REPORT ON PLATT AND WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARKS, SULLYS HILL PARK, CASA GRANDE RUIN, MUIR WOODS, PETRIFIED FOREST, AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS, INCLUDING

LIST OF BIRD RESERVES.

REPORT ON PLATT AND WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARKS, SULLYS HILL PARK, CASA GRANDE RUIN, MUIR WOODS, PETRIFIED FOREST, AND OTHER NATIONAL MONUMENTS, TOGETHER WITH LIST OF BIRD RESERVES.

PLATT NATIONAL PARK.

By the acts of Congress of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641), and April 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 220), 629.33 and 218.89 acres, respectively, at the town of Sulphur, Okla. (then Ind. T.), were segregated as the "Sulphur Springs Reservation," which designation, by joint resolution approved June 29, 1906, was changed to "Platt National Park." The park, with a total area of 848.22 acres, extends in irregular form a distance of approximately 3 miles from northeast to southwest along Travertine Creek, including a portion of Rock Creek, which empties into the former, and it has a circuit of 9 miles.

Within the park are 33 known mineral and 2 nonmineral springs. The principal groups are the Bromide and Bromide-Sulphur Springs in the southwestern part of the park, Beach and Pavilion Springs in the northwestern corner, and the Wilson group in the southern part. Sulphur springs predominate, but there are also bromide, soda, and iron varieties. The Antelope and Buffalo Springs, nonmineral in character, are situated at the extreme northeastern end of the park with an elevation of 1,083 feet above sea level and an approximate discharge of 5,000,000 gallons daily into Travertine Creek. A spring has recently been discovered known as Medicine Spring. The work of completing the development and installing water from this spring in the pavilion at Bromide Springs has been completed and the park has been generally improved.

Permits for the transportation of passengers in and through the park were issued for seven automobiles-five for two-seated hacks and two for three-seated hacks-also several permits for other privileges. A license fee was exacted in each instance and the total revenues derived from permits was $475.75.

There were 768 campers in the camping grounds who remained more than three days, and the park records show that 124,078 persons visited Bromide Springs during that period. Many of these visitors are residents of the city of Sulphur and they were counted each time they visited the springs. From the best obtainable information the actual number of visitors to the park, inclusive of the residents of Sulphur, was about 30,000.

There were driven through the park 4,594 head of cattle. Most of them were driven through in changing from one pasture to another or in order to get them to water or to where water was accessible. Quite a number of cattle, however, were driven through the park for shipment to market or for sale to local butchers.

The appropriation for the care and maintenance of the park for the last year, including all personal service, was but $5,000, which

was barely sufficient to pay the salaries of the superintendent and other park employees. The appropriation for the next fiscal year for the maintenance of the park, including bridges, roads, trails, and sewerage, is $10,000. Six thousand dollars of this will be required to pay the salaries of employees and $4,000 is not a sufficient amount to construct the sewer. However, an estimate has been made to Congress for an appropriation of $53,445 for this park for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, which, if appropriated, will enable the department to construct a proper sewer through the park.

REGULATIONS OF JUNE 10, 1908.

Pursuant to the authority conferred by the acts of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 656), April 21, 1904 (33 Stat., 220), and the Oklahoma statehood act of June 16, 1906 (34 Stat., 272), the following rules and regulations for the government of the Platt National Park (formerly Sulphur Springs Reservation), in Oklahoma, are hereby established and made public:

1. It is forbidden to injure in any manner any of the springs, mineral deposits, or natural features within the park.

2. It is forbidden to cut or injure any timber or plants growing on the park lands, or to deface or injure any Government property. 3. No camping shall be permitted within 1,000 feet of any spring, nor upon any land except such as may be specifically designated for that purpose by the superintendent. Fires shall not be lighted except by the express permission of the superintendent; when so allowed, campers shall use only dead or fallen timber for fuel, and the utmost care must be exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the timber and grass.

4. It is forbidden for any person to deposit garbage or refuse upon the park lands, except at places designated for that purpose by the superintendent, or to contaminate any of the springs or streams therein, or to divert or conduct the waters of such springs or streams from the natural or regular course.

5. No person shall remove from any of the bromide, iron, or soda springs more than 1 gallon of water in any one day, nor remove from any of the other springs more than 5 gallons in any one day, nor shall any water be taken therefrom for commercial purposes, except in pursuance of a license issued by the Secretary of the Interior. Whenever in his judgment the circumstances warrant, the superintendent may prohibit the use of the waters of any of the springs in the park other than for immediate drinking purposes at such springs, the facts in such case to be reported to the Secretary of the Interior.

6. Hunting or killing, wounding or capturing any bird or wild animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in possession of game killed on the park lands under other circumstances than prescribed above, will be taken up by the superintendent and held subject to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, except in cases where it is shown by satisfactory evidence that the outfit is not