The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-14
K. {. CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE COMING
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MORE
THAN 100 FIRMS COMING
ON SPECIAL TRAIN.
HERE WEDNESDAY,
Members Of Trade Booster Party Are
Anxious TO Meet Business Men,
Farmers and Families Of This Sec.
tion-Arrive 7:3o a. m.

100 members OF the Chamber of Com.
merce of Kansas City, formerly called
the Commercial Club, representing
over 100 business firms of that city
will arrive here Wednesday. This
is the twenty-seyenth annual trade eX-
tension trip of this organization and
is in charge of r. NJ Clendening. gen.
eral secretary; r. d. Sangster, Trans.
portation commissioner, and b. A. Par.
sons, chairman Trade Extension com.
mittee Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Everybody in town and in the country
adjacent is cordially invited to be on
hand when the special arrives. While
Kansas City is mere youth among
the big business centers of the United
States it is, nevertheless, the pioneer
in trade extension work. This annual
trip has created spirit of good fel-
lowship between the growing metrOp-
oils at the mouth of the Kaw and the
towns of the surrounding states thar
look to Kansas City as the commercial
capital Of the great southwest. This
spirit has resulted in a big increase
in business for Kansas City aud
brought a touch of human interest
into the business dealings of many Of
our merchants and the manufacturers
and jobbers Of that city. The timer.
airy of each annual trip is so arranged
that every few years the entire south.
western territory is visited. The
Chamber of Commerce Is represent
ative business organization of Kan.
sas City and over $25O,OOO,OO of in.
vested capital is represented by the
membership Of the club.
The special train carrying the via
itors left Kansas City early this morn.
ing. 1t will be out one week. return.
ing Saturday, May 18th.
The train will arrive here over the
Santa Fe at 1880 a. m, Wednesday.
The members OF The Chamber of
Commerce have nothing to sell on this
trip. The eIcufaion gives the heads
OF Kansas City's big business institu.
tions an opportunity to renew old ac-
Quaintances and make new ones. Kan.
sas City realizes the importance OF the
kansas-Oklahoma trade territory and
many Of the leading business men go.
ing on this trip are going to see and
learn more about the big, rich, produc.
tive territory and its people. The
Chamber OF Commerce is carrying the
message OF hearty cooperation and
better business TO our people and our
merchants. The members Of the or.
ganizstion are enthusiastic In their
claims for their home city and are anx.
ious to impress upon the people OF this
territory the fact that Kansas City is
a good place to trade and headquar-
ters for what you may not have at
home.
The importance OF the rapid dsyel.
opmsnt Of the Kansas-o Oklahoma oil
fields is emphasized by the fact that
this year the Kansas City Trade Ex.
tension Trip will spend practically the
entire week In that territory. The to-
tai population OF the towns visited in
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri is
over 5000, and the population OF the
entire territory in which the trip lies
Is over 100000
The route OF the trip follows: From
Kansas City TO Emporia over the
Santa Fe and thence over the same
road to Madison and Eureka eSere
transfer will be made to the Missouri
Pacific, From Eureka the special goes
10 EdorRdo and transfers back to tho
Santa Fe, thenCe going to Augusta,
Winfield and to Arkansas City. where
they win spend Monday night. Early
Tuesday morning, poncR City and
Blackwell will be visited. At the lat.
ter point transfer will be made to the
ST. l. & S. D. Ry. and the trip resumed
to Enid and Perry. At Perry the route
is over the Santa Fe TO Guthrie and
Oklahoma CITY. whore Tuesday night
will be spent. From Oklahoma City
TO Ardmore, transferring back TO the
st. La 4 s. v, RI, the special will
visit Madill. Ada, holdenville. Henry.
eta and spend Wednesday night at
okmulgeo. From okmulgss to Mus
kogee and thence over the Midland
Valley tracks TO Haskell. BiIby and
Tulsa After spending the night at
Tulsa the special will leave over the
Santa Fe early Friday morning and
proceed 10 Collinsvihs, Bartlesyille.
Dewey, Csney, Independence and Cher.
ryvale, whore the route OF the st. l..
q S +. will be followed via Columbus
and Baxter to Miami, whore the mem.
bers will spend Friday night. The
special will leave Miami for Joplin
Saturday morning and from Joplin
over the Missouri Pacific route to
Webb City, Carthage and Pittsburg.
where transfer will be made to the
Kansas City Southern tracks and
thence home to Kansas City.
The firms represented and the lndl.
Nduals making tsa trip are as fol.
lowT;
Accountants, Public;
Marwisl,, Mitchell. Peat & Co. Albert ].
Watson. Mgr
Advertising A9enelsti
Potts -Turnhull Adv. Co. X. j. Potts
Architects;
shepard. FarrSr 4 wiser. A. G. Wiser.
Smith. Rea a Lovitt Frank s Eet
First three dAytl Walter 4. t.oviV
last three days..