The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-24

southwcsu Not only do they ang there. in that
green field" but they may bc heard chanting
their llt,uy Of peace from iho trees in evory
dooryard throughout the city. answered, anon.
too. by the gophor or,kcta vino. on this ragged
edge of civilization. are not deferred from up
hruring their noses from amid the grais roots
and Joining their voiccs ir the chorus ot the
small wild NE that yet remains ana that
nightly. during tho open season, @ooth"s the
tired nerves Of real people with "a sorcnado
AN look hard says our critic. "au live on
oil. have q vague feeling that In oklahoma
ihe limitations OF morals and Of law are The
Limitations ut by ue police, and occasionally
by lynch law. Here is the now edition ot Brandy
GuIch"
An instance Of fine writing. regardless Of
fnrta 10 ls so easy FOR writing men 90 eay things
n thoy can bring themselves 10 utterly disregard
tho consequence of what they say
Now We do mot think that an Tulvan' lool,
hard. We coutoas rho average partially for
our own. and 20 JuHitabc pride IN our COM
muuty. dscouutug 10 that extent what wo are
about 10 soy. W. sim insist that there ia biz
more than tho average per cent Of Tuiaans who
arc perfectly easy 90 look at ana who nm Tho
eye completely during tho moment II l' cn-
gagged.
A. for 'Iiving on Olive have heard o. said
that thcrc oro those who do tallo 10 FOR their
siomachp snkc. nut not nh do And besides,
thcrc nrc various Kinds of oil, II not produced
iu Tulsa, M lons, used in Tulsa. Petroleum, 30
We must give our critic some Information, is
merely used for internal combustion engines and
external lubrlcation--to overcome friction, such
aa is caused by steel coming in contact with
atocl, crcditore bankers. c'c. Likewise. tho
fraction caused by national prohibition coming
in contact with violent appctitc-but In this
latter case only for the purpose OF purchasing
the necessary lubricant
n Mr. George had remained ia Tulsa thirty
days instead Of thirty hours he could have ac-
quircd some useful Information. He could have
discovered that so far from Tulsn's morals ana
law being limited to mere police requirements
that a much smaller percentage OF Tusa's popu-
Iation encounters the law during given twelve
months than Of London New york that IL
requires q smaller proportlonote number OF
"buln" 10 maintain better order ana afford
better protection In Tulsa than in either of the
villages last mentioned. We say ho could have
discovered those facts. but OF course do not
promise that he would.
HAD no sought information in the places
where Information Turks ana is to be had for
the asklng he could have ascertained another
startling fact. to-wlt: That although TO his
tender mind Tulsa seems 10 be place whore
civilization iosles the wild, must travel
much farther from the environs OF Tulsa to
secure hunting fishing an outing amid
primeval nature than from the environs Of
New York city or even London.
The older towns have beat to fraazlc
when II comes to higher forms Of civilization.
We can boast gun men nor murder gangs.
We have neither lords nor lackes hut are
ambitious, we are quick TO learn and we are
progressing Eventually, have little doubt.
we may turn out tho guard 10 welcome some
degenerate son OF a senile and altogether use
less line OF English nobility. Unti then, we
must merely coyet. not receive. the good opinion
OF the occasional English writing man.