Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-01
WHO KNOWS THE
TRUTH OF TULSA?
In the East They Believe You
Crazy if You Try to Tell
Them About 1t.
(Ey OMER X EENEDICT.)

tBy DM ER *. BEN EDltI.)
The real truth about Tulsa is un-
known and unbelieved by. only two
classes of people-those who live here
with their own eyes.
Tulsa's population at this time is be-
tween sixty and seventy thousand. "A
gain of approximately 100 per cent in
two and a half years time. We at home
know this, and while we have, in a
way, become accustomed TO the rapid
and gigantic strides Of progress, still
we marvel ourselves at the growth and
substantiablity of our wonder city.
We can hardly believe our own eyes.
And IL 1t Is marvellous to us, how much
more miraculous 1t must seem to those
who have never seen the city.
Perhaps a million people have
feasted their eyes on Tulsa in the
PAST two and a half years. But there
are one hundred and ten million more
people In the United States who have
never seen and who do not Khow.
Won't Believe You.
Every resident of Tulsa who has
been on n trip to a,8y other section of
the country knows how people wink
and look askance Mt the glowing tales
told of the prosperity and growth OF
Tulsa. I have lust spent ten months
in Washington. and If | told half the
truth about Tulsa I was branded as
fibber. Others have had the same
experience. People who have not
seen Tulsa cannot possibly believe,
neither can they comprehend what a
wonderful city-the most modern of
all cities In the United States-we are
constructing.
The people Of the east. In particular,
with their eyes accustomed to old Of
flee buildings and dwellings con-
structed on architecture OF the vint-
age of the '4O's. the SOS and the sos.
just cannot get II thru their heads that
In building up cities like Tulsa we have
the advantages Of the latest genius of
architecture. the most modern modes
OF cement. stone and steel structure,
up-to-date appliances In plumbing
lighting. heating. etc.-every modern
method and invention with which 70
make comfortable and beautiful our
homes and skyscrapers. The people of
old, settled towns cannot see this-do
not see it-because in most of such
cities there has been no modern con-
struction In years or = very little.
II stands to reason that city
| builded NOWADAYS whether in Oklah-
| homa or not. would be more modern
than one founded In the 10th cen
ginning of the twentieth century.
Sleeping POrchcs.
Few people in the east know what q
| sleeping porch Is, but It Is rare that a
| residence Is constructed In Tulsa with
| out one. People in the east are still
| reading by ld-fashioned gas jets, and
| n room with bath in hotel is an ex-
| traordinary luxury.
Tulsa Is the most up-to-date and
| best built city in the United States
| II Is the richest city in the United
States compared to size OF course
| the people outside this state do not
believe II. How can they be ex-
pected to?
But The Tulsa World intends they
shall see it-shall know the truth-in
pictures and in articles based on fact
and truth
The World owes II to Tulsa to pro-
| duce special edition that will tell 20
| the last word the truth about Tulsa
and oklahoma. and 1t is one OF the
pleasures of my life to compile this
| data. showing this grand city to the
| outside world as II really is II Is
| the duty of the people of Tulsa to CO.
operate with The World in furnlshne
this data that will for once place
Tulsa on the map whore she so rightly
belongs
! Thru this special edition The World
proposes to furnish eyes so all may
see and, give the truth SO all who read
| may learn.