The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-26
OKLAHOMA GETS
GREATEST FAME
Delegates To Advertising Club
COnven ton Found That
State Is Known
NEWBERN TELLS OF JOURNEY

Advertising aud the men engaged
In II ure muklng 4 big impression On
the world today said John W New
bern, advertising manager for the
Scott Halliburton company who hhs
Just returned from the convention Of
the Associated Advertising Clubs Of
the World In Chicago.
The QUE thing noticed most,
continued MIR. NewDcrn, was the I'M
preston the convention mnde on chi.
cugU. When convention Of that kind
Can make Chicago Slt up aud take no
tIce II must be Or some Importance.
This convention did 1t
"The streets were lined with thou
sands and thousands to see the pa
geant OF the advertising men Tile
Flag Of Truth the banner bearing the
inscription Truth In Advertising W
made the greatest impression. eau
remember when We used To read any
thing In the newspapers and then say
Oh It's only an advertisement, mean
lug that there was little or no de
lpendence to be placed In Il. But It's
different now
Have Joined In Crusade
More than 1900 delegates were reg
lstered at the big convention and some
| important work wHs done there. The
work OF the national commission aud
the executive board was outlined and
Is now ready to be- put into operation.
One OF the most Important of All the
things done at the convention WAS the
Organization uf that branch composed
Of newspaper publishers. who have
Joined In the crusade for truth In ud
yertising.
The convention ut Chicago demon
strated that the movement Is making
more II al impression than ever On
the public" Mr Newborn said when
II city the size Of Chicago is impressed,
1t is safe 10 say that the whole coun-
try feels the same way about It.
The five delegates from Oklahoma
city were j. W. Nrwhern. T. W. Sue-
deker. Martin Klngknde, H. X Gaylord
and Frank ID. Northup s f. Tracy,
Harry Waldron and others were pres
ent at the convention II part NJ the
time as Interested spectators. After
the convention closed Mr. Kingkade
> went east Mr. and Mrs Snedeker will
+ remain for time in Chicago aud the
/ others returned home or went tO VA.
rious places to rernaiI a short time.
, All were pleased with the reception
p given them by the Advertising club Of
Chicago.
/ Have Heard Of Oklahoma
I one Of the striking events OF the
convention and one that pleased the
oklahoma City visitors was the lunch
, con at the roof garden Of the LaSalle
hotel, where demonstration WAS civ
en- Of the Bell telephone service. Presi
! dent William WoOdhead NJ the Advpr
e tlsing clubs talked In the maSor oi
' San Francisco over the telephone. Al
. the plate Of each guest was Il tele
$ phone and the six hundred all listened
. 10 the conversation. which was AZ dis
Itinct us though the distance was much
. shorter
MIR Newbern saw many indications
which pointed 10 the fact that men wh,
handle capital are looking toward OK
u lahoma They want 10 invest In okla
o homa securities he said Bankers ar,
looking toward OklEhopa for invest
ments, he was told uH every hand. nm,
?. the state has good reputation In Chi
cugO.
Everywhere We went he said, Nv,
were asked, ~ course, where we wer,
from. As soon ~ we mentioned Okla
homa we were at once the center q
attraction.
\ We've heard II YOU down there Ii
Il Oklahoma they wOrlf say to us. 40,
y have splendid crops and fine prospect
this year So you see our fame ha
spread far and wide"