Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-23
Some Health and Pleasure Resorts
Hunting and Fishing Places.

Hunting and Fishing Places.
Few lines of railway in the United States
have so many places of resort for health
sad pleasure seekers and for sportsmen, as
has the Kansas City Southern railway, the
great commercial thoroughfare between
Kansas City, Mo, and the Gulf of Mexico.
a recent publication of the Passenger De
partment OF this line gives description OF
nearly all the resorts, where good accommo-
dations may be had at moderate figures.
Among the Health and Pleasure resorts,
noted Tor their attractive scenery or their
medicinal waters, are the following: Neo-
sho, Mo, park-like little city of 1000 peo-
pie, with magnesia waters valuable in the
cure of rheumatism, kidney troubles, skin
and blood diseases. Among the local attrac-
ton are the Government Fish Hatcheries,
several fine parks and numerous springs.
The hotel accommodations are very good
and range in cost from $3.50 to 500 per
week. Noel, Mo, is very attractive little
village in Mcdonald county, situated in a
nook in the Ozark Mountains on the Elk or
Cowskin River, one of the best fishing
streams in Missouri. The surrounding
scenery is magnificent. The City Hotel at
Noel has so rooms, rates $500 per week.
pleasure resort, having numerous springs of
excellent water, far-famed for the cure of
Vheumatism, stomach diseases, catarrh,
liver complaint, paralysis, nervous prostra-
ton, neuralgia, etc, etc. The scenery sur
rounding the town is very attractive and
fishing in the streams is good. The hotel
accommodations are ample for large num-
Der of people and range in price from 81 to
81 per day, special rates by the week. The
Secretary of the Board of Trade can advise
further. Sulphur Springs, Ark, is in Ben
ton county, and is well arranged for the
comfort of visitors, having hotel accommo-
datlons and cottage rooms for about 100 peo-
pie, the rates varying from So. 80 to 81. 90 per
week. The springs have been known for
many years as specifics m the cure of ca
tarrh of the stomach, malaria, govt, rheu-
matism, tuberculosis, kidney trouble. There
is considerable variety in the springs, some
being chalybeate, others saline and sulphur.
The parks at Sulphur Springs make this a
very pleasant abiding place. Mena, Ark,
has altitude of 800 feet above sea level
| and has 5000 inhabitants. 1t has magnif-
cent mountain scenery and most admir-
able summer climate. The Bethesda
springs, three miles from town, are noted
for their cures of scrofula and blood dis
eases. The streams in the surrounding
| country are well stocked with game fish and
the woods are full of game. About hotel &C,
ee4mm1odfaations, address Secretary, Bushes:
| Mems Club. Baker Springs, Ark, are Il
miles east of Wickes station, Ark Theil
! altitude is about 1000 feet in the most pic
turesque part of the Ozark mountains. The
| springs are sulphur and have great curative
| powers in stomach trouble. The hotel &C
con1modations are sufficient for 70 people
and cost about 81 per day. The BoggI
Springs are at Ascetis P. o. in Polk County
Ark, and are reached by way of Hatton sta
ton, The scenery is that common to the
are noted for their cures of dropsy, Bright
disease, diabetes, torpid liver, kidney
| trouble and diseases peculiar to women
| The hotel accommodations are good and thu
rates are 81 per day or SIS per week. Gran
Mss, Ark, has several medicinal spring
atfording cures of chornic constipation anC
ailments arising from this trouble Gam,
and fish very abundant in the vicinity
Hotel rates 81 per day, SIS per week.
| The winter resorts are principally on tn
Gulf Coast, though Mena, Ark, and Fl
Smith, Texarkana and Shreveport, La.
also offer many attractions in the way of
pleasant winter climate. Beaumont, POI
Arthur, Orange and Lake Charles, all OF
| lakes or navlgable rivers, are ideal resorts
In the midwinter the weather is balmy an
spring-like and open-air exercise is possibl
all winter. There are splendid opportuni
ties for boating. sailing, rowing and aquati
diversions of all kinds and of game and ifs
there is an abundance. The hotel accommo
dations are excellent in all the towns nea
the Gulf.
The list of hunting and fishing places i
long one. Small game, such as quail an
rabbits, are abundant at all the stations be
line. South of Joplin, Mo, turkeys, squirrel
and deer can be added to the list South G
Ft. Smith, particularly near Mena, Hattor
Granniss, De Queen, turkeys, deer, beal
pine woods from Shreveport south to Beat
mont, geese and ducks in season are foun
in all the waters along the line, but froT
Shreveport south they are found by mi
lions during the winter months. Good fish
ing can be had almost anywhere on the line
Most of the streams abound with black bas:
blue channel cat, red horse, croppie, rail-
bow trout, ETC., ETC., and the streams mos
recommended are Sugar Creek and Mara
des Cygne rivers near Amsterdam, Merwi
and Amoret, No; Spring River and Sho;
Creek, near Neosho, Mo-; Indian Greek an
Cowskin River, near Noel, Mo; nlino
and Illinois River, near Cans and Buncl
I. T.; Arkansas River at Redland; Potea
River at Poteau, 1. T.; Washita, Mountai
Fork, Rolling Fork, Cossatott, Kiamicl
and Boog Tugelo, near Rich Mountain an
Mena, Ark; Poteau River near Waldorf
Ark; Mountain Fork River near Jansse
Station, Ark; white perch, rock bass, lax
trout, jack salmon, in the bayous, lakes an
sloughs near Shreveport, La, and at Man
field, Leesville, Many, La; Orange, an
5 Beaumont, Tex. In Lake Sabine both fres
abundance. Herring, mullet, stingrays, st
cat, trout, founders and other edible an
game fish abound, as well as great tarpon
l alligator CARS and large fish. A few milk
out in the Gulf there is plentitude of re
fish, red snappers, sharks, tarpon pompan
. menhaden and other fish,. In the waite
8 near the Gulf there is hardly place whel
= fish and feathered game cannot be found
a almost countless numbers. Those who al
) sorts or hunting and fishing, can gain acc
y rate information on the subject by address
t ing S. G. Warner, the General PaSseng
L | Agent, at Kansas CitV. Mo.