El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-21
ROUNDUP" FOR
FUNDS THURSDAY
Prominent Business Men to
Make Rush Campaign
For $4,000 Budget.

Another red letter day is to be added
k to the FL Paso calendar Thursday. It
/ is to be budget day. On that day
! the nine directors Of the chamber Of
commerce will each head a soliciting
committee. Other committees of the
same kind will be asked to work. It
/ will be a roundup of subscribers that
/ viii please the fanciest roper on the
range.
| In Pioneer plaza IN front of The
Herald building, a sign BOARD viii he
I erected. This will tell the progress
( that is being made BY the committees
on their rounds. Each hour new Zig
ures viii be put down. At least 50
and probably so Of the prominent bust
ness men Of the city Will aid in the
work 1t viii be made a gala day.
A strong effort viii be made TO raise
the $4,000 that IL was proposed to
raise when this budget plan was first
inaugurated.
Already a better spirit is being
shown by the BUSINESS men Of the
city They are taking an interest IN
what IS being done and they are re-
spending to the call of FL Paso 10
help the good work along.
What 1t Is For.
Stiu there are some who do not
1 know what the budget fund is. and
Tor their benefit IT is explained that
it is a fund raised by the chamber
Of commerce to meet the demand
made upon that Organiza ton from
March /, 1913 to March J. 1914 1t
means the abolition of the old system
Of continual begging for this con-
Vention, and that for one celebration
and then another.
A fixed sum is subscribed by each
of the interested residents of the city
to cover period of a whole year.
"a mt p
ments- The chamber is to be assured
of fixed income for the purposes
Tor which 1t exists. It can then make
the proper efforts to secure new con-
Eenuons and other things beneficial TO
the city
Trustees to Make AppOrtiOnments.
A committee of trustees will say
how much money is to be spent for
each and every necessity. This com
mittee is to meet at the chamber #
commerce this afternoon for the pur-
pose OF making an appOrtionment as
asked for by the beard of directors.
The first appOrtiOnment VIII be for the
catuemenS convention and nearly So
600 is TO be expended for that
The directors are to ask for a fixed
sum and the budget trustees are 10
say how much they shall be allowed
TO eXpend for this purpose.
This proposition came at the end Of
the directors meeting at the chamber
Thursday night. Prior to that c. r.
Lingo, of FL Paso. and c. +. Baton,
Of Las Cruces, n NJ, asked the cham
Der Of commerce to endorse the plan to
organize the Fort Seldcn Hot Springs
Improvement Cos. plan to improve
Fort Selden. y NJ, which is so miles
from FL PasO- Il is planned to make
resort of the place where mineral
springs are located Robert kra-
kaUer suggested that the bylaws pro-
hibiC the endorsement of any private
enterprise but the matter was referred
TO the lands and irrigation committee,
Of which J. A. Shedd is chairman. The
dASectors were also asked to subscribe
FORA block of stock. This they passed
UP.
Plans Made For CattIemeu.
Plans for the entertainment Of the
cattlemen We're then discussed. Ser
rotary March read a letter from the
w Omans club stating that the WON
en- viii entertain the visiting women
at reception at the Paso del Norte
hotel on Tuesday. the first day of he
convention, from TO o. m. and at
some private home the following night
Streamers are 10 be hung across
street intersections and all OF the
business houses are to be asked to dec
crate. About $1,000 is to be expended
on decorations by the chamber of coru-
merce- This viii include strings Cf
lights across the street intersections
and along the principal downtown |
streets.
on rates OF one and One-third fares /
from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas |
pOlnts and there will be low rates /
from Oklahoma
Those attending the meeting were. /
Directors V. r. Stiles. Claiborne 1
Adams, Robert Krakauer, / A Shesd. !