Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-14
DURANGO EXCHANGE.
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speaking ABOUT god ROADS, Governor
Ferguson OF Texas, said, "The man
who can help the people build five
miles Of road is a greater statesman
than he who can talk for three hours
on the initiative, referendum and re-
call"
The Durango Motor club and all 9TH
er good roads advocates in the San
Juan basin who deserve credit for the
good roads we now enjoy, will say
"Amen," but are these roads as good
as they can be made?
Do our farmers realize that auto
mobiles and good roads have raised
the price of farm lands, increased the
productivity of the titled ground and
halted the rush of young folks from
the farms to the now familiar city +?
Do our business and professional
men realize that the motor car has
become an economic necessity in the
life of their town; that unless good
permanent roads are built into the
town from every direction, the chan.
nels Of commerce are stagnated?
The Durango Exchange intends to
carry on an active, aggressive, defin-
lite, consistent and persistent educa.
tional campaign in calling public at
tention to the substantial, material, fl
nancial, mental and spiritual advan.
tages to be derived from the construc.
tion, maintenance and improvement
of enduring highways in every part OF
the great San Juan basin, and to the
satisfaction and profit to be realized
from the employment of motor trans.
portation.
The Exchange does not propose to
be a pink tea organization; it will
not limit its activity to the spinning
of theories, nor confine its voice t.
psalm singing concerning roads. It
will be the purpose to keep ever pres
ent the realization that there is no
magic in mere words by which mud
holes, sand beds or ruts can be con-
verted into ballasted highways. Road
drags do not move themselves auto.
matically over the country at the right
moment after rains. More systematic
road dragging has got to be done.
Each motorist who can do so should
report to the Exchange before each
Sunday where he has encountered bad
stretches of road in the country adia-
cent and this information will be
placed on the bulletin board, as also
where the good roads may be found.
In this way Sunday drives may be
made more pleasant.
The Exchange room and the ladies'
rest room will be handy for the en-
tertainment of the Aztec people on
Sunday, June 90. All the furniture
and fixtures will not have been in
stalled then, but the visitors will be
welcome to come and make their
headquarters until their train leaves
in the evening. Every Durango citi-
zen should feel it his duty to send
our guests home with good impress
sion Of our hospitality. Friendly re-
lations are what we need between ev-
cry town and community in the San
Juan basin, and the welcome given
Durango at Aztec year ago has
cemented the friendship of the two
places to their mutual advantage in
every way. Let us make every Aztec
resident booster for Durango, and
then continue the good work to the
other towns.
The bowlers are trolling 'em" every
afternoon and evening now. Bradford
holds the high score with 200, while
Barber comes second with 1873. The
house rules will make certain hours for
ladies. and also It is proposed to have
tournaments as soon as the regular
bowling season is open this fall. AL
Springer is said to be training daily,
but easily, to get In shape for roll.