Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-14
TULSANS MAKE
COODFOR TULSA
sun or PROGRESS STANDS An
MS ZENITH
A REAL INDUSTRIAL DAY
Developments Of Day Assure Cuy of
BRIGHT Iuturc-Somc Talking
"a the Point


, Tulsans made good for Tulsa ycster.
~ daN.
Thlt In brei, II the history of In-
dustriHl DhN, u day 0f exquisite action
| that brought out confidence and be-
llel ~ lhr lhsiesi growing CITY In the
United States.
II WIS a day thnt virtually made the
sun Ol progress rise 10 hi zenith and
smile cilnlgcntly on the gct-np-and-g0
congregation OF the most lOyal hoOsi-
ers held within the boundaries of any
city In the world.
Industrial DAY gave iiaclSwardness
and Stdnd,till In Tulsa one of the
Wckcdcst slnps ever known. And the
slap hasn't ended. while several more
are due THE day demonstrated that
things can be- done, that there Is u way
to do them, and that all II takes Is for
everybody tO get together into one
mass of con, cnirnted energy, roll up
the curtain ana give the performance
themselves.
II showed that barn storInlng has
no place IN Tulsa. That the city has
the talent 10 write IT, own plays; that
zach wien Is In reality heavy
man and can play that role 20 per-
feoiiOu when ihe fOotlight, OF chance
lf'NN VI liNiAh Hfkil w uN ltlt
curtain goes up on the first scene OF
l"'Ihc Town sBuildcrs."
From the llrst movement in the
lstart yesterday t, carry out the pro-
lgram which had before been mapped
cut Tor Industrial Day. every phase
of the situation and every circum-
lstance made for the richly deserved
lsuccess which crowned the efforts of
the Boosters In royal result Every
moment yielded a brighter antlclpa-
tion for the next throughout the entire
time that the town assembled togeth-
or aud ate barhecued meat: drank bar
hecue coffee and listeno to talks that
scorched warm In earnestness and
pcintedncss
lt was in fact the addresses deliver
ed from the platform raised on the
pewyman block and appropriately dec
GRATED for the occasion, that sizzled
with the ardor Of the day, and shortly
after the iine-fettled crowd had feast
ed tn the finish. w. r.. Hrwley, COM
missioner OF public affairs Of the Conn
mercla Club introduced President D.
r. Connolly as the man of the hour"
The Clubs president took up the
cue, and IN good, straightforward
and forcible talk gave a slight review
Of the situation and stated that the
Commercial club members. and the
board of directors OF the organization,
were there ag guarantee of good
| faith In that the development fund
money would he honestly and properly
handled aud used for the purpose OF
locating factor es In Tulsa His talk
extended over some little time. but
| In that period he told wonderful
story and impressed his hearers with
the honesty and the heartfelt prompt
ing Of the movement In hand.
Mayor l.. j, Martin further Impress
ed the ggscmblage with the greatness
Of purpose which imbued the CONNER
cia Club to undertake the raising of
| Il development fund, and assured the
| crowd that the city administration
endones the club and It's board OF
directors. and emphasized the neces-
sity of the support OF all
Hut when 1t came to the emphasis
which Is to be placed upon full sup
port Of the club In the greatest EFFORT
| IT has so far put forth for the veal and
welfare of Tulsa, IL remained for j.
IW. orr, president Of the First atlonal
bank. to drll the individuals into the
habit Of getting into line. Mr.. Orr's
address was delivered especially TO
those who had so far been "bashfur
and retiring when the consideration
for the moment reverted to the devel-
upment fund To these he handed
packages Of advice thoroughly satur-
ated with a telling booster spirit, TO
be taken as a stmulant, but each
package was nicely tied with the ribs
bon Of humor.
| How well he hewed on the massive
tree Of theory until 1t became but one
~. La. In.
in which he INDUCED at
one pont In his talk. He singled out
| "a well known citizen In the crowd as
an example, he told him just about
| how much Of an Investment he had In
ITulsa ana showed him and the crowd
| how that investment depended on the
future Of the city. he told him that he
| had not subscribed penny to the
development fund. and wound up by
commanding him to get hustle on
himself and hunt up soliciting COM
mittoc.
That was enough Inside Of two
minutes. and after but a few seconds
OF mutual hunt, the citizen and a
committee were together and the de
lvelopment fund WAS boosted by good
sized chunk of rel spec.e.
Captain f.. NJ Posegate 4. +. Anlt,
| carl &. MuGOt ana r. Is tluWbIu dlNb
delivered addresses teeming with the
Question Of the day all with telling
effect and which went home TO each
| individual crowded around to learn
more of what It means to stand up for
ITulsa-and AN of whom readily as
lcertoined that that expression Is the
Icloscsl synonym in the world TO pay
Iup. 1t did not take the auditors long
before they arose from their beds Of
Iself-thought helplemuess, virtually
picking them mp and walking. They
Iaways walked toward one OF the
committee
And there were committees avplenty,
ISiN were u the field all through the
day. These committees started when
! the day star,ed but they didn't quit
when tho day departed but tolled well
Iup into The night--until life downtown
! had gone into sleep in the more distant
home Everywhere a glance was cast
on the PerrNmnn block yesterday. that
plancc saw committee mailing
someone
Tt was the bravest crowd that ever
turned out IN the history OF the city.
There wasn't a person that broke
Iground. II was an aggressive gath
erng rather than defensive one, and
the rru Is Of victory that began piling
lup during the earlier hours naturally