The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-30
In Spite of Opposition
Harreld Gets Small
Sum for Platt Park.
ONLY ONE IN STATE
Attempt to Force Sale on
state and Pass the Buck
Is Lost on Vote.

.trtr day while dozen members
discussed the amendment Of Repre-.
sentative lIarrcld of Oklahoma city.
rru.lIus an increased appropriation
f.. Hs mulntaindnCc.
Wrr oklahoma congressman more
shan held his own FOR he put
,...ush the amendment over tho
.,...,t1n Of Chairman Good NJ the
house appropriation committee. who
a,t- handling the bill ON the floor.
rH. thlt The question VIII come up
a-rn next year seems certain.
Wl.r Congressman Harold was
fighting for the appropriation. Mr..
GOOD offered an amendment to
transfer title OF The park to the state
.ps oklahoma and, should oklahoma
.,s... 30. that it be- sold by the
government and the money put into
thp 'reasury.
rr. Good amendment was de-
fs.t.I. ou point OF order made by
Congressman Mann Of Illinois. Mr.
NHH,I got an increase of 5000 for
ma.uHu8ucc Of the park next year.
a rather small sum I'm these days OF
h.r appropriations, but large con-
aIor.rs that $4,000 IS the amount
usually given it and that IT gets $ll,-
goo this year.
The debate on the park will be In
'crrstrc 10 Okiahomans, because II
IS ,.. states only national park. In
urgiu- the appropriation, Congress
man Hlrrold said.
Il was IN this park some five
months ago, and 1t Is dcplorahle to
... ,., rnrdifion which exists there.
~ is. rtrc mari, something on the
lr5er az Rock Greek mark i'm Wash
.r,tor n the same amount OF
,.grs, ,yls spcui ON that mark that
4 IL. szpcnlcd I'm Rock Crock park 1t
. gsuld loo , much more beautiful
r,,. and b. has ,bis in addition to
re,rr,u..rd n that IL is n health re-
sort There arc ia be found therc
so,,o ~ tho fines, su,phur spriugs
he 1-.t,n1 cf,,as and p.rbans tho
49,, trop,ide v,,or in the United
s,a.es This bromide water was so
,,iueJ bv Tncie sam that a few
yc,rs ,-o he kopt a guard over tho
snrin, ana vouil MOI allow anyone
~ ca,ry water away because n was
6, yar,iabIo I'm the treatment OF nerv-
,,,. sisc,s,. Nohod,. ,,,,ll tsLo ~
oway o bn, could 60 tbcre and drink
a. hy mo ON, OF course latelv that
has not bccn kent tip. This mark was
forr-,r',. known as SuInbur snrings
nstion.i nark ana vas estabIished
w,y b1rk yonder when the country
heiGreod TO the Indians. for the
bersf. Of the indians and since the
whites have settled M that country
,bo, too have heen coming in their
wagons ava ,hoir carq "a drinL ot
that water ana recover their health.
So il has that advantage over these
other marks aboiIt which we are
talking II is not only a Measure
mark but a health rosorf one of Two
Of fho - narls Included in tbis hin
which in addition "a heirg nieasure
parks are also health resorts.
"Ag said. visited this mark IN
November and was struck with the
dop'orable condttiors there The
payNlons over these sprinEs--and
there are several OF them that the
government built M great exper.se--
are absolutely rotting down The
five miles of hard surface road that
the government huIIt IN the park are
going To wreck hec3llso thev have no,
a team OF mules with which To i'm
prove then.
Formerly tho Government annro-
pr,atcd SlT.5Oo Tor this park. and
thor n dronned IA S1o 0On md than
20 IS 600. is Io1G and l9I- the an
pioyriation was s. 600 and during
tho war II ,v4s dropnod ia a. oOO ard
for the last two Years there had
been appropriated "a 900 T. Is the
onv part IN The ligt for witch The
approurist,on mas graduaIiy do.
creased The otbcrs La,e all in
creased until "a against 900 0oo I'm
1916. there ,s tbis year ba,ng an.
pflpriated gqOi O0O Eut This l. tbA
only mark i'm -be Ist where there
IA. Daon a decresse
Il found tho condt,ions ,bere 40.
plorahIe in tbie ira, tEcro is onIy
one available con,n grolInd that can
he used hv those nSorre u,to come
therC in tbsfr vyagone ava cars 7,
belorrs to Tho city ~ SULPHUR
which lies aiorgs,de of this nary
and foypd ,yhsn u,as tberc last
Il. aha. tbis c,r,r grn,,,,d va noor
close. In rra nrbltG bcc,usc ,e in.
sanitary conditions, ana hnndreds ~
pc.nIr ropinq IA rb.t n,,I, vsra
obl-ad ia tn., ,.o,,5 "a ,, pacl
hon. bo,,,,se -, ,o,,I1 40, IA
a rlsro on ,,.bf,h 60 -, So
ask vo,r ~ ci,.r ar on,ra,,ri,,t,,, 20
{g06u u,nicb roa,,.,a,ii,, 60,
meet nm tLo s,,,,or,,,, ,,.t,tot, a.. 81
rclfu +, -. ,.i.
ground go ,t, Pa. , 80, .,'t" ,,t, a',,I 1,,r
ther. ,bis 80, -. 'r,. w. ~
uso No. l-,' '.'J' ,e,.t,..,
Tho n,i,,tIocos b",'" ,bat III ~, ~ ~ ths tts
~. So VI NilH' pa n All 'i''