Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-08-08
BATTLE MT SANITARIUM
Capt. Palmer Still Continues to Enthuse
Over the Location and Sur
rOuudings.

Capt. Palmer Still Continues to Enthuse
Over the Location and Sur
roundings.
Captain H. e. Palmer, of Omaha. a
member of the board of managers of
the National Home for Disabled Vol
unteer Soldiers, was in Edgemont on
Thursday and made this office
pleasant call. Congratulatiing him on
his efforts in the settlement of the site
at Hot Springs and the work he has
done looking to this fine ending the
Captain said: "The name of the new
institution will be the Battle Noun
tain Sanitarium of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers The
name is good one fitting the use for
which the Sanitarium is intended. The
location is a fine one, and the home
will be something that will do for Hot
Springs what nothing else could do.
We will have to wait until the m Getting
of the next legislature to vest the
states right in the property to the gov
ernment, but will not be idle. The
governments engineers will be on hand
to map out the ground, fix the location
for the building make the plans, and
have them accepted and get everything
ready so that Immediately after the
legislature meets everything will go
ahead as quickly as possible
what change i'm the feeling of the
Board of Managers now to what there
was when they arrived in Hot Springs.
They were then in "a non-committal
state, not particularly caring for any
thing about their trip. Now they are
the most enthusiastic people about Hot
Springs and the Black Hills and all
brought about by coming to see the
country for themselves. Monday after.
noon they did not particularly care to
go into the plunge but Tuesday morn
ing they all went in and were only
wishing they had more time to stay
there. They visited Sylvan lake and
ladies of the party grew enthusiastic
and it was SO catching that every men,
ber of the Board was afflicted. They
went to Deadwood and Lead, saw the
wonderful mines and mills and werc
all enthused, and during this time Hot
Springs was gaining in their affections
aud at present writing they are all of
the opinion that the location of the
Home ut Hot Springs is one of the best
moves made by the Board.
"What will the Sanitarium do for
Hot Springs? Everything. It will
give it the greatest advertising it ever
had, it will cause hotels to be built for
the health seeker and tourist, it will
cause electric tramways to be built to
the Cave, to Sylvan Lake and other
resorts, it will make the town improve
SO that the Evans will be only second
class hotel in face of the big ones that
will be built. The government having
chosen the South Dakota Hot Springs
for Sanitarium sets the stamp of ap-
proval on the waters. and this fact will
do for them what nothing else could
do and as soon rs the buildings are
commenced the presence of the health
seeker will be seen aud Hot Springs
will become the resort "par excellence
of tie United States. This is the pass
age way to the west and orient. Pass.
engers going west will stop over at
Edgemont and visit the Springs. No
malarial country to go through to get
there like Hot Springs, Ark. The
bracing air and the short journey will
tempt all and they will 60 in droves.
Once there they will go again. Their
return will bring others, and there YOU
have it,"
The Captain grew enthusiastic and
he had the right spirit of the thing all
the way through. While he was talking
we could not help but notice how his
enthusiasm had passed to the other
members of the Board, and we felt that
such enthusiasm was invaluable in any
enterprise and was the result of the
Captains success in all he does. He
learns his business thoroughly, knows
what there is to it,, and then enthuses
others and gets the work done and
done we'll. He paid fitting compli-
ment to the Hot Springs people and
Congressman Martin and in fact tc
hear him say it everyone had done the
work but him. Hot Springs aud the
Black Hills owe q debt of gratitude to
Captain H. b. Palmer, of OMAHA
Edgemont Express.