The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-06

Iwl ava tc proud that had hand IN the building Of Oklahoma
Oklahoma the days when she made her reputation the
wonder Of the Southwest When left here years was with
pang and strong uemor round the heari'ng' for have
It might have been to a because in The great
glorious building Of city that got my start as oyer In way
upon the SpnhAmecan emergency deliver the
Garcia The boosters expected do it and had make good
And SO after had gotten used to being called upon at the Chamber
Commerce and the Trade Trip excursions and
years the Zig Cuauqua and lycum circuits have been telling
funny along with sound Oklahoma advice how to build
Now have quit platform for good look back upon w,
thought stepping 10 the big thing that
know ahead of And strangely enough the hes, tell
you about Is IN ,Sy,toLm rs the story Of big red foo'r-Ih
Don't There amt such animal least not until you've
read all about And poultry 9ce' who think YOU know all about
The ieathered tribe please wait until I've explained the extraordinary de-
In the first place raised they
more about chickens in Paris week than lot " US here do in year
His family proud and wealthy and his reputation encirc
II in Chicago last September sitting The lobby Of the
La Sale hotel where was attending convention Of Icegm k
lecturers BY change Dr. Bradford
formerly Of Oklahoma Cw happened along and invited to Wabash
4, walked he told the story tn, Rooster that lay,
Cook of Van Camp Pork fame who happened onodn
Ii lat this cox observed til, window of London
shop small Motion Picture machine He Nnncd inside and examined
the machine He was impressed with 's possibilities from commercial
device in the marketing Of Van Camp, product,
The more he Thought Of It, the more "ndnr the vision Of its ro'-
Pate Freres company He amazed the magnitude o this
studio, covering and Of ground employing Thousands
and thousands Of people and backed fifteen millions OF dollars capital
lie Of broad vision and quick make decisions lie
scented his credentials and ,ucdy arranged sale of
the machines and rental Of reels covering the Who'll, United
Cook little realized how big business stroke he had scored
making that contract His first thought Of the value Of the machine
for advertising purposes then an expensive toy for the homes
the rcr and finally the unfolding Of its real and extraordinary
merits as an educator in the public Schools churches lodges clubs
As Dr. Bradford telling the story narcl address
We were seeking and a" was the Chicago office OF the alhopc
headquarters for the machine the Doctor had been telling
was introduced to the ViccPednt Mr. Ruch asked
give short talk to the Statesmen which did This talk followed
9th the p gtrr
through my experience in Cha2uqu speaking deeply impressed
realize that here wa, the Ford Of the motion picture business, for
proved to satisfaction time and time here mal
picture machine that could he operated from electric light socket
could be carried in larger than a project clear
ms quality pictures with the dncme's and realism the best thcaDcr
investigated this Chicago company and all it, officer, finding them
porun,y the rrca, undertaking
covering the central part the United Pacscopcs and
qua system at something like $1,000 year, because saw the %g"c,s
lrn purely standpoint did not make mistake IrI
would be rrvSe to my fellow man and to the boys and girls who
are growing up "ee dong tor myself have not made mistake Mo-
edge The iahc'cope finally the simple thing that makes practical
systematic ard cheap Tests have proven beyond that children
VIII 1,'naic ana retain instruction u1ua1ed by pictures five times
Frealcr than by the book method
me ac company controls, &" nn of the educational reels
the world Literally thousands Of subjects covered including nearly
Of 1ucrfrom "be XRaya an5 o, . Tr.gr,Hb, 9 G 0tn tn
n'eogu of nation and the modern and classics of
7 I'n .E,, ", o '5 I mPo, r a. Gho what hat it. means in the n.
IN lho'grnhmg history thu Irrk what will
to humanity when Psh@opc, mnino iloy science literature
"co2ranN pyot end al the modern educational by pic
tue 'lc which world take weeks a
reading and study without equal result,
Marx my word the time will come when crossroads school
house VIII have onc-when school will be using them
when pictures will have practically replaced the text book bringing enter
tanning instruction where before dull and tedious
Inc lathescopc which interested twenty
Two middle western states including Oklahoma Kansas Missouri
We sell the machines and the films few cents per run Films
IN our Chicago library have already earned their fifty times
ana are s working These and thousand, Of others will and on
mUng entertaining and educating bring thousands thousands,
ave millions OF dollars in the Iaescop company which
controls almost hall Of the United States
G ''6 MACHINE and each Of the thousands Of films bear the trade mark
o the Big Red Rooster; the trademark greatest motion picture
creator and producer in the worldPahe Do you not think have
named him well when call him the Rooster LAYS the Golden
tRg verify he destined to be the ouIcst
oacng hen and this excepting that well known Henry Ford
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