Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-16

dHinate. and nIt floods ih1t IN summer comic
down from ihc monnlaln8 AND pour through me
stfeoti iof two or three hours |n sunmel time
o1eg serve "a scavongcrs, REMOVING debris and
animal cxcremeni. besides laying iht DUST. III
n short uno afitf tho disappearance 81 che
foods ihc alAf0spilero and street are dry tgaln
as before. Unless it be- Santa re-. thtfc Is pro.
nabiy 30 city IN New Mexico b which are ap-
rlcabio tho following conclusions Of nr. nuch.
anan. who has Investigated ihe subject Of
pithisls n Surrey, Kent and Sussex. England
"Ihcro b less phthigis among populations
living on pervious soils than among populations
living on imporyious soils.
"rhefc O. less phtbisls among persons living
on hign-iylng porvions soils than omong popula.
lions living on l0w-lying peryi0us soils.
"ihcrc rs less phthisls nmonN populations
living on slipping imperyious soils thnn among
populations living CA nat lmpervious soils.v
A few miles from che town Of that name are
The llmous las VcRas. iioi Springs. which have
become a Delighted summer resort, aud are
deserving o. n greater reputation than they now
enjoy. They have been found 10 be very useful
to- rheumatism and govt, rs well as many cuta
81 the alter the bath Is soft, hot mud rs aeon
spiruous ald advantageous feature. ~lhc.Naters
are strong IN hthla.
A residence in this Territory durina both win
ter aud summer has convinced the writer that
for equal temperatures the winters cold and
summers heat are FAR more easily borne aud
less intensely felt here than IN the eastern aud
southern atates-a difference due 20 the great
dryness OF the climate.
But the chief advantage that Silver City pos
sesses over other places ~ New Mexico Is the
fact that her climate Is suitable TO the invalid at
al seasons 81 The year. m be is cold IN winter
he has but % walk IN the sun to become warm
again, and N tOo hot In summer he need only
seek the shade to nnd a comfortable GOODNESS;
but { may be safely said that there are not ten
days in the year In which an invalid who Is able
90 leave the house cannot spend most Of his
time IN the open air. THIS point Of life I'M the
Ouen air must be accumulated. for it has been
truly said that an climates are the same iu-
referring 70 the figures given we see that IN
the summer Of 1922 Silver City was the third
coolest OF the SIX towns Of which We have. re-
ports, hs mean temperature being ~ 10 deg. FAN
renheit. having less rainfall han the two cities
that are recorded rs cooler.
June Is by taf.its most dlsagrceadle month
doubtless, because the rainy season. which
begins In the middle Of July and last to the end
Of August. has not yet set IN. In the autumn
1892 Silver City had less lain than any OF the
towns enumerated save s0corrO, aud, with 4
mean temperature OF SO. T. dgs.,- continues 20
rank as the third coolest city. In the winter OF
1928 we find that with a precipitation less,
than that Of Las Cruces IL ranks next to that
place IN warmth, or, IN other words, though n
little colder. It Is also dryer. II Is bat fair TO say
however. that the records Of a number Of years
show that the precipitation as Las Cruces is, If
anything, q little less than It Is at Silver City.
Coming 10 the spring Of 1873, We fluid that
silver City leads IN precipitation; but all OF the
rain and snow fell In the space Of five days, the
remaining elghty-sevcn being clear. As %
temperature we find that, as In the summer and
autumn. " Is the third coolest Of the group.
From what we have seen, then, 10 Is apparent
that Silver City possesses advantages OF tenn
p~eratuTe Tor the tour seasons superior to the
other places considered. Though cool In winter
IL IS not too cold for tho Invalid to venture out,
and though warm during portions Of the sum
mer (June) 1t is pleasant in the shade, u the
HluHIN are nlNIVN rOOI AunafFpkn il uNEmntru
In New Mexico The dryness Of the Inmate
prevents excessive p~orspiraiiOn. "a specie OF
annoyance so common IN other Countries, the
skin being always dry except after unusual
exercise. This feature. the dryness Of tie
c~hlnate,, " apparent to the stranger at every
turn. He sees 1t IN the uncrumbled adobe walls
built by. Apache aud Pueblo Indians over two
hundred yentS ago. and the perfectly urpservad
household articles left by the Clif-DwCilers in
prehistoric time; He feels it in the dryness of
MS lips, ~ winter, and the stiffness Of his
stirSile9 coiiaf IN June: lie notices that II his
INK bottle Is not corked he is writing from a
paste instead OF a huid, that his leather Goods
needed an unusual amount Of oiling. and hls
newspaper IS brittle and easily torn. Tho
h hOis ,Se OF ae" permits caIuping-out more han
turing the sumner months to those who have
q blanket IN which to wrap Themselves
Aun9spneIie moisture Is due IN part to yapor
brought Dy the winds from distant bodies Of
water. but chiefly to that drawn up by the ann
from the damp soil or the standing OF running
water Of a given locality. We have seen oiread5
that the winds have been deprrved "a r,csf "a
their moisture before reaching New Mexico. and
can therefore contribut but li9e to ITS humidity.
Examining the topography of the country We
ind no lakes or standing pools about Silver CITY
while the nearest river, the ella, is thirtv-nye
miles away. Accurate figures for comparinS
prominent places for the same year are diHicuif
to obtain, but the following Will show the
advantages in humidity possessed by Silver City
over the two great resorts on the eastern ana
western coasts OF the United States
Jacksonville and San Diego:
Mean relative humidity for the year ending
July 1, 1881