The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-21
BUILDING A
LIVE CITY
SGC'y NCKeand Of Oklahoma
City Tells How Organization
Gets Big Results
CFrom Tuesdays Daily)

! the building of a live city was the
address OF Secretary A, w, McKeand,
OF the Oklahoma City Chamber OF
Commerce, at the meeting Of the
trade excursion visitors and Amarillo
men In Amarillo two weeks ago this
evening. by special request. Mr., Nc
keand has furnished the address in
fun and for It's direct interest to ev-
cry citizen Of Amarillo and OF every
other town, It Is given here in full:
Mr., Chairman and Gentlemen:
will not attempt to apologize for
appearing before you as our toast
master seems to think that the sec
rotary OF a Commercial organization
should be born speaker, do not
claim to be able to make anything
except a man to man talk and that is
what | am going to give you with
out apologies
First, allow me to say that | am
firm believer in organization.
believe that only through organiza-
ton can anything be successful,
Away back in my boyhood days
among the hills OF West virginia my
grandfather had among other en-
ployes on the old plantation an Irish
man whose name was Pat, Pat was
known far and wide as the best rail
splitter in that part OF the country
and his usual procedure was some
thin glike this. one morning about
1880 we came across Pat sitting on
log smoking his pipe. Grandfather
said, well, Pat, how are you get
ting along?" Pat said, Faith, John,
and just wait until l get thoroughly
organized and | will show you" Pat
never commenced a Job until he
had become, as he called 1t. thor
oughly organized. In other words,
he surveyed the timber to be split ex-
amined his wedges, looked carefully
! at his maui and axes, smoked his
pipe, spit on his hands and went at
| it.
A city or town is just what It's
business organization makes 1t. 1t
can be nothing more or nothing less.
Natural advantages, OF course, are an
advantage, but given all the natural
advantages on earth without proper
organization and united effort and
success cannot be attained.
81 want to tell you something OF
the story OF what organization is do
ing for our own city, city OF which
We are justly proud because 1t is
something to be proud OF and be-
cause these men who are sitting
among you tonight are the men who
helped to build 1t. They are believ-
ers in organization because they be-
long to one of the best in the coun-
try and they have thoroughly or
gained their own business so as to
make II a success.
n Streak OF Rusty Iron.
Nineteen years ago single streak
OF rusty iron extended north and
south through the central portion OF
Oklahoma. April %, 1889 the open
ing gun was fired. People rushed
in heller SHELTER, pell nell from every
portion of the United States and ev-
cry civilized part of the globe. They
came for all purposes that could be
mentioned; the adventurer and the
gambler, but largely the honest seek
err after home. A number OF towns
were started; opening after opening
came and other towns were star
none OF them having any special ad-
vantage as to location or natural re-
sources.
Built by Standing Together.
This continued for nearly ten
years and Oklahoma city during the
years OF 1895 to 1897 was actually
losing ground. Their people had al
ways stood together, however, in all
business matters and the time came
when the supreme effort must be
made and they were not found want
ing. The struggle came between ri.
val towns as to which should secure
n certain railroad which all recog-
nized would practically settle the
commercial center Of what was even
then fondly hoped to be the forty
sixth state. Standing together
day by day week In and week out
through all these years our people
have built city OF over 10000 PEG.
pie with every modern improvement;
with more miles Of paved streets,
better street car service, larger postal
receipts and larger jobbing and man.
ufacturing and retail businesses than
any other city OF like size in the
world today, and organized effort
has built It,
Let me tell YOU SOMETHING ne oh