The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-27
HUNDREDS FIND
Joy IN A SWIM
Men and BOysLearn Crawl Stroke
and Other Fancy Ways at
Belle Isle Pool
MANAGER MARTIN IS PROUD

MANAGER MARTIN IS PROUD
swim out. OGmdy, swim ont X
In the future any of tine youths ot
oklahoma city are thrown into the
water uud have tu swim out they VIII
owe much ~ their swimming huuwt
edge 10 H. G. Martin of the Belle Isle
Houtlng rmb Manager Murtu has
charge OF everything uJ Belle Isle dur
ing the SUMMER months. but be IS
more addicted tu the swimming fad
than anything else
Manager Mmuu has "a theory thar
every one should learn to swim, and
that IN the reason hr mhr5 especial
curc OF the swimming pool at the pop
uur summer resort II /, just such
pool ns every city should have and
n has done much for the people of
Oklahoma CITY, Thousand, have
learned to swim there and the cu
joymeut they have In the swimming
pool is not tp be computed
other cities have swimming pools,
but they are mostly puddrs, unfit for
use The pool ut Belle Isle Is clean
aud has sandy beaches There II
hardly am hour NJ the day when II is
without swimmers Some 60 out IN
the early morning aud others take a
plunge I'm It ut any hour In the day.
A Happy Home for Boys
lu the evening the pool Is literally
alive with swimmers men, women
md children All around the pool are
wiunliug lights, aud there is not II
dUrk spot anywhere. There Is not
much chance fur anybody 10 drown
FOR llfc savers keep a close witch
over the place nll the tine
The bathing pool IS a vrrtable hup
py home Tor the bows ~ the city nud
even fOr the men 10 beats the old swim.
min hole they used 10 love sO we'll
Thousands ~ boys IN Oklahoma city
have learned to swim At Belle Isle
swimming pool and some ~ them have
developed into champions
There are business men In Dklu
lmu CITY who used 10 pine for q
swim In the summer time. They rc
mrlnbcrrd the old days when they used
90 90 to the creek, or Ia the pond. aud
dabhlr lu the water until their backs
We're sunhurird They recalled how
they used 10 dry their hair befor,
going home aud how careful they had
ro be- 10 get their shirts ON right sid,
ont.
IAN gone. all gone" they used IL
Sigh which mcnnt that in this dry
country they never expected tu find
water enough I'm which 10 swim
Big Men Are Swimmers
Then somebody proposed that the,
20 out 10 the Belle Isle swimming pool
and they went Now thcrc are score,
" business men who 20 several time,
rnrh week The water Is always fine
The beach Is sandy and the bottom o
the poul * soft with clean sand Som,
NJ them had almost forgotten IN,
fancy strokes NJ which they used (,
be so proud hut they have learned
them all again.
san there are n Few who sIt OF
,hr henchrs nu the north side nnc
watch the swimmers who cannot gr
the thrill NJ the water In their syS
toms "lt looks impure to me" sal,
'ur man He wns a natural borI
knockcr.
lust to meet such knocks Manage
Martin has q test made NJ the wa
ter in the pool twice each week To
day hr received letter concerning TN
latest best II Is from X II Locke. dl
rector NJ the Locke Laboratories com
ranv I'm this cItv and IN It he savs:
We have eNnmlncd the sample a
"'"r Witch vou took In sterinzc,
'n''lc from the middle " Rrllc ISL
bathing pool and beg tu report A. fol
lows:
Gas In Smith tube - hours - Z
Total ho"orin on aenrngor plate
2OnOO per c, G.
witch means M nloiu Eurlsh tho
'hc wrtcr I'm tho hoth'ng upol w nuro
than much ~ Tho lr'rrlur wotcr IN
''tv orllmures irrw't 'Onv0 ln,
'rI" n'r e. g. IN milk The lctte
continues:
Tho hnc'eria ohowlng I'm this tee
are tho ordinary forms present I'm nj
r',"rs ! cone'd"" thls wator mo,
excellent for nNthlnq purnoses md n
long os n remains I'm thlg couAIt'o
| would hive no hcsltoncv whnfeye
I'm bathing I'm u
The old gwinmln' hole hns lost n
charm Tor those who know the wa
To the Rolle Isle hNthlnr nonl
has hrloht li9hts and iovous thrm
gulnshIng ln n dov onI ,irbt