The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18
62,572 Miles in
Is Years Service
HudSon's Record

service ana who has watched the
city grow from a little village to q
a city OF sSyscrapcrs and the worlds
oil metropolis. Tho first Of the
first four carriers In Tulsa following
the inauguration of ihc FREQ dellv.
cry service IN 1905. Hudson has ear.
ried mail for tho business district
or parts of Il ever since. with the
exception OF two years spent In the
residential district Eighteen years
ut continuous service. walking tho
streets for Uncle Sam In Nit. tIud.
sons record.
Hudson wore no apCc'Nmetor.
Put he doesn't need ono to know an.
proNimatoly how many miles he hna
walked during the time that he has
boon carrying mall for Tulsa people.
lf no could have walked "A atrnisht
limo around tho world ana tread the
watcrs, during the rs years Of his
service, he would have journCyed
around tho globe twice and half
around, a distance OF 62,672 milca.
lilo has boon 5,216 days making that
record. ana he has carried b2l,gOO
pounds, or moro thnn half "A million
pounds Of mail during that time.
THIS. Hudson believes. h. u con-
sentative estimate. In reality. he be-
liovcs he would be safe In saying
that he has carried moro than that
amount.
but whom he talks or his service
record with most interest and on
thusiasm II IL not In terms OF milcs
and pounds ana days but IN terms OF
people. For It Is the people he IN
serving, the people with whom he
Ia associated and the people who
mako his days pleasant. And n
was In this connection that ne pnid
that people don't change, although
the CITY In which they live may have
changed completely. Folks, whcth-
or they do business In %16-atory build
ings OF In little brick houses boast
ing ~ ono or two stories don't vary
much And Hudson has seen ire
mcndous changes IN 1'ulsn.
Having served In the Spanish
American war, goth Kansas, under
tn" late Colonel Funston, he was
mustered out, took the civil service
examination and for moro than four
years was mail carrier in Indcpond
enco, Kan. May !, 1903. he came
to Tulsa. The town then Ind n pop
ulation OF between 1900 and 10000
people. There were four carriers,
and Hudson was the first Of them
to give service. or tho tour. no ia
the only one loft In service here; l..
y. Lynch ~ carrying mail In Noo-
dcaha and the other two have quit
The service and entered other lines
Of business. Elmer y. Moore ~
manager OF the Hale Hardware
company and Milo +. Reed IN with
HIS brother In the oil business In
Wclcctkn. In that early days llud-
son was the only business carrier:
his route was from Fourth and
Main TO the katy, all OF the business
houses on First street and all OF
them on Third street. Which meant
the entire business district for all
tho business houses In existence
then were within that territory.
Since That time seven additional
have been added for the
business district, and instead OF
carriers, Tulsa has Il to dis
mail 10 It's 72.075 people.
People nre nearly always pleas
mt IT you are, I have found" IIud.
iun said the other day, MS he re-
some of his early experiences.
There always nrc grouchoE
wherever you 70. you know, but ]
ave learned that YOU can pretty
icarly make friends wherever you
10. ! remember n woman
Who was grouchy and cross. I didn't
ct hor attitude make any difference
o me at all, and occasionally when
was opportunity or she asked
/ I would do little favOrH for her.
{ wasn't long until she was one 81
ny best friends.
"Who are ~ploasantor 90 deal with.
ION or women? That's n hard
ucTtiOn TO answer Women. OF
curse, have more time to chat with
s.N NJ. 80 "a Ill 80. 800. 800.
led. But as a rule both men and
omen have time for q pleasant
'ord. l think pcrhapA that young
iris arc more glad 10 see me than
nybody olse. / know. Of course,
they welcome me 70 warmly
ocHusc they are looking for letters
their swccthcarts; / can always
I'll when there's something like
hat going on
81 believe that there are not many
eople who realize that mail carriers
re doing them favOrs very often.
Instance, opening up the mail
lck on the street and giving them
heir mail, or coming back for a
that Is TO mailed, we are not
opposed to do these things. but we
ways are. Most people take them
Jr granted.
But as far as people changing,
ley haven't. Folks are Just the
here In Tulsa as they used 20
70 me. OF our many changes
place in other ways-building. !
change and all ~that-that per-
APPS ! don't notice 80 much because
have been right here all the time
20 me they have been gradual
remember some OF the old places
those first ycnrs that I uRcd TO
forward 10 making. Gctman's
rug store was one OF them, and
ale Hardware company. Then
was Wanderers The store
located In the same place as n
is, but Of course Was run on a
Iuch smaller scale then. n was
Ill Of boys and girls and they al
ayr had n pleasant greeting and
antcr 10 exchange with me-, when
| used 10 make the Pioneer Tclc-
hone building II a located at
ocOnd ana Main, and there we're
My about lOl people In n then ,
hat was another one Of my ~iavOrite .
! used TO enjoy the Palace, =
hen n waH at lid South Main y
he old First National, whore the =
pcurity state building rs now WAS J
10 lirat nvc-stOry building In town
was fillcd With attorneys and oil y
zen ana was u mighty pleasant
10 make. The Central Na- n
pnal was another nice place To 20. y
hat bank was located whore the %
oudall drUg store a. Tor the FIRST u
a. q 900 900 #-UNN 10. . ID