Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-10
REPORT OF CLIMATOLOGISTS.
What Drs. Danter and Roberts Tell
the American Health Resort
People of Santa Fe,
The Worlds :sanitorium and the Pub
HcatioD Of Facts Highly CreditAble
to the Capital City.

| ID }. L. Dantcr, OF ontario, Canaua
and DR.. W. ?. Roberts, OF Evansville
Wis.,, special commissioners of the Amer
ican Health Resort association, and who
were sent to southwestern Kansas, Colo
rado, New Mexico and west ern Texas Il
gather chronological facts, have present
ed their reports to the association and The
same have been published.
OF Santa Fe DR.. Danter says:
Gone forgets himself among the many
things of interest here, which fact alone
would be helpful in many cases Of con
sumption. The city is situated in valley
opening and widening to the south, with
mountains east and west, and broken
peaks to the south. 1t was not hot and
can not be very hot in the summer nor
very cold in the winter. This location is
we'll ventilated at times it may be too
raw and severe for the very feeble. The
altitude is 1000 feet and the air very
stimulating. The hotel accommodations
are good and the people most hospitable.
| was royalty entertained when my er-
rand became known. 1t is the capital
city and the governor, judges, merchants,
editors and physicians We'd with each
other to show me all the special merits OF
the city and territory rs health resort.
The old government military reservation
in the center of the city they hope to have
set aside as national sanitarium.
at would make an excellent one. |
was feasted with the finest fruits ever
tasted, apricots, peaches, apples, etc.
There are some fine springs, and the San
ia Fe river seems ample for irrigation as
we'll as to supply the city.
81 think that New Mexico surpass-
es any locality for consumptives ]
have yet visited, and have been all over
California, Colorado and the south, Sand
wich Islands and Europe"
DR.. w. P. Roberts, who followed DR..
Danter on Lis southwestern trip and who
came as special commissioner and eli
matological expert has this to say in his
report on Santa Fe:
"Santa Fe approached with dread on
account of a weak, irritable heart that
followed an injury to the spine some
months ago. but was agreeably disap.
pointed. l could breathe here with
greater ease and slept better than in any
place l visited l will not stop to describe
my visit to the fruitful gardens and won
derful buildings; nor my reception by
Governor Prince and many citizens; nor
how 1 was feasted with the choicest
fruits (apples, peaches, apricots, pears,
plums, small fruits, etc.,. My stay was
most pleasant, and did not see an insect
or a reptile to render the life of the most
helpless invalid burden. The altitude
of this city is about 1000 feet; it is sunny
and warm, with cool nights. The air is
very dry. The rainfall is only about four
teen inches, or one fourth of that of my
old New England home. The mountains
surround it on all sides and hence the air
| is very free from Gust and must contain
much ozone. The summer is very pleas.
ant. In the winter it may be trying for
the very feeble, but saw many cases
cured, and the mortality is very low"
LETTER FROM DIR. DUNCAN.
Accompanying the pamphlets from
which the above extracts are taken IS a
letter to Governor Prince from DR.. 7. G.
Duncan, Of Chicago, president of the
American Health Resort association,
which shows what firm hold the dis
covery of the truth about Santa Fe and
New Mexico has taken upon medical
scientists of the east. He says:
/ have the honor of sending you the
reports Of two special commissioners who
went to your state to ascertain its ad-
vantages as health resort for consump.
tives. The reports you can see are very
flattering. 1t occurred to me that as you
are about to submit your annual report to
the president you might like to make ex-
tracts and you have our permission.
We believe that it will be wise, espe-
cially from health point, if the upper
waters of many of the rivers, especially
the Pecos, were set aside as national
park. The forests that line the mountain
sides should not be destroyed, but rather
increased.
Could you arrange to visit the east and
make addresses, especially in Chicago,
Detroit, Buffalo, perhaps Albany, Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Washington,
explaining to the people the special op-
portunities that New Mexico offers? Onr
association could assist in arranging for
the meetings.
Personally have become very much
interested in your state on account OF it's
health advantages.
Before January the whole medical pro-
tession of the United States, hundred
thousand strong, will know that New
Mexico is the best section yet ascertained
for persons with weak lungs. The effect
of that will be increasingly felt from now
on.
Hoping that may have a personal in
terview before long, l am, yours very