El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-14

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ipartment. is greater in number pos
Isihly than any other single depart
inenc Of the chamber Of commerce
realize the necessity for a different
Z application Of remedial measures in
! e Paso and they have, even at this
early stage, offered many helpful
suggestions TO the manager Of this
department In the ratio with which
the proportion Of good results viii
be increased
The Retail Merchants department
came into being as a separate d.
vision OF the chamber OF commerce
activities in FL Paso, with the reor-
ganization Of the parent organiza-
ton in March. 1913, at the beginning
Of Mr.. Roberts's administration Sew
eral important taxation matters
were handled in special retail mer-
chant meetings during the summer
and following the summer meetings,
no active work was performed until
/ the department was called into func-
tfoning under a department head in
November Reasons for this period
Of inactivity were not that there was
no work 10 be done, but that the
scheme OF reorganization OF the
main body was in process OF compile
ftion by steps. taken up in the order
Of their urgency. Other departments
demanded more immediate attention
and organization so that their opera
ton would allow Of the completion
OF the plan as whole
Heads Junior Department.
In addition TO being head OF the
Retail Merchants section, Mr.. Bunch
Is also manager Of the junior de-
partment OF the chamber Of com
merce. This department has been
created TO provide an outlet for the
energies Of the young business men,
whose position or business hardly
justifies extensive participation in
the affairs OF the parent body, and
the insuring Of a continuous mem
bership by the natural graduation
Of the junior department into the
work OF the seniors. The actual ex-
isteuce Of an active junior depart
ment at once precludes the possible
creation Of young mems associa-
ton or some similarly named body
which would attempt, and in some
Instances succeed in maintaining a
separate Identity thus duplicating
efforts q single chamber Of com
merce can do. The chairman Of the
committee Of management is Manual
Schwartz.
The Junior department in the
sense Of "-newness" is the Automotive
Trades and Highway department,
under the direction Of P J. Prichard-
Prior to Mr. Pritchsrd becoming
identified with the chamber OF com
merce, the activities of this joint
department were handled by man
.ager Roberts and his assistant, John
Regain.
Among the many activities grow
ing out Of this departmental activity
was the splendid auto show held at
Liberty hall during the month Of
Nay. and oBe FL PasO to Phoenix
road race. held on November 2 and
3. Practically all Of the automobile
dealers In the city were represented
in the show at Liberty hall, and the
event attracted much attention all
over the southwest. Mr.. c NJ Barber
was named manager Of the show,
with a committee from the Auto
motive Trades association to help
him The race from FL Paso to Phoe-
nix was the biggest event Of the
kind ever held in the southwest and
attracted nationwide interest and
advertising
The Automotive Trades association
of FL PasO, now affiliated with the
chamber OF commerce in a depart
ment, was organized on March 30,
1913. The original officers of the
association were- Glenn W. Curtis.
president, o. c. Youngblood, vice
president; Fred H. Lazenby, treas
urer; Sam Watkins. L. A. Thompson
association became a department OF
the chamber Of commerce on June
is. these officers automatically be-
came the committee Of management
Later, when lir. Byars resigned, F.
IL Banneu was elected TO iii the
vacancy.
Boom Memberships.
On September Is, when the gen
eral membership campaign of the
chamber Of commerce was held.
seven automobile men working with
". G. Roe and c. n. Harvey, turned
In a total Of los memberships, Of
which &c were affiliated with the
AutomotiTe Trades ana Highways
department
Mr.. Pritchard is engaged. between
times, in the preparation Of an auto
mobile trade directory of the south
west, which viii be used for the
development Of the automobile and
accessory business IN the states OF
View Mexico and Arizona and west
Texas.
At the 1913 convention Of the.