The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-02
OKLAHOMA AND NATIONAL OPTIMISM

ton by speed limits which are not
even known beyond the Father OF
Waters And Tulsa name which
at this moment means nothing to
nine In every ten readers OF these
words-is the worlds prize example
of this.
1T has n populs von Of nearly s0,-
900: So miles OF paved streets. "a
young forest Of skyscrapers: 30
churches one OF them IA cathedral as
| big as ours In Logan square: n $3.50
| 900 high schools and 457 schoolrooms
for its 1000 school children. bank
deposits OF more than $4,000 900;
40 manufacturing plants, which
employ 5000 workers; l2:story
hotel with a cuisine comparable to
any hereabout: six parks. two or
three miles OF homes that cost from
t2b, 900 to 100000 each. and a
Iveritablc sea OF fresh built bunga =
lows. And 1t Is the cleanest city In
the country.
Most Of this marvellous develop
ment has taken place within the last
five years, during period when
every other city was marking time TO
the war. Since the first battle OF the
Marns Tulsa's pOpuh ton has quad
irupled. ordinarily such sudden In
flux OF pe1ne would result In CON
fusion Btff exactly the opposite IN
true In this Instance. Here In a
model city, whose fast expanding
needs have been adequately met at n
time when labor and material were
harder To get than ever before.
"A hundred miles southwest OF
Tulsa IL oklahoma city. the capital
of the state. In the lobby Of It's
largest hotel hangs painting OF the
building which occupied the site In
1859, II was a pineboard shack set
on stretch OF sand and crudely
labeled Bank SO, being 30 years
old, oklahoma CITY is not regarded
by westerners with quite the same
awe as attaches to Tulsa. And It's an
tipuity Is given as an excuse for Its
sizo-l2O.oOO. Its population has
only doubled in 10 years.
These are oklahoma exhibits that
amaze YOU. even when seen from n
car window. But they are only a part
of the show The big act Is taking
place In scores of other localities,
whore thousands OF contraptions
that look like giant grasshoppers are
y amping oil out OF the shallow
wells. and thousands OF tall derricks
mark the existence OF deep wells
which produce more bounutully
1t n "A big act, too--one OF the
most interesting and important now
on the worlds stage. For It not only
has transformed oklahoma, hut Is
aiding the processes OF civilization at
"A rate hitherto undreamed.
Last year the United States pro-
duced SSS,OO0. 600 barrels of crude
petroleum. and 1000. 900 barrels
more than 81 per cent--came from
the Oklahoma oil fields which sur
round Tulsa. Chelsea, oklahoma
city. Sapulpa, Musk ogee and a hun
dred other centers. The value OF this
product alone amounted TO t1S5,0vo,-
600
within five years this unprece-
deuted development has made mil
lionaires OF poor folk and set afloat
80 much money that the cost OF Nv
Ing seldom is mentioned. The state
records show that OF the thousands
Of holes drilled by prospectors. S5
per cent have struck oil. And once
OH IL struck there follows the pret-
tiest economic situation TO be found
In any form Of business.
"A pipe line company Immediately
connects with the tanks. and the
whole operation Of selling and de-
Hvenc Is confined to the turning OF a
cock. For pumping or further drill
ing one can use for fuel the crude
oil or the natural gas which ordin-
arily comes with H. II the latter
flows In sufficient quantity II can be
plped tn a nearby condensery where
after the gasoline has been squeesed
out. Il Is returned to the producer.
tons In history. this one seems TO
make the nearest approach TO eco
nomic stability. Of course II has
been taken advantage OF by crooks