Semi-weekly herald., 1914-01-08
Observations blythe Way
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Luis valley, and Pueblo and that
jenkins Of the organization
Il doing more to get the road before
the public than all other agencies. SO |
far ms your proposed western route
is concerned II is dead, at least there
will be no board of trade money tol
make the trip and IL one is made the
road will never be built, at least IN
the next 100 years, therefore we will
have nothing further to say about it,
The Herald is going to deal with i've
subjects, which means southern ana
western outlet either by Shiprock and
Gallup, or from Shiprock to the Lit
tie Colorado as outlined by the map
sent out by the Los Angeles Motor
club and as presented in The Herald
last evening by Mr. Clay, PROPOSE
.tions that are endorsed by 80 out OF
every 100 in La Plata county,
A special meeting of the directors
of the board Of trade is being held
this afternoon to consider the adyls-
ability Of investigating the feasible
ity of national highway between
Shiprock and Tula on the Little Colo
RADIO river. The distance is not great
less than 200 miles, and If practi-
cable, would be drawing card az it
would be almost direct to the Grand
Canon and connect with roads to Los
Angeles. However, the fact must not
be lost sight of that it will be some
time before this direct connection can
be made and what we want is a road
that will help US at once and this VIII
be by Shiprock and Gallup. The
route is passable at present and we
have assurance that the road between
Shiprock and Gallup will be placed in
fine condition as soon as connecting
links are completed. No matter if
the proposed direct route to the
Grand Canon is practicable we want
the Gallup line as well because we
want the travel from Phoenix and
Texas as well as the west. The Gal
Iup route is within our grasp at small
expense for immediate use. Let us
put through something that viii bene-
fit the people Of the present gener-
alton. The Herald is in this good
roads movement for results, not the
ory and newspaper talk. This does
not prevent an investigation of the
direct route above referred to and if
a moving picture company will send
a man to take pictures as an adver-
tising feature it will be worth the
money. In this connection the mat
ter should be taken up with the Los
Angeles people asking their cooper
alton. To build such road means
government aid as it will be on the
Navajo reservation. We will want the
active support of the Colorado, New
Mexico and California delegations and
the Indian departments, also the aut-
omobile manufacturers.
New let every one get together on
son. thing reasonable Let us get
busy on the road between Durango,
Silverton and Ouray; let US center
our efforts making the connecting
link between Pagosa Springs and the
San Luis valley. At least there is
going to be no wild goose chasing
on the part of The Herald and we are
not afraid to tell Mr.. Weyman so
when he wants our people to put up
money for the chase.
1--WE are with The Herald in see
ing that Miss Potter receives her
money for services performed for the
city, said two business men last even
ing but we are against contributing
In advance of mandamus suit to as
certain the legality of the stand TAX
en- by Mayor Scouton. This is a
matter that should be settled beyond
amy doubt. II Mayor Scouton is
wrong then let the courts say so and
II he Is not we want the responsible
ity of creating the indebtedness
placed where it belongs. We want to
know if commissioners are willing to
vote money illegally, therefore we
urge immediate action in the way of
mandamus proceedings. While we
are at il let us determine the rights
of commissioners to create indebted
ness in the face of what looks like H.
legality. In order to prove their
contentious the commissioners voting
for the payment of Miss Potter should
lose no time in hurrying along the
mandamus."
The Herald was guaranteed the $50
alleged to be due Miss Potter in case
mandanus suit says the city can
not pay it legally and that no one else
has paid il. In this connection Won
der what Miss Potter would say if
placed on the stand.
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