Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-20
TULSA ROTATES
FOR R0TAR|ANS
Hundreds Come From Three
States to Attend Eleventh
District Convention.
TO HUTCHINSON IN 1918?
Kansas Town Seems Certain of
Next Gathering; Balloting
Takes Place Today.
Maximum service-mlnimum self

Maximum service-minimum self
ishness.
This slogan. echoscd thru the huge
auditorium of Convention hall. thru
the corridors of the various hotels of
the city, the streets and Grand thea
ter, where the sessions of the conVen-
ton were held during the morning
and afternoon of yesterday aroused
IN Tulsas people the realization that
this city had the honor of playing
hostess TO the most self sacrificing
organization of men that ever bound
themselves together for the protection
of their fellow men.
The Eleventh district of Rotary
Clubs of America in selecting Tulsa
as the convention city of 1917 ac-
cepted the invitation of its delegates
at the 1916 meeting to come and visit
the greatest city on the map"
Yesterday morning the delegates
from the Eleventh district began to
arrive to see the city and to talk and
act like the Rotarlans they are. Spe-
cial carloads and trainloads began to
arrive Sunday night and thruout yes
terday morning delegations from St.
Louis, Kansas City. independence.
Joplin, Muskogee. Hutchinson. Okla
homa City, Okmulgee, Coffeyville.
IpdIlltSNIllt, hullStS 1llA, Nan,
Wichita, Chanute Salina, St Joseph,
Parsons. Pittsburg, Topeka, McAles-
ter and other cities of Missouri, Kan
sas and Oklahoma arrived at the va
rious stations of the city. to be met
by reception committees and taken
to the various hotels. where they were
placed in charge of the various regis
tration committees.
Parade Thru Streets.
Following a street parade earlier
in the morning, and after each visit
ing delegate had signed the registra-
tion books which were placed In
Hotel Tulsa, the entire visiting dele
CATION body adjourned to the Grand
theater, where the morning and aft
ernoon sessions of the convention
were held.
1t was here at the morning session
that President A. l.. Farmer of the
Tulsa Rotary club introduced 'he
speakers for the opening service and
presented to the assembly the speaker
who delivered the address of well
come, Representative Glenn Condor.
Following an invocation by the
Reverend Cleveland, Mr.. Condor was
introduced. and in departing from the
routine of welcome addresses, de
clared:
Il know you know we have a great
CITY here" he said. "lf you don't
know it, you will before you leave
here"
Condor called attention to the fact
that years ago. possibly ten years
ago. this was the rendezvous of out
laws. Jesse James operated around
here. You st. Joseph Eotarians
proudly claim him as your own, but |
want to tell you that he only got his
inspiration in St Joseph; his dirty
work was done here"
District Governor Speaks.
The entire address was extomper-
aneously numerous and started the
proceedings off with the proper
amount of "Dep.'
President Farmer introduced Con-
don as zone of tie unique characters
in Rotary" for the reason that he
was managing editor Of Repub-
lican newspaper in Democratic city
and had been elected to the legisla-
ture on a Republican ticket from n
Democratic district
To the good spirit with which the
opening. of the convention was given,
by Repre- sentative Condon's address,
was an addition made when Robert
Stone, district governor, arose md
made n response IN the name of the
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