Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-10
WAL TON INVITES
WORLD At LARGE
To HIS PARTY
Governor Elect of 0kIaho-
ma Expects 100000
Persons viii Be at His
Inaugural January 1911


Oklahoma City, Dec. "a call
3 for enough provender to serve 200,-
1 600 persons two days has gone out
: over Oklahoma.
A. Governor elect ]. C, Walton,
a democrat, has invited the world az
large to his inaugural party, jan
nary 10 and II, at the state fair
grounds here.
He said he expects his guests to
come by ox-trains, airplanes, motor
cars, railroad trains, riding the
rods and the cushions, afoot, horse
back, and by all available other
methods of travel,
He will serve them barbecue, and
give a square danee--on the COM
pletely floored-in circle Of a half
mile race track.
Dan v. Lackey, prize fight pro.
moter, is chairman of the commit
Tee of 5000 members arranging
the festivities
List OF Supplies
Here is a tentative list of sup
plies for the barbecue, prepared by
Lackey: Five hundred beef cat
tie; two hundred hogs; two hum
dred sheep; five thousand chick
ems; one thousand turkeys; three
thousand rabbits; one thousand
squirrels; two hundred opossums;
five hundred ducks and geese; ten
buffalo; ten bears; ten deer; ten
antelope; five tons of coffee; give
tons of sale; five tons of sugar; one
thousand pounds OF pepperi two
hundred fifty bushels of onions;
one hundred thousand loayes
Of bread; one hundred thou
sand buns; fifteen carloads Of
fire wood and three carloads of
pine-knots for kindling.
Here might be included also, as
listed by Lackey, three thousand
persons to serve the multitude, and
five hundred expert butchers, slic-
ers and barbeeuers,
The new governor is TO take his
office on q stand erected In the
race track paddock. The two
houses of the state legislature will
convene in joint session on the
stand, and swear into office the
chief justice of the supreme court,
who will then ad Minister the oath
OF office to the chief executive
This is to take place on January o.
frhe two-day celebration Will fol-
low.
The new governor will ride a
$4,000 saddle horse, seated on a
$4,000 saddle, in D parade which
will start the festivities. The horse
has been promised, according to
( q o1-ay btt Col Zooh AIuIhoiI nF
Mulhall, Okla, and the diamond
and ruby studded mounted
saddle by Col. George Miller of the
l01 Ranch. Both are members Of
the central barbecue committee, as
is also Pawnee Bill, Snowman and
rancher.
Old fashioned Fiddlers
Word has gone TO democratic
headquarters in every county in
The state to enlist all the old FASH
i0ned fiddlers who know how to
play Turkey I'm the Straw Other
old-timers who specialized In call
ing the figures for the dances ar3
being sought.
Adjutant General C. T. Barrett
has promised that units of the Ok
lahoma national guard will police
tM gathering. From national
guard and army sources in the
state, according to Backey, it is
expected that enough tents can be
gathered to shelter the visitors.
Among the especi lily invited
guests of the new governor at his
inaugural party will be about 1000
Indians, representing all the tribes
living in Oglahoma. Several tribes
have promised TO stage dances.
Goyernor-elect Walton was the
nominee of the democratic party
In his statewide campaign he
promised that IL he were chosen
FOR the office of chief executive his
inaugural ball would be no "pink
tea party for the -four hundred
but would be a real old-fashioned
outdoor celebration for anyone
who cared to be present. The bar
becue will carry out his campaign
promise.
Walton's barbecue, however, will
not be the first inaugural celebra-
ton of it's kind in Oklahoma, G
II. Haskell, the first governor of
the state, who, in 1907, took the
oath Of office three hours after the
president had signed the statehood
bill, gave such celebration at
Guthrie, the former state capital.
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