El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-18
BOOSTER LUNCHEON
is BEING ARRANGED
At It the Chamber of Com
merce Probably Will
Be ReOrganlZed.

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factory progress is being made by the
committee in charge of the get-tOgether
luncheon to be held April 2. The lunch
con arrangements are being made by
E. C. Wade. IT., assisted by Q. W. East,
Francis F. Merrill, N. B. Stevens and j.
B. Wiekard.
The necessity for a strong booster
organization at this time is felt more
keenly by business men of the valley
than ever before, and the local papers
are giving several columns each week
to the question of advertising the valley
and reaching out for some OF the new
settlers who are looking westward Tor
home.
1t is the intention of the boosters who
are backing this movement to reOrganize
the chamber of commerce along more
progressive lines, eliminate the board
of directors, except so lar as having an
executive committee to audit the ac-
counts and look after the routine bust
ness of the organization, while the poll
cies to be worked out and the lines of
endeavOr on which the chamber of COM
merce viii operate viii be outlined by
the members in open meetings where all
viii have an equal voice IN the manage
ment.
Saloon Question Injected.
agitated as one of the planks of the
coming election, and it is expected that
a mayor and board Of trustees who are
opposed to the liquor traffic viii be
nominated by one party, or Independent
OF party lines II necessary, as petitions
are being circulated on the streets to
secure support of this movement.
The publication of nearly two pages
Of delinquent taxpayers is the first time
in years that the tax collector has exer-
eised his authority in collecting the
taxes from all. This viii mean a great
increase in the resources of the county,
and viii give funds for the building of
roads, bridges and repairs on the court
house without the necessity of more
bond issues.
The list as published contains nine
full columns and the amounts range
from less than 81 as the smallest
amount to nearly $1,000 where the taxes
have been allowed to run for some time,
and the names of many of the political
leaders IN both parties are to be found.
The total delinquent taxes, it is said,
viii aggregate over $4,000. and as the
property Is ample security for this sum,
the cOllectiOn-ef this amount Is assured,
especially as the collector has advertised
that he viii ask for Judgment for the
hdLAOue aluOuugo anu sell the property
within 80 days thereafter, as provided
by law
NJ. R. Hartley and wife viii leave soon
for Ohio, accompanied by Mr.. Hartley's
father. 1t is the intention of the young
couple to make their home in the easS,
where Mr.. Hartley viii engage IN bust
ness with his father.
Allen !. Papen, who has been in the
BerinO camp for the past few weeks,
working his mines in that section, re-
turned to town Tor new supply OF pro-
visions, and reports progress on the de-
velopment work.
W. f. Leslie of Antler, Okla, one of
the new arrivals in the valley. has be-
come so thoroughly impressed with the
future OF Las Cruces that he has decided
to remain here, and has purchased a
tract of five lots Just south of the Selig-
man place through Ehle & Co.. and Will
erect a modern home that Will eOst
about $4,000.
W. S Martin, formerly proprietor of
the Cash grocery, is again here, after a
trip to his old home IN Arkansas. Mr..
Martin was IN a railroad wreck in east
Texas on his way TO Arkansas and sus-
tanned a painful fracture of the small
bone in his right leg. After passing
through the cotton country, where times
have been bad for the past year, Mr..
Martin said he was glad to return where
the farmer does not depend on rainfall
for his crops.
One Of the most needed attractions
to our valley would be modern nursery
where trees could be grown that are
particularly adapted to this climate and
soil The fruit tree agents from other
states are all well patronized bv the
ranchmen, and the success of a home
grown tree produced by experts would
be more eagerly sought than the eastern
grown trees. The starting of a nursery
in the Mimbres valley, and the success
of the one already established in the
FL Psso valley should encourage anyone
knowing the business to embark in it
here.
One of the moves which is promoting
plying of the bureau of Immigration
with several hundred packages of garden
seeds for free distribution.