Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31

pursuit OF happiness, They were
bray" ana hardy and willing to take
chances many of them with deter
miusrau and ability comprising then
total capital. They believed that hero
jan this uDu country preccdcnt5 and
conventions would be less binding
and lhat the man had better oppor-
tunity TO Doc Judged by what he PROV
ed himself to bc than by what he had
accumulated or inhentcd-lhdt here
they could sink or swim upon their
merits uuhampcrcd by the limitations
set upon them by those good souls
back home who knew their fathers
pud their lVuulfathcrs. And in the
new rugged fellowship of the new un-
tried country where all seemed mn
bu,d with a disposition for mutual
hcIpfulness the common struggle
for existence causing each TO feel
charitable toward the other cramp-
ed lives expanded and the hero in the
clay showed upon the surface.
Those days were good old days
The gods walked abroad mingllnS
with the sons of men.
Testing the Golden Future.
z In a day and a night the city OF
tents was erected. Human beings put
forth urodigious efforts and were re-
vardcd with the birth Of new cl-
vilization. Each came here with a
definite thing to do in his mind ana
lac set about doing It as was attested
by the continuous driving OF tent
stakes, the arrangement OF the hiile
store. office home or what not inc
hum of many voices, each lhleht upon
his little plot Of ground, each belleV-
ing that i'm this new Eldorado ne
,yould realize the fruition of ms
homes. And along during the watches
&C the first night in the new city
n mule belonging to some industrious
wight slipped his halter and ambled
away I'm the darkness. Being 700
busy to conduct search himself the
cvner asked friend to go find his
mule. Af,or a time the mule was
found on i distant hill when the
finder, glad his quest had been sue
c,ssful, promptly beloved iorlh'
"Oh. Joe-heTe's your mule 90
strange and startling was the stem
torian roar that for moment an
sound I'm the tented city ceased ana
then laughter from thousand
throats split the air and from a
~ ndred directions came the echo'
"Oh. Joc-heIos your mule Such
bxeamc the diversion Of the frst
nieht-and it illustrates the happy
confidence Of those enthusiastic men
most Of whom slept the first night
<pon the bare ground, their coats for
n pillow. eager TO greet the MORO"
ard test the golden future.
HIS Family and All.
And out upon the prairies on every
quarter section Of land slowed lhe
campfirc of the settler who brought
with him his family and his little all,
having trckkcd hundreds of mites
that hs might homestead, plow and
cultivate the promised land. NO
place for sluthful ease was sought
II, asked for nothing except chance
80 work. well knowing that the virgin
sod could yield but little for several
SEASONS. but willing to endure hard
ships 10 demonstrate his falth In the
ultimate productivcness OF MS new
homestead As the Pickering camp
fire cast shadows about the covered
wagon and from the distance camp
the yapp Of an alarmed and baffled
coyote. contCntment stole into the
being Of the pioneer farmer, lulling
him in the confidence of the first
-r6p in the new land. And how In
spring was the face Of the tired wife,
Who perceived that she was elected
e. toll but that she should be reward
I'd FOR her toil-aud how frolicksome
the worn and hungry children VINO
realized that at last they had arrived
Ind were nj home Never did coffee
and bread and bacon taste better
than at the first supper on that night
at their new home in the new land.
Home-the thrilling charm of that
splendid word. To be at home
your home-and to share II with
those whose faces you have seen the
rlnch Of PAIN and in whose eyes you
have glmpsed the flceting light OF
f,ar-pitiabie. helpless fear-that
most saddenlng of all fears which
looks into an empty larder, seeks TO
avoid the questioning eyes of hungry
children, vaguely wondering what the
morrow holds in store. Home! Per-
haps only ;hey who have experienced
poverty will ever realize the deepest
significanc of home.
The Prufitless Profitable.
The men and women who came to
the twin territories In the pioneer
days harbJred no illusions. They
came here TO work They were willing
10 pay the price required to develop
The new country and that they have
rtandly succeeded and erected here
one Of the first states In tn Union
is not remarkable. When we take
into consideration that they sprung
from the sturdiest seed ever flung
from that hand of a beneficient
Creator nothing that they have or
can accomplish should occasion sur