Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-14
GREAT ENGLISH WRITER
MADE GLOWING PIE
O.GIi0N
HIS LC"G slice FULFILLED
Reunion Visitors In September at Tui-
sa viii See Monument To
irving Who Visited
the Spot in 1882.

Tulsa, Okla, August In the early
thirties. the renowned Washington Try
ing came over from England and MADE
q tour Of parts OF The United States
His tour TO the southwest include
a stop among the Indians at the pres
ent location of the city Ct Tulsa. Lo-
cal history has it that he paused on
an em.nence abCIt a mile northweS
Of the center Of the present business
district Of Tulsa, and took compr..
hensive view of the valley Of the A
kansas spread out before him. TIC
following description Of the Ian
scape. and prophecy OF the future
wealth Of the community, appears Il
his sketches Of the American tour:
This seems to me to be the Prom
ised Land, flowing with milk ana
honey On the rich heritage Of tI"
prairies Will be fed herds of cat'.
as irnumerahle as the sands upon Ii s
seashoro Aud tha lowers that bedec@
the prairfes will be a paradise for
nectar-loying being"
This was written October -. 49,,
about the time OF lear that the 2SiA
annual reurron Of the Confederate
Veterans Association will be held this
year at Tulsa. The dates of the re-
union are September 2427 incIusive.
or some ten days earlier in the IA"
than the dates upon which Irwin
wrote his appreciation Of the valley
of the Arkansas. Visitors to the re
union will have an opportunity to e..
10y the same river panorama, made
more beautiful and promising by moo
ern enterprise and a city OF SO,Oo'
people. The greatest agricultural
section Of Oklahoma is along the Ar
kansas, above and below the city c:
Tulsa. a land now lowing with milk
and honey, fu'fIIing the Irving proph'
ss,sv II not df5cor1,iug #.
one If the beauty spots around
Tulsa is Irving Circle, on the crest G
a ridge north of the city now beaut.-
tilted by handsome residences. 4
monument has ben erected there com
memorating the visit and prophecy c:
Washington Irving made more than
eighty years ago. The idea was oriT'
mated and carried out by w. Tate
Brady. chairman Of the General Com.
| mittee of the Confederate reunion o.
| ganiZation. In the meantime, the
prophecy OF the great English writer
has been discounted many times.
The comparatively ancient settle
ments Of the indians around Tulsa and
throughout the state are full Of IT,
terest. The footprints OF the Indian
have been obliterated by the marC1
OF modern progress. but his name lin.
ers. Where he formerly had his ten
ed villages, or wigwam ab0des. cite
| have been built and towns laid out
His hunting grounds on the Arkansa:
| have been converted into rich an
productive farms. Alfalfa has takel
the place OF prairie grass. and domes
tic cattle Craze in former haunts of tbs
wild beast.
All over Oklahoma prosperous town
and cities have been built. They are
laid out along modern lines Of city
building. and their people are ente~
prising and patriotic, Tulsa holds
first place among Oklahoma cities FOL
enterprise and progress. The city
has grown more in the past ten year;
than any otter city in the great south
west. II is amply able to care for
large number of visitors. such as a.
tend the annual reunions Of tn,
Confederate soldiers Had It not pos
sessed all Of the facilities for carinr
for the reunion, the Confederate
would not have been urged to com
here with their 1918 meeting All whC
come to the reunion will be cared fol
in most satisfactory manner.