The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-25


These are the men who attribut"
selfish and even criminal intentions
TO the biggest and best Of our city
builders. 10 the men who give OF
their time and their money freely
In order to promote something which
will benefit the community and in
spire greater confidence In IL by
those on the outside, Such meU'
charged graft In those early day
railroad transactions. These are the
type OF men who said there was
graft In the acquisition OF Kendall,
the construction OF she schools, the
building Of tho sewer system, the
purchase of the parks, etc.
Because inevitably they measure
all men by their own standards of
morality and dcocncy. But always
Tulsa has gone ahead and gone up
ward. Always it has disregardcd
the men who wanted the town to re
main scandalous little neighbOt-
hood Of quiet and ease.
There was the man who objected
to paving extension because 1t would
| spoil his truck garden. Today that
/ former truck garden IL bower Of
| beauty. one of the choice resident
| neighborlioods OF the cpty IL to be
I found in that truck garden of ten
/ years ago. AS truck garden the
land was worth perhaps $500 an
acre, Today II is worth that much
per front foot; probably more. And
the small-t0wn man who very hon.
estly sought to prevent progressive
development because his garden
| would be spoiled and because ne
| couldn't pay the taxes, is far be.
! yond the need OF gardening and has
ample means tn pay all taxes. n,
may still be 4 small-toWn man, OPP
posing an inspiring water project
and demanding Shell creek and
Mud creek. We don't know But II
he will think and think seriously he
viii change his mind.
i The Other Kind.
And there was that other man
a business man, tOO--a merchant
n He owned several blocks in most
unsiEhtly part of the suburbs. Tn'
very thought Of taxes made him
sick. SO he opposed every form oi
city Improvement not only for his
immediate section, but Tor a,l ih'
city lie honestly preferred llgut-
ming bugs to street lamps, dust t'
paving, the well to water il an,
house. And he didn't get the ilca
Of folks going outdoors 20 sleep anu
indoors 10 attend natures demands
He'was an honest man and 1r
otherwise splendid citiZru. But Inc
had the habit Of looking through tho
wrong end Of the telescope. He had
! lots 10 scll-lots of lots. And thcS
were needed for city expansion. But
he stood a block to necessary i'm
pruvemcnt. Finally there was CON
siderably quiet buying In hia sec
tiOn. Then as quietly when the nec'
cssary frontage had been acquired
application was made for Improve
ments and the progressive c,rN al
ministration ordered the improve
ments to be made. Tho poor mar
nearly had prostratlon over that fou
conspiracy.
IL made him a wealthy man. Tina
section Of the city Is today beauti
; ful residence section. But the tltl
builders had 90 run over the small
town citizen I'm order 10 benefit him
; Again let It be said that Tulsa ha
! had an everlasting fight with it
small-town minds and men. The
r have stood Ike infatuated bulls II
! tho path Of progress always. An'
= they are standing there today II
the matter Of ti6 greatest thing IN
: city builders have ever attempted
r tho solution Of TulsI's wate
supply
The Big Step NCNt,