The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-01
RED CROSS CLOSES
ITS RELIEF WORK
Negro Hospital Will BE
Under Trusteeship, Is
Announcement
EXPENDED 100000
Willows Gives Full Report
Of Activities Since
Blot Last May

WIN tho closing of tho odd year
IUH Nod Gross signed nuls" Co lts
.iof work iu the devastated arHn
ut TuI.t aud formally ended it- bis
mnutht task thurc. Tho hospital
u. hartford ana tho wooden build
iuE adjoining 10 that has served us
headquarters VIII NOT bn closed
however. 10 was decided 80 the on.
EnnizatiUu meeting or the aewly
elected executive Comm.itc, Friday
With ITS truateoshlp, lis members
'1 Doe named from the city. the
county ana the public 700 general
tuu hospital b. ip bc turned over tO
ihD reEruos thousolyo4 Dr O. ll
fuilcr. county physician. viii have
general supervision Of IT, Tho ar.
tH0rcmunt is something in the ma
tuIo of loan, \. J.. Farmer, one
uf The trustees. said yesterday and
10 b. hoped thar the negroes will
su conduct IT, that eventually they
may acquire owucrship uf 40. There
is some salvage IN the property at
hcudquartcrs 30 De turned over 10
the trustees and A. NJ WEIGH.
county humane agent, will take
over the work formerly done by the
Red Cross. Maurice willows. who
came from ST Louis Ibed Cross
headquarters shortly after tho riot
the 31st Of May to take over the
dircctOrship Of the relief work, viii
rcmain in Tulsa for 10 days and
possibly longer to finish things up,
and II ~ probable that two work
vrs at least viii stay on at head
quarters until late in April
Farmer .ltcprcscnts Public.
Farmer ia the only member of
the board Of trustees who has aa vet
bNen named. lie Will represent the
public at Large and the representa-
lives OF tho city and tho county are
to be named hy the mayor and the
county commissioners. Tho board
Is 10 have three members. Resolu-
tions asking that thia be done were
passed at the executive meeting
Friday.
During tho six months that tho
Red Croas has been working intthls
area II has expended something
more than 100000, Farmer said.
FOR rclief work, or this amount
10000 has come from tho county,
Xll 400 from the city and the rest
has been furnished by public CON
trihution. The Red Cross fur
nished the lumber for The building
OF the hospital, the negrucs tho Ia
bur. At no time since It's opening
have there been fewer than 90 pm
TENTS In the hospital and many
timcs there have been more. The
Institution, the Rcd Cross feels.
meets a very real and long felt neod
and II is tho homo Of the organiza-
ton that the creation OF the trustee
ship and the general plan for the
future OF tho hospital will result In
It's ultimate acquisition by the ne
sroes themselves.
Willows made ~ CumpiFto ana de-
tailed report OF all activities of the
Reorganization through tho channel OF
himself and staff since he took
charge OF the work In the devas-
ated area.
TENT Population Decreases.
The situation here this winter
depends very largely upon tho
weather conditions. II climatic con-
ditlons are bad, there ls bound to
he,a good deal Of distress and sur
ierlng. But up to this time every
ihing that could be done has been
done. There are only about forty
oisht families that are living In
tents now. These tents are being
transformed into wooden houses
lust as rapidly as II is possible
on au average of six or eight a
week. BY actual count there have
beon 74s houses rebuilt since their
destruction by fire. OF course,
there is good deal yet to be done
this winter and for this reason twO
workers VIII probably be kept al
headquarters until In April, TO keeu
II going. As long as there wHs
building going ON here, there was
work for all the negroes to do-thc
men especially. but now that work
has slackened uncmployment
Is something OF a problem
These negroes must meet tho
payments on their lumber ant
their furniture yOu know ag WpT