The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-21
GOVERNMENT
 CONTROL HERE.
DISCUSSED IN COMPLETE DETAIL BY sUPT. HARRY MYERS IN
 INTERVIEW.
Believes the Hot Springs Property Is Worth s5o.oeo, ,oo0 and Has otn-
 CT Optimistic Views.

Superintendent Harry Myers of the 1 Hot Springs reservation has always been an enthusiast in the matter of government control here. being con yinced that the city could be made a yeritable place of beauty if the Uait- ed States government was in full con trol of the city and adjoining prop erty as it is in control of the actual property from which the hot water flows
 ln an authorized interview Superin- tendent Myers has gone over the sit nation thoroughly, and his views alcag
 -'s line may be of interest to many citizens, not few of whom are con yinoed as Mir. Myers. that government supervision here would answer many of the questions that have hampered the success of this national resort.
 He says:
 ''T contend and am upheld in this by some of the best lawyers in Arkan. sas, that nothing has ever been said or done repeating or modifying in any way the government authority indicat- | ed by these sections The contentious Of those who oppose government con trol are based on number of points, not well taken. argue. but in a sin cere desire to be fair I wish you to state them carefully Some lawyers contend that the right of government control was waived when in the blll of states rights of 1886. the four see. tions set aside in 1892 were not ex- ceDted, as was the case with the Yel- lowstone Park, when Wyoming was ad- mitted to the Union. Others claim that the recognizing Of the public in the dedication of the streets and alleys abrogated government rights. Others claim that in eeasing to exert control over the fopg sections, with the ex- 1 ception of the aine hundred acres, the | United States acknowledged the iuris- ! diction of the state of Arkansas. 9th CTS say that state control was acknow- ledged when it was deemed necessary to have the state legislaturc confer upon the United States commissioners jurisdiction over offenses committed in a portion of the permanent Hot Springs Mountain Reservation. in 1904 In this the state reserved the right Of process and personal tax. It is. pos sible that dnring the time that has passed since 1SS2, the United States may have upon more than one occa. sion, slept cn her rights but contend that in no act has there been an ac- lnowledgement that her rights differ today from what they did in the orig inal act of 1892. The question that presents the greatest problem in re, gard to the whole matter, to my mind is How to get ineo court?
 "The taxes for Hot Springs are ap- aro&.m2toly 10000. but Hot Springs oug gets about $30.O00 of this the balance golag 10 the state and coun- ty With government control Hot Sprinss would get he whole s90Q00 and the United States would add an other s90,000. for its share of the ex. pense of the city But this is not aH
 Think of the prestige that such con- Tol would give Hot Springs every where Appropriation after appropria- tion amounting to millions of dollars could be secured with more ease tha4 a few thousand now Congressman, senators. cabinet officers and army and navy men woold continuously wis lt here The public, believing in the safety and stability of all things en- dorsed and controlled by the United States. would come and buy and build their homes. The mountains for mile around would be covered with he homes of che retired wealth ol .he United states. Leyelheaded justice unmixed with bias and political roju- dice would bring abouta stabii2 of yalues.iu this city uneQualed anywhere else in America After a time the gov ernment would buy all of thesproperty opposite the Ba,hbouse Row and make of West NoNnta.a the most DeaHtinI park in the world The two blocks be- tween Valley street and Central aye. nue, extending from Reserve avenue to Bridge street, would be purchased 2nd Central avenue wideued to in- clNe Valley street as it is as well as the Awly acquired property and then Central avenue would be made the most beautiful tAoroushfare in Ameri- ca. \ magnificent drinking pavilion would Be erected on Hot Springs mountin and miles upon miles of new walks and ,rt.sv k built Soon Hot springs voul be- the city with the best seweraJ the best streets, the best sidewalks the best policed, the safest city to bay in and 10 live in in America
 This is not a dream but q reality