Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-23
READY FOR FARM
MEET TOMORROW
OKLAHOMA STATE DEVELOP
MENT CONFERENCE Is NOW
But ONE DAY AWAY.
SPEAKERS ARRIVE TODAY
DIR. Knapp and Prof. Ja"dne Are Two
Of the Well Known Experts
ON the Program.

The Oklahoma State Development
conference Is now but one day off. and
all local arrangements are completed
for the big event. The full list Of
speakers as announced In The World
of Sunday will arrive in the city to-
day. together with the officers and
many members of the various state
organizations which are back of the
conference. A preliminary meeting of
the joint board OF control will be held
tonight. at which the finishing touch es
will be put upon the program.
DR. Bradford Knapp, special agent
of the department of agriculture In
charge OF southern farm demonstra-
tion work, will arrive In the city this
afternoon. w. NJ. Jardine. dean Of
the Kansas Agricultural college, who
Is also one of the speakers. will come
in on the Midland Valley at 2:45, and
both men will be guests at a dinner
to be given at the Hotel Tulsa at 6
p. IN. by the officers of the Tulsa Com
mercial club and the International
Dry Farming congress.
Two bands Will parade the streets
OF Tulsa tomorrow, the Tulsa City
band being on duty all day, and the
boys band from the Haskell A, &
NJ college of Broken Arrow arriving
at 1l:20 and spending the remainder
OF the day in action. Special music
at the evening session of the confer
ence will also be furnished by the or
chestra from the Haskell college.
Registration and reception head
quarters will be opened in the lobby
of the Hotel Tulsa early Thursday
morning. and all delegates VIII be
taken there Immediately on their ar
rival in town. Four kinds of badges,
and a green and white button as we'll,
have been provided for the delegates
and workers. There is a badge for
delegates and another for newspaper
men. \ third will be used by the re-
ception committee and a fourth which
reads: II Live in Tulsa; Ask Me, -
Will be used generally by the citizens
Of Tulsa to show their own pride in
the city in which they live and their
Willingness to he Of service TO the Wis
llbiHs if bhAApAAo W lAANl W ia ~
company the badges are of white on a
green background and bear the words,
international Dry Farming Congress.
Tulsa, Okla, october % to November
l." Ten thousand of these buttons
are on hand and they will be spread
from end to end of the state by the
delegates from sixty counties who will
be in Tulsa tomorrow.
Green and white are the official
colors of the international congress
and most of the badges prepared for
tomorrow's conference are in these
colors also.
So far as the reception committee
and the general arrangements COM
mlttee are concerned, all Is now in
readiness for the statewide gathering
Of agricultural boosters.
The reception committee viii meet
in the lobby OF the Hotel Tulsa at :
o'clock tomorrow morning and organ
ize to meet all incoming trains with
the band and automobiles. The bu-
reau of information and registration
booth will be opened tonight TO ac-
commodate delegates and others who
will arrive on late trains today and
will remain open all day tomorrow
At this booth, which will be located in
the lobby of the Hotel Tulsa, dele
gates and others will register. giving
their names, address and occupation
tons