The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-27
OPPOSE BUILDING
OF TOURIST CAMP
Declares City M o n ey
I Should Not Be
Expended
ARGUMENT DISPROVED
Head Of Park Board Explains
That Kiwanis Club Is
Standing Expense

PHI Hates. attorney, appeared he
Gore he mayor and city com mission
ers Friday morning and protested
,,barnentlv against the building in
Wnqfward park, Twenty-first street
and Peoria avenue, OF free tourist
ann Kates lives near the park,
as do several other irate citizens
nto accompanied him to tho city
han,
.Asisiaa declared that the city park
< NSrl has no right or authority to
,ucnd city money for tourist camps
tor 'he benefit OF strangers who
are careless and who are likely to
start forest fires as they have in
yellow tone park and other parks.
especially in the fall, when leaves
are on the ground The parks Of
Tulsa were purchased for park pur-
noses exclusively, he asserted, and If
ih4v are used for.any other purpose
There is danger that they may re-
vert % the original owners. Wood
ward mark, comprising 36 acres, was
bought about 10 years ago for $4,000.
Would stop House.
Katos was especially desirous that
work be stopped Immediately on the
community house and tourist build
!ne that has been started on the
rroposcd campsite. If any of tho
public money IL to be spent, Il
should be spent for tho benefit OF
local people and not for strangers,
hc stated.
Many of Kates' arguments against
the campsite were disproved by n.
G. Uonthorne, president of the park
board. Not penny Of public money
Is lei0g spent for the Campsitc, he
explained but all necessary funds
have been subscribed by the Eiwanis
club. and this club will furnish more
money n necessary. only three acres
out of 30 have been converted into
tourist camp, and this site has
been surrounded by barhod wire
NJ fires are to be allowed EXCEPT in
side 1s the large building now being
erected and there will be an attend
an az the park % hours out of the
day % see that this rule is not
J violated and that tourists observe
thg ggmp rules.
Never Been Improved.
Until nov Woodward park has
mover been improved" Hcnthorne
sa'3. w" are now preparing to
a,laC electric lights to it and have
ordered a considerable amount OF
p 'bil tftn.n fncDf. Yet the first
Ting wo hcHr is a kick. as we have
heard AGAINST every other improve
m'r'7 that have been made in the
TatE' H. tho last Is months. | have
f.3 WITH a number Of tourists and
tl2 them to hc high class people.
c.. man from I.anders. Wyo., ok
root' To locate here. Another man
from Illinois who drove through in
H. 'acEard is so impressed with
I.i" that he expects to remain
longer.
The Eiwanis club investigated
tourist camps in n number of cities
hei'ro starting work on this one. II
oocs not find that tourists are such
d'S'op'uable people, but that on the
contrary, they are as n rule dcsir-
abe citizens"
For Social Functions.
The community house IS n b,
used 10y tourists in summer AMI for
.Foclal functions by civic organiya- =
N l"ns IN winter, Hcnthorne cxplaincd.
|Ht was first Intended 10 use the
"'''rWorkS property for a tourist
/ camp hut investigation prove Il is
uh'ulted to this purpose because of
dampnosS and mosquitqeg. Other
camps may be established later.
hcnthornc said.
According To the city charter. the
pa'h board has exclusive control Of
the park and for tina. rrasnn IN ,
,nlayoF referred Hates and the other
ma., 'lll|"ns TO IN" board for Il
S'e''oht OF the complaint.