The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-11
SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
BEFORE THE LEAGUE
,..,.,t Mcclure Tells Taxpayers
That BOARD ns n Duty
proyo,iuon Up To People
IS FOR THEM TO DECIDE
,c ot Confidence Given 10 Grand
JuD-Qunkcr Gas Mcn'ioneu
iu Letters 10 League.

.s4,,c school board Is not nromo'-
,,o million dollar bond issue and
s,, NOT asking anybody TO vote for
',-.u O. Mcclure. president OF the
- told the members of the Tax
u.s., Iraruc at their meeting at
courthouse last night III IN
',,,ly mntter OF duty that We
b,,, placed the proposition oe'oIv
~ for a decision at me
ION which has been caiiea io'
March 20 o,., Nr Nc
,r,,rc said the money would pc spent
ID, purchasing four new sohool SI'es'
hut'ding so rooms for the acco'imno
",., az grade school pupils ana
putung an addition 10 uo vs.
school 20 properly chfc io'
,rcaScd attc ancc. .,-,.,,
e.,,o,..,I ,ttizens from the vicinity
-. Washington school We're pres
and questioned Mr.. Mcclure on
W,,,cI dcfcots In the construction
'c,, buildings al that school MT.
wr.rr,rc ,gild that there WAS some
,rSv,Ic in the placing OF trus~s IN
hhr,idings. but that the board mad
,,cilcd the contractor TO remedy
,-,rble at his expense and tnot
go huildInys wero now al right
prcsidcni BRADY questioned MT.
NJ ,Iuro in regard to the recent
sndl or the school accounts MI
ucCIurc said that the audit hhd beeh
rI,d, nc Arnold & Co, expert ac-
,oa,,,anis employed by the bodrd
a. Rrady asked II the audit could
~, NO made by the state without
syrcnse TO the taxpayers. Mr., NC
r,r,c calI that he did not know
Ghoui mis- that IL had been custom !,
sr, f,r many Years for the poaf q
or,n,ov someone TO do this work
and Il had TO be done
There vas some controversy hpoul
-. lumber Of crowded rooms IN the
!, rl,y schools. one speaker saying that
,,, ao,,,e instances the janstors were
ocrrpyIng rooms that might he nteu
,nr school purposes. MT. MO lu''
.aid shat ianitors were not occupy
inr any rooms that were tlt TOT ch'-
dron TO use. lie invited the leasue
IN aprolnt a committee 10 l'"pe,l
,hc schools and satisfy thcinse,Nos
that so more rooms were Hseue''
Grand Jury IL Indor@cd.
Two Tonayers' league passed tho
,0uo,irr resolution indorsing the In
'he Tulsa county grand jury
Resolved hy the Taxpayers ProA
,cr,lyc league of Tulsa county,
Oklahoma
That whereas. a grand jury OF
The county has been convened ny
order Of District Judge owen. ana
Whereas. this league has full
'anh and confidence In the per-
sonnel of said grand jury now IN
session Is conducting an inVestlga-
ton In tho interest OF economy ana
good government.
Therefore, hc II resolved. by
this league that we hereby indorsc
Inc investigation now being con
ductcd by the Tulsa county grand
hurry. ana we extend to said grand
/ lurv our hearty cooperation to the
end that a full fair and complete
Investigation may he made as TO
an public affairs In Tulsa county.
Resolved that copy of this
resolution he submitted the daily
press and a copy to said grand
jur'.
Unanimously adopted this. the
10Th day or March, 1919;
Attest MERRILL J. GLASS.
Secretary,
Letter on Gas NnucrN
Tho following letter was received
hy Secretary NJ. J Glass from Mavor
H. A Mcndenhall OF Kansas city.
Kan in regard 10 the Quaker OIL a
Gas Co. with whom the league mas
been in correspondence in regard TO
getting a supply OF natural gas for
Tulsa, and tho existence OF whom
was recently questioned:
Your letter Of recent date re-
ccvcd, but for some manner was
rigconed holed until today. I am
very sorry that I did not get you .
nm immediate answer In relation
TO he gas proposition will say that
We are sttlI In the air as yet As
Nop made mention the Quaker oil
a Gas Co, agreed To furnish our
gas az - cents per 900 at our
r meter AT the city limits We have
mad great deal Of correspondence
with these people hut have not vet
arrived q, any conclusion. they
nave hoen having "A great deal OF
diScnSlon about the gas proposi-
uon In tho vicinity OF Wichita
aIeIN and lhciieve they have been
monopolizing the time OF this com
panl, nut We hope to be able to
make some definite arrangements
." 'l' near future.
We own our own water and
,sht plants in this city and have
INC past 10 years. We found Il
would be the only solution OF the
puou' service corporation. We
arc furnishing our citizens electric
sh's Tor about Sj per cent less
man they would have TO pay II
n,ey h'od IN Kansas city, Missouri.
\ ue last fiscal year under war con
i ""onS our light plant made a net
4 Earning Of little more than $500
WV, ana our water plant had a net
sa,Nng OF $4,000. and we con-
Muet 'his n great showing under
we past conditions our people
arc conicnted with the prpsent
J s''lns and would not return IL
tons my
We would be- very clad 10 have
"u mako visit TO our city and
,H'StRatc our plants. believe
wa. ~ would be a paying invest
"' Tor any city that Is CON
,NPaung buying their plants 10
Nlst TO our city and go
'ush our plants We would be
very glad 10 give Won snv inforna-
a,sn P"Se'bie on these systcms, and
,h @ 10 show you and others
,g"oush our plants. We have an
,,oS'Ineht in the two plants OF
- Mrs Wealthy Wilson addr.-..s