Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
Tells People Of the East of
the Wonderful Progress
and Opportunities.
BABY STATE IS GROWING
Cities Development in Few
Year to Prove Assertions
torSkeptical Folks.
lnn srN- RonERT I. OWEN


An interesting forum OF tho nauor
a. tbe smoking compartment OF th'
pullman cur. Hero tho man from
p,stnn and the man from San Fran
ctsro. from Minneapolis and New Or
I.,ps. exchange ideas, Here nations
40 built and empires are destroyed
With reckless freedom OF speech
Nora war plans have been delivered
,l.ru the haze OF Havanas than Per-
,blng or Lloyd George ever heard
Of
Pfrshing could already have beer
n, the kaiser's front door II the SIR
drummer OF Boston could get his ear
ns he did ours that evening out .oi
New York.
This silk expert strategist nm
hrunced that nothing would be cas-
Ier than to line the German coasts
with British and American dread
haughts. whose barrage would keep
n path clean all tho way to Berlin
that under such protection "Persh-
Ing could walk right along until he
plaved Yankee Doodle as n serenadC
10 the Hohenzollerns in Wilhelm
s,raA-o"
\ profound observation arose be-
hind pair of horn-rimmed specta-
rles that when Pershing got II few
regiments OF Oklahoma cowboys he
would eat thru the German lines as
h rat would eat into soft cheese.
The talk then switched 10 Oklaho-
ma. What followed was equally
. amazing. A gallant first lieutenant,
whose manner plainly indicated that
until his arrival in France PershIng
would b0 lnboring under fearful
handicap, observed that Pershing
would never get any Oklahoma cow
boys They are not supporting the
war" he snid. "All the cowboys In
oklahoma have taken to the open
plains and there are defying con-
scripuon."
Another gentleman OF experience
observed that a relative OF his had
gone 10 oklahoma opening and had
herished They sent back word
that Il was pneumonia" he said.
lbut We knew the natives killed
him"
This conversation reminded me OF
An inquiry made OF me In the Knlck-
brbocker hotel by well dressed
gentleman, apparently well-edu-
tated gentleman, who asked me
where ! was from. with commend
Able pride stated that I was from
Oklahoma With amla BILE and ooun-
teogs interest he desired to know
what state that was in. I replied,
" perceive that you are foreigner"
He answered, "Oh, no. was born
Ind raised In New York city" His
explanation was not unerasonable.
The haEy ideas regarding Okla
homa are more or less general thru
out the east Many Americans still
mink OF oklahoma as Indian coun-
ty-a mere cattle ranch, where the
wild and woody west" obtains
Where every man carries n six
shooter and every gentleman OF i'm
bortance carries two.
The lack OF information OF this
lusty ten-year- baby state OF Ok
hhoma II painful to those who know
the state.
No state In tho union offers greater
security OF life or prosperity than
does Oklahoma No state has
smaller number OF alien enemies or
et foreign born people than has Ok
hhoma. 1t Is doubtful II any state
OF the union IL more progressive in
,s hWs, In Its institutions and ideals
man oklahoma, There the peo-
pts rule has been the slogan for
years and there the rule OF the ma
prity has been wise and decent and
torthy OF trust, Fundamental
amer'canism, fundamental ideals OF
noeriy justice and humanity control
hd direct the life OF Oklahoma.
iariotism is there passion.
IN no state has the inanlty and
Ameniable ignorance OF slackerisfn
snu disloyalty bean more quickly or
"ore emphatlcally stamped out
q, 40 state more quickly answered
ae can OF Uncle Sam for men. for
unas and for food. Oklahoma
mee,ed her production OF perlshable
products In 1917.
oAlahoma has built her Greatness
upon orderly, systematic Industry
mng trugallty and the cultivation OF
,e products OF the soil The warn |
s vfy or back to tho soii' was not
=, a,ssafy In Oklahoma The people
me sIate had never drifted from
s' soh Every quarter section has
hnlly. The people make thkir |
SuE S,E rom the soil and have taken !
49, uuined steps that future gen,
ons should follow the prudent I
SmpIs or those who settled okla
49," ana created values from the I
!, The education OF the children /
uklahoma leads directly TO this /
Wished 'ou'S 10 De
me public school system OF ok,a-
Ja J,,, ~ An extract or what ls hes,
M systems OF other states pIns
p,, oklahoma school system IA
O.. ouI' on Latin or the Genltive
,h.',hor nor on dead languages or dead /
on na,clons' ss.ns' 1t Is built on the land.
sc,as'ieulture, on mining. on mann.
ln.s Arithmetic? Yes. Read
r.A les History Yes. BUT oniv
M., arithmetic and reading. ana \
49, natural philosophy and the
nsshlcal arts As lead 10 practical
S,,ntry' to the development OF The
,,,,sent farmer with a mastery of I
bsn.a.ltnre. horticulture and animal 4,
to develop the miner with
n,I "ledge OF scientific mining ~
te,f L'hc' oil and gas. and the proc- I
~. man 10 use the products OF the
kts VI 'ne forests and OF the
sls,,5 oAiahoma the teaching Of agrI- 4
Is compulsory. made so no,
n. ,uie but by the Constitution
Wsching OF domestic science a.
A,bssI Oklahoma has es,ab- IA
more state schools in the las,
IA ,sNs than has any other state
urst OF her practical achoois