Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-01-25
Will Be IMPORTANT YEAR
MEASURE or EXTENT or PROG
RESS or CITY LARGELY DE-
CIDED IN CHOOSING.
usual "SLATE" IS HIDDEN
New Prcsidcn, and Secretary 10 b'
Namcd-Mny Create Offioe OF
Manager of Traffic.

The 1912 Industrial Advancement OF
Tulsa and the progress Of her largest
boosting asset, depends in large
measure on the action taken today by
the board Of directors of the CONNER
cial club, who will meet at the CLUB
rooms at o'clock to elect officers for
the ensuing year and appoint commit
tees for a like term.
Everyone seems united on the point
that the present year is to be one OF
the greatest advancement periods in
the clty's history, and Tulsans gener-
ally are looking to the Commercial
club to measure tn extent OF TINS
progress. The men at the head OF the
club are the ones upon whom the
greatest amount of work revolves, and
therefore the new officers elected this
afternoon will find themselves facing
colossal task.
Frank p. Sutherland, present secre-
tary Of the club, and expert rate man,
came to the organization In 1910, as
rate manager. Later he was made
secretary to fill the vacancy left by
the former secretary, E. d. Mitchell,
who has served as president with Mr.,
Sutherland, is one Of the city's ebst
known live wires and he has labored
long an increasingly in the interest OF
the club and the city
No "Slatc" Is in Sight.
The club membership is not up TO
the proper point, in the opinion of
many, and the feeling seems to be
current among the business men of
the city that renewed enthusiasm will
come with new officers that have
much to do with increasing the men,
bership of the club
The present board Of directors IL
composed of sixteen men, all Of them
who are peculiarly fit for the import
ant positions they hold Whether or
not a slate" has been made up for
todays meeting cannot be ascertained,
but the indications are that there is
none.
1t has been rumored that T., ID.
Mitchell is a member of the board Of
directors. having been elected to that
office at the annual club election this
month. II is doubtful if he will care
to take the work upon his hands for
another year, as he is an exceedingly
busy man with his private affairs, and
his own business has been sacrificed
to a certain extent in the past that he
could give time to the club.
May Name New Secretary.
Among the merchants of the city,
the feeling seems to be general that y.
r. Tucker manager Of the infCrma-
lion bureau, is the logical man to take
the secretaryship of the club for the
present year. Mr.. Tucker was one of
the first secretaries of the club and
1t is n well known fact that many Of
the city's greatest boosting stunts
were arranged by him. lie Is verit-
able walking encyclopedia of Tulsa
and Tulsa county and understands the
boosting game thoroughly, as has been
demonstrated by his extremely merlto-
rious work during the past few months
as manager Of the Merchants Infor-
nation bureau. If Mr.. fuckers name
is proposed at today's meeting for the
position there Is little doubt that he
will be elected.
If Mr. Tucker or someone else Is
named as secretary. Mr.. Sutherland,
the present incumbent. would no doubt
be made traffic manager Of the club,
at which work he probably has no
superior in the southwest. Tulsa Is
rapidly becoming one of the big rail-
road centers Of the southwest, and
the location of many new Industrial
institutions here recently and the fact
that many more are coming in the
near future viii make the duties Of
a rate man manifold and so volumi-
nous that he could hardly be expected
to attend to other duties in connection
with this work.