Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-09
AMERICAS CARLSBAD.
The Railway Surgeons Went Home Inn
pressed With the Hot Springs.

A large number of delegates, who at
tended the recent convention of the
National Association of Railway Sur
geons in this city, says the Omaha Bee.
availed themselves of an opportunity
to take i'm excursion to Hot Springs. s.
ID. They evidently were enraptured
with the beauty and remedial import
ance of that resort. Resolutions of
endorsement were passed by the ex-
cursionists i'll meeting assembled.
After referring to the excellent hotel
service and beneficial baths of the re
sort, the curative powers of the springs
and the opportunities for pleasure, the
surgeons further expressed themselves
officially as follows:
Resolved, the climate is all that can
be desired, and truly this is tlre ..Carls-
bad" of America. The air is dry, sur
charged with ozone, exceedingly pure
and exhilarating and laden with bal
samic OdOrs from the surrounding pine
forests: the number of sunny days is
800 in the year; the precipitation during
the year is about sixteen inches: the
average temperature for January, Feb.
rurry and March, 1903, equals 42o f.
The winters are mild and summer
nights cool. Elevation is 3,40O feet.
Scenery. mountainous peaks, rock
ribbed and dressed in never ending
green, grand and varied, and will hold
the attention of and relieve the hysteri-
cal and hypochOndriacal patients, and
give rest to and stimulate the GONZALES
cent. and the physically and mentally
0verworked student or business man.
and encourage the chronic invalid.
The waters are c!aSSed as abilene. and
clear as crystal, and saturated with
volatile and gaseous element contain
ing no organic matter. and are highly
charged with magnetic and electric
properties. Speaking generally, treat
ment by the Hot Springs water may be
said to stimulate all the secretions and
the organic functions; to promote di-
gestlOn aud assimilation, and to favor
tissue metamorphosis and excretion,
thereby relieving internal confessions,
stimulating blood making, increasing
the appetite, and favoring new and
healthy tissues at the expense of the old
and inactive.
"Thcre are two railroads entering
Hot Spfings-the Fremont, Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley Northwestern line,
and the Burlington. The Fremont
Elkh"rn l. Missouri Valley railway
equipped with palace sleeping cars
without change, run daily between
Omaha and Hot Springs. There are
similarly good facilities from Chicago
to Hot Springs, and the trip is as agree
able and pleasant as travel can be made
in any section of the country,
Further resolved, That this associa.
tion desises to express it's appreciation
of and thanks for the liberal treatment
and kind hospitality which they have
received at the hands of the Fremont
Elkhorn y Missouri Valley railroad in
having furnished them through the
courtesies of their road, an opportunity
to visit these springs and the Black
Hills. and the thanks of the association
are hereby accordingly rendered the
officers of that company, towit: H. G
Burt general manager; G.. g. Hughes
general superintendent r. Buchanan
general passenger agent; e. q. Harris
division superintendent. and Others
from whom they have received