Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-23
De smet Kingbuy County South Dakota Friday 1911

I'ne report OF the boara or Man
ayers of National Homes made to
congress when the establishment and
location of Battle Mountain National
Sanitarium was being urged for Hot
Springs, is very briefly quoted from
as follows:
ut is a location possessing advan-
tages that cannot elsewhere be ac-
quired-advantages provided by ma
ture, and so rare in their combination
that they are duplicated in only few
instances the world over. From the
surrounding hills come forth unfailing
streams of water, medicated and tenn
pered in the great laboratory of SUBJ
terranean earth, endowed with health
giving properties in relative proper
tions so exact that man, with all the
skill that scientific knowledge imparts,
may strive in vain to improve upon
and at last can only initiate. 1t is the
product of centuries of processes-a
part of the grand scheme of nature,
which, in preparing the earth for
habitation, made provision also to
combat the ills to which man has
fallen heir. Regarding the curative
properties Of the medicinal waters Of
the Hot Springs: These springs were
the resort of the Indians long before
the white man found his way into the
jealousy guarded realms of the Black
Hills country and were considered
by the aborigines as a panacea for all
diseases"
The South Dakota State Soldiers
home is also located at Hot Springs.
How to Reach Hot Springs.
No resort of the west is more favor
ed in the way of railroad accommoda-
tions than Hot Springs; no health and
pleasure resort is more comfortably
and pleasantly reached than this one.
Located upon two of the greatest sys-
TENS of the country, trip to this
beautiful resort is one of restful
pleasure.
! The Chicago & Northwestern and
/ the c. B. & @. railroads maintain an
excellent service, bringing visitors
! from Chicago in about thirty hours.
Excursion tickets will be found on
! sale at all stations.
The Time to Visit Hot Springs.
| For either health or pleasure is at
/ any season, whenever you discover
! that your health needs toning up;
whenever you need rest, or whenever
you want the happiest outing of your
! life. You may always rest assured
! that you will find more agreeable cli-
matte conditions here than at home
either winter or summer.
Statistical.
Altitude of Hot Springs. -. g 400 feet
! Average daily sunshine. 1892 days
Precipitation, average annual.
! .................. 20 inches
Average temperature, winter months
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ZS degrees
Average temperature, summer
months ............... 62 degrees
Nearby Points of Interest.
One of the most notable is the
FAMOUS WIND CAVE, decidedly the
largest cave known, outrivaling the
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky in extent.
It's various ramifications have been
explored in different directions to a
distance of ninety-one miles, and no
less than $500 different chambers
have been found which contain strik.
ingly beautiful rock formations in
unique shapes and of dazzling bril-
liancy.
Good auto and livery service con-
veys tourists daily from Hot Springs
to the cave at reasonable rates.
Another pleasant trip is the drive to
Cheyenne Falls; and other points OF
interest near Hot Springs are the
Lone Wells, Fall River Falls and
Cascade Springs.
HospitaIs-Sanitarium
The National Sanitarium, The State
Soldiers Home Hospital, The Sister
Hospital, The Hargens Sanitarium,
the Nichols Cancer Sanitarium are I'M.
surpassed in equipment.
Value of Sanitariums, hospitals,
bath houses and their equip
ment S1,3l0,000
Total bed capacity OF same. ..... S75
No. of patients in 1910. ......12 ,794
No. of baths given in 1910. .176,000
Yearly increase in sick business. .20%
No. of operations 1907-11. ..... .3,009
Mortality from operations. " of 10
Mortality from medical treatment go
Hot Springs has also the most
skilled physicians and surgeons to be
found So noted have these become
that people come to Hot Springs from
great distances to be treated-there
being specialists here for nearly every
trouble.
A careful comparison with other
health resorts shows that no other
city of equal size in the United
States has as many hospitals, beds.
patients, operations and cures as Hot
Springs, South Dakota, and that no
other city of equal size has so much
money invested for the care of the
sick, or has as good buildings, as
good chemical waters such pure air