The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-01
We WANT MORE
CONVENTIONS
Delegates Like To Come Here,
Where They Find Facilities
And Welcome
IS OKLAHOMA CITY FORGETTINCl

4 proposition to ruiz 81 convention
fund will be placed brl., 'u. m.mess
men or the city ina shmu wr 1t may /
bee tuhcn IN hnud hy rM Chamber ut I
Commerce. or II may Hu nu' outside Il
~ that body, but at u Wtr large
number uf business m.u ..r boo favor
~ rul,lug such fund, .| .nuNuc-, il|
viii be- done. This move mul, uccr,
~nrN because so man! conventions ut /
late are going to othu a.lr lu the
state
Conventions 80 10 uI... towns be
uuusc the business nCu .' lHn-r uiucr-
20 after them, II Is .aI II Ir con
o,drd that the organizations holding
-Inrr conventions woUH much rather
come 10 Oklahoma CIn Ihy want
lo come 10 the capita UW induce
mcut- are offered 10 I..m 90 go elise.
/ where aud the other ..,. grl thnm.
There is All impressions said
/ Joseph lIuckins, Jr, of .Nr lr, llurh.
/ ius "thut the hotel mr. get all tho
/ benefits from COnycnuNU ana that
/ they should be- held responsible for
/ bringing ull the state gatherings here
/ As matter uf fact r.. 7.rir.- get q.
small purt Of the mon. lnur is sprut
/ 10y Delegates to u.ruIuu The
most NJ II is spent with 'U. merchants
| When people come her r.a .un,rutlOu
/ the, buy everything lmm nruktly- to
automobiles.
Expenditures Incidental
The amount of money spent by the
delegates Is Of smu consideration
however The fact lnll the people
of the state come e. rHr capital and
see the handsome cIu oklahoma is
building IN the centcl ~ the state is
ut FAR more yHlue.'
MIR Huckins favor missing a fund
to be- spent on cUnyentIu.- and Will do
his part toward crcuuns IT, In fart
every hotel man In The u,ly Is willing
tu help bring convention here Some
" them said they received little beue-
IN FROM such gnthcrlue- %. the dele.
gates usually locate Ht uu" ~ the big
hotels. but they ure willing tu take
their chances.
1T Is absolutely necessary 10 spend
money at times to gel conventions
said II. T.. Harvey, auditor " the
kiugkudc hotel, but DO J, money we'll
spent Tulsa Is making AN rNtruOrdt
mary effort to get them now and the
result IS showing wonderfully for that
town. Oklahoma Cily b, more cen.
trully located has morr hotel room and
is far more attractive for conventions.
This city has large convention halls
aud more places Of entertainment for
' visitors. I'm fact oklahoma city Is the
' best convention place In the south
% west
Competition Among Hotels
Charles 4. Becker spuke Tor TN,
g Bristol hotel ON the subject u con
u ventions. There is rivalry among N,
e hotel men for the delegates when they
come to conventions" he said. "hu
1t Is NJ friendly nature and we al
!. pull together a. get them here The
% hotels are not the only bencndurle-
b. however. for the delegates spend NOR,
Il money among the merchants than they
4 do at the hotels. In fact the holr
r. bills are the smallest part Of H. TIA,
y merchants get the greatest benefit am,
they will no doubt be willing to he'll
raise convention fund
n |Okahumu city should ~ nftpr m,
Ie conventions. for II win be- easy Il
: bring them here Everybody I'm nm
state wants tu come 10 the capital
II we are losing any convention, II &
J" our own fault
IL" oklahoma CITY has more than on
J" hundred hotels large and small anO
numerous boarding houses where tray
h, elers may find rooms aud board /
, has numerous large halls aud mpetiu
/ places where conventions " any siz
!, may hr held The larger hotels pr.
vide conventions with meeting place
and offer them every convcnienc
,e Every possible provision Is made ~
n. gatherings NJ that kind
* Concerns Everybody
At the four largest hotels. the Ie,
Huckins, the Skirvlu. the Kingkad
m and the Rrlstul the idea NJ rniIn
II convention fund was entertained cr
IN Enthusiastically The hotel men fce
h. that something should be done nj one
m to bring conventions here. This awnl
e. cning has come since n number ~ cor
y. ventlons have gone 10 other cities /
the state.
THE newspapers can help toe" sal
IN one Of the hotel men. The conyci
at lions should be- given wide publlclt
he when they come here. The delegate
.. expect It and they are entitled 10 1
In fact everybody can help bring cor
), ventions n they wfl, and every tin
~ such gathering ls held here the cit
w. becomes more widely known over Il
state"