Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-24
THE SAN JUAN CONGRESS
A FINE WORKING BODY

The meeting of the San Juan con
gress at the board of trade room
in Durango Wednesday night wa
one to be proud Of owing to tn,
harmonious manner in which husines.
was transacted and the unity of spirit
prevailing for the upbuilding Of the
San Juan basin. All present, and
there was good representation from
the entire district with the exception
of Rico. said the thing to do was
to stick together and work harder thar
ever.
Owing to the absence of President
j. A. Clay, Secretary Geo. N. Ray
mond called the meeting to order
suggesting R. R. Smith of Cortez, the
only vice president present. as tenn
porary chairman. This met with the
approval Of the delegates. Mr.. Smith
called for the reading Of the min
utes Of the last meeting which was
held Nov. z. They were approved
without correction
Secretary Raymond submitted his
report covering the period from Nov.
z to Feb. 10. The report showed to-
tai collections to date of trifle over
$4,000 and expenditures since the No
vember meeting of about s1,7OO. The
report showed balance due the con-
gress according to assessments, of
something over $1,100, with $500 cash
on hand. 1t was tie unanimous opin-
ion that no let up should take place,
that all funds promised should be col
lected and to this end Presiding Of
fieer Smith said Cortez would proceed
to pay in the balance of her sub
scription at once, having collected a
portion of the amount due before leav-
ing Cortez and the dozen boosters
from Cortez went down in their pock-
cts and flipped over the coin until the
last dollar was in the hands of the
treasurer. This certainly shows a
spirit of progress and again illus
trates the fact that Cortez has one
of the best set of boosters in the land
and largely accounts for the favorable
position it occupies in the minds of
outside people. Harry Pyle, who was
unable to be present, owing to sick
ness, telephoned that Dolores would
be to the front with the balance owed
by that place during the month Judge
Searcy said Silverton was ready with
another contribution; DR.. Nossaman
said Pagosa Springs interests were
equally as great and her people would
be right in the swim. Secretary Ray
mond reported the small Durango bal
ance would be collected and turned in
without delay. Pennington and Rice
stood in the honor column, both paid
in full. These instances are mentioned
simply to show the optimistic feeling
prevailing. The secretary submitted
an itemized account of expenditures
but were not gone over, the same hav-
ing been endorsed by President Clay
the secretary being instructed to in
clude the expense account in his re-
port of the proceedings of the con
gress to the commercial clubs COM
prising the organization.
There being no unfinished business
to transact Mr.. Smith suggested that
the election of officers for the en-.
suing year take place before proceed
ing to new business. The following
show the official delegates present
with mention of additional representa-
tives.
Durango, La Plata county-W. S.
Pickerill and A. F. Hood, official dele
gates having votes in the election
They announced the selection of j. A.
Clay for vice president. There we're
also present from Durango, T. G. Cra-
den, B. w. Ritter, W. !. Clifford, Ar
thur Ayres, Edgar Buchanan, Geo.
Logan and two or three others whose
names are not recalled.
Silverton, San Juan county-W. A.
Smith and Judge W. N. Searcy. off
cial delegates. They asked tina. mat
ter Of vice president be left with the
Silverton club TO be handed in latter.
Cortez, Montezuma county-W. s.
Mowry and C. A. Frederick, official
delegates. They presented the name
of X. r. Smith for vice president.
There were also present from Cor
tez, Messrs. Walter Hays, E. E. Null
len, II. Brigham jr., w. Phlegar and
W. T. Washburn.
Mancos-Tom Rickner.
Dolores-Harry Pyle, who phoned
hi- usual optimistic views.
Pagosa Springs, Archuleta county
DIR. A. j. Nossaman, who held proxy
for the second delegate, with the Sc
lection of DR.. Nossaman for vice presi-
dent.
Aztec, San Juan county, N. M
Judge A. w. Palmer and F. Hall