05/15/1931
SEE BUSINESS ASSET FROM POPPY PLANTS
Chamber of Commerce Heads Approve Campaign
PROPOSE ADVERTISING
L E. Saunders Says Slopes Covered With Flowers To Bring Tourists
El Paso business men see a business asset as well as beauty In a Mt. Franklin with poppy covered slopes.
L. E. Saunders, president of the Chamber of the Commerce, said he is "strong" for the Herald-Post campaign to broadcast poppy seed over the barren mesas and foothills of Mt Franklin.
"It could be advertised, and would attract many visitors, just as Carlsbad Cavern does, or the bluebonnets of east Texas.
"I have seen the poppies north of town on the Newman road, and I believe it would be a great thing to have these poppy fields on a larger scale."
"It would be hard to estimate the value of these poppies, if they covered a large area around El Paso," said E. H. Simons, secretary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce.
"I also would like to protest against calling them California poppies. California gets enough advertising.
"If a new name is needed why not call them Texas poppies? Simons pointed out the attraction the poppies would have for visitors, and said completion of the campaign would be a great advance in civic development
Suggestion to sow the mountain sides with poppy seed was made by W. G. Roe. The Herald-Post will accept donations in any amount to the poppy fund, and turn the money over to a committee which will supervise the planting.
1931: Poppy Fund Passes the $100 Mark
1962: Blooming Poppies Cover East Side of Mt. Franklin Foothills
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