Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-14
A ROCKY FORDER
At HOT SPRINGS.
Interesting Letter from q. q. Stauiier
Who II Fighting Bad Case OF
Rheumatism.
Hos sprInFr, Ark ArriI :. 1908,

iut @tF4HEna Arkaa ANFt o. Al"1H
To the Editor OF tHc EutrrpFi gs
Believing that something from this
famous health nreurf might be % In
tcrcst to your many readers in and
around Rocky Ford, pen you a Few
Items rs md them and SEQ Them
here.
Aftsr It having been fully decided
that must rry the waters y this great
health resort that might cleanse my
self % the rhsumatiFm md itE effects.
I arrived here March 20 passed
through TIE oil fields OF Kansas where
saw as many as 900 to 800 ot those
grca, oil tanks. each holding from So
900 20 10000 gallons OF oil; passed %
coupl" renueri-s. and In o. fow places
saw where q, was running over the
ground.
ON arriving here my first business
was 10 look Cor O. boarding house. In
thiz was qus- fortunate as found
a good place cIgss Iu and at raasou-
abb. price. But thl- was due as much
or mon. 10 the fact that Few days
before arrived many OF the gamblers
and horse race people left, the races
having ended.
then went up town and found a
friend at the Lamar bath houss.
was directed to one of the best physi-
Clans In tn. city who carefully dag
nossd my case and gave mo instruc-
tIous which am follo"!ng CLOSELY.
was then ready foT baths. There nre
a number OF bath houses and many
different prices. but some are better
than others. some are 50 cheap 'hAt
that l should be afraid to bathe IN
them ,
Won hand the ticket TO tn munnger
and he punches out No ! as "A con-
drrtor does. He hands back the ticket.
also another ticket with the nAIne OF
your attendants. He then draws rom
an iron case "a lock box and asks you
20 place everything in Tint box That
you have in your pockets. lie then
returns the box to its place. locks IL
and places tn. key on your WFiSl WIN
n rubber band. He then directs you
10 the sweat room. You call FOR your
attendant and hand him the card with
his name on. He asks you your name
tand Il seems that they never forEet
it,. IIe gives you slippers. a tower
and n bath robe and leads 'he WY 70
a little booth where you lay aside your
clothing don the slippers. bath robe
and towel. He has told YOU T." return
to the sweat room. When ready 'he
having gone DOWN he has NrNNhTeA
the water. and as YOU enter he cal Is
YOU rT name and you Dass through the !
crowd as rt times there Is DrohaplN
20 nr more there. He hns the doctors
instructions On your case and you are
handled accordingly. My baths as yer
are light oursf. ~ rho Lamar the
water flows In hy gravitation and ihaE
have both r-r 1-1 cold YOU rra l7lt 4
I'm the allotted time md caused 60 IiH .
down. The rfFau7a.t 'N"u comes In /
and proceeds 10 Eub WOW vigorously !
with rough kind Of glove. on enter I
ing gives you q pint OF good hot water .
asking YOU tn drink II nD3 as the .
sweat ravfue TO start h- tGEes YOU to .
the sweat room end you lie down on I
a cane Eartre. He gives you another .
would saa-u trHt Il 0r On of us are
Iayiu- there sweating race. We -e- !
main here % TO So minutes rh"n 0Hss
to cooling room No. l. after YOU have
ianrr rubbed down This room Is 81
degrees: after being here On 20 40 min
ute= PASS TO cooling room No. . which .
is G5 degrees to remain 30 n- 40 min
.utes. then PASS TO dressing room whore .
it is about so TO 50 degrees. After n
while here you dress. go 70 the mana .
ger. hand him the key to the box con-
tanning your vHluabies He unlCcks
same ana hands to YOU.
All this takes . to hours. You
must not present yourself FOR bath
I'm less than one hour after meal or
longer. Plenty Of music every fore
noon and nice pleasant place to sit
and read.
Uncle Sam owns and controls all
those waters and springs and has q