El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23

. chamber OF commerce. during the
month Of April, took out 500 member
ships in the Bankhead Highway as
ISOLATION, and made its final payment
Of S475, covering 500 mem berships IN
the Ozark Trails association. As a
result Of the splendid work OF spe-
cial delegate c. H. Lester to the meet
ing in Mineral Wells on April IA. Of
the Bankhead Highway association. il
was agreed at that meeting that FL
highway, and that the route selected
would cut .diagonally across north
west Texas
The chamber OF commerce has vir-
tually complied with the agreement
entered into With Otero county as
to the Alamogordo road. and with
the exception OF $500, the total Of
been paid IN Part payment has been
achieved through the purchase OF a
tractor for this road at an expendi-
ture OF $500, and an agreement has
been entered into with the officials
OF Otero county that this tractor Will
be kept upon this road for the pur-
pose Of keeping it in good condition
all the year round.
All inquiries relative to automobile
travel in and out OF FL Paso and the
giving Of the best routings and d.
rections have been referred by the
ElallDFE OF commerce 10 MISS 6lela
Glider, secretary OF the FL Paso Az
tomobile club, which maintains head
quarters in the lobby OF the Sheldon
hotel.
There is a continual flow Of people
IN and out Of the chamber Of COM
merce seeking information with re-
gard TO automobile rouungs and be-
fore sending them to Miss Glider they
are supplied with literature and pam
phlets on FL Paso.
Another matter bequeathed TO the
chamber Of comm erce from the pre-
notes covering the lien on the land
and property which is to be used by
Baptist sanatorium- As set forth in
the report Of the finance department,
Il VIII be observed that sufficient has
been collected on the notes to pay
the first installment OF $4,000 and
this payment viii be made upon the
dedication Of the property by the
BAPTIST sanatorium.
Realizing that the best results are
obtained from concerted effort on the
part Of the citizenship, manager Rob-
erts, early in his administration. sug-
gested to mayor Davis and to presl-
dent Bassett the advisability Of the
creation OF city planning commits
sion Mayor Davis accepted the sug-
gestion as being one worthy Of con-
sideration and the board of directors
such a commission be formed and that
Il be developed by the Joint action
Of the municipality and the chamber
OF commerce The chamber Of CON-
merce then offered TO the municipal
iry list OF names representing the
various business and civic interests OF
the city to mayor Davis. and on July
y mayor Davis gave to the press the
statement that the following tenta-
tive list had been selected: r. F.
burgess and J. q. Sweeney, represent
ing the legal profession Of the city.
L IL Lawson, irrigation; James l.
schools; Mason Pollard and Maurv
Kemp. railroads; A. R Webb and the
president OF the central labor union:
lacn White, hotelss DR.. Hugh Grouse
doctors: H Krupp. A Schwartz and
W D. Wise. merchants Harry Potter.
electric railway; James S. Black and
Il d Slater, newspapers: c. NJ Har-
vey. kiwanis club; c. A Martin. Ro-
tary; o. z. Hines. lumber interests:
Mrs James Vance. Mrs. Fl. R. Gam
bic and G. Q. Willis. women's organ
tzations; James G. McNary, Charles
Bassett and u. s Stewart, bankers.
Manager Roberts. assisted by De Witt
A Bandeen, head OF the civic DEPART
ment of the chamber OF commerce.
will work directly with the commits
sion in the development Of the pro-
gram for city planning.
Special Representative in Washington
A distinct step forward during May
OF 1913 was the decision by a renre-
sentative group of FL Paso business
men to maintain in WASHINGTON a
special representative OF the Ell Paso
chamber Of commerce J A. Happier