Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-19
Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday Are Dates of the
Big Event.
SOME BIG SPEAKERS
Two Governors, a Cabinet
Member and L. S. Sena-
tor Are Listed.

Following is the complete official
program for tho Ozark Trails con-
vention to be held in Oklahoma city
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
November 20, 2l and 30:
Monday, November 20.
to p. m.-Arrival Of delegations
In automobiles and moving pictures
taken.
p. m.-supper in large dining
room of Skirvin hotel, seating two
hundred, to which one or moro
leaders Of each delegation is expected
for conference relating to convention
program.
Committees on quarterng will be
found in lobbies of Lee-Huckins.
Skirvin and Kingkade hotels.
Tuesday Morning, November II.
Convention opens sharp "A. m. in
Convention hall. White arrows
painted on sidewalks will direct route
to the hall.
Address of welcome to Oklahoma
city by Mayor Ed Overholser
Opening prayer by Rev. Phil. C.
laird
Address of welcome to the state by
| Governor Robert l.. Williams
Responses by Missouri Kansas.
Arkansas, Texas and New Mexico.
speakers TO be selected by each dele
CATION of the states named
| Appointment of committees and
adjournment for lunch.
Afternoon Session.
No set time can be definitely stated
for the order in which speakers will
address the convention the afternoon
Iof the twenty-first and the morning
iof the twenty-second. All that can be
SAID now Is that among the prominent
speakers will be the following:
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury. subject, The President
Favors National Highways"
Governor William Mcdonald Of
New Mexico, subject to be selected by
speaker.
Senator Robert l., owen, subject
Government Aid to National High
ways"
Governor Elliott Major of Mis-
souri,, subject to be selected by
| speaker.
/ Frank w Buffum. state highway
commissioner for Missouri, subject
How the State Highway Depart
ments Can Help Build the ozark
Trails"
! Professor James |. Tucker of the
civil engineering department of the
| University of oklahoma and consult
| ing state engineer oklahoma depart
ment of highways, subject, How to
Make Good Hard Surfaced Roads
with Sand and Clay"
w II. Seed, expert practical road
builder, civil engineer and promoter
for the ozark Trails committee Of
Springfield, Mo, subject to be select
ed by speaker.
John Fields, editor Oklahoma
Farmer, oklahoma City, subject,
THE Farmer and Good Roads"
Eugene Lorton, editor of the Tulsa
World subject. "The Value of the
ozark Trails to the southwest"
George l.. Bishop, associate editor
of Oklahoman and Farmer-Stock-
man, subject, '"The Dragging Of
| Roads"
Judge Small Of Wellington Texas,
subject, The Panhandle and the
Ozark Trails"
X. T.. Twitchell, vice-president New
Mexico Historical society, subject to
be selected by speaker.
The Texas delegation is expected
to bring with them Senator Morris
Shepard, who will. If he comes. ad-
dress the convention.
Among the most interesting
speakers are several whose names
are not yet ready to be announced.
Evening Session.
7 p. m.-Stereopticon slides show
ing scenes on the Ozark Trails from
St Louis to New Mexico. Fifteen
minutes assigned to each state.
p. m.-Thomas J. lyman, drec-
tor of the Colorado penitentiary, who
has built 14O0 miles OF hard sur
faced roads in that state with con-
victs. lie will tell you how he did II,
illustrated with slides and moving
pictures. Mr.. Tynans lecture deals
with character and roads and is
worth travelling far to hear He
closes with taking you, as It were, In
an automobile for hundred miles
over his roads along the cliffs and
among the gorges and canyons of the
| Rocky mountains.
p. m-Moving pictures by the
| White Motor Car company showing
constructing and hard surfaclng OF
roads by machinery. An instructive.
! educational entertainment.
Wednesday Morning. November ~.
Continuation of the program of the
afternoon of the twenty-first.
Afternoon Session,
1880 To p. m.-The routes offered
the Ozark Trails association between
common points will be heard ~ this
time by speakers whose names will
Ioddns uAIlNS oul ~ poVsluinJ 90
Monday night. All delegates& officers
and organizers are asked to be In
their seats at this time to get much
valuable information and impressions
that will be cleaned
p. m.-Selecting the city where
the ozark Trains convention will
next meet.
II time to complete the program
is needed there will be an evening
session.