Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-25
Great PROGRAM FOR TODAY
PROMINENT STATE OFFICIALS
WILL DELIVER ADDRESSES
THIS AFTERNOON.
Children IN ATTENDANCE
school Kids Held Sway Yesterday,
But GroWn-ups Came From
Many Miles Around.

with shirt-sleeye weather prevail
ing more than fifteen thousand peo-
pie passed through the gates OF the
International Soil Products oNposi-
ton yesterday Fully eight thousand
Of this number were school children,
who came from all parts Of the coun-
ty and from the Tulsa city schools a
holiday having been granted them
They were the guests Of the eYposi-
ton management
one feature Of the day that stood
out prominently was the efficient and
satisfactory manner in which the
crowds were handled. The competent
exposition organization was given its
first real test and it showed up
splendidly.
Special trains during the day
brought in hordes Of people from
Muskogee, Oklahoma City, Okmulgee
and other points. BY far the greater
number Of visitors were from okla
homa. The school children had hi
larious day Of it. over fifty amuse-
ment attractions were running all day
and they did a capacity business, from
the smallest hot dog" merchant TO
the Indian village.
The Frisco shuttle trains of eight
coaches each handled fully ten thous-
and passengers, according to {. O.
jackson, division passenger agent oi
the Frisco. The street railway did a
capacity business while scores Of autos
were pressed into service.
The streets of Tulsa presented an
animated scene all day long and far
into the night the police and troops
were kept on the jump handling the
heavy downtown traffic.
over 500 official delegates from dis
tant points registered yesterday. The
major portion of the delegates VIII
begin arriving today and by the time
.he congress opens Monday morning
fully 25.OO0 strangers are expected to
be in the city.
The sun yesterday completed Us
work OF drying up the walks ana
roads on the exposition grounds sno
for the first time this week large
crowds Of people were permitted TO
pass through the Irving Trail and on
10 the open space where hundreds OF
pieces OF farm machinery such az
traction engines, cultivators etc, gave
constant exhibitions.
In the afternoon four thousand
school children gathered in the CON
yention hall and listened to addresses
bv several agricultural experts.
All the exhibition buildings were
filled with people. The exposition
MANAGEMENT yesterday reached a I'M
al determination to keep all exhibit IN
buildings open at night No admls-
sion will be charged to the GROUNDS
after o'clock p. m, but nominal
entrance fee will be charged at the
exhibit halls.
The exhibits will also be thrown
omen to the public next Sunday ana
an interesting program Of speeches
and music will be given.
The fireworks display on the tair
grounds at $3.50 o'clock last night was
even more pretentious than the pyro-
technical exhibition given on the open
ing night
Yesterdays attendance record is ex-
pected to be broken To-Day Every
thing is i'm perfect running order now
and nreparations have been made to
handle almost unlimited crowds. The
grounds will be opened to the pun
lie at O'Clock this morning and from
tbon on until midnight there VIII be
"s,nothing doing every minute. The
b,,oa gas torch on the plaza continues
to he a source of ever-increasing won
der 10 spectators. and especially VISIT
nr. vbo do not live in natural gas
belt
Prominent state officials are in the
o,,,. to remain here during the re-
psfrder of the congress. Some of them
ar. ON the program for speeches To-
do, which has been designated as
p,r,ua- Pacific day. a portion OF
,,o cate receipts will go to the fund
for the erection of an oklahoma build
irg ,t the San Francisco fair in 1915.
rho exercises will start at 2:l5 O'Clock
o,d II the weather is agreeable VIII
take placc on the plaza. Otherwise
tba sneaking will occur in the con-
vention hall
Major Perry Miller Of Muskogee.
s,ata Representatve Archibald Bond
of Claremore. Stste Representative W..
Durant and Justice r. L. Williams
of the Oklahoma supreme court are
o,,onp the officials who will speak
,bts ofternoon They will all dwell