Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-05
THE ARKANSAS HOT SPRINGS.
Great Work of the Government In the
Interests of the peonIe

W oa" WIN VI thc oONoTDm60E the
Interests OF the People.
The United States government has
thrown the protection of it's power
about, and draped with the mantle Of
its approval, the Hot Springs of Ar
kansas, and it is perhaps due to this
exercise of paternalism that these
wonderful waters have been preserved
for the benefit and blessing of the pub
lie. Had the ownership of the proper
ty now included in the great National
Park and Sanitarium been left to
chance it might be at this time be diff
cult for the ordinary individual to Sc
cure the blessings which certainly flow
with the waters from these hot
springs. The interest taken in the
property it had secured to the people
for all time, has led the government
to make valuable and lasting improve
ments there during the years of its
control, and it is now at once a beau
tiful reservation and a healing place
for the sick.
Other interests have been attracted,
too. and among them the Iron Noun
tain Route, which is the familiar name
by which this favorite railway is
known. 1t has established a pictur-
esque line through the heart OF Ar
kansas, to Malvern, which is the juno
ton for Hot Springs, and has assisted
materially in the development of the
Springs. The heart of the wonderful
Ozark Mountain country has been
made as easy of access as other parts
Of the world and may be reached amid
such comforts of travel as are found
in the modern railway trains.
The Government has established q
National Army and Navy Hospital,
which Is the only institution of it's
kind in the country and the finest,
largest. best appointed and most strik-
ing, architecturally, in the world. 1t
is located on the southwest corner of
Hot Springs Mountain, overlooking the
City and Ouachita Valley. It is well
known that the Government has al
ready expended hundreds of thousands
of dollars upon its park system and
100000 more will be required to
complete it.
The springs are 70 in number, with
a temperature varying from 70 de-
grees to 157 degrees Fahrenheit, and
have in the aggregate flow of 750,-
600 gallons daily. They issue from
the West side of Hot Springs Noun
tain from the bed of the creek to a
distance up the slope of 200 feet.
With one exception they are all now
inclosed in solid masonry, and the wa
ter conducted by a syst I'm of pipes
into reservoirs situated near the base
Of the Mountain and above the bath
houses. The one exception is a
spring which has been left open and
accessible to the public. which can
here obtain drink of the water d.
rect from the fountain head.
Whatever may be said OF the merits
of other hot water springs through
out the country, which, for the most
part are lukewarm, merely they have
never received the support and en-
dorsement Of the United States Gov
eminent, which fact must ever be a
guarantee of the Unreasonable SUI
periority of the Hot Springs of Arkan-
sas.
At Hot Springs all seasons OF the
year are equally good. The best time
to go there is when the discovery is
made that it is necessary. The eli
mate is fortunately, favorable at all
seasons. The winters are mild; the
summers are cool and for the ailing
all time is season. 1t is, however, sem
sible where delay is not dangerous, to
time the visit so as to avoid disagree
able climatic conditions at home, The
ST. Louis & Iron Mountain Railway
will convey you comfortably, rapidly
and safely, and you will find pleasure
and recover health if you visit these
notable springs.