The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-09
ESTABLISH RESORTS
Illinois River Offers an Ideal
Region for Weekend Va
cation Periods
GAME PLENTIFUL THERE
Visitors and Old Residents
Unite in Favoring the Game
Preserve in East
Special to The world.

Special to The World.
STILWELL. July s.-Enstern
Oklahoma 10 already the playground
OF tho state. tho resting place and
the recupcratlng spot and will con
tinue TO be so because OF It's proxim-
~ - such cities M Muskugoe, Tulsa,
Bartlesville. Okmulgce and other
places. Uutil a few years ago
NdHir county was not oven visited
by the tourist because OF tho i'm
passable condition Of the roads, and
whilC but little Improvement is noted
on some roads yet the tourists by tho
hundreds pass through the county
ana nre delighted with the beautiful
aocnory Of hill and dale as pure
wntcr ns ever spurklod from springs
along every roadside. and tho sweet,
pure air of this mountainous sec
dion.
The first venture for a resting
place for the tirod-Out men OF the
city office, store ana shop ever made
IN Adalt county was made more thnu
10 years ago by a bunch of Tulsa fol
lows headed by Tom Lyons. over on
Evansville crock. four or five miles
east OF Stilwell; q tract OF land wnS
bought a log house erected and for
many years this bunch OF fellows
made an annual pilgrimage 10 this
sequestcred spot. Tho hut was finally
washed away by high water since
which time we have seen no more OF
them
fine spot surrounded by scenery
uneAcolled In this section is the club
mouse on the Illinois river, several
miles west ~ Watts Here Is an ideal
spot 10 rest with fine hunting ground
best In o. q
nll Kinds OF game fish. no better
boating can be desired: there is n
splcnd'd clubhouse here. controlled
by local people and always In shane
for frionda.
Thoro are plenty OF places on Rn-
ron creek which flows through
Adhlr county whore one can strike
tamp In 10 minutes and the river
- hIlci with perch, bass and cat
fIsh without question there is no
se'il'n IN tho state that has puror
II tho plans now under way orc
oon7umW1ird within n few mlleg OF
NiH"oII Within onHv ranch OF both
INC Eonsn0 CITY Southern and Frisco
fHlIlnadF. 'hern VIII soon Doe had ono
ni The best outing places In an east
'Ih oklahoma tlucy CrecH flows
IIIAuFh narrow E1rrr which cnn
Doc damned easily Hnd cheapIy ana
E'N" 10 or 90 feet of water. having
% length of at least hair a mit and
y Wid'h ~ goo foot. This ls three or
I"nr miles below the railro1d yvator
I.ud which rCrontlv received 600
.Ii'F bass from the state fish do
p1rtmcn'. ana when the season b,-
, woe 20" shipping viii rrrcivr con
Rnm"nt Of cruupip Already A. ia
iI'l'd with perch ana catfish This
Inni VIII naturally fDOd tho rosur-
L"Ir b"low aud win he tho very
Inject NJ sn1wrIns beds. The roGI
s.poT'sron, ne need go no further
'o find hIe Mecca
ono other thing la badly needed
ana ihnt is the establishment OF n
game preserve I'm the hnly part ~
mo state ana an ideal location would
DO IN the southwest uart or ,hl4
COUNT" who're Adalr Soau0vah ar1
lhrrnE'o counties could hp tho homo
L0.a.'"s Tho country l- ideal fur n
I'm" land ia cheap plenty Of fpo
fresh water and u would loo flno
drawing card for this section Of tho
state. Besides this section pavs mo
h"1yy hunting license from which
ihe preserve would be and should
b" financed Ana the wild game r.
here ma why not glve iuduccrent
:" program which would retain Il I'm
that sDcii0u7