The Green Forest tribune., 1916-05-05

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 nor Baden Baden nor any other of the famous European spas. But there is still the Arkansas Hot Springs-now owned by Uncle Sam and because of the European situation it's likely to have big boom, cor respondent of the Philadelphia Record writes.
 The water is there, million gal Ions a day, so pure that chemical analysis shows but faint trace of mineral, and the AZ springs are all hot. Not a drop of this water is sold. From the various springs one may drink it by the cup and carry it away by the gallon. In the bathhouses one may soak in it by the hour, at cost within the reach of every purse.
 This statement is made because there are 24 private bathhouses, isld the large government bathhouse for the indigent. In the private bath houses, which cost from $20,000 to S200,000, the government regulates the ]. inpg,ice.. making allowance for the sum invested. the cost of maintenance, etc. The average price for course Of 2l baths is around eight dollars, and then there is the fee for attendants, also regulated by the government.
 Everything is under government con- trol-the water, the bathhouses, the at tendants and the physicians. Many of the bathhouses are on government property, that part of the reservation facing Central avenue, and known as Penthouse row." The occupants of these plots have no leases and pay no ground rent They are there because the government allows them there, and can be closed up in ten minutes Ii their behavior is not all it should be. Fhe attendants are all negroes, and none of them can get job in a bath- house without his or her little cer' tifcate bearing the signature of Doc tor Parks, representing the depart ment of the interior.
 Physicians Must Qualify.
 The physicians, as the result of some high-handed robbery by quacks in the old "wide-open" days when Hot Sprirss was about as wicked spot as could be found on the map, have to qualify before federal medical board before they are allowed to pre- scribe the waters and baths Any pa tient being treated by physician whC has not so qualified will not be re ceived at any of the bathhouses, fol n longer rent water from Uncle Sam
 This term may seem trifie odd tC one not knowing the conditions at Hot Springs, but it exactly describes the situation. The baehhouse owner rents the water, paying $60 per annum fol the water for each tub in his bath house. This water belongs to the government, and is under government supervision in the pipes, in the tubs and until it passes out through the sewer connections.
 A larger sum, to be estimated only through the imagination, in fact, could be realized if the government would allow the waters to be exploited com rnercially Vast sums have been of fered for the bottling and shipping privileges, and while the water doubt
 less could be sent to the ends of tn,
 earth in perfect condition, Uncle San will not allow any such experiments. There are in the valley half a dozel . springs, privately owned, whose wa ters are known throughout the coun try. One of these has a great reputa tion as cure for Bright's disease Yet Uncle Sam will not allow then t even to use labels which might mis n lead people into believing that the n were part of the group of wonder working springs that the governmen 6 guarantees as being par excellence '. They are the flow of outlying spring V not considered of value at the tim l. the main group was taken over, an a probably are worth no more todd, d from a medical viewpoint than the il were at that time
 , Baths for the lndioent.
 If seekers after health who iourne
 to the springs have not the wher