El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-30


+t.+ # vrouId be made the state capt.
tal-by. governor William c MCDONALD
Thursday light at the chamber OF com
nerce dinner, the first ever ATTENDED
nv women in the history Of the OF
eranization. More than 200 guests SAT
5ozvn to table in the hotel Paso del
Tr,rte banouet room at 1880 p. m' and
Aid not begin to leave the room until
yearly five hours 1ater-breaklng
time as well as an attendance record
sneeches by governor Mcdonald
-zTii1ard F. Holt, Mrs Olga Kohiberg'
VI stiles and judge Dan NJ Jackson
.,f-.i,g nv the Parvin Witte quartet
,or1nosed of Mrs. Witte. Mrs. W W.
Evans. Mathew Lemen and 91r. ,M,s-lat; ii9I,
a violin solo by Miss AlclS - III
vocal music by me4nb6LS u f.e+reI
g9sso Gridiron club and mlns I1,'J,
-t,Cvv nv the chefs Of the same Cl1D
made up the diversified ana ~ - Foi
5T,~- nrograun that accompanied '4Ilu -
lowed the dinner. Large POT IlollS S,i "a
- e-rrrfal 7-eDort Of the trade ass9cIa-
ZION were read by secretary anu IlI y.
w. Reeves and showed lIldI ~
Der is in splendid flnanciaI slLetRS-
20 czOvcrnOr McDOnaId's Invitation
AIf,orgh governor MCDonald ulu ~
canton his address, Il mis.nL ;g1Aito
-,-fafeIv have been calleQ All al 49,,
ton for 81 Paso 70 DI pre- q q 'T,deing
TTeTas and Join New Mexico; JlC5l.ts77
from the spirit in which Jhe pIopo 81
WAS received, the acceptance u -
invftation would not be sucn = IN
mnfe possibility as might 5S.nSIetttLy1
- eunnosed Aside from senIllne1LaA
-essO6s and the objections OF LSA<37'
aS fbe governor said, there IS nOtL-
- to hinder the Pass city from SUI
- SSre0 vvhich would result IN noLhlls
Int Benefit for every line OF llQusC1y
here. In my opinion ne consL I.io$s
ssthe rest Of Texas does not up [l,I,s,9
-vouH he declared ana J. M1SI -
80 If Won cant make Texas let yOu
become a part Of New mexico. -.
T7he meal disposed OF, IoastILa; - II
nan M. Jackson pushed back ms cnal l
and said: Il want 20 WeIcoLl5 ~ " OF
men folk here tonight on DeLa-iL %
the chamber Of commerce rms ls -
innovation and DeueEe II IS 800
one IT is with a feeling OF SADNESS,
though. that I begin my talk-LOr II
reminds me Of death-Our wives know
where we are. That reminds me OF a
story Imagine me telling story 70
a mixed audience.
Jackson would BURY the Hatchet''
The story, which was quite harmless,
followed and the judge Went on. = ms
banquet IS given par tly ~ Aol5OA ~, ~
the new board Of directors or the
chamber of commerce. If were lle
head of that new board / WOulu au-
wise every member of the chamber
to bury the Ratchet, If there are any
drawn. I have always said that the
D
eranizatfon free from political faint. II
i were the new president, the IlEsL
thing I would do would De 10 take
every member OF the chamber down
in the basement Of the chamber or
commerce building, where so many
sanguinary conflicts have been staged,
and advise each Of them that II was
. commercial organization. And II
snv Of them had their hatchets in a,
neighbor's scalp, I'd make him draw
it out and bury it in the mud Of the
Rio Grande.
cit seems to nae that the best thing
the new president could do to begin
his term would be to urge every mem
Der OF the organization 10 get out 10
morrow and the next day and hunt
down men who have not paid their poll
taxes Try to get everyone you know
to pay his poll tax before it's too late.
a big list Of paid poll taxes is the
best advertisement a city can have.
Why, they take so much interest in
1t back in east Texas that Houston,
Dallas and San Antonio have hung up
:. nrize of $500 for the city making
the best batting average IN the way
of poll taxes paid If, through the
chamber OF commerce, FL PasO could
increase her poll tax payments heavily,
until they were greater in proportion
to its population than any other city
in Texas, it would be the best adver-
tisement we could have. I have heard
that some men say they are not going
to take out their poll taxes so they II
be exempt from jury duty. If anybody
viii give me the names Of those men,
I'll send a deputy sheriff out tOmOr-
row morning and make them serve a
week"
Reeves Reads Report.
Secretary A. w. Reeves embodied IN
his report, which he read at the din
ner, the report Of the finance com
mittee. The report showed cash on
hand January %. 1914, of $4,37I41.
When the committee began its labors
1uTH IN nra mo
s1356. During the year collections Of
S23.736.92 were made from various
sources. The expenditures during the
year were S2O.715.51
Itemized, the financial report showed
the following:
Receipts.
Cash on hand, Jan %, 1915..-...-s 1,356.00
Membership fees -..---.--... ----.--. zV-OU
Dues traffic department ....-..-. 2,S11.75
Rents Observation-Disclosures. 2,22S. 90
Os APPLE fund .-.-..-.-.. -.--.--. l5O-z5
Luncheons -.-.--.----.--- go ~
Trade trip, 1912 .s-..--.-.-. 1875
Trade trip. 1913 -..--.-.--------. 5,190. 50