The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 1, 1954
Diamond Anniversary Edition, page 5
Includes photograph

HEALTH HAD ITS FOLLOWING, OLD CUT SHOWS

     Blockhouse Mineral Springs provided a strong attraction in the past, as this old cut of unknown vintage, resurrected from the Sentinel's morgue will testify. The auto models seem to place the time at about 1930.
     The Mineral Springs were built in 1909 by a corporation of 16 owners. Later the ownership came to a company of Hooker, Grimes and Winch, with T.A. Hooker becoming eventual sole owner.
     In 1934 the building in the picture burned down, and a new one started by Hooker. The same year he sold the place to Mrs. S.E. Miller from Seattle and she is still the proprietress. She finished the present building at the site. Formerly she had been in private nursing work.
     Closely approximating the mineral formula of the human body, the waters from the springs at Blockhouse are among the few genuine mineral waters in the country. They have effected many amazing cures for a variety of diseases, Mrs. Miller stated, including arthritis, all forms of rheumatism, stomach, intestinal and liver ailments, sinus, and others. This is due to the balanced waters of the baths.
     People formerly came from all over the land to take up residence at the Springs while taking treatments. For the past two years, no in-patients have been accepted, Mrs. Miller said, but treatments are still being given on call.
     Many persons who have regained their health testify to the efficacy of the waters of the resort five miles west of Goldendale on the Klickitat road. Though little publicized, compared to the more famous spas of the United States, the local springs have done wonders over the years in the curing people when other medical sciences have been baffled.

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