The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-18
CREDIT MEN HAVE
GRIDIRON SESSION
Consideration of Sample
Credit Application
Gets Big Laugh

The retail credit grautors. the
mon and women who have charge
of the credit departments ia Tulsa'~
larger stores, who grant credit on ar
ticlCs OF merchandise carrying any
where from half a yard OF ribbon
to half dozen large motor trucks.
meet AZ the Y. NJ. g \. every Fri
day noon, Tor a business session.
and the fixed program consists
prime Ipally uf round-tahlo Discus
sion Uf the accounts which they
have ON their books. exchange Of
address, and the Interchange of
ideas regarding the granting Of
credit.
For The past few weeks the chair
man has requested some one OF the
MON bcrs to make out an "apphcd-
tion for Cred.t' on The uniform card
used by the stores for opening neW
accounts, to present Same To The
meeting, following which lively
discussion is held regarding the
merits OF the prospective customer
according 10 his reputation and
paying history NJ set forth on the
reverse side ~ tho card
Whilc the Organization b. nor
civic or social body In any sense of
the word. ana exists purely for bust
ness reasons. nevertheless a strong
feeling Of good fellowship exists be-
tween the members, and It Is often
that the program ~ one OF the
lunchcons takes a scmi-comiC trend
which converts the usually sedate
and diEnified gathering into The
scmblanco OF n crowd Of boistcrOus
laughing mcrrymakcrs with no
thought Of the daily grind at the
dosk.
Such situation came up this
week when ono of the members bc-
ing called upon for the credit ap-
plication. which he had previously
been ASKED to prepare, presented
one In an entirely humorous vein.
"Will Iiookem" and his wife,
name May Hookem." occupation
getting by" in the employ of the
"Will Gctfurthcr Easy Co." with
salary a question"
II was further reported that the
matter had been referred to the Re
tail Merchants Credit bureau, whore
II was found that the chief OF police
(who bv the way attends most of
the FRIDAY luncheons), had filed a
bill for St0O against Mr.. Hookem,
which the chief claimed was for a
personal loan, but which the debtor
insisted was the price still which
had hcen sold to him by the Chiot
who had taken It In a recent raid,
and that the still would not work
due to the chiefs having tried to
operate It on corn which was too
green. As proof that the still was
not satisfactory Hookem states That
Of HE 4, "a a. n L. if1 e
three drinks attempted 10 sell a
wildcat for $3.50 to Otis l.. Snow,
manager of the Minnetonka Lumber
company: he adds that after the
third drink, Mr.. Snow purchased the
wildcat at the price mentioned.
The report goes on to state thai
Lee Kunsman. after a pleasant con
versation with Mrs. Houkom, cash
ed check for sl2313 for her,
which later proved to he insight
ficant" in funds. That Strange
Aiken. Main street shoe merchant,
upon being called remembered sell
ing the lady a pair of l7-inch boots.
but had forgotten whether she had
paid him for them or not.
II was further stated that n local
lumber company had sold the sub
ject so worth OF fire brick for
their still hut had been greatly in
convcnienced by having to get "A
new collector every time they sent
their collector out TO collect the bill,
as IL took each ono nine days to get
sober after the trip.
The report went ton 20 convey the
history OF numerous other trausa'-
tions which the subject had had
with stores and individuals in the
city. and concluded with the state
ment that W. II. wallace manage
OF the Racine Tire company IN
Tulsa (and the author Of the cardD
had refused to open the account on
the grounds OF insufficient informa
ton.
Recent reports from the national
office at st. Louis show that Tulsa
has the largest membership OF any
city in the state, there being 1871
members in the organiZa tion here,
with oklahoma City ranking second
with SO members. w. II. Peck OF
the Field Stationery company. Is
chairman Of the local association
and w 4. Rayson, secretary-man
ager OF the Merchants association
is also secretary for the credit men