Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-01
TO MAKE TULSA
WIDELY KNOWN
DRY FARMING CONGRESS
GREAT ADVERTISEMENT
FOR TULSA.
A MAGAZINE NEXT week
Monthly Publication of the Congress
win BE Placed In the Mails
In Il Few Days.

on the desk OF Executive Secretary
Burns OF the International Dry-Farm-
ing Congress In the Commercial club
rooms, lies letter, the signature to
which is we'll known to the readers Of
many magazines and newspapers in
the west; in fact, the signature not in
frequently appears under special arti-
clos in the New York city papers. The
letter IL in answer to an enthusiastic
communication from Secretary Burns
to the writer, in which Mr.. Burns out
lined the enlarged plans for tho work
in Tulsa this year.
The interesting feature Of the letter
/ 10 Tulsans, who may question the ad-
visibility of publicity efforts in behalf
Of this city, occurs in n paragraph at
! the close of the letter, in which the
writer with characteristic humor says:
you tell me all about the great
! things that are to be accomplished
| this year through the spirit of Tulsa,
and your story of the plans sounds
good You tell me of Tulsa's ability
! to handle the convention and cNposi-
tlon. feel assured that you would
not make these statements unless you
| in your heart were satisfied that they
| were true. but while the story sounds
good where the devl is Tulsa"
"And how viii you answer that qucs
;iono" qucrled the World reporter
"Thc question win naturally answer
itself before the gentleman has con-
| cluded his years correspondence with
this office" said Mr.. Burns, "nnd let
me tell you that the writer of that let
| ter Is not the only one TO ask the same
question. and it win be the work Of
! the headquarters Of this congress dur
ing the next few months to see that
the question Is answered quite fully
| In the minds OF the public"
"When the oklahoma delegation
came to Lcthhridge last fan to secure
the conrrcss and exposition, and rri-
vatcly brought before the executive
committeeman and other officers OF
the congress the possibility of locating
in Tulsa someone remarked "Why
/ Tulsa, that's an Indian village and
could not possibly accommodate the
convention" The remark caused a
laugh. but | assure YOU that very fnw
people among all the delegates had
ever heard Of Tulsa, having ltuo
! knowledge Of the remarkable growth
Of this CITY and not being interested
IN the oil Industry.
"Fvcrvhody knew. or thought they
knew. all about oklahoma City. OK
lahoma city had been read about and
discussed as model city, the real cs-
tate mans dream. and a city which
\ had established itself as a commercial
and Industrial ccntcr through the pro-
rressiyencss Of its people. ana when
the vote was taken In the convention
|. about 90 per cent OF the delegates vot-
|. ing supposed that they were going To
. oklahoma city for the next Conven-
ton. So little was known OF Tulsa
. that as a representative OF the mtcr-
national Board " Governors was sent
10 this city to meet with your people
10 investigate your ability to handle
the convention and exposition and re.
port To- the members ~ the Internal
ional board by wire before closing the
contract
Thoroughly convinced that no mis-
. take was being made-that Tulsa
would build an auditorium capable ~
housing the big convention and eNposi
tion buildings sufficient to carry an
! exposition more notable for size and
/ quality than any ever attempted In
connection with our work. | reported
fovorahly to the international officers
and was authorized to sign the con-
tract and came here at once prepared
to answer Just such questions as our
friend the magazine writer has put TO
us: and during the year we will ans
wer the question about five hundred
thousand times in letters, both person
al and circular; In press sheets, which
win circle the globe. and In llustrat-
ed pamphlets which will be issued 10y
the oklahoma Board Of Control and
the Tulsa Commercial Club, announc-
ing 20 the world the details OF the
projected congress and exposition"
Tho first issue Of Dry Farming &
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