Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-10

There are no pessimists here. l hate
a peSsimiSt He is usually a hog and
filled with greed. We don't need pessi-
mists in Tulsa. This organization,
with the proper assistance, can make
the community good, and when you
make the community good you have
q community that is good for you. This
is the greatest town in the world.
You can't eXaggerate in telling of its
wonders The truth is strong enough
for anybody. ! don't admit that oil
is everything here. Tulsa is built on
the greatest diversified basis of any
community on earth We are build
ing city of factories, and Of stores,
and of big buildings, and we have here
the best men that ever lived"
New Secretary Made Hit.
f. O. Tnburne, secretary of the or
SANITATION, delivered an impassioned
address, featured by an appeal for
whOle-souled cooperation in the
things the Commercial club wants to
accomplish and the throwing aside Of
personal and selfish motives
THE town should be first always
he declared. I'VE are going to have
young mems auxiliary and a ladies'
auxiliary, too We want everyone to
be interested in this bis undertaking.
If the town does not profit you viii
not profit
New factories should not be secured
until the industries already here are
developed to their full scope, said the
secretary.
\ Remarkable Scenic Effect
Following the speaking, a marvel
GUS stage demonstration was given,
.,stVl l. la # NHrh
pipe organ accompaniment by Edwin
NJ. Steckel, which stamped this young
Oklahoma genius as one of the great
est cXtemporaneous musicians in the
nation "A Day in the Rockies" was
the title of the spectacle and it held
the audience spellbound for twenty
minutes, not a person leaving the hall
until it was over. First, the house
was thrown into total darkness. Then
gradually daylight appeared, coming
over the mountain tops in the distance
in n blue haze. Almost before one
realized it, the sun was peeping
through the hills, the craEs and the
trees and the grass We're taking on the
an immobile thing, and then the
chirps of the early birds were
heard A mountain hut came into
view over at one side. The crow of
rooster heralded the awakening of
the hosts in the henhouse and the
Jingle of a COW bell betokened further
life in the barnyard. Composing the
music as he went the organist
brought forth wonderful effects from
the great instrument, It was a delu-
sion of the ear and the eye. As the
fun rays of a MONDAY sun beamed
down upon the quiet mountain scene
the ponderous throat of the organ
bolched forth a glad ensemble of riot
Gus song. OF a sudden the light be-
gan to dwndle, and a blue haze again
floated over the mountains. The sun
went out of sight behind 2 cloud. In
the distance could be heard the faint
roll of thunder. A storm was coming
up, In a minute It had burst with
all the fury Of a Kansas cyclone.
Flashes of lightning occasionally IL
Illuminated the scene and the drenCh-
ing rain could be plainly distin-
guished. The organ furnished mighty
rolls OF thunder that shook the very
walls of convention hail.
The Great Surprise"
suddenly the noise subsided. and
from the darkness came a voice. tell
ing of the great future that laid be-
fore the Commercial Club. Then in
fiery letters from the center Of the
stage glared forth some words, the
new name of the club. The audience
gaZed spellbound for a moment and
then a mighty wave of applause and
cheers rolled up from the arena floor