Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-20

blolll'NN' NO Nl'N W Iao H"N b''h
,uc result ol the great-
err inflow OF our people from the
state, tnat We expected, We now
expect tnat to occur during the com
IN. year both m business ANA cnurcn
circles, 1t mas been question OF sus-
pcu,c over the questions Ol statehood
or no statehood ana the removal OF
restrictions aud the SAFE Ol lands.
statehood has come, or will come rs
soon rs tue new state can be organ
gained. Restrictions viii be taken
OH, we fear, before our general ms
,lonary committee, by its customary
small annual lnslallmcnt OF increase
will bring an Appropriation up to the
point where we can take religious
care Of the crowds that will come sud
denly from the oyer-crowdcd north.
We would prefer that the removal of
restrictions may be delayed lit
tie, SO that our general committee
may have more time to get ready to
help US meet the great emergency
when 1t comes. The ways of our
general committee are wisely adapted
to the whole wide world (cXcept this
very exceptional section, where we
now are) wisely adapted to the slower
world across the ocean and to our
slower western frontier where they
have to wait for the digging Of irn-
cation ditches before they can sow
alfalfa and plant corn. For them
the increase Of appropriation can be
made to take effect one year from
date, then only little advance each
year until the summit Of the appropri
alton, after several years, is finally
reached for that particular mission
field. But one year from date is a
long time in this swift territory, and
two or three years from date may
be too late, when there are millions
of rich acres, irrigated by nature,
shall be suddenly thrown open.
As it now is, town of thousand
or more inhabitants is often built
in a year, and the church that comes
in one year from date, must pay q
high price for lots and do its own
building. If it is there with a pas,
tor at the beginning of the year
the townsite people will donate the
lot and the people of all creeds vii
help us to build, And now our town,
grow. The city Of Tulsa, whose hos
pltaity we now enjoy, three year.
ago had less that $500 population
Now it has 10000, when restriction,
are removed and the crowds come
hu1ying this way to get in on the
ground floor, then within three years
Tulsa, 25,0OO9 Within three year,
more, 50,O007 And great change
all over this territory will Occur
soon, very soon, as the church clock,
measure time in the states
Restrictions may be removed by
congress during the coming winter
In that case, the coming spring and
summer will bring multitudes OF
home builders to every part of this
territory
Hon. Mr. Curtis assures us that by
"thc time the territories are admit
ted as a state, the restrictions under
the provisions of the agreements will
have ceased to exist, practically all
of the restrictions will be removed by
July, 1907"
That is, that by next July the re.
strictious will he removed according
to law, and without further action of
congress. And if the next congress
may fail to act, and if restrictions
may he ILLEGALLY continued after next
July, restrictions will be certainly re
moved soon after the new state is
organized Tine great aud sudden em-
crgucy and opportunity for our
church lu this eastern part of the
new state are close at hand.
Referring to the result of the re
cent convention of Choctuw citizens
concerning the disposal of the surface
/ of the segregated coal and asphalt
lands, the New State Tribune of
October / says: at will be one of
/ tine requisites to purchasing their
lands that the purchaser shall live
ou hi, purchase lor three years, that
is, this clause will he recommended
To cb a part of the memorial which
the mas, convention will make to the
devotional committee, when it Shal
assemble in December Wien these
lands are thrown open, as they vii
be in very Shotr time, there viii
be one of the largest scrambles tC
secure good claims that the west hai
ever witnessed. The land drawing
in the far west will be small affair
compared to the one which will Civ,
a half million people homes"
For our church to meet that op
portunity in one comparatively Smal
part of the territory will be impoS
Ihlc without missionary help, foI
we need more than we have, to tax
care of the work already undertaken
Much more will we need missionar
help when, during the coming Sprin