Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-19
A Bic MASS Meeting
ALL INVITED TO BE AT DISTRICT
COURT ROOM AT 4 O'CLOCK
TONIGHT.
Three Cities after IT
Oklahoma City, Muskogce and Tulsa
Are All Seeking To Land This
Big Meeting.

Tulsa will tonight have the oppor-
tunity Of either accepting or turning
down the biggest convention propo-
sition ever presented in Oklahoma
and one Of the largest that ever faced
a community of the size Of Tulsa.
Tonight at s o'clock in the district
court room at the Tulsa county court
house will be held n mass meeting
of citizens. Men, women and chill
dren are invited and even urged to ba
present. For tonight the public
spirited people Of Tulsa shall decide
whether or not this city will allow
Muskogee or Oklahoma City to snatch
from its hands the international Dry
Farming Congress convention fof
1913. The magnitude Of the conven-
ton is realized by but few in Tulsa.
Tonight forcible speakers will attempt
to describe more fully the nature Of
the convention and how 1t can bo
brought to Tulsa.
Some local man has characterized
the Dry Farming Congress annual
meeting as miniature worlds fair"
and such it is. Besides the ep1' rus
amount Of people 1t would to
Tulsa the impetus 1t wOu, to
modern farming IN Tulsa coun md
the entire state Of oklahoma, It would
be the means of giving the city of
Tulsa more publicity than she has ever
received through one project.
Men, women and children, in fact
any person having small or large in
terests in Tulsa, cannot conscientously
afford to remain away from tonights
mass meeting The doors Of the dis
trict court room will be open at
o'clock The meeting will begin
promptly at o'clock. There will be
comfortable Accommodations for a
thousand people. II the room Is not
filled to overflowing the silent fact
will we evidenced that Tulsa does not
contain a bunch of boosters for
which she is noted. No one propo-
sition of such importance was ever
broached in this city. Final action
will be taken tonight. Each of the
three cities that are In the race are
required to submit their propositions
to the committee having charge OF
the location of the 1913 convention
before Saturday.
Muskogee business men have al
ready raised $4,000 In cash which
they will offer to the Dry Farming
Congress for locating the convention
in that city. Muskogee will also give
the twelve office rooms that are asked
for by the location committee. The
committee does not want more than
this. If 1t should develop that all
three contesting cities would make
the same proposition the convention
will be located in the place that can
show the best arrangements and fa-
cilities for handling a large crowd.
The International Dry Farming
as the name indicates. is worldwide
organization for the promotion or
every sort OF farming, without aru
ficial irrigation. Fruit growing, the
dairy business and modernized forms
of farming are all included in tho
work of the congress.
A year ago hardly anyone had ever
heard of the little town In Canada
known as Lethbrldge. The Dry Farm
ing Congress located its 1912 convcn
tion at Lethbridge and now the town
and its surrounding agricultural ad-
vantages, Is advertised throughout The
world.
Tulsa, with her present wide repu-
tation. will derive much more out OF
such a convention than did Lethridge.
There will be a bigger attendance
at a convention here than In Canada
a few months ago. The railroad u
cilities are one of Tulsa's strongest
talking points. AT Lethridge over
1000 accredited delegates from
twenty-seven different countries were
in daily attendance. The average
daily attendance at the gigantic ex-
hibltion ground Of the congress reach
ed 10000.
In case the congres acts favorably
on Tulsa a suite of offices Will be
opened here Immediately and the
work of exploiting next years con-
vention will be begun on systemati;
basis. The Tulsa date line and the
Tulsa postmark will be on every piece
of literature that is sent out for the
next eight months. The officers Of
the congress. clerks. stenographers,
etc, will all come here and spen1
nearly a year in the city.
For weeks before the opening DAY
90 sba oonvantion ranregqntatives of