The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-24
STEPS WILL Be TAKEN
TO INCREASE WATER tAOW
Park Commission Has Tentative
Plans 10 Create Popular
Health Resort

With the beginning today cf well
No. 2 Mineral We is Park, there
started the second era in the deyel-
opment Of Guthrle's great treasure.
Building OF a bath pavilion and san
at0iium and widespread use of the
mineral waters are inevitable within
short time. In keepiag with the
coming greatness of the park, the
system of improvement is being ex-
tended to all parts OF the beautiful
reservation.
The park commission stands ready
TO begin work right now on batn
pavilion, but hesitates on account Of
an impending change in city govern
ment. Said member OF the com
mission today. Continuing he said
"lf we could be assured tnat in the
adoption OF the commission form Of
government the park commission
would be retained in Independent
form we would commence. We do
not feel like starting the work at this
time when the commission may be
abolished and an entirely new pan
substituted II does not matter If the
present commission or another body
of business men has charge SO long
commissioning paid and not polili-
cally controlled
Regulation OF bath house is an
as there is a special and Independent
important matter that the commission
does not care to start for somebody
else to finish. The water mere is un-
doubtedly OF the greatest value and
the commission has no fear whatever
Of the project from a financial stand
point. believing il will be self-sustain.
ing from the first day. But If Tom,
Dick and Harry run the house, there
will be trouble. Persons, with weak
hearts and persons in obnoxious ply
sical condition should not be allowed.
DR. Petty, member OF the board Is
strenously opposed to any bath house
except one run under control Of a
responsible authority The repuia-
ton Of the city could easily be made
TO suffer by careless or grasping man
agement
Shipping Water to Texas.
A big shipment of water from the
mineral well was made to Texas TO
daylight into the field of the ia
nous Mineral Wells station of Tex.
as. Additional shipments were made
to Chicago and st. Louis. An increas-
ingly large number of Guthrie peo-
pie are using the water regularly.
Commissioner Milne is OF the op-
inion that the boring started should
be carried on to the mineral strata.
The intention in starting today was to
bore for the sweet water at a depth
Of approximately 200 feet. 1t is
found that the old well is now run
ming almost to capacity and that peo-
pie are waiting in line TO get at it.
Another mineral we'll is an immediate
necessity The people go night and
day
The boring started today is about
100 yards west Of the present we'll
and is inside OF the tree line
Mineral Wells park has cost the
park fund about $4,000 since last
summer The driveway has been
completed and there is 40 better
anywhere Fifteen cars Of crushed
stone have been worked into the drive
way which is practically perfect.
Trails have been made through the
park for the pedestrians. Lettering
of the sign at the entrance win be
done this week
The building Of the hard roadway
to the park entrance is also a great
Improvement
Extensive improvements for the
park system generally are in eontem,
plati0n by the commission