The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-07

Oklahoma right here on the nnks oi
the Arkansas We have but one rail-
road system it's true. But we'll 20
out buy us more
How Faith IL Sometimes Horn.
They kept saying those ridiculous
things. And presently for such Is
the peculiar process of the human
mind. they came to believe in them
selves and the vision they had con
jured. And 40 they dreamed dreams.
And having dreamed them set att
work, ike good artisans, with skin.
and Drawn and sinew and money. to
make those dreams come true
That was only twenty years ago
thls summer
\. that time Sapulpa was ahead
and going fas;-Muskogec the capital
OF the territory and the pcttcd dar-
ling Of paternal government, was
not only proud, but arrogant Okla
homa city lordcd it over all the hal
lands and Gutheric, while the fear
Of decadencc had already begun 20
gnaw at her heart, still claimed pris
macy by reason OF her. past .mpor-
tauCe
on February 2S. 1890, Tulsa anSs
reported to the comptroller OF the
treasury deposits agfregatinE So
529. 29.22y.35--almost as much as the
combined deposits OF all thos' towns
Just named who We're her sup"riOrS
and unCumpromIsinE critics twenty
years ago. Both the first uti second
bank in the state are located IN
Tulsa
ON March 5. there appeared In
th" public prints comparative
sta euent OF building operations in
which the dozen leading cities OF the
southwest we're named including
Kansas city. Tulsa the town on ,hc
Kansas city. Tulsa, the town on the
month OF February by upwards OF
million dUllars--i's neaT,s Conpotl-
tor IN the = ate by cuusiiet ably more
than Two to one
The census figures arc yet 90 he
announced. The capital Of the state
has been claiming a population con.
siucrauly in excess OF hundred
/ thousand Tulsa. more modest, hl,
claimed approximately eighty thou
sand. But there is a whisper. sliu
to be inspired, going the rounds that
thu capital will show only y tvifle
more than eighty thousand, and tha'
there is a real possibility OF Tulsa
. exceeding that
The Visions and the dreams OF
F those Tulsa boomers" as they were
called back yondor, have come true.
/ And. the delightful thing about it al
/ ~ that most Of them are living not
/ only to rcvcl in the joys II fun re-
allation, but are snll booming for
bigger and a better Tulsa"
Tulsa. Oklahoma's Metropolis.
Whether the latest census gives
/ Tulsa population in excess of It's
/ only rival IN the state remains 20
/ tc determined But one thing .s not
disputed by any man That ls that
/ before he next federal census IN
. 1880. the city on the Arkansas viii
/ have passed all rivals in the state
IN point OF population. Its destiny
.s no longer disputed. Another town
. viii be the capital OF the state. but
, Tulsa will be the metropolis. the fl
naneial capital and tho industrial
ccut"r not only OF oklahoma but Of
. the southwest,
u iS written.
have said That would not men
ton names. But | feel impe,Cd TO
/ make one exception, favOring a fine
old character who rendered Tulsa
. much greater service than has been
generally known. That exception is
the late Capt J, NJ Puscgate, who
came TO Tulsa the first year OF state.
. llNNAs hbhr T bhtkAAv Wa u Va ffdl4
| OF the editorial desk, having served
prominently in Missouri in both
/ journalism and politics. lie left Ok
/ lahoma city TO locate in Tulsa, but
only after ne had looked over and
I into every ambitious town in the
/ state
And he came preaching the doc
/ trlre OF eventual supremacy for this
/ community His faith was un-
bounded, his courage sublime, HIS
/ per,iRac!ty marvellous. Az the CORE
spondent OF the Manufactures Rec
ord he wrote columns and pages
setting forth the advantages OF Tul-
sa's location how the God OF things
had designed her from the moment
she went onto the anvil Of evolution
20 be mart and industrial center.
His preaChments were mot con
4 fined 10 the printed page. For he