Temple Bowe wrote: MOkl&homa'1
Yes. Thriv1n&". Wdl. I iUe!$1
Growing? Mile a mfnute. Cotton?
Mlillons in It.. Peachel? Come and
try 'em. Gushers? Gold won'\
buy 'em. CIties? Getting blrger.
Pa$ter'n I can figure. Trade? A
money·getter. Nelghbol'5? Never
better. Climate? Cure a dead man.
Windy? Clo.se your head, man!
Wind's a life insurer; movin& air
Is punr. Churches? Th1clr.: and
pushing. Education? Rumlng.
Troubles? Lh'e 5() high. got too
fat. Goodbye.~
• • •
And how's this for a plug?
They dreamed of boats on the Arkansas
C\'en Illen.
MIt a man has had to tUTn hb
hydrant off dUring the "ery ho\.,
dry days in summer When his
lawn m06t needed water, he wUl
value the Arkansas river. semi·
navigable and one-third mile wide,
I.'; a Tulsa ~t of Incalculable
value." • • •
A true lover of nature penned
th1& Item;
"Sapulpa is a city of preUy
homes and sub$tantlal business
houses. A drive through 60me of
the forest, dells near the city 1&
more refreshing, and more pleasIng
to the aesthetic tute t.han
a drive through many of the large
COlltly artificial parks of the large
citles, and the beauties of the
Moccasin Tracks cliff and 5ull>
hur 5s>rings canyon can only be
apreclated. when seen."
• • •
"Millinery of qucenly elegance.
gOl/ms, eostumcs and sull.3
of masterful distinction," were to
be had. at the House of Mellon's.
fashion slOre Of early-day Okla-
• • Here'. a bit 01 phUoeophy:
"We In Tula is one endless
pleuure. With DO klDdUng to cut,
no ~ to chop, no coal to cany.
no fll"e6 to start. no ashes to
remove and no cold rooma to heat
in winter, all labor is pleasant
and work fun."
(Ed'i note: Ruh!)
• • •
If Mrs. Fred S. Clinton and
Ule doct.or 110 to Ule picnic. they'l
probably recall with other oldtlmefll
in club and mU5ic cifcles
that December day in 1903, 1I'hen
the Indian Territory Federation
of Women'$ clubs was born. • • • 'The next annual meettll( will
be MId In the rusUing City of Tulu..
where plana are being perfected
for making It a "cry enjoyable
and profitable atfa1r,"
wrote the magazine reporit:r after
the organization meeting In South
McAlester,
M A reception to vbItors, a
musicale and a theater attraction
with boxes and special seats reaen-
ed are among the feature:a
already provided for the eventng
entertainment of guests. The day
sessions are devoted to business.
"The one club in Tul5a now
havlnr membership in the tederatiOn.
and hence feeling some
respt:lnsiblllty toward the coming
annual meeting. 1I'lth its Influx of
guests, Is the Hyechll:a. This club
Is also afflUated with the National
Federation of Music. It haa a
membership of 50 or more Itudying
along musical lines. The cancert
programs rendered at the
meetings twice a month.· are ot
a high order, and show that the
club membefll are an unusual array
ot accomplished artlats.
Mrs. Fred S. Clinton, herself
a musician, Is the president, and
lends dignity to her office. No
expense nor effort II to be spared
by Hyechka and Tulsa. people In
general, to make \.he meeting
next November a successfUl and
enjoyable one, for the ladlea of
the Indian Territory fedcratlon."
Mrs. CUnton today 11 Ufe
president of the Hyechka. club.
• • •
Can )'OU I"f'member t.he days when a two-story house In Tulsa
was a sight to behold, when Lillian Ru.ssell starred in "Wildllre M
and pants were advertl.sed for $1.75 a lee (seats free)? '
If }"Ou can, you're a ploneer and you1! meet others at the annual
Tulsa AssoclaUon of Pioneers picnic ThUr5day at the Pioneer picnic
grounds, northwest or the city. There'll be singing and square dAncIng.
and a momen~ of prayer in memory of the belles Mel beaux of
r~terday who ha\'c died In the put year.
But. IDOlSt of all. there'll be yam after l"Utl spun of the old daYI
",hen Grandpa ""1.5 • gay blade and Grandma an Indian Territory
deb. •
To sharpen your memory. glance back through theae ech06 of
)'esterday once set down In Sturm'$ Statehood. maguine. publiShed
by O. P. Sturm:
From the January, 1906. !sme:
MBuilt in the shape of the
letter 'H,' the Hotel Robinson (the
Robinson bulkllll( still stands at
ThIrd and Mun street.s) offefll to
everyone In It.s 126 guest rooms the
oomfom of In out&lde room.
which at once guarantees to the
Q'1lveler. as well as the guest ""ho
desires to remain Inddlnitely. the
assurances that he .'111 not hear
Ute oft,..repeated apology. '1 am
sorry, but ",·e'U have to put you
In an Ins.ide room:
"'The Robinson Is 100 by 140
feet. built of buff faced bI1ck and
trimmed with Tulsa stone, dectnc
and gas lighted and heated
with natural gas. having a private
telephone. as 'well &S hot and cold
water In every room and an e1ee·
tric ele\'ator to Its four storlel ...
"While the Robinson is not
SO expensively built as tile Busby
(South McAlester), It aHords &S
much comfort for the guests, and
It Is certainly of sutflcient elegance
I.'; to furniture. convenIence
of arrangement and cuisine
to saUsfy the mOfJt fastidious:'
From the september, 1905.
Issue;
.. 'Tulsa, the typical,' Is a
triune CitY, tempting and triumphant.
Typical of the spirit of
progress and development of the
great southwest; tempting In that
few strRngcrs who come within
her gates are able to wlUlstand
her cllanna, and triumphant III
her onward march from", country
• ... ""/-.,J.hamlet, Iles\.llrllt IlmOIlf!: the hills .s..i,t.o.-.n. of metropolis 01 !be tarl'
1'wo yeart ago. TUlsa possessed
but a few hundred InhabItllnt.
s. while today 'he has more
than 7.000. Then she was pract1callv
unknown. e\'en In the territories.
while today she is In the
eye and on the t.ongue of more
people than any other city of Uke
size In America.
"Today Tulu. Is building mOR
than 150 homes: 20 modem bUlllness
brick bulldinga of two or
three ,tories; a 135.000 opera
house, a {h'e-story office buildIng
to eoq..$I00.000; a modem hotel
of 160 rooms and 1I'hlch ....111
cost as much .•.
"While Tullia but re~ntl
aU Ulat il good and of merit In
the ~rrltor1es. &he leads only In
that she rtpresente It In an abnormally
del"e!oped "'ay. As her
resources are area\., so are the
hearts ot her people: al her climate
is mild. so is the disposition
of her Citizens; u; the bosom of
the Arkansas Is placid, 1IO is tile
t.6nperament of Tulsa. and thus
the man 11'110 comes trom the C'8St.
expecting to find a preponderance
ot Indians. and the rowdYIsm of
the border ruWan of a decade
ago. finds as high a dtgree ot intelligence.
as high regard for rtlIg1on,
and even less crime than he
len at home. To the young man
of intelligence 11'00 desires ..
• home where good busineSl!i oppal;tunilles
attain. and InvlUng social
contacts prevail. this city offefll
as near an Ideal as he may
ever hope to find."
(Ec!'$ Note: Chamber ot commerce
publicity department, please
copy.) • • •
From the Grand Pants Co, of
KAnSlU City, came ~hls tUli page "', "From maker direct to usermade
to order-exacUy to your
own prClPOrUOns-from all woo.
materials-from pattern and
model. you seleet out of fall and
winter season ot '08-'09 samples
and fashlon plates that we !lend
YOIl free, postpaid. pants $1,75 a
leg, seats freel"
On another page is this ad:
"The only logical method ot
bathing. Sanllax fountain bath
brushes-massage the akin and
the constant tlow of pure wa~r
cleanses l!\'ery pore:'
(Ed's note: Batht.ub salesmen
hadn·t found Tulsa-ret.) • • •
The man who helped publicize
Tulu. In her early da)'ll. COt.
0_....: ben: B,.. .DoCUbeglaIsI ;,~P""';;,.;;,bC;'Y:';W~U1
Dol:lItu far manJ',.... ........
tary of the Tula. ch&mba' of commeree,
and now Is Col. Patrtclt J.
Hurley'S business repreaenta'lve
h~, • • • Talk about enthudallm for
their ltate. Here'a a poem Roy
One 01 the loveliest of
Tulsa·s first ladies was she.
She is Mrs. Fred Severs
Clinton, president of the
Hyechka dub. pioneer musical
group, which-she helped
organize.
You Remember Way Back iWhe
This was the "parent" of Tulsa's public school systemfirst
high school. It was situated on a hill in the pres·
ow own business section.
w;~~t~'ry' House 'Was Sight to Behold Here , .
j
This was the gathering place of early·day Tulsa
socialities, as many a pioneer will remember. You'd never'
guess it now, but iI's the predecessor of the present-day
Tulsa Country club. Golf had its start there in Tulsey Town.
the
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