Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-26
CONVENTION WILL
BE STATE WIDE
SEVEN BIG ORGANIZATIONS ARE
WORKING FOR MEETING
IN APRIL.
PLANS ARE NOW PERFECTEC
VI u Meeting Held Yesterday. Nr-
engagements Completed Tor The
State Confcrcnc.

Scron working organiza lions ia Ok.
lahoma viii have charge OF the greal
state development conference to be
held here on April "a. They are:
The international Dry Farming
congress
The Oklahoma Bankers association
The Oklahoma branch Of the United
states Farmers operative Demon
stratlon Work.
The State Board Of Agriculture
The Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural
association
hTe oklahoma Development com
mission
The Tulsa Commercial club.
The conference will be state wiGe
In It's scope Every interest viii be
represented. Every commercial ana
other public body in Oklahoma will
be invited to take part for a dual pur-
pose; That OF enabling Oklahoma as
a whole 10 get the most good from the
international Dry Farming congress
fully organizing the state for better
agricultural development.
President Asa H. Ramsey, Musko-
gee, and Secretary w. B. Caldwell.
Enid. of the Oklahoma Bankers as
socmtiOn, have been named president
and secretary respectively of the
April conference. With them on the
advisory board will be the active Of
tlccrs of all the other organizations.
At meeting held here yesterday
afternoon the details of next month's S
session were worked out. Those pres
ent were A. f. Ramsey Of Muskogee,
w. Il. Harrison OF Enid, w. -. Bent
ley of oklahoma city George w. Vim
ent o ClaremOre, and o. III. Leonard,
ElNa &. Barrows, William Stryker,
Eugene Lorton, l.. X. Cone, j. A.
lIartcr, John 4. Burns and c. c. Will
liams Of Tulsa Mr. Bentley is the
head OF the governments work in
farm demonstration in oklahoma.
Mr.. Vincent represented the state
board of agriculture, but it Is planned
Il
issued to President Bryan and the
other members of the state board to
participate in the April conference,
1t is planned that the forenoon Of
April "A shall be devoted to organi2a-
tion addresses, the afternoon to farm
methods and the evening to general
talks on the work of the international
Dry Farming congress. kilograms
were sent last night to Chairman B.
+. Yoakum OF the Frisco system and
to Bradford Knapp. the head Of the
southern farm demonstration work,
asking him to be present.
Every bank in the state will be
asked to send one or more delegates.
Every commercial club, every farm
ers' organization and every railroad
organization of farm demonstrators
will be called into conference. Every
state and government farm agent Will
be asked to attend. Thousands Of
special invitations will be issued to
individual farmers. Every farmer will
be welcome, whether he is reached
with special invitation or not.
The Oklahoma board of control of
the international congress consisting
of one banker, one farmer and one
merchant from each county, will be
present and will be formally organ
tied at a dinner to be given the
members OF the board in the early
evening. Special luncheons will be
served for each class of delegates
present. the bankers meeting at one
hotel for farm organization purposes,
the commercial club men at another,
and 50 on.
Secretary Caldwell Of the oklahoma
Development commission, though pre-
vented by sickness from attending the
meeting yesterday, plans to invite all
towns which now have no CONNER
cial organizations to send delegates
and to discuss club plans which will
work out for the growth Of both town
and country,
Secretary Harrison was made spe-
cial delegate to the Western Oklaho-
ma Agricultural conference, to be
held at Woodward April and s. to
invite that body to participate.
Messrs. Vincent, Ramsey, Bentley,
Burns and Harrison We're named as a
special program committee for the
April meeting here. and the local ar
were placed In the hands
of a committee of the younger mem
hers of the Tulsa Commercial club.
who will take charge Of all details
for the entertainment and reception
of delegates.