El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-13
DEVELOP OIL To
GET FACTORIES
A. Courchesne Points Out
a Duty For Ell Pasoans,
Before Rotarians.

eel Paso needs factories" said A.
Courchesne, addressing il Pas0 Ro-
tarians at their weekly luncheon at
Hotel sheldon Thursday, -and fac
tories need cheap fuel Therefore.
it is the duty Of every Fl Pasoan who
can afford it. TO invest something in
developing oil near Fl Paso. II we
should get oil here. it would mean
cheap fuel and we would have the
best talking point I'm the world on
which 10 get factories. II Paso
ought to have q cotton mill and q big
taunery among other things"
Rabbi Martin Zielonka. who IS Just
back from tour Of Texas. said he
found that the biggest men Of the
diiterent communities he visited were
lne biggest glVers 20 worthy tninGs.
The man who is looked upon in the
community as big man must give
literally 20 the things worth while"
he said, because he is looked upon
by the others as a leader and they
viii follow him The man who can
afford to give, should give according
70 his means the man who can af-
FORD less viii then give according TO
his means II the big man lodges rs
DUTY, the man with less money viii
feel that he can do the same thing"
prepare FOR Peace
A. T. Rowlands. just back from
tour OF the middle west. said the thing
Fl PasO should have done was to
have prepared for peace The com
munities that did this are prosper
ing now he asserted when the
war ended, they did not have TO de-
pend upon wartime activities for their
prosperity. They Immediately turned
TO production for peace. El Paso can
do wei TO stop spending money for
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getting factories"
Hal T. Christie Just hack from Ari-
IONA, where he attended convention
Of Arizona bankers. asserted that
times are good in Arizona and the
people are prosperous.
Work With the Wounded.
Capt. William J. Erickson. United
states army medical CORPS told the
ROtarians OF the work the govern
ment is doing 10 rehabilitate the
wounded men coming home from
France and said he was here inveSti-
eating the possibilities Of caring for
such men he was guest OF J. p
SeEall
Charles Barber. an Albuquerque
Rotarian. guest OF ID. G. Booth. said
he had returned 10 Fl Paso. the scene
Of his first activity as an automO-
bile salesman, 10 open a branch. and
would now be here often. He humor-
ously recalled his first sales OF cars
to Fred Woodwork. James A. Dick
and -others--Oue luuged Reos'-and [
said they demanded q guarantee as
to how far the cars would run. He
said he prescribed limits and Euaran-
teed the cars to carry the purchas-
ers anywhere between Tsleta and
Courchesne or Fort Bliss and Juarez.
Further than that no automobile
man would guarantee a car TO run :
in those davs." he asserted
Boy Scout Work.
Alba Warren told OF his trip 20 I
which he found busy and /,
active and c.. o. Evermau. boy scout I
executive told OF the scout work I
and appealed 20 Fl Paso Rotarians /
and other FL Paso men interested in /
boy work 20 confer with him and I
give what help thev ran in the scout /
program. Alves Dixon told what the i
street car company did while Mr.. 4
Warren was away.
Fred Woodwork was declared the /
-oat for next week and o. T. Binford /
got the attendance prize. donated by Z
Leo Hartford.