El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-29

THE holding Of international expeditions
at San Francisco and San Diego gave rise
TO a great travel across the continent and FL
| PasO was the gateway through which q
I moderate per cent came. This board made
arrangements so mat over 5VVV persons
| passing through this city either enroute 10
( these expeditions or homeWard bound, were
entertained in some way Long before the
! fairs closed. the amount fixed FOR this pur-
! pose in the budget fund was entirely eN-
! hausted and the general fund was made to
/ bear the brtnt OF the extra expense At
/ least so special parties numbering from 20
Z to 200. were taken in special electric cars.
I over the city and into Juarez and in sew
/ nished by our membership and that Of the
| Rotary and Adciubs-
Farm Congress.
Probably the most serious step taken
! during this administration vss the frv-itarion
TO the International Farm congress and Soil
; Products exposition and the International
/ tiers in FL Pas0 in 1916 and unite in 2 great
Z exposition and meetings. in connection with
/ the celebration Of the completion Of the Ele-
| plant Butte dam project
City Aided.
! 1.-THE mayor OF e Paso city councilmen.
/ chairman and members OF the board Of
I county commissioners undertook TO shoulder
large part Of the burden Of expense nee
= essary TO close contracts with the two, great
| organizations mentioned, both OF which are
] now maintaining their official staffs under
! our roof and sending a great mass OF pub
! licity TO the four corners Of the earth. IN
! connection with the meeting OF their con-
! crosses TO be held in e PasO next October.
! Cattle Meeting.
! while IL is vet too early to Judge the
fruits Of the 18th annual meeting OF the
I American National Live Stock association.
4 the opinion seems TO be general that this
was OF the most successful conventions
/ ever held in FL PasO.
/ In February. e PssO will entertain dele
gates at a meeting OF the Associated Ad-
clubs Of Texas. In June the editors OF this
/ state viii join at FL Psso- for their annual
Rent Of Building.
Z would note that the net rent Of this
I building for the year comes 10 S241Z.55.
! about $500 a month All the rooms in the
building are at present occupied. several by
. the officers OF the congresses before men
toned No rental charge is made to these
4 organizations. as by this means. a saving
l from the guarantee fund Is made In re-
gard 10 quarters. We have found by com
parison OF our figures with those Of other
I cities that the rental item in our mainten-
ance is very low over 100 meetings have
/ been held by such organizations during the
/ year and no rental charge in any case has
Permanent Exhibit
'sThe first unit toward a representative
collection Of Agricultural exhibits was saved
! from the exhibit made by the secretary at
! the International Soil Products exposition in
| Denver. last october. would recommend
/ that this exhibit be completed at the close
Of the great exposition to be displayed in
! r Paso this October.
| head Of the mining department Of the Uni
versity OF Arizona. that a collection Of fair
! sized samples from all the principal mines
now operating in that state will soon be
placed at disposal for exhibition Il Is
recommended that similar collections be
gathered from the vast mineral storehouses
Of Chihuahua, Sonora and the state OF New
Mexico.
ssThe budget fund Of 1914-15 was suffi-
Gent 10 carry the expenses under the various
heads planned for its disbursement, until
I January 1916. period Of II months The
amount subscribed was $4,000. nearly s45.-
900 Of which has been collected The com
. mencement Of our efforts 10 get 1915 bud
3D. yet unfortunate. coming At 3 time lust
before the holiday rush and stock taking,
but considerable progress has been made Up
10 this date. subscriptions have been made.
totaling SS4.2SS. The first call. sent out
3 recently resulted. up to date. in the eollee-
ton Of S5,599.10. There is left from the
( old budget fund the sum Of s2s2-55- Against
this item there are sundry amounts paid out
OF the general funds during 1918. part Of
which might be allowed by the new budget
fund trustees TO wipe out the small 1915 sur
plus. The old board Of trustees are to be
commended for the watchfulness which per
voded all their operations.
Reorganization.
+On the first of last June, the official &C
Invites Of the chamber were segregated Into
three divisions. traffic. publicity and execu-
tive. The wisdom Of this change vas soon
rates we're made by the interstate commerce
commission. necessitating nearly all OF the
time OF the traffic manager. HIS work has
also been greatly added 70 by the necessity
Of second edition OF the rate book pub
Liberty Bel Here.
while the routing Of the Liberty Bell via
e Paso was largely the result Of the chamber
Of commerce endeavor. the success OF the
relic in this city IS in the greatest meas
ure due to the cooperation OF the mihLary
stationed here, under the eommana o. zen
Pershing. The military tournament OF 4sIs.
while supported in small way by TINS
body. also reflects the kindly attitude OF co !
operation always exhibited by Gen Persnlhg |
and his able subOrdinates-
Much Publicity.
The publicity department under me
II nr1fe
tive arm Of the advertising committee This 1
committee has devoted long hours and seri-
Gus attention toward making = E aso aI9 I
its opportunities and resources househoIu I
word throughout the world It Is hot e1.
arRpratinR 10 venture that the amount o. /
publicity secured since the iorInauoh OF inns /
bureau under its present management
term Of barely eight month"; eNceeos ~ Tar I
that of any previous two wears. Mr. Glenn
Ifs bss co11srted a splendid mailing list OF I
thousa uds Of names and is following up each I
individual case. The membership has shown
m interest in this department ana rs as
sis+snce and criticism at all times have been
freely invited and considered
ssThe ss-retsrv's time besides that en-
u1oved in the clerical routine Of his duties
has largely been given to the local needs OF
the organization. He BIAS carrie1 on large
c9-res6ondenre with sister organiza tons,
with view Of charging the scope ana use
fulness Of this BODY II VS. throush an sH-
4ernatfonal Farm congress exposition at !
Denver last October by him that the board
.
1915 at Fl Paso.
.sr-frttv-seven new members were added to
-ta 7o11 during the year and 50 were dropped
~ -srfrned A large number OF members
mo were in arrears for long terms are in
az hands OF a collector It was found that
= mod many subscribers 10 the budget fund
1-sre not represented in the membership and
a. bsq besn the desire OF this board that
e,.cl1 Subscribers should automatically re-
ceivs the rights enjoyed active members in
' Good Roads.
1.-THE subiect Of better roads centering in
II Paso has not been neglected Il was
tirourb the cooperation OF your board dur
ing 1915 that the first authentic road map
~ county roads and highways within a
rsdfus Of several hundred miles OF this city
-ras published. The publication Of the Bor-
derland route map is partly attributable 10
our financial support
Auto Club
a great effort was made during last year
TO consolidate the Fl Psso Auto club with
this organization as a subsidiary body II
was found that the club was in debt and
YOUR president and secretary assisted in re-
lievfnr this debt to a certain degree No (
action can be taken until the exact financial
condition Of the Auto club can be deter
mined
Conventions.
THE amount spent for delegations TO San
Francisco. Denver and other cities to secure
conventions has been very small but the re-