The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-19
WILSON HILL FAVORED
FOR TULSA MEMORIAL
Unusual Panoramic View From 'l''-
Cntion on Fast Side Causes MANY
10 Eayor This site,
SHOWS INDUSTRIAL TOWN
When Movement Ia Build Monument
IN Honor oI CTty's world N"r
Heroes WIZ start Is Uncertain.

n Tulsa ever builds Nmof'''
10 lts sons who died in tho service
OF their country during ia" war VI u
Germany. where viii u be lo'al'u .
Every time that the proposal 10
homer Tulsa's dead heroes win Il
monument comes up. numerous Hl'"
are mentioned. Among ther" gre
owen park. irving place Map''
ridge. Admiral park and Wilson
hin All have their constituents.
one OF the first sites suggested
wos hat Of wilson hlll located east
OF Detroit avenue. ana between il't-
krll and Jasper streets oN'liu"hluH
the Midland valley and Shhla ~"
tracks. part OF tho indusuihI aI''
a. ruisa ana the east aud southern
parts ~ the cilt. ,,,
During the summer this h.H
provrd mecca Tor Tulnhns. rFp",,
cinily at night when II we NUM-"
dn,,n town Those who had auto
mobiles would drive 70 the mn 'uu
obtain n breeze and on Sunday night
os many ns as or 100 cars could he
seen nj various poiuts on the mn
The view of Tulsn's skyline can
be- seen To better advantage from
This hill Than any other place. az
though from Standpipe htll the ihN
buildings are observed about lhire
blocks nearer
Affords Wonderful View.
A. the extreme rhn end ~ 'h'
hill one can look down Into the hn'o
that Tulsa Bricb company h'T aug
into the shaie bank The dHils blast
ing OF the shale and the arilon nt
The weather has made u assume
shane and proportions uf minlh'
ture Grand Canyon 0f Arizona al
though the color and cloud effects
arc missing. hut when thc sun sh'nfS
on the walls myriad ~ colo,1 AZ"
found This has proven qu''"
mecca for kodnkers,
Along towards evening In rae.
from @ until O'Clock. one can sland
or all near the bluffs edge and see
q Santa fo passenger train com"
ih from the northeast, Smoke "t
this train can firsl be observed near
Owssso and II the day IL clear he
progress nf the train watched u
AppeHrs TO meander very slowly
towards Tulsa. although In fact II ls
travelling around so miles an hour
The afternoon Katy leaves about
this time for Muskogee. ana hs II
speeds through tho eastern parts OF
tho city and appears to climb hill,
one II reminded OF the closins scene
In Polly OF the Circus" This view
r. especially clear after dusk In
vAriabiy the flremon starts shovclh,g
In coal a. the Hill IL approached and
the red glare OF the open engine
furnace Ia fitfully shown.
Many TuisanA Favor IL.
Still another passenger train
leaves for st. Louis over the Frisco
and Its progress IL noted aB far az
the Tulsa county fair grounds. and
then |, seems 10 disappear Then
from the east the Kansas city pas
senger over the Frisco appears
All the time one can note smoke
belchinE from the huge stacks ot
the Cosden refinery, the Public Scrv-
Toe company's plant Ia tho Yves
the McEwen Manufacturing come
panys plant beyond Tho tracks, and
othcr points In the city
On account OF the varied slghis
10 betseen from the Wilson hin that
II why so many Tulsnns favor this
place for the memorial n Tulsa
builds one