Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-19
70 OPEN OFFICES
HERE VERY soon
BIG FARMING ACTIVITIES WILL
OPEN IN EARNEST ABOUT
JANUARY I,
What Others THINK OF II
VIII BE the Biggest Single Event In
the History of the
state.

John y. Burns secretary of the In
ternaIonal Dry Farming Congress,
will arrive In Tulsa today prepared
to remain here for year, this city
having been selected as the 1913 head
quarters for the congress Mr.. Burns
Will bring "a corps OF five assistants
with him and will Immediately lay
plans for opening up suite Of Of
ficos on the basement floor OF the
court house. The work Of issuing the
vast amount of literature that Is sent
all over the world by the congress,
will begin IN earnest on January 1.
o. A. Brewer, an International Off
Ger OF the congress. and f. IL. Ed
monds also prominent official OF
that organization, have moved their
families to Tulsa and taken up their
permanent residence here. These two
men will have much to do with the in
ternational convention here next oct
obcr Their entire time between now
and the convention will be devoted
to exploiting and arranging for tho
meeting.
Some idea of how outsiders con-
slider the forthcoming convention and
tho locating Of the headquarters OF
the congress at Tulsa, can be obtain
ed by reading the following article,
and partial list Of prizes, as published
in the current issue of the monthly
bulletin issued by the oklahoma state
board Of agriculture:
The state OF Oklahoma was eN-
tremely fortunate the past week in
landing the headquarters of the In
ternational Dry Farming Congress
which will open up for active work In
Tulsa about the first Of next year. A
very important adjunct of the con-
gress., and I'm fact It's crowning feat
ure, win be the International Dry
Farmed Products exposition, which
will be held In Tulsa, October 22-Nov-
embor /. Inclusive. This will be the
greatest exposition of its kind in the
history of the world and will attract
visitors to oklahoma by the thou
sand from practically every state In
the union and many foreign coun-
tries 1t will be the biggest advertis-
ing feature that the new state has yet
pulled off and every county In the
state should be represented with very
extensive exhibit OF their resources
The people of Tulsa are donating
To the working force Of the congress
II suite OF ten rooms. The congress
will also edit a dry farming mag
azine. Steps have also been taken by
the Tulsa Commercial club looking to
the erection of large convention hall
and exposition building for the use OF
the congress during the convention In
next October. The fair grounds at
Tulsa will also be used for exposition
purposes and as Tulsa is Il city with
reputation Of doing things right It
should be settled that this exposition
Is going to be one that will be Of the
greatest value to oklahoma and
credit to the entire state.
The cost OF staging this event will
be- in the neighborhood OF $500, 900.
This includes the convention hall and
exposition building OF course the
burden Of expense will fall upon Tul-
sa but II Is expected that the rail-
roads will render material assistance
and an appropriation is expected from
the national legislature. lnasmuch as
1t is a statewide affair II Is expected
that the state Of oklahoma through
It's legislature will do everything in It's
own power TO promote the success OF
the congress and exposition. The peo-
pie Of Tulsa have acted most unself-
lshly in this matter OF bringing the
congress to Oklahoma and now that
1t is an assured fact every citizen In
this state should put his shoulder 10
the wheel and assist the Tulsans who
have been loyal to the states best in
terests.
oklahoma has recently passed
through several dry summers. And yet
each season the crops have been bet
ter than the last in spite Of deficit
ent rainfall during the maturing sea-
son. This Is because Of the fact that
the farmers Of the state are begin
ming to appreciate the value of dry
farming methods. They are just learn
ing how 10 farm scientifically. They
now know that tho land should be
plowed deep in the fall and then cul-
tivated often and very shallow dur
Ing the growing periods Of the crops.
This knowledge was worth thousands
Of dollars to the farmers Of Oklaho-
ma last year But In learning this
the farmers have but Just scratched
the real surface OF scientific knowl-
edge OF improved agricultural meth
DDS The dry farming congress will
teach the farmers Of this state things
which will eventually be worth mil
lions Of dollars to the agricultural in
terests OF the state. The cost Is in
comparable as compared with the
benefltc to be derived.
The farmers OF the state should
therefore continually bear ii I'm mind
that Oklahoma Is the next home "
tho international Dry Farming Con-
gress and that Tulsa is the interna-
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