The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-14
TULSA JOINS HANDS
WITH MUSK0GEE
Citizens of McAlester And Tulsa Meet
With Muskogee Business Men at
Friendly Dinner.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. 14.-Tulsa and
Muskogee shook hands and pledged
lifelong friendship and then took a
united stand in protesting against the
possible legalizing of the sand and
gravel monopoly in the state at din
ner given by the Muskogee Commercial
club by the delegation of boosters from
Tulsa and McAlester at the Hotel
Sewers last evening. Resolutions ask
ing the state legislature TO see to It
that no legislation be enacted that
would make the monopoly possible
were unanimously adopted.
Carl Magee of Tulsa, proposed the
resolutions and said that if there were
any objection to Them from anyone
present, he would withdraw the draft
he had prepared Then lie read the
resolutions in which it was pointed
out that on March 2, 1912, the school
land board entered into contract
with sand and gravel corporation
and gave it exclusive control Of the
sand and gravel in the beds OF the
navigable streams of the state. that
the state would receive from the cCr-
poration 21s cents cubic yard for
sand taken and 31a cents cubic yard
for gravel and no restriction would be
made to regulate the royalty frou con.
tractors; that many sand and gravel
dealers would suffer disaster because
of the monopoly; that the ultimate
consumer would have 10 pay the tri-
butte; that the system oi monopoly pro-
posed is intolerable in Il state or our
boasted progressiyeness and that the
possible return to the state is totally
incommensurate with the injustice
done In conclusion the resolutions
ended as follows:
Therefore, we, the delegates from
the Muskogee Commercial club and
Tulsa Commercial club, in joint session |
assembled, protest against such an in
iquity and call upon our legislature to
see to it that no legislation be enacted |
which will give effects to so unfair,
burdensome and suspicious transac-
ton"
Tams BiXby moved the adoption of
the resolutions and G. l.. jackson rec
onded the motion after he had suggest
ed to include in the resolutions the
fact that other states through which
the navigable stream passed did not
make charge for the sand and gravel
taken from the river bed. There was
no dissenting voice in the vote on the
The principal object Of the meeting
was to develop spirit of rfiendliness
between Tulsa and Muskogee. Appear
emily this was accomplished as the
and Tulsa speakers took the
common stand that the two cities of {
eastern Oklahoma could make greater ;
progress by helping each other com
The demonstration of the {
lavigability of the Arkansas river to |
Tulsa, development of the agricultural
districts of eastern Oklahoma, boost {
ng of the inaugural special train to !
advertise the state in the east, and
he organization of strong cooperative I
ipirit were various phases Of the after
Inner talks.
President John f. Darby of the Mus t
,ogee Commercial club introduced t
Thomas p Smith, head of the traffic p
ureau association, as the first speaker t
or the evening Mr. Smith spoke on n
he history of the freight rate PROPOSE n
ion wherein Muskogee was made the s
asing point because of the demonstra-
ion in 1905 when the City of Mus
ogee" was propelled from Cincinnati
0 Muskogee on the Arkansas river. &
We concede to Tulsa the right to get Il
be same rate by running a light power S,
raft up the Arkansas as far as Tulsa. e
Cass Bradley emphasized the advan- OF
ages resultant from the fact that b,
ulsa and Muskogee are on navigable OF
treams, and asked the boosters to fe