El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-27
WILL MAKE CITY
CLEAN FOR ARMY
Chamber of Commerce
Meeting Jan. 2 to Be Most
Important for Citizens.
By GEORGE II. CLEMENTS.

One Of the principal objects Of the
mass meeting to be held AT the cham
Der Of commerce at $50 o'clock, We'd
uesday, January .. viii be the en-
dorsemeut Of the action OF the city
and county government in their en-
deavors to make Of FL Paso a fit
place in which soldiers may be sta
toned during their period Of train
ing before being sent to France to en-
ter the trenches in their great fight
for the salvation Of democracy
tn oughout the world
When the holding Of the proposed
mass meeting was first announced
by the committee Of the champeE OF
commerce and including members OF
the board Of budget fund trustees at q
gathering held I'm the chamber OF COM
merce Wednesday afternoon. II was
thought It would be a good thing TO
get together a meeting OF II Easo s
business men with @ view toward as
cussing WAYS and means for 1lnanc-
ing the activities Of the chamber Of
commerce during the year 1918 Al
that time the Importance of the me. L
ing being held concurreutly at the
city hall was not fully appreciated
All Representative Citizens Wanted.
I-non receiving report on the .ty
biiity that FL PasO, in addition to De
ing made headquarters OF the 10Th
cavalry division, might also be chosen
rs the site for one of two new canton
meuIs to be erected in the southwest,
il was decided by the directors OF the
chamber of CONNER &C to call together
next Wednesday evening as many OF
representative citizens of FL Paso as
may be induced TO attend, Tor the pur-
pose OF determining upon olan OF
action. We shall make the city con-
form IN all respects 10 the require
merits Of the war d pai tment
The meeting VIII be one or the most
impo tant meetings ever held in the
city and the directors Of the chamber
Of commerce are anxious that IL be
largely attended by those who have
the best interests of the city Of heart
Mayor In Hearty Accord.
7 am glad that the chamber Of
CONNIE ce has called the mass meet
ing for next Wednesday night" said
ma yor Charles Davis. who had been
called upon by delegation from
the Cham1er OF commerce COM
posed of first vice president B. L.
Farrar, second vice president Otis
he gave a promise to be present and
TO be included among those VINO VIII
make addresses. For some reason FL
Paso has been given a particularly
bad black eve and men IN power III
the army at Washington are rather
skeptical as To either our ability or
intention to clean up-perhaps both
I have reason TO believe that we can
convince secretary Bake and others
in charge OF military affairs that FL
PasO not emily desires to clean u1, but
viii do so, that this city viii be Sc
-ected as a site for one of the proposed
environments sincerely trust the
mass meeting Will be well attended,
in the clean up proposition. but by
these business p who VIII be lndl-
rectly benefited
Don't ArEuei Clean Up.
NO business man Of FL Paso, wheth-
err he sells goods. rents houses or even
If he owns property Of any kind, can
afford TO remain away from next
Wednesday evenings meeting said
John ". Wyatt. president OF the cham
Der OF commerce "It viii be one of
the most important meetings ever held
in tire city. whether deser,edlv or not,
FL Paso's reputation has suffered
That is O question that cannot be
argued now. whether we get the pro-
posed new cantoument or not We
must clean Up and the plans to be e.
scented at the mass meeting VIII help
ia the cleanup process. The cham Der
Of commerce desires 10 20 upon record
as standing sluarely behind the city
and county officials I'm their efforts TO
make FL PasO a place I'm which the
war department viii feel s~fe in send
ing men TO be trained for the great
work they viii be called upon to do
during the progress of the war"