Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-28
HOW COUNTY WORKS
EMPlOYE PROBLEM
County Gained and the Tn.
employed Have
Work.
IMPROVED THE ROADS
Next the Road TO Red Fork
VIII BE Worked by
the County.
IMPROVED THE ROADS
,E. II ALANGANl

unemployed
That question was asked Of g
Avery. chairman OF the board OF
county commissioners by a World
Representative the other day
at does and wonderfully we'll too
was the laconic reply. of Mr.. Avery
lie then launched into an interest
inc story of the campaign conducted
during the winter months by the
board of county commissioners for the
relief of the hundreds Of jobless in
Tulsa county.
Had Many Appeals.
"Four months ago" explained Mr.
Avery. I'VE had many applications
from needy and worthy persons for
work At that time we had no work
10 offer, The situation was serious,
The county could not refuse all the
applications. Some of the persons,
ln fact many of them, were in poor
health. They had to have medical
attention and food to eat.
THE joblCss, together with the sick,
aged and infirm, were costing the
county an almost unbelievable amount
OF money. The load was a burden.
We then decided 10 create work FOR
unemployed
"VVe did this by deciding in what
portions of the county the poorest
system 0S roads existed. Then we. Of
fered work 20 the unemployed From
that day. which was at least four
months ago, 20 this we have employed
IN majority who have applied" Mr..
Avery said.
As a result Of the innovation on She
part OF the Tulsa county commissions
erS nearly twenty-five miles of road
has been perfected. The bad stretches
OF the road leading from Sand Springs
10 Wskiwa have all been improved.
The highway OF four miles between
these two towns now is as good as
any in the county.
In the building Of this road % men
were employed for more than two
weeks. Charles Page daily furnished
free transportation for the workmen
from Tulsa to Sand Springs
Mr.. Avery pointed out that Tulsa
has been pestered by the unemployed
more Shan any other county Ia the
state. He gave as the cause Of this
the greater prosperity in Tulsa
county, Reports OF the business in
Tulsa soon spread among The unem-
ployed over the country Naturally
the influx of work seekers is greater
than those less widely advertised
towns cited Avery.
a Double Advantage
\ double advantage has been
reaped. however, by Tulsa county bee
cause OF the seriousness Of the situo
alton here. The county would have
been forced, the commissioner saids
TO have at least provided a few meals
for each applicant without any com.
pensation. The chairman told that n
hungry man cannot he refused food
and clothing when actual need dee
mands il.
"This would have imposed the same
financial strain upon the county as
the paying of the men for working
the roads. The money would have
been expended and no results OBJ
tanned. The way it now is we have
spent the money. about $1,000 in all,
and the county is tho beneficiary by
at least two to one.
Mr.. Avery said that next week the
road wOrhmen would be transferred
to five miles south of Tulsa to inn.
prove the Red. Fork road
mo. we will not cease the employ
ing Of the men early in spring." de.
clared Mr.. Avery In response to a
question. 1--WE will let them work
the county roads for several weeks
yet. They need the work and we need
the good roads" said the official in
conclusion