El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-12

members Of the club selected a man
who has no connection with any auto
mobile firm in the city, yet leading
business man. an active good roads
worker and an enthusiastic motorist.
J. A. Rountree, secretary of the
United States Good Roads association,
Birmin CHAM, Ala, addressed the club
and brought about a decision to send
a delegation to the convention TO be
held by that association at Little
Rock, Ark. April 19. It was voted
from the floor that c. H Lester and
judge Adrian Pool be members OF the
FL Paso delegation 1t was also de-
cided to hold the first Of a series Of
luncheon meetings Saturday noon at
Hotel Sheldon
President Roe has called the first
meeting of the directors OF the new
club to meet at luncheon at Hotel
Sheldon Wednesday at noon.
Reads Organizers Report.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick called the meeting
to order and read the report of II. c.
Hart. the organizer Of the club. 10 the
good roads committee Of the chamber
of commerce. Mr. Kirkpatrick sug
gested the following as possible func-
tons of the club: Receive automobile
licenses, make recommendations to
lawmaking bodies, reduce automobile
thefts by cooperating with the police
and detective forces. reduce autOmo-
bile insurance rates. and give aid to
tourists. In connection with insurance,
he called attention to the fact that the
big companies are considering stop
ping writing automobile insurance He
also suggested that the club be affili-
ated with the American Automobile
association.
Temporary organization was then
effected, with Mr.. Kirkpatrick chair
man and Mr.. Lazenby secretary. J.
A Smith then NOTED that nine d.
rectors be chosen and that a commit
tee Of three be appointed to select IS
and II. Nattice, C. NJ Davis and G. w
Mitchell were appointed nominating
committee.
Boosts Southern Highway.
Mr.. Rountree then addressed the
meeting, calling attention to the
functions of the association he repre-
scented, boosting a southern national
highway, to run from Washington. d.
c., to Los Angeles, Cal. Under the
pay half the expenses. he said. but the
road must have a hard surface and
must coincide with post roads over 20
percent OF the route
The road has been routed as far as
Little Rock and TO that point passes
through q military posts From Lit
tie Rock westward. two Of the sug-
gested routes pass through FL Paso.
One Is via Amarillo and one by Fort
Worth, he said
Mr.. Rountree was not here solicit
ing funds, but to arouse interest he
said, asking that a delegation be sent
to Little Rock. where the government
would have three engineers to sit as
jury and select the route.
Wants Interest Aroused.
The nominating committee then re-
ported as follows: J. W. Kirkpatrich,
F. H. Lazenby, G. A. Martin, NJ A.
Warner. F. NJ. Bannell. A F. Simpson,
Otis c. Coles, R Burt Orndorff, Robert
Krakauer, J. II. Henderson, Tom Lea
W. J. Rand, W. S. Crombie, ". G. Roe,
Adrian Pool. T. f. Head, c J. Maple,
A J. Hall. Directors were elected by
secret ballot by the meeting
Judge Adrian Pool spoke briefly,
saying he was glad to see so many
people interested in the club. He said
the function of the club compared
with that Of the cleanup committees.
in that there must be cooperation on
the part OF everybody in order that
success be attained. Judge Pool de-
plored the fact that there is not suf-
ficient interest here in good roads,
and called on the club to arouse more
interest.
Says Borderland Best.
c. H. Lester was the last speaker.
He said he had Travelled three routes
across the country and found the Bor-
derland the best all year road OF all.
He said the eastern people need edu-
cation as to climatic conditions in the
southwest. many false impressions
prevailing as to alleged sandstorms
and the like.
Mr.. Roe, who was subsequently
elected president. said. that in order
to keep up interest, there should be
meetings of the membership at large.
This brought about the decision to
have luncheons. T. E. Head thought
a roster of the membership should be
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