Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-19

state fairly answers the purpose
Show me-" Let me see for Myself
tho disbeliever must take look Tor
himself. the iight must be turned on
and let the ideas soak In. uplll We Az
see the same thing just as q, actually
is II is impossible 20 cure weak
minds by harsh treatment, brute force
IL only excussb BILE when II is a tually
necessary 10 overcome another brute
acting in a brutal way. This being
true reason and patience must be
applied 20 our weak brother unill n'
il able 10 see. walk and partake OF TIE
good things Of life along with th"sc
who have made a more detailed STUDY
Of the agencies that WORK toI 'h'
common good Of all.
Va Debate on Good RoaiS.
As 20 good roads all objections 10
them were discarded years and cen
turies age. when Rome was In her
rride and the great highwpys that
sull exist were built Had steam.
electricity and other agencies we no"
have been familiar 20 the people Of
that time. II is hard to calculat, what
those progressive engineers would
have given US Coming down TO orr
l..esent conditions and having all the
experiences mechanical devices.
works of art. and control OF the va
rious powers 10 seems but TIC fol'F
OF fools 90 try 20 stop the trdmWhe"ls
~ progression. lie who would place
himself 100 front OF the swecpr tide
o! advancement must look as sense
less 10 himself after he comes 10 see
himself as others see himj As the
heather who throws himself heiosa
the ponderous iuggernaught 20 APP
pease the wrath of the gods he wor-
ships For IL is so ordained. end We
cannot stop for the few who are 50
unfortunate. As this good roads
question may apply at this time. let
Lc reason. turn on the light and all
think. figure and calculate. clmmun4-
cate and exchange ideas 90 sens!-
BILE way. II We do not accomplish
these things today, we will tomorrow
or some other lay. FOR We can't stop
our assessors tell US TINT Tulsa
county has carefully astimated
wealth OF more than $50 100000. Just
n few years ago they told MS We had
s2O. .0OO. 600 what made the change
Answer. the progressive spirit. silmu-
lated with success. manifested ~
ICwer.. and the power was appNel.
more progression was the result untu
one bank shows deposits, lu~t loose
unused cash. equal % the whole value
% the county and all that was 10 u
at that time
Valuation Has Incrca >csi.
Durt $4,000 00b We now have has
teen based on values as they were on
January /. 1917. and We wh4 read
know that several millions On oulc-
lrgs have been added g. the -itF OF
Tulsa alone. that many thousands e
dollars worth Of cattle. prod nee an
other assets thrIout the country nav -
been added 90 the above sum. mat Sc
vIu NOT stop az that. until We pass
the SIOo.o0o.000 mark. and not then.
us we must move
Making our calculation on a basis
of assets ~ SSp.0OQ zoo we find tha'
Tulsa county can take care OF BOND
issue of 81 10000 on bAsls ~ lrN3
OF one and s-Fcn-tcNths mills on the
dollar. tproylded our wealth does not
increased the city OF Tulsa. the Public
Service corporations. and the cunt-
biued township Of Mek!wa and sand e
. Sprin-- will take care a Slul --t.'7 OF
he $4,000 calculated 10 take care
of the interest ard create a sinNlu-
fraa TO pay of the principal. por-
lion OF which will be paid each year
until the full amount is paid in iuil
That only leaves about Sls,vu'. o'
az the most. $4,000 10 be raised bs
the townships ard incorporated towns
ard the farming community, 10 TAKE
care Of this said interest and sinking
fuus OF This amount biNuy would
.ay about $500. Broken Arrow about
$1,000. jerks about SSt9. ONasso
$3.50 Red Fork $3.50. and Sk-Atcos
about S4oo. the first year. and afte'
tfRt a reduction IN amounts IN pro-
uortlo- as the bonds were PAID OF
and the increase in taxable property
Z OIL ;ankare. ol-veu equipment and