El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18

ing the prisoner with "vagrancy."
| citing the absence of visible means Of
4 support, and a 'habituaI disinclina-
/ ton to work" as the chief evidence.
Il The prisoner was released on the
/ voucher OF president Anderson. and
! ordered to appear in court" Friday
morning at $3.50 o'clock.
! Mr.. Leavel, acting as POSTMASTER,
] proposed the health Of the president
I Of the United States, which met with
/ hearty response
Says Cooperation Necessary.
! Mr. Anderson sproke briefly on the
/ history of the organization and the
I real estate business during the past
/ year. He said that. while the first
/ six months of 1917 had been months
[ of unprecedented prosperity for the
real estate business. the record had
1 failed to continue. largely because OF
( the city's failure to secure a national
army camp He expressed the belief
I that the future of real estate was
I splendid. but said active cooperation
I Of real estate men was necessary.
Rent Property Filling.
Rental property Us fast filling up"
/ said Mr.. Anderson. and believe that
very shortly we will have more ap-
piicants for rentals than accommoda-
tons One thing that would vastly
assist the real estate business would
/ he a concerted movement in advertis-
ing made by all the real estate men
of the city. OF course, in the past
year, business has been retarded
somewhat, temporarily by the cam
paigns in which we engaged for the
Red Cross and Liberty bond causes.
but regard these as being absolutely
necessary, not merely TO the govern
ment, but to ourseives4 Every mo-
ment that we cut from the duration
Of the war helps business"
Necessary to Get Together.
J. W. Kirkpatrick spoke on the sub
ject of cooperation Every organiza-
ton in the city ardently desires the
! cooperation Of every other organiza-
ton" he said. This is absolutely
necessary to the progress of the COM
munity and il is only when we arrive
at such a state of affairs that the city
does progress. Two organizations are
better than one in any matter. Each
body has a different view of every
proposition, caused from the stand
/ point Of its own business, and only by
comparing all these views can the
] best method Of procedure be decided
/ upon"
Boosts High Line Canal.
! Mr. kirkpatrick mentioned the pro-
posed high line canal in the Rio
I Grande valley as good example of
/ the need of cooperation and urged the
| organization to get behind it.
J. B. Paden told the body How
1 trade the valley for the city"
James L MARI read a paper on Real
1 estate after the war" in which he
/ cited statistics and expressed the be-
I lief that real estate in general and in
FL Paso in particular would reach IN
! precedented values at the close of the
\ great war.
\ Coles Has CantOnment News.
Il A P Coles made a patriotic address.
/ taking as his topic, How real estate
/ men can help win the war" which
I mentioned the various kinds of war
work in which cal estate men were
/ particularly helpful. and laid down
I certain lines OF conduct which, in
\ general way, would vastly increase
4 the nations efficiency.
In the course of his remarks, Mr..
D Coles said that he had a few minutes
I previous to the banquet been shown
a telegram from Washington. in which
/ the sender stated that Ell Paso would
/ in all probability get cantOnment.
The telegram was signed by a man
as much in authority as secretary
Baker" said Mr.. Coles. and maybe
more"
Mr. Coles refused to say more about
the matter, and would not give the
name Of the sender or receiver of the
telegram
Horace B. Stevens made a few re-
marks on the high line canal project,
expressing the belief that IL was not
I feasible. and then precipitated a hot
discussion by presenting a resolution
endorsing the prohibition movement.
The measure was opposed by Lamar
Davis and by president Leavell. but.
after a number Of the members had
expressed their views. the resolution
carried. with only two dissenting
votes.
Reads Sheaf Of @TeIegramS.-
Much merriment was caused by the
reading by secretary LeBaron of
kilograms" to a number of the prom
inent realtors.
W. H Austin heard one from Gen.
John J. Pershing, asking for the best
building site in Austin Terrace for
after the war. Horace 3. Stevens had
another from Rockefeller intimating
an Investment Of S3.000,000 here
shortly and asking questions. Alfred
Coles got another from his friend
Baker forecasting the location Of a
great army camp here. This fake"
had nothing to do with the other wire |
Mr.. Coles said he had read earlier in |
the evening. James Mari got a wire" 4
from Hughes. asking him to pledge |
Texas TO the Republicans in the next /
presidential race he would enter 4
Horace Broaddus was given a mes |