The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-10
cfNSUS MAY SHOW.
TULSA FIRST CITY.
vivanians Requested to
See See That All Are
Counted.
CAPITAL IS WORRIED
,.y and Order League Is EX-
blamed to the Civic Club
Yesterday.

srDs, a. the first city Of the
...,e in size" declared President n.
: ucp,horne Of the kiwanis club
A.. rooudav luncheon meeting OF
~ N'..,.riz8fion ~. at Hotel Tulsa yes
,sr ,uo Owe have the population.
,n hat ,s necessary Is Tor us 10
W. mai tho entire population Is
'vVasterdlv was n census meeting
,so Eio.auis club. T.. Bee Guth-
,,bo is assisting the work as
I.r,isor OF the Cnumerators.
aSrcd tho discussion ny asking how
W., ,.y members present had not
ne Ns., countcd. As In similar organi-
,,s vbcrc the question has been
-, tberc we're number of hands
r1sed showing that large per
,spt OF the population was belng
Missed BY the census taker.
Mr. Guthrey called attention To-
mo fact that 10 Is nov or never
I, tho nrescnt census and that all OF
tbe work must he done during the
,resent week He urged upon all
- the kiWauidus the Importance
~ attending the mass meetings that
sre being held each night at inc
municipal auditorium at s O'Clock.
Thai more than 10000 names had
bsen missed by the enumcTators has
bsen disclosed. in the investigation
NJ the citizens census committee,
according TO Eugene Lorton, chair
man of the committee.
During the round table discussion
in which Buck Lewis. a. c. Hunt, l.
Il long and others participated, II
was asserted that II Tulsa would
get out and secure "A complete
count she could show a larger pop
ulstlon than oklahoma city. Speak
ers who have been at work on the
enumeration declare that they are
convinced That the city is easily the
!. largest In the state, and that the
'fflrge number of people who are
m 'Ssed hy the enumerators is the
only danger that stands in the way
" Tnisa having the best showing in
the federal census when complete.
oklahoma city has a school pop
ulation Of 10000, according TO r..
/. peehly, census supervisor there,
aid Mr.. Henthorne. The 1910 cen
sls showed that there were AS
adults per school child. which would
make the present population S5,12O.
gut oklahoma city is eXcrjing
avery effort to prevent Tulsa from
passing her. They are canvassing
every block in the city to see that
no one has been missed and it is up
10 US to do the same. All we need to
pass them is an accurate count OF
every person living in Tulsa, moth
ing more" he said.
But - is not merely the name OF
being a bigger city than the capital
that Tulsa is striving for. The
larger the records OF the 1920 CEN
sus shows her to be the more rep
resentation she will be entitled to
for the next 0 years. the more state
road funds she will receive, and also
the more federal aid she viii obtain
In good road movements and other
enterprises. For these reasons and
others the Kiwanis voted = indOrse
the activities Of the census commit
lee who are striving TO gain for
4 Tulsa the name to which they be-
leye her entitled, the largest city
IN Oklahoma.
William +. Stahl. speaking in the
interests Of the local boy scouts, re-
aled the assistance that the boys
had rendered during the census, and
every other patriotic, national and
civic move. "Tulsa's biggest prob
lf{ is the hoy problem" he said
dtaring that tho scout organiza-
10 offered the ideal solution Of the
problem. He secured the indorsa.
menI of the club for the hnanCia
campaign that is to be waEcd here
IN order that the city may keep 1t.
scout work.
The Law and Order league,
which has been formed here will
more than 1000 mem bers, was dis
Slssed by S. ID. Pickering, president
| lie declared that a public OffiCia