The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-30
TULSA BOOSTERS" MAKE GOOD
Oil City Commercial Clubs Novel Advertising Scheme
Awakened the Fast ~d

on the 18th OF this month train
Of five coaches and 1870 citizens of
Tulsa puiled out from that city for
sixteen days journey passing through
ST. Louis, Louisville, baltimore. Wash
ington, New York, Philadelphia. Cleve-
land, Chicago and other cities It was
a daring Enterprise, but the people OF
Oklahoma are equal to any emergency.
They did not advertise Tulsa but It
has very effectively advertised the
whole state They carried cotton and
alfalfa, coal aud oil and great var
ETY. of the products Of the state such
as could be found In other parts of il
as well.
With one exception (New York; the
Tulsans were royalty received every
where. Mayors, boards Of trade, gov
ernors, officials and private citizens
OF all ranks WED each other in show
ing them honor and in doing this were
honoring their state
This whole enterprise ant the great
success that IL net with from the be-
ginning is evidence Of the value of ad-
vertising
Every one of the leading papers In
every city through which the train
passed as well as the smaller ones
gave liberal space to this train, a
column or more in nearly every one
in this way advertising that money
could not have bought directly was re-
ceived
lloNe are few extracts as samples.
FrWn the Tulsa Democrat of ADril
26th the following extracts from let
ter by its correspondent on the train
shows also how the party was received
and the kind OF advertising the state
has been getting as well as Tulsa
On Board the Interstate Special
April 2S, 1908.
A clear crispy ny and a blue sky
and the gates O Philadelphia wide
open. And a welcome awaiting us such
as We never dreamed of All the MORN
ing papers carried long stories Of Tul-
sa and the Enquirer published a pic
ture taken at Washington. covering
three columns Never did any com
mercial body receive so much atten-
ton
AT $3.50 a special detail of police i'm
fun dress, white gloves shining he'll
NETS and all, drew up at the entrance
of the station TO act as a guard OF
honor for our party. Without waited
committee composed of the heads Of
the departments of the city, and the
business men of Philadelphia. The
line Of march was formed with the
band at the head, and with banners
flying we marched to the city hall
where reception was held in the
great chamber of the board Of educa-
tion. The mayors department and
the board Of education had each made
arrangements for our entertainment.
and the matter was compromised by
ihe board of education taking charge
CT us first, and then turning us over
to the city government. The presi-
nent OF the board and the superintend.
ent of schools made addresses and MIR
Epans responded on behalf of Tulsa
and Oklahoma and told of the wonder
ful work being done there for the adj
yancement of education and of the
great fund for bmding up the schools.
Toledo, O.. April %. 1908.
On Board the Interstate Special:
Our stay was short, but the hospi-
tality shown US was sufficient to last
all our lifetime. On omr arrival al s
O'Clock this afternoon, we wey9 met by
Mayor Whitlock, committees Of the
City Council, the Board Of Trade, the
Board Of Education and other muni-
cipal bodies.
The followin account of the Boost
er's visit to Philadelphia is clipped
from the Philadelphia Inquirer. which
also published three-column cuts show
ing the train and an interior view Of
The exhibit car.
II was Just o'clock verierday morn
Ing when the special train from okla.
homa rolled into Broad Street Station
Later i'm the niarpms hhe boomers left
the five cars for their view of the city
They found SIX bic sightseeing auto
mobiles Wanting for them outside the
City Hall al S o'clock An they also
found awaiting a reception committee
consisting OF ! Horace Cook OF the
Board of Education; James Sheehan.
Assistant Director of Public Safety;
Max Kaufman. private secretary to
Mayor Relburn. and John r. Hass-
kari. Assistant Director of the Depart
ment of Wharves. Docks and Ferries.
Their first visit was to the Board OF
Educators room in the City Hail.
whore they were met by Dr. Martin
Brumbaugh superintendent Of schools
Henry Edmunds. president of the
Beard Of Education; John Burt. Thos.
ShaycrOss. Alexander p. Closeberry,
William Bowen and Secretary William
Dick
Afterwards they visited the South
ern Manual Training School Independ-