Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-18
The City Beautiful.

g ONE of the most beautiful natural parks in the
~ United States, many of them valuable from his
torica standpoint, Tulsa pride
In addition to the extensive improvements going ON
in these parks at the present time work has actually
started a boulevard that will encirce the city pass
through all of the municipal parks and Fairgrounds,
along the Arkansas river front and take in a course of
between II and 20 miles in length
Newton H. Graham one of the most enthusiastic
members of the park board of whom the other members
are William Lynch, c. t. Abbott Fred Shaw and Mayor
Frank NJ. Wooden, interviewed for the purpose of
presenting in this edition idea of the extent of the
citys present park property and big plans for the
future.
'"This has been busy year for the Tulsa park
board said Mr. Graham Much has been accomplished
and much more is contemplated Not satisfied with the
idea OF beautiful parks and the actual building of
drYcways, the board has taken hold Of the broad idea
that their duties embrace the residential parkngs of
the city and into the private homes of citizens
insofar their will allow and the people will
welcome.
Following out this policy the park department this
year planted than 700 trees in the parkings of
o the cy recently we purchased a high-powcr
spraying machine and the death kne of the destructive
moth has been sounded. 1t is plan to spray all
parking trees free and to ask the residents to help
the expense OF saving the trees in their yards by paying
nominal sum for the service. The board feels this
move will be welcomed, especially in view of the fact
that citizens generally appreciate the fact that the
board is serving the public without financial return and
with the sole idea Of making Tulsa better place live
In is our policy to make every street and every yard
parkway.
In addition to this the board has served dozens of
Tusans in the way of expert floral and gardening advice
"Truly this will be the greatest flower season the
parks have ever had for in their gardens will appear
hundreds OF blooms never before grown here Some of
the new flowers are phlOx, coumbine bleeding heart
peOnies companula asters dahlas woOfower and this
in addition to the old favortes that thrive here such as
geraniums, perrywnkes, petunias verbenas cannas
and the blooming shrubs. One item of interest is 10000
geranium plants, among them being the new and
favored salmon color.
And in addition to the service mentioned the
greenhouses are now to be filled with chrysanthemum
slips great crop of which is looked for this coming
season Those who have the beautiful roses grown
IN the parks of Tulsa will agree with Superintendent of
Parks John Mlesenbacher that this is a rose country
The park board wants to make Tulsa famous as rose
city, and to do this the board wants to make fine rose
plants dirt cheap so that they be planted in the
yards OF both rich and poor To accomplish this pur-
pose the board needs money for rose greenhouse No
public funds are available for that purpose so the
board plans to hold chrysanthemum show i'm the
municipal convention hall about next THANKSGIVING
The NUNS that raised during the months when
the greenhouses are needed for ordinary park pu-
poses will be sold at this show and a rose house will
be built with the proceeds 1t may be a dream but
worthwhile one, at that.
Parks Worth $200000
Though the people of Tulsa paid much smaller
1Igure to acquire the property, they own park
properties worth at least $20000O I'm all there are six
two drveways almost a mile in length Though there
are SIX parks only of the number has been officially
named-that is WOodard park, which was sold to the
city at great reduction with the stipulation that it
must forever be known Woodard park The other
five parks afford an oppor