Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-09

drainage. and nle foods That in summer come
down from he mountains and pour through iie
streets for two or three hours IN sumnef time
often serve r scavCngors. removing dobria and
animal eycrcmcnt. besides laying The dust. Ia
a short tine after the Disappearance of The
foods thc atmosphere aud street ere dry again
Us before. Unless lt De Santa ne. there is pro-
badly no city IN New Mexico 20 which are np-
plicabla the following conclusions Of Dr. Bncn-
an.n. WHO has investigated the subject Of
piiUii1is 10 Surrey. Kent and Sussex, England
"Ihero IS less phihiiis among populations
living on pcryious soils than among populations
living on imneryious soils.
'Tlero IS less phthisis among persons living
ON hign-lying rofgiou5 soils than atuong popula-
tons living on iow-iyinB p~sryions soils.
'There IS less phthisis among populations
living on elopiug imperyioua soils than among
populations living on nat impcryioas soiis.'
A fow miles from The town Of that name are
The famous las Vegas Hot Springs, which have
become n delightful summer resort. and are
deserving of q greater reputation than they now
enjoy. They lAvc been found'to be very useful
in rheumatism mud gout, as well rs many cuta
neons and syphiliuc diseases. In the treatment
OF the latter the BATH Is soft, hot mud Is u con.
solcuous and advantageous feature. The waters
arc strong In ltiia.
A. residence IN this Territory during both win.
Ter ana summer has convinced the writer that
for equal temperatures the winters cold and
summers heat are far more easily borne and
less intensely felt hers than IN the eastern and
southern statcs-a difference due 10 the great
dryncss OF the climate.
But the chief advantage hat silver City pos.
sesses over other places IN New Mexico is the
fact that her climate is suitable 70 tho Invalid at
an seasons Of the year. II he IL cold IN whites
ne has but 70 walk In tho SIN 20 become warm
again. ard u too hot in simmer he need only
seek the shade To find n comfortable coolncssl
hut u may be safely said that there are not ten
days in the year IN which an invalid who - able
to leave the house cannot spend most Of h,i
tine In the open air. This point o. life in the
opcn ar mnst be accentuatcd. for Il has beer
truly said that all climates are the same IN
doors.
Referring 10 the figures given we see that ir
the summer Of 1892 Silver City was the thirt
coolest Of the six towns Of which we have re
ports, its mean temperature being p % deg Fah
renhelt. having less rainfall than the two cities
that arc recorded as cooler.
June is by firslts most disag recadlc month
doubtless, because the rainy season, whlcl
hegins in the middle of July and last to the en-,
OF August. has not yet set In. In the autumn
1902 silver City had less rain than any OF th'
towns enumerated save Socorro, and, with
mean temperature Of 50. J. dgs.,- continues t.
rank as the third coolest city. In the winter o
1ss2-93 we find that with a precipitation less
, than that Of Las Cruces Is ranks neat to tina
place in warmth. or. in other words, though
little colder. It Is also dryer. Il is bnt fair to SAY
however. that the records Of a number OF year
show that the precipitation at Las Cruces Is, !
anything, a little less than it Is at Silver city,
r Coming to the spring Of 1898. we find tina
Silver City leads in precipitation but all Of tn.
rain and snow fell In the space Of five days, tn
remaining eighty-seven being clear. As 4
temperature we find that, as In the umner ant
autumn. it is the third coolest Of the group.
n From what we have seen, then, It is apparen
r that Silver City possesses advantages Of ten
$ p%eTatura for the four seasons superior 10 IN
n other places considered. Though cool In white
= It Is not too cold for the Invalid to venture out
. aud though warm during portions Of the sum
Il MGR (June) It is pleasant IN the shade, and th
i nights are always cool. Sunstroke IS unknow.
n in New Mexico. The dryness Of the cllmas
Q prevents excessive perspiraii0n, a specie O
q annoyance so common In other countries, tn
4 skin being always dry except after unusua
exercise. This feature. the dryness Of til
climate, is apparent TO the stranger at ever
i turn. lie sees IL In the uncrumbled adobe W all
4 built by Apache and Pueblo Indians over tS
i hundred years ago. and the perfectly preserves
4 household articles left by the CliftDwellers i
y prehistoric time. He feels II IN the dryness q
n his lips In winter, and the Stiffness Of hi
starchcd collar in June. He notices that Il III
ink bottle Is not corked he Is writing from
paste instead Of fluid. that his leather good
II needed an unusual amount Of oiling, and HI
!. newspaper is brittle and easily tern. Til
r absence OF dew permits camplng-out more thu
half the year, a shelter being uanocnssaT
Il mrlng the summer months to those who hay
h q blanket In which to wrap Themselves
Atmospheric moisture Is dao In part to yapoi
- brought by The wiads from distant bodies ,
water. but chiefly 10 that drawn up by the su
10 from the damp soil or the standing or nnnin
water Of a given locality. We have seen alroad
u that the winds have been deprived Of most
Is their moisture before reaching New Mexico, M
It can thereiorelcontribut but little 10 its humiiit
c. Examining the topography Of. the country "
find no lakes or standing pools about Silver Cil
d while the nearest river, the CHA, IS thirty-lS
~ miles away. Accurate figures for comparir
prominent places for the same year are dinlcu
Ia TO obtain, but the following viii show n
d advantages In humidity possessed by Silver Gil
over the tive great resorts on the eastern an
r western coasts OF the United States
&c jacksonville and San Diego:
Mean relative humidity for the year ondlr
July !, 1881