THE SPRrNGS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 



COUNTY 



S. D. MERK 



NATURE has been kind to the upper Salinas Valley with many favors, 

 but one of her most important gifts are the mineral springs. From 

 the depths of the earth gush forth in many places in and about Paso 

 Robles mineralized hot waters that perform wonders in the curing 

 of the ills of mankind. Carlsbad, Baden-Baden, or Kissengenn have 

 made the Old World famous as water cures; Paso Robles and Arkansas are 

 destined to do as much for America. Already the globe-trotter is beginning 

 to realize that at Paso Robles he can find not only a water cure of equal 

 merit, but also a climate superior to that of any other of the famous mineral 

 springs of the world. 



A dozen mineral springs and wells at Paso Robles with a combined 

 flow of five million gallons, estimated, supply the bath-houses or other 

 purposes. The temperature of these springs ranges from cold to 124 

 degrees and a large variety of mineral ingredients is shown by the analysis. 

 There are soda springs, chalybeate springs, lithia springs, mud springs, 

 and sulphur springs. By far the greater number are of hot sulphur water. 

 The great spring supplying the hotel. El Paso de Robles bath-houses, flows 

 at a temperature of 107 degrees and at least two million gallons per day. 

 The Paso Robles municipal bathhouse is supplied by another well flowing 

 half a million gallons per day, with a temperature of 108 degrees. At the 

 mud springs the waters flow into mud tanks, where the patient is placed 

 in mother earth and mineral water, mixed by Nature's own alchemist. At 

 the sand spring the hot waters boil up with such force from the depths 

 below as to force a submerged bather quickly to the surface. 



The artifice of man has added to Nature's gifts at Paso Robles by 

 splendid hotels, bathhouses, and the introduction of the latest appliances 

 and usages known to water-cure specialists throughout the world. 



The city of Paso Robles has just completed a splendid new bathhouse 

 at the cost of twenty-five thousand dollars; here all may bathe in the hot 

 mud at nominal prices, no restriction being placed on those who come, 

 and the cost Is the same to all. The municipal baths are presided over by 

 competent attendants. The water comes from a depth of four hundred 

 and twenty feet and flows direct to your tub without coming in contact 

 with the air or losing any of its gases. A varied assortment of baths and 

 treatments are given, varying according to the needs of the patient. Hot 

 mineral, mud, sulphur, shower, steam, and plunge are some of the varie- 

 ties of treatment. Rheumatism, catarrh, and malaria, liver and kidney 

 trouble, gout, neuralgia, and kindred ailments are successfully treated. 

 Especially valuable are these springs in the treatment of rheumatism and 

 kindred complaints. Treatment can be obtained here at prices ranging 

 from twenty-five cents per bath and upward. Further and more detailed 

 information can be obtained by addressing Superintendent of Municipal 

 Bathhouse, Paso Robles, California. 



At Santa Ysabel, three miles from Paso Robles, an immense hot sul- 

 phur spring flows into an artificial lake, affording an opportunity for an 

 outdoor swim. From this lake water is conveyed to alfalfa fields and used 

 for irrigation. Moss-covered oaks border Santa Ysabel Lake, forming a 

 natural park — a cool retreat on warm summer days. 



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