Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-19
\ COMMITTEES to Meet Auto
mobile and Train Dele
cations Monday.
BIG PARADE ALSO
Organizations and Individ-
uals Ready to Receive
Convention.

special 10 Inc MOrlC.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 1S.-i7x-
cept for a few advance representa-
tives from the different Ozark trails
routes, most Of the delegates to the
convention which opens here Tuesday
will arrive Monday. BY far the largest
number will come Monday afternooA.
when the assembled delegation of each
route will enter the city in body.
The usual necessity of arriving in
convention city considerable length
Of time beforehand to make arrange
ments has been obviated by the work
which the several local committees
have performed. Every detail, even
TO listing places where delegates who
come in automobiles can get air for
tires, has been attended to.
For Next Convention.
The selection OF the convention city
for next year has already begun to
loom up. This detail will be attended
to Wednesday evening.
Amarillo, Texas, Tulsa, Joplin, Mo.
and Possibly Wichita, Kan, will be the
contestants. Each of these cities will
maintain headquarters, which will Dc
in charge of their cleverest conven-
tion-gettlng performers.
Oklahoma City owners of automo-
biles will be asked not to park their
cars on Main street and Grand ave-
nue. during the Ozark Trails conven-
tion, so that all the space possible will
be provided for the thousands of visit
ing motorists.
Mayor Overholser agreed to this
yesterday after such action had been
requested by the Ozark Trails cori-
mittee
1000 Visiting Cars Expected.
From three to four thousand visit
ing cars are expected to be here tor
the good roads convention. Indica-
tons are that every garage in the
city will be filled before Monday
night and that thousands will have to
be parked elsewhere
Mayor Overholser assured the trails
officials that the squad of traffic Off
GERS Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day Of next week will be increased
sufficiently to handle the crowds.
The program for the reception Of
the ozark Trails delegates and visitors
who will pour into Oklahoma city by
the thousands Monday the day pre-
ceding the opening of the convention
here, and the lineup and plan of the
giant parade inaugurating the gather
ing, were completed and given out yes
terday by II. A. Douglas, j. B. Bun well
and Ch1lrcs knight of the receptions
committee.
Motion pictures of the parade Mon
day afternoon will be taken for eX-
hibition In thousands Of theaters over
the country.
The following is Mondays program,
as completed by the committee:
Pilot with Reception Committee TO
Meet Delegations.
Frank Hopes to meet northern
dcleSatiCn at Ell Reno.
w. L. Bulkley to meet central dele
gates at Mustang.
viii oder to meet Guthrie delega-
ton at Edmond.
j. w. Draper 20 meet Cordell dele
cation at Union City.
Tom B0ugh to meet delegation at
Norman
J. +. Seyforth to meet delegation at
Jones City.
W. j. Pettee to meet delegation at
Choctaw
Parade 3 =. NJ, Monday, November
20, for Moving Pictures.
Mounted police.
oklahoma City band.
Official car Governor Williams,
Mayor Overholser Col W. II. Harvey.
Colonel Lcecraft Ed S. Vaught, Floyd
Thompson.
state officials Judge Oldrleld,
chairman.
CITY Officials Mayor Overholser,
chairman.
Ministerial alliance-Phil C. Bird,
chairman.
Chamber OF Commerce directors
lie Roy Gibbs. chairman.
Retailers association directors - f.
A Whitfen, chairman.
1a Tohhnrc and MDnIIfqp-
turers directors-W. V. Hardle. chair
man.
The press-W. NJ Harrison, chair
man.
Formation for Parade.
North and east delegations to form
on Tenth street west of Broadway to
Robnson and north on Robinson to
TWenty-third street, leaving openings
for cross-street traffic.
Northern route to form on Ninth
street west of Broadway.
Central route to form on Eighth
street west of Broadway
Ozark short line to form on Seventh
street. west of Broadway.
Scenic route to form on Sixth street
west of Broadway.
Norman delegation to form on Fifth
street. west of Broadway.
Rotary club-Reception committee
to meet delegations at city limits; w
c. Dean chairman.
Advertising club-To meet delega-
tions coming on trains; John New
burn, chairman.
Automobile dealers-W. II. Vesper
chairman.
Autom oblle accessories dealers j
3. Burwell, chairman. To go witt
the pIots as reception committee and
TO supervise forming of citizens cars
on east and west side Of Broadway
from Main street