The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-12
Old Trader
(The Old Dope Writer)

Two years ago Mother TradgT told
old Dad that he was drinking too
much booze and Ind 20 quit It. She
said that some day that he would
get In bad and lose all they had
saved from their hard work for 40
years.
Old Dad divided equal with
Mother Trader, giving her about
$4,000. He took his Liberty Bonds
thnt he bought while our sons were
going over the top and went TO
Phoenix, AriE. He looked over how
they take care OF the poor suffering
tuberculosis people and found that
they would not let them Hive In
Phoenix Rt ALL but sent them out TO
camps which are no better than the
poor DaEo camps along all rail-
roads. Simply horrible 10 think
about. Old Trader lost two OF his
ncphews with tuberculosis right out
Of his stores, No better boys ever
lived ana they lived with Old Trader
and trusted him as a FATHER.
Old Trader could have saved both
OF those Dear Boys II nc had only
known what to do for them. He sim
ply stood and let them die.
THE OLD DOPER IL TRYING 10
BUILD up TUBERCULAR coll
ONy NEAR PHOENIX, ARIZONA,
where he is 10 BUILD rs NEAT.
NICE HOMES. MAKE EACH
HOUSE MODERN-TWO ACRES OF
land 10 EACH uOME-IS TO SET
ORANGES, LEMONS, OLIVES and
ALL OTHER FRUIT AND FLOW
ERS In EACH YARD and is to sell
TO tubcrcular people only. AND
EACH AND EVERY ONE WHO
DOES NOT GET WELL HE WILL
PAY ALL THEIR MONEY BACK.
OLD TRADER FIGURES THAT HE
CAN SAVE the LIVES of TWO
OUT OF VERY FIVE. He claims
To put out ONE HUNDRED ACRES
OF GRAPES so he can give work
10 all that can work at NIL. Now
you see OLD TRADER has some
ptAtth husttNol anu
he is II LITTLE AFRAID OF SAINT
PETER and lie FIGURES that II
he can SAVE the LIVES OF SOME
POOR SUFFERING PEOPLE
THAT SAINT PETER WILL GIVE
HIM ENOUGH CREDIT MARKS
TO PASS HIM THROUGH. OLD
TRADER HAS ALREADY PAID
OUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOL
LARS ON THIS PROJECT and Il
WILL TAKE TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE 10
FINISH 1T UP. HE HAS THIRTY
SIN THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT
of UNCLE SANS LIBERTY BONDS
so he has the money and does not
NEED HELP. But OLD TRADER
is VERY NERVOUS and HIS DOC
TOR TOLD HIM TO HOLD~UP A
YEAR and TRAVEL FOR HIS
HEALTH. OLD TRADER HAS
ABOUT 800 HOMES HE HELPED
10 BUILD UP ia HIS FOUR BABY
COLONIES - PARK VIEW. ROSE
HILL, GARDEN CITY and MARY
LAND GARDENS. HE FIGURES
HE HAS ONE THOUSAND CHnL-
DREN THAT HE HELPED 10
HAVE HOMES OF THEIR OWN.
ALMOST ALL of THEM HAVE
PAID OUT and GoT THEIR
DEEDS--IN FACT, EVERY DEED
IL ALREADY MADE and READY
To DELIVER. AIM 10 OPEN UP
n GOOD REAL ESTATE OFFICE
I'm PHOENIN. ARIZ., and II ANY
BODY HERE, RICH or POOR,
pROtESSiONAL MEN, LABOR
ING MEN OR WOMEN KNOW ME |
WELL ENOUGH TO GIVE ME \
ING THEY BELIEVE ME TO MI
HONEST and THEY THINK THAT
l WILL DO WHATEVER I PROM
ISE TO Dor JUST WRITE 1T
ANYWAY YOU PLEASE and MAIL
1T TO ME AT TRADERS NO. AT
100 EAST FIRST STREET, TULSA,
YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW l
WOULD APPRECIATE 1T and
HOW 1T WOULD ENCOURAGE
ME TO co AHEAD and BUILD
Up NY TUBERCULAR COLONY
MS STATED ABOVE. REMEMBER
/ AM BEGGING THIS LETTER
FROM THE POOR As WELL AS
THE RICH OR PROFESSIONAL
MEN AND WOMEN. for WILL DO
BUSINESS WITH ALL CLASSES of
PEOPLE IN PHOENIX. PLEASE
TAKE TIME IL 1T Is ONLY
THREE LINES, for l HAVE DONE
MY BEST IN TULSA and TRIED
TO HELP THE POOR In EVERY
WAY COULD.
MOTHER TRADER AND OLD
DAD TRADER DIVIDED ALL
| THEIR FINANCIAL MATTERS
| EQUAL TWO YEARS AGO.
| MOTHER TRADER Is still In the
store of TRADERS NO. and Is
| STILL SELLING ALL-LEATIIER
/ STAR BRAN SHOES. OLD
| TRADER HAS NOT GOT ANY IN
TEREST FINANCIALLY IN ANY
THING IN TULSA. so PLEASE
HELP ME WITH 4 LETTER III