El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-18
Ell PASo. TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Has An Influence That Is Cont nua al
1y Broadening.-A Suggestio n
For Affiliated Clubs, As Exem-
plified Already BY the Slerr
County Club At HilIsboro.
The following letter has been receiv-
ed by the Ell Psso chamber of COM
merce:
Hillsboro. N. NJ, Sept 13, 1900
Chamber of Commerce.,
Ell Paso, Texas.
Gentlemen:
Mr.. Davis. your representative, was
through here recently and informed
US that your organization desired to
have the cooperation of the diff ferent
mining camps in this Territory, and
solicited q mineral display In your city.
Thinking that this would BE- benefit
to this community, l volunteered to
sssist in getting up such q display.
Whereupon Mr.. Davis appointed me
to look after the matter here.
l q: once began my canvass for
tion oil minerals. Before l had pro-
ceeded very far, the movement de-
veloped into . project to form q
commercial club TO work In conjunction
with your organic stion. Ga the Sth
inst. a meeting Of the citizens OF
Hills boro, and as many as could be
present from the outlying districts,
Was held at Gales hall and a perman
ens organization was affected, known
as the Sierra County Commercial club.
1t is the intention of the Club to en-
brace every mining district In the
county and to represent every industry
tha: ia now in operation or that may
be promoted in the future. l have
made call on the miners from all
parts OF the county, asking them to
bring in their specimene, properly
labeled, In accordance with your ins-
tructlOns ss set forth In your circular.
Any suggestion that you may make in
regard to handling the exhibit from
shis county will be greatly sppee ciated
BIZ the Club aud, Yours respectfully,
(Signed) W. E. NELSON,
W. o THOMPSON, Prest. S. c. C. G.
Secretary.
Referring to the above letter, Score
tsry Russell of the chamber of COM
merce says:
This action of Hillsboro and Sierra
county is important and gratifying in
more aspects than one. UrquestioI-
ably the organic alton OF such bodies in
the mining towns around Ell Psso is
one of the best means of promoting the
interests for which the Ell PAso cham
bar of commerce exists.
"The Ell Paso chsmber OF mmerce,
as every body knows, takes no narrow
view of the obi scts to be soug ht through
its organized work. Its prime object
is of course to promote the Interests of
the city of Ell Peso, bnt it's members
are fully alive to the fact that this can
be done best by promoting the 10 terests
of all the country tributary to Ell Paso.
Therefore, anything that promises ao-
vautages to the country surrounding
Ell Paso will command the earnest sup
port of the Ell Psso chamber of COM
merce.
"If such an organization as the cham
ber of commerce Is q good thing for
El Paso, a similar organization In each
town and county tributary to Ell Paso
is bound to be a good thing, nos only
for the locality where the organization
exists but also for Ell Paso.
"Mr. Nelson states that the Sierra
County Commercial club was orgAniz-
ed to work in conjunction with the
Ell Psso chamber of commerce.. That
statement carries q suggestion for El
PAso and the towns and counties ad.
counties Will organize as the people of
Hillsboro and Sierra county have
done, a I'D all " ~Ork in coni un ction with
the FL PAso chambe of commerce., the
result IL bound to be highly advan-
tageous to all the business inter
ests throughout the entire country
whose people are thus bound together.
It 10 to be hoped that the example of
and cooperation set BY
aud Sierra county will be
followed throughout the entire country
I'd djacent to Ell Paso."
That the influence OF the chamber Of |
is spreading Is shown By the
following letter:
Las Cruces, New Mexico, Aug. %, 1900.
Mr.. w. G. Walz,
FL Paso.
Dear sir:
A little time ago you kindly invited |