little better.
While prosperity is to a certain ex
tent we might say rampant. yet the
fact remains that the great common
people are not sharing in this gain
except that they have employment for
living expenses have gone up from so
TO 100 per cent, while there has been
no general increase in wages, this hav.
ing the very same effect ms cut In
salary. Already the howl for adjust.
ment along that line has begun, the
railroad men now demanding from
to cents per hour increase because
OF these conditions, and because of
their union solidarity will undoubtedly
secure their demands. Regrettable
about most of our Industrial systems
and its operation. Is the fact that in
tension, either through sheer force OF
union strength, or by strikes, the lat.
ter however not receiving the public
consideration its advocates think mer.
| tied.
Your correspondent is pleased to
have had the opportunity to cover
such broad scope of our country
to have met men able to judge our
resources. and they. too, who would
come among us and vigorously engage
with us in building an empire in this
broad southwest If we will only make
them welcome and share also the prof
Its they are willing to help us make
Let us awaken to our advantages,
and try to get new commercial blood
distributed In this territory.
w. II. ID.
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