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was not forthcoming because the
city treaAurN like Mother Hubbard q
shelves was bare. Thcu the mcu OF
the city got ont and solicited ih'
money. this was regular monthly
occurrence Tor while.
AZ for that. 1t was that spirit that
built Tulsa. During those early
years ot Tulsa's existence ~ "A city
its builders worked an tho time.
night aud day to make out Of tho
rough little frontier town city
founded ON sound civic ana bus -
ness basis. After working all day
long, Tulsa men would tax and dis
cuSs ana plan until midnight aud
after. Then. having laid their plans.
they went out and executed them.
That was the way they got the rail
roads hrrc--i just simply went out
and got them. Up one street and
down unuthrr--"wc need 80 much
from you aud they got II. Many
tx the time that these builders uf
Tulsa, men with talth and vision.
have borrowed money to give to city
building. not knowing when they
could pay 1t back. Having decided
that a certain thing was necessary
for the growth OF the city. they got
out and Eot ~. No procastinntiuu,
no dreaming without action here,
lie Was Towns Collector.
81 have seen the time" said col
onol Lynch, when my friends would
dodge me II they saw me coming a
/ block away. | was always 'n,l"C'- -
ing money for something. nnd the
/ boys got 10 that If they sdNH mo
coming their way they knew what
was up"
But collecting money was not the
/ least of the Coloncls troubles. The
] first ordinances ever passed by the
/ first administration Of Tulsa were
prohihitory; they prohibited the
practice of allowing COWS to run loose
| about tho town. OF letting hogs rove
about the streets AZ their pleasure,
/ and of shooting quail on Main street
The last ,proviso was the ons tina,
proved a'Jonah to the colonel and
other Of his friends. win Emmett
. Smiley and Lon StanabrrTy, The col
Oncl was arrested ana hai"d into
court for the hcinOus crime nf shOuy-
/ ing quail In town; with .hCi. guns
they had invaded the apple orchard
on the sit whore tn" Elks clubhouse
now stands at Boulder and Third
and SHOT the elusive foul
| The town marshall happened to be-
/ on the job about that time and thu
. WY was h''bl hlnslN tU
/ riched Another time the colonel
/ having failed to profit by that stern
. lesson, and repeating the off"nse at
/ First and Boulder, was again arrest
/ ed and fined S5--a fine later re-
mittcd for good behavior"
Tulsa was incorporated as a city
the 18th OF January. 1898. The first
official records show that X. n by,
mum was mayor In 1899 and 1900
with T, T.. Smiley, ]. NJ Morrow
and J. II. Pcrryman, aldermen. J. II
McAllcster, recorder, and George G.
Seidleman, city attorney. Bynum
~O lives now I'm Tulsa with his
daughter. Mrs. Herbert Woodland,
sery6< as mayor earlier, with his
/ only assistant Charley Roberts. the
| .own marshal, ana with his other
/ duties as mayor augmented by that
/ OF performing the ritual that insured
two hearts beating IA one. In those
! days marriage licenses couldn't be
/ obtained here, the prospective bride
groom had to travel to Muak ogcc or
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"A speech. II may have had to do with
the trials and tribulations of the
farmers Of the land. Senator y In
painting the picture may have stated
that 90-odd per cent OF all the farm
ers are facing bankruptcy and that
unless congress legislatcs a remedy
there will not be any farmers left in
the country.
The stcnographic report is sent to
Senator y. He looks 1t over.
Ninety PEI cent bankrupt" he
may murmur to himself, seems a bit
high. Perhaps Ia bottcr make IL rs
or even 80 per cent" and so 1t Is that
when the Record is printed Senator
X can cite IL ~ the official authority
for his assertion that the situation
was mot quite so bad as the Corrc-
spOndcnts who heard him speak
quoted him as saying IT was And the
Record being official the disclaimer
stands for all time.
Again Senator r may have left out
something that will make the speech
better reading for the fdlk back
home. lie finds "A convenient place
and quietly slips in the necessary ad-
ditiOnal sentence or paragraph and
the home papers, that arc on his
mailing list, receive the Record ana
print what he said, AZ woll as what
he did not say Of course. what the
blue pencil accomplished remains q
mystery So far as the ordinary reader
Of the Record H. concerned, That
fcatur, Of the censorship Is forgot
ten with the oud of the dav.
As for putting into the Record
speeches that are never spoken. that
is a privilege exercised principally hy
members Of tn" lower house. In the
senate member ordinarily may
speak just ns Ion. ~ he mayhold opt,
he IT measured IN hours or days.
once he gets the floor. senator 90 r
hold II az long as his voice continues
TO function.
But II Is different I'm the house. In
that chamber. whore the rules ar"
more strict and whore debate can he
controlled by the majority leaders "a
member can talk just 80 long and
not one minute longer. Iut he has a
way Of getting around that. for he
can pad the Record by the "eXtcn-
sion Of remarks" method, which per-
mits a member to write a speech and
have II printed. MIR. Sucakcr and
all" in the Record. Tho debate on
the particular measure on which ne
wishes 20 express his views may take
place today and n week or 10 days
later the Congressional Record will
print the speech that WAS never
spoken, and II win be IN the Record
as an "eNtrnsion OF the remarks of
the Hon. SO-an-SO"
II costs the taxpayers Of the COun
CONTINUED OH FACE THREE
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the colonel inquired. "and aid he
had served with me oversoas?"
THAT was Johnny H" the
chairman replied" Hes "A great
disappointment to the town"
why" the colonel asked.
Welt" mid the chairman.
Johnny was something OF hero,
guess when he came back the
whole town met him at the station.
We named park In his honor
elected him to life mcmberBhlp in
tho board Of trade, and gave him II
place in one uf our largest banks.
That was year ago. Today he Is
back at his old Job In lumber yard
and has dropped completely out OF
hRht,"
The young r, II, leaned forward,
His face WAS drawn and his lower
Jaw shot out At familiar angle.
"And the man is alb -lutc-ly
right" he ruHrcd. shaking his fist
In the faces Of the astoulshcd local
committee.
Il have seen that happen too
many times hc continued, sharply.
Tho home town Of a returned hero
usually makes a perfect monkey OF
him. II droHpcs him up IN fine
clothes. sticks him IN . place Whlch
has no earthly relation 20 anything
else he mas ever done In his life, ana
then expects him 10 bc success.
sine times out Of ten the man fans,
the town lusos interest IN him and
he slips back into h,a old rut, and
very naturally h"COmcH malCon-
tent. You are tho ones at fault. In
stead ~ placing this man IN bank,
why didn't you put him In his prop
40 NHt .F. trE .f4f ia "a
right way IN The right place. Johnny
II is perfectly right IN his attl'
tudr."
This was like his father--but II
was not imitation. II came spOn'
tlucouslv. straight from the hear
tuaud shoulder. and without fear oi
favor for his uncomfortable hosts
II was the old spirit Of fair play, tn,
square deal and the inherent Rousc
Welt sympathy for the underdOg.
81 knew your father"
II is probable that the young r. X
heard that one remark $1,000 times
from $4,000 individual Americans, on
that first tour as "A political speaker
| lie heard IT from the lips Of men and
women In all walks Of life and In al
/ parts Of the country. Each OF then
/ raid IL as though II were being sait
. for the first tlmc--CagcTly, Trvrrrnt'
~ and affcctlOnatcly--a the young
y q vac always Glad ia hear It
/ Isn't that finc2' he would usually
rNclaim, and he would always in
uuiru where they had known him
His inquiry would frequently bring
forth some simple rcminisccnn'
which was plainly precious to the
man or woman relating it,
We'll now. isn't that interesting
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Congressional Record ":Padded Up"
With SOlOn Talks NeUer Uttered

statesman from the valley of the va
zoo said something nice to his friend
Reed and he smiled n pleasant mes
sage in the direction OF the thorough
ly aneered gentleman from North
Dakota" Very slowly the tension re
laxed. McCumber sent for the stem
ographic record and read what he
had said. and Reed, after listening,
said he had misunderst ood the North
Dakota senator. John Sharp Williams
continued to pour oil on the waters.
When the senate adjourned the
chamber was as peaceful as Quaker
Camp-meeting.
Tho story OF the Reed -McCumber
fracas was published from ocean to
ocean and from the lakes To the
gulf. But no paper printed the story
In full. There was Just one nuhlica-
lion left in all America In position
to record the affair in all it's details
and that was the Congressional Rec
ord But not one word to indicate
that any unplcnsantncss had marked
the aftermath uf the bonus recon-
nitmcnt was TO he found in the Rec
ord
Something had happened. Tho
most complete censorship in America
had accomplished its work History
bv the Congressional RcCdrd shows
got ono word Of what happened In
ne senate in the few minutes that
preceded and followed the uttcring
OF the word "hlackguard' 10y tn"
senior senator from Missouri As in
other instances Of similar nature that
have occurred In other years those
responsiblr for tho trouble had cen
PCrcd'' II from tho Record. The arr
chives OF congress contain no word
of what occurred, and future genera %
tions who read the record of the
closing day of the bonus debate VIII
have every reason 10 think that July
Is, 1921, was just an ordinary pleas
ant afternoon in the senate.
What is this censorship that pre-
walls in the scnutc and In the house
II is a privilege as old ~ tho houses
of congress that gives to each senator
and congressman the right To correct,
TO revise and 10 delete, and, in the
case of the house. also to pad the
/ Congressional Record In so far as
that official publication concerns a
members own spoken utterances,
When senator makes a speech, bo
n short or long. pleasant or III tent
nered. he receives within a few min
,,tes after he takes his seat copy
Of the stcnographlc record II is a
cony that IL triple spaced, leaving
nlenty Of room Tor any corrections,
,.yisions or ohlitcTations that the
author of the speech may see III 70
make.
For instance, senator Y has made
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Presidents Insistence
Brought Tax Reduction;
His Greatest Victory

spe.a. 70 The world.
WASHINGTON. -- The most sue
,sssfll stroke of the national admin
.s,ro,ion has Just been put over by
president Harding. who has won out
=, his p'an for tax reduction. Com
JARED with total expenditures aRgrc-
r,,irr something like 5000, 600. 900
yo,r. mere matter of $500. 900
nav not seem much. but when 1t is
,o,s.d.rcd that the S555, 600 600
which congress proposes to save the
,vpavere through n general roduC-
-g,o and rearrangcmcnt ot taxes is
-, much as the total annual eXpcndi-
,,,rcs NJ congress a few years ago,
tho importance OF this saving be-
comes apparent.
Not only is there a saving OF more
,h,n 81 year for each man, woman
.rd child in the United states.
through this tax reduction, but II
means thc elimination of tho taxes
vhich have proved most burdcnsomc
=, different classes OF people and
against which the gSeatcst objection
h,s been manifested, The elimina-
.ion Of thr excess profits tax Is
,,pectrd TO encourage a resumption
NJ business, along both Industrial
and commercial lines, since the gov
eminent no longer proposes To take
most ~ the profits of every sue
cessful business enterprise. And the
romoyll Of the nuisance tax" as
that on articles sold over the coun-
,ers and collected at the time uf
sale has been called, will restore
millions ~ people TO good humor.
after they have been finding fault
end complaining for years because
ot,his tax.
VT. the great point in tho tax
pLram. finally agreed upon after
the presidents insistence, is not the
elimination NJ the excess profits tax.
or the wiping out of the nuisance
tax" Il Is the assurance Of economy
IN the operation OF the government
husiness For, without the income.
congress can not be extravagant.
From the start, the president has
Insisted that taxes should be reduced,
Notwithstanding the fact that there
IS persistent demand from every
Imaginable source for increased cx-
renditures. Congress, in effect. said
taxes could only bc cut in the event
f1Al slfliN anu IlE W f'bllplllN II WI
.lced by congress and the various
branches of tho government.
Thercupon congress decided to cut
taxes, whether or no, and to enter
upon a course of economical provi-
sion for the administration of the
governments affairs. so as to keep
expenditures within the amount
which can he raised by taxation.
Instead of imposing taxes to meet
the requirements of expenditures,
congress has adopted the policy of
keeping the governments expendi-
lures within its income. This may
meet with some protest from those
who feel that appropriations for the
work thcy are interested in should
he larger. But the taxpayers, the
great mass Of the people, will GER
'lin,y approve the change in policy.
And the agreement to reduce the
tax burdens. especially IN such n
way az to benefit alike those who
have been paying the excess profits
Of their business to the government,
and those who have been paying
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Young "T. r." a S Spontaneous Image
of His Daddy of Big "Stick" Fame

extremely intorostlng?" the young
r. II. would reply. or, do you
know ! remember father telling us
about that at home" In u surpris-
ing number Of cases he would actu-
ally recall the incidents involved. He
would tell how his father, back at
the white house or oyster Bay after
u campaign tour. had spoken OF the
incident at the dinner table. Occa-
sionally the new r. Il. would find a
grizlled citizen who had known his
father long before no entered the
white house. To him he would say:
"Dld Timer, | want 10 talk with you
before | go. Come around to my
hotel"
"T r. Lives Again" ia the head
Tine which appeared In a Detroit
newspaper after the first appearance
~ IN" new 7. r., In that Roosevelt
stronghold, This newspaper didn't
mean that IN" new r. II. had taken
up the Roosevelt trail at the exact
point whore his father had left II off.
II did mean. though, that the new
r. Il, under the eyes OF a critical
audience, had successfully measured
up to the Roosevelt tradition. 1t
meant that the old Roosevelt spirit,
the old Roosevelt enthusiasm and
love Of folks" lived again in the
new Y. X. and that he was indeed
the worthy son of IA noble father"
This experience was repeated time
ana again on his initial political tour.
Received everywhere with a certain
Sk"pticism. ne won his own way al
most instantly. This was particular
Is true Of his brief swing through
the suCallod Roosevelt country In
Montana and North Dakota. II IL
/ this section of country that
] claims the elder Roosevelt for It's
own. II was here that more was de-
manded ~ the new T. K. than IN any
. other section of the country. And
II was here that ne achieved a genu-
inc triumph The men OF the ranges
aud mines were amazed al the
wealth OF Information concerning IN,
carly vcst which he had absorbed
from his father. They were delight
ed at his intimate reference TO local
traditions and his ability TO speak
their own language. Arrangements
had been made for the young I, II,
to hunt prairie chickens. lie had
made the suggestion himself by Wlre,
and his first inquiry upon rea hlnS
the local hotel was about the antlcl-
mated hunt. when do we start
cunning" %" he inquired, eagerly.
Cunning The prairiemen though
that was ahoN the most amusing
thing they had ever heard They
roorrd Justify. and one of them eN-
claimed. cuOd-naturodly: "Nuu must
.of .ot that from soma OF your Brlt-
ish 'buddies. ever there" II wasn't
|,xartIy Rooscycltian, and II WASH I a.
Ian wCstcru-but they toregave him.
They forgaye him because vVerN-
IihIur plso he had done or said since
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W "''' ''
WASH UlNDWbN. u. c.. Chick
,us ur nahics2 witch. Mr Srun-
tor ie the question Miss Alice Rob-
rttsuu of MuskoRrc. the only Wom-
an iu congress. who has been mvrci-
lyssly attacked hN sonc wumcu hr-
causr of hcr opposition to the Shop-
plrd ToWuct TIN has rropuundcd
10 senator sheppard W TrNa" ana
CONGRESSMAN TuWucr ~ Iowa, Joint
authors of the maternity hin Miss
Robertson has opposed IN" hll az u
federal measure. Hud takes senator
sheppard aud MIR. ruWncr tu task
hrvHusc there IL no Rw IN either
TcNas or Iowa requiring the regis
tratiou " new born babies, or tho
collection ~ certain birth statistics.
although ull and complete intorma-
r.p regarding the chickens In each
of the states rs available.
Having received many lctt"rH or
criticism from women. som" of
them from oklahoma, for her on
puaitiuu to the maternity hill, MISS
Robertson gave out the following
statement regarding the hiil;
The state chairman of IN" Okla
huma League ~ Women Voters. VINO
iH not only my constituent hut a
much appreciated friend, wrot" mo
lUtNl INV tV-Ntli'h li'hN'' NV
bill
we want this hill passed IN ns
present form, that ~ giving the ad
ministlation uf the childrcu's bureau
not To the public health Hcrvic". we
nrc sure that You are lntcroHtrd In
saving I2,OOO mothcrs and 100, 900
bahics' lives each year"
As the only woman in either
bigrNch uf congress, at once upon
assuming duty began efforts tn
inform myself upon pending lcgis-
i,tinu .spa,tHiiy affecting women
and children The maternity bill"
hrinp ,rpocin " nrcu,cd Through
certain lines uf Advertising and pub
licity uY of the most vital impnr-
lance To women. 1 have given II un-
rcnsiug study.
Tho chlldrcn's bureau was appar-
entity tho cruN The SCOPE OF this hu-
rcau found from the act Great
iuV II To he ns followo:
'"rhe said burcnu shall 1nvcsti-
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NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE. NE.-"Lllc
withou; death is not Impossible"
This is the opinion of Sir Arthur
Keith, +. X. s. the famous biologiw
and authfupulDg.St on subject
which has engaged tho deep Interest
OF mankind throughout the ages.
Sir Arthur Keith, who attended
he meeting of the British Medical
association at NewcaStlr,. discussed
iho remarkable experiment made hy
In Alexis CarrcL the famous
Fr.uch-Amrricau scientist. with %
fragment of a chickens heart This
fragment kept in q special culture AT
The Rockefeller instltut" since Jauu-
airy II, 1912, has never ceased To-
grow normally or To- give signs Of i'm
mortality.
While Sir Arthur Keith draws the
conclusion thar immortality 10 not
impossible, he ADDS another, equally
dramatic. Life without death IL
not dcsirahlc.'
SIR Arthur, discussing Dr. Clrrors
experiment, said
Eternal IT." is not Imposs- bile ,
nothing IL impossible.
Doctor Clrrcl, vino IN French by
biiTh. went TO the United Sut's az q
young man. There ~ no protcuso or
humhuE about his work ana II .s to
be taken sCriUug'y.
proving Eternal Life"
"ITc hastak"n "A little patch OF tho
young beating heart OF a chick In
the egg, and he has by special cul-
turc kept - supplied with jelly and
has KEEP, i alive for uin' years This
IL new fact, but il 3, not 10 bee
taken as proving that eternal li,0
I|..
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Chickens or Babies?
Miss Alice Queries
OF Scion Opponents

registration without meddling
usurpatiuu of state powers not TO be
tolerated. Surely there could have
boon no Legislation affecting chill
drcu In the Hyvcrll states and tcrri-
tories" NJ pfsatcr Importance than
this right NJ the new born. BE
cause ~ lack " registration tho
United states can only infer amy
conjecture without facts.
For nine YEARS tho cvcr.lncrcas-
Ing demands ~ the childrcn's bu-
rcau for money and employees bavc
boon met by appropriations Why
not greater sucooss7
Tho worst possible lie is Of the
Fort that Annaulas and Sapphira
told truth, but not the whole truth
Statistics presented by tho pro-
pouonts of he maternity bill"
might lind difficulty In passing the
Anunuils test without complete
statistics. which are not To bc had,
the sob stuff' claim that ESQ babies
die every day tstutrmcut Mrs. Flor
onco Kelley page p. Public Pro-
lection Of Maternity and Infancy"
Govt rrtg, office. I92D is absurd
on the face OF II and quite In keep
/ ing with her comparison OF congress
men TO iicrod Tho bill does not
-
anco, or milk or baby clothes. Its
salient feature II not tangible help
" tn" Kind that the general public
iutcrs would be given, but the os-
tnhlishmcnt of an nutocratic. unde-
fined, practically uncontrolled, yet
fcdcrally authorized, center OF pro-
pnEnndn.
Proverbs, Sth chapter, 10th and
lith verses says.
"Receiv" my instruction. and not
silver: and knowledge rather than
choice gold. For wisdom is better
than rubics; and all the things that
mny i've desired are not to bo com
pared To IT,"
All the bill promises Is 'Jnstruc-
tion," and they who believed differ
entity viii have Wisdom better than
ruhics" for future guidance.
Besides the popular name OF the
maternity bill" =. 1899. passed
hN the senate July 20, 1921. IL also
called the Sheppard -Towner bill.
Senator sheppard who carried II
Ia an almost unanimous vote In the
senate. has. for 10 years. represent
ed the great commonwealth of Texas
at the national capitol. first In the
house and then In the senate. IL is
perhaps. not an unfair inferncc thnt
Ike persistent and insistent in
| terest and zeal In behalf OF tho
| mothers and babies OF Texas on his
| part. would have secured for them
/ the right Of registration.
Texas stands rated In the United
states census with "a farm property
valuation Of 61,579,497--third
highcst In the whole sistcrhood oi
states with population OF 4 l..
6d3, 22S. she has ih5.22O more mer
than women, Raising chickens 4
= usually side line" with farm
women who vocationalIy arc cooks
inundresscs, gardeners sea mstresses
/ dairymaids and incidentally wives
and mothers. The census says that
| TcNas raised 2G.562.li3 chickens
/ and produced 77,s4b,0i7 dozen eggs.
! We cannot find out how many ba-
| blcs were produced because Texas
| does not record them, nor can we.
! for the same reason do more than
surmisc the mortality of mothers
| and babies In Texas. We do know
| that I'm states that recognize the
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'''n 'he Ne" YORK Times
Tie galleries Of the senate were
psckcd The occasion was the re-
smmitmont NJ the honus bill TO
=, ,
"a' some oi INC moro arue"' sup.
por'ers OF the measure have asserted
was its death Whether this he true
o' not only time can tell, nut one
,nlhg is certain. and that is that what
happened on the floor of the senat"
AMER the bill was sent back TO the
committee room Of Boics Penrose
VIII not 60 down In history in It's en-
We'y In the Congressional Record
patti" OF words was fought that
uay ny me fiery jim Reed of MIS-
"uri and the eXact-spok"n, blond e
,,ar'd NoOumhcr Of North Dakota.
IL was fracas those who Witnessed
VIII NOT soon forget, ana the "nIE
Spparen, reason why it ended as
ccaUIe ot words was because J"hn
oHatp Williams, a master peace
mater' .n,erv"nod and brought hos
,"HeS 10 an end before any more
uanage could be done.
! W. 10 m,ss ,ho hor,,s nil, had boon
3aining just why it had been re-
Shml''"d, and Reed and Robinson
u Arkansas had been twitting him
,1, ms failure 10 keep the Sa,Ooo'-
y'VoVu proposition before the sen
r'' Nr'umh"r stood It as long ms
nv could. and then he began To
'"r' un
ih' Missouri senator likewise gave
wut' and Tom Watson, the stormy
,T'' ot G"orgip, stepped 10 the