El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
Burt Orndorff Urged to
Head Chamber of Com
merce Another Year.

Acting in compliance with the new
| bylaws. a ticket consisting Of the names
| OF 80 prominent members of the cham
! Der were chosen as candidates for the
board OF directors Friday night at a
4 meeting of the chamber OF commerce
| for the purpose Of holding the pri-
/ aaries for the annual election to be
] held on FRIDAY. December Is. Sample
} GllOts Were required TO be made and
/ passed out to members in view OF the
J large number Of nominations made. and
| in order that so candidates be selected
/ out Of the total of 80 names. nominated
/ for positions on the board The judges
= OF the primaries were ". X. Ramsey.
I and Leo Ferlet
OrndOrff Speaks.
| President R. b OrndOrff. after stat
/ ing the purpose Of the meeting, said
] that during the past week FL Paso had
been greatly damaged by a number OF
I false reports that had been sent out OF
! the city by the wires of the Associated
press. the United Press and the Hearst
! service to other newspapers.
Mr.. OrndOrff stated that since the
I false reports had been sent out a large
number Of letters and kilograms had
been received from persons who had
I intended coming TO FL PasO. but had
now called off their proposed visits.
A reply from Melville f. Stone. gen
eral manager Of the Associated Press.
| TO a telegram sent him denying that
an epidemic of typhus fever was raging
in Fl Paso. by the chamber of com
merce Thursday afternoon was read at
the meeting. and was as follows:
We are sending out on all our lines
tonight a dispatch which embOdies your
denial of the conditions in FL PasO.
The dispatch will be printed in every
city of importance through the cOun-
try and will do a great deal towards
allaying the false reports sent out rela-
tive to an epidemic of typhus,' AR
Orndorff said.
NcNary dominates OrndOrff.
James G. AlcNary made the first nom
nation Of the evening. that Of R. B
OrndOrff, in an appropriate speech. I
do not believe in perpetuatiOn of office
holding. but I believe that this is one
instance where We ought to show our
appreciation Of a man who is certainly
entitled to recognition. he said The
coming year is to be a big one in the
history of FL Paso and we need such a
man as Burt OrndOrff at the helm.
and I believe that he should be placed
there by reelection to the new direc-
tory The budget fund every year is
growing larger and il Will be but
matter of a year or so until 100000 is
needed and we need such man TO aid
in administering it"
Appreciation Is Compensation.
In reply Mr.. Orndorff stated that it
was his intention to retire, but II the
chamber wanted him TO assist in han
ding the affairs Of the organization
he was ready and willing at any time
Tt is certainly a compensation to me
to think that my efforts are appre-
ciated by the members of the cham
Der" said Mr. Orndorff, "and I want
to say that 7 do not believe that there
is body of men in the world who have
displayed more spirit than the members
Of this organization have done during
the past year"
Andreas Nominated.
Herman Andreas was the second can
didate to be nominated, while DR.. c. c
Young was the. third. Other nomina-
tons were made rapidly and II was
found that SO had been made instead of
only 80 that were required. J. A Hap
per then asked If it were not as well
to make 80 nominations as well as 80.
as the bylaws provided for at least 80.
and did not make provision for more
than that It was decided to ballot.
hOWeNer. and sannrIa halInfs Trara made