Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-25
A BANQUET De LUKE
FOR INSURANCE MEN
GriIlroom at Hotel Tulsa
Elaborately Decorated
With Cut Flowers.
MANY GOOD SPEAKERS
Stubbs and Murphy Were
the Principal After-Din-
ncr Orators.

Throwing aside the cares and wor-
ries of their state convention which
closed yesterday afternoon the dele
gates to the annual meeting OF the ok
lahoma Association of Local Fire In
surance Agents gathered last night in
the grnlroom of Hotel Tulsa and en-
joycd a banquet that had been ar
ranged by the local agents of Tulsa in
honor of their guests.
1t was one of the most elaborate
banquets ever held in Tulsa. cut flow
crs were used in decorating the tables.
The program teemcd with wit and
oratory Of an unusual nature
The keynote of the more serious
speeches of the evening was a plea
for cooperation among the people
connected with the fire insurance busi-
ness and a campaign of public educa-
tiOn with regard to fire prevention and
insurance rates
W. Lyle Dickey Of Tulsa was the
toastmaster and under his diplomatic
guidance the speaking program was
filled with interesting discourse and
humorous stories
l.. f.. Thurmond Of Bartlesvlle, the
retiring state president reviewed
briefly the work of his administra-
llOll ana Npbht bl Nlt NDl Il bll'ttA
Mark Carr of Tulsa, his successor
pledged his best efforts to build up
the organization during his tenure Of
office.
StubbS in Funny Mood.
I.urton II. Stubbs, the fire preven-
ton expert and orator, entertained
the asscmblage for nearly half an
hour with original dialect stories. He
declared that If he We're contemplate
ing opening a local agency he could
certainly locate in Tulsa.
"YOu people ought to get together
like this four times a year. instead Of
only once he said.
Arthur w. Petit Of oklahoma city
said that in his opinion Tulsa was
one of the greatest cities in the
world He lauded what he termed
the admirable system Of co-opera-
tion that prevails among the local
agents Of Tulsa"
James Bowen Of Tulsa urged
upon the agents the necessity for all
Working together.
W. r. Guiberson brought down the
house with a dialect song and was
forced to take an encore.
T. T.. Braniff of oklahoma city SAID
he liked the Tulsa brand OF hospital
Hugh L. Cox Of Durant made a
short talk.
People should learn.
Ed NJ. Seamans Of Oklahoma city
pointed out that much of the pTeju-
dice existing against the fire insur-
ance business was largely due to a
lack Of knowledge concerning the
business on the part of the public He
declared that Lurton II. Stubhs was
doing a missionary's work in educat-
ing tie public along these lines. lie
said the new state insurance law pro-
viding for the regulation OF fire in
surance rates, was fair to all con-
Cerned.
Glenn Condor spoke Of the differ
cucp between the fire underwriting
business and the newspaper profess
II can see before this association
great opportunities for good" said a.
L.. Townsend Of Skiatook.
Mrs. II. G. r. Brodball Of Ponca
city, the only woman agent at the
convention. responded to a toast by
reciting one Of Ella Wheeler WilcoX's
poems
Mr.. Murphy Talks.
Mr.. Murphy of st. Louis, inspector
for brokerage firm, spoke of the great
losses i'm oil in this state and pointed
out that oil fires can neither be pre-
vented or stopped and no one should
be blamed for them. He said that the
first step I'm fire prevention was to
place real safety matches in homes.
Talks were made by the special
agents in attendance at the COnven-
tion. which included Fred c. Clark,
Guy II. Fuller and William NJ. McClain
all of oklahoma City, o. T. Price Of
Kansas City and r. b. Wentworth Of