Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29
BY HINDMAN'S HOARY HEAD
Scenic Wonders Roundabout the Great
II Am" Of Idaho.
TAPPING NATURES MEDICINAL STORES
Fountains of Hot Rcfrcshmcnt for the
Halt and the Weary In Picturesque
scttings-JoyfuI Periods of
the Rcjuvcnntcd.

KETCHUM, Idaho, Sept. 90, lse5.---Cspeclal
Correspondence OF The Bce)-Just beyond the
broad open in front Of the modest hotel at
Guyer Hot Springs but few miles as 1t
| looks in this deceptive atmosphere, stands
Hindman's peak, the highest point in this
mountan-crowned state. Nearly $4,000 feet
| in elevation, snowcapped the whole year
| through 1t presents magnificent picture
| from this viewpoint. II is the columnar
| figure represented by an exclamation mark
| or the still more aggressive that most prop
| erly pictures the position this well outlined
peak makes on the eastern tourist looking
| Tor the hrSt time upon the glorious beauties
| OF this intermOuntan country,
From this ideal summer resort located on
! n branch OF the Union Pacific and the ter
minus of the road a panorama stretches
away to the horizons rim not excelled In all
the world. The Guyer Springs, famous for
| their medicinal properties and the great
| warmth OF the waters, could have no more
| picturesque setting, holding out to the weary
worker from the city's heat an Irresistible
| invitation to spend the summer here In the
midst OF Natures art gallery.
| Each year thousands OF tourists avail
| themselves of money made through pork
| corners wheat gouges. stock speculations and
| other questionable transactions to tour
! Europe. They go into spasms OF rapture,
after consultation of guide books, over Italian
| skies, frog ponds mole hills and other
| own country remain to them a sealed book.
| 1t was Byron who. meeting typical Ameri-
| can tourist in Florence. eagerly exclaimed
Tell me Of Niagara Falls! Describe your
| great cataract to me" The American repre-
! sentative Of large class OF people who an
| nually make pilgrimages to the shrines OF
the old world shamefacedly confessed he had
never seen the falls. Byron could hardly
| believe his ears. Turning abruptly his
| heel he heard denouncing as "a d-n
| fool" any man who without having seen
! Niagara would come from America to Europe
| to sham ecstacy over pgmy mountains lakes
| and rivers.
| A COUNTRY WITHOUT PEER.
| Earth has no other land like ours. Here
| is half hemisphere with soils and climates
as varied as the tastes OF men and with
| capacities for production as boundless as the
| needs of men. 1t is the broadest land ever
| given to any people, the grandest, the most
beautiful and the most unlimited in its
| capabilities and its future Other lands sur
pass it only in age and ruins and Time, IL
we wait long enough, will remedy these de-
| fcencies.
| While in camp one night on the banks of
| the Big Wood river near where the Malad
adds its waters to the swiftly flowing river,
Attorney General Parsons sang the song of
| Idaho" a song full of the beauty of this
wonderful young state and descriptive of the
| chivalry of its men and comeliness Of its
women. The chorus supplied by mems
voices in which a justice of the supreme
| court, member of the state legislature. a
! former delegate in congress from the terri
| tory, two or three Oberin students.
| United States senator and big hearted
miner, figured most prominently. There was
| a swing and dash about the rendition of the
song which set the wild echoes flying, sung
| with the enthusiasm Of brave hearts. with
| only the waters. the battlemented rocks and
the trees as an audience to listen to the
| praise Of Idaho
| But this is another story.
In fine contrast HALEY Hot Springs
| rasp
| the former a large, well appointed hotel
| affords luxurious living. the grounds around
the hotel being laid out on generous lines.
| Guyer Springs, on the other hand is thor
| oughly a family resort surrounded by
| great forests of spruce and cedar, with
pretty mountain lakes not far away from the
hotel and in the midst Of royal hunting and
| fishing. Fashion rules at HALEY while at
Guyer Springs there is little pretension to
dreso upon the part of the women. Both
these resorts are supplied from the
coming out of the earth at
| temperature of about 1856 degrees. containing
| soda, iron. magnesia and other desirable in
gradients, while alongside these streams Of
| hot water are many almost ce-cod founts,
which, uniting with the hot waters afford un-
surpassed bathing facilities. To the people west
| of Wyoming both these resorts are favorably
| looked upon, but they are destined to have
much wider constituency as their merits
| become known. But these are not the only
resorts-not alone the healing waters. From
the strange Deity-wrought achemies Of the
mountain sides all over tho state burst forth
magical fountains potent in their health
| giving.
| NATURES MEDICINE FOR THE WEARY.
| Within the past few years Soda Springs
has become one of the great resorts Of the
| west on account of the remarkable medicinal
property of the waters. The Spaniards knew
| of these springs long ago and looked upon
| them with special favor, making pilgrimages
| tn bppn off in arnh nf ippr sod taa1t
| and even going so far to believe that
! within their depths the fountain OF
youth. The Indians. on the other hand, look
upon the waters with the utmost veneration.
regarding these bubbling miracles as "big
medicine" refusing to drink from them ex-
| cept in cases of serious illness. The springs
| occupy valley in depression Of the Wah-
| satCh range at an altitude OF about 5000 feet.
| The region Is full of interest, not only to the
geoogist, but to the ordinary sightseer the
| number and variety of wild flowers. the
| conformations which nature has on display
making this wonder spot for the tourist.
Next year a new resort will be added to
! these and others equally well known, 1t
being /. b. Perrine's intention to build
| hotel at Blue Lakes, spoken of in previous
letter upon the plan OF the Idaho state
building at the Worlds fair. 1t will be
! lighted by electricity from power furnished
by the Snake river. This should be a most
delightful resting place. the surroundings be-
| ing of the most picturesque nature ima1i-
nable
| RAILROAD AND THE PEOPLE.
| The Union Pacific is a power in this
ton OF the footstool and the people as a rule
are loyal to the company which, In the
midst Of troublous times. has maintained it's
reputation for enterprise. During the fight
over the application for a separate receiver
on the part Of the American Loan and Trust
| company for the Oregon Short Line. the
newspapers and public were almost unit in
outspoken hostility to the divorcement OF
the road. We who live in the east sur
rounded by many railroads can know little
OF the helplessness felt by people who have
but one road to depend upon; for the whim
or caprice Of a general manager may make
| vital differences to those living along the
line, en- advancement of freight rates the
decrease in the number OF passenger trains
! being easy Of accomplishment when desired
to whip a people into line. In this case.
| however, the Union Pacific is looked upon
| with eminent fairness. Shoshone has suf-
fered on account OF the transfer Of the shops
| to Pocatelo, but it is generally understood
that the employees and many OF the people OF
the place are to blame for the smokeess
chimneys and deserted shops The manage
ment OF the Union Pacific has enthusiastic
suDDOrt here the attamDted elevation of Mr.