Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-29

could catch e. "You see TuIsl never
got any patronage from the flowers
AZ Washington, ana she Just sniffed
/ along, didnt grow, and some uf tho
/ business men would quarrel 60 sre
which would sell 10 q customer when
one came along, Finally, the farmers
/ began 20 settle aIong thc bottom lands
ana crops grew we'll. Tho shipmans
Richards, Hatcher John rnlon, Tule
Richardson ana lots OF others began
raising wheat and In 1881, the year
| Letter "hulled" the market, they all
made good stake. This set The thing
wheat down ON nurk-Crcek Ihat l
took Abe Coly The Linkharts, Wat.
klns ana others, all winter 10 haul uff
their wheat, No, the Red river DE-
Vision was not built then, but preliml-
nary surveys had been made, But
Just then the lntD-ior department
ruled all tenants out OF the Crook
country and about my families
londed up aud drove to the Rice
country In 1vXas. The next year was
not So good for wheat, as IL rained
too much Corn WAS good ana the
cattle men held great herds near
Tulsa When did the town begin 10
grow? About the year 1899 the
business men had few meetings, ana
they raised money to send delegate
TO Washington, To ask a. s. Conn
missioner The ru-cst place a law
suit could he pulled or, then. was ut
Wagner Muskogec, or Niulta. Welt
after supplying the delegate with the
necessary to cover Il. r.. far
cigars a banquet ala Washington.
nothing more could be- heard from
him. And after being "Duped" about
dozen times, the "1ulsn bunch" 2s
they We're termed, begin 20 assert
their rights, and from their weak
ness, great strength took the place,
Nell Barde, Don llagler Geo. VII
Hanson and others went daffy over
a bridge across the Arkansas. The
Frisco got busy, built 10 oklahoma
city Dennison, opened the way 20 IT,
Worth, and other Texas points ana
grldlroned the western part of okla
homa IN good shape. Then came the
Katy, the Mid-Nalley, the Santa Fp
and before any one knew II, the A. "
& W. started from the west end Of the
bridge, up the river, much 10 the
chargin of the Sapulpa boys and
greatly to the delight of the "Tusa
bunch" So you Just see how things
began to come this way, and Tulsa
began TO grow. Down there wherh
in the country over there whore
the Courthouse is George pcrrymar
had barn. and II was considered
"out of town" Al Friend used 90
spit between his teeth, and brag
about the town, and nearby every
week. he would sell OUT ana buy
another place, n little further out
ana the town would always follow
him, Poe & Campbell Flowers Mel,
son and Cot Calkins were the legal
lights in early days they done then
own panitor work and someway. made
out TO exist. Nobody but themselves
and God, knows how, for there were
no courts to practice before, and If a
man would not pay debt without
suit, he was always given a receipt
IN FUR by the merchant and his
name entered on a book with certain
peculiar enitlals on IT, Didn't you
find IT hard travelling in those days
"Yes but then there was not much
expected from commercial mis-
slonary," then; we had to depend on
livery transportation, and sometimes
several T-Men would get together,
hire a rig, and tour tho INLAND towns.
on those occasions, we took plenty Of
crackers, bacon, blankets and some
tin cups and plates and charged up
"2-per day and slept in the open;
felt good and had a good time. We
had high water, mud, dust and every
thing else the elements could in,ent
to contend with. But we got along
fairly well, and never failed to bring
in good expense accounts.
House ever kick on expense bills?
Yes, once | was asked why it was
that ! always put up at two-dOllar-
per-day hotels, | replied that it was
for two reasons, viz: first that there
Were no $3-per- day hotels in this part
of the Territory, second, that IL IT
only cost the House" Shopper day,
it was always worth the other s. to
cat it, to offset the wear and tear
on me- SO they never said anything
more about it.
How about the roads, was there
any them" Well now sonny you are
innocence supreme. Nothing but
trails leading from one town to an
other, and hitting the ferry and ford
ing places on the creeks and streams.
Ever get dsgusted with the trails"
Yes and it about made Good Roads
Cranks of all Of us, Every time 40
would hear Of a convention pertain
ing to Statehood, or a convention Of
any kind we would send the House"
notice and insist on them getting aft
er the'~ pet Congressman and getting
something done TO relieve the horrible
oil tod NN~