Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-22

forts count for anything, the neces-
sary and desired results will be ac-
complished when the campaign closes
Saturday night
Two hundred and fifty men are de-
voting their time and energy for az
entire week to put it over" 1t is up
to the remainder of Tulsa's citizens to
contribute their share and lend their
moral encouragement to the solicitors.
Yesterday Was Banner Day.
Yesterday was the banner day of
the campaign, and from the 1888
reported at the noon luncheon, Tulsa
has again resumed its old time pace
and the big l25, 000- barrel oil tank at
the corner of Third and Boston will
not hold the production" of this
weeks efforts at the close of the
week.
Unprecedented pep and enthusiasm
characterized Yesterdays meeting.
Team captains reports in nearly every
instance exceeded the returns of the
previous day, and many old subscrip
tons were collected. Additional do
nations of furniture, equipment and
''mascots' were reported.
Team |, of which l.. y. Ewing is
captain, made the record for the day
with s70l in pledges and cash. The
team is known as the strong arm
squad" because of the avoirdupois of
its members.
Arthur Newlin's solicitors, known as
Team II, ran them d close second
with s6lO.50 total for the days work.
Yesterdays attendance and enthu-
Giasm was greatly increased by the
joint hanqueting of the members of
the Rotary club with the. "Y" workers,
and 250 Tulsa boosters made the big
hotel building echo with the unani-
nous singing of the famous old 'Tul-
sa VIII song of the original cam
paign. No bunch of Tulsans ever
sang with greater enthusiasm and
Volume of voice than these boosters
who almost doubled their enthusiasm
in singing Allen Yeager's appropriate
parody on "Tipperary."
A great demonstration was started
by Glenn Condor when the board of
governors reported a total of S3,460
as the result Of their efforts yester-
day,
Much Enthusiasm.
This started the ball rolling and out
bursts of applause interrupted Rev. C.
NJ. Kerr POSTMASTER for the day, and
the two speakers. The speakers were
DR.. Weber. in charge of the big
Foreign Missionary hos
ptal on the west coast of Africa, and
Mr.. Patterson of st. Louis, field sec
retary for the Presbyterian foreign
work in the southwest.
These men had arrived in the city
only ten minutes before the luncheon
started, to attend the missionary con"
ference now in session here.
Messrs. Webber and Patterson. both
Ia, rn1 ut
thought and action. turned loose new
brand of booster spirit on the solici-
tors.
Il never saw as many big men ana
as much big money in my life as l
found right in this ROOM" said Mr..
Patterson. why. you fellows repre-
sent at least billion dollars that is
carrying on the development OF the
oil industry and the building of city
and its many necessary institutions. In
some respects you are running 81.
Louis a close second
Compliments Tulsans.
II don't need to tell you Fellows
how to do anything. l have been
reading and hearing about Tulsa for
years. and | know that you have the
ability, determination and self-confi-
dence to make a success of anything
you undertake.
Making money is a big thing, fell
lows. know that. l used to spend
all my time doing that. But some OF
these days your hair will turn gray,