El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-23

as a patriotic duty TO buy bonds. Ev-
cry man should buy them"
The reading OF reports OF various
standing committees such as the land
and irrigation, transportation and
took NJ most of the
NAV Exhibit at Peoria.
William g. Roe, chairman of the
land and irrigation committee, asked
an appropriation of 1855 to place an
exhibit OF FL Paso valley agricultural
products in the International Soil Pro-
ducts exposition at Peoria next Sep
TENDER. He explained the great bene-
fits that FL PasO would derive from
this exhibit, and submitted an item
lied account Of the way the money
would be spent Geo. r. LeBaron,
member of the committee, supple
mented his talk The directors adopt
ed a motion to ask the budget fund
trustees for the amount requested by
Mr. Roe.
Luncheon for Engineer Weymouth.
F E. Weymouth, chief engineer of
of the reclamation ser
vice at Denver, will soon be visitor
to FL PaSo, according to Mr.. Roe II
was suggested that luncheon be Civ
en- in his honor. and this the director
ate decided TO do. Reclamation o1fl-
Gals. chamber of commerce men and
In an informal discussion Of the i'm
Derative need for drainage in the Rlo
Grande valley. Mr.. Wyatt stated that
unless drainage is secured, the lano
in the valley viii be ruined for years
TO come. Mr.. Roe said he had received
assurances from government irrlga-
ton officials that the work or dram
age would begin very soon and that
for the purpose is being
to this section
Tells of Los Angeles Trip
Mr.. Roe told the directors some Of
the interesting experiences Of his re-
cent trip to Los Angeles, where he
went, with R B. Orndorfr, to repre-
sent the chamber of commerce IN Sc
curing a motion picture plant Tor Ii
Paso. He is confident that the PROF.
ect will soon be secured. E. R Brack-
EFT, he said, is planning to come here
soon TO look over the field Mr.. Brack-
EFT is a promoter of motion picture
and other enterprises and, according
TO Mr.. Roe, is a highly efficient man
VIII Fight hate Increase.
The proposed general increase OF
Is percent on all freight rates came IN
for criticism II was decided TO fight
this plan and, If necessary, TO send
an attorney to appear before the in
terstate commerce commission TO
argue against it
Army Offers Fertilizer.
Garbage and manure which is col
lected at the various military camps
in the FL Paso district was offered to
the chamber of commerce for fer
tilizer by Gen. George Bell II. The
offer was referred to the land and If
rigation committee.
The request of the Ell Paso Adcluo
for a donation of $3.50 to put float
in the electric parade to be held dur
he Na al Adn1mh
St Louis in June was tabled
Frontier Days Deficit Paid.
A deficit OF S1114.63, as result OF
a contract made by the chamber OF
last year by the old board
Of directors in connection with the
recent Frontier Days contest. was or
1ered paid.
the new made in Fl Paso" 1918 city
directory. II was also decided to give
letter OF endorsement to T B. Huds-
peth and his associates. who are or
ganizinz the new directory company
DixapprOve daylight saving Plan
There was disapproval of the plan
to move the clocks OF the country up
one hour for five months in the year
This is known as the daylight saw
ings'' plan.
The request Of the Equal Franchise
league for permission to place a IL
brarv in the FL Paso Milling COM
pany's booth in the chamber Of COM
merce lobby was refused
Recruiters Must show Authority.
J. Z. Collie and NJ. Lippman, who
are enlistfng men for a new tenta-
tive company OF the Texas national
guard and have been given room space
and other assistance by the chamber
of commerce, were Instructed to get
from the adjutant gen.
eraI definite information as TO wheth-
ha Ia m
guard
Billboard Regulation
Billboards received some attention
from the directors in an informal
way. The matter came up through
the reading Of a letter from the
States in reply to a query from the
FL Paso chamber or commerce regard
ing the regulation Of billbOards in the
various cities Of the country
Denver. Colo, according TO the sec
rotary Of the national chamber of
has enacted an ordinance 2n,3
prohibiting the placing Of any Dill
board within ESQ feet Of any public
park.
That city likewise prohibits bill
boards being placed on any boulevard
without the consent OF the owners
of twO-thirds Of the property IN the
block. and those maintaining the bill
boards are required TO keep the front
and rear premises clean and sanitary
and free from waste
The ordinances generally, according
to the secretary of the chamber OF
commerce Of the United States, are
based upon reasons OF health ana
safety and do not seek to regulate
the billboard on account OF its lack
of artistic beauty The opinion IS
expressed in the letter that the elm
nation of the unsightly billboard IS
largely a matter Of education since
good business judgment would nat
urally prompt advertisers from max
ing displays that might shock the
esthetic sense of the community
President Wyatt DenOunces Boards.
President Wyatt said he thought the
billboard should be outlaWed along
with the gambling house and the
saloon. 4 do not believe billboard
is worth anything ne
said. land it is a disgrace and a NUS
ance to have the things in city il
1 had my way, I would chop down
every billboard in FL Paso and would
put the billboards in the class Where
they belong, with other nuisances-
IF the members Of this directorate
will accompany me across the street
after the meeting, 1 will show them
behind that row OF billooards over
there and 1 believe il viii open thelr
ewes to the billboard nuisances- rms
town has been taken by the billboards.
II is time they were curbed- don I
see how a citizen with any pride Ior
the city in his heart, can look at d
hubbard and not get angry
The directors and offlcers present
At the meeting were John N Wyatt,
r I, Farrar. J. W. Lorentzen- I. h
Rogers, E. NJ. Hurd, G. A Martin. Geo