Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-21
CITY HALL, AUDITORIUM. h
KET, PARKS AND BOuLE-
Wards ARE ASSURED.
WILL Vote ON s175.OO0
Most Enthusiastic Commercial club
Meeting of the Year Held
last Night.

merclal club rooms this year last
night placed their unqualified approy-
al upon a $4,000 bond issue, for
the purpose of building an auditorium,
city hail and market place, and the
purchase of boulevard and park sys-
TEN ground,
The large auditorium of the Com
mercial club was filled to overlooking
at $50 o'clock when o. II. Leonard,
vice president of the club, called the
meeting to order. Every chair was
filled and many stood in adjoining
hall ways.
| II, II. Anderson, an officer Of the
| International Dry Farming congress,
read an interesting paper, dealing
with the importance to the United
States of the next convention and po-
sition of the congress, to be held in
Tulsa next year. The paper was
written by +. S. White, commissioner
of agriculture and horticulture for the
| Frisco system. Mr. White character
ized the coming convention as "thc
greatest educational institution for
| farmers of the world ever held" and
spoke of the congress as the grand
est agricultural organization in the
world, made up of the most progress
slve farmers in all the civilized ma
tions." He declared that the Frisco
would send free seeds to all farmers
in the United States who desired to
grow products to be exhibited at the
Tulsa convention, and that he would
personally conduct a tour of Okla
| homa in the near future, with lectur-
ers and the Frisco's latest exhibit car,
He stated that Oklahoma had made
| strong promises to the congress in or
der to secure the next convention and
that 1t was up to the people of the
south to help her make good on those
promises. He made a special appeal
to boys and girl on farm to attend
the coming convention.
w. e. Rohde, former mayor of
Tulsa, opened the discussion Of the
bond issue, by declaring that the To-
| cation Of the big farm convention here
made 1t more imperative than ever to
build a convention hall in the near
future. He had been working to that
end for the past eight years. mo
community In this progressive age"
he said, can hope to rise above the
village class without a convention
hall"
Eugene Lorton advocated n COM
bined auditorium and city hall. He
urged the giving Of prizes for plans
for buildings in order that the COM
missioners might have more assistance
In planning the expenditure Of any
bond money that might be voted. He
spoke strongly in favor of voting
bonds for park and boulevard pur-
poses.
II. o. Mcclure explained his plan
for building a city hall. auditorium,
high school. public market, and store
rooms on the block now occupied by
a school building. almost in the heart
OF the business district. In this man
ner, he explained, the auditorium
could be made self-sustainlng, the
bonds could be paid and an endow-
ment would be created for the high
thereby eliminating a big expenditure
for ground.
Tate Brady made an enthusiastic
speech, in which he echoed the gem
eral spirit of the community that has
evidenced itself OF late, by stating that
he cared not whether the convention
hall be located on the north, south,
4 a.
called the epoch making events in the
history of Tulsa, from the time the
Frisco was built in here, and lauded
the enterprise Of the citizens in erect
Ing the Hotel Tulsa. He declared that
a new epoch was at hand and that
Tulsa would accomplish more in 1913
than she has in the past five years.
A. f. Ault heartily endorsed the
proposition for a convention hall.
o. d. Hunt had lived at Detroit and
Columbus, two OF Americas greatest
convention cities, and he knew what
untold benefits are to be derived out
Of conventions. such as could be
vention hall here.
Z. A. Sanderson said he believed the
people OF the city had fully made up
their minds to have a convention hall,
and that In tho Same connection he
did not see why they should overlook
the proposition to vote bonds for the
parks and boulevards at the same
time.
w. f. Rohde again took the floor
and made a strong appeal in favor Of
the boulevard bonds. I'VE have the
best paved. best severed and best
looking city in the state" he declared,
"and should not overlook the oppor-
tunity to buy sites for boulevard and
new parks, right now. before the
increase in property value places them
out of reach"