El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-15
BUDGET FUND
UP To $4,000
Workers at Luncheon Sub.
NIT Progress Reports;
LIQUOR Men Halt.

Subscriptions 10 the budget fund
OF the FL Paso chamber Of commerce
aggregated Tuesday noon a total OF
approximately $4,000. according to
reports made at a luncheon attended
by directors and committeeman OF the
organization at Hotel Sheldon This
was an increase for the week Of ap-
proximately $4,000 as reports at the
last luncheon amounted TO approx
mately $4,000
B. L Farrar. chairman Of the bud
get fund committee. presided at the
luncheon Secretary George H
Clements called the roll OF chairmen
for reports, which were:
Many Committees Report.
Banks. James C. McNary. $4,000;
hotels, cafes and liquor dealers, r. B.
Orndorff, 500; wholesale and retail
clothing and dry goods, Maurice
Schwartz, S311l; hardware, wholesale
and retail, Robert krakauer, 1878;
real estate. c. N. Newman, S2167;
printing trades, H. Y. Ellis, $4S6: at
torneys. Adrian Pool. S692; dentists,
and dental supplies. DR.. J. ". Ridley.
SIS; retail grOcers and meat markets.
Ed D. Lachman, $3.50; produce, W. S.
Crombie. SS16; ice, fuel, hay, grain and
seeds, Claiborne Adams. s1130; autos
and auto accessories. S1629; wholesale
grocers. z. II. Hurd reported by c.
H Finley, $685. wholesale druggists.
c. Z. Kelly, 1925; merchandise
brokers. J. W. Lorentzen, S245; archi-
tects and contractors, H T. Ponsford,
1897; wholesale and retail jewellers,
J. E Benton, S495. bakers, G. ".
Roberts. $50: musical instruments,
W. c. Walk. $685.; mining companies,
c. n. Harvey. $500: BARRIERS and bar
5ers' supplies, J. D. Stalker. $2O7.50;
books. stationery, T. ". Norton, $3.50;
furniture dealers. 7. H Rogers, sS75;
newspapers, G. A Martin. $500; gen
eral committee, 3. L Farrar. 1915.
Transfer Ken Give SI1O.
The amounts were totaled BY J. u.
Wyatt, who announced the amount
was S22,946-00. In addition, $40 has
been raised from transfer companies,
J. J. Longwell. chairman, making the
total more than So. 900.
When the government officials"
was reached in the list. Mr.. Clements
announced SS79. An instant later he
convulsed the members at the lunch
con by stating that he had made p
mistake, that that was the telephone
number and no report had been made
A special compliment was paid r
Farrar. who stated that il has been
prepared on very short notice.
Liquor Dealers IN Quandary.
Mr. Orndorff III making his report
on the liquor dealers stated that they
had refused to contribute until the re-
suit Of the local option election wss
made known He said that the prop
osition had been made to them that
they subscribe with the understand
ing they be released if the city went
dry" He said that they had objected
TO doing il this way. Mr.. Orndorff
called the attention OF the meeting to
the fact that a number of cafes had
subscribed last year and had refused
TO pay.
Budget Workers Present.
Those present were: F II Bannell,
Maurice Schwartz, Il. T Ponsford,
Otis c. Coles, 3. L Farrar. J. ". Kirk
patrick. W. H Shelton. G. A Martin,
c II. Harvey, G. P Putnam, II. Y
Ellis, Leo Ferlet, Adrian Pool, F. W.
Norton. J. E Benton, H N. Andreas.
Claiborne Adams, c. H. Finley, ". S.
McMath. George II. Clements, r 3.
Orndorff. Z. c Held, John n Wyatt
and E. c. Bray.