Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-21


get results, but 1t Is the live, energetic
person who Is willing to exert himself
and spend his money who does things.
| MIR. Stewart praised the Durango PEG
pie stating he believed when subscrip-
lions closed not only the 100000 ask
ed would be raised but that IL would
be nearer sI50,000 or 100000. Du-
range comes TO welcome Pennington
and Aztec and assist the good people
in the forward movement. The inter
ested faces assured the speaker there
| were no dinnes In San Juan county
and that wives were present to bacl,
mp husbands in the good work. Mr..
| tiful sentiments from Ruskin which
were certainly applicable to the occa-
sion.
| Graden, the Wheel Horse.
| If T. C. Graden isn't careful he will
soon have a reputation as an off-hand
speaker that will rival William Jen-
nings Bryan. Mr.. Graden made fine
|
| talk at the court house Wednesday
night but he surpassed all previous
efforts at Pennington. Space will not
permit his remarks In full, but after
referring 10 the audience as friends,
| we condense: Il see in the audience
faces men and women / met many
| years ago on the trails leading to the
great southwest. | am honoted and
pleased 10 address the people of San
| Juan county on this occasion. We'd
| nesday night al Durango we had the
pleasure of seeing a splendid delega-
ton from Pennington and Aztec com.
ing with cheer and good will, having
much TO do with making TIE meeting
"A success. We now return the com
pliment Every trade, every profes
sion and people from all walks in life
are represented in the Durango dele
CATION. All felt 1t not only a duty but
a pleasure to come. | see people here
who preceded the railroad hundreds
of miles and they have been patiently
WdltiiiE lpi iut plto'hi AiiiiNs iSNNiy
one is interested in the question of
securing the Southern Pacific. How
are we to obtain the road-meet their
requirements. 1t is not question:,
Why does the company ask for mon
ey2 The company is not asking for
money, Just the privilege of laying
their tracks and rights of way. As
an instance of railroads making or un-
making a town let me refer to Leaven
worth and Kansas City. Leavenworth
in 1866 was thriving city of about
1000 people with wholesale houses
and natural surroundings to make
big city. The Hannibal & St. Joe rail
road came along and asked Leaven-
worth to vote bonds to build $780,
The monied interests said No The
road must build to the city and it is
IL useless contribution. The company
went to Kansas City and made the
same proposition. Kansas City was
just getting on the map, struggling
tcwn, but she possessed the right kind
Of people They quickly grasped the
situation and lost no time in voting
the bonds and the bridge was built.
Result: Today Kansas City is place
of 100000, one of the most import
ant railroad centers in the country,
while Leavenworth has degenerated
and many of the wholesale houses are
nailed up. Durango, Aztec and Farm
iugton face crisis. We must meet
we are going to do it, Those who
are inclined to sit back must come
| to time. The fellow who does not, in
six months time will be ashamed to
walk down the street and face the peo-
| pie. Men with oyeralls, the toiler at
| the smelters, the coal mines, the dust
begrimed laborers, are demanding that
we meet requirements, and the hun
dreds who are coming to the front and
pledging So and $40 are more to be
| commended than those who give thou
sands because they see enhanced value
OF their property. When | stop to
think of the way occasionally people
hold back in meeting crisis / wonder
by what act of Providence they are
permitted to live. prolonged cheer
ing) ] never enjoyed an occasion
more than this one"
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