Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-10
AN IDEAL CLIMATE.
Health and Wealth for the Invalid who
Seeks Home in the Santa
Pe Valley,
DR.. Danter of the American Health Resort
Association Speaks of Santa Fe's
Climatic Attractions.

Dr. j. F. Danter OF Toronto, Canada,
vice president of the American Health
Resort association, closes to-day his limit
ed investigation into Santa Fe's advan-
tages as health resort, especially for the
climatic cure of consumptives, and he
departs this evening Tor Albuquerque,
Las Cruces and FL Paso, returning thence
east.
Yesterday DR.. Banter was taken in
hand by Col. Frost and Messrs. Geo. w.
Knaebel and J. D. Allen who are anxious
to promote the worthy cause he repre-
sents, l. e., the sscertaining OF indis-
putable truths as to the climatic advan-
tages OF various western health resorts,
and he was taken for drive about the
city, visiting many orchards and gardens,
Aztec springs and driven up the canon Of
the Rio Santa Fe.
To-day the doctor said he WAS not only
agreeably surprised, but charmed with
SANTA FE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
which seem to combine toward making
this veritable santarium. Mature has
done much for you," said the doctor,
land it now remains for the hand of
man to lay hold of these opportunities
and make known the facts among thou
sands of sufferers who would come here
in quest of health and while thus engaged
would aid you in building up a beautiful
modern city.
II was greatly surprised at the variety
and flavor Of Santa Fe's fruits. have
been thrice to California, the last visit
covering year and half 8 time travelled
extensively through the south and abroad
and | must say | have never sampled
such fruits. The fruit is luscious, the
trees and shrubs are clean, healthy look
ing and remarkably free from insect pests.
AS to market facilities, | can see for my
self that they can scarcely be surpassed,
and the mining camps and reproducing
| mountain towns create demand that
can never be over supplied. Your fruit
growing is an important feature in that it
will afford the health-seeker an oppor-
tunity to engage in one of the
MOST DELIGHTFUL OF OCCUPATIONS,
while at the same time renewing his
strength by breathing this life-giving at
mosphere and performing light labor in
the genial sunshine which seems to be
we'll nigh perpetual. | am convinced
that this is not only grand place for con-
sumptives, but is place where the al
mighty dollar is also to be had by en-
gaging in fruit and vegetable farming.
small fruits an income the second year
from planting, SO that it does not require,
as IN most regions, a lifetime to establish
oneself as a horticuturist.
Among the orchards visited by DR..
Banter were those of Governor Prince,
Mr.. Boyle, Dr.. Andrews, Mr.. Staab and
| the Bishop.
PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
OF his drive via the mountain road to
the Aztec springs, four miles distant, and
thence up the canon of the Rio Santa Fe,
the visitor said:
"These delightful drives are 20 near at
| hand and cover such remarkable scenic
great factor in inducing health-seekers
and tourists to come to Santa Fe. One
scarcely leaves the city limits before he is
ushered into the widest scenery at an
elevation OF 5000 feet; where the air is
fragrant with the odor OF mountain pines,
so beneficial to pulmonary sufferers, and
the perfume of wild flowers, and waters
of springs and rivulets abound. The
| drive across the range to Aztec springs
presents magnificent view; from those
elevations can be seen vast expanse
| of country, mountain and plain combin-
ing to form picture of great attractive
ness. We saw Santa Fe nesting in cove
formed by the adjacent surrounding
mountains and south and east we could,
so clear was the atmosphere, view the
country 100 miles in either direction, and
northward the Abiquiu mountain, eighty
miles distant, was easily observable. At
this elevation, 5000 feet, l experienced
no difficulty whatever in respiration in
fact, it was delightful sensation which
the breathing Of the pure, fragrant air
produces.
1.-The road is most excellent one; per.
fectly safe for ladies or the most delicate
invalid. At Aztec springs we drank Of
the medicinal waters, free to all visitors
and after thus refreshing ourselves we
turned our carriage south, past the
water works reservoir, and thence en-
ioyed drive up the canon of the Rio
Santa Fe. Here indeed Is charming
spot.
THE WATERS OF SANTA FEE.
ut is worth travelling miles to drink o
such waters as flow through this deeI
: cut in the mountains to supply your cit.
, for domestic purposes and for irrigation
. of your fruit farms. The water is alb
E solutely pure, cold and fresh from tn,
melting SHOWS above, or triCkling from
: springs in the mountain side. 1t is fire,
. from all lime, akali or other Ingredient
so very injurious to the consumptiv,
: patient. Such water is great boon any
where and at any time, but here, Wher,
} other features of sunshine and pure ali
com bine to produce an ideal climate, it il
OF special value.
THE CANON DRIVE.
"The scenery along this canon drive,
continued Dr.. Banter, is certainly grand
and constitutes one more of those many
features of this locality which can not bu
be beneficial to the invalid because il
serves to interest and entertain the
patient, distracting his attention from his
afflCtion. In fact, this is most import
ant point The invalid seeking to secure
benefits from the climate here has In the
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