The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-03-30
Hundreds Of Delegates Expected 10
Take Part In Big Convention;
Opens With Business
Meetings Tuesday
ADJUSTMENTS SLATED
FOR DAY FOLLOWING
Alrp'ane Stunts, Indian War Dance
Badger Fight, Baseball on
Schedule; Merchants
Decorating Stores

Airplane stunts. Indian War dances
Indian pony races. badger fight. a
baseball game are among the items
on the amusement menu for the ap-
proval OF the delegates who attend
the joint convention Of the Oklahoma
Broom Manufacturers association
and the Southwest Broom Manufpc.
turers association IN Caiokasha on
April and G.
Lieut.. r. +. Knode. formerly as.
signed to the air service OF Uncle
Sans army at Post Field but who
now IS doing commercial flying and
Is hcadquarteTed az Enid. viii take
care Of tho air stunts. according to
arrangements at Enid. which wera
completed yesterday. The former
army birdman has made many trips
to Chickasha from the post and Is
acquainted with many people here
lie was with the squad OF flyers who
photographed the C-.caasha territory
for the big government map.
Lieutenant Knode will be in Chick
asha on Tuesday April ;, but will
not perform his stunts until the day
following. lie will spend Tuesday af-
ternoon and Wednesday morning IN
taking the passengers up for a trip
through The clouds.
Business First Day.
Tho first day of the broom corners
session will be given over entirely
ID business. The program calls for
the business meetings to go into ses-
sicn at the flks clubs at o'clock
OF Tie morning of April ) and the
entire day will see committee meet
ings, conferences and open discus
sions of tie various topics that may
come up.
The second day. or April 6 will be
devoted to the amusement part Of
the program. There will be bust
ness session or two sandwiched in,
but the main events will be the fun
and amusement makers. The day is
to open with an automobile ride over
the city and at the noon hour free
bargecue will be served at the ware
house of the Thomas Lyons company
IN the southeast edge of the city.
Merchants To Help.
Chickasha merchants are entering
into the spirit of the proposition and
from every indication are prepared
to go the limit to show the visiting
delegates that they are appreciated
Decorations are to form an import
ant part of the merchants program
and if everything runs true to form,
Chiekasha business firms are to re-
semble broom corn warehouses >by
the time the delegates begin to ar
rive.
Large quantities of broom corn,
furnished by local broom corn con-
Germs through the, cooperation of the
Chickasha Chamber of Commerce
and the Rotary Club Of Chickasha,
are being placed in the hands of
the merchants today. Their windows
and business palces are to be deco
rated for the coming of the dele
gates.
It is expected that several hundred
delegates will be on hand to parti
cipate in the meeting. The Chamber
of Commerce ilas received many
letters from broom corn associations
over the entire southwest inquiring
as to plans for the big meeting and
expressing their intentions of send
ing delegations to the meeting
Broom manufacturers from the
north are sending representatives
here and in addition buyers, dealers,
handlers of the product. are expected
to be represented
In addition to this, the broom corn
growers from the southwest will be
represented at the convention, ac-
cording to the information now, in
the hands of those in charge.
Some of the biggest men and
firms in the allied broom corn in
terests will be here for the conven-
ton, according to the information
now in the hands of those in charge.
"Some of the biggest men and
firms in the allied broom corn in
terests will be here for the conyen-