Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-06
AT COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
The LADIES AS MEMBERS
Roads, Concert, Membership and Many
Others Threshed Out by Those
Present.

of the Commercial Club to attend the
meetings as it is to get them to
attend Wednesday night prayer meet
ings.
The meeting last night, in point Of
attendance, was no exception to the
rule which has prevailed for the past
three or four months. 1t was $50
before it was called to order, and 9 80
before the thirtieth man dropped in.
Before the meeting opened, President
Hagler remarked that it might be a
good thing to blow cows horn or
some other kind of musical instru-
ment to summon the members who
were lounging about the streets with
In earshot.
When the meeting was called to or
der, Secretary Dockery read the min
utes, after which NJ b. Baird report
ed that the committee on the boiler
and repair shop proposition had de-
clded to accept it, but on account Of
the election and his being out of town
nothing more had been done; that on
tomorrow (today) they would take the
matter up and collect the money, ST.
900, needed.
The chair called up the proposition
Of DR.. Kreyer, the leader Of the Com
mercial Club band, that the band
would give concert in the Grand op-
era house, one half Of the proceeds
to be given the hand for new music
and uniforms, the other half to 90 to
the Club.
On motion the chair appointed w.
F. Tucker, Joe Westerheyde and Mark
E. Carr a committee to sell tickets
for the concert.
The admission of ladies as members
of the club was next considered.
l.. j. Martin had no objection to
ladies becoming honorary members,
but he was opposed to their being full
fiedged members, as they would not
do a great deal of good-they would
not stay with it, The fees were too
high for them to pay. If twenty or
twenty-five would come in and pay the
full fee it might be all right, as they
would soon quit, and no harm would
be done.
Secretary Dockery said that one
woman had applied for membership,
and had said she was as much inter
ested in Tulsa as any of the men.
She also said that she knew four 9TH
ers who wanted to join, but they all
wanted to come in on the same foot
ing as the men, and pay the same
fees. He thought it would be a good
thing to have them, as in matters of
beautifying the city and on some com
mittees they were better than men.
Pettus said that women were not
business people as a rule, and would
do no good so far as deliberations and
money were concerned. The members
could not smoke if the ladies became
members, and they had their own
clubs anyhow. He did not approve of
letting them in.
DR.. j. F. Ayars disagreed with Mar
tin and Pettus. He thought the pres
ence of ladies would lend tone to the
proceedings, and that they would be
a great help. He said that the fact
ladies were members would get bet
ter attendance of men.
The chair thought the matter i'm
portant enough to lay before a larger
meeting; that they should all think
it out; it might be for the best, or it
might be for the worst, so he laid the
discussion over until another meeting.
The question of advertising was
then taken up, and it was finally ag-
reed to subscribe 500 for Sturm s
Magazine, which in its next issue will
contain a story of Tulsa, and in SUBJ
sequent issues a page in each devoted
to Tulsa.
M. b. Baird brought up the matter
OF roads, and referred to letter from
Manuel Hirsh about the road north
from Tulsa. He said we must have
the north and south roads fixed, as