Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-16
O1HER RESOURCES BESIDES OH
AND Gas ARE DISCUSSED
Al LUNCHEON.
DR.. CLINTON T0ASTMASTER
j. X. Cole Told Crowd Some Astound-
ing Facts About Coal Mining
in Tulsa County.

some olneI lulsd resources DcSlu"S
oil and gas were mixed up with a
general boost for Tulsa AT yesterday 5
meeting Of the business men at the
weekly noon day luncheon In the
Hotel Tulsa. As usual every seat was
taken and host Robinson was taxed
to take care Of the 300 men who
participated Dr. Fred S. Clinton who
presided as toastmaster and who Sc
lected the four speakers more than
made good by arranging one of the
most attractive programs that has
been heard since the oon day lunch
cons were started.
DR.. Clinton, who opened the pro-
gram told the crowd that on his re-
cent tour of the south he saw moving
pictures of Tulsa in an Atlanta thea
ter, found the Tulsa World in the
reading room in the leading hotel of
Atlanta and found three Tulsa men
in business there. With brilliant ora
tory he outlined some of his ideas
about Tulsa. He said:
| would not flatter Neptune for his
trident or Joye for his power to
thunder. so ] need not blush to open
ly confess that Tulsa is the most at
tractive and charming city that
know Of.
While in Atlanta | met some Tul-
sans who are prospering. The day
we left Atlanta the principal theater
In the city was running reel of
prominent streets and business scenes
in Tulsa. The only Oklahoma paper
on file in the Piedmont reading room
Is the Tulsa World. The visit to the
governor of Georgia in behalf of the
International Dry Farming congress
was very satisfactory. This tele-
gram was received today.
"Dr. Fred S. Clinton, Tulsa Okla.
1t will be impossible for me to at
tend International Dry Farming con-
gress In Tulsa in October. However.
will take pleasure in appointing u
commission to look into the matter
Of exhibit and also delegation to at
tend; thanks for the courtesy
Joseph NJ Brown, Governor.
am proud of Tulsa and proud of
illustrious Ben Hil of Georgia, who
said of the Union when he was pre-
sented with the American flag at at
lanta:
The SHOWS that fall upon Mt.
Washington are not purer than the
motives which begot it, The fresh
dew laden zephyrs of the orange
nt al tor
than the hopes Its advent inspired.
Our own symbolic eagle though he
blow his breath upon the sun, can
not be higher than its expected des-
tiny"
j. r. Cole, president of the Cana
dian coal company was the second
speaker and he gave some figures on
the coal industry in this county that
proved a surprise to many.
Coal underlies at least two-thirds
of Tulsa county the best known vein
being 80 inches to three feet deep
with other veins deeper down There
are six coal companies working in
Tulsa county with payroll running
from $4,000 to $4,000 per month
and we have not even scratched the
surface yet. This Is too important
an industry for us to overlook"
|. +. Crow, who was the second
speaker said Tulsa had one resource
that was greater than any of the nat
ural resources, and that was, men.
at takes more than coal and oil and
gas to build a city," he said. at
takes men and we have them right
here
He urged the crowd to take deep
er interest in the Dry Farming con-
gress and said that navigation Of the
Arkansas was sure to come
The capitol will mean great
thing for us. but | don't like to start
unless we have a reasonable chance
to be successful. IL we can see sue
cess. let's go after 1t.
I'VE ought to be planning right
now to reach the outlying towns with
a system Of interurbans. The oppor-
tunity is there and we will get be-
hind the man who takes It up
Justice Lee Daniels. made a big hit
with the crowd when he painted
word picture Of the glorious future
of Tulsa.
"Sinc, coming to Tulsa he said.
Il have always been booster but
my boosting has been confined to the
city limits, because I couldn't ever
get outside. Today Tulsa is the me-
tropolis of the state. BY looking
into the future can easily hear the
rumbling of our fifty passenger trains
a day as they come into the handsome
union station, bringing great throngs
to attend the national and interEa-
tional conventions In our magnificent
convention hall. | can hear the song
of the darkies loading freight on the
Tulsa wharves and In the west | can
see the dome Of the state capitol
shining In the SUM-
A. G. Marrs. editor of the Bankers