Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-09-20
FACTS ABOUT TULSA
. AND! BIG REUNION
FINANCIAL STRENGTH IS
EQUAL TO ANY UNDER
roa TAKING a5f
BANK STATISTIC SHOW WEALTH
Ready to Entertain, Old Confederates
September 24-27 Inclusive
A Solid Week, OF
~ 81 ST. Pleasure.

Tulsa, Okla, August-When the
ex7Confederate soldiers and their al
lied organizations, select a city IN
which to hold reunion, II they have
never met IN that city before, desire
for information concerning the new
meeting place 10 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. 1t was the
first time an Oklahoma city had been
selected as a reunion city. and the
interest already mentioned attaches
10 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 reunion
city to finance the meeting. 1t is well
known that, to properly entertain
Confederate reunion, from $4,000 to
100000 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 Tub
sa's financial strength should dispel
any doubt that may have arisen on
this score. In fact, the fund for en-.
PERTAINING 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, $1,000. 900
Total undivided profits, $490,159.2S
Total deposits, s52.336,2f5.57.
Total resources, $59,6S2. 974.03.
Examine now the table of banl
clearings. In the month Of June, 1918
the total clearings, as shown by the
report of the clearinghouse associa
ton were $47,0S2 ,O45.17. Taking these
figures as a monthly average for the
year. the total clearings for 1918 will
be s564,9S4,540 This statement ii
under, rather than above. the figure.
for the year, because the clearingl
are increasing every month. 1t i;
safe to estimate the total bank clear
tngs for 1918 at six hundred millions
The c,earings in June, 1918. were 60.i
per cent above those OF the SAINT
month of 1917 --
While Tulsa is the great none,
center Of the southwest, her people
are patriotic also. They are giving
and lending their money to the gov
eminent for war purposes in large
volume. At the close of the campaign
4, for the third liberty loan, the com
munity had donated and loaned to wa,
purposes s1S,607.900. This Statement
includes three or four comparativel,
small donations to educational ant
charitable institutions, altogether
: amounting to less than million dol
lars. So, Tulsa has contributed more
than s17,Oo0,00o to the various wal
loans and straight donation funds
Her quota of $4.6o0,eeo in the thirt
liberty loan, was subscribed In lesl
than week.
A community that enjoys the fnan
cial strength that these figures in
dictate, can finance any undertaking
it may invite. Tulsa invited tn,
Confederates to come here with thei
1918 reunion. fully understanding
what it would cost. And Tulsa will
pay the reunion bill. ns-f
Tulsa will not only pay the reunio.
bill. but she will pay 1t ungrudging ly
She will also extend the glad hanc
| to all reunion visitors. The dates O
the reunion are Sept. 24-27 inclusive
The railways have granted a rate o
one cent mile each way, tickets t
go on sale September 19,,>good fol
| returning home as late as October 81