Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-08
GREATLY PLEASED.
An Interesting Account of a Recent Visit
BY One Of the Doctors.

Oy Uno OF the l0cC0r6.
The Beardstown. ILL.,, Star contains the
following interesting account of a visit to
Hot Springs by n of the physicians who
were recently here:
The Hot Springs of South Dakota have
come into such prominence of late as a
health resort that we take it for granted
that a description of the place. its wonder
full springs. romantic location and attract
i've surroundings would interest most. if
not all, of our readers. AS DR.. Geo. Bley
has recently returned from a second trip
to these health-giving waters the reporter
has availed himself of the opportunity to
speak graphically and knowingly of them
through an interview had with the doctor
yesterday. AS was mentioned in these
columns prior to the doctors departure.
the Burlington line had prepared a six-days
iaunt to the Springs and the Black Hills
for fifty Illinois physicians. the road and
the Hot Springs Business Mems associ-
to finish.
The train. which was fitted out with
vestibule sleepers and dining car, started
out from Chicago Wednesday evening.
May 9th. The party arrived at Omaha at
g o'clock on the morning of Thursday. the
10th and arrived at Hot Springs on Friday
morning. the nth. at $500. Here they
we're taken in hand by a reception COM
mittee and were conducted at once to the
great plunge bath. where they were order
ed to prepare themselves for the initiatory
step to their entering the town, which
! they did with a will and were soon foun-
dering around in the most delightful bath
in the world. The building which covers
this wonderful pool is constructed of stone.
iron and glass: is rs feet wide and $50 feet
long: heated by steam. lighted by electric
ity and has one hundred dressing rooms.
The water at the north end is three feet
deep and increases in depth until at the
extreme south end it is eight feet deep.
The water is at natural temperature GO
degrees. and is so buoyant that no element
of danger can exist in learning to swim.
Reporter-The bath must have been ''out
of sight"
DR.. Bley-Well. yes. with a run taken
advantage of by some of us we would gain
a momentum. paw the air in graceful atti-
tudes. and then suddenly. blu. temporarily.
be ''out of sight" AT the greatest depth
of this bath the sand and pebbles are plain
to the..eye. so clear is the stream. In fact
some of the party threw pennies to the
bottom and then dived down and go. them.
The water in this bath, though such an
enormous quantity. is continually changed
by the natural flow, the bed of it being
filled with myriads of tiny hot springs
bubbling upfrom the bottom. The charms
of this bath are beyond description. Be-
sides the pleasure one derives from these
baths one is benefited through the medici-
nal qualities of the water. In fact for a
. pleasure and health-giving bath nothing in
the world. so far as my knowledge goes.
equals them. The plunge bath over. we
were escorted to the Evans hotel, a struc-
ture which cost 5000. 600. is five stories
high, built of huge blocks of sandstone,
which is quarried in the vicinity. and Of
which most of the buildings in the town
are erected.
Reporter-What do you know of the
curative qualities of these waters?
DIR. Bley-1n conversation with persons
who we're taking the baths and others who
had finished a course of baths we learned
much that proved surprising even to those
of our party who knew something of the
medicinal properties of the various springs.
Most of the cases coming under our obser-
walton were chronic cases which BATTLE the
skill of a physician, such as rheumatism in
its various forms. neuralgia, liver troubles
kidney and heart diseases. The medical
effects of the water are almost identical
with the Hot Springs of Arkansas, but the
climate is SC much superior to that of the
: latter that there is nc comparison between
/ the two places. AT the Arkansas Ho
, Springs those afflicted with lung trouble.
D or heart disease invariably grow worse
while at the Dakota Hot Springs the eli
: mate is so favorable to such diseases tina
they are greatly benefited. MOI only doe
the climate benefit them but it is beneficial
to all who go there. The atmosphere j
rare and pure, the lungs are strengthened
J There is no malaria there; no mosquitoes
In short there is, perhaps, no spot on thi
continent that is healthier and more un
form in its climate than the Hot Springs
: the Black Hills. The water is also goo
for insomnia. dyspepsia. catarrh of bot
head and stomach. A Mr.. Springer.
Chicago millionaire who has to live at ii
Springs to insure good health. he bein
afflicted with kidney trouble. has recent
: discovered new springs just above the cit
8 which he proposes to develop.
Reporter presume the country