The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-20
ANTS TRY TO MISEAD
RESIDENTS OF KENDALL
..,,nny Men wcir5on the job and
Put Ciusens Right ns Ia Real
Facts In the Issue
POE SAYS THE WATER IS OK.
MT He Has Well AT Hts Home and
Docs Not Have to Pay for BOT
tied Drinking Product.

sp,v.naw supporters and Shell
,rerk par'isans Staged Joint le-
h,t, before an audience OF Ken
r,u rcsiicnts. held last nigh, at the
kendall schoolhouse under the
,u,p.rcs Of the Kendall Improve
mem association
car. Magec. W. &. stcger and \.
l. HARRISON gave reasons why The
bord, mould carry. and t. y Nc
rafund L. VI Poe and Cicero iIol-
hr,l smoke in favor OF Shell creek
That Tulsa went into the water
proirc. only after an inves 'igation
a, more Than tiN months by tae
mos competent engineer that could
h. Obtained for the survey and that
the citizens can go 10 this source
,,h practically no additional cost
10 rhe individual taxpayer and IN,
Wlicr problem bc forever settled
vc-e contentious OF the supporter.
o, ne bond issue.
/ \ Mcfarland. who assisted In
,wrvoy OF Shell creek al one time
,a,rd mat Mr. prcsscy'S report II
irrorrccl and LEFT the impression
win the hearers that he Is thcGonN
man VINO Is competent to solve the
city water problem. lie declared
ma, SHrll creek will supply the city
snh sufficient water and that SpnV-
NAV b, sometimes dry. His attcn-
non Wa later calicl by W. G. Ste
ger 'u he fact that II Spavinaw.
vi'h drainage area OF iO5 square
miles and an annual rainfall OF 40
irrhss cannot supply Tulsa with
u''lc,cn' water. that shell creek.
Ni'h .N square miles and "a inches
n.nit,l would be nl:seraSly made.
"a
Judge l. VI. Poe spent the time
he was on the floor In villifylng the
supporters Of the bond issue. stating
that he present W, .'er supply IL "all
rgh' and that he had never spent
nio,cI for bottled water. lie has
q vel nd has always had one. he
sad To those many citizens who
j. ru wells and must pay from
$40 q year up for bottled water he
had no comfort TO offer
As Mr. Poe was formerly hired hy
Charlie pase as attorney. he devoted
some time 20 culogy OF the man who
is trying 10 control The citys water
supply
Cicero Holland declared that 10
y MN wv NVII issue WAS a .nAN.nrh~
proposition and that he did not pro-
pose TO pay has share for the prof
ec,.lf he could help IL.
Mr Stcgcr spent mos OF the time
allotted 10 him in correcting mis-
statements of Mcfarland ami Poe
and called attention to the fact thai
about half of the taxes paid by
Tusans are FOR schools Improve
ntn,S such as these are made
.nerfuiN and are not regretted by
The progressive citizenship. Money
spenator good water is just as pro-
ductYe as that spent for schools
A town Is built by Improvements. Z
he SAID Tho fact that people oorlo /
here IS hat the city Is a desirable .
place 10 I've In with the exception .
Ihal there Is no good water supply /
Carl Mdgce made strong I.
a1pell TO The audience To have a .
Nger ana broader vision OF the I
bond issue ana It's benefits He I
tloNtd me care with which Mr. |
PIfsty had been selected to make I.
ihe survey Of all possible sources and |
NE ihorouGhness with which he |
made his surveys and the COM |
psehes. ~ his reports MIR Pres |
@J came here with national rep !
1dl.on ds hydraulic engineer and |
Ahmulod his report recommending |
ne Spavindw river as the only prac- |
idu.r source. The report vas cN- |
imIred hy eight OF the best known |
Engineers In the city and declared |
o be correct in every detail. Upon |
ma b4AiS the city Is proceeding, |
certain in the contention that every |
Iu.@n wants good water and tina; /
M Splv,ndw Is the only source from |
Nt.'A !' can he obtained.
In answer 10 pet theory OF the I.
opponeDis OF the bonds that Tulsa I.
,,aHnot slant any financial strain, MIR, !
Aaste declared that "A representa- /
. I'VE ~ an eastern banking firm
Z, grew Inc around nthe few blocks .
p" me business district and csti- I.
mate that The property within the /
circle would secure loans Of at least |
N',Ooo.ooo. only $4,000 WORTH Of /.
ms property IL security on loans |
~ deetted and this shows that /
Il.A NJ healthy condition fnan- /
.hIy and not AT the Stage OF Nich- /
ia oklahoma city Guthrie anu /
'her towns before their panics