El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-09

! recognize that the west is a great coun-
/ try vet TO be developed. Publicity has
| played a tremendous part in bringing
/ people 10 FL Paso. The good work
should go on, and on a bigger, betteg
! scale than our means have, so far, al
! lowed US to more than consider"
! Mr. Beach, a member Of the commit
! tee who was chairman of the publicity
/ committee last year. was followed by
! II. ID. Slater, DR.. c. G. Young, and Harry
| Swain, Of this years committee, who
spoke upon the work to be done.
Wants Smoke Stacks.
After the committee had withdrawn,
J. W Lorentzen took the floor and
want smoke stacks" he said. I'VE
, have had a lot of publicity Now
we want real things here. II is true.
as Mr.. Slater has declared, that there
are literally bales of replies to the
chambers publicity bureau cores
pOndence which need attention. but a
lot Of that correspondence is wasted
We need intensive effort now. Let us
weed out the useless part Of our pub
licity campaign work
Last year some $500 was sDent on
this publicity work. Some Of that was
wasted. Intensive cultivation is what
! want 60 see Smoke stacks can be
had by intensive effort"
sJOO,OOO Beet Factory.
Chairman Roe, of the publicity cor1-
mittee, said. You ask for tangible re-
suits and smoke stacks. Well. YOU
must give us time TO accomplish bie
things. But we have $4,000 beet
factory to locate here in December and
IL was the work Of the publicity bureau
which is bringing IL here. l am work
ing now with a large eastern conaern
70 have a plant installed here as q log
zeal center. Publicity work of the
chamber has put us in touch.
Takes Time and Work.
ON that intensive work talk II we
get reply which is good on the face
Of IT, we send member of the cham
Der or some other representative to
go AFTER II i'm person and get Il. 1t
takes time and publicity work such
ms We are doing to bring smoke stacks
10 III Paso or any other place.
And I want to say right here that
IL the campaign work which the
chambers publicity committee and
bureau is engaged in carrying forward
rs stopped by a slashing of the appro-
Frlauons Tor l1, which will cause It's
shutting down, I'll drop out right
away. IL would set back for not less
tna4 tull year all the progress made
TO date.
Packing Houses.
smoke stacks. packing houses and
factories viii come to III paso if You
nack Up the publicity campaign and
the publicity department. We arc
continuously trying to weed out the
cAiianeous matter. If YOU know where
we are making mistakes. or have made
mistakes. ! invite YOU here and now
10 tell me- so that / can ward against
efforts"
To Continue As At Present.
- NJ Wyatt said he also favored
smokest2cks here and definite results !
rs against indefinite. and moved tho /
aHopuon Of an amendment allowing /
the present basis Of approDriations flr
rraH rrr.Hr
q new basis should be worked ont II I
The present was found to be unsatis- I
l1cloTy- This was carried uuani- |
lsIeta Normal.
MISS Myra C. Winlzler, county school |
SSuperintendent and Dr. E. S White. OF !
isletd, called on the directors. petit /
lohlhg Tor aid from the chamber in |
elIorts TO get state normal school /
I I1 tnls seetlon OF west Texas. Miss |
" mixer said; Heretofore western !
texas mas been disseminated against. |
now we nave a chance with legislation /
peHdluE winch may grant normal (
school for this district Alpine is bid /
U WIS nafg Ior IT, To bring it here. |
WIN a favorable location suggested /
at Asleta. near the street cars and
IaIIrodu, ana still outside the city, ] /
want letter from the chamber Of /
ToulHlerce 70 take WIN me to Austin.
want the chamber to understand the 1
situation and to hack up the effort to
5el state normal school here with its /
cooperation and publicity.
Mexican Problem.
The need OF a state normal school
mere cannot be overdraw'n- The big
mexican population and problem we |
nave IN our city calls for a local train
ing OF teachers for the work, here on /
the ground Teachers have been sent
us from other districts who have
ldlIed IN working out course OF study /
Tor the Mexican children.
81, Alpine and Ell Paso counties are
me most active in the endeavor TO get |
me normal school in west Texas. Al.
pine IS working hard for it, and El
fasO must do her best to succeed i'm I
bringing il here The attendance to !
start with here ought to be 500 at least |
one thousand might be goirg to school !
aI the new state normal institution
"ltnln very short time
Normal Committee.
resident OrndOrff appointed a COM
mlttee OF three including !. NJ Wyatt.
Walter KOhlberg and Otis Coles, to CO. !
operate with Miss Winkler in her ef- !
forts to 20 after and bring back a !
state normal school for this section.
Or White. OF Ysleta. told something of |
the advantages that township mad to |
school there
II. Y Ellis, as chairman, 3. L. Farrar (
and J. w. Lorentzen were appointed a
committee Of three os ways and means !
TO be adopted in continuing the work |
OF raising the new budget fund
Amarillo Wants Convention.
-Four members Of the Panhandle and
Southwestern Stockmen's association
called on the directors in the rerso,,. I
Paso, and Tom Love, of Sierra Blanca ,
and Charles Ballard, of Roswell Ia
confer briefly on the matter Of M
staging. of the convention of the or