Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-07-29
Editorial Correspondence.
Hot SPRINGS, July "a, 1S9

Editorial Correspondence.
Hot SPRINGS, July "a, 1898.
A visit to the Black Hills at this sea
son of the year gives one an opportunity
to see this famous region at its best.
Hot Springs is increasing in popularity
year by year, and at this time it pre-
sents all the attractive features OF an
eastern fashionable resort with the
addition of pine-clad mountains ana
rugged gorge and valley, with bubbllng
springs of hot and cold water. Then
there is the famous Wind Cave, Crystal
Cave, plunge baths and Kidney Springs
and minor attractions.
The hotels of Hot Springs are numer-
GUS and we'll managed and prices reason
able. Chief in this list is the Evans,
a monument to the energy and persever-
>ance of Col. Fred Evans. It is a mag
a@ acent hotel, grand in architectural
: 1sasUty and enormous in size, resem-
bling an ancient castle with square
bastions and massive in strength. 1t Is
under the popular management OF
Harry Clark, son-in law of Col. Evans.
Mr.. Clark is we'll fitted by nature to
command such fine resort. He is ably
assisted by John Evans in the Office. At
this time the Evans is full, full OF beau
ty and fashion, representing all ages
and all parts of the country. Yesterday
forty Michigan, Ohio and Indiana edit
ors arrived. They took bath and
swim in the big plunge and then were
driven out to the Wind Cave, and in the
evening enjoyed delightful dance in
the porch ball room Of the Evans. Hot
Springs society was out in full force
and the editors, most of them fine dan
GERS, enjoyed very delightful evening.
Several hundred people witnessed the
festivities, from the front lawn: Col.
Dewey and daughter of Watertown,
Mrs. Governor Lee and daughter, Hon.
Jonas Cleland of Sioux City, Hon. Por-
ter Warner of Sturgis, Col. Steele and
Major Selbee of Deadwood, General
Bidwell with special car party from
and many others from dis
Snce were present. The visiting edit
ors left for the upper hills this morning,
surprised ard grateful at the beautiful
scenery and attractive features found in
Hot Springs, the greatest health and
pleasure resort in the United States, but
to them heretofore unknown. One
Michigan editor said to the writer, "Oh,
how little we know of our own country.
Here YOU are in the Black Hills of Da-
kota, with the biggest gold mine in the
world, the greatest known cave in the
world, the biggest and finest plunge
bath in the world, with springs and
water that will positively cure rheuma-
tism, kidney troubles, and almost renew
life, where water never freezes, and we,
fairly we'll educated and posted on our
own country, come out here to learn we
don't know anything about the wonders
of the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Count on it, the people of the middle
states will come west for health and
pleasure and education from this time
on, instead of following the beaten,
barren paths along the Atlantic seacoast
where dudes ape the mannerisms of Eu-
leope and wear a single eye-glass, you
Know to gaze at the wild waves, and
study how to dress in ten different suits
4 day. We of the middle states are
classed among western people, yet we
are beginning to follow the follies of
the bean-eaters in Boston, because we
began to believe there was little west of
Chicago worth seeing. I expect two
coach load of editors from Ohio, Indiana
Michigan and Pennsylvania will come
to the Hills in October when they hear
Of the glorious trip. Ten Wagner
coaches loaded with editors and their
wives would have been here with us,
had they known what we know at this
time. They will come and shall be
, one of the party" ,
) Thus spoke one of the brightest young