New-York tribune., 1908-04-20
TULSA COMES TO TOW N
Oklahoma Business Men Here to
Look Ouer the East.

Tho rpea Commercial Club consisting Of 11S rep
resentative business men of Tulsa Okla Is III
town registered a the Hotel Astor, and there are
.'doinss" along the Great White Way. What
Never heard OF Tulsa. Okla Well. If you never
have and value your life, don't go around Long
Acre Square and tell people about it. for the TUT
saniars are proud OF their little town and ~ouid
suref- resent such geographical ignorance
Th- Tulsa Commercial Club left home on April L"
10 show the Eastern people what a big NOISE -
town Of 1880 red booded inhabitants Cnosty w4lle)
could MAKE The club had the census taken Tor
this rrin and in other ways II has certainly pee''
doing the thing the queens taste Ihe me'4De's
have special train OF four cars. with every pos
siale comfort attached. They even print n2iy
paper on board the train and call It Inc @ IuSa
Daily Courier" J. Il CleaIy, Of The Tulsa DalE
World" is the editor. IN the paper they tell "Ha'
they think of the people and places they see.
The club arrived II town early yesterday morning
over m. pennsylvania Railroad. and went i'm
rlediateIv to the Hotel Astor After breakfast lhe
majority Of the party attended Easter service aI
one Of the churches ard then returned 10 Ihe hote
for dinner. After dinner, as they were leaNlhs 'He
dining room the news went around that Governor
Hughes was in the hotel, and nothing woulo satlS-
~ them bat few words with the Chlef ENecul1e I
of the state. The Governor told them no" gao ~
was 70 meet the representative business men u
good old Tulsa and then most of the represenlaINe
citizens went out look at that place called Broad
way.
Do you think they would admit that broao"as
had anything on Main street, Tulsa? Well most
certainly not. One or two Of them would adnTt
that perhaps the buildings were wee Dit 'a!Ier,
but then think OF the advantages their street hao
10 counterbalanCe this In The afternoon te" re-
poiters called on the representative cluzehs OF
Tulsa # they expected cowhde boots, iar-ats and
exshooters struck uonchalantly in the belts OF the
visitors they were sadly disappointed.
Gould I see one Of that Tulsa crowd. asked
one Of the reporters Of the clerk
There IS one standing beside YOU vas the re-
sporse. and the reporter turned To gaze on sight
that would make q fashion plate man in tailor
shop turn green With envy. immaculate in full
Fifth aven4e Easter afternoon array. the stranger
introduced hins,:f T. II. Iayner vice-president
Of The Prudential Investment Company. of Tulsa,
Okla.
Yes. We aye having bully time he said. and
expect to have q better time before we get home
What j. our purpose in making this trip? Wen, !
viii tell you. live in the greatest little town on
the map of an, where: town that is rich in oil.
coal gas and soil. and looking for men
with capital Il settle there and enter business.
say without exaggeTation that il is the richest
place of kind in the world, and We can sell
gas there for TWO cents cubic foot. which is the
same IS coal At - cents ton.
IN our party are representatives from twenty
TAO from foreign countries and six natives of the
things in the East and tell people all about the
natural resources Of Oklahoma We had a long
talk with President Roosevelt in Washington the
other day and lie said that the government was
willing 10 take off the restriction on the lands
owned by the Indians that this land, with the
exception Of the homestead award of forty acres
10 each Indian. might be sold. We leave here to-
morrow night tor Philadelphia. and expect to be
back in Tulsa on April o."