El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-11
MAY GET 1915
NINE CONGRESS
The Chamber of Commerce
Sends Delegate to Land
Convention.

Ell Paso will make a strong fight
for the 1916 convention Of the Ameri-
can Institute of Mining Engineers. The
institute will hold it's convention in
New York in March and II. S. Kohlberg
was appointed as delegate to the con-
vention at a meeting of the directors
of the chamber OF commerce Wednes-
day afternoon.
Working in conjunction with the Ell
Paso Automobile club the chamber Of
commerce viii establish an informa-
ton bureau at the chamber of COM
merce for auto tourists L. E. Neff,
Walter KOhlberg and Harry Swain were
appointed q committee to take the mat
ter up with the Auto club.
The El Paso Printing company was
named as the printers Of the official
Cattlemen'S convention program. A
total of 1000 copies will be printed free.
principal down town streets during
the convention was also taken up. The
firm of E. f See has agreed to decorate
the city for the convention at total
Donation Appreciated.
communication was read from c.
T. Sirmans. who is in New York and
who has been appointed national
committeeman Of the Made IN
America" movement. He wrote that
the action Of Ell Paso in donating $50 to
the $500 put up by Detroit for a prize
for the best MADE in America" design
had attracted much favorable atten-
ton.
In appreciation for his services in
advertising Ell Paso Gen. W. G. Snyman
who was a BOer general and is now
engaged in ranching in chihuahua, was
elected an honorary member
George LeBaron was appointed chair
man of a committee to entertain the
visitors who will be here for the recla-
nation service convention, to be held
February 19 and 20.
1t was decided that a different di-
rector be in charge of each of the
monthly dinners and that he secure q
speaker to make an address on sub
ject connected with the committee rep
resented.
Committees Named.
A military affairs committee, to look
after all the army matters and the en-
largement of Fort Bliss, was ap-
pointed. the members being J. A. Hap
per, A. P. Coles, c. A. Kline and A. n.
Brown.
walter Kohlberg, chairman Of the
civic improvement committee, named
his committee. They are r. G. Tighe,
Mrs, r. B. Orndorff, Mrs. A. P. Averill,
John COnnOrs, Richard f. Burgess, DR..
Thompson Maurice schwartz,
K. /. Simons and J. c. Wilmarth.
Applications for membership were re-
ceived as follows: George II. Booth,
Weston dairy lunch, Calderon Bros,
Stanley Bevan Mexican Produce com
FL Paso Union Stockyards company
and the Borderland Auto Supply com
pany. It was announced that the in
itiation fee would be suspended for 80
days.
Budget Trustees Meet.
Following the meeting a session of
the budget fund trustees was held.
Appropriations previously arranged
for were allowed and included the fol-
lowing: Entertanmint for cattlemen's
$4,000; securing American
Livestock association convention for
1915 SiJG0: exhibition and moving pic
lures to be exhibited in government !
building at Panama exposition. $500 !
cost of social survey, $500; donation
to Southwest Medical and Surgical as
ISOLATION convention, $50; expenses OF
DR.. r. 3. HOmau as delegate to Denver
to secure the Moose sanitarium at FL
Paso, 500. The office expenses and
the medical association donation will
be taken care of by the old budget
fund It was announced that the new
fund now stands at s45, 600.
Those present were. W. l. Gaines
T. NJ. Wingo. Edgar Kayser. Burt Orn-
dorfE w. G. Roe, James Mari, Max
MOye and Andrew Reeves.