Show SM SIN JUAN development COMMITTEE GIVES REPORT colden opportunity for basin varn farin ers era to Es establish cablish market for their crops I 1 that the san juan basin has a golden opportunity to create a macket in los log angeles for all live stock poul j try and farm farin produce that can be raise in the basin was revealed leve aled in the report of the marketing committee made anade before a large cowd of representative I 1 senta tive businessmen stockmen stoc kmen and ranchers of every section of the basin bt at the district court room this afternoon said tuesdays durango herald H arald democrat continuing tie the stated W E maxwell of 1 the animas valey acted I 1 as chairman of the i meeting and after briefly stating the purpose of the meeting introduced county agent ay W B smith who read lead a detailed re rei i port compiled by y the members of the comm committee attee following agent smith J A clay gave a talk on the transportation sit aaton ile he pointed out that eliat during the past to years an excellent highway fins been constructed across the navajo J reservation from shiprock to gallup and that gravel surfaced highways are aie being constructed and stated that livestock and produce can be hauled from the basin to gallup and shipped dipped F to los angeles on the santa fe in many instances ata at a lower cost than the present freight rates from section sin kansas nebraska and kansas I 1 h now marketing mai ina poultry livestock es and produce in los angeles what we need in the san ban juan basin s in mr clay declared is to produce khe ithe tonnage and when we do that railroads lail i roads and truck lines will come after the business following is a portion of the report by county agent W B smith sinith the relations trip committee comprised of I 1 A clay du ango W 13 B smith county agricultural agent C D horner president san juan turkey producers association also a grange representative aw W E maxwell muster alaster animas valley granges and T C graham Gra barn representative dative san juan basin cattle horse and hog Gro grower association made the trip by auto to los angeles angelas starting from durango november 4 at a m and arriving at los angeles at 4 p ni november 6 this committee was received by the automobile club of southern Sou thein california chamber of commerce los angeles stock yards brokers and poultry distributors distri buters and many others and information secured which is incorporated in the report leport the committee ic ie turned to durango saturday night bight november at 9 1 p m after leaving los angeles thursday november 13 at 1030 a m metropolitan los I 1 os angeles has agop of people who must eat and wear clothes the year round untold wealth is there with more moie wealth coming in each day the crops this largo large city are crops of citrus citing fruits nuts and vegetables irrigation water is short Clina climatic tic conditions are not favorable favo raVe to raise a good glade of cattle poultry or hogs bogs the above commodities being brought into los angeles territory from montana wyoming colo isdo new mexico texas idaho nevada arizona nebraska kansas california and oregon and represent an outlay of total purchases of agricultural modifies modi ties for los angeles from eleven western states is of which amount colorado only receives oo oooo we are closer to that market by half the distance from similar points in texas wyoming and montana mantana the marketable mar keable crop from the san juan basin is not in competition with crops grown in the immediate territory orv of los ancelo ari An felo eles not only is 13 the metropolitan los angeles market a large one and a profitable one but there is also a large market in Tro visioning the ocean freighters frei ghers steamers and U S government warships sailing from the port of los angeles to other parts of the world perhaps the greatest assistance givon given the committee on its entry botn 0 tn california was the services and t time J e of the off officers leers of the automobile club of california drivers and automobiles were at our call any time during the stay of tile the committee in california thanks to don doag gray ani and moore harry chandler held a with the committee and was fully in accord with their program he sponsored the idea that members of the agricultural and briness mens committee of the los angeles chamber of commerce make an automobile tour of the basin asme time early in the spring of 1931 mr chandler made the statement to thie the committee that los angeles was as built from committees visiting other cities in the united states and back constructive ideas to the citizens of los angeles upon which they worked if los angeles as was built on such a program san juan basin can be developed accord ingy two meetings with the officials of the A T S F railroad were arranged and at each meeting freight rates time schedules and trucking were discussed there is accommodations at gallup with sufficient yardage for 37 cars car of cattle the run to los angeles angel can be made in 42 to 48 hours these officials will endeavor to have feight rates adjusted to be comparable 1 rable to raes from other sections so situated they have plenty of rolling stock and heavy power they have also inaugurated a half freezer and half live poultry car which seems to meet the wishes of poultry shippers h ip from other sections they are not in the trucking business |