Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-03
AUTOMOBILES|
~ TRUCKS "
Gasoline Great Missionary of
Civilization to y. S. Desert

mense stores. practically known
stores OF wealth.
As the spread OF population has
outposted In it's final boundaries al
me seas then It's spread must find
its Held in intensificatiun Thought
lessly, We have considered this con
unent reduced TO possession But
/ more than half OF the area even OF
| the United States has not yet been
under the pillow. Between the re-
clamation by drainage OF swamp low
lands and the diversion OF ample wa -
ters now wasting TO arid highlands a
lull two-fifths of It's area can be ad =
ded To present titled areas by prof
| ects already In course OF plans at
stages varying from estimates to def
initeness
The statement, perhaps, presents
some notion Of the immensity OF op-
portunity which the genius Of our day
has at hand-if II may be released
from the thrall OF tho war god TO
turn It's attention to the great earth
struggle. No aapect of this immen-
sity OF opportunity is so Impressive
as that which the great desert plains
present when some familiarity with
their wonders OF riches. hidden
riches and riches plainly hanging on
the bushes" has introduced 10 view
the automobile as a companion mis-
sionary of the great ships, carrying
their purpose TO the corners OF the
vast plains and up into the last can
yons and peaks and washes OF the
deserts
Often have we contemplated petro-
leum as the greatest OF earth prod
ucts In the sense OF ministering to
the widest range OF human necessi-
ties, comforts and conveniences II
ia medicine. almost food. actually
food In the sense OF being related. to
1t as an agency In It's preservation. II
Is liRht, II Is head. II IN power, II IN
iubrication 80 necessary that were Il
to fail for day all the Industrial
world must stop. II reaches into
more varying lines and departments
OF human Interest than any other one
OF the long roster OF earthly things
that bless the genius and the ambi-
tons OF men. II IN as power con-
densed In the swift auto searching
the great desert that II Is seen In It's
flower.
The swift searching auto finds the
trails, blaxcs them to the prospects
located by, "ths solitary seeker with
his grubstake on his back" perhaps
ages ago. The auto truck, the cater
Pillar. trails the loads ot5riches out
and habitations are PAINTED where
the most venturesome explorer with
pack saddle a few years ago, dare
not predict men could ever live. Soc
1t, your gasoline motor, the advance
agent Of all industry and civilization
TO the desert And consider gasoline
the greatest and the cheapest thing
In all American commercs IN view
OF the blessings II brings to men.
Here In the land. the hills and
canyons where the Incas and the
Axtecs dug for gold ad silver with
which the shrines of the pagan Mon
tezumas were adorned. here where
even before thcm. forgotten races
and tribes fought for possession OF
the hills in which were locked the
treasures they srayed, here where
"the silent buccaneers of pick and
pan" have probed the side hills TO
unfold 10 our bwn time the secrets
of the vaults within; here where after
ages OF picking at iedses has
scratched the surface OF wealth. the
mining OF the modern is now coming
In autos TO reap the harvest OF the
unmeasured time 90
The auto makes the camp but n
matter OF day TO establish. II was
a five-day trip, for instance, from
this camp TO the railroad with
mule team. The truck makes the
trip In fourteen hours allowing two
hours for loading, for the road, tho
but a trail. is good road In the
hard smooth sands OF the desert. II
Is "bits-o-lithic," as Il were. Your
auto carries the men and the living
TO perform the preliminaries In the
far out prospect, the truck hauls the
heavy machinery to carry the pros
pecting deeper. TO block out the min
eral. 10 demonstrate the presence OF
the tonnage which attracts the rail,
way Thus was the great camp. now
the thriving city OF Jerome: thus was
the great camp at Ajo. now a thriv-
ing city: thus were they built up
within the recent four years.
Thus are 10 be many others and
bigger built up within the next year
nd following years The forbiddirir
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