The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-15
ruuIIlI,E OF TIE WET.

r,.n the artistry Of the reporter wa" NV
n.b,e of taking from Harry s'nciars '"'.''',
IN Tbo world, an almost pathcuc fes''t ="
n,onaid tribute he pays Tulsa, lts '"P''
,nld,rs." and the spirit of the great west
c,oa,,v. Harry Sinclair though at inc "'"'
,, ,ytao orranization enscon%d IN u'e
- ,,v,r,, no.,essing power and influence
very unusual in a man OF his age an" cNp'
,,h = fu,urc of unlimited promise homes 'o'
the land where men are stili men, whero '"'''
,uros a ,vne Of knighthood that yet towcrS'
where the heart OF independence anu H'"'''
,aoo,. bcats with positive time and uniaHe''"S
regularity
,.rhere is no city In the country In which
wou,d rather live than right here In Tulsa says
the oil man. To he sure not. For " was nor'
,,a, bi. triumphs were first recorded. here
that his real friends and associates are 70 DE
found, here that he must ever ana Always "r"
In memory for his most profound Satisfaction
and happiness "A western man s never salts
fled in the east" he added
And nc spoke gospel truth. How many having
succecded to anscx,ent that led them 10 behoVo
they had outgrown their field In literature ART
finance or Industrial exploitation nave SOUGHT
the lure of the metropolis In the fond nope 'h"'
,here md there alone lay contentment' ON! 'o
heat their souls out against the bars OF narrow
,onventionaIity, their own happine" oe"s
found In n simulated and hypocritical fawhhs
from those who have learned the art OF making
1t pay.
Nor 4. birth I'm the west essential 10 the ac-
auistion OF that appetite which can heV'r ''
satisfied elsewhere. How many nave oo"'
west. since the days OF early pilgrimage W WV
.u ,,.,aa their minds filled with patronizng
sentiments for the natives VINO nave nVe' W
aiscoyer how impossible the old home ana i'S
atmosphere is7 very great many 'ha' '''
writer has come to cnumerate among "'' p''
sonal friends. Romance Is thus written INTO
the lives Of icgions
There IN n sweep In the praries, freedom
In the atmosphere. disregard for 'he eo"V'"
tons, and Independence OF thought and ae"on'
and a splendid humor in the ease with wh'oh
mere forms are swept aside that takes ho'o vi
the Imagination and breeds an enduring atfee-
ton.
There are thousands of western men easily
capable of making themselves at ease In the
east when from'timc to time they are by bust
ness called there, ,for the best type of west
eruer IL the greatest cosmopoite on carthp but
who ever saw a typical down easter" that
could fit himself into the west excepting through
years OF probationary effort and close apPlica-
ton?
It IL easy to respect the north Atlantic sea-
beard. II IL easy to feel an immense pride IN
it's achievements, past and present. But to love
ito become attached to it-that liz possible
only In one who was born and reared there and
who never came west. But for the great west,
TO visit 1t even flectingly is To acquire COM
peling appetite for more; while to crafty that
appetite is to contract a habit of deep and abid-
ing affection tha' only death can end.
In the biggest ana best sense, the west Is an
empire without an emperor" both physically
and mentally!