The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
FACTS ABOUT TULSA
 AND B|G REUNION
FINANCIAL STRENGTH IS EQUAL TO ANY UNDER
 TAKING
BANK STATISTIC SHOW WEALTH
Ready to Entertain Old confederates September 24-27 Inclusive A Solid Week of
 Pleasure.

Tulsa, Okla, August-When the ex-Confederate soldiers, and their all lied organizations, select a city in which to hold a reunion, if they have never met in that city before, desire for information concerning the new meeting place is widespread through out the southern states. The Con federates last year in Washington city selected Tulsa, Okla, as the place for the reunion of 1918. It was the first time an Oklahoma city had been selected as a reunion city, and the interest already mentioned attaches to Tulsa first, to Oklahoma second.
 The first and most important con- sideration among the very large num- Der of people interested in reunions, is the matter of ability of a reunion city to finance the meeting It is well known that, to properly entertain a Confederate reunion, from 75,000 to $100, 900 is necessary. The question, therefore, in the minds of the people of the south is. Gan Tulsa furnish the money"
 No Confederate reunion city has more money, population considered. than Tulsa Few of them have as much. with no consideration as to the population. A brief statement of Tul- sa's financial strength should dispel any doubt that may have arisen on this score In fact, the fund for en- tertaining the reunion is already sub- scribed and assured. One hundred thousand dollars, if necessary. will be expended to entertain the reunion.
 A consolidated bank statement re- veals the strength of the community in money Under the comptroller's call for bank statements of the date of May 10, 1918. the banks of Tulsa showed the following wealth:
 Total capital and surplus. s3.0S0,00
 Total undivided profits, s490,15923. Total deposits. s52,336,215.57
 Total resources, s59,6S2,97402
 Examine now the table of bank clearings In the month of June. 1918, the total clearings, as shown by the report of the clearinghouse associa- tion were s47.082. .045.17. Taking these figures as a monthly average for the year. the total clearings for 1918 will be s564. .984, ,540. This statement is under. rather than above, the figures for the year. because the clearings are increasing every month. It is safe to estimate the total bank clear ings for 1918 at six hundred millions The clearings in June, 1918, were sos per cent above those of the same month of 1917
 While Tulsa is the great money center of the southwest, her people are patriotic also. They are giving, and lending their money to the gov- ernment for war purposes in large volume. At the close of the caNpaign for the third liberty loan, theAcsffi- munity had donated and loaned to war purposes s1S.607 900 This statement includes three or four comparatively small donations to educational and charitable institutions, altogether amounting to less than million dol lars. So. Tulsa has contributed more than s17000.000 to the various war. loans and straight donation funds. Her quota of s4.600,00O in the third liberty loan, was subscribed in less than a week.
 4 community that enjoys the finan- cial strength that these figures in- dicate. can finance any undertaking it may invite Tulsa invited ths Confederates to come here with their 1918 reunion, fully understanding what it would cost. And Tulsa will pay the reunion bill.
 Tulsa will not only pay the reunion bill. but she will pay it ungrudgingly She will also extend the glad hand to all reunion visitors The dates Of the reunion are Sept. 24-27 inclusive. The railways have granted a rate ot one cent mile each way, tickets to go on sale September 19. good for returning home as late as October 31.