Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-12

sioner McNulty to find a location.
| Commissioner Rohn said he was
confident the city could save con
siderable money In It's repair bills
! by having a shop of It's own and the
sentiment OF the others was In favor
of IT If site can be found on which
TO build 1t.
CLAIMING THAT they are pay
ing such high rent FOR their stalls in
the new city market that they should
not be forced to furnish garbage
cans for their places. tenants of the
market yesterday demanded that the
| city furnish these free of charge.
The city agreed to do it and the
matter was referred to Police Com
missioner John Bohn for action.
CAPT. II. NJ. BREENE. manufac-
turer and pilot Of the airplano, Tulsa
| No. /, in which he recently flew
to the ozark Trails convention at
Miami. is expecting to go to Wash
| ington at once to confer with govern
mcnt officials concerning contracts
The Tulsa aircraft corporation hopes
to begin soon the manufacture of
a large number OF airplanes, under
the direction OF Captain Greene.
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MRS. KATE SCOTT, who has just
returned from Red Gross meetings
in Cleveland and st. Louis, will head
Ia drive here next week for Red Cross
nurses to serve in France and at hos
| pitfalls In this country. A national
campaign will be waged for $4,000
volunteer graduate nurses for this
important work and Tulsa is ex-
pected to contribute it's quota Of
this number.
COZ. GEoRGn GRIFFITH
OF oklahoma City, national director
OF the Loyal order of Moose, was
In the city yesterday for a few hours
on fraternal business. Colonel Grif-
fifth recently returned from the battle
fronts of Europe, where he went as a
member of the Moose relief commits
sion TO establish rest rooms, social
clubs and huts for the benefit OF
members OF the order who are in
the service
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TUI!SA'S STATE employment bu-
reau has succeeded in enlisting fifty
carpenters to assist in the building
Of the big government nitrate plant
at Muscle Shoals. Ala. Oklahoma's q
quota for this work is 1000 men.
Thus far only small per cent have
enlisted. 1t Is expected that fifty
more men will be sent Sunday. Fiji
ty cents per hour, with time and
on-h half for over eight hours and
Saturday afternoons are the wages
offered. All carpenters wishing to
aid in this war work should apply
to Carl Lee at III East Second.
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SQUAD NUMBER 2 OF Tulsa's
patriotic harvesters went out Mon
day evening to the farm OF J. NJ.
| Crutchfield and harvested and
shocked seven acres of wheat, There
are fifteen men in this contingent
all employees Of the Tulsa post office.
Yesterday evening they went out
again and 1t took but a little while
10 get over the ,remalning fifteen
| acres. The men so out early In tho
evening, get through with their work
and then take dip in the big
pond before returning to town.
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CONTRARY TO expectations, the
Tulsa post office has been experience
ing very little trouble with people
who want to send packages to
France addressed to soldiers. The
government recently made a regu-
lation that no parcels should be
sent to men in the foreign service
unless such parcel was specifically
requested by the soldier, and then
II had to be approved by an officer
At first, says Postmaster Crutch-
field, there was some trouble with
post office patrons in this respect.
but since the people have become g
used to It and have come to realize
the utility OF II, the examples Of
those wanting to violate the rule