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Show 111 li'se's Springs, a Resort ; Both Wonderful and Beautiful 9 BY 0. E. ARNEY. Mil c !al to Trio Tribune. SI trpr?E Ma., Jan. 1 It was twenty 31 aco that Caplain Cyrus B. IJaw-91 IJaw-91 Lf ill whoso company I was ndinK HM ft bpautiful ranee, mo to this spot H' .rked by lonely mineral sprins. IH',CR captain's homo was at Sunny ffl.di thrco milts down the northern JU F.nto the Snake river,. where ho lived Hi ft "many yOars to. enjoy the fruits mm i this bountiful rnncc, and from M UencG ho passed this lite early in tbo fl tlfis chance trip to this interesting Jvf0r which nature has done so much, H Tthnt early, interesting day, Captain Rl S,lev told me of .the eurativo quali-lU quali-lU rl7r this hot spring by an incident H g'bSd observed tho fall before n' 'As I wns Catherine my cattle last 3l II roberved a wounded deer follow-mk follow-mk La alone down the canyon trail one :t1 rpnlnc.n oaid he, "and from the- crest "M- '"the hills back yonder by use of my I' eia glasses I saw it come to this spring jsd dip its lame foot in this warm ; pool. Thn following morning I saw it Tteadine its way back to Lho mountains Sod at intervals thereafter I would see , it (oming and going until finally it was . utll and ntrong." J Then we dismounted, stroked tho iron i lorn to the rim of the pool which the occasional range rider had made here; ' redfetfd on Hid passage of scripfcuro "As pants the heart for healing dreams," and although 1 had not until today eeen this spot since that June day i ofloSfl, it has always remained clear to 1 Etraory, for as we mounted our horses fl id rode away my good friend re-; re-; f Burked "Some day this place will je ; famous for the curative qualities of t this water." f ' . ;f As I drove down over the nearby hills i today and observed this spacious rosort ' t lie storj of tlio deer and tho prophecy i of the captain came to mc with signal I clearness, : '! m ' couple of miles above here was the m J ranch of Potcr Kelly, an old-timo mi r, fteic'lilor, later a garducr at Ross Forks m .t tVo for vea,-s on this unsurvc3'cd mnge a; rcfcrml to his boundary line as "just I'; 1 M'nr-from my cabin, sir, as my rifle ' vfi : jriH'f-arr-1 a bullet." Tho canyon load- r kz Wft. Kelly's ranch to these springs '9 i us known as "Kolly,.s"'gnrchJ-' aiul hill, hi-ll, V lertthitc watering jdacc, a balm to suf-'I suf-'I f lorifiR man and beast, became known i. ii its small way as "Kelly Hot I Spring?.'' It wns in 1S04- that Richard 0. Hoisc. i lie present ecnial owner of this ideal M r Wl miiid naturo's grandeur, mot his a ' itquaintance. old Tom Cameron, a iish- : "man who used to market his product El '! t old Eacle Rock, now Idaho Falls, 1,1 i "tylokl him of the spring. As "nc-Sj "nc-Sj I fsity is tho mother of invention," so 3 1 Mtnro's remedies arc attractive to tho l;i wviaiion of pain in man or beast, la ,1'V!Uno power of these waters, at-3 at-3 Mfhvo to the deer, lured Mr. lleise ' MLis hnrrcn spot, for he suffered with vJiD,at,?!V- IIf' fook P his temporary ; bode with "Old Tom" across the tB.ke river and for three or four days v crossed the stream by canoe and MUiod in those warm waters to the I !?oIlc ol" 1,0 who afterwards ; Br? liat,'rc,s rich endowments tho ' I i i 1 '"o'fications to attract, hun-;-weaa i and. thousands annually to this t L'(US0 wcl1 nown and appreciated tsdus section of Idaho. I, 1' ftJSrK? 1Kpr,inBR. a,re located on the Sffi'r? h "PP," iend of tho 'rich 1 it Tr, nyor va'Iov which widons as IS e south and west, a .; fSSJ 0f tweuty.fivo miles from Ida-i Ida-i ffl?e e RJcsl "'ly safcion is Thorn-Bl Thorn-Bl 0 I i1Q Sh Anthony branch of 9 to the wi;' a (1"sHnC0 of twelve miles ! m Llr? UrV,t0fl S(ales mail runs I Sd ,01.!lt,n.a11 northbound morning t '"SmS lS,md vcning trains. In the l5r oiH" f.erryooat8 are run- 1 wirtcr acc vcr Nolson's ono-B ono-B C hSi 6 t0w an,fl Roi-s,s ono mile :1 -lerc teams and autnmobiles con- vcy many pnsHougors to this restful resort re-sort from Lorenzo, Rigby, and Idaho Falls. The waters of llcisc spring have been shown, by analysis, to be henvily charged with sulphur, iron, magnesia and salt. Of thin hoaling stream, Mr. Ileiso has ton minors' inches, per second sec-ond foot pf time, Sinco his residence here, lie has developed, de-veloped, from a tunnel in tho hill 300 feet to tho roar of his hotol, a clear flow of chemically pure drinking water, ajjequato 'for all the purposes of a proposed larger hotel plant, required here for the future, to supply the demands de-mands of the public interested in this spring. The hotel shown in tho picture ahovo is a beautiful setting to tho natural endowments of the springs. Tbo rustic log structure with its long, wido porches, faces on the Snake river 100 foot to the south, from where j'dii can see its rush- IE-USE'S HOT SPBINGS, IDAHO. & . ing torrent of wator. and tho low, woll-donned woll-donned banks a half mile away 'on the other side. Beyond, you noto tho fertile lands of the "rich arms of tho Upper Snake River valloy. and beyond on the slope of tho foothills which skirt tho valley for miles to tho south, the now fields of dry fanning, which stand our. in' bold relief, ii voritnblc mirage in tho shy! To fhenorth of the springs is a rough, t'raggy range of mountains, which rise 1S00 feet within a distance of three miles from tho hotel. Between the river proper and the banks in front of the resort, is a bnyou on which aro row-boats row-boats for summer use of boarders. On these spacious porches surrounding surround-ing the resort are" hammocks nnd swinge and furnituro for the case and comfort of tho guests. "Within are cold and hot water plunges and private baths. Tho rooms are well-furnishod; the comforts of a homo appear on every hand. There is a large dining-room; a fVa' cious danco hall and a cozy parlor. The resort is well-provided with piano, pianola, pian-ola, and phonograph. The resort reserve proper comprises 300 acres of land, all in the ownership of the Jlcisc fnmil3 who personally 1 mail age every detail of the resort for the convenience of the visitor. This land- extends up to- the valloy, where is to be scon a rich growth of cotton-wood, cotton-wood, .juniper, red cedar and willow trees-, iorming -a. most beautiful park. Among these trcos is a school house, the property of a. joint district between Fromont and Bingham counties. In the river below is one of the choicest fishing grounds in all of Tdaho. During the season this sport is indulged in to tho great delight of 'anglers, who are advised on the locality. Back to tho north and cast, up the river, is to bo found a groat big game country. Three deer wore killed within two miles of whoro I am writing, a few weeks ago. This is on tho easy road to Jackson's Hole, by way of Kolly's Gulch, Swan Valey, and Pine Creelc; a distance of only forty miles. Along the ivay, and nearby the springs, aro to be found elk, mountain sheep, mountain lion, grouse, foal hon, pheasaut and cottontail. This is an ideal place for tho lover of the gun to out-lit out-lit for a trip to the big game pf tho nearby mountains, as horses, conveyances convey-ances and guides can be procured here. The survey of a new electric lino from Idaho Falls to a point one mile distant from these springs, forms the basis of a new hope of easy access to those famous fa-mous waters, which offer such relief to suffering humamti'. Tho management of the affairs of the resort aro in the hands of tho daughter of the proprietor, Mrs. Bertha Jfeisc Gavin, who personally oversees each detail de-tail surrounding tho hotel and keeps it in an atmosphere of homelike attractiveness. attrac-tiveness. The farm is supplied with a daily of twenty-live milch cows, and geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys nnd the. moats entircb used on tho table at the hotel are of home production. About, the walls of tho resort, house arc beautiful specimens of taxidermy, iu-cluding iu-cluding oaglo, elk, deer, nntolopc, moun- tain sheep and goat. The travoling men of the northwest know the founder of this modern resort well and favorably. For more than a quarter of a century ho has been a ''knight of tho grip," with torritory in Utah, Idaho, Montana and Califor nia. That ho has found hero a comfortable com-fortable homo in a placo where nature !s choice attribute has contributed such curative waters for the relief of pain and acho to hia fellow-man, is a source of great pleasure to Richard C. Heise in the day of his decline. As tho resort growB in popularity it Srows in commercial value and joins lat ono class of rich endowments, of which Idaho has many; which makes life more npjrceablo to an increasing population ot new people, crowding in over our borders to adopt Idaho as their new home. Thus the wild scenes of early Idaho; weird In the native crudeness; aro being be-ing transformed to tho wants of man, and tho natural donations of tho Creator Cre-ator used for bo many years as a blessing bless-ing only to the dumb brute, are, through tho go'uius of man, transformed into a boon to mankind for tho alleviation of tho ills, incident, to tho human flesh. Another twenty 3oars can scarce make such a ohango in this beautiful niche in tho mountains of the Upper Suako River valley. |