Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-26
KENDALL PEOPLE
TO incorporate
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION so
DECIDED AT MEETING.
BOUNDARIES TO Be Laid
Third Class VIII BE Taken Up at
Oncc-COmmittcc Named.

500; value, quarter million dollars "
That is the wordinE of an electric
sign that may illuminate one Of the
highest points in Tulsa County-Ken-
dali College hill-Withn the next
ninety days If the efforts of the Ken
dali improvement Association In in
cooperating trOs additions Contigu-
Gus to the college are successful. And
one distinctive feature of the corpor-
ated village will be a miniature
Hauge Peace Conference composed Of
the citizens Of the town who VIII set
tie all troubles matters of state, pol
itics and war" by arbitration--tne
last plan being the pet idea of W. p.
Hall, president Of the Kendall I'M
provement Association and father of
the incorporation idea.
AT a meeting Of the association last
night, held in the main hall of the
college dormitory, it was decided, af-
ter much wrangling and heated dis
cussion and debate, to start at once
laying out the boundaries of the pro-
posed village and taking a census Of
the district a committee composed
of f. j. Davidson, as chairman, and
S. W. Kniepper and h. +. Fountain,
was appointed to take charge Of the
work. The committee will at once take
up its duties. The plat of the pro-
posed village and the enumeration re-
ports will then be publicly displayed
for a period of thirty days, that all
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rect any errors that might have been
made. At the expiration of the thir-
ty days an election will be held, and
persons residing in the territory af-
fected will be given an opportunity to
vote on the question of whether or
not the incorporation shall occur.
President Hall said during the
course of his talk at last nights
meeting. that he believed the pro-
posed village should he run along
new and decidedly moral lines
I'VE have no way at present to
combat with the evils that may be
in our midst" he said. Neither can
We improve our streets and roads as
they should be improved. We are tied
hand and foot. If a road-house should
start up in our midst, we could appeal
to the sheriffs force for aid in run
ming II out, but the sheriff don't
seem to be very successful in putting
the road houses out of business. once
we are incorporated, we would have
our own peace officers here with us
all the time"
Regarding his arbitration" plan,
Mr.. Hall said:
"The Hauge Peace Conference has
attracted world wide attention be-
cause of its success in settling inter-
national disputes by arbitration. There
Is no reason why the same plan can
not be carried out in municipalities. |
hope we can arrange some way by
which we can settle all Of the Grim
inal business in our village by the
arbitration method"
At this point Judge J. r. League, of
Superior Court fame. Jumped up and
remarked.
"You can't settle those things out
of court, Mr.. Hall"
There the arbitration. discussion
ended, but President Han stated he
would try to "arbitrate" matters with
his friend, the Judge.
The territory intended to be en-
braced in the new village is composed
of the following additions: College
Heights, College View Highland First
Addition and Highland Second Addi-
tion.
The district comprises approximate
" $50 acres of land, the most Of
which is plotted into town lots None
of these additions are within the linn
its of the corporate town Of Tulsa but
are in Lynn Lane township. The
territory. however. is in the same
school district with the city OF Tulsa,
and its schools are at present under
the direction and control OF the local
school board(s0. At the present
time, the basement of Henry Kendall
College Is the only school quarters
available, but the Kendall Improve
ment Association has secured prom
ises from both the "old" and new
school boards that from $4,000 toi15,-
600 will be expended in the near flu
ture on permanent school building
in College Addition.
At last nights meeting, which was
largely attended by residents Of the
vicinity, several hours were spent In
discussing the proposed Incorporation.
Most of those present favored the
idea. George Davis, clerk of the coun-
~ court, who is secretary of the as
sociation, and j. a. Arnold. both
strenuously opposed the proposition.
A number Of those present made
special mention of the fact that the
kendallites were not desirous of Sc
Ceding" from the city of Tulsa. which
impression had got abroad through
misunderstanding of the motives
behind the move. AS one speaker ex-
ylained:
1--WE are all loyal Tulsans, and be-
lieve in Tulsa. But in the meantime,
we are not going to lose an oppor-
tunity to benefit ourselves and our
property. BY becoming a part of
Tulsa now. we would derive no BEN
shts. We would simply be paying
ont taxes to run the town at large,
as we are doing in the country now,
end probably wait patiently for an
unlimited time for such needed I'M
prcvements as paving, water. sewer,
and other such things. The fate of