Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-16
THE WINTER PLEASURE AND
HEALTH REsoRTe or THE
9OuTHWE9T.

eoUTHWEsr.
Where shall one 90 at this season
Of the year to avoid the disagreeable
features Of q blustery Northern eli.
mate or to gain relief from the vari-
Gus Ills that flesh 10 heir to? There
II only one answer to the question;
namely. take one Of the Missouri Pa
cific's palatial trains to the winter
pleasure and health resorts Of the
Southwest, particularly those In Ark
ansas, Louisiana. Texas, Old Mexico
and Southern California. It Is only
Q step from the dreary rains. SHOWS
and billiards. Of the East, Northeast
and Middle West to the warm and
pleasant winter climates Of the
Southwest. For the invalid and the
pleasure seeker there are many In
viting prospects. For these the
health giving and rejuvenating waters
Of the Ozark are bubbling In the
green-walled basin of Hot Springs
Mountain, the most picturesque spot
to be found. It Is safe to say that
there is no all-the-year-'round health
and pleasure resort In the country
that can compare with Hot Springs.
Arkansas. It Is the only National
sanitarium in the United States own
ed and controlled by the government.
It is as fashionable pleasure resort
that Hot Springs has attracted the
greatest attention during the past
decade. The idea that it is only the
afflicted who 60 there has long since
been proven erroneous. 1t is the rec
ognized popular winter resort Of the
pest Northern travellers and the sum-
mer gathering place of the social
clans of the sunny South. The man
of small means can supply his needs
and the man or wealth has opportun-
lty to procure the luxuries he desires.
For the tourist and health-seeker, who
prefers the salt air and sunny shores
of the Gulf, many attractions are
,ffered at New Orleans, Galveston,
Houston and points along the Texas
coast, all reached by the Iron Noun
ain Route, where tarpon fishing, the
most royal of all sports for the
ngler, is at its very best during the
inter season.
Queer and quaint old San Antonio
another place that should be visit
d. It is the portal of the health
,elt Of Texas, and is situated at the
cad of the valley of the exceedingly
picturesque river bearing the same
anne, at the very edge Of the foot
ills Of Inc Guadalupe mountains.
Round about much diversity Of
amusement is found, and there are
many points and places Of historical
interest to be seen, but 1t Is in bizarre
IAN Antonio itself that the tout
nsemble of diversion is most charm
ngly rounded. 1t is a modern marvel
# cities, prominently cosmopolitan
nd thoroughly unexpected. 1t chron-
cles its Spanish birth as nnmistak-
IDLY as its Texan growth. From San
Antonio the traveller can take the
train south to Laredo, the famous
border town, on the banks Of the
Rio Grande River, and crossing the
stream, place foot in the land Of the
Montezumas, the Egypt Of the new
world. Much time can be spent with
profit and pleasure in this sub-tropical
climate amid scenes replete with his
toric interest. From Laredo, also. the
trip lies across New Mexico and Ari-
IONA, to Los Angeles, San Francisco
and the famous resorts of the Pacific
coast. All of these places are best
reached by the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way and Iron Mountain Route with
connecting lines that go to make up
the great Gould system Of railroads.