Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-23
TULSA NEEDS MORE
DWELLING HOUSES
II city IL to Cnrc for Increase Of
Population, Building VIII Have
Ia Proceed Mcrrlly.
BEST KIND OF INVESTMENT
Rental Property NJ Present Capable
Of Great Profit to Owner Who
l. NOT Afraid.
Upy GEORGE PROSPER LAMYJ

/ ''N w. - "'' 10 80 ~ lf.'''' -
Corald,ranIr speculation II going
! ~" rOuuds In rlub circles ana places
whoIn h4alr"s4 men gather AS 70
! SHAT the disposition of TIC boys
"o"rr there" will b" ON their return
10 the ruI'"d states.
u Us q luu"u tIrt many of our
solder heroes hrN" never hrf"I"
been away from their own hpm"
tY~n, ana nuw that they have
had the Advantages OF travel the
question IL WIt they be satisfied
to r"turn to the positions formerly
occupied, particularly those who by
force Of circumstances b"uIW" u part
~ the daily grind Uf business IN the
larger eastern cities
They have had the opportunities 10
'mr"t Hnd minglc win men from
other sections Their ,Iaun has been
bruadcnrd. TO them now lie takes
ON new phase. WIN they br salts
f"d 10 become u part again Of the
army ~ workers m q crowded field,
whore even IN" hope of advancement
Is very remote. because competition
Ia their previous locations IL 20 very
Keen Dr, viii they seek another
locality where greater opportunities
/ exist?
Nhcr" VIII the Boys go?
ANA we won't come back |till It's
over. over there" That's what the
boys said when they lcrt and they
made good yes, doubly good--and
now they're coming back. Who're
Where will they go when they get
back 10 the good old T. s. A. VIII
they 20 right back to their old home
town and take up life where they
left OFF Decidedly not Some OF
them will Of course, but thousands
~ thcS" boys hnN" come from OBJ
sCurc rural districts others from
crowded factory towns, and others
from the great army OF undcrpaid
clerks. bonkkeep"rs and the generai
run Of office employees from posi-
tiona whore they saw life and nppOr-
tunItlcs through u narrow slit In the
wall Of CIrCumstA which sur
wounded them.
The ma iority never knew what l0v
beyond their narrow horizon. Rut
now their view has hroadcned. They
hayc Rraspcd the great facts and pos
sIhlllties OF life, Their ambitions
have been aroused and they are not
going to he satisfied 10 get back into
the old rut. Many Of them are going
tn look around for greater opportu-
nities-and where will they look
That's the question that Is no per-
picking. and when we come To think
~ II, II opens nm opportunity for
Tulsa and particularly Tuisans that
we will all he asleep II we do not
take advantage Of
Lure Of Great Southwest.
Is It not reasonable TO assume that
they will scok the great southwest
whore opportunity heckons them
Don't you believe that the lustG of
Tulsa's brilliant star will attract
many OF them? They have all heard
OF that magic city--where million
aires nre made over night .whPr-
the man with ambition, honest and
honorable in his dealings particu-
larlv the young man Is offered more
chances to succeed than in any other
CITY Of the cOuntry7
Surely II II time when Tulsans
should take stock when they should
look around and see n thev. them
selves, are ready to grasp this oppor-
tunlty DO we want thcse young
men to come here to live with us
to work with ua--tu succeed with us
In the grcHt development and pros
pCrlty or Tulsa" Certainly we do
They are the flower Of American
manhood-keyed IN to the very
highest pltch-physlcall and men
tally III to tackle the problems OF
business and social development.
Statehood dnv seems only yestcr-
dav-the opening OF this Ratnral
rich country--and the few wears that
have elapsed since we have devel-
oped only ono Of our many buried
treasures soil The world needs the
other products possible to produce
right here, and we need these am
bilious sturdy thorough Americans
to help us bring this territory truly
to its own, where II will lead in
mineral, agriculture and manufac-
turcd products, Just as II now leads
in oil
We want these hoys---they are
men now--fired with the ambition
to achieve and we are going to get
them. Rut let us prepare for them.
Let us get ready To take care ot the
Increase in population Let MS build
homes and apartments for them to
live In, Right now we can't take
proper care VI the population we
have, and this In the face OF the
fact that the advance guard OF the
new citizens are daily arriving.
averaging more than 80 n day Shall
we turn them away or shall we
make them feel welcome?
Never Such Need for Homes
We have 1000 men staying in
Tulsa now who are not living here.
Their families are IN some other
place because they cannot find hous-
ing facilities in Tulsa You know
many OF them yourself Ask them
why they do not bring their families
here. become fun citizens like your
self. ard invariably the answer is:
Where would we live?" Do you
think they prefer to continue paying
railroad fare for these trips hack
home continue to he separated from
their loved ones, if they could be
united aEain with all the happy sur
rouudnEs in the city where they are
making their fortune and where op-
pOrtunities are presented, almost
daily. as nowhere else
what then are We going 10 do FOR
Thorn and the great influS Of popu-
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