El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-02

Automobile Week" was given at
- the largest and most enthusiast
tic meeting of automobile, accessory
and tire dealers ever held in the city
which gathered in the directors room
OF the chamber Of commerce on AloIiueLs
night Plans for the big snow WeS "a u
Nnverl Der .g to December = Wnicn IA e
been outlined in The Herald uuLlu-
the past ten days, were approved VIII
out dissenting voice ana aiIsil7
mcRts are now under way 10 mas
show week the biggest thing OF IT'S
kind that has ever been held IN inc
ITi+b two or three exceptions. every
concern connected with the automobile
indusrrv in Fl PasO was represented az
the meeting and the few absent eeS nsid
been detained by important business
The meeting was opened 10y IT, n
s-7[-,e,ts DubIicftv commissioner OF
The chamber of commerce VINO asheu
the chairman of the automobile com
1nittee Of the chamber OF commerce, H.
swain to preside Mr. Clements then
evpla ned the purpose Of II Paso Au-
fomobile Week and asked Wnetner IL
would be the pleasule OF the meeting 10
Of gani~e permanently or IS q Tempo
rary comm ttee- It W@s deciueo ina
the organization would be temporary
but that it could be made permanent II
50 desired later on
AreFes for COoReratio1-
@ p Henry. OF the Cadill0c sales
corrpanv. stated that the dealers had
bcen very lex in getting together IN
The past ard that he would IKE 10 Sc
a permanent o-Ec~ izauon, oEt IH.L tle
purpose of the show week couiu p
served by temporary organlzallon anu
the matter o q refinement assoclalloh
ta'-en up lateF-
Il " Hatcher was the choice Tor
general chairran. Several others were
su--rsted but declin~d and pointed OUT
that Mr.. Hatcher. not being ccnnectea
Wit any particular make o. car Mouit
loo <
ing the buck was the favo bite sport
when the election OF secretary - ne up
and IL = TsosebO~o. another lndepen-
dent dealer. was the choice for the po-
sitiCn.
AR. Clements then repCr ed Lnat ne
had the promise Of me very low rates
over the railroads. poSsi bly, as lar west
rs Tucson and Phoenix ana cores
pcndinG distances IN other direct oIls-
and that If there were rot 1000 St7Si'l-
gers brought into FL Paso Tor AUTO
mobile Well he would be greatly
Iacl Brace announced hf--seIf as
representative of the Morning IlrleS
and stated that the morning paDeI
would boost Automobile Week IT the
dealers Thought fr would be a good
thing The vote on the approval OF the
big show week lad been unanimous
and AIr Brace then went on 90 ouli--le
some OF the plans OF ms rape sutn =
making headouarter in the niue
DIoZa and decorating that part OF the
cftv This occasicned quite bit or
talk and II was decided that the cnalr-
man should name committee on Coco
ratious and general management
Committee Is Named
Mr.. Hatcher's selections were J. r
Gillette. Jack Brace, " L. i'ur hhe o.
r F. Stuart. Ben L Clements and y
me discussion Of the little plaza
proDOsition was then continued ana n
Garrett expressed the opinion that any
effort to make DISPLAYS in the plaza
would detract from the interest IN the
shows at the various salesrooms ana
urged that the dealers concentrate on
their showrOoms and not run M eN-
uense for the plaza proposluon- T. T.
Stuart favored the plaza pronOsluoh
and said that the dealers would have
cars IN re TO pick UP visitors and car
~ them to their ShOWrooms.
It was decided that the general com
rlfttee should take un with the oil
rectors of the chamber of commerce the
question Of decoration and special
Chairman Hatcher named. as the
general publicity committee g. H.
Clements. Of the chamber of CON Itlert,--
A H Beckett, of The FL Paso re-ald.
and Jack Brace, OF the Morning IlInes-
Finance Committee Named
When the question Of decoration was
again revived, il was pointed out Inal
This would mean expense ana thet the
association should have some funds be
fore il proceeded to suend any, and on
the motion of c. P Henry. q finance
committee was named This consists OF
q D Nauman. c. Z. SilversDarre, l. o.
Jarvis. T. J. Garrett. J. Z. Sullivan, E
G. Perry and A. W. Bittick.
Discussion Of The parade brought out
some interesting points c p Henry
advocated the parade early in the week
stating that it would create interest in
H.-K. Bernard. Of Krakauer. York &
Move, satted that he was present TO
offer. On behalf OF his firm, prize
for the best decorated car in the pa
Tade.
Parade Committee Chosen
This brought up a dlscu s on as 10
whether the parade should be in the
afternoon or evening Some speakers
advocated two parades. but the whole
matter was finally referred 10 a parade
committee, consisting OF II. X Der
nard. c. p. Henry. Ben L, Clements and
II. NJ Gillespie.
Use of Trucks Volunteered.
II was announced that the Nauman
Motor Sales company would give the
accessory and tire men the use OF as
many c. II c. and REQ trucks as might
be on hand At the time Of show week to
display their goods in the parade. an
announcement which was greeted with
applause
A W Bittick suggested that the
dealers should have meetings weekly
until show week and proposed weekly
luncheons- It was decided to adopt this
suggestion and the next meeting will
Hotel Sheldon on Friday at 1915