The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
Lots Bought for $500 and
$500 Later Sold for
princely Figures
OLD. D.TIMERS ALL FIXED
MANY Of Them Made Their
pie as Values Increased
From a Few Bucks
ey FAITH HlERoNYMUs

a,,f. f.y wears since the city came
Int, ...re. has been an investment
...,..t .t.r.Iifir returns lie who has
! ~, .,.i. money on Tulsa property is
:, .Ln never Put any money INTO II.
If lust "A few instances OF
kSyas .0w and ~ or Is years ago
yh,.rs .n.t tho statement that lots
~. sY.r.d in .aluc as th v changed
ss,t....I chat "A man who has teua-
..o...y hang onto property through
i1, r.t.I - changing values Is
nearly .u position to retire and
,r,y.i ,.- the rest of his days.
col Iynch u Pioneer Dealer.
Ia trr.. 1902, "a deed signed by
chi.f T. Porter of tho Muskogee
,,,.sr and secretary OF the Interior
T.hou Hitchcock gave TO colonel
iyrrn. possession of the lOpNl 4O-ioot
Ia, a. tuu corner OF what Is now
third and cincinnati for a Considcra-
rrn OF fiO0. That property, upon
vh.rh tho Lynch building now stands
f. ,anu,d at $350,0O0.
Tho Bliss building corner, Third
ami Man. sold in 1900 for $1,000. to
snnraI.. its value now at half a mill
uor dollars ia "A reasonable estimate.
.r,,. I.. is lOONl40 feet and Is COW
cred now hy the Bliss building Kress
store and the RialtO theater. The
prhiaslr hotel site sold as late as
-qro ION $3.50: the corner whore
tbe Bank Of Commerce now stands
wa, hrrEh, hv T. r. Turner In 1S9S
for sI.uO and was sold 70 the Bank
=. Commerce 'hrnn years ago for
.300 Ouu. It's value is doubtless ap-
prti.c5 AZ closn TO half million
now. The half block on Third upon
4. a. =
chan, Bank buildings now stand
brought $3.50 in '9S; at that time
this ground. now in the heart of the
downtown business district, ana
up1n which is built one OF the most
sala,iai bank buildings in the coun-
81. was covered by u residence.
Ground value of this property is APP
proximatcly half million dollars at
this time
Three Men Started School System.
When Whites!de Of Muskogoe
bought the Dan Hunt lot in 1900 it
meant an expenditure of $500 for
him: some years later that ground
sold for $350.OOO. This was a part Of
the old Presbyterian Indian mission.
The site for tho old Central school
house being razed this summer, was
bought from the government. was
: q
c!tizenG-J. NJ. Hall j. FOrsythc, and
Col T.. c. Cawkins and turned
over 10 the city schools. This was
the old mission grounds and its
boundaries were described in effect
in the decd as extending from the
apple tree In the corner of Mrs.
Banks yard to such and such a
place In the road" and marked the
beginning II the building up Of the
prescr. system of school buildings.
The school authorities later rcim-
bursed this group OF public spirited
citizens for money expended and the
building now being torn down 10
make room for a modern office ana
administration building constructed
!. aHq.ys the site.
Il xrhr First 1Nvo-Story Building.
\ kSThe pioneer town in the embryonic
stages ot its mushroom growth
stirred In expectancy on tho first day
that sandstone. mincu ana quarried
at Dawson, was hauled into the
streets uf the city ana deposited near
tho site upon which stands the
building at First and Main that now
houses the Lyric thCdter. This was
the first twp-stOry stone building In
VISA, and at the time it was built
Il Ms undoubtedly tho best looking
building Of its kind in the state Of
Oklahoma. Built by Il. T.. Lynch
Primarily to house a mercantile
business IT'S second floor accommQ-
Qal q tho government commissioner
hor", ana court was held there as
well L. ID. Lindsay WIS the contrac-
toG A. that time it cost Lynch sS,-
200 TO erect that building; it prob
sb.y would cost about $4,000 to
uuild i' now.
O'd timers remember Jane Wolf.
the Crock indian woman who built
ana ram the first hotel Of any proper
uoh Ia town whose hotel appraise-
men's. with their exquisite service.
h'E lounges de luxe and their mod
tEh equipment run into the millions
now and are tnOw from coast TO
S.""t This first IN was the old ST.
emo. l. stood on the site near
,n' Frisco tracks covered now by the
heri Center building. As nearly as
HpAc"i. .In remember the shrcwd
pN IHa'n woman. who was n slave
! N tHe days before the Civil war and
wv has arcn dead now these Is or
". !."'S. was the first owner OF the
~ s mos. commodious host clry, H.
=, am .Hn. who Ives now a. Denver
hHI seventh streets was it's later
.tlA' va ~ ui1 lllf l'N u =
'"'A service schedule was covered
py t.0g'. train a day that came in
over The single track any time be-
'"''n mluight and noon. The sta
.lN Was nD the other side of the
TTa'h lH hose days, and the st.
-.iH' "as conveniently situated for
.'l.' 'E 'rayclers. II is difficult for
alt"h.'r 'o get by those early days
s."'a' making conversational
.'II Z. include the reasons why
VI. tI'. service was as singular, in
.re .ruF' senses than one, as it was. The
"." NtS expected when II was
"l ana its laborious, smoke in
..t distance was signal enough for
49, 'ihN.h ing arrival II 1t was par
"'' I' late. II was very likely that
,t boys had got off to shoot
d,".'' 'hckens or wild turkey or
S,,'I, occasionally n panther or a
Ih'a'n lion were to be found
S.hS '.o lotions and wolves were
.ltmiiiar. Travellers used TO
* r1nds along sometime, and
t""t I'g coons along the Nerdigris
,, NNllc the engineer, willingly
S."' "oncd, waited oblieingly or per-
""Pa mn self Joined in the hunt.
-, why the Streets Twist
p,tHe Fain itself was made up Of n
Nv 80 10. ot everything; a sort Of
S'"aN hungarian Eoulash. 1t car.
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