Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05


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Al tho general store | wa. told
hy the raunt Ecntlemnn who pro
sided over the emporium that he
htd No hrcal Tor sale hut that ]
WIght potWihiN yet loaf ut two
from the AdJ Who ran a hotel up IN
The hill q
knowing Mr. Edi-onr failing for
Hpplo pie and fcolluE that I could
use this know edge az n htihc tn gr'
Mts. Hotel Keeper 10 soil mo u loaf
told her ~ our plight plead with
h"r most drsmAiiCslB and finally
pot soinr bread ana couple NJ ap
ple pies provided W. furnish her
with tho necessary flour Sato fut-
uishrd the flour MtH Eagle ,thst
was her nAmcl made the bakrfiuffs
ana brought them down to us Inst
M We werc finnhinR our evening
meal Tn" pies looked successful
ana Mr. Edison inslst-i that one ot
ihrpi ho saved Tor his breakfast the
following morning bat the bread
oh II Mrs. Sarah ltotet had ever
seen a. Less than an lnoh ana a
htlf thick and sad ~ though 4, felt
humilinted because Il had not risen
tu the occasion. l. therefore. was
not enthusiastic over the prospects
ilut We ate it--all of uA Tot the
next two DAYS. OF courSc | had de
tcctcd the gasoline taste In II right
ut the start, hut ! wasn't going To di.
vulge the secret to the party For "
Nj nrrfield had known that Hatos
flour had gotten misnd up In the
gasoline tank. and that We. tho oom.
mon peepul, had eaten such "A pre-
cious morsol as bread u Ia petrol,
A. ,t.,.la,.Ig.AI. lsAatlA huN.
mandrored all the flour cast OF the
Mississippi river The food admin.
,s,ration would have upbraided our
lack OF conservation,
At this same spot n Nihr'Nntial.
looking ciilren, whose car acted up''
near our camp sot the hlghes' paid
echanlc In the world 10 put his bus
on li- feet again. when MI Ford
had fixed his ear. tho man turned
to him and said How much do
owe YOU. stranger" To which Mr..
Ford replied. mot cent, friend
I really don't need the money
Whef-upon the man looked al Mr.
Ford then al tha little car which Mr.
Ford was arriving Then he sad
My good man. insist on paying you
for this work whether YOU say
you need the money or not, ! don't
iEffN WIFI luNs NJ flhh NNAiti w
riding In one ~ those little cars N
h. had all the money hc needed
Here | must brlnt my story to
close, FOR the editor II howllnk for
H.
However. I want IN tell you. what
Mr. Fora recently said In Washing.
ton, relative 10 hls ana Mr., Fdlsons
big plan to dsvslop America water
power
Here ~ a Tremendously important
plan. which certainly was M, con
ceived on this trip at least On Tar
a. | know, hut which was IN these
two wizards minds n rood part of
the time | can tell you. Tor they
.ook most fstherly interest IN every
little stream ana powor plant we
passed aud In many Instances got
out and thoroughly inspected them
That tccsr, motor trip that Ed
son. Burroushs, FireStoba, Hurley
and took through the wlld- of
rcunsylvhnia. Maryland West Vir
sinla and North Carolina, wns nll
very pleasant" Mr Ford said "Edi.
son IL fine companion. so are all
the rest of them and we larked Ike
n lot of Youngsters nu, ", the sans
time. Edison aud | were looking ser.
iouuy into This business ~ wnier
power ana the generation OF power IN
rsnsrpl II is n shame Tragedy
the WAY this country ana nll coun-
tries FOR that matter are letting no
n'n waste the na'ursl power NJ re-
source wncr, which Ia literally mex
hauAtlhle.
"Edlson. after long experiments
ton has cnutrived means in win
puwcr from the very smallest ~
streams n IL hci which n1Yone
will recognize. thHi the uuir-i brook
cunning ~ it must downh,ll VIII turn
, wheel ana will deyelop power The
smaller the stream - course, the
le-s the power The Edison plHn viii
Ink up an ihc tiny uii!r bits u eloc.
irlciy produced hy - number ~
small streams ana make out ot their !
combined forces "a respectable aud |
sometimes very pOvctfhl olrcu'cnl
upply
we are sizing Nip the natural "
srfa Of this SOFT IN ih" country vis- !
Ii,d witch Vas iyrlcnl NJ mrre /
plti ~ America There are thou .
,nudg ~ NitInifIr.. ptfilculHrlY IN me
min sections whose streams are con
Nruallv pouring down tho inclnes
who're horsepower enough 80 Light u |
whole town heat n run liS rurs ana I.
even cook ius meals, lH going utterly f.
fu waste
"Edis'u ia interested IN Installing .
The generators or aCcuWu'n'prH 10 .
gather up ms power and to avert "
into q main rrsrrvo.r ~ pOwrt IN
oach vicinity ma ne can do H.
ioow .1id Heury Ford
M, PAT R thn utilization ~ ~" I
electric power which Tii9'n Re r"ndi
10 rather from IA" running streams .
Il believe that every man should
own his own property should have
~ h.s own 90 WORK Tor .
and develop ana keen And so ms .
Ia what | would do With EilEHn'S .
electric mower raithrrrd up from ne ?
little e'rcaws. I would establish f1c /
tories ~ one sort or another near .
ihe pnln,s where the best HYDRO elec
tric assets were located do not /
moan rr'ufios that ~" workers /
thrr.so',,- should own The n1r''e /
lIpr klni - fA,'ufin.s.s r.i vital pf /
mind. I uivh' stv sINw.Il@ ~oon .
working sNnrs furniture f'inr'e- .
,'r Thcs, would nll h' appropriate +
n hnv country which H frnehIN /
VooIrI too I'Eh' ~ hand would /
hs the raw materials as wei n~ the I
chief mower for ihe sort ~ fnr'o'irf 2
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