El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-23
At
THE RIGHT TINE
Chamber of Commerce Is
Told of Some of the Work
California Is Doing.

tin, after he had explained thu advan-
tages Of the advertising such a flight
might give Ell Paso.
But we haven't the money for any
thing of this kind" said director
Shelton.
1T would do FL Paso a lot more
good to spend $500 for this than sew
eral thousand as you did two years
ago to buy sandwiches and Blue Rib
bon for people here TO attend a cattle
convention" said director Martin.
But what are you going to do If
you haven't the money! asked Mr..
Shelton.
You generally get the money for
other things-for instance the $4,000
the directors let local politicians
spend on Democratic candidates dur
ing the state convention here three
years ago" said director Martin
How FL PasO Would Benefit.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick and Mr.. Martin ex-
planned that If Miss Stinson broke the
worlds record in her flight. if she made
it from Ell Paso, every time she was
spoken of in press or magazine, FL
Paso would receive a mention Even
if she did not break a record. there
would be dispatches in the papers all
over the country showing that she
had started her flight from FL Paso,
and, with the east ShiVering IN oliz-
yards. it would be good advertising
for FL PasO to show that a woman
could fly here.
Incidentally director Martin read
articles from the Los Angeles Exam
iner showing that Los Angeles is rails
ing 100000 to be expended immedi-
ately in the east to advertise its sun
shine and mild climate among the
people who are being half frozen in
billiards..
Bidding for Eastern Tourists.
Already Los Angeles has published
page advertisements by telegraph in
papers in Pittsburg, New York, Bos-
Ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and Gin
cinnati about its climate and invit-
ing the people TO Come to Califor-
MIA"
As soon as the word came that the
east was in the grip Of q blizzard
said Mr.. Martin, Los Angeles tele-
graphed these advertisements and its
business men began raising the money
to pay for them. That's enterprise.
That is why Los Angeles is noted all
over the country. It does things at
the right time and in the right way.
We have a ten day stopover priv
ilege in FL Paso and your publicity
committee had planned to advertise
this last year in all the eastern pa
pers, but our fund was cut down until
we had barely enough left to pay for
ought to advertise our advantages"
It was announced by Otis c. Coles
that the total Of the budget fund re-
ported up to date was 1884 and
that the amount was actually $4,000.
May @Cuss' Street Cars.
The request of II citizens to use
the chamber OF commerce for q meet
ing to discuss the street car COM
pany and jitne service was granted.
Afterward director Joe Wright asked
to be recorded against the motion. as
he declared that the purpose OF the
meet was not to discuss" but to
"cuss" the street car company.
He didn't think the chamber Of
commerce should be given up to such
meetings when the street car COM
pany furnished free lights for the
building. The directors held that the
chamber OF commerce is a public
place. open for any public meetings
even for the saloon men to hold an
anti prohibition rally il they want
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street Car Co. Thanked
On motion OF director Schwartz it
was decided to send q letter Of thanks
to Harry s Potter, manager of the
El Paso Electric Railway company.
for free lights furnished the chamber
during the year
Preparations for the coming annual
meeting Friday evening, at which
nominations for directors for the
coming year will be made, were con-
sidered- The meeting will be held at
s o'clock at the chamber Of commerce.
Five directors will be chosen from
the candidates nominated There
must be at least ten nominations The
annual election will take place We'd
nesday Of next week.
A committee was selected to make
report on the revision Of the bylaws,
particularly in reference to the ques-
ton Of budget fund subscribers and
dues. II included H. Y.
Ellis. Otis Coles. J. ". Kirkpatrick
and 3. L Farrar.
Directors present were Otis c. Coles,
II. Y. Ellis. R. F. Hines, G. A. Martin,
]. W. Lorentzen, 3. L Farrar, J. W.
George B. Ryan. W. H.
Joseph a. Wright and John
u. Wyatt.