El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-28
MEET
AND DISCUSS MATTERS OF
GENERAL INTEREST.
Movement For a Large Academy For
urls Endorsed.-Need Fol Action H.
the International Dam Matter.

commerce held an interesting and i'm.
portant meeting last night and dis
cussed several things of vital impor
lance to FL Paso.
The meeting was called to arrange
for the printing Of literature to mai
out in answer to inquiries received by
Secretary Russell and to order the an
nual election of officers.
Another important matter came VI
in advance of the regular program
which consumed much of the time
The Rev. Wallace Carnahan, an Epis-
copal minister and director of ST
Mary's Hall, a school for girls in San
Antonio, Texas, was introduced. and
in a short talk he explained that he
was here for the purpose of examining
this field with the view of establish
ing a girls school here. He said that
the chool would be entirely under mis-
of the church. 1t would be a relig-
ious institution, of course. but man.
aged by himself exclusively.
He wanted to know if the people of
this community would appreciate such
al institution and if it would receive
the support in a moral way of the cit
liens here. He has been interested di-
rectly in schools for many years n
has made a great success of St. Mary's
Hall in a Antonio. Mr.. Carnahan
wanted the citizens here to give him a
block of lar II lease it to him free
and give such other assistance as they
would. He said that it would take
school in good condition as he wanted
to put up good buildings, and there
were other places that wanted him but
he would rather come here.
The Rev. NJ. C. Martin was present
with him and by request he made a
short talk. He said that the school
was the very thing the people here
needed and it would be sure of sue
cess in this large territory for there
are no private schools OF Importance
here now, except the Catholic schools.
He hoped to see the matter receive
consideration from the chamber of
commerce and would assist all he
could.
The board after talking the matter
over considered the proposition favor
ably as far as it went and passed a
resolution Offering any reasonable en-
couragement to the institution.
The board then o up the matter
of distributing literature and received
propositions from several printing
houses to furnish the matter. 1t a
beer agreed that the chamber of COM
merce prepare a folder for distrib- |
ution, but a local job printer was get
ting out a paper for the Carnival and
asked to be allowed to print the mat
ter that had been prepared by Secre-
tary Russell in this folder. Another
also wanted to get out a SIM
liar paper, or official program of the |
Carnival, n they were also flowed |
to print the matter at no cost to the |
organization.
Mr.. Walz then moved tha as these
parties were going to print this mat
ter free the chamber of
wait until after the Carnival
to get out additional matter. The mo-
ton carried.
The International Dam.
Mr.. Martinez, who has just returned
from a visit to Santa Ee and Las
Vegas. New Mexico, said that the peo-
pie of h territory were becoming
stirred up over the international dam
He said that they were I'M
Ter the impression hat General Mills
md Attorney General Griggs had
oncocted a scheme to push the inter-
dam bill, bou as introduced
by Congressman Stephens last year.
through the senate, fathered by SEN
tor Culberson, before the supreme
,ourt had a chance to act on the ap-
zeal of the Elephant Butte case. and
ty of the courts. They were sure
ven yet that this was a scheme of the
'eople of Ell Paso to steal a march on !
hem and get the thing settled by
this bill and then they would
ave no through the courts.
Mr.. Martinez said he was sure that
he bill reported a few days ago was
imilar to the bill introduced by ;
stephens last yea and was the off =,
of General Mills, who has been
ncompromising since the efforts were
tarted to withdraw objections to the l.
Elephant Butte proposition. They are Z
Torking a scheme and the worst of it
5 that the people of New Mexico think
Ell Paso generally is at the head
Z it. He further said that the people r
I Colorado and New Mexico were I