Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-14
MAP OF SOCIABILITY
RUN BY BOOSTERS;
SUNDAYED HERE
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the Jefferson highway. reaching that
city at 7 o'clock tonight.
Yesterday the tour party. whish
consists Of 2s men. travelling in seven
cars. had dinner at the Country club
as guests Of Cyrus w. Avery, presi-
dent Of the Albert Pike Highway as
sociation. Following the dinner the
party was taken for motor trip
thru the oil section and to Mr. Avery's
farm.
The visitors were taken off their
feet by the activity In Tulsa, accord
Ing to l. A. Puffer. president Of the
chamber or commerce of Colorado
Springs. who stated that they would
not have believed the stories told
them unless they saw evidence on
every hand
Il have recently returned from an
extensive business trip in the east,
where conditions are supposed to be
prosperous" said Mr.. Puffer, but
N all my life l never have witnessed
such tremendous growth as Tulsa has
undergone in tie last two years 1t
would read like a fairy tale, but to
my mind. Tulsa today is the fastest
growing. most dynamic city in the
United States. We from the Pixies
Peak region thot that we knew some
thing about boosting. but we are mere
tyros compared with Tulsa people.
You have here the groundfloor work
for the greatest city in the south
west"
The tourists now have a mascot
with them. Saturday night, after
having been lost from the main party
near Tulsa, Robert Rhea and Tod
Powell saw O. 'possum in dense
wood along the road They immedt
ately gave chase, captured the ami
NAL and will take it back to Colorado
Springs with them.
From the time the tour party LETT
the Colorado line it has had escort
parties and pilots. Cyrus w. Avery
and IL. Pee Guthrie have been with
the party since they crossed into Ok
lahoma last Thursday morning. In
terest in road building is so intense
along the route the Pixies Peakers
took. that delegations from towns
within n radius of one hundred miles
of the points along the itinerary have
met the tour party to present their
claims
because so many Oklahoma peO-
pi'' anu CbpCSiohy Nci'S W
the Pixies Peak region every sum-
mer II is to the advantage of both
sections to have the best roads and
the shortest routes that can be OBJ
ained," said A. j. Lawton, captain Of
the tour. I'VE found that countless
along the route are now preparing to
spend bond issues for hard-surfaced
roads that make us jealous. We are
spending large sums to keep our
mountain roads in good shape, but
these Oklahomans are soon going to
have even the paved roads Of Cali
fornia eQualled. If not surpassed"
Arrangements are being made in
Colorado Springs and Manitou to
handle an unprecedented tourist
travel this summer, according to o.
=. Snider, owner Of the Cave of the
Winds at the latter town. Special au-
tomobile camping grounds are being
prepared and the hotels and attrac-
tons are already making their plans
to entertain the visitors. Last sum-
mer on the three auto camp grounds
cars from Oklahoma outnumbered
any other state by two to one. In
the largest camp there were $50 Ok
lahoma cars. A large portion of these
were from Tulsa.
The sociability tourists received
word yesterday that they would have
escorts from Muskogee to Joplin to-
day and all the way back to the Colo
RADIO line. They expect to reach Colo |
rado Springs on May 10.
Saturday The World sent out a
press car to meet them at Okmulgee
and escort them back to Tulsa. To-
day Frank Murphy OF The World
staff will accompany the party to
Mu5kOgee