Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-10


state. saw more drunk men IN F,
Oklahoma than I have seen any .
where eisc In ten years. | believe
saw more fIlfh, more evidences or
crime ana moro u"lnnoss gcnera1IY :
there than | believed cOuid exist any /
where I'm this country Bat, a com I
mendable effort is being made by Of I
riC!ais and civic bodies 70 c,chu nui .
all of this vice, crime and diseas" .
Oklahoma IL young shc has not de- .
vciOpcd much OF soul but REFORMS
are under way
Following the beautiful tribute .
paid to Tulsa and TO oklahoma from T.
tho thousands %! visitors here from /
all the southland. the impression Mr. ,
Kloc got Of conditions in regard 70 /
the morals Of the wonder city made
many stop ana recheck the self-sdtis- /
fled frame % mind the average Okla ,
homau has drfted into
II Il Christopher, OF IIcnryet'a /
who happened % b" At 'hattdnoogi,
didn't Ike Colonel Rice'B story and /
h" promptly won't 10 tho defense OF
hIs state In IN" Chattanooga Times .
Mr. Christopher r"pudIatcd the chat .
taHOoga impression IN splendid lot
ter. In part he sa.d the following
Il am disappointed when ne states
that oklahoma is yet fun OF vice
and crime. and wish 20 challenge
the truth ~ such TACT. OF course. ,
Oklahoma, Ike other states, Is trou' /
h'rd win lAwl"s1 element, hut not (
q prct.rr ratio than any Of tho
older states | most respectfully sug- /
get that when Mr. Rico states II
saw more fi,h, more evidence Of
crime and NOR" meanncss generally
out there than believed could eX
lat anywhere in this country he is
mistaken. or too prejudiced to make
a fair and Just estimate, and night
here ! want 70 say that ! did not /
come her. 10 criticize Chattanooga
hu' in my humble opinion Tulsa Will !
compare most favorable az to clean
lu.ss. crime. etc, with your city.
Surely. YOU have not forgotten, II |
am correctly Informed, the cleanup
campaign put on at Chattanooga a
short time ago. Surely no fair
minded person could say that the
new and beautiful city OF Tulsa II
Nlthy7 How about the drunken men
yes We do have some, but not more
than any other state and where do |
they get the WHISKY? No one knows, |
but DO remember the time when !
much uf 1t was supplied by Ten |
ucsSae"
In addition to Colonel Ricc'S OK
prr-siors ms 10 morals. ne found fault /
with prices Of food here. He wrote /
'hc following on that subject:
West Of the Mississippi river the I
n~oyItrer is demanding his mound Of .
rcsh. and getting II. Prices arc un-
reasonably high for everything the /
""or,o and travelling public need.
Unicl- and eating houses are the ].
biggest nrofiteers encountered
MANY ~ them charge Won - cents .
rr two cold storage eggs 20 cents
. r a cnn Of coffee and - cents for
two sliccs nr toasted bread When II !
comes 10 ordering a really good din
0er n II s1fcSt 20 count your money |
before placing the order to sec II you
have enough. II seems 10 the visitor
that every man. woman and child on
gagged In any NJ tho businesses that
supply the necessities Is ont 20 rake {
in 1s much moreN as possible before |
the war Is brought to an end. pre- /
diet that unless something is done hy
law very shon to atop this rrcrc.less
robbery that the people Of the west
will take the law into their own
hands and mcte out punishment 70 !
tho offenders, or at least some OF
them"
Tho c,'o,o1 fo,rl many tbinrs
here however that n,eased him. and
NOT long ago he wrote Tulsa friends
that he expected to bring his family
OF three sons to this state to make /
their future home Being orc Of the
great newspaper men Of the south,
his intCrcs, in the state Is based
largely on the fact that he expects
to make this his home. and naturally.
he sought ont the characteristics OF
the cosmopolitan state, ngreeah' and
= r-ceabie When he wrote NJ tho
visit here. h" inCluded the folloWiH.
tribute to Oklahoma:
81 b,1 , rro,s,rt :f,,o f. C'',-.
bo,,, ANA ,carnoJ mucb pb.... .N,,
,.,,,ng h,,, nrornisirs, ,,er,h., ar tho
,,nin," s,id Mr. Rice "OkLhoma.
no I, rememhercd ia tho Youngest
,,,,a - ,be ,,rInc boiny hut ~ Years
- 49,, i, e., s,n,I,.i.,g rorn NJ the
,,n,o,s,tios ~ ,v,r than MANY OF its
o,dor sis,ars This &c csnerially true
ot,b ra,,,rd ~ oil Tho state IL now
nrojucir, bc,rec, roo oO0 and 500
ana h,rrei, ~ oil a dav worth an
oro-,rc ~ ,r,,t g. 40 nor barrel.
pccert ,ig,rst cornilod nv the state
dcpartrlent place the
daily value ~ oil production at
Sl5O0,000. As the OF flows out.
money flows iu and the banks are
FUN " it
"T,'sa +. tho ,nri,~ Of tho mid
cnrtircn, oil .rie'rs ,r. riches, oil