The Arizona sentinel., 1897-07-24


 and lowest temperatures, averaged for eight wears, at the same place, as follows: For November 7S% degrees and 42 degrees. December 7S11s degrees and 36H degrees, January G5H degrees and B degrees, Feb- ruary TIE degrees and 35H. de rees. March,Sl% % degrees and Al degrees and April S6A degrees aud 46 degrees. Tine nights throughout the winter are apt to be cool enough for open wood tires, and for I-blankets. Half the time an Overcoat is not needed during the day, but it Is never prudent for stranger to be without one at hand.
 The atmosphere is singuiarly clear, tonic and dry. 1 have never seen 1t clearer anywh here in the world. It seems to have about the same bracing and exhilaratipg qualities as tie air of the Great Sahara ill Northern Africa, or of the deserts about Monnt Sinai, in Arabia Petraea. It is much drier than Tn the parts of Morocco. Aleiers or Tunis usually visited, and drier than any part of the Valley of the Nile north of the First Cataract. It seems to mc about the same in quality as the air on the Nile betw cen Assouan and Nady- Halfa. but somewh hat cooler.
 ACTUAL HUMIDITY.
 This is extremely slight, everywhere iii Arizona, as compared with any eastern climate in the United States. The air is dricst on tue high laesas, rrnr1te from sno q clad monrtaius or forests, aud in the desert valleys, VI hcre no considerable irri- 1 gation has been bcgla. Wherever irrl9"- ticn is carried nn on a large scale, the percentage of humidity in the atmosphere must be somewhat increased, although to an eastern visitor it is-, carcely perceptible. i The same Go, ernment obse:v ations al ready cited show relative humidity. at ! Phoenix or Tucson, averaged for weeks, ! f'un, morning a!4d evening readings. at less than haif the usuai humidity ol dry days in New York Conceal ;;reely, in |. rah- i i,catlon rem the V ca; her EnIefl, gave : tie uo,lltl eight of aqueous vup0c III the ] Arizo1a ar a. ircn iis U 4 grairs Per c,.3ic. foet.
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 -Sncwers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month Uf the yelr;i bat the actual nu,lber of rains -seeylis,to an .FoI aveiage rainfall in Southern Arizona, as show by the Government closer vations, Is but s 11ss inches per year.
 ATTITUDES.
 It IS striking advantage offered by Arizona that, with the same general con diticns as to temperature and dryness of air, the physician able to select nearly any altitude be may desire. Thus, asth.' matic sufferers can find almost the sea level at Yuma, or an altitude of only a thousand feet at Phoenix, or of only 2,400 at Tucson. Others, who find no objection to. greater elevations, can choose be1N cen Prescott CT Fort Whipp'e, 5.i00; Flag sta fl, 6,SOG,; tEe Sulphur Spring Valley, "r Fort Grant, 4,200; Fort Huachuca. 4,s0", or Oracle, about 4,000.
 IS IT A PLACE FIT TO LIVE IN? This depends on what one exyeHts in huge, parsely settled Territory of nount- ains and deserts. The man ho looks for either the beauty or, the seductive excite Euent of Monte Carlo win mt find it. As little vii he 6rd the historic remains Or the cosmopolitan attract Ous of Egypt; nor could he reasonable expect the anusements and luxuries of our own Eastern cities. The people of Arizona are still chiefly busy in the pioneer york of subdning it to the residence and uses of civilized man. But l it has two transcontinentaI lines Of railw av with numerous feeders; it has fast mail~, and rival telegraph lines, and is throbbing with the intense life of the splendid West
 The two princi pal towns ill the south ern portion, chiefly sought for their climatic advantages, are Phoenix and Tucson Each of them has ten thousand inhabitants or more. Tksy have the electric light, tele- banks, bookstores, good schools, churches, Ian occasional theatrical performance, some | times lecture or a circus, often d horse race, and, in the spring. 8 thoroughly curious and interesting ''desta." For the i cest, people must take their amusemonts ith them. Gond horses are ab indanI and cheap, and there are prenty of cow boy ys-tne genuine aTticie-t:' sbCW what hurses cAn GO. I',e Gii iu;.' Tor iifieea CT, twenty niles in alnr>t anr. di, eecioH from 1. PhQe nix, is nearly always easy. The roads are apt to be dus' y; bIt there IS one we'll Sprinkled drive ot six or eight miles; and since the winds ale Y''ie regular in thein direction. it is rarely diff :ult to choose q route OF whi,h the dust viii be largel! carried away fror, you. The un'Token desert itself is oft'n as edsJ to drive over as an Eastern nj. h"a,. and the hole valley IS a ,iara,i . io. hicycie:s, or eques- ians
 CAN nNE LIVE COMFORTABLY? That asa f.l treads on wlat y;n expect. Ycu caauo. lave. the iuvuc:es ot o,Ir %e~ Yo.i: horses ont 5..aIe, uness you build o1e; Q. .L. variety wi OFT Ne" York markets, nplcss yon ci,a"ater refrigerator car. But the,e are hotels with almost as much frontage as the Waldorf; aud, like everything else in the Territory excepting til.s h nn nj ing and tlese,ts thru are ne,r