Show A wonderful spring aprin HEALING POWERS CLAIMED FOR california california WATER pool Is located in indian reservation in mountain valle valley and has long been known to mission tribe of red mene men los angeles cal down in the california desert miles from los angeles and around the spur of a mountain Is a little valley owned by a canny scotchman dr murray the doctor has brought the water from the mountains near by and has created an oasis in the desert ile he has haa about ten acres in oranges and alfalfa and nothing could be more pleasant to the ae eye after ranging rangin gover over a sandy waste than this charming valley an indian reservation adjoins the doctors ranch and from them he leases for per annum a rare spring the pool formed by this spring spi ing Is about as large as a good sized room and Is covered by a rude shack the uniform temperature of the water is degrees and it Is said to havo have many healing properties when a person first enters this pool ill his feet strike a soft sandy bottom and he is apparently in water about IS 18 inches deep all at once a ripple goes boea over the surface much as it if a stone had been thrown in and near him he notices the sand gand has opened disclosing a hole as large as the cit cum ference of the body but how deep one Is afraid to think but the doctor calls there is no danger and he takes his life in his hands handa and plunges in down he goes up tip to his neck and fearing a quicksand he calls out to the doctor but he smiling imperturbably bids him keep quiet and wait results presently he feels a soft impact upon the soles of his feet and slowly but irresistibly he feels himself being forced to the surface within the space of three minutes lie he is again standing in id 18 inches of water and the hole bole has disappeared only to appear a few feet further on he hastens to it plunges in and again he sinks to his neck as before only one hole la Is formed at a time and between the closing of one and the appearing of another there Is an interval of about five minutes in this wonderful bath one does not require any brush or soap but when lie he comes out his skin is smooth and spotless here and there appearing upon his body minute scales of silica after lashing dashing a bucket of cold cola water over himself lie he feels wonderfully invigorated vig orated and refreshed people come hundreds of miles to bathe in this healing water wafer and if the doctor could only move this spring to los angeles he could make his fortune in a few years the indians the mission tribe attach great value to the water and use the overflow of the pool for bathing and drinking purposes |