The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-12-30
Friday. December 80. 1910.


Ths Way To IL.
Editor Butler Of the Pennington
Tlues Hustler gives some good ad-
vice In the following suggestions.
and while this advice 10 given
to the people Of Pennington and
vicinity II d applicable to this en-
tire southwest territory:
.sWhat We need here 10 pay roll
or some sort. II takes people to
make q town and II We have moth
Ing In particular for people to do
they win 60 where there b some.
thing. There are plenty Of natural
resources here but We need factories,
foundries and mills. Weship In
oil sorts Of stuff that We might just
q we'll produce here. The stores
ship In thousands Of pounds Of but.
ter when We should be shipping
out. The same with eggs. We
ought not to ever ship in . pound
Of fruit such % We raise here. II
the wool produced here were manu-
featured here, We could keep
thousands Of people busy, and our
leather could just as we'll Be made
into boots and shoes. We keep .
. tariff on goods manufactured In
other countries and pay Q nice fat
psoft to people In Connecticut and
Rhode Island. and II does 10 no
more good than % though they
were In Darkest Africa. II We had
The factories out here We could sell
them the product Of our fields and
farms. Now We are obliged to
ship our stuff east and the finished
product back here.
"If We or this Inland Empire
bese cut 81 entirely from the rest
~ TIE world We could soon learn to
nve without the aid Of Others. We
hsve III water power. the natural
- ard the coal 70 RIM the facto-
IN, and ne have thR saw usuterial.
Wealso have people TO do the work
aa1 The peopls 70 nee the manu-
fnctpred sSticles.s We are waiting
~ Zone one to come ID here with
0oney to do these things for ~,
ard when some one does come be
will do Just what some men wanted
20 do with the writer once upon .
time. had . good proposition
worked up and went to some
wealthy acquaintance to see II they
Would not finance Il. To be sure
Trey would. All I had to do WAS
20 turn over the large part Of the
property to them and they would
borrow the money Of some one else.
keep ell the stock. and let me hold
the sack for my share. ! could Get
my return shy selling their stock
10 my other friends. I fled.
I'VE can just - we'll borrow the
money % to have some some one
else DO Il. and In that way We keep
the stock and collect the dividends.
II there are any. and there are
bound to be some In any enterprise
Of that sort properly started and
we'll conducted.
''An electric line down the Ami.
mas from Durango and to Fruitland
and Shiprock. and one 70 Albu.
quesque ID one Of the things We
can get by going after Il. and We
need Il. Our coal will give such
. lise al the freight Il can haul
from the start and insure II - .
paying proposition. The roads Of
this part Of the country will be exec
trio lines some time anyway, and
Why not build them that wayi
"When We learn 70 do things for
ourselves We will get what We want.
bat II Ne oil wait to see what the
other fellow b going to do. and re-
fuss 10 Do anything because We Be.
lieve ~ b not doing what We con.
sidss b bis part We viii get nothing.
We will need . united effort, . long
pail and . strong pull. and . pull
altogether. Every town and every
citisen 10 every town must get
bosy, ard forget our pstty sspira.
tioas. The tariff We pay the D. &
i. q. railroad fos the things We
coald psoduce 10 this countSy would
bui)d oil sorts Of factories. and
whas ~ Ice By not having . road
eeeeh wouN pay interest," On bonds
e : new road"
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