Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02
Chamber of Commerce Will
Have Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollar Working Fund.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
President McFarlin Calls Rep
resentative Business Men
for Special Session.
LIBERALlTY Is A FEATURE
MEETING HELD
Most Remarkable Gathering
Ever Staged in Liberal
Tulsa Is Held.

Tulsa Is Held.
Pledges obtained at an invitation
dinner party staged at Hotel Tulsa
last night by II. NJ. McFarlin, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
assures that organization an increased
budget of not les than $4,000 with
which to carry on the work of boost
Ing Tulsa and putting the opportun-
ltios afforded by the city before the
eyes of the world.
Not in the history of the city has
such a representative body of citizens
been present at any gathering of a
similar nature or any gathering that
resembled the character of last nights
dinner given by the Chamber of Com
merce president. Ninety covers were
laid and 80 men were in their places
when Mr.. McFarlin called the meeting
to order, following an especially good
menu.
Big business Present.
Tulsa's representative business men
responded nobiy 10 the call for funds
with which to maintain the Chamber
OF Commerce and as a result those
who are actively engaged In making a
better and bigger Tulsa thru the
medium of the organization will start
their work on January !, 1918. with
budget far greater than has been
enjoyed during any previous year of
the institutions life
A remarkable feature of last nights
meeting was the fact that none other
than President McFarliu himself had
an inkling of the purpose of the meet
ing. Even the directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce were not aware of
the import of the evenings gathering,
each member and each man present
having received personal letter from
Mr.. McFarlin requesting attendance
ct the dinner but carrying no informa.
ton relative TO the cause for the call.
Four of the local national banks
pledged $1,000 a year each toward
the support of the Chamber Of Com
merce. 1t was IN the nature of an
auction. the manner in which the
bankers made their pledges. One
banker stated the amount his instltu-
ton would give, another financier
raised the amount and in the end the
four banks had agreed to donate 81 1,200
each to the organization.
They Were Liberal
Tn the matter of donation toward
the 1918 budget there was not a slack
or present Liberality was the watch
word of the evening and liberality in
the words fullest sense held sway
thruout the course of the session.
Speeches delivered were enthusias-
tlo
Chamber of Commerce and praises of
the most rosy hue were buffeted
about upon the gale of conversation
and oratory by the diners. In this
respect President McFarlin and Sec
retary Douglas were assured that
their efforts had been successful and
that those efforts were fully appre-
ciated.
Among those who were called upon
to address the meeting and who re-
sponded with talks Of optimism and
enthusiasm were Harry H. Rogers,
Earl W. Sinclair, Eugene Lorton, W.
A. Fandever, Dave Connolly. Mayor
j. II. Simmons, Grant Mccullough, j.
NJ. perry, Al Farmer, Fred Shaw and
f.. w. Wilson. -'
Col. Clarence b. Douglas. secretary,
was called upon for his report of the
organizations accomplishments This
report was read by the secretary and
was of considerable length, embodying
In the most minute detail the work
OF his office during the past year.
The Guests.
The invited guests were L. +. z
Aaronson, Chas. T. Abbott, l.. f.. Abb
hott, II. = Anderson, C. S. Avery, A.
y. AaronSon, Walter Album, T.. NJ. All
kin. II. G. Barnard, j. NJ. Berry C. r.
Bumgarner. G. T. Braden. w. f.
brown, Geo. f Black w. A. Brady,
Frank parnes, b. b. Blakeney, Frank
Breen, c. S Buchner, l.. s. Barlow,
c. Il. Crawley, l.. *. Cone, j. A. Chap
man, Mark E. Carr, Lee Clinton, b.
Constantin, j. E. Crosbie, j. S. Cosden,
D. f. Connolly, JAS Crawford, Dan j.
Dawson, NJ. NJ. Doan, c. II. Dutfeld
A. +. Duran, w. A. Downing, Clarence
b. Douglas, A. Il. Lewis, o. H. Leo
nard, John j. LarlSin Eugene Lorton,
w. l.. Lewis, c. b. Lynch. Chas. Lah-
man, Jno LemiX. ]. V. Mcmahon, J. W.
McNeal, j. II. McEwen, G. r. McCul-
Tough, John Meservc, G. A. Mayo, NJ.
Moran, r. w. McIlvain, NJ. MadanslSy
Percy Magee. j. O. Mitchell, John IL.
Markham, jr.. Charles A. Myers, j. n.
Maxey, Clint Moore, Frank Moore, d.
w. Moffi.t, Chas. f. Noble, Chas
Page, j. Edgar Pew, Homer NJ. Pres
ton. Il. Il. Perry. J. r. Evans, O. X.
j. B. Foster. Paul Nj. Galloway, Frank
j. a. Foster, Paul NJ. Galloway, Frank
ii. Greer n. h. Graham, Henry N.
Gre.s. Manager Hale -Halsell Grocery
company; Dan Hunt, 4, j Hartman.
Nj. c. Hale. c. f. Hopkins. Frank Has
kell, ]. A. Hull, l.. j. Hartwell, y
Jankows,sy, II. Il. Ketchum, DR.. S. G..
Kennedy, Dana II. Kelsey, Alexander
Kerr, John L. Kramer. r. r.. Kemp
lee Kunsman. f. A. Ross. Harry IT,
Eoyers. w. A. Reynolds, w. n Robin
son. Baltimore Hotel. Kansas City; ]. @.
Rossei, j. y. Swindler Grant C. Steb-
BINS, Fred Shaw. l.. w. Sinclair, Hon.
j. II. Simmons, c. Il. Suppes, j. W.
Sanders. Judge j. j. Shea w. O..
Skclly. II. C. Tyrell, Ora Upp. W. van