El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-29

fled speeches in favor Of the allies. Mr..
Duck deserves especial credit for his
work. as he took DR.. W. Il. Jameson s
place in the cast late Thursday after
noon when DIR. Jameson was forced to
withdraw because Of the Illness of Mrs.
Jameson.
James A. Dick impersonated Burt
OrndOrff, the new president of the
chamber of commerce. who was a di-
rector on the old board. He moved that
all conventions be secured for III Paso
in order that his hotel could be filled,
acknowledged the boquet OF celery. rad
isles and onions, which was presented
to the real Mr. OrndOrff Thursday
night, and seconded all motions.
Norman VI. Walker impersOnated sec
rotary A. w. Reeves, including his
''Y'under' stann' " which Andy uses when
reading his reports After the secretary
had read the roll call, the first business
taken up was the minutes OF the pre-
viOus meeting.
Happier Busy.
When the roll was called, J. A. Hap
pcr's name was called three times. Mr..
Hines. as y. p. Coles. announced that
Mr.. Happier was in Washington to get
the salvation army post in FL Paso
enlarged"
The "NIinUtes."
The minutes follow:
THE roll call showed that Jack Hap
per was away in private car and was
not expected back untif the car ran off
the track
Harry Potter was absent on import
ant Jitne business at Austin.
Henry s. Beach was in Mexico trying
to find maids for dressing his dressed
fleas
claiborne Adams was delivering a
speech on why 1 did not run for al
derman at the ring meeting, and Jim
Primm was down the valley watching
q la nd F~~uf
aside from these there was a quorum
of two, including the secretary and the
janitor, Ham, present
AdcIub Is Heard From.
M 2. CaTlock appeared before the
board and made modest request that
the Adclub be furnished a free special
train to Chicago and return, with stops
at his old home in Illinois and side
trips to r. T.. Shermans Iowa home
stead. The request was referred to the
livestock committee.
a request by Felix Sommerfeld for
carload of running shoes for the Next
can army was declared out Of order, as
neither HaymOn krupp nor y. Schwartz
carry this brand Of shoes.
Edward kneezeu, on behalf of the
Pioneers association, presented a reso-
luton asking for sufficient funds with
which to purchase a male and female
gondola for Pete kern's park on the
mesa. Allowed.
The hCrn barbecue.
MI. Kern presented an itemized bill
for the Mesa Scenic Drive barbecue,
which included 10 cents worth of bar
becue and three ioaves of bread. Upon
motion Of Burt Orndorff the item re-
ferring to the three loaves of bread was
cut to two as this was considered SUI
ficient bread for the amount of meat
on hand
&C. L. Stratton. of the Try State Tele-
phone company presented a bill for
services rendered by the telephone com
pany.-Dec %, when 10000 calls were
registered at the central exchange. Up
on being questioned, Mr. Strattou adj
mitted that this total was figured in
Mexican money.
~ representative of Morris & Co. ap-
peared before the board and promised to
spend 100000 i'm the erection of union
stockyards here. The motion was OPP
posed on, the ground that they did not
belong to the union and were, therefore,
not entitled to the use of the name;
that their stock was paid up, was not
watered and was therefore not in com
pliance with the state sanitary board
regulations
Coles Is JOIIied.
a. p. Coles Appeared before the
board and requested that his cOntribu-
tiOn to the budget fund be reduced
from $3.50 to 50 for the year 1915, as
the embargo on cotton had reduced the
sale of lots in Cotton addition and had
made retrenchment necessary The re-
quest was referred to the livestock
committee. consisting of Claiborne