Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-06-27
A FAVORED LAND.
IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN CALI
 FoRNlA AS A HEALTH RESORT. =
The Attractions and Disadvantages - Climate and Bodily Comfort-Throat and Lung TrOubIes-COmforts That
 Are MiSsed-The Mountains.
Riverside ,call Cor. cOurier-Jourua,l

l Many friends at home desire 10 know | my impressions of southern OalfOrlia particularly as a health resort and l ! thought it would be economy tO answer all inquiries m one letter. And in order | 10 set myself entirely right. l wish 70 say ! in the outset that l own no orange groves or other property in this stat. but write as a diSinieIest party. As rue. have ol served that letters from such plaCes are
 written by persons interested in budding up some locality. or who have somethin z tO sell. so l wish to place myself out of that category.
 AS health resort this section has many attractions. and. of course, SO Ie dis advantages The climate 8 certainly very attractive, the main draw wback being the marked diuereuc,, in temperature between day and night There are other objection such as occasional fOgs. and at times high winds. which are called -nOrtherS But the fUgs ani winds are only occasional visitors. while We have the beautiful. warm sunshine nearly every day. No rain has fallen in this locality since about the nd of January, and very litt.e elsewhere in the stale During hristmas week it rained nearly every day, and then 1t stopped apparently for another year. So my experience leads me tO say that the winter climate here is perfection Not day that inv al ds could not sit our in the sun since the Lrst of the ear The tenn Ierature ranged from Oj tO c5 degrees in the day and from jO 10 50 degrees at night A few Cays the therm' meter has gone up 10 yJ degrees and few nights down as .Ow a. 76 degrUeS A little nre is Lecessary in the mo. ming especially for inva,ids. and qt night ther Is gen orally nre in the open hepla, e ersOns from the east will ind their beav cioJh- ing and wraI as necessary as at home. The air is often crisp. and in dri' ing the heavy oyercoat is comfortable in morning and after O clock in the afternoon
 Many people come here with lung and throat troubles and get we'll whie many come and die W hat cures one person seems 10 kill another ut the most Oi those who q c are persons who are too far gone for anything Co save them. hl. climate due, not raise the dead The triT across the continent k a hard one. and no person should undertake it less he has considerable streng b. | have >eeI some per Ons come out who had Co ne llfJeu from the cars. md they are generally Seul back ln a lew days in box
 am constrained tO say that many such cases come on the ad ice of home physi- clans. who seem tO want 10 get rid of patent such is the testimony ot the persons themselves. but f physician would only think for q moment be wOIiu know the patient cOu d not sand tDe triR l must give my friends. the doctors still another licS, in advising patients tO come tO some given pia e out here wuere they have never been themse.vrs. | or instance, met lady who was advised tO come to santa Barbara which is on the seashOre. and it near1 cost her her life before she ,Ould get away. The salt air disagreed wIth her but she is now rapidly getting well Me are not f. away from the aciuc ocean. any where along on the southwestern | a. cifc, a.u at many points it IS D fr'l view but we are away from the influence of the salt air. The hotels at most psccs are fairly kept and the rates reasonable. The population Is largely composed of ea,teru people. who have been restored Co health and then rema.n here W hen l refer Co the east l mean all of the | nitcd tates east of the OCk mountains
 any home comforts wIll be missed The water seems warm and there k no ice. exec ..t Los AngClts. which point Is not a health resort b, any means. The milk Is a li-tle thin. and cream k an un known q Iantity That Is not surprising when you C ns.der that it h. rdly ever rains It k true however that there i~ ample water Co make the milk go around The butter Is generally nee lt may be made q, the factory at Louisville. for all l know. but it answers e cry pur"ose. The flies are a great nuisance. and they are here all the year. occasionally hear the music of muSoui,O, but they are not numerous or troublesome But there are many things tO attract and entertain our people. The mountains are on all s.des and you can nearly always see snow ol the summit of the higher ones
 The drives are beautiful but the dust is a trine that Ou must C. counter But tax Lg all the discOmfOrts which Ou will ind more or less any here. my opinion is that If per sons who Irc iCled with thtOt or lung troubles, iL the inCipienJ stages will cone out here anC stop at such D ace as l. besi adapted for ,Leir peculiar trouble, they will md 1t beuefCnl fl not a cure If course each individual must make it business Co get well. and not sit down on the front porch and expect the sun Co re- lieye him. without effort on n part ! have met many persons who have ent numerous winters iu Florida Pud they al say this climate is much preferable to that have DO personal knowledge of the Florida climate. and therefore make no comparison so my Florida friends need not t-rn their guns on me.