El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-20
IS WEST TEXAS
BOOSTERS DUE
Managers From This Sec
ton To Gather Here
January 9th.

District No. 4 OF the west Texas
chamber Of commerce viii hold a
meeting in Fl Paso on the 9th OF jan
uary. at which county managers from
l13 counties OF west Texas viii be pres
ent- Porter A Whaley. campaign man.
ager OF the organization. viii be pres
ent Senator ". ". Turney viii be
one OF the chief speakers. The pro-
gram. so far as arranged. is. first 8
detailed report by Porter A Whaley
I Of the purposes and work OF the or
ganization. an address by ". W Tur-
ney; a formidable discussion. after
which the actual work Of the organi-
zation viii begin
County Managers Named
The county managers appointed up
to the present time for the fourth dis
I trict are as follows;
FL Paso county, Robert krakauer.
FL Paso: Hudspeth county. ". /. Am
monet, Sierra Blanca; Culberson coun-
ty. J. c. Hunter, Van Horn: Reeves
county, Jack Love. Pecos. jeff Davis
county, W. S. Miller. Fort Davis; Pre-
sidio county. T. u Wilson. Maria;
Brewster county. G. ". Baines. IT. Al
pine: Terrell county, Joe Kerr, san
derson; Val Verde county. John J. Eos
ter. Del Rio.
No chairmen have yet been appoint
ed for Loving. Winkler and Ward
counties, but these VIII be decided on
at the meeting.
Perfects Organization.
The West Texas chamber OF COM
merce perfected its organization in
Fort Worth on December q last, at a
meeting called by the chambers OF
commerce Of Fort Worth. Brownwo0d.
Wichita Falls and Ranger. Texas. for
fn- Of In fsrH f-rr
TO formulate organized plans for the
development Of the mineral. manu-
featuring. agricultural. livestock, mer-
camille and other material resources
OF west Texas One hundred represen-
tatives from 50 west Texas towns re-
sponded to the call
Interests One and Same.
THE call for the meeting arose"
said c. c. Quinn. manager Of the Fort
Worth chamber Of commerce, from
the conviction that the interests Of the
cities, communities and counties OF
west Texas are one and the same. and
that as one develops so does the other
Other portions OF the state were not
contemplated in the new organized ef-
fort. for the reason that the soil. the
climate, the agricultural pursuits. the
mineral resources and the people OF
west Texas are distinctly unified as no
other portions OF the state is unified
Inelr Destiny is dependent upon the
fortunes OF each other In other
words. west Texas should be viewed
from the standpoint OF one large fam
ily. each member striving to aid the
other to achieve"
Porter A. Whaley. campaign mana
ser Of the organization. said:
Free From Politics.
Tt should be said first that the or
ganization is TO be free from politics
and from political issues. except such D
as good roads. irrigation. oil matters. (
etc
Among the projects Of the organi- /
cation are plans by which various re-
gions Of west Texas may be enabled Z
TO organize under the state laws and 4
the national reclamation act to vote I
bonds and otherwise finance irrigation 4
projects throughout west Texas, main 4
tanning experts at Austin and Wash /
ington 10 assist in the same 1t pro-
poses by state and national aid TO /
make q survey OF west Texas. in an /