The record-union., 1893-08-09
1T KLhNlTH SPRINGS.
How the Summer ,donasl.s are Passed
by the Guests.
Fishing. Sightseeing and Tennis-Play'
ing Among the Pastimes-Mud-
Bathing Feature, Too.


EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: The weather
here is warm, registering from 900 to $50
for the past week, but owing to these
springs being situated in valley, and
near running water-the Klamath River
one does not feel the heat as in the
cities.
Nearly every day guests return from
fishing and bring in some good messes.
party of three went out Tuesday and
returned in the evening, having caught
sixty-eight large trout. So your corre-
spondent started out the next morning
to try to break the record for trout-fish
ing at these springs, and succeeded in
catching ninety y-seven in four hours,
which is considered good. l went only
two miles and a half up Shoal Creek.
Trout are caught now with flies, grass
hoppers and bugs that one tiuds on the
rocks. Fishing in the river now is fine,
and the large silver trout are being caught
IN large numbers.
Some of the guests return from fishing
with few trout, and then complain that
there amt any fish in the stream,"
when the trouble is land your cOrre-
spOndent has seen them fishiug) they
( don't understand the art of catching the
willy and timid trout. They approach
the trout stream, talking and laughing,
jump up on some large bowIder i'll plain
sight OF the fish, and then cast their line,
and of course no bites do they get. one
must approach quietly, unseen by the
fish, and then il is no trouble to get
good mess.
q. 3. stiles, the lessee of the springs,
hos CApllrnd li9 I9aGtnIl1
Will stock Shovel Creek with them in Oc-
tober. There is a hatchery here. and he
has 10000 brook trout and intends to put
them in the creek soon.
4 sight enjoyed by the guests is when
Mr.. Stiles feeds the young trout, which
he has in pond near the hotel. Cled'ord
milk IS the food he feeds them, and It's a
sight to see the thousands Of little fish
come to the surface of the water when he
throws the milk in.
Mr.. Stiles and wife are untiring in their
efforts to please all who stop here, and are
always doing something to make the day
pleasant Nearly every evening they
have teams brought to the hotel and
placed at the disposal of the guests, and
jolly riding parties leave here and 60 up
the river to view the grand scenery.
A lady guest who has Just returned
from the Worlds Fair has been enter
tanning the guests telling of the wonders
to De seen there, and, being of jolly dis
position, her talks are very entertaining
ana amusing. She displays about forty
souvenirs of the fair.
Captain a. j. Foster of Sacramento
came up last week. He was in very poor
health, but is now better, and goes down
10 the river fishing most every day. Mrs.
Foster came up few days ago in re-
sponse to telegram stating her husband
was very i'll.
Mr.. Stiles contemplates putting in an
lncandescent electric plant here, with
arc lamps about the grounds, including
one at the main hot sulphur spring.
He will visit Sacramento and inspect
the RECORD UNION electric plant, hav-
ing been told that it had just such plant
as he wants here, of one hundred lamps.
New walks are being constructed around
the grounds, and other improvements are
contemplated that will render this place
one of the best-appointed on the coast.
When the railroad from Ager to Link
vile, along the river route. is completed,
klamath Hot Springs will be visited
yearly by many hundreds of pleasure
seekers.
If the many Sacramentans who visit
the coast for their summer outings would
! once come to these springs they would
come again, and keep on coming. There
are shady dells, caves, ice-cold springs
whose waters shoot out from the rocks, and
hundreds of other attractions, so that one
does not get lonesome or homesick, but
enjoys every minute of his visit here.
Several dams have been constructed in
Shovel Creek that should be removed, as
the trout cannot get above them, and
your correspondent would like to be en-
lightened on that subject, as to the laws
relating to dams in fishing streams. etc.
Mr.. Stiles has been appealed to, and says
he Will tear them out. Your correspond
ent took out some $f the distractions so
as to allow the fish to go up stream. If
these dams are allowed TO stay fishing will
not last two years, but attention has been
drawn to the matter and it will be at
tended to, no doubt
one thing about these springs that the
male guests complain of, is that there are
no clubrooms on the grounds. If large,
commodious house was constructed near
the hotel, with billiard parlors, sample
rooms, ETC., it would be in keeping with
all other springs in California.
4 young lady guest remarked last
week: why, is there no billiard parlor
| in the hotel? Well How funny - She
has spent her summers at Santa Cruz no
doubt, as in some of the hotels there
| ladies can play billiards. There is a
saloon about half mile down the road,
but not on this property. and it lacks
| billiard parlors. 1t is rumored that one
of the lady members of the proprietors
! nOuSSIlOlu 10 vi SLTICtly J6Iu p0TdlC6 pfl0-
| clples, hence the cause of no sample
rooms on the grounds; but the opinion of
all who linger here is that to attract GUS
tom one must cater to the public demand,
and not to the whims Of someone.
Since writing the above Mr.. Stiles has
| informed your correspondent that he in
tends to erect large clubhouse in the
near future with all modern improve
ments.
Lawn tennis and croquet are among
the pastimes at these springs. Next
week prizes are to be offered, and society
IS all agog in anticipation of the coming
tournament.
The very latest fad now is to have
someone read to you while you
are taking your mud bath. A man and
his wife, who are guests here intro
duced the fad, and every day while he is
deep in the mud his wife sits and reads to
him, and your correspondent enjoys the
reading, too, while in the next bath to
him. J. a. NJ.
AT THE RAILROAD SHOPS