Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31
PIIi'NOMINiL GROWTH
or OKLAHOMA TOWNS

VI 'hIAitONA TOW Ms
The growth Of cities in ok
lahoma has been the most
marked OF any state in the coun-
try every sign OF Increasing in
dustry, manufacture and com
morce being evident in scores of
: rapidly growing communities.
Perhaps you will ask why such
. progress in Oklahoma But
remember, oklahoma is a new
state, abounding I'm every natural
d. advantage known to the civilized
% world There is a demand for
. cities, for villages They are
% being built, and that makes for
81 thriving conditions. That 'hase
- cities and towns and villages are
% being built is best evidenced bv
- the 1912 figures, showing some
. Of the most important construc-
~ ton work In town building I'm
. this state.
. For that year there were erect
4. ed In Oklahoma: 30 bank ana Of
. ilco buildings. 20 chaurches. so
- city or county buildings. % gov
% ernmont and state BUILDINGS
. mammoth hotels, "a railway sta
:" tons, So school buildings sc
. electrical plants, ~ cotton com
. presses ana gins, % foundry and
. machine shops, 36 telephone sys-
. TENS, SO city waterworks plants
4. street railways, 10 cotton seed
~ oil mills \ water power dcveIop-
. mcnt3 and thousands upon thou
. sands of dwellings and business
. houses.
% Thousands of persons all over
a the United States have wondered.
. ana not without cause, what is
e' responsible for the wond erful
. development that has taken
. place ana is now occurring In ok Z
q lahoma. II is % short story 10 z
tel and an easy story 10 under
. stand.
o. In the first place, the natural
~ advantages 20 be found I'm Okla z
o. h1ma are uncquallcd bv any e
. country anywhere situated They z
. embrace everything from excel q
= rent SOILS to excellent wa'or Z,
= power sites. The fertility Of the 4,
sol is unsurpassed, and hun
: drcdS Ct feet below its surface Z
Ilc great deposits Of oil gas. Z,
. coal clHvs sands stones and =,
= waters. There IA timber aad {.
: mere IS p'ilil'. There are rivers
: ana creeks ana Iakes. There is :
, H'I' every tnlns IN the way Of .
: N'B'Hu u"h mat nature intended :
: Su"uid p' round in temperate q
."no'
Ih'Se lllh's caused cities and :
: towns To De- built Tho natural {.
y auNhhla4's brought people 10 {.
: t"I"hlI' Whai was once the In =
: uIahs Iahds. Ihey came from an {.
: over the civilized world iHtu this =
: new sla g.. which today has .
: population almost a7 cosmopuli- :
: tan as many of the larger cities Z.
: OF America. These pcoVl. were {.
pI"frr''IF they had l'f' the Z.
"Iu'r communities with "a spirit .
luhu,d tp make "a j adway in q {.
h'" community. The records .
b.'I j. out inIt hoJdWly was .
IHa'r hy them. =.
90 les and towns and Villages F..
=, Hla.l aS monuments 90 them and {.
lh.F purposes. :
hui 'hr colonization Is not over .
; "s yet II b. stiil going on. The Z.
path marked uuf hy the cartier {.
pioneers b. being followed by {.
thousands OF others. who com. q
INTO civilization that scarcely {.
KNOWS 20 need II is % civilization .
: llal mas l's magnificent temples {.
Di Worship II is civilization .
ihAl has IT'S great and adJutrbly Z.
equipped institutions OF learning. .
HoOls af ,Ncollen iu aI tnugs Z.
. as any in th" country 10 is .
D. real country with r.Yl .fff.s ..
3 It'hly appointed thcat.r hgHG- 4.
. mss ihAi are visited hv On" l'aI- =
. lns actors oi the nation. .u'Hu- .
did city parks and other -lacas {.
. Of amusement furnish diver {.