Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-02
w II. DIXON WRITES.
An Interesting Review of His Trip to
and Stay at Hot Springs.

and Stay at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark Dec. 25, 1901 .--
! Hot Springs is known as the Cails-
bad OF America, also as the sVapor
lefty. The last state legislature
Eenacted Il law prohibiting gambling,
iEin Arkansas. LII WAS given out that
/ 1.-THE law would be enforced, All
gambling houses iii the. Springs quit
business and moved out. but5theres-
! lE.fdsnts5 SAY. that the enforcement OF
III the laWseut of the largest revenue
thecity had & About the firsd6of the
II present month. they began to drift
back and at present they4are here in
full force, fashionable gambling
I EIhouses down to the lowest lindof
Itioints. Thousands OF dollars are
Won and lost every day playing.
II the races IN New Orleans and San
Francisco. Besides the city is full Of
| j 'steefers and confidence. men to
run people up against sure thing,
issstmes. Evarg day hear OF some
onesiosing their money. But there
bis nothing done, the city receives Al
good rake off and they are allowed
to run.
N Tle cold wave. struck Us here last
81 week III earnest Mercury dropped
/ down to theszero mark. The plumb
ers are having a harvest, as. nearly
all cold va t er pipes. that Weree
/ IpOsPd we're frozen. Most ofthe bath
4 5|,houses could not getcold Waterto
4 temper. the baths for a few days.
Every one seemed frozen up. ID. fact
Il felt the cold more hereat zero than
iup north at 20o below. But the.
/ cold wave passed, lasted four or five
1 Edays, and-since then it has been
/ lovely weather, warm as September
/ Enp north. Very. few wear an over
! coat. Doors OF business places and
residences are wide open. Today is
|. Christmas and 4 lovely day it is.
a hazYy sunshine is over the valley.
ID toolSsa stroll over the 81 sssprinss
Mountain. Some Of the way il is
rather hard climbing, and we seat
yourselves on rustic seats to rest
II When we. reach the summit we. are
| about 300 feet above the street level.
/ When we return it is. near sundoWn.
Christmas seems to be a great hoH-
| Iday here, especially with the col
ored people, who look. forward to
Christmas for a great feastso baked
sweet potatoes and roast 'possum.
The small boy celebrates with tor
pedoes and fire crackers, equal to
! Fourth Of July up north. Some
seem to have imbibed too freely Of
ArkansaW booze, as there were five
shooting scrapes, in which one man
was killed and others wounded. But
they think nothing OF that here.
LII common every day occurrence
to kill a man here. All differences,
either imaginary or real, are settled
with guns. Only last Sunday a
party living here imagined he had a
grievance against another party be
! cause he had arrested him while a
member Of the police force sometime
! previous, filed up on booze, boarded
| the street car, went out where the
party resided, hunted him up, picked
ba quarrel with him and shot two
brothers down in cold blood, as
neither were armed. That stirred
/ the people up some and there was
some talk Of lynching and the sheriff
\ run him off to Little Rock after
night with a team. These people
seem to be of high nervous tenn
permanent, very excitable, entirely
different from the northern people.
The carryingof concealed weapons
is strictly forbidden and the stat
utes provide the penalty Of a fine Of
fifty dollars, but I venture to say
that nine tenths Of the resident vot-
ers, both white and black, carry re
volvers and will use them on the
| slightest provocation.
had the pleasure OF meeting SEN
ator Myran, Of Ada, who is here for
his health, which is improving, he
informs me. He is a very genial,
sociable gentleman, and is u very en-
thusiastic supporter OF Senator
Grindeland for Congress. He expects
| to leave for Florida in a few days,
but will return in time for the extra
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