The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
THE RIVER Press.
eue1.y Wednesday, morning by
the River Press Publishing
Company.
MONTANA'S SARATOGA.

White Sulphur Springs is one of the
few Montana towns that is having a
rapid growth this unpropitious year. A
RIVER PRESS representative made his
annual call on friends at the Saratoga
last week and was not a little surprised
at its rapid growth the past twelve
month. I thad improved almost beyond
recognition, but few of the old land
marks remaining to remind n Of the
village of a year or two ago, while new
and handsome structures are to be seen
on every hand.
The most marked change, perhaps, is
in the property owned by the White
Sulphur Springs association. The old
and unsightly log hotel has been trans
formed into a neat and commodious
structure, where guests are made COM
Portable and contented. The log shacks
that passed for bath houses have been
torn away and in their place a fine brick
bath house has been erected, where one
can get a ''scald" with all the comfort
there is in the thing. The building has
plunge bath rooms and eight single
baths, with waiting rooms, etc., the en-
tire arrangement being very complete.
An attendant is present from early
morn until midnight, who looks scrupu-
lOttSlY dllCl IlC VI GAS l'ASS
and the comfort of the bathers. The
price of a bath is fifty cents, and the
annual earnings OF this institution
amount to several thousand dollars.
Neat pagodas have been erected oyer the
springs; the grounds or park enclosed
by a good picket fence: sidewalks con-
structed in almost every direction the
grounds and surrounding streets graded
in short, a valuable but unsightly
property of a year ago has been trans
formed into a place Of beauty and the
attractions for pleasure seekers enhanced
many fold.
Among the more recent Improvements
is the new livery stable erected by the
association at a cost of nearly $4,000. 1t
is a most complete affair and the best
we have seen in the territory. Mr.. J.
S. Brewer who, by the way, was the
first to recognize the value OF the sui
phur springs that have built up this
town, and who evidenced his faith by
''taking upu the springs when there was
not a settler within forty miles of them)
has leased the stable. He is fully pre-
pared to meet all demands in his line,
and although the stable was only open
ed on the Sd of July last, it is already
doing a fine business.
For the past year Frank Bush has
been the local m~anager-in charge of
the hotel and the general business of the
association. The Messrs. Hershfield, Of
Helena, who are largely interested in
the property land by recent purchases
now own the controlling INTEREST," had
not been for some months satisfied with
his administration of the affairs Of the
association, and the president, Mr.. A.
Hershfield, had him ousted a few days
ago. This occurrence received a good
deal more attention from the local paper
than it deserved, and particularly so as
after developments proved that Bush's
administration had been a decidedly
reckless one and the action Of Mr..
Hershfield was for the best interests of
all concerned. Mr.. J.. E. Sprague was
at once installed as manager, and under
his charge everything is running as
pleasantly and smoothly as possible.
The house is full of guests and the bust
ness increasing daily.
The springs have attracted more pleas
ure and health seekers this year than
ever before, and are growing in popu-
larity constantly. The virtue of the
waters for the cure of a long catalogue
of diseases is no longer questioned, and
there is no reason why this should not
become the great health resort of the
northwest, as we believe it will.