The Arizona sentinel., 1897-06-05
A Letter from AgGa CaIiente.
(From the sExTINEL's Correspondent.) AGUA CALIENTE, A T.,
 Inno 1tb 1907

nave gathered mucn euCOuI S0LIOh' from the already numerous contin- gent of healthy looking invalids who have gathered to drink of and bathe in the healing waters.
 The green expanse around the springs is dotted with wagons and tents of campers, while every cottage, adobe and wickicup pours forth a medley of men, women and children at the approach of a visitor.
 No acurate census of the floating population has been taken, but cowboy from Mohawk who IS used to estimating cattle in a herd, thought that the number of people now st the Springs would not be under fifteen.
 In addition to these here now an invasion from Phoenix is threatened, while strong contingent from Yuma is nursing the notion that a trip to the health resort would prove pleas urable and beneficial.
 During the summer some notable ] improvements are contemplated here. l The present boarding house, which IS now entirely inadequate to the needs of the place, will be remodeled and reftted in sumptuous style. Then one can bring family with the cer- tainty that the accommodation will equal if not be superior to any hotel in Arizona. The bath houses will be fitted up, the cottages furnished and the grounds surrounding the springs be laid out regularly and planted in trees and flowers and many other comforts and beauties added.
 Last but not least a newspaper will bud into being sometime between now and September, with ex-Probate Judge Frank Baxter to watch and prune its tender shoots. Judge Baxter is deeply interested in the welfare of this Carlsbad ot Arizona. Being owner of nearly one thousand acres of rich land in the immediate vicinity, a great deal of which is un- der cultivation. He Is also proprietor of the store at the springs, to which he is giving his personal attention this summer and building up pros porous business.
 Judge Baxter intends, if possible, to secure lease upon the springs prop CT from the present owners and then he will make the other health resorts jump sideways. His scheme con- templates the erection of hotel, modern in every way and cOmmodi ous bath house, including a plunge bath. The supply of water is more than adequate for the latter purpose. A small park will also be added in which semi tropical fruits and trees will be grown. The object is to make a winter resort that will attract peo- pie from all over the Uni:ed States.
 A test has recently been made of water from these springs and pro- nounced by eminent experts in New York, San Francisco and St. Louis to equal for medicinal purposes the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas.
 Among those who are here now and well-known in Yuma are MesdameS Webher, Ward and Williamson, Mrs Harry McPhaul and sister, Miss De Span, Miss Cecilia Barney, Mir. and Mrs. Chas. Connor and their two handsome little sons, Herbert and Andrew; Roy Sexsmith, all of Yuma; Charles Baxter and family, the An telope valley rancher; Mrs. Molina and family of Mohawk: Frank Miller, the veteran miner and prospector, just over from Gleason; E. E. Chiffon, well-known in mining circles from Portland to Central America and host of others.
 George Cliquet, the former stage driver from Ogilby to Hedges. is pre- pairing to open q saloon here He will throw wide the portals next Sat- urday night and thenceforth will be prepared to drive skeleton from a feast and paint landscapes on the brain of man.
 A rumor has gained credence here that the Harqua Hala mines will soon resume work on large scale and many men will be employed. On what foundation the rumor rests can- not be learned. Frank EngIehart and Noel Boure eaud, who were at the Springs some time, has gone to work in the mine at Harqua Hala.
 Considerable activity is reported from the mines in Palomas mountains and several parties are shipping high grade ore from there.
 The Mecca of ali prospectors from the north and east seems to be the new strike at Gleason. Every day one or more passes through Agua Caliente bound thither and if any mineral escapes their eagle eyes in that section of the country it will