The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-16
Oklahoma Commission Plans to
Show Pictures Of Scenes ia
Oklahoma at the Great
Panama Expositinn
SEEKING 10 SECURE
100000 FOR BUILDING
Novel Plans Adopted for Raising
Funds = Buy Brick and Be-
come Famous Appeal
Made to Citizens

II is now an assured fact that the
Panama Exposition in san Francisco
in 1915 will be the greatest show OF the
kind ever staged worth going miles
and miles and even crossing the seas
to see. Most OF the nations OF the
world as well as the various states
win be represented in the exhibits, but
the attraction extraordinary is to come
from Oklahoma motion pictures Of
the wonderful Queen OF the Washi.
IA Now won't that make the TEEN
ing millions OF visitors sit up and take
notice?
However, Chickasha won't be "alone
in her glory for other towns in Okla
homa will be placed before the enrap-
tured gaze of the exposition sight
seers in the same manner if the plans
OF the Oklahoma Panama Exposition
are carried out An announctnent re-
ceiyed By The Express from A. r. Tur-
ner. secrItary of the commission.
which has headquarters in Oklahoma
City. says:
Early in November representatives
OF this commission, and also Of the
Industrial Motion Picture Co, will
visit your city 70 arrange for the TAX
ing OF motion pictures OF your city and
locality. The pictures secured viii be
exhibited locally, and throughout the
state OF Oklahoma, under the auspices
Of this commission aud, in the Okla
homa building az San Francisco, we
will have a theater room with suffic-
ient seating capacity where these pic
lures from all over the state viii be
shown free to all visitors six hours
each day for the entire 270 days OF the
exposition, and visitors from all parts
Of the world viii have an opportunity
to thus see and enjoy the commercial,
agricultural and historical scenes FROM
every portion Of this state and every
local community in the state be thus
properly advertised.
Appealing to the people Of the state
ia raising funds for the Oklahoma
bailding and explaining the plans Of
the commission, Mr. Turner says:
'The OkIahomaspanama Exposition
commission is a statewide organize
tion. OF which W. A. Durant is chair
man, Jasper Slpes. vice chairman; Dr.
d. NJ. HALEY, commissioner; John j.
Gerlach, treasurer; Mrs. Fred r. Sut-
ton. chairman womens department,
and A. r. Turner, secretary, with head
quarters at Oklahoma City. Our aim
is to raise 100000 Tor proper Okla
homa building and exhibit at San
Francisco, and we are using every ef-
fort to raise the greater portion Of
this money before February !, 1914
when our building must be started. We
have already received the deed to one
Of the most prominent state sites on
the exposition grounds and this site
was dedicated with an address By
Judge Jesse ]. Dunn, September l6,
1918. l am enclosing herewith copy
o. Judge Dunns address. The propo-
sition is now squarely up to the state
to choose as to whether on this site
shall be a signboard marking Okla
homa's failure. or a building and ex-
hibit showing the great resources and
splendid progress OF the best state in
the Union We are going to leave no
stone unturned to get as near 10 the
100000 as possible by February /,
1914, and to accomplish this purpose,
we need the help of ali the people and
need it mighty strong and enthusias
tic.
I'VE are raising this money, first, BY
the sale of bricks at s. each, with don
or's name engraved on same, which
bricks become part of the State His
torical building; by the sale OF Teach
ers' and Boosters certificates at 81
each: Children's Certificates at loo
each, as we'll as voluntary donations
Of any amount the loyal citizens of the
state may consider it their duty an(
pleasure to give. In addition to the
above plans Marie Woodson, until re