The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-17
BANKERS MEET T
At GUTHRIE
Three Hundred Delegates tx
pected 10 Attendance
MANY EASTERN GUESTS
Safe Blowing Contest Is Ex-
peCted to interest.

Guthrie, o. T.. Nov. 16.-Tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock the seventh annual
meeting of the Oklahoma State Bankers
association Will convene in the Elks' club
rooms and every indication points to the
holding Of lhe most successful melting in
the history Of the association. Not only
viii about 300 Oklahoma and fifty eastern
bankers be present and a lne program
and entertainment be given, bat the safe
blowing contest will occur. Only a few
OF these contests have been held in The
United States ard this is the first Of
the kind TO be held within many hundred
miles CT Guthrie. This alone will bring
q large number of bankers to Guthrie.
The contest viii occur On one Of the
days CT the convention under the direc-
ton of the manganese Steel Safe com
pany, successors to the Hibbard- ROdman-
Ely Safe company Of New York, and
merely for the advertisement OF their
safes this company win spend something
over s3,09a in pulling off the contest in
Guthrie while the bankers are in session.
S. Rodnan, The head Of the mechanical
department Of the manganese Steel Safe
company has been in Guthrie for the
last two days and is making the prelim
mary arrangements for the contest He
has purchased the Victor Manganese
safe, the Victor Screw Door safe and the
Mosler Screw Door safe. safes made by
three OF The strongest rival companies,
snd these have been shipped to Guthrie
60 be used in the contest. They will be
placed where the bankers can examine
them, ana at the time of the contest
should none Of the rival companies take
up the challenge Of the manganese Steel
Safe company to meet them in this con-
test, Captain Rodman proposes TO pro-
ceed with the blowing up Of the three
safes of the rival companies that he has
purchased. one Of The safes OF this COM
pany VIII be upon the ground and he has
offered a challenge TO any of the rival
companies 10 open il.
In the blowing OF the safes Captain
Rodman VIII be assisted by four men
who are skilled in that kind of work, and
burglars tocls dynamite. sledges, ham
mers and anything that will aid in the
opening Of the safes will be used. The
quickest and most accessible way of en-
safes can be found that viii Withstand
the attack Of four skilled safe blowers.
The entertainment OF the bankers is in
the hands of the Guthrie Clearing House.
who have appointed Cashiers Sohlberg
and Nelson to personally lake charge oil
It. The visitors win he royalty entertain
I'd from the time they arrive IN Guthrie
until they leave.
On Wednesday afternoon n banquet will
be served by Fred Harvey. on Wednes-
day night there viii be a grand bah given
In the city han for the wishing bankers.
Over fifty of the Oklahoma bankers viii
b. accompanied by their wives and these
will be entertained by the Guthrie ladies.
Arrangements have been made for
musicale at the Masonic Temple and
reception for them ct one Of the homes.
The Aeolian Mandolin club has been en-
ployed to furnish music for the meetings
ana the full Troop K band viii play on
the streets during the two days.
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