Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25
BOOSTER TRIPS
COME TO CLOSE
Fifth and Final Excursion Of
Towns in Favor of Com
pleting the Road.
TALK KEYSTONE HIGHWAY
Much Sentiment in Oil Field
Towns in Favor of Favor
of Completing Road.
TALK KEYSTONE HIGHWAY

Overwhelming sentiment in favor
or the immediate construction of the
Keystone road confronted 125 Tulsa
| business men who yesterday made
the fifth and final trade trip of the
1917 spring series. Immense crowds
In the OIL field towns told the Tulsans
| by banners, dodgers and words of
mouth that they were looking to this
/ city to keep her pledge and have the
road completed by June /.
At Drumright fully five thousand
| persons met the train. Hand bills
were distributed. They bore this
pertinent query: "Wil Tulsa build the
! road to Keystone? Drumright wants
to know"
Pasted on the window of every
store in Drumright was a long slip
containing these words Drum
right wants the TRAIL
Every other oil field town visited
exhibited a similar feeling. Interest
In the matter is tremendous and was
a surprise even to those Tulsans who
have been active in the campaign for
the road
Glenn Condor. trade ttip orator.
| bad heard of the compromise reached
during the day with the Tulsa coantv
commissioners and wher lie told the
Di umrisht audience that the "road
v ould be built "a mighty cheer went
Up.
Completion Of that road" said one
prominent prumrieht man. mean.
big things for Tulsa. II will divert
a wonderful amount Of oil field trat-
! fiC and business to Tulsa that does
I OF all go there now. If Tulsa keep
hel word we are for her stronger Than
ever. if she does not am afraid we
WI be pretty sore about t."
The trip Yesterday took in more
owns, covered more miles and con-
suned srenter time than any Of the
| net the train We're also record break
crs. Drunright holds the banner for
the largest attendance Of the entire
series. Cleveland probably will run
a close second, for it was there that
tie boosters met V It'll a great recep-
ton. Practically everybody in towr
was about and flags We're flying from
every hand. A flag raising was held
and there was speaking.
Home After Dark.
The special train left here over the
Frisco at promptly o'clock yester-
day morning, after a panoramic pic
ture of the crowd had been taken by
the Monore studio. During the day
they also traversed the Santa Fe, the
oil Field q Santa Fe and the NJ. X. ~
T. railroads. The train arrived back
In Tulsa at $50 o'clock last night and
was unable to get to the Katy sta
ton on account of the freight con-
gcstion in the yards The Boosters
piled off and formed a parade up
town. The national air was played at
Third and Main.
The train reached keystone, the
rirst stop, at 7:45 o'clock. The
boosters paraded up town. An elderly
lady at the depot gave out bouquets
Of lilac.
At Marford. Terlton and Casey
good receptions were accorded the
visitors.
Twenty-Five minutes was spent al
Pawnee, and the time was all too
short, as the local people seemed &c
be moro anxious than ever to PLAY
the pant of hosts. Pawnee Bill. whose
big buffalo ranch is near the city, was
right on the Job with the glad hand
and had his picture snapped in sew
earl groups. Miss Irma Krauss, we'll
known committee clerk in the state
senate, whose home is in Pawnec, as.
sisted in entertaining the Tulsans
while Cecil Jay. the prominent drug.
sIst acted as a reception committee
of one with his usual grace.
Maramcc Hummer.
Maramec furnished the first rea
big turnout of the day. c. X. Covey
planned the reception there and he
did splendid job of it. Mllart
Grubb, member of the state legisla.
ture from Pawnee county, was alsc
prominent in the exercises. A bis
crowd of school children sang Amer.
lea, as the train pulled in and they
sang 1t like they meant 1t, too There
was flag raising on the principa
business street and Glenn Condor
thanked them for the reception OF
behalf of the Tulsa delegation
There was n i minute stop at Qua,
and following that Yale was stormec
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