The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-07-25
TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1893
TRIP 70 BAKER SPRINGS.
An Insight to Happenings at
Texarkanas Noted
Health Resort
GOOD HOTEL AND GOOD WATER.
A Large Number Of Visitors and
Crowd is Growing Daily
other News.

Crowd is Growing Daily.
other News.
The editor Of this paper. with Mr.
G. A. Hays, returned from a short
business trip to Baker Springs yes
terday.
Had a pleasant trip. On the
hack from Wickes' to the Springs,
we we're accompanied by Mrs. Rol-
liu Rogers and her mother Mrs,
Hudgins-used the new hack for
the first time. Mr. Rex Jacobs,
who operates the hack line, has
been much Inconvenience by the
delay in getting this vehicle. 1t is
a splendid one, and carried us out
in little over three hours.
There are at Baker Springs some
forty or fifty people, guests of the
Foreman Hotel-most of them from
this city, several from Hope and
one or two from Texas points. II
is lively crowd. They play vari-
Gus games of cards, dominoes, etc,
and trip the hight fantastic toe al
most every evening at the large pa
vllion-and those native dances,
oh, my must be seen to be ap-
preciated. DR.. Robinson and Paul
Jones led the gang while we were
there. Paul says the "Tater Vine
is out of sight-the native noun
taineers have joined in the daLcing
amusements, and learned them
this and many other new dances.
Surf Bathing" in the Cossatot
river, is also one of the chief
amusements, but this is somewhat
interferred with, for the want of a
convenient bath house-it should be
built at once.
As yet Messrs. W. H. Arnold and
Paul Jones families are the only
occupants of cottages-theY are
highly pleased with their surround
ings. In few days families of R.
B. Williams and Henry Moore will
occupy theirs-latter gentlemen
and his family are there now at the
hotel, and will go into his as soon as
1t is completed. Messrs. Hays and
Somervell will also 60 up some time
soon-cottages now being erected.
The Springs are proving all that
was claimed for them-nights are
invariably cool, requiring cover,
and the fine Sulphur water builds
up wasted tissue and reuews health
acting as it does directly upon the
liver and kidneys.
Improvements made so far are
solid and substantial; reservation
around the Spring and hotel has
been enclosed with a good fence,
Spring is sheltered by splendid
octagon shaped building with con-
crete floor and seats around, and
large pavilion 30X40 feet provided,
close to the Spring. Fifteen acres
in the valley adjacent to Spring,
have been cleaned off; company has
also, at considerable expense,
opened a new road across the
mountains, and Mr.. Rex Jacob runs
a hack line, meeting the trains
daily, and carries the mail out from
Wickes. He is a clever gentleman,
and his charges are reasonable-$1
for the round trip.
The hotel is managed by Mr..
James Brown, and first class accom-
odations are afforded, we say first
class advisedlY, knowing it to be
equal to hotels at other resorts. 1t
contains some sixteen rooms, be-
sides a three room cottage, and
other cottages will be provided as
needed.
Saturday the neighboring noun
taineers picniced at the Springs.
There we're some 1000 or 1900 peo-
pie there, and the Springs afforded
more than suficiency for all pur-
poses. Three merry go rounds
and dancing afforded amusements
of the day, Crowd afforded a dyer
sion to the merry visitors at the
Springs.
We could write columns about
the beauties and benefits OF these
noted Springs, but have not the
space. Will visit them again soon,
when we will have more to say.
We have one hundred pairs Of
ladies Oxford ties, chocolate, tan
and black-sizes 2, q and 3; widths
C. D and E--worth from two tC
three dollars. The price this week
is from seventy-fve cents to one
dollar and fifty cents.