Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-10
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.

me DURANGO board OF trade at one
Of the most enthusiastic meetings held
here for years, last night outlined a
campaign for boosting this city which
ia sure to bring results in short time.
The meeting was attended by large
crowd of local business and profession
al men in addition TO the directors, and
Il series OF strong And eloquent talks
We're made by those present. The
ranged to start the most active inn
proyenent work in the history of La
Plata county with big banquet to be
held within the next week or two.
Eldredae Starts 1t.
The spirit of progressiveneg was
started when Chairman Edgar Buchan-
an called Frank Eldredge, of the e.
dredge Investment company to the
floor. He reported on the work of
advertising committee has accomplish
ed on fine Durango pamphlet which
is now in the hands OF the printers
to be published at cost Of about
5000.
Mr.. Eldredge came cut strong ON
the railroad situation, saying it was
time Durango should know what the
Southern Pacific intended to do in
regard 10 its proposed line through
this city. Every request made by
city money had been raised for the
right-of-way and the people had right
to know what to expect
Railroad Is Sure
L. c. Graden, proprietor of the Gra-
den Mercantile company, rose to the
defense of the railroad He said this
was the main subject OF Importance
in Durango today
No community in the West ever 4
rose to meet an emergency bettefior
made greater effort to carry through
a public enterprise, than did Durango
when the railroads proposition was
submitted, showing the puhic-spirited-
ness of the people In a most practical
manner He said he had reliable in
formation and assurance that the prof.
ect was not abandoned and that the
road would be built.
irrigation Expert.
J. Lahroy Slusher OF the Pioneer
Construction company which has of.
fees in Denver. Chicago and New
York, rose to thank the board of trade
for it's endorsement of the Florida
mesa reclamation project. He said
the financial outlook was most favor
able and that construction work would
| be rushed this fall and in the early
| spring. His company was now spend
| ing thousands and would eventually
distribute over half million dollars
here in developing the rich lands east
| of this city.
Another Booster.
L. c. Jakway, one of Durango's pro-
gressive hardware dealers. gave an In
teresting account OF his recent trip
east and told of the great demand for
land. People being land crazy" all
over the country The greatest asset
Durango has is Its fertile but cheap
lands
Our Fruit
j. A. Clay OF the Durango Light d
Power company told Of his visit 10
the National Irrigation congress ana
of the impression made on the visitors
at Pueblo by the lrult exhibits. Du-
| range should have had fruit show
there which could not have been ex-
&c lied by any other county, for every
other Colorado product can be grown
here. he said,
Other Boosters.
C. r. Gibson of the Gibson Lumber
company made strong appeal at the
meeting OF business men and more
active campaign for publicity and i'm
provement. w. A. Bartlett OF The
Herald advocated getting busy at once
and suggested big banquet to which
every business man and booster should
be invited to carry on the good work.
The Board is Active.
President Buchanan told of what the
board of trade has been doing and he
called upon the support and assist
ance of every resident of this city to
accomplish what the board has plan
ned.
Other convincing talks were made
by Director s. NJ. Bigss, Dr. A. L.
Davis, A. l.. Fisher, r. G. Perkins
and Others, and it was decided to hold
q big, boosters banquet as soon as
the entertainment committee, headed
by Mr. Jackson, can arrange the de-
tails