El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05
Fl PlSI BUSINESS MEN URGE COUNTY
To BUY SCHOOL OF MINES SITE
Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Talks All Appeal to
the County to Buy Military School Property and
Thus Distribute Equitably the Cost Upon the
Citv-EI Paso Declared the Greatest
Mining Center of North America.

mining men viii hear more Of FL PasO
as a mining center. Z IS right 10 ask
the county to buy the property and
thus make all pay their share OF It. The
men who own the military institute
viii lose every cent they have put into
it All the county is asked to do IS pay
on the mortgage We want 7OeO names
on the petition to get the county to
buy it. If you are paying 500 IN taxes
YOU viii probably pay $lOl after the
school property is bought
Mr. Martinez closed his talk to the
business men by cOmplimenting them
for the fine showing at the luncheon
Keep it up and make it 200 instead OF
100" Mr.. MARTINEZ said Have a din
ner here in the fan with 25O men seated
at the tables. San Diego has not the
backing that Ell PasO has but is rails
ing 500 to our $40 We nave every
thing every element Of success here.
san Francisco had only the sea to make
il while FL PasO has Yerything--min-
ing resources, agricultural, cattle and
IS the gateway to Mexico. GU can STOP
that war in Mexico II you wish 10 90
In You could have done it three years
ago, a year ago. and you can DO II now
Let's organize an international move
ment here and stop this trouble N
three months and our prosperity viii
treble. The Herald has been urging It
for some time and il can be done Make
peace the purpose OF your dinners and
take the bull by the horns"
Musical Numbers.
The musical numbers at the luncheon
Thursday were the most pleasing OF
any yet given. Miss Jennie Lynn
! ProbSt, niece OF MIS- C1arles ne eEoLL,
sang two selections at the beginning OF
{ the luncheon and ParTin Wirte sang
ION the Road to Mandalay, with
Francis Moore playing his accOmpan1-
ment, and as an encore gave My Hero 7
Z Both singers were encOred and forced
Z 10 sing second selections by the crowd
] The luncheon attendance was the
( largest yet The Official figures OF
/ secretary Reeves showed that there
! were 80 members present
Peter Kern, elected a life member OF
the chamber at last weeks luncheon Tor
2 his work in getting new members,
brought in 65 new ones thursday ana
was cheered again
New Members
The names presented by Mr.. Kern
for membership Were- Alexander NJ
smith. Herman L. Schneider L. H. Ev-
ridge. Ben Swat, Frank Taylor. i. v
KUble, r. Eldridge King, Holman
company, c. NJ Rathbun & company,
c. r. Brown, DR.. Harry T. JorQOn. Df-
J. J. Pearce. DR.. J. A. Lupfer, Dr. E r.
Carpenter. Dr. James A. Pickett H
c.. Smith, DR.. E. H. irwin, j. n Nc
kee. T. B. Rogers, DR.. Henri Letord,
r l. Nichols. DIP. Fred 3. Gulnns Dr-
c. A Reinemund Willis ". Waite, Dr-
z d. Strong A POZil, Miss Edna K
Seamands, Victor Hat and Clothing
company, Dr. II y. Stafford, Dr- r ~
Garrett, H. n. McCluer, Paul Q. Lopez,
DamasOt Flores. Albert Yaffe, Harris
WaIthall, F. ". Mcconnell. FL PasO
Trunk factory. Dr. J. H Paget, Dr. ID.
". DetWiler, Dr. W H. Pickles, Dr.
Wip Robinson, J. l. Hin. ~ Ziede, Joe
VOZza. f. TrocheriO, T. Uchihashi, san
tOs TerraZas, H. r. Gamble. c. n Ball,
A. H. Green, s. H StrattOn, F. A
Spence, p. r. DietZ. Chester P. Henry
W J. Blackwell. Dr. l. 3. Auerbach,
John q May. c. Z. Ross, FL Paso Busy
works, II. n. Buteu Jr-- i. W Earl
John T. Hill, F. W. HadlOck, Capt
Herbert Num-. G. H. Knox
When secretary A. W Reeves an
nOunced at the luncheon that Kern had
ADDED S. more names to the member
ship roll, making a total OF 215 for
Mr. Kern Bob Krakauer, Of the mem
bership committee. announced through
pre- sident 3 T. Stiles that there were
three life memberships awaiting any
one who equaled Pete's record Mr.
Kcrn's reason for not equaling MS rec
ord Of 101 made last week was that he
was suffering from q weak ankle
Other names submitted follow C.
P. Hostetter, J. W. Parker. Western
Motor Supply company, A. N. James,
Frank J. Williams.