Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-31
OAKLAND.
An Interesting Letter from sn Er-AriIon- Hn-Goyernor TritIe's Visit to Arizonas Ins- at stockton.

Hn-Governor Tritle's Visit to Arizona'i
 Ins' n, at stockton.
 CAKr ND, CAL., Dec. 26.-EDIToK CTT'
 zEN:-oanta Claus has come and gone
 for 1882. His gifts were unusual in
 cost, quantity and variety. Nearly all
 branches of trade have been benefited,
 and poor and rich generally made hap pier in their homes than for several
 years past. When Santa Claus distrib-
 utes his gifts with a lavish hand witEous
 much regard to the moral or financial
 condition of the people the fact Is ac- cepted as II sure indication of exception
 al prosperity. From all parts of she
 State comes the news of the hberality
 of Santa Claus. Tue rains of the past
 week doubtless had something to do
 with his lavish distribution of nice and
 costly thIDgs, for they perhaps insure
 large crops the coming year wherever
 they fell, The hospitals ana charitable
 institutions recognize the kindly infiu.
 euce of prosperity and good prospects,
 J. C. Flood, oi the Nevada bank, dls
 trlbuted six thousand dollars to several
 worthy charities in sums ranging from
 S2Oto SI.OOO each. This Is Lot a large
 gift for A man of his wealth, but 1t went
 to very useful and needy institutions,
 and as a matter of pOlIcy and encCur-
 agement to other wealthy people, as
 justice to Mir. Flood, a more generous
 acknowledgment on the part of he press
 ought 10 have been mude. For some
 years past Mir. Flood has made the same
 contribution, and the press usually de-
 votes as many lines to the fact as Ia ne
 cessary to name the beneiciariei and
 the amounts each received. A generous
 mention of the donor would probably
 inspire larger gifts and swell the num-
 Der of givers.
 THE ARIZONA INSANE AT STOCKTON.
 Upon invitation of Governor rrltle,
 I accompanied him last week on A visit to Dr. Clark's private asylum for insane where there are thIrty-seven of AnzOna's unfortunate people afflicted with various degrees of insanity. The Governor made d careful inspection of the institution in all is parts, kitchen, dining room, sleeping and bath room, out-houses and recreation grounds; Tn | fact of all adiuncts 70 1t; also extended | his inspection in the same particulars to | the State insane asylum at the same | place so that he might make an h. telligent comparison of the conditions | and accommodations of the private and | pubic institutions. Both are certainly | in kind aud suitable hands, and con sideTing the number and character of the inmates remarkable degree of purity of air and cleanliness prevails both The State institute has about eleven hundred inmates and Dr. Clark's only forty-four now, owing to tue recent removal of the insane or Nevada to Reno where a new instltu tion has been lately completed. Dr. Clark's establishment has ample ac- for two hundred patients, and without special inquiry as to the different effects upon the mind and body wherein there are few or many number togetber the better for them, all other conditions being equal. Dr. Clark las a large garden m which there is an ever ready suppl! ot many kinds af vegetables which go fresh from the ground to the kitchen; this the State institution has not. Like the State establishment, Dr. Clarks Is literally provided with bath rooms and hot and cold water and every department Is full of fresh air and 30 situated as to admit of sunshine as much of the day as possible, and this latter IS Hn item of first consideration anywhere and particularly nea- tide water. All-in-all, the insane of Arizona are properly cared for in a mid and aquable climate duuing the whole year, md where the choicest food IS pro iuced at the lowest prices, and where ,tale and coarse vegetables are fed to animals and not t. human beings. No ,ne about Dr. Clark's establishment luew that Gov. Tritle was coming, and ience he saw it ID its usual cOndlrion ID all respects. Every article of diet was Like the vegetables, the bread and meat were remarkably good. The Arizona patients are now kept at a cost to the Territory of only six dollars per week, and, considering their treat ment in general and particular, thls must be rega ded cheap. It IS true, tho cost of sending patients 10 the asylum ls and certainly much more than 1t should be. Unless a patIeLt is quite violent, one attendant IS ample. This would be but three fares and Inci- dental expenses. As 1t is not probable . at an insane person is ever admitted into a first-class sleeper, they could be quite as comfortably and cheaper trans ported in an emigrant sleeper ss ln first class coach. After the completion of the Atlantic X Pacific railway, the average est of delivering Arizona in- sane at Stockton ought not to exceed S2jO each. After delivery the cost IS nearly nominal com pared to what It would be by tbe Territory with its own asylum and corps of officials and attendants. It seems to me that Arizona ought to con- tinue the present method of caring f'r her insane for toy it the unfOrtunates are surrounded with the most favorable conditions and the Territory subjected tp much less expense than otherwise Dr. Clark is noted for his suitability to care for and treat insane. He has had many years experience both in the State institution and in prIvate ones. Whatever views Governor Tritle may | have entertained in reference to caring for the insane of Arizona, it Is apparent that his inspection of their present con dihon. cost, etc, has strongly impressed him with the advisability of making no change
 A visit among the insane, is not cheer ful through many of their acts and sayings are ridiculous and sometimes | startling. One of the Arizona patients | tBrooks) has the Lambs Book Of Life, | and offers to write the name Of any one | therein who will help him out. He has l no doubt but he has the one and can do ! the other. Columns would not suffice | tn write up the notable characteristics , of ArizOna's thirty-seven. General Up son a former editor and part proprietor | of the Sacramento Union in it's days of | power and prosperity is n the State 1 institution He IS rather fine looking | now, though void of memory for one | thing.
 Governor Tritle, wife and two boys | will leave for Prescott on the 3Oth | instant. J.W.
 Bad breath arises from the stomach, and can be easily corrected # you take 1 Simmons Liver Regulator. It IS pecui- | arly adapted to the stomach, correcting acidity, destroying foul gases and allay- l ing inflammation. Take, after eating. c half tablespoonful, 1t assimilates with the food and ensures perfect digestion without which the repulsive disorder, bai breath, must ensue. The Regula- | tor removes biliousness. cures dyspepsia |