El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-21
$1,000
TOLiND C0WNEN
Commerce Chamber Allows
Boosters That Sum For
Show at Fort Worth.


FL Paso intends to bring the an
nual convention of the Cattle Raisers
! Association Of Texas here in March,
I 1918 The commerce chamber direc-
I tors at Tuesday afternoons meeting
voted an appropriation from the budget
I fund of $1,000 to equip a delegation or
| boosters headed by T. Burt Orndorff,
I who will attend the convention in FIT.
: Worth on March Is, Il and l. and en-
/ deavor to secure the next meeting for
this city. The money Will be spent for
| badges. advertising literature, and a
| band. In cooperation with this move
ment, the chamber has already sent
out many letters to cattlemen, urging
: upon them the advantages of holding
the convention in FL Paso. Oklahoma
City is a rival OF FL Paso for the con-
, vention. \ meeting of the conventions
committee Of the chamber held meet
ing previous TO the directors meeting.
; and voted 10 attend the Fort Worth
convention
want Outlet To Panhandle.
The fact that the Texas Panhandle
region and the neighbOring territory
of the Pecos valley in New Mexico is
three times as large in population as
II was ten years ago, and because there
are now in this region some 2J0. 600
people ready TO buy from and sell TO
Fl PasO all sorts Of products, di-
rectors of the chamber voted 10 en-
dorse a recommendation OF president
John NJ Wyatt OF the chamber which
will probably result in the connection
OF FL PasO with Carlsbad and Ros-
we'll. New Mexico. and the Panhandle
country By direct railway system
Great Developments I'm Territory
In explaining his desire to the board
liz Do
ton. president Wyatt said in part:
The feasibility Of this railroad
route. which presents problem OF
low grades and shortened haul between
Kansas City and FL Paso and Pacltle
coast points. is known TO all OF you,
but unless you have given the matter
recent attention you perhaps are not
familiar with the marvellous develop
ments which have come 10 TINS region;
With direct railway connection Il
Paso would afford the nearest and
most desira Die market. as well as trade
center. of this large and increasing
population. II IS doubtful II any sec
ton in the American west presents
more inviting field. Today several
hundred thousand customers. ready and
anxious TO buy from US and sell 70
US, are waiting, almost without OUT
doors, but almost completely cut OH
from us simply by want OF direct rail-
way communication.
The board approved a committee /
named by the president TO investigate
the project and report The commit I
tee appointed was: r F. Burgess chair I
man. James C McNary, H. b Stevens. I
L. s. Stewart. ". Cooley. A Courchesne 1
and R NJ Dudley.
Explains Exposition Finances
Having read of the action Of the |
county commissioners, who voted 10 1
have the county auditor make inquiries
as TO $500 donated by the commits q
sioners TO the fund raised to bring the
I Products EXPOSITION !
to FL Paso. George r LeBaron appeared
before the board and said;
The commissioners have proDaoly
failed IN differentiate between the dedl-
cation Of the Elephant Butte dam, the
farm congress and the exposition me
chamber here has on paper the account
ing of $1,000 turned back TO the cham
Der after the farm congress was over
which is the only thing I know about !
Of this sum there was some SSUVV IN
lash and the rest in bills the cham-
per has the auditors report SHOWING
he expenditure of about $4,000 for
he exposition. half of Whlch was
borne by the chamber
A committees composed OF IL VI
Andreas. chairman; s. l. barrar. X
Burt Orndorff and George X lie baron
when he arrives to make his inquiries
VIII Exhibit at Peoria.
After some debate the directors voted
O have an exhibit at the SOIL pr ouucls
T
se1t 10 The committee on agrlcul-
-nre recommended the appropriation
n S25O0 for the FL Paso eXhloit, Dut
he hoard thought that further inVesti-
alton would show that a first CLASS
'xhibit might be had for less money
Mr.. lie Baron said that an eAnlolt
p this show would be one Of the pest
means possible of advertising the cry I
md the southwest, for upwards OF SoHis
40 600 would be IN attendance AT the
air many Of whom would De Eouhs
armers who are in the market Lot
GOD farm lands. He said that Wllillh
radius of 100 miles in that secuoh
here are about 100000 young farmers
rbo are trying to buy farms put can
Iot. up there, because u
II vas announced the following min
no committee had been appointed Dy
- - rnsn r |. Farrar: W J. QuigieT, !
5Wno Doerr. ]. / Mccullough and Z NJ
Iarvey. ,,-......d
NV factory for the manufacture
T crackers will prooaply De Iea-5ine I
I Paso in the near future aSc oLu;-lS
a 4be report of the manufacturing
onroittee It reported that seNs[ai
sfLrs had been held with II. b. NI uDOs' z
-bo desires to promote such proJect,
nd that il had decided that theTe NdS
GOOD field for such an enterprise {
ere The new factory viii have a cap
tai of $4,000. Of which one-1 r-,Id ~
: subscribed in FL Paso. the en-
orsement of the committee was &C '
Upon the proposal Of H NJ Andreas'
he board voted to send appropriate :
lowers to the funeral of Mai Gen 7
frederick Funston. which viii take