Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-29
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.


In the fall of l9O3 two of Tulsa enteprsng boost
ers, W. l. Reneau and II. R. Cline, got out some nea
business cards. and the back Of the cards had printed
the following comprehensive story of Tulsa her progress
and population that time, and what they conceived
be her prospects for the future:
TULSA. IND. TER.--Has a population of
$500. She has the best natural resources of
any town in the Territory, consisting of oil,-
equal TO Beaumont, Texas-gas, sufficient for any
demand; coal, brick shale and glass sand in sbun
dance The fertility of the farming land iribut-
airy to Tulsa is unexceed The best residence
town in .he territory. Lots of shade and plenty
of good water With the railroads that are built
and are in course of construction, Tulsa will
be the railroad center of the territory. II is the
fragrance of facts in full bloom that attract
rather than the budding Imagination Of ideal
lists. For information, write RENEAU
CLINE Real Estate Agents, Tulsa, Indian Ter
ntory.
Now in 1906 three years have passed, and how mod
est seems the boast of $500 people, which was then dis
played in the biggest and backes type the card The
railroads promised are here, and Tulsa is in fact
then in hopes of being, the railroad center OF
the new state The gas and oil production has multi
Piled, and is being increased faster than ever be
fore.
Contrast with the boast of less than three years
ago the simple statement of the present which follows
taken from the Worlds booster envelopes
TULSA is THE RAILROAD AND FUEL
CENTER OF THE MID-CoNTINENT OIL.
COAL AND NATURAL GAS FIELD.
Hard bituminous coal is supplied large con
sumers at 80 cents to 50 per ton, and natural gas
at cents per thousand feet in any quantity de-
sired. Our FIVE railroads,-Friseo, Santa Fe, NJ,
n and T., Midland Valley, and A., V. and NJ
(Rock Island make special rates to manufac
turers and jobbers. The supply of labor and
building material is abundant, the climate mild
and heathful. The Arkansas river gives
unlimited supply of pure water. The surround
ing country produces the best corn, wheat cotton
and fruit i've stock oak, walnut and hickory
timber
TULSA HAS ALL THE ADVANTAGES
THAT OTHER TOWNS HAVE, AND ALSO
ALL THOSE THE OTHER TOWNS WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE
Tulsa June l, had ll,OOO population,
splendid public schools dozen churches, liberal
banking facilities, excellent fire protection, mod
ern hotels and Office buildings, sanitary sewer
system, electric lights. water works, city hall,
and public spirited husng business men. The
new state of Oklahoma is larger than Missouri.
Georgia. or the New England states. II has
a. ral,
or Kansas had in 1900 Yet of all its five
hundred thriving cities and towns, Tulsa is the
only one having Coal, OIL atura Cos, large
river and Five Railway Systems These advan-
tages over all its neighbors, point to Tulsa as
THE COMING CITY OF THE GREAT STATE
OF OKLAHOMA
just think what an oil man would say today of
fellow who would brag that the Tulsa oil field equa
to the Beaumont field II any comparison is admitted
at ALL il is only with the production of Whst Virginia
class with the Indian Territory oil field of which Tuls
is the recognized, hub center and Quitting point
Times have changed, and Tulsa changes faster thai
Time dared to- The vague promises of 1903 th
realities of 1906 and the prophecy of the present vii
look poor and pale three years hence when compare,
with the advances that will come before thrtysix moon
have rolled around.
Now is the time to come to Tulsa and get in on th
ground floor
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