Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
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HOT SPRlNCSI

ton of the wind ana water for unknown
centuries. The hole has been pasted out
and the opening enlarged, making a COM
Portable passageway over which has been
erected a small log cabin, in the further
corner of which is a trap door, which the
guide raises and we follow him down one
stairway after another in utter darkness
for a distance of 155 feet, when candles are
lighted and we find ourselves in the Bridal
Chamber, the first room in this gigantic
fairy palace, so named from a wedding
having been performed there. From here
three routes have been opened for com
Portable travelling, i'm which 100 special fea-
lures are pointed out by the guide. The
shortest, requiring two hours TO traverse,
has been named the Garden of Eden route.
The next, requiring three hours, is called
the Fair Ground. The largest one, called
the Pearly Gates, requires six hours. The
dazzling s~plendor of the various cham
bers, the largest of which covers three
acres, one-thlrd larger than the largest
in Mammoth cave, Illuminated with cal
olum light is indescribably beautiful and
can only be comprehended by actual OBJ
%servation.
The United States government has desig-
mated Hot Springs at the site of a national
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of handsome buildings has recently been
completed at a cost of almost 81, 900, and
the Battle Mountain sanitarium'' was
opened May 10, 1907. The main group
of buildings is in old Spanish mission
style and a happy grouping Of them in a
circle makes them very compact and Won
derfully easy Of access TO each other. Some
idea Of the extent Of the buildings can be
had by realizing that within the main
group itself, four full city blocks could be
placed, filing as 1t does a circle 585 feet
in diameter, or about five acres. The sani-
tarium property includes a total area of
3,46l acres. The oadways around the main
group win cover five miles.
Nothing has been spared in equipping the
sanitarium in every way for the comfort
and pleasure of the veterans who may be-
come members. A fine military band is
provided, which plays daily at the raising
and lowering Of the colors, Orchestral
music evenings within the court or arcade.
To the person acquainted with western
South Dakota, 1t is a source of constant
surprise and disappointment to note the
way in which thousands OF visitors gallop
through the Black Hills. They try to do
too much. They spend their days in sight
seeing and their nights in travelling. In a
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When they start for home they are COM
pletely worn out. Their holiday has been
of no benefit, they are rested neither In
body nor in mind Let vi suggest that
your trip through the Black Hills be what
it is supposed to be, a holiday, a pleasant
outing. Don't hurry. Don't rush.
But whatever you do or wherever
you go, visit Hot Springs, Spend
a week or a month at Hot Springs.
You will find enough of interest there to
occupy every moment. Gods country 1t
is sometimes called. Rather 1t is a
woman's country, children's country, the
country where the invalid lives out OF
doors. The visitor TO this region will carry
in his mind for the rest OF his life pleas
ant memories of his trip, and a warm place
in his heart for the people and the sur
roundings. The strongest impression one
gets OF Hot Springs and its surroundings
is the air of restfulness, the complete alb
sence Of care and the congenial social sur
roundings everywhere.
The saddle is Indispensable to the full
enjoyment Of the country around Hot
Springs. The streams, the hills and the
canyons are always reckoning the rider.
The saddle horse is in fun evidence every
where. Many a delicate woman finds her
way where she wishes without escort, and
careless as to fashion in mounting. Either
she is bent upon recruiting her health or
means to have a good time, or has bust
ness requiring her attention. IL Is essen
TALLY a country made especially for IN
outing, The place is not a fashionable re-
sort where people go on dress parade, but
Just a cosy corner OF Nature, where one
does not think much about dress In the
enjoyment Of its restfulness and beauty.
The railroad trains steam past the picnic
parties, and the fOur-horse stage trots by
with It's jolly crowd Of pleasure seekers.
In time the trolley line will be laid here.
There are large scopes Of country here 4
that nave missed the whistle OF tha loco
motive and the noise and hustle which the
railroad implies, but they are uD-to-date
people and keeping step with the present
century mark OF civilization.
This is one Of the ideal places OF the
west for camping out The cool. braclng
air, the abundance OF fuel. water and
grass are all appreciated by the old-time
camper. The romance OF the early miner
is one OF the most thrilling In the history
OF the Black Hills. Men are living who
took part in II. The deserted pathways OF
men are all through the Hills. The growth
OF shrub and weed and brier Is striViAt
20 hide the scars and gashes made by the
nick and shovel OF many years ago.