The log cabin Democrat., 1910-08-15
DESCRIBES TRIP TO
 MAMMOTH SPRING
G. O. DALTON WRITES OF A REGENT VISIT HE MADE
 TO THAT PLACE.
EDITOR LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT:


 It is becoming more and more em- phatic to me that one cannot fully appreciate the beauty and grandeur of exquisite scenery until he has vis- ited it personally. One may sit quiet ly in his room and picture to himself the beauty and greatness of Gal vestonian sea wall; he may catch a glimpse of the great ocean steamers and see their cargoes of merchandise shifted to and fro. or he may get a vision of the Rio Grande, and proba- bly, tour through the scared hills of the Republic of Old Mexico and note the sublimity of the mountain scenery and the customs of the typical Mex ican inhabitant. It is pleasant in- deed for one, surrounded with books, newspapers and periodicals, to medi- tate upon the works of man and of Nature. But after all, one does not fully appreciate the aesthetic beauty and eXquisiteness of such scenery un- til he stands amidst it and is sur rounded by it.
 Recently the writer experienced the pleasure of visiting Mammoth Spring, the largest spring in the world, and what he thinks to be the most in tercsting point in Arkansas, and even one of the most wonderful in the south.
 Having had been in the summer school of the Fourth District State | Normal of Missouri, located at | Springfield, for several weeks, num- l Der of the students decided to relieve | themselves of the mental strain for at least few hours by taking an outing to Mammoth Spring, distance of 143 miles from Springfield
 We spent several hours at Mann moth Spring. The spring is sur rounded by two towering mountains with occasional gaps. The spring covers Is acres and it's water is cold and clear as crystal. The outlet con- sists of 25-foot fall where a stream of water 100 feet wide and about three feet deep pours over, giving magnificent power for the factories here established, among which is a very large Touring mill, shoe factory and quite lot of smaller machinery, and still it seems that not more than five per cent of the power is being utilized at present. The spring bridge spans it about the center and at the foot of the main street of the town. Upon the spring are many gasoline boats that plough the bubbling spring waters with their passengers on board.
 From this spring rises the beautiful Spring river, in which may be seen great numbers of very fine fish as they swim the crystalline water from the great spring.
 The business street of the town has a rapid incline as it ascends the mountain. The residences are at the foot and upon the lower incline of the mountain. The population is about 2,000 of the friendliest people in the country, typical of course, of Arkansas people.
 Let us hope to have cotton mill at Mammoth Spring to utilize the power that is being wasted daily; let us hope to have our navigable streams whitened with commercial crafts !; that our forests may be strictly pre- served, and last but not least, that each individual citizen of the state may feel that the states greatest need at present is the strengthening of the public schools throughout the country. G. o. DALTON. August Is, 1910.