Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-25
BEAUTIFUL HOTEL coLFAx.
New Hosiery at coIfax One of the
Most Inviting Places in America,

| NEW F1oSteiFy at Solrax One OF the
Most Inviting Places in America.
| Ideally situated mid beautiful nat
ural surroundings, snuggled in the
edge of a natural timber, overlooking
a wide, sweeping river, the new Hotel
Colfax, at the famous Iowa mineral
springs. is one of the most inviting
places in America during the hot sum-
mer months.
Cofax is more than a health resort,
| it is an ideal summer resort as well.
Everyone is familiar with the curative
properties of the Colfax mineral waters
which have become favora bly, known
| the country over. The original spring,
the gushing waters of which made Col
fax famous, was chosen as the site for
I the beautiful Hotel Colfax, one of the
finest hostelries in America.
/ This elegant hotel is situated on a
high bluff overlooking the river, and
slope covering 120 acres.
/ The Colfax, which is run on the
American plan, is thoroughly modern
and up-to-date hotel. The building is
Moorish in design and is absolutely
fire proof, being built of reinforced con-
| crete and steel. 1t is beautifully
uapEVa' SOii teliiiibS "SIisdppO4Ilteu
/ lounging rooms, parlors, and billiard
and pool rooms. The corridors are
spacious and furnish ample room for
indoor exercise in inclement weather
The ladies' parlors or rest rooms are
fitted in simple, but home like style.
the furniture being creton upholstered
fibre rush. and the wall decorations are
soft and neutral in tone The gentle
mems lounging rooms is mission in it's
furnishings. and is decorated and
draped in harmonic tints of brown.
The dining room is one of the most
attractive rooms in the hotel. It is
built in the patio design and is decor
ated in soft tones of gray with curtains
and carpets of Du Barry rose. The
furniture is of Austrian gray oak
The hotel is surrounded by broad
covered verandas. and to the front and
side is a beautiful Italian terrace. The
grounds are laid out in beautiful flower
beds, and walks wind their way thru
the dense forest to the springs, then
ok to the hotel, forming a circle and
affording ample grounds for outdoor
exercise. One of these beautiful walks
leads to the Lovers Leap" high
precipice overlooking the valley below
The Colfax has its own electric, ice
and cold storage plants, its laundry,
garage and pumping station. In fact
it is a complete city in miniature and
can afford it's guests every comfort to
be had in the large metropolitan hotels.
The management also operates its
own street car system from the thriv-
ing little city of CoIfax to the hotel,
distance of about one mile Modern
and comfortable cars are run on a fif-
teen or twenty minute schedule from
the railroad station to the hotel and
the guests are transported direct from
the cars to the hotel entrance.
With all the great conveniences Of
fered and all the comforts afforded the
guests, the prices are very moderate
and one may enjoy the finest summer
| resort in the state Of Iowa with this
great comfort, at no great expense.
There is no finer place in the entire
country to spend a vacation period, and
have all the comforts Of a city hotel,
than at the new Colfax. 1t is an in
stitution of which every Iowan should
be proud and will in time, no doubt,
| become one OF the most popular re-
sorts in America.