El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05

The School Of Mines was the prlncl-
pal subject at the chamber o. cum
merce luncheon on the ROOF OF tue faso
Del NOrte Thursday. j. q. McNitrH'
Z. L. Cobb and Felix Martinez SPOKE on
the movement to have the Scnoh %
A.ines bran ID OF the Texas stare UNI
VersiLy located here the OeSl--JuS In
ing the county to buy the school -Of
the state were passed among me
luncheon crowd for signatures ana the
interest in the proposed ScnOOL was
aroused to such an extent Lnal ar g.
fort will be made to get 50UU signatures
To the petition. If the property IS NOT
donated TO the state, the school Will not
be established
Jamcs 6. McNary spoke first on ;he
School of Mines de SAID LnaL II ud4
been obtained for FL PasO by the good
work of the FL PasO legislators, Fl
PasO luck and through a combination
OF happy circumstances including LllS
friendship OF governor COlqulLI- Inc
schools beginning viii be small, but II
viii grow" he said The state, am
informed, has apr opriated $15,9OO Tor
equipment and is wiling TO make an
nual appropriations sufficient 1Or
maintaining it. The head of the min
ing department Of the state university
has written a letter mere saying InaL
he has a good man IN mind Tor presI-
dent The military institute was not
q success and FL PasO cannot afford 10
miss another chance TO make this an
educational center.
have the county provide Ine money Tor
buying the site of the institute for the
4 School OF Mines This viii put me
burden equally on the tax payers and
/ il is a chance to get branch OF me
! Texas university IN II Paso. II IS
I one Of the greatest chances We nave
had for City bUl5ing and il would be
/ q blunde- net TO take advantage OF IL
Cobb Says Buy school.
z. l. Cobb, who was introduced as
I a business man, not an orator. Dy
president stiles, spoke next on the II
I PasO spirit, greater El PasO and the
need for the School Of Mines. Repre-
I senuatiVes Richard i. Burgess and Eu-
gene Harris in the house and senator
C. B. Hudspeth in the senate are en-
titled TO the gratitude Of FL Paso tor
the passing and signing of this Dill
Mr. Cobb said AS citizen OF FL
PasO and speaking as a business man
of Ell PasO, ] wish to acknowledge THIS
debt Of gratitude. The School OF
prosperity of Fl PasO- The School OF
Mines is an obligation connected with
greater lei PaEO and we are bound TO
make it a success. FL PasO as q min
ing center l. greater than salt Lake,
Denver, san Francisco or Mexico CITY
III PasO is the natural mining center
Of the American continent FL PaSO To-
day sells more mining machinery than
Denver or salt Lake. What viii FL Paso
be when Mexico has peace and order
and the mining resources are deFeI-
Oped2 A mining school IS essential 10
greater III PaSO and IL IS not rlSnI Inat
a few public spirited men should bear
the brunt of the development Of the
city while a few stingy hounds SIT
back in the background and enjoy the
fruits of the other fellows efforts As
long as we cannot get rid of the lag
CARDS we want to distribute the load
equally If it is right for the state OF
Texas to conduct a school of mines IN
FL PasO IL is right for FL PasO county
to buy the property and present II to
the state TO operate. In the name Of
greater Ell Paso, let FL PasO county
buy the property with public FUNDS ana
donate il 10 the School Of Mines"
Greatest Mining Center.
Felix Martinez was the last speaker.
Mr.. Cobb is not eXaggerating when ne
says that FL PasO is destined to be the
greatest mining center IN North
America tt is that now. a branch OF
the state university mining department
to educate young men in scientific min
ing VIII advertise this fact. The state
has Appropriated $4,000 for equipment
and whatever is required for ula1ntaln-
ing it, whether it be $4,000 or $4,000.
When the school is established, the