The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-23
SUI .PhuR HAPPENINGS.
Special Correspondence.

DeadLlIuI lllU16 lOMu Ol OdFIS Win
its some fifteen hundred Inhabit
ants. Getting off at the depot and
takiny hack one is spirited along
country road, past beautiful
farms, pastures and over rolling
prairies, meeting now and then
farmer going to market. After an
hours ride we come to Sulphur,
the famous health resort of the In
dian Territory. 1t is a small cOun-
try village of some 400 or 800 in
habitants, half dozen hotels and
boarding houses, their prices rang
irg all the way from s. a day to
$12 a month; two bath houses, hot
and cold water, steam and vapOr.
with five physicians and specialists.
Sulphur is situated amid beauti-
full hills, splendid clear running
streams, lovely waterfalls and ma
tural parks. It would naturally
suggest itself to anyone as a health
resort.
In West Sulphur are situated the
Beech Springs that bubble from
pure white sand an inexhaustible
supply of sulphur water, while in
East Sulphur are situated the ia
nous seven sulphur springs, in
well-cared for enclosure of about
half an acre, all shOwinga different
analysis. These little streams all
unite and form a brook called Sui
phur branch. 1t is just the place
for a few days or a few weeks
outing for people who have been
confined close to business and peO-
pie of sedentary Misunderstanding,
hunting. walking, driving, forget
ting the mOnOtOny of every day
life, bathing in the healing waters.
breathing pure, fresh air. attend
ing the reunion OF friends from all
parts of the Indian Territory and
from different states. Pleasure
and recreation for the young and
for the old, and pleasant hours
one loyes to think over. But to
the invalid in search Of health it
offers hope. SO many have come
on crutches and on beds, pale care
worn and emaciated, and after only
few weeks the bloom of health
returned to the checks, sickness
gave way and once more, free from
disease, they were ready to resume
their avOcatiOns with renewed en-
ergy. If there had been a record
kept of the many wonderful cures
made here in the past few years,
by bathing in and drinking the
water, and published to the world
it would be today a very great
health resort, with thousands of
people here instead Of the little viii
lage that it is. The writer has
witnessed some of the most won
derful cures in the past year.
In fltering through the earth
water becomes loaded with the
mineral, salts and gases. which are
peculiar to the soil through which
it passes. l will not burden the
reader with the analysis, but will
state the principal constituents
which are sulphur, chloride of So
dium, magnesia and iron, and is
often indicated in such diseases us
gastritis, intestinal catarrh, cOnsti-
patton and Bright's disease, due to
defective peristeltic action, rheu-
matism and many diseases of the
SKIN. In stomach troubles, men
strual arrangements and many
conditions. a beneficial influence
may be secured. In bathing the
stimulating effect on the skin is
enhanced by the mineral salts
which are held in solution.
The little village has quite fiat
tering outlook for the coming year.
1t is incorporated, has a regular
quota of city officers, who are grad
ing up the streets and doing quite
lot of work on the springs and