The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25
HUNTERS NOT SPRINGS.

HUNTERS NOT SPRINGS.
The Greatest NeEshwsstsrn sen3ear,un
aad Pleasure Resort.
Among the natural resources Of Park
county and the world famed wonders ,df
the Yellowstone valley there arc none
more important or deserving Of grester
attention than Hunters Hot Springs;
and none of which We speak with moro
psrdonable and justiflable pride. Not
merely because they present the wonder
full spectacle oe IN immense quantity Of
boiling hot water rushing up through
the earth, which fact ID in itsalf atrik-
ing phenomena, but that these waters
are endowed with remarkable medicinal
qualities which make them q natural
curative agent and Therefore one Of the
greatest blessings to diseased mankind.
These springs are located twenty miles
east of Livingston, the county seat and
gateway to the great National Park, 148
miles from Helena, the capital, 1910
miles from st. Paul, Mimi, $40 miles
from Portland, Oregon. The station of
the Springs is Springdale on the North
ern Pacific, from which the Springs are
distant but two miles and connected by
hack and telephone line, consequently
this great health resort may be easily
reached from all parts Of America at all
seasons Of the year, as our great trans
continental railways provide 80 many
luxurious convenisnces that the dis
comforts OF travel are almost done away
with.
The Dspriags boil up from q rocky
ledge in a beautiful little valley one and
one-haH miles north. OF the Yellowstone
river at the edge Of the foot hills that
skirt the base of the perpetually snow
clad range Of Crazy mountains, at an
elevation a 4,485 feet above sea level
and 285 feet above the river, from which
the rise is 50 gradual as to be almost i'm
terceptible until one looks back.
Around the Springs basin on every side,
except that opening to the river, the
ground rises in .undulating slopes or
terraces to the mountains behind, while
beneath lies the valley Of the Yellow
stone with the glistening river visible
for miles as it rushes between it's wooded
banks. On every side the view is
bounded by lofty mountain peaks, dis
tant twenty to fifty miles and many of
them snow-clad Throughout the year.
The river along this portion Of its
course abounds with trout, peculiar to
this stream, known as Yellowstone sal
mon. These fish have been caught
weighing six and one-han pounds, the
flesh is beautiful salmon color, and
delicate, delicious flavor It is favor
lite pastime with guests who can bear
the .exertion to repair to the river in pur-
suit Of these delicious fish.
Game has become scarce and the rem
nant is now protected by the rigorous
game laws lately enacted by the legisla-
ture.
The climate is all that could be desir-
ed in q northern Latitude. The summers
are moderately warm. with cool. delight
ful nights just fitted for refreshing
sleep. Severe storms are unknown
while the dry bracing air and'pure clear
atmosphere are in themselves promoters
of health. The winters have little snow
and the summers little rain.
Malaria and miasmatic influences are
entirely absent, and inyalids, who have
here regained their health need not fear
any relapse on their return home be-
cause of these poisons having been taken
into their systems, and the patient can
be benefited in winter or summer alike.
The soil is exceedingly fertile, needing
only the hand Of man with his magical
irrigating bitches to make the desert
blossom as the rose. Vegetables grow
here in perfection, cr,sp. tender and
most delicious in flavor; wild flowers in
profussion and variety quite bewilder-
ing; from earliest spring the hills are
perfect parterres Of lovely bloom. gorR-
eous, delicate and dainty. 4
The springs, twenty-seyen in number,