El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-23

the annual meeting of the Dem
ing chamber Of commerce was as
follows:
Ny connection with the Deming
chamber Of commerce commenced June
10, 1911, so that az to work accom-
plished, this report viii cover SIX
months operations.
A few figures should prove not IN
interesting in beginning such report l.
TO be followed by an explanation OF the
same, and methods followed in carry =
ing on the work Of the secretary OF
flee.
Business and professional men pay
dues Of 81 monthly There are o. such
members, paying 1924 per month Farm
ers. ranchmen and non-residents pay
dues Of 81 monthly. There are %
such members, paying $32 per month
Thirty-one business and profession
al men and citizens are contributing
an aggregate of S219 monthly 10 spe-
cial advertising fund. so that the chaIn-
ber's total membership today IS "a ana
its regular income 1915 per month.
advertising Matter Sent.
Seven thousand and twenty-five
packages of advertising matter, each
package containing from two to SIX as
tinct pieces of printed matter, nave
been addressed and sent out through
the mails which would be an average
Of 40 packages every day, lncluqlns
sundays ana nOllQl15-
A former secretary in report TOT
the first quarter Of this year, men
toned that arrangements had oeeh
made for a. register to be supplied the
chamber Of commerce Ihls register
was installed Just at the time OF my
assuming the scholarship. IL mas
been impossible to get all persons 70
register who have visited our rooms
but the book now shows the names
and addresses Of 593 persons from an
points Of the compass, oregon anu
Washington TO old Mexico, Maine 70
California and Michigan to Alabama
and Mississippi. Where we could not
request visitors to register, or many
We asked either declined or negIecteo
to register, have kept a pencil mem
orandum Of apparent strangers IN the
city visiting our rooms, and Ilno mar
eA7 visitors have used the rooms our
ing the last six months, which number
does not include our own toWnspeopie
and Country. people who use the rooms
daily in making business appointments,
or meeting friends. or to write letters
on the chamber Of commerce stationery
Many Of our business men bring stran-
gers in. apparently to talk over business
and few Of such persons leafe
the rooms without taking literatuI VIII
them. And I must not neglect TO men
ton the women folks, wives ana ram
lies of ranchmen and farmers, coming
to town to do trading. they 90 NOT
find the stores a congenla1 pace 70
rest for an hour, or TO wait for their
men folks who are perhaps doing many
dollars worth Of trading at the stores
Six hundred and ninety persons car
ried literature away with them' pre-
sumably to send to some friend or rel
ative elsewhere
Requests for Information
Many requests for information were
by mail which could not be
answered by merely sending literature
thereby requiring 9l5 personal letters
to be written by the secretary during
the period answering speciaI - InqulLle -
So that in Assem- bling 80 packages OF
mail every day, each package suited TO
the particular request Of each inquirer,
inserting the same IN envelopes dd-
dressing stamping and mailng same
writing the personal letters required,
supplying callers coming in with liter
lture, and waiting on daily Tisiters-snd
stEan gers. giving them Information OF
Oeming-members can see that the
time is fairly well occupied,
makes on members collecting dues
distributing literature, and making
leedful purchases, etc, to carry on the
work of the office.
Regular Advertising.
Members may inquire where so many
10 send 1000 packages Of literature 10
u six months The chamber is running
4 monthly ad in the Sunset magazine,
which results in many inquiries com
ng in. The New Mexico bureau OF
immigration with headquarters at Albu-
lueroue Of which H b Hening is sec
rotary. is conducting an expensive ad-
-ertising campaign, using some OF the
leading magazines, and many OF me
eadinE newspapers throughout the
country, so much so that during the (
asst y months it has. received 5000 z
INQUIRIES regarding New Mexico. Ihat
bureau issues a weekly bulletin which
s sent to ali contributing commercial
clubs and chambers Of commerce IN
New Mexico, and from this bulletin |
your local secretary takes such names
Is seem to be live prospects and those
who specially inquire regarding irrl-
ration districts. Needless to say, the /
Oeming chamber of commerce contrib 1
ties 10 the work carried on by the
state bureau Then. in every package I
# the literature sent out, a return post /
ard is inclosed, inviting the recipient (
10 send in the names Of friends who I
nay be seeking new homes. farms, in |
-estment or health. The card contains /
our lines for names and addresses, /
which is often returned with five, six, 1
even and even eight names, to all of /
whom we send literature, and with /
Zach one again a return postcard is en- I
.lOsed, so that an endless chain is eS- |
abliShed, many no doubt not needing
'ur request for addresses. but enough /
PERSONS do heed our request TO keep ]
he secretary supplied with new ad- 1
lresses constantly. Then. too, local 1
ownspeople, and many farmers on their 1
rips to town to trade, drop in and 4
cave a name or two or three for liter 4
ture to be sent to.
Character OF Literature.
The next natural inquiry, or point of /
of interest to every uem- /
,er Of the chamber of commerce. is the
haracter Of literature sent to this my I
lad Of inquirers for facts concerning
)eming and the new state, and meth
ds Of following up live prospects.
A little eight page folder headed