El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-06
VIII Have Monthly Ban
QUets to Talk Business.
Issue "the Auto Bug"
MONTHLY dinner is to be a fea-

~ ture Of the Ell PasO Automobile
club as a part of its coming
years activities.
The first dinner was held Monday
night in the Sheldon grill room and
il was decided TO meet once a month
in future to discuss plans and work.
r, II. Rinehart presided and told of
some of the plans he had in mind,
as president of the club, for the COM
ing year
He said the club was making plans
to put up signs on all the roads lead
ing into and out of Ell PasO and that
signs would also be put up inside the
city, showing strangers how to get out
OF town over the various routes lead
ing out of FL PasO. He also said the
club planned to make runs to surround
ing towns during the year, including
Roswell Albuquerque, the Elephant
Butte dam, Las Cruces, Demiug, silver
City and other points. He said the
club was getting out strip maps show
Ing the road leading to all important
surrounding towns to be distributed to
tourists, to aid them on their way. He
called attention to the large amount
of publicity the city Of FL Paso re-
celved as a result of the Ell PasO-
Phoenix race, and said it had been
conserVat1vely figured as worth $40
oOO If II had been purchased at space
rates The clippings, pasted in
string, were hung around the dining
room as an exhibit.
Good Roads and Signs.
V. r. Stiles. president Of the cham
Der Of commerce. discussed the value
Of good roads and the necessity for
signing the roads, also the streets lead
ing out Of the city. He cOmplimented
southern California on its good roads
and signs and said this feature was
worth millions of dollars a year to that /
section. He said he was for building .
good roads and keeping them in repair,
nut ne was against any more road tax
alton unless the roads now built in Ell I
FaSO county are repaired and kept in /
shape. Mr.. Stiles commended the an
nOunced plan of president Rinehart to /
nave the club cooperate with the city
council IN drafting a new and modern 9
traffic ordinance. He said in Los An 0
geleS, autOmObiliStS were permitted fO :
run 80 miles an hour, but both drivers
and pedestrians We're forced to OBJ
serve certain regulations and as re-
SUIT there were no accidents PedpS-
TRANS are not permitted to cross a
street in the middle of a block and
an autOmObilist must ALWAYS observe
the regulations of the road in turning
corners and must give a warning when
crossing a street.
Lack OF Publicity.
G. a Martin told of the publicity
that EI PasO ought to be getting as a
result of having the only all the year
route across the continent and said
El Paso was woefully short in the mat
ter of exploiting its advantages. He
suggested press agent, employed I
Jointly by the chamber of commences !
and the Automobile club to get stories
In the eastern papers that would can
to FL Paso and its many ad-
yantages- He also cited the fact that
the only rewards collected from the I
automobile club so far for the arrest
and conviction of persons throwing I
glass in the street had been collected
oy policemen-'men who are paid by
lOw"
To Avoid Accidents.
AIVes Dixon, of the FL Paso street ]
'allWay, told the audience that eight I
'ut Of ten accidents are avoidable and } {