Semi-weekly herald., 1915-01-28
BRIGHT FUTURE IN STORE
FOR DURANGO EXCHANGE

WIN membership of 275 progress
sive citizens, representing all profess
sions and lines of industry of the San
Juan Basin, and substantial foun-
dation fund of $3,500, the Durango
Exchange was organized at an en-
thusiastic meeting held in the Duran
90 club rooms last night. The Ex-
change is a consolidation of the Du-
range board of trade, the Durango
club and includes many who had
never been connected with either or
ganization. All are men who realiz-
ed there should be some central or
ganization by which the resources of
the community can be made effective
for common good and that there has
never been time that il could ac-
complish such valuable results as at
the present.
The Willingness to render service
rather than the expectation to be
served characterized the attitude of the
200 persons present. The manner in
which the business was conducted as
well as the plans outlined by the mem
bers of committees who had labored
30 untiringly to perfect the organ
ization, made it plain the policy would
be not to work selfishly for individual
and class interests and just our own
town but for all the people in all the
San Juan Basin.
B. w. Ritter, chairman of commit
tss, was the unanimous choice of the
meeting for permanent chairman, and
Arthur Ayres was a like choice for
secretary. In concise statements, MIR.
Ritter outlined the manner in which
the work of the committee had been
carried on, and said to expedite mat
ters constitution and bylaws had
been drafted and an order of business
prepared.
The order of business offered and
unanimously adopted follows:
Order of Business.
Election of chairman of meeting.
2. Election of secretary.
Report Of organization committee.
Action on report.
Appointment of committee on nomi- |
nation of directors.
Appointment of committee to con
slider articles Of Incorporation.
Submission of bylaws proposed for
consideration Of directrs when elect
Cd.
Discussion of bylaws until commit
tees report.
Report Of committee on articles OF
incorporation.
Action on report, including appoint
msnt Of committee to execute and file
articles.
Report of committee on nomination.
Of directors.
Election of seven directors for first
year.
Actin as to recommendation, to di
rsetors OIL proposed laws.
Organization Report.
The committee report was present
Cd by Judge Searcy, who had served
a q member of the body and to whom
much credit is due. In closing he
added g. few remarks about the oh
ject Of the organization and its pos
sibilities, emphasizing the fact that
the organization represented the ef-
forts of the city and section towards
growth and development. He consid-
cred the social feature would make it
possible to accomplish results that
purely business organization would
And impossible. Judge Searcy voiced
4 conservative mans spirit of optim
ism in his belief in the city, the coun-
ty and the San Juan Basin, calling
especial attention to the splendid
made by Ex-Governor Am
mons and vice president of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad regarding thel
prospects here. He mentioned a
number of resources of the basin, and
how. II old differences were forgotten
and the right spirit of cooperation
prevailed, the achievements of the
present were only slight indication
II what the future had in store.
Both Judge Searcy and Chairman
Ritter laid. much stress on the i'm
portance Of the selection of board
n directors, recommending that men {
= chosen who would give their time
attention and best efforts to the work {
The adoption of the committee re
,ort was unanimous. II
The committee report follows, Il
10 the Subscribers of The Durango ,
Exchange: e
Your committee appointed to make
Rforts to secure Subscribers and y
nembers for the proposed Exchange, ?