Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-01

the city OF Tulsa. and afterwards see
that the paint bill was paid for the
marking or the Ozark trail thru Tuls,,
county.
When you held your Ozark trail
convention In the city OF Tulsa four
years ago l assisted you in getting
more memberships at So each than
you ever had before. again attend
ed your convention In Independence,
Kan, in 1915. In Springfield, Mo-, in
1916, and at Oklahoma City in No
Vember. 1916. taking you down, as
YOU viii remember. In my own car
at my own expense, prior to the time
YOU started 10 promote that great
convention
At oklahoma City the Chamber of
Commerce Of Tulsa. headed by my
self, was instrumental in financing
the Ozark Trail association by putting
on competitive membership cam
paign, which secured for your asso-
cation more money than II ever had
In It's treasury before, and an amount
sufficient to conduct the campaign up
to tho present date and send you on
to Amarillo In new car.
The next milepost In our acquaint-
arce and association was when you
fell out with oklahoma city anu
moved your bag and baggage to
Tulsa In February. 1917. Prior to
this time YOU had issued map which
showed that ST. Louis, Springfield.
Tulsa, oklahoma City and Amarillo
werc commor points on the Ozark
trail. After the convention you un-
dertook to have oklahoma city raise
5000 for the promotion OF the road
from Oklahoma City to Amarillo and
for general promotion work. | un-
derstand they never raised this
amount. but that they did raise all
the money that has been necessary
for this promotion work. and the
work speaks for itself as to what ok
lahoma City has done for you and
the ozark trail
After they had pulled off for you
the greatest convention that per
haps the Ozark trail will ever have
on account of the time 1t was held
and the geographical location, you
pi oceeded to fall out with Oklahoma
City, but unlike your case In Tulsa,
YOU had a bulletin issued In which
YOU proceeded 10 belittle oklahoma
City ana its citizens with the eXcep-
tion of one; in the Tulsa case you
only attempted to assassinate one
mans character and reputation.
You came to Tulsa, published new
map and took Mr.. T.. Bee Guthrey'
highway commissioner Of the Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce. and the cai
that we had purchased for his own
use and proceeded to drive from Tulsa
to Chicknsha in order TO put on a
rival route against Oklahoma tity'
You took him later as far west as
Guthrie to promote n northern route
with tho intention OF leaving Okla
homa City off the Ozark Trail. You
published with money of the Ozark
Trail association n bulletin and new
map in which you belittled the citi-
zenship of Oklahoma City and obliter-
ate what was known as the commoh
point of Oklahoma city. Now as you
are proceeding, according to your
statement in The World and alhc
the Democrat to obliterate the com
mon point of Tulsa which all goes To
not an association, and is not an or
ganization but that its entire destiny
| is controlled by one man, and thai
Is Yourself. and IL Is subject to all the
whims of your most eccentric char-
acter.
Later YOU took Mr.. Guthrey cleuI
| into the state OF Missouri with the
| car, the expense of which was paic
| by our committee.
Along in February, colonel. yot
| sent me message that you We're yer,
much in need of finance for your owr
private affairs, and asked me II
would not go ont and assist you N
getting memberships in the Monte Nc
club at 800 each. At one time l had
promised you I would do this, but
the unusuaf amount of work 1 hac
to perform for the public and in nis
own private affairs prevented nst
from performing this gratuitous ser
vice for you in time to render you tine
needed assistance so you sent mo
| later message, and | uhed to wondei
why you did not come to me yourseii
and talk this over, rather than senu
| n message In the form of another per-
son. but Il is all clear to me now) II
which you asked II I would help yet
to secure a loan. ] asked the messen'
ger to get me statement from yot
as to what security you could give
for this loan, a copy of which / have
in my office, and you know 1t Is NJ
security at all: but thinking that
recognize in you man who had beer
| Of some benefit to the community, anC
a man OF high integrity. ] waived th'
| cold business proposition OF havinl
| any securely and went to local banl
| In this city and secured for you ;
loan OF $4,000 by endorsing the note
and at the time ! endorsed the not'
made the statement to the banker. al
you will remember, that I'm case o
your failure to take up this note tina
would do so promptly upon demand
have before me a letter from thu
bank dated June 21. 1917, statin
that this note was due June s. read
ing in part as follows:
| "As heretofore advised, Mr. Hsi
vey has paid $500 reducing the prin
cipal to $4,000. at the time OF whicl
payment he stated that on or aoou
the time OF completing the inspection
Of the Ozark Trails he expected t
be in position to retire the baianc'
Of the note, since which time nothini
has been said concerning It. but a
we understand the inspection of th'
road Is not completed"
II I wanted to display the disposl
ton that you have exhibited sine
securing this loan, might ask you ant
the public how you intended to nav
the $4,500 at the completion OF tn
| inspection OF the Ozark Trail wit
which to pay off this note? l Nigh
further ask why you did not secur
this loan in your own home tow
where Won are better known than Ii