El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-29
ENDORSES ORGAN
MINING DISTRICT
Commerce Chamber Estab-
fishes Precedent; Con
tracts for Advertising.

Directors of the chamber of COM
merce went on record as endorsing a
mining district at their regular meet
ing Tuesday night, when they passed
a resolution recommending the Organ
mining district, Is miles from Las Cru
ces, \. NJ, as being worthy of in
vestigatiOn." This is the first time in
the history OF the chamber that its
governing body has endorsed any 10
cality for its merits in the mineral line.
The Organ district is approximately SO
miles from FL PasO.
Among its principal producers are
the Bennet-Stevenson Torpedo, Mem
phis, Excelsior, Philadelphia and Big
Three mines. The Bennet-SteVen-
son property has been a large producer
OF silver and lead ores for a number of
Ell Paso smelter, according TO secre-
tary 4. W. Reeves. The resolution COM
mending this district for investigation
was in accordance with report made
mittee, composed of Robert Silberberg
Thomas O'Keeffe, J. L. Campbell and
II B. Stevens
Contracts With Sunset Magazine.
FL PasO is 10 receive much advertis-
ing through the Sunset Magazine, &C
cOrding to the terms of a contract with
that publication accepted by the di-
recLOrS last night. Twelve hundred
dollars will be expended by the cham
Der Of commerce with the Sunset Pub
fishing company for publicity purposes
in the year beginning Dec. /, 1913. A
systematic advertising campaign has
been planned by the trade association.
The contract states that the Sunset
magazine will accept any advertising
literature prepared by the chamber of
commerce and distribute it at its in
formation bureaus throughout the
country. record of inquiries con-
corning FL Paso will be kept at these
bureaus and the inQuirerS will be re-
ferred to the Ell PasO organization. The
q a M 0F
per month, 100000 of its readers living
east of the Mississippi river.
First "ad. in December.
The first "ad' to be run in the ma ga
zine viii appear in the December issue
It viii cover a page. Next Aprirs issue
will carry a special e.-ticle on Texas,
with FL PasO as its leading feature. A
special staff writer will be sent here
from headquarters in California to pre-
pare this article.
Resolutions OF regret on the death
Of D. NJ Payne, eXpresident of the
chamber of commerce, were passed at
last nights session. copy of the
resolutions will be presented to the
Payne family, while the original viii be
posted on the record of the associ-
alton.
Three New Members Elected.
The Pritchard. Cunning Contracting
company, T. NJ Wingo and the Ell Paso
Heights Investment company were
elected to membership last night Sec
for the month showed that there was
S2,165-64 in the treasury on the first Of
October.
The following resolution REGARDING
advertising solicitors who use the
chamber OF commerce name without
proper authority was passed by the
directors:
1T having come 10 the knowledge of
the chamber of commerce that adver-
tisements have been solicited from our
business men by those claiming to have
the endorsement of this organization. it
IS resolved that in the future those
propositions having the endorsements
of this body shall have, as authority
for such, a letter signed by the secre-
tary of the chamber Of commerce, ap-
proved by the president or vice presi-
dent
BE II resolved. further. that the
public is hereby warned that no one
without such communication has the
authority to claim the endorsement Of
the chamber of commerce and all adj.
vertising schemes should be looked int
very carefully