Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-12

q crossed without ANY boofns until tn
j great fire Of July /, 1883, when 4
: two hours OF that afternoon six block
of wood and brick stores, churches
q AID residences to the value of hal
E Icillion dollars were destroyed, bu
y tree years later found the same 81.
1 blocks built up in brick and stone a
cost OF three million dollars. An,
r this 1892 was a busy year for Du
rssgo, and its Board of Trade.
; The Strater hotel was finished befor,
: July l. 1883. and 1t found shelter TO
! the burned out guests OF Tom Rock
woods Grand Central hotel and Ricei
Inter Ocean: and in 1892 Mr.. Rice wa.
running the Strater with the assist
ance of G. II. Charlton. the presen
register of the Durango land office
The Durango Board of Trade had fo'
its president In 1892 Henry II. Stiater
the youngest of the Strater family thai
built the Strater hotel, wh) mad a drre
store where the Graden Mercantile
company is now located He had with
him as officers of the Durango Board
| perintendent OF the smelter, as first
vice president, and Thomas c. Graden
who is with us tonight, as second vice
president; Richard McCloud, secre-
| tary. Isaac Kruschke, who is always
young. treasurer; A. p. Camp. w. c.
Chapman, j. Il. Schutt, d. l.. Sheets
and Joe Prewitt. as directors.
We also had a railroad building com
n.ittee that year in Joe Prewitt, John
b. Harper and NJ. j. McCloskey. And
the committee on reception and enter
ta.nment who got up the banquets had
the officers and directors as members
Of the committee, with Hon. Adair
Wilson, chairman, Frank Eldredge
Samuel Il. Herr, Robert C. Prewitt
Henry j. Arnold. Thomas +. Barbour
G.. V. Copp William p Vale, Freder.
iok Seineger. n. C.. Miller. NJ. j. Nc
Closkey. Harry Schiller. G. W. Kep-
part, d. j. Blackburn. C. b. Denny
George Il. West, l., c. Jakway. w
s Elliott, John b. Harper and G. Il
Mcconnell. Many of them have pass
ed 10 the great beyond, and some of
them are with us here tonight
| find in reading over the minutes
AE l,a i,,
%, 1892, ! was admitted a member
tcgether at the same meeting with
w. c. Davidson. F. H. Young, j. l.
Parsons. Dan Warren, w. N. Bagby
j H. McEIolland, George f. West. X
a. Ambold o. S. Galbreath, Frank Gal
lntu. j. F, Bell, L. c. Jakway, aud
Charles A. Bartholomew
The Initiation fee was then $40 and
the annual dues $40. with the member
s3ip limited to one hundred.
On August 20, 1892. | was elected
secretary of the Durango Board of
Trade, and have been annually elect.
ed since that time and have served
pay. vi NihiSh ~ lJuJ, w
X Armstrong was appointed as assist.
ant secretary, at s125 per month. and
served until September Is, 1907.
In 1892 Col. David Day moved "The
Solid Muldoon" from Ouray to Du.
range, and for four months published
Daily and Weekly Solid Muldoon
In, Nm, . 70 h
The Herald. with the business under
the name of the Durango Printing
company, and Geo. n. Raymond and
S w. Raymond were partners with
Col. David +. Day at that time as
officers and stockholders of this cor.
poration. And it was during this time
in 1892 that the. Durango Printing COM
pany printed 5000 copies of the 100
rage booklet with the title page "Du-
range AS It Is, by Richard McCloud
Secretary of the Durango Board OF
Trade. Issued by The Durango Board
of Trade, fall of 1892"
And 1t was in the year 1893 that the
JuTduSO bOdTu Vi i Idue Ctuseu lue
publication of Emil Fishers map OF
southwestern Colorado, by the pur-
chase of 1 1000 copies at l6 cents each
and distributed them all over the Unit
ed States. Calls are made for this
map almost daily now and few
copies are now with United States
Register Charlton.
On November 16, II and IS OF 1892
the Durango Board of Trade enter.
tanned the Western Slope congress at
the court house during the day, with
indian dances at night on the vacant
lots opposite the Strater hotel. And
il was during this year, on May 6
1892, the Durango Board OF Trade was
incorporated. and the incorporators
named in the certificate are Henry II
Strater. Isaac Kruschke, w. c. Chap.
| man, J. T.. Schutt and A. p. Camp.
In the years following 1892 up to
| 1905 the Durango Board OF Trade was
busy with all the live subjects that
| interested the citizens OF Durango, and
| c