A well-known physician of Chicago relates that a severe case of asthma was greatly mitigated after one hour spent here, and a trying case of sciatic rheumatism yielded after a a two weeks' sojourn. In a tent pitched on a grassy plot, among some trees, at the opening to this gorge, there lived in 1884 a gentleman from San Francisco, who had long been afflicted with asthma of a terrible type. So long as he remained in the canon his enemy let him alone, but the moment he ventured into Los Angeles for twenty-four hours, the disease attacked him so fiercely that he was glad to hasten back to his retreat under the shadow of the everlasting hills. He pronounces the spot the best for his malady he has ever found. Nor is the resort without attractions for well people.
Numbers visit the locality every year for refreshment.
Business men jaded with care and anxiety find new strength beside its merry stream. Romping among the granite bowlders, pining children become hardy as little bears. The most provident cook would be taxed to meet its demands. Some three years ago Mr. William Chaffey, worn with the burden of Ontario affairs, removed his wife and children to the canon and camped for several weeks. Speaking of that time, he told me that when ready to return to his home he felt strong enough to found another colony.