The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-08
SAY CENSUS MUST
HAVE ADVERTISING
Business Mems Commit
tee Decides Definite
Program.
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Enumerators VIII BE Asked
to Confer With Citi-
ZenS.

Enumeration Of the population OF
Tulsa bv the census bureau. the de-
TarlmcIt of commerce may bc SUP
pIpututrd by au unofficial census
by tho CummIti'" OF leading ctfWruH
appointed Tuesday by The chamber
OF commerce president Tho COM
mlicoo met yesterday lu ihr Wuulti-
pol auditorium and talked over
methods OF Advertising ana pduct-
lion 10 be- dealt uul To- tho people
of Tulsa ana tao tho cuumettiorH In
order TO secure more aDurti" c'u-
sus than the pnumCtatuta seem ID
have gotten during the pIal week.
4 luncheon was decided on Tor
Tuesday evening al d O'Clock Ia the
private dining room Of Tho Hotel
Tulsa All OF the members ot thc
committee Of Citzeus ana each oi
Tho euumcritors Will be- asked tp at
tend that meeting
Among the things discussed AT the
first meeting Of the committee yes
toIdly was the negro census. AB yet
no committee of negro citizens mas
been appointed and as ttr Hs la
known no effort hts y"t been mado
to get complete returns on the ne.
gro population. a committee VIII
probably be- appolpted for tins puf-
pose today
The commlltoos appointed ycstor-
day follow.
Minister'S committee. W. G.. Clock,
chairman. g. j. Allen, H. O. Cooke
and &. T.. Siler.
Hotel comMitlco: Horny kctch-
um. TED Wells ana Jack liohln5on
Publicity committee. r. l.. Jones,
- -. Larson and W. -. Moss
Enumeration committee. ". bee
Guthrey, Clarence d Douglas ANA
Mark Carr.
Theaiar publicity committee:
Ralph Talbot chairman. william
SmIth and Mrs johnson.
j. 5. Davenport. who arrived here
yesterday morning. was called to
Puwhuska and was unable 10 remain
here more Than n few hours. Mr
Davenport who is the head Of tho
cnumorators In this district. which
includes the eastern hdlf Of OKLA
hOma Will probably return here TO
morrow ana ~ expected to attend
the dinner at the Hotel Tulsa Friday
night.
Ministu5 all over the city. win be
urged by tho committee OF leading
churchmun to urge every member
OF their congregation to See that he
is enumerated ana to watch out for
the fellows who are not counted In
the census. Sermons next Sunday
and at every meeting Of the
churches from now until the end OF
the census taking VIII probably have
some mention OF the census, Al
ministers viii he asked to help In
cvory way possible during the cam
paign.
lioommg houses and private
homes which have several families
IN ono house are sometimes over
looked by the cnuucraturs, ,mem-
bcrs of the committee pointed out,
aud the hotel Committee,s which liz
composed OF leading hotel men OF
tho city. viii cndeavor to secure "A
count In tho census OF every person
registered IN a hotel when tho cen
sus was begun, January > Room
ing houses which have already been
enumerated Will he urged 10 turn
In TO the committee "A list of those
IorsOns VINO wcru not included In
the census reports and tho street
address nt which they live. This
Information can then be checked
with the census bureau and the dif-
icrenccs in numbers of people at
each house can be Strengthened out
80 the advantage to the city of Tul-
"a whicu would otherwise he uC-
credited with fewer residents than
are actually here, the hotel mon
were advised.
Moving picture shows will be
asked to run slides in their shows
telling why everyone should be
enumerated. Newspapers win aid
the campaign with various stories
about the enumeration aud paid ad-
Nertlscmcnts urging everyone To see
that nc Is counted in. IlJpdbills
VIII he passed out in the churches
'hoatcrs and other public places.
Tho campaign viii be carried into
the schools5 the stores the offices,
factories shops, homes ana streets,
Tulsa viii see that Tulsa gets her
share when the final ubulatian Is
made. That Is tho dctorminutipu Of
Tho committee ANA prominent bust
ness men have already indicated
that should money be nee assniy IN
order TO carry out the most accurate
census possible. that they will glad
ly furnish II.
There are about 80 cuumegutors
most OF whom are believed TO he
Tulsaus, but a few at least ere not
residents of this city. Even those
who do live here, however. have
shown that they have huzy ideas
about certain streets which they
have been sent to canvass aud have
made numerous complaints that
thoy were los'' ia their own city.