Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-18
A Big Humane Society.

T>ULSA has United Proyident association, but its
Humane society is the city largest organization of
that nature its work being nonsectaran in the strict
The society supported by county and city
appropriations and private donations, and its field is
enormous one.
To Humane Agent A. NJ. Welch who is in charge
of the work due much OF the credit for the Organi2a
tionS wonderful record Mr.. Welch is a practical
Christian, who knows how to help people when they
most need it, and who has sympathetic spot in his
heart for unfortunate dumb beasts as well as human
beings
1t was in the year 1909 that a small party of Tusans
met and organized the first humane society in Tulsa
county. Those present were. Mrs. l.. d. Lindsey, Miss
Louise Carter, Mrs. O. c. Boone Mrs Usher Carson,
Mrs P. n. DE Haven and DR.. j. NJ Temples, 1t was
only temporary organization for awhile but little
later ON permanent organization perfected by the
foregoing named persons and f. A. Robinson and j. j.
Conway.
The first officers were Doctor Temples. president;
Miss Carter secretary, and Mrs, Lindsey chairman Of
executive committee
j. j. Conway was the first paid agent of the Society
the city paying $25 per month to help i'm the work. How
ever the society experienced difficulty in getting funds
for its share of the expenses and for time the work
dnftcd and not much was done in an active way
into Greater Fields
In the summer Of 1911 a revival took place on the
part of those interested in the work and everyone took
ON new courage The original organization had hoped
only to do strictly humane work with dumb animals,
but it planned to unite humane truancy and proba
ton work into one and after time this plan was sue
ccSSfully carried out.
In June of that year George MacCmdy APP
pointed humane officer for the summer, and he
ceeded by A. NJ. Wech, the present officer Since that
time the work has become better known and the society
has grown rapidly until now it is similar to the AsSo-
cated Charities other cities in the universally of its
work. 1t is recognized by churches business men, oil
operators and citizens generally the nucleus of all
charitable philanthropic activity in this community
and Mr. Welch has a corps of competent assistants.
In 1911 the nature Of the work demanded some sort
of conveyance and not having funds with which pur-
chase a vehicle the society was in hard rows for a time
but the problem solved when Mr. d. N. Haley pre-
sented the society with Beauty" buggy and harness.
Beauty still continues in the humane work, although
better methods Of transportation have had to be ac-
qured. In 1914 another horse purchased, but later
sold and Ford sometimes referred to "jimey",
secured
1t would be impossible to name all the people who
have worked hard to make the society what it is
However it has grown only through consistent ndyid-
ua effort and these efforts have most times been
crowned with reasonable In fact the society
has developed in a much broader manner than was at
first contemplated. 1t now handles humane work trl-
ancy probation and juvenile work and each year
the county and city thousands Of dollars in investigating
and thereby placing aid where it is justly de
served.
The latest addition to the work has been the deten-