Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-17
EADGtsR CHARMED BY A TEXAN
TOWN.
WONDERFUL HOT SPRINGS
A Spot Rendered Historic by Massa-
ere In the Alamo--LaSt Sand Made
There by Crockett, Bowie and
Other Famous Men OF the
Plains.

iCno star state is destined to be the
gieat winter leSo,t o, the future. anu
san Antoaio, lu>ated in southwestern
invalid, whorc ruseS bloom the year
round, is to be the center III attraction
tol the health amt the pleasure seeker,
AS winter resort, San Antonio right
~ claims supe. iority over Jacksonville,
ST, Augustine and New orleaas. for,
IN addition To her unsurpassed all
year round Innate, combining the adj
yantagcs OF the halmy gulf hrecXes
with the hracing atmosphere and free
dom from malarial civilizations, she
is ont of the yellow fever belt, An
animal life here, man included. pre-
seats u vigor, brightness and appear
ante of general well-bting quite In
contrast with that found In most other
southern cities. Indeed one is I'M
pressed very much the same when
oUghfares OF San Antonio as he Is IN
walking through the busy streets OF n
growing. bustling northern city, The
sidewalks are crowded with pedestrl-
ans and the streets with carriages rs
is no other city north, east or south
which the writer has had the pleasure
of visiting. One thing you will no
tice here" remarked the entswrlsing
secretary uf the Bus,0ess Mems asso-
citation, Milton Everett, MS we worked
our way through the crowds on the
main street, the town is alive with
people and everybody has u vehicle OF
some description. We all ride. True.
q great many have the native horses
and ponies but all the finer horses you
see come from the north and east :"
Mr., Everett has all faith In the clty's
future. He holds the in that San
Antonio IL located In the heart of the
choicest mineral water district In the
country insures her progress and pop
u,artty for all time. In company with
M. Everett and the superintendent of
the city railway, Mr.. Wakefield, we
had the pleasure Of visiting one OF the
most famous Of their hot sulphur wells,
located on the ear line about two miles
fl ON the city. The we'll Is In a grove
Of hugh pecan trees, beautifully stu
ated in most picturesque spot on the
San Antonio river The well, though
controlled by the state. Is leased to II
gentleman. who established private
baths and large plunge bath Tho
water issues forth In great quantity ut
1902 degrees, and is 80 strong Of sulphur
that II quickly crystalizes. During tho
FIVE months the baths were operated
before being destroyed by fire, they
were visited and patronizcd by between
1000 and 5000 people each month
The owner of the baths has not rebuilt
his plant, althou M he was fast on the
road to wealth, He says the only
complaint he had to offer WIS that the
afflicted who used the baths re covered
| too quickly. And II Is true the con
ductors on the electric cars are fond
of telling how people, doubled up with
! rheumatism or lileless from long at.
tacks OF dyspepsia, threw aside their
crutches and took new leases on life
after very few trips to the sulphur
baths Mr.. Everett expressed thu
opinion that great str des would soon
be taken In the direction OF develop.
ing the natural resources Of San An.
tonic and vicinity, which would lead
eventually to making the city the mos
popular winter and health resort on the
continent
/ Despite the fact that San Antonio IL
hcadqual tiers the year rou d for hun,
! dreds OF invaTids and is already famou
! throughout the country as a health re.
sort, and also that there are those on
all sides here who Sc m eager to tell
, Newcomers how they have been driven
about the country In search Of health
and failed to find relief before reaching
this place, this is not the thing that
the Old citizens take the most pride
In. nor that the stranger hears the
! most OF, The thing that San Antont-
ans love to dwell upon and sing about
| are the deeds of the early heroes OF
the republic OF Texas and the wonder
, full works Of the early missionaries. II
was In San Antonio that the blood OF
! so many OF Texas noble warriors was
shed. and IL was within the walls of
the well-preserved Alamo mission. 10
Gated now In the most beautiful section
q the city. that the leaders OF the Tex
as forces. together with all their fnen,
we're slain by the Mexicans. The
Alamo mission In now provided with
guides who point out the very spots
where, on the 6th OF March, 1896.
Crockett. Bowie Travis and Bohman
made their final struggle for the inde-
pendence OF their beloved Texas. This
mission. together with the equally we'll
pfeseryd mission. Conception and San
Jose. was built in the latter part Of the
seventeenth and early part OF the
eighteenth centuries. They are con-
sldered by all to be marvellous exhi-
billions OF workmanship from an arch
itectnral standpoint M we'll AZ from
a purely artistic standpoint. when con-
sidering especially the innumerable yet