Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-27
MONEY NEEDED FOR
c 90 P { RATIVE
ORGANIZATION
Secretary of Cooperative Com
mercial Clubs at Amarillo
Makes Plea for Stronger
Financial Support.

That every commercial and dcvol-
oprncn, organization meets about tho
Same financial difficulties is in
dictated los the following circular lot
ter sent out TO members OF the exec
utiVC committee by Secretary Seth B
Holman of the Co Operative CONNER
Nal clubs of New Mexico and west
Texas from his office az Amarillo:
Amarillo. Tex. oct. 20, 1873
Measrs w =. DIAL Memphis. Tex
3 $ Toms Roswell n NJ: 4. T..
Reid. Moheetic, Tex; II. -. IIoning,
Albuquerque, ~ ~
Gentiemcn:--
n A. members OF the executive COM
mittoc of the Co-Opcrative CONNER
cial clubs ~ eastern New Mexico and
west Texas. I have To report 10 YOU
that ! went 10 Clovis last week and
had conference with President g.
-. Oldham. regarding the future
work Of this association.
Ever since he organization ! have
been confronted with the rather dr.
ncult task OF showing results without
the proper finances; under our CON
stitution ana by-laws. We could not
hope To- have more than $500 or $500
income per nunum. n wc propose
TO conduct an active campaign. %
would require many thousands OF
dollars as any thinking man can
readily see. Some other associations
of Ike character arc doing this active
work, but they employ q secretary
for an his time and allow him lib
cral expense account
In a general way. President Old-
ham and myself agreed that the only
course left for the present at least
was 60 conduct the association along
Development plans for this section. in-
volviug little money ana cut ont ala
"a; 'empts To issue expensive booklets,
etc, bot instead, to- hold about four
got together meetings each year. and
attempt To- hold our membcTyrip to-
prthrr by letter Az far AS possible and
Go use the combined weight of our
membership la giving moral support O.
an worthy enterprises affecting tho
TERRITORY OF this association. II WUa
1850 decided tO submit To YOU the
following boundary lines for the as
ISOLATION. to-wlt; Take the l,ir
Gruudc rlvrr through Sew Moxico
as a. western boundary line up {,
Embudo. thence following the west
tr1 county line OF Taos county IA
the Colorado state lime Ia Texas
taking tho counties OF Gaines, paW-
son. borden, CARA, Kent, Stonowdil
KNOX and Wiilbargcr as the southern
t'ct of counties of TcXas.
llIt IillNlNtNA lWHANNtNiW lllf 10 Ni'
gin the compilation Of statistics on
each county involved. and to use the
howe papers in keeping these statis-
ties before the people. We decided
that good roads was one ol our main
lines &C. work. The first road GO b.
tDkvp mp, WAS the one from Aihu.
quocuUo through Santa Rusu and
N, uss, New Mexico. 10 Clovis. thence
through Hereford "a Amarillo, and
connect with the Colorudo-to-Uull
here, We are cndcavorinR Go ar
rams" FOR q date for the meeting al
this iinv just as soon AZ possible.
viii thank you Co carefully study
this lester and % the decisions reach.
ga hy President Oldham and myself
meets with your approval please %
Is this copy of your letter and re-
tuth 900 nae Tor my tiles. together
Wth any suggestions you have To- pi
Ter viii follow this letter 30
few days with requests for informa
ton from your several districts lu,
CidcutdlN 81 your organization hu'
not paid its prn-rata, please forWur,
mo check for Same al your enrlics
convenience The dues are based on
90 cents per hundred population, uu
der The 1879 census. with a minimum
of Sb.00 for amy club. and one dollai
for amy individual Yours very truly
SETH g. HOLMAN
Secretary Treasurer.