El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-12
REALTY MEN To
FORM EXCHANGE
To Cooperate With Chamber
of Commerce in Getting
Settlers for Valley.

The FL Paso Real Estate dealers
VIII organize into an exchange Tor the
purpose of taking care Of prospects and
completing the work of the publicity
department Of the chamber OF COM
merce which brings many people and
inquiries. into the southwest
The plans for this exchange we're
tentatively drawn at a luncheon Of q
committee on organization at Hotel
Sheldon at noon Friday The plans
viii not be made public until Thurs
day afternoon. Nov. Is. when mass
meeting of the real estate men Of II
PasO is called to discuss, and II found
desira bic, accept the program 1ormu-
lated by the committee The meeting
will be held in the auditorium Of the
chamber Of commerce
Meeting Thursday Afternoon.
G. H. Clements presided at the meet
ing and explained that the publicity
department was trying to bring $50
German farmers here from Canada TO
locate in the valleys Of the Rio Granue
and that he had called the real estate
men together 70 consider plans Ior
bringing these coIORists here. He sug-
gested sending a representative oil an
the valleys under the project to confer
with the prospective colOnists and that
this representative be supplied Win
maps literature. photographs and ere
dentials authorizing him TO quote prices
and terms to the farmers. He SAID the
chamber of commerce did not wish 70
send such representative unless Lhe
entire baby Of real estate men belong
ing to the chamber cOncurred in II ana
he was assured that this was the case
A committee composed Of J y. Paden-
W. T. Payne, r. r Sherman, James L.
MARI N. p. Stevens. Dexter Mapel and
II. La Sale, was appointed 10 make
plans for an organization or the rear
estate men
No Organization.
AS il is now said Mr. Clements,
when a man or woman with whom the
publicity bureau has long been in cor
respOndence finally comes 10 town,
often from long distances. the pest 4
can do is 20 over with them again the
matter covered by our booklets and by
our letters. show them maps point out
to them the samples Of fruit. vegetables
and other forms OF vegetation we nave
on show in the chamber Of commerce
and then hand them list Of the real
estate men who are members OF the
chamber Of commerce or contributors 10
the budget Tuuu, land turn Lnem out
the front door. The result is that
many of these prospects who have
made their long trip get into the
downtown district and become lost
We should have sales agent OF
locating agent as they have at Las,Cru-
ces. possessed Of an automobile. over
TO whom we could turn these prospects
10 be taken from one end OF the Fl
PasO valley to the other and shown ev-
erything there is TO be shown in the
form OF agricultural lands. This sales
agent or locating agent should have no
connection with any Individual real es1
tate firm and the prospect shouP
know that.
How to Get Colonies.
What we are particularly INTERCEPTED
in now, however, is In getting together
for the purpose Of handling colonies
should a representative Of this German
colony in which we are interested
lust at present come to FL PaEO how
could ne be handled by the publicity
bureau under the present system2 You
have it in your own hands to- provide
the remedy"
Among those present at the meeting
were James l. Mari. H La Sale, o. IL
Palm, r z. Sherman, J. c. White. J. d.
Paden. D. c. KlOss. J. I. Mccullough
c. B. Stevens, NJ P Stevens and W. F.
Payne, all of FL Paso. and 7. r. Find
lay. II. B. Link and F. L Hill, OF Las
Cruces. The latter were called in "a
explain the method employed by the
Elephant Butte Water Users associa-
ton in handling prospects brought 10
Las Cruces by the averusing done
through the efforts Of immigration sec
retary Link or the joint immigration
bureau conducted in FL Paso-