El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-07

sea ted the prominent visiting bankers
and business men and d number of
local officials, including Felix Mar
unez, who has just returned from
trip through Laun-America.
The Formal Hearing.
The formal hearing at the federal
building will consist of a series of five
minute speeches from manuscript by
number of Ell PasO bankers and BUSH
ness men and the visiting bankers
from FL PasO's territory. These talks
must be read from copy, as there will
be no imprOmptu speeches permitted,
because of the limited time. The
local men who will speak Before the
organization committee will be: Z. S.
Stewart, president of the clearing
house; James G. McNary, secretary,
and T. NJ. Wingo a member of the
clearing house committee, will present
the arguments for the location of a
branch of the regional reserve bank
here. They. will present the matter
from the bankers angle. Robert
Krakauer, president of the chamber of
commerce. will speak for the jobberS
and business men. II. D. Slater viii
present the manufacturing aspect OF
the southwestern situation. c. NJ. New
man will speak on cattle and lands;
J. J. Ormsbee on mines and mining and
Y. R. Stiles on railroad and mail facil-
tiles in Ell Paso.
VIII Leave Late.
The Sunset limited, upon which the
secretaries will leave for AUSTIN will
not leave the union station until after
1890 as it is reported an hour late.
This will give the secretaries that much
more time for the public hearing at
the federal building. The dinner at
six o'clock for the secretaries will be
Informal and business suits will be
worn.
Dallas Men Here.
Four Dallas delegates arrived here
Saturday morning to invite secretary
Houston to attend the National Corn
show. which is to be held in Dallas on
February il. Postmaster general
BurlesOn has promised to attend and
an effort will be made to have the two
secretaries attend If possible The
Dallas delegation has asked the local
committee for no time at the hearing
this evening, as Dallas will have its
hearing in Austin. The Dallas men
came out to accompany the secretaries
to Austin and to invite them to their
big corn show. The Dallas party IN
Guided DR.. John o. BIcReynolds, Rhodes
s. Baker, Henry d. Lindsey, Grant
Maxwell, manager Of the traffic de-
partment Of the Dallas chamber OF
commerce. Tom Finty, jr., special staff
correspondent for the Dallas News, IS
also here.
CnttIemen's President Here.
J. D. Jackson, president Of the Cattle
Raisers' association of Texas, is here
from Alpine to invite secretary Hous-
ton to attend the annual convention or
the association at Fort Worth on
March 10, II and u and to protest to
q recent cattle dipping ruling
DR.. 3. F. Berkeley, president of the
Alpine State bank at Alpine, IS one OF
the west Texas bankers attending the
hearing He came up with president
Jackson of the Cattle RaiSerS' assoc
citation. Dr. Berkeley is president OF
the Texas Dry Farming congress.
T. NJ. Wingo has just returned from
a trip through Arizona in the interest
Of the local clearing house he says,
tI,at while the bankers of Arizona are
pledged to the coast organization, they
ali expressed their appreciation of 81
PasO as their natural trade center ana
hoped that FL PaSo would pc lnciuQeu
under the coast regional bank Mr.
WingO visited Douglas, Blsbee ana
Tucson while he was away
Kansas City Man Here.
D. J. Hass, of Kansas City one OF
the most prominent American attor-
news practicing in Mexico, is here on
private business, but is taking the time
to urge the FL PasO and southwestern
bankers to favor Kansas City as the
place for the location of regional !
bank Mr. Hass, in addition to being !
one of the big attorneys of Kansas
City, is also one of the Missouri CITY ,
capitalists. c. NJ. Smith, prominent |
Kansas City business man, is also here,
the guest of J. H. Nations. W. B. Fal- |
som is here to cover the hearing Tor /
the Kansas City Times-Star-
Rupert Moore represents more oanks !
ing. As manager of the Gila Valley I
Bank and Trust company, he repre-
sents eight banks in Arizona, with I
headquarters at Globe He is a sonln- I
law of Mrs. Julia Wilcox. 4
z. NJ Hurd, president of the Bowman J
Bank and Trust company. of Las Cru B
ces, was back behind the counter at the T.
First National bank Saturday. Mr. Hurd T.
was vice president of the First National /
before he headed the Bowman bank and /
has a world of friends in FL Paso.
VIII Talk for Las Cruces. /
Mark b. Thompson. OF Las Cruces, IS !
also here as the representative OF the Las ]
Cruces clearing house and the water D.
Jesers' association. He Will make the /
talk before the committee for the upper I
valley this evening
W. H BrOphy president OF the BANK
IF BiSbee is for California as the place /
Tor the regional bank for FL PasO as +
the sOuthWests. trade center and for the I
new currency law which, he says, Is 50 {
percent good. 1.-The big bankers Of the /
are accepting it as good, Mr.. (
3hophY said. Therefore it is up to the /
smaller institutions to accept 1t. L I
think the effect OF the new currency /
aW viii be good one IN BlsDee. Our
business is better than it has ever been
md we have ben having splendid year I
)ver there"
Many Visitors Here.
Other bankers who are here Tor the
hearing, having arrived Saturday morn
lls5s are w. =. OlAOng director OF the
First National bank of Douglas; W. =.
Harris, representing the Denver bust
less men; ". R. CHANDELIER. cashier Of
he First National bank. of Fort Stock
on, Texas; Charles F. Solomon, presi-
lent Of the Arizona National bank Of
Tucson; John Corbett, president of the
Bank Of Deming; Frank Coon, cashier
# the First National bank. of Lords
lurE, n. NJ; Jackson Agee, cashier of
ne American National bank. of Silver
City, n. NJ. P. p. Greer president of
he First National bank, of Globe; J. B.
1erndon, president of the State Nation
Il bank of Albuquerque; H. H. Kelly, /
PRESIDENT of the Deming National bank
]. 9. cooper, cashier OF the First State
}ank, Of Deming; E A. Cahoon. presi-
lent Of the First National bank, of Ros-
veil; H. P. Saunders. cashier of the
American National bank, of Roswell; T. !
Z Lowe, cashier of the Silver City Ma
lonaI bank; Charles e. Mitchell presi-
lent OF the Alamogordo. N NJ, State
1ank; 4. R. H. Smith and p F. Camp /
1ell, o Las Cruces, n. NJ. and J. J. Dale.
cashier OF the First State bank, of Tu-
grOSa n NJ