The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
Willingness Of Prominent Cit
izens to Assume Civic Bur
dens a Good Indication.
BASEBALL LEADERS PRAISED
Business Methods of Man In
tcrested in Tulsa's Team
in W. l.. Complimented.


with newspaper men saturday morn
t,g Secretary Douglas OF the cham
nor NJ commerce said
ul think II Is n good indication Of
continued prosperity for the city OF
rfl.l when big. busy men OF very inn
ror,lri private affairs will stop long
rrpurh 90 take up civic work and to
a,,..p II portiom OF their time to do
ipr those things necessary to build
l.~e A great city. | have particular
,,frrrucc TO the election of "A prcsl-
dent two vice presidents and treas
urpr NJ the Tulsa chamber Of com
nrrcc which occurred at the direC-
tors meeting Friday.
"Tur the past two years Il, NJ. Nc
Talu has given much Of his time
and services 10 the development Of
,no Tulsa chamber Of commerce. and
his administration has been one Of
tho most prOnouncod successes In the
history ~ this organization He was
ably assisted by T. II. Greer and
Marx T. carr. vice presidents. two
mon uf whom II has been frequent
4, said are among the most useful In
Tulsa
Rogers New Leader.
ki the meeting on Friday. Mr..
Greer in n splendid address nomi-
mated aa n auccCs ssor to Mr.. McFarlin.
Harry H. Rogers, one OF tho best
known attorneys in the state. former
iva member Of the Nc Man Oil com
pony who has been associated with
Mr. NrFarlin for the past Is years
NJ Rogers was elected by unanimous
vol, NJ the directors, and his opening
address ON the aims and object OF the
chamber uf commerce was vocifer-
ousy received. Succeeding Mr..
Greer aud Mir Carr are NJ. Berry
NJ tho central National bank, and S.
e. kennedy. the well known local
capitalist aud builder OF the Kennedy
building In this city. Mr. Boyd. the
treasurer. an important official OF the
In.on National bank, succeeded him
SELF In that p0sit6n
Tulsa has been fortunate in that
during the past several years the
most Important business men Of the
CITY have been willing to serve the
chamber " commerce on its board Of
directors and az it's executive Off
GERS. ana In the election held last
Friday no mistake has been made In
keeping the high standard OF the per
soInel Of the executive officers up TO
paS and in bringing additional influ-
cncS energy and executive ability to
boar In the affairs OF that organlza-
ton.
\ Baseball Team.
a distinct feature In Tulsa dur
Ing the present year will be the Tulsa |
league baseball team, which was re-
Gently placed In this city. the man |
ag"mont of which ls now buildlng !
one Of he best grandstands and bah |
parks I'm the entire southwest Con /
trary 10 the usual custom the man !
aEement of the Tulsa team Is look |
INK on the baseball proposition as a !
purely business enterprise. They I,
hav" gone into the deal along dis |
Nrct business lines The manage |
mcn' went into the market and Sc |
cured probably the best site In the |
city, easy of access TO patrons OF
the game. and are building the nee |
csSary equipment to meet the ap- |
proval or the most fastidious fan |
Tn" result is the representative bust |
ness men " Tulsa IN all lines OF |
business and professions have be- |
come ardent boosters for the game !
and II thc Tulsa team will measure |
up in efficiency to the enthusiasm |
ot The local men for the club anl |
there il no doubt II will Tulsa this /
year will be put on the baseball map |
IN manner which will be sur.
prise TO the other cities OF the |
league. | want TO take this occasion |
in congratulate the management of |
lnlsa's league team on the manner |
IN which they have conducted the |
a''a.rs OF their organization up 10 |
odir ana 10 assure them that treat |
ing baseball IA business PROPOSE |
Won and not as an object OF charity |
mas brought TO the local organlza- !
non dignity and support which |
could not have been secured in any |
o.he- way.
Gcncrnl Meeting Friday.
To meet the new officers OF the .
chdluher OF commerce. the member
snip ot that organization will as
SEN hlc at = O'Clock. on the evening /
" Friday, April II. The evening will !
." given over 10 getting acquainted |
WIN each other, impromptu ad-
dresses and to running discussion |
4 o' ne Importance OF the trade trips .
: soon 10 be staged by the merchants |
~ This city one OF the features OF .
he evening is expected to he talli .
u' Mai g. r. Hopkins. director Of
h' organization, who has just re-
lNFnei from France. where he filled .
very Important position in railroad |
construction and operation Major
hopkins VIII tell us what II means
70 handle supplies for a million men
on the firing line.
'pf Interest to tho citizenship gen
toIty was the report OF the special
Wa'erworks committee OF the cham
yer of commerce. a copy Of which 4
mas been published in local papers.
Iher" Is no doubt that livest issue l
oI me day before the citizens OF Il
luisa is the solution of the water II
problem and there Is an apparent Il
certainty that the people OF this
''y as evidenced by the action taken L
.p To- date, are determined this year
'" 'nlNc that problem n
'Ne OF the gratifying features Of
past month was the butlding pet
which reached almost $500. 900
'' ut this tctal Il Is interesting to
mat permits were given out for
homes, each costing 81 900 or
rms seems TO Justify tho as
m mat the home building pc
been reached in Tulsa and
.n slogan OF Build a Home
s taking hold on the minds
people and shat Tulsa is rap
coming the home owned city
H.s section OF the country,
state Legislation Favorable.
N"w that the legislature has ad-
'I'nea there has been an oppor-
....y 20 pasa Judgment on much
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