The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-25
..SStUHttP .SStUHttPTER OPPOSES
 TIE MYERS PLAN
HAS iDEA TO OFFER FOR DEvEL. oPmENT OF CITY ALONG 4
 OTHER LINES.
Believes That Larger Sum Should Be spent Here by Government Every
 Year 10 improvement

3adso q. II sompter who has been < i A. ---A-l--+s citizen oi Ho. springs and
 Who has been aatl-e m pQble aftufrs- ! o37osas .Ae idea ol government con. y7r TOT This city. rew rufer eontro. Yers5 and in len Of thai offers some original Ideas shich he @eHeves would better conditions and add to nc c.tys proeress}tepe4s. in the fol- ! ooue
 " aw glad tasr Mr. Myers has placed tde value oi rhe hot waters 4t Sa'oo1oa0 bot only think ihey are worth that much but also believe tb~ they are worm this amoaut taey 0aa ae made to pay dividend oa that sum Certainly Nlr alyers i aiAao".eages that they Uoiid pjy the ahideud or the tarsighted speculuots whom he would expect 10 bu, them I thrown auon fhe market would not make The investment
 NOW for the sake of argument
 am so.n- to njacc the present value of the waters at $it0oGO00. which | sml presently demonstrate To be an investment alue Nith the last years business as basis for dividends. To begin wth believe that the United states eorernnIFTt TH0uld not only control ,he water bul that they should 7an aRd soadu7 the batHhoases
 Like Mir Myers -e+eosed 10 any tax bat ! would remove al once oue Q. The greatest items ot criticism 'hat comes in thrwuy ol Me visitor a thls lme which n the variety or prices al which the baths may be se- cured There should be the same charge for the baths in every bath. house and that price should be paid or the visitor sh3Hld avail himself Of The free baths which are clean. sani. tav and ideally satisfactory to an. .a @ct have a larger percentage Of cures 10 thelr credit than any other baths in the city There should not be q bath given by any bathhouse in hoi Springs at less than 50 cents Had this been the rule last year, or rath- CT for the time included +rrr- str Deriutendents last report the gross receipts for baths would have been $aSG2lS5o but as it was they were only S253.3l432. aud St24S1Sg5 was used for running expenses Had my plan of one large bathhouse with four times lhe capacity of the Maurice been followed, the whole would have been supplied with heat and light from tentral station ou the Reserva ion. which station would light the ~m1un- tains and the Army aud Navy Gen erai hospital would also receive it's
 eryIce from the same source With buildings requiring T-7F minimum of repairs believe 1t would be safe to calculate the met earnings from the water for the past year as ss0oooo quito neat sum.
 Now for b1e way that would spend if The United States controls Inc property We are discussing in the very midst of our ci.y and $s0oooo is a good dividend 10 declare on $lo- o00000 The government does uotovu this property. but is the agent in its control for all the people and as such eent should do syhat best with the money Now the first duty that it aMes 10 those for whom t holds these springs Is to ten all America 8t least what tAe waters Nil do for suIerins humanity and for such pupkciiy one. hind of he net income should be set aside. Then I agree with Nr Myers on l the proposition to purchase certain 1 properties and also think that the 1 pavilion for drinking should be erected and ] also think that band should be retained to p.4Lln this pavilion l the year around To earr out these ! provisions l would think that another i Trhnd ol the net income would serve
 it's best purpose to the people
 oNoW. fof the dispos4ica Of ths
 other third Iiot spr0H city oI
 IlU0 people surrounds this valuable
 neseryaUou these people feed daily ! am average of fveor six hundred pau
 pers 10 whom me people of the Unit
 ed states are kind enoush to give ho water free These same neop.e suppi3 roads and streets means of inares' E and earess 10 the Reservation police
 an1 fire protection to the visitor ana
 did 1t eser occur 10 you-to the Res
 er,aaon and Army and Navy haspi ,al rG eune iQ lieu thereof a Fer small nersorrt tax2 believe tha
 for inc many advantages derived iron
 ha et. th'5 last third Of the het I'll
 ronc should be hy congress appfo
 pr.ated to Hot Springs in lieu ol m
 taxed values belonging te-the peQpl
 4f sf0o00ooo n the very heaft Q C the place.
 oTbe conduct of the springs a 'h lh fha d{t