Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-23
OFFICIAL NEWS
ON THE BbINKER
ALL BECNUsE &. WASHINGTON
WAS BORN 1SO YEARS AGO.
REAL Date IS February II
Observance Of Holiday In Tulsa of
Softpcddlod Variety Cnl-
cndur Change Responsible.

g. Washington, son Of Augustine
Washington, planter was born ls9
|yoar ago near bridges crock Wou-
moroloud County. VA, TO become in
turn specialist n cherry trees, bron-
cho buster surveyor, Indian scuppor
military general President ana then
.n lack.to-t -tho-larmist His religious
connection was l2piscopaliun lie was
no college graduate, and died ON De-
.ccmber II, 1893, little short of 90
years of age, OF pneumonia after FREE
Quont hlccdlngs at Mount Vernon, va.
whore ho was buried Mr. Washing
ton also crossed the Delaware during
life ana was once married.
For AN Of the foregoing things, trl-
, vial as they may have seemed to him
b In colonial days, official business was
lacking In Tulsa Yesterday FOOTBALLS
sounded hollow about the halls Of
the city Han yesterday and an doors
Wcrc locked up tightly There was
nothing doing nt the hanks, and the
persons who neglected To lay in "a
supply Of postage stamps early i'm
the morning when the windows at the
.postollloc wcrc opened as ON Sundays,
had To clthcr beg borrow buy or
steal from friends or nt the accom-
/, modatng drug stores. Gone were all
/ sounds from within the offices at the
. court house, save that of the sherifrs
.officc, guardian Of the peace and dig
nifty of the county Policemen pain
ploddod the pnyomcuts 10 protect pub
. lin property and peace, but there was
little doing for them
SuU @. Washington was somewhat
'slrhtod I'm remembrance In Tulsa yes
tcrday some few were not migrate
, ful ot the services which he had rend-
cred them and displayed Americas
flags In profusiou. But as far as
demonstration was concerned. the OBJ
scryanco given was Of the slow music
and soft-pod1led variety
Anyway Mr. WashIsgton wasn't
born ON February 22, contrary to the
, general belief Ho was born on Feb
.ruary II. II upsets a little history
! unsupported 10y real history, but. It Is
! true
. when the future father Of his coun-
% try was 90 years old, the English
% skip eleven days TO atone for the cr-
( rors Of the old Julian calendar Ac-
cordlRg to thc Gregorlan calendar
{ then adopted, every date was pushed
r up eleven DAYS.
And $50 II happened that IN the lat
X ter part Of Washingtou's life jealous
y patriots had the rare opportunity to
, celebrate I'm his honor two birth an
r nivcrsarlcs year. Iut throughout
! his lifetime the eleventh was the day
taken most frequently II was not un-
, III after his death that tho twenty
second was accepted unanimously,
I. Tho story NJ Washmpton's woolng
OF the beautiful young widow Martha
,. Cusus has been told often, but It
never has lost It's interest.
. on MAY day I'm 1853, the young
soldier. under orders from the from
tier, was crossing "A ferry Of the Pa
munkoy a branch Of the York River,
when ne fell iu with a Mr.. Chamber
= laync, who lived in the nelghborhood
3 and I'm the spirit OF Virginia hospital
u ity claimed him as a guest Washing
3 ton yielded under persuasion and nj
G the house was ushcrcd presently into
- the presence OF Mrs Cuslis. Mrs,
r Custis's husband had been dead about
IN ,m', '','n,|, | nS ,' ,,,,, s,,.,,,o
/, She was 26 years old,
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J fHr rr.auunu., about tuc middle
.f unr. Nld tu. IUr Nr., carry
n Hr nu,. from ,hr .uM frame.
y ..U.u. u.. crop oft plants h.d been
X u.t nu 0n. greenhouse and plant
Q snm. Up Tup s.rU therein once
- m.re NuNne chat Nr might by
.m. u.unu'. circumstance. ..I
"A ..l, I.N OF tunse choice wrIou.
2 p '.' h. boys do tH.. 300. wI,n-
q 'nr n rsN fhr loss of m, own
=. 'w. .. nf course n was duM-
r U. business Startling melons uu.
, | ... .'I. n nH 100 iuu season.
y n...I forward with p good
/. ..u ut confidence ,o o. su.d crop
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