El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-08

$500 fo- swimming pool and $500
for completion of the officers CLUB al
Fort Bliss.
Educational activities, including aid
in keeping the state university open
during the recent controversy.
Legislative and congressional actlV-
tiles for the good Of the city.
Aids in Cleanup.
Aid in the cleanup campaign in CO.
operation with liquor dealers Of the
city.
Activities IN encouragement Of
colonization and irrigation
Encouragement Of manufacturing
activities.
Efforts to locate a motion picture
concern. CThe reading of the nego-
tiations with the Zeigfeld company
caused much amusement)
Work for highways to Alamogordo
and Fort Worth
Efforts for the building Of the Ell
Paso- Carlsbad railroad Mr. Wyatt
stated that Capt R. F. Burgess, now
in the army, had obtained field notes
Of the old company He predicted that
the line would be eventually built
Fostering of relations with the
Juarez chamber of commerce and
trade relations with Mexico
Encouragement of yearly fat stock
show and breeders show in this city
industry.
Recommends Expert Manager.
In closing Mr.. Wyatt recommended
that an expert man to serve as man
aver Of the chamber of commerce
should be employed He also thanked
the officers Of the army for their CO.
opera ton with the chamber of COM
merce and the board OF directors for
their aid, and the members Of the va
rious committees who had faithfully
responded to every call
Coles Makes First Speech
After Mr.. Wyatt had concluded his
annual report he turned the meeting
over to Otis c. Coles, the new presi-
dent. who received an ovation when
he started to make his first public
address as head Of the chamber.
After paying a compliment TO the
retiring president and declaring that
any business man had to make sacri-
fices to give his time to the chamber
Of commerce work. he said:
Il am glad to see so many different
interests represented here tonight, TO
see our friends from Juarez and that
the army is so well represented The
chamber OF commerce stands ready to
aid the army in any way whenever
needed, and I hope that Gen Read and
his officers will call on US whenever
we can be Of assistance
Need More Cooperation
That the people who did take an
interest were criticized, and that II
was the disposition of many to sit
back and let others do the work, was
Mr.. Coles's observation
What we need" he declared, sis
more cooperation between the cham
Der Of commerce, the city and the
county authorities"
The need of a fund for the encour-
agsment Of new industries was the
closing point brought out by Mr..
Coles and he predicted great indus
trial progress would follow, just as
soon as the war was ever
says Chamber Ia Patriotic.
zone hundred percent patriotism
was the theme OF Zach L Cobb, the
next speaker.
THE men who constitute the cham
Der Of commerce have proved them
selves 100 percent patriotic" he said,
"and it is a pleasure to talk before
this body of men and to feel that
every one Of them has responded to
the call OF the government"
I'VE are fighting for democracy,
Mr.. Cobb declared. and he added that
it was the democracy Of Thomas JEFF
ferson and that there was no room
for I I. W.-ism IN the country.
saThe teaching of a Trotzky should
with true democracy" he said; "the
equal balance Of rights and response
bilities constitutes real democracy"
An eloquent tribute was paid by
Mr.. Cobb to the army, the men who
would carry the principles to triumph
in the trenches Of France.
Ready To Choke Kaiser.
Speaking to the guests from Juarez,
Mr.. Cobb declared:
I'VE are going to choke the kaiser
to death and we are going to choke,
even to death, any agent OF the kaiser
who seeks to spread his poisonous
propaganda in a friendly republic"
This reference to Mexico brought
forth cheers.
I'VE wish to give everything to
/ Mexico that Mexico needs, and we
wish to get everything from Mexico
that we are able to pay for in honest
trade" he said
All Salute Gen Read.
] What he would do with the kaiser