The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-18

At the Miami meeting OF the Ozark
trails association, Chickasha made a
strenuous fight for the next convea-
tion ana succeeded in landing enough
support to swing The 1920 convention.
after having thrown her support to
Roswell Tor the 1919 meeting. That
il a matter Of history and has been
recorded One Of the prime reasons
for Cmckasha's success, has, how
ever not been chropicled Il was
the speech Of r. j. Brown of this
city, who knocked them cold" with
g, speech, firias as he did the last
broadaido o. oratory into the huge
assembly Mr. Brown waited until
the other spell binders had told in
glowing terms Of the beauties and ad.
yantages of their respective towns as
convention centers. and then proceed.
ed to cool them by summing up
Chickasha's claims in such manner
that there was not getting around it.
His speech in part follows:
Tho gentleman from Bartlesyille
well boasted Of being the second city
III the state to build a junior high
school, and Bartlesyille wen deserves
a great deal Of credit for having thaI
second school Of this kind in the
state. but ladies' and gentlemen.
Chckasha was the first city in okla
homa to build a Junior high school.
and we have The unit system and
some Of the best school buildings in
the state. Last but not least we
have tho only state woman's college
in the great state of Oklahoma. and
when the now addition. now being
constructed is completed. our build
ings will cost about S300,00C have
listened with much interest TO the
from their respective
states, the stalwart orator from the
great state of Texas as lie described
the beauties of the Lone Star state.
the poet from Kansas sang of the
golden sunflower Of the sunny state
d Kansas the silver tongued orator
from Springfield with beautiful Ian
guage drew a glowing picture of the
rock clad cliffs and beautiful noun
aims, with their sparkling streams
gliding Though the rocks and peb-
Dles toward the great Mississippi
he beautiful mountain streams of
New Mexico was thrown upon the
'anvas and the delight of the great
audience last evening the Demos
henes OF Arkansas. WHO hailed from
Montana capped the climax as he
Iescrihed the beauty Of the red an.
DE and the golden tint Of the Elber
a. and the cherry in It's clusters Of
eauuful red, and reached the heigh.
f his oratory as DE threw upon the
iinds Of his hearers the unequalled
arkansas strawberries.
Gentlemen, the broad prairies of
'cxas, with thoir large herds of cat
e are very interesting. The noun
airs Of New Mexico are very attrac.
I've, and the golden grain and sun
over OF sunny Kansas would dazzle
he eyes Of travellers, the rock clad
Eos and mountain streams of Mis-
.uri would certainly be worth while.
ie Maiden Blush and Elbertas and
are very tempting. but
sntlemen IL You viii come to Chick
iha with the next o. r. convention
e will take you out to our college.
ID when you see six hundred of the
ost beautiful girls ever assembled
the southwest, and as you stand
ID look with amazement at those
So cheets and dimpled chns of our
llege girls. the glory Of the noun
in scenes and even the beauty Of
e apple bloom in springtlme and
3 bsautiia tint of the strawberry
= fade away like the morning dew
ops kissed by The light of the gol-
D rays Of the sun ia the gray OF
g morning dawn and af.er you
Sc come to Chickasha ald return
your native slaies. you aiil find
g-selvcs whispering little poem
e this: