Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-15

lgolung TO bc serious one I'm okla
! huma, owing 90 the loup-rontmuc,
druuth and scarcity uf WAGER. II h
claimed hy Insurance. men that nrw
representing q lu.# pt Si,uOU.OU nnt,
occurred in the state Il hus oven been
rtmurcd that srWr of tho Mrgust oI
the 1rc insurance vompuuios U,r,
Iabout To cauco 1910 outstanding pol
lcics In Jhc stut' This is donjcd, how.
ever by G. r. mrs manager of rnJ
oklahoma Inspection Uurrau. who hu,
just been interviewed ou the subject
at Guthrie.
There Is absolutely nothing tu the
report" said Nh ingalls,. 1T is true
that the water supply throughout Ok.
lohoma Is low at the present time aud
that the companies havo suffered
large losscs durug the last month. but
lhnt the compauius are expecting IN
withdraw from the state as "a whole or
even iu numbers is not correct.
For the last two years fire m-
suwncc companir4 have lost money In
oklahoma. The amount paid out for
damages from fires has greatly cX-
cccdcd the amounts taken in. The
report for thc present year will lnc
even worse. Some of the compaulcs
may Withdraw from the state the first
of the year, those whose losses have
been particulars hcuyy. but it will not
j." general exodus; neither viii the
companies cancel Insurance that has
been issued, Companies may refuse
To write new policies but those that
have been issued win stand
In order 30 protect It's fire alarm
system the city of Tulsa has adopted
AN ordinance fixing fine cf 500 for
mcddlng with property Of the Fire
Department OF the Fire Alarm and
Wiring Department of tho city.
Tho prolractcd drought In North
Texas has caused the starting of Il
movement for state aid to relieve Il
mcnacing condition The movement ig
headed by Fire chief Bidckcr of Fort
Worth and officials rf thc CITY of
Dallns and other North Texas towns
viii be asked to assist IN promoting IT,.
In the past n large percentage or
the annual waterfall has gone 10
waste in this state In ovcrflows from
the lack of storage facilities ana catch
basins TO hold H. Ten years ago when
Texas was visited by an unprecedented
wet period, and every river In the
state had oVenlowcd lis banks and
great destruction Of crops and prop.
crty loss had followed The floods. II
was then suggested to. in part. pro-
vide against the dangcrs Of flood and
k1tcr famine that cNtch -bnsins pr
reservoirs be constructed at the head
waters of the several water courses.
1t was urged that the water caught
and held in the catCh-basius and rcscr-
Voirs would minimize the danger of
.ovrrllows and the loss of property
from flood destruction
On this subject the Austin States
man In a recent issue says cditOrlally.
"ln addition to supplying cities
threatened with water famine with AN
ample supply Of water TO tide them
over dry periods. these lakes and
reservoirs 1t Is proposed TO construct
would be valuable aids to irrigation
and would Thereby be of great helpful
ness to the further development Of
the states AGRICULTURAL interests and
add Immensely 10 ils industrial and
commercial prestige They would pny
Tor themselves In few years at
the furthost ln the percentage increase
of crop production, in the apprcciu-