The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-15
PLENTY OF WORK FOR
c. OF c. OUTLINED
BY BUREAU CHA|RMEN
Get-together Meeting Last Night
Resulted in Many Plans Being
Broached for the Good Of Albu.
euerque and Bernalillo County.

y The ~ect-togcther meeting OF the
chamber Of member last
night was a blg succcss-nos from
the STANDPOINT OF attendance. exact
~. as only about sixty were present,
inducing several lady visitors-but
the various bureau heads outlined
enough work 10 keep everybody busy
! for a Q a OF more. and some Of the
1 projects, n undertaken. could not be
put through until some very. very
distant date. but one of the objects
81 the chamber II 90 keep husy-to
be ctcrnally hammering away on some
scheme or other which a FOR its
object the uphullding OF Albuquerque
and Bcrualiiio county. hence the
many plans unfoided az last nights
meeting will not have been preached
in vain. some Of them, perhaps. may
not be feasible, Time and further
study alone viii demonstrate that
But there were such a multitude of
good ones that the various commit
tees and the organization as a whole
will have plenty 10 40 for a long time
To come.
Vice President ". G.. Osstreich oc-
cupied the chair and introduced Max
/ Nordhaus. the president az the nrst
speaker. Mr.. Nbrdhaus read his re-
port. which ~ printed elsewhere in
this evenings Herald
mr. I. : Peters. chairman OF the
bureau OF publicity and fealth. fol-
lowed President Nordhaus. Or.
Peters reviewed the work Of the com
mittee during the past -four years ard
then outlined some ~ the plans un-
Ger consideration FOR the future. The
doctor stated that when he first came
here there was scarcely a house east
Of High street, hut now the town IS
fairly well built up as FAR out a.
University Heights. This growth was
due largely 10 the advertising cam
paign carried on which had attract
ed healthseekers and others TO the
Duke City.
The Chamber OF Commerce is with
out a proper booklet to send to In.
q%uIrers. DR.. Peters explained. n an
order for several thousand copies hos
been placed.
when these are delivered they win
be n big help To the secretary IN an
swerine inquiries. The booklet will
be largely made up OF pictures, this
form OF advertising being more cf-
fective than straight printed matter.
for the eaaon that pictures tell the
true story, while reading matter some
times strays rom the facts in The
=
While the committee would be
somewhat handicapped for funds. the
doctor said. after paying for these
LrAlN.sa NhnV. urAaall asfn 10 anaNHCh
money left 90 do some magazine adj
vertising. The committee would be
able 20 carry a quarter Of a column
advertisement In the Literary Digest
each month. ms an eighth OF a page
advertisement In the journal Of the
American Medical Association week.
~. Plans were also being considered
Ia have DR.. George Wharton James
devote a chapter in hts new book 10
Albuquerque and Bernalllo county.
This. the doctor stated. would not be
an advertisement exactly. but at the
same time II would be the means, the
committee hoped, OF attracting people
here.
1t Is also proposed to establish an
information bureau at the Santa Fe
station. where travellers on trains may
obtein Information regarding Albu-l
querque and vicinity, also whore auto
tourists may inform themselves as TO |
routes. |
Albuquerque has been badly handi- |
capped in the past due 20 the fact that
no reliable weather statistics have
been available here, The present fig
ures, the doctor explained, were taxi
en- from the readings az the Rio
Grande industrial school. located five
miles down the valley. consequently
they do not reflect the conditions in
the city. Arrangements have Just
about been completed 20 have the
necessary instruments installed az m.
state university. Dr.. David Ross
Boyd has given hts consent. generous
Is offering 10 have one of the uuiyer-
sity professors look after the readings.
thus insurinE accurate reports.
We also Beed "a uute drastic anti
splitting ordinance the doctor said
Al present Aibuquerpu, has am orai-
nance prohibiting splitting ON thcI
sidewalks (which. by the way. is not
enforced what we need i- am or
dinanco doing away with splitting cu-
tirely boz public. Js hc stated he could
not nee how the peoples health was
safeguarded Boz the loast when 70 pcr-
son. instead OF splttinE on the side
walk, did his splitting boo the gutter or
on the paved street
Robeit D. D,itz. chairman II tbcI
burcau of agriculture. dealt with the
p%efpieying drainage problem. q mat
ter Of prime importance 90 the farm
eia Of the Rio GrHnde valley. AR