The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-27
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Sulphur. the County seat OF Murra,
county. is situated in the heart o,
the Chickasaw nation and in tn,
center OF the county of which she Is
the capital This wonderful city OF
marvellous growth is building around
the Platt National park, the only
national park In the southwest. The
chief cause of Sulphur's rapid and
unusual growth Is the many mineral
springs in the national playground
For centuries this beautiful park was
the outing place OF the Redman. II
Is now the property of the United
States and Is rapidly becoming a
popular national health and pleasure
springs have proven themselves to be
the most healing of the worlds known
mineral waters. curing quickly and
permanently liver. bladder. kidney
and stomach troubles and rheuma.
tism. also insomnia and nervous trou.
bles. The scenery in the national
park Is exceedingly picturesque and
very unusual Those who have tour.
ed the world say that they have
never seen elsewhere In either hemi.
sphere Scenery so charmingly and
delightfully."- restful.
The altitude OF the city Is eleven
hundred feet There are no mos.
quitoes. The sulphLrous gases es.
Gaping from the mineral springs in
the Plait National park will not
permit mosquitoes to exist within the
boundaries OF the park or within
the city limits. sulphur has within
the past ten months entertained over
one hundred thousand visitors. Sui.
phur has won fame as a convention
city. She has captured already this
year ten great conventions, reunions
and assemblies for l90S-the reunion
of the constitutional convention. the
Grand Lodge of the Knights OF Pyth.
las, the Grand Lodge of |. q. o. F.,
the Bankers Convention. the Phar-
maceutical Convention. the Medical
Convention. the Reunion OF the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans. the Chicka'
saw Summer Normal. the u. Y. =. Y.
Assembly and the Epworth League
Chautauqua. The Il. Y. =. u. and
Epworth League have each twenty
acres of encampment grounds ad-
Joining the Plat National park and
are fixtures-holding their encamp-
ments at Sulphur annually. sulphur
has her hooks out for two other
great gatherings for 1908. and her
prospects for landing them are good.
These are the Baptist General Con
vention OF Oklahoma and the An
nual Conference OF the NJ. Il, church.
Everybody 'ikes to come to sulphur.
SO charming is her Arbuckle climate.
her mineral waters and the resort
features OF the city itself.
But the Plat National park with
its unexcelled mineral waters and
the ever increasing tourist trade IS
not all that has led TO the marvellous
growth OF this famous new city,
situated in the heart OF the rich and
beautiful Chickasaw nation. The
country Immediately tributary to Sui
phur is exceedingly healthy. Fifteen
miles to the south and ten To the
west circles the Arbuckle mountains.
shutting out completely the hot
winds which sweep over north Texas
and western Oklahoma In the sum
mer month The breezes that blow
over Sulphur In the hot months OF
summer are made delightfully."- cool
and charmingly mellow by their
passage over these mountains aud
over many streams OF clear running
that flow perpetually,
,eing fed by numerous springs
whose waters are forced up from
,rtesian depths by escaping gases,
sulphur Is situated also in the cen
er of n territory proven by expert.
need horticulturists to he the very
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