The herald., 1897-05-16
MOUNTAIN
VIEW HOTEL
Superb Health Resort In
Southern Arizona
Oracle, the Famous Natural Sanit-
arium for Tubercular
Sufferers

| Oracle Is located in the Santa Catalina
mountains, S8 miles north Of Tucson, at an
| elevation Of $500 feet. The climate OF the
place V superb. either for health or for
pleasure, in both summer and winter.
| The altitude is sufficient to make the sum
mers mild and pleasant, without single
disagreeably hot day. The winters age
equally void of extremes, mild and sunn.S
The locality is unique and charming. I'm
mense oak trees are scattered numerously
| over the rough picturesque mountains. The
air Is pure and dry beyond comparison.
No large stream Is near by and irrigation
to any extent is an impossibility. This COM
bination of peculiar climate, altitude and
latitude results in natural sanitarium
which has long been recognized as without
an equal in the territory. and which was
made available to invalids and seekers Of
rest and recreation last year by the con-
struction at Oracle of a large two-story
hotel. modern in every particular, and fin
ished and furnished so completely and ele-
gantly as to rank as the peer of the best city
hotels in all Arizona in absolutely every
thing except size in a few instances. The
Mountain View hotel, as 1t is appropriately
| called. with its great verandas, lawns, gar
dens and vines, is simply a modern urban
structure, erected and furnished at great
expense, out in the heart Of the desert
mountain district, already celebrated as
d. WOHueTIul natural SdnltdTlum. II rem.
ders possible the full enjoyment of home
comforts and city luxuries in this remark
able region, while the invalid derives the
full benefit of the Incompatible climate
No case of lung trouble ever came here
without benefit, and eventual cure is GER
tain in all but the very worst cases. For
asthma the climate of Oracle is absolutely
a specific. Rheumatism and many other
chronic ills that refuse to yield to medical
skill cnapdi1v W nc har
The isolation, too, is perfect. The noisome
vapors always arising from proximity to a
city, and especially the dampness of irri-
cation. that has destroyed the climate of
many Arizona localities. at least for tuber-
cular sufferers, are and always will be
totally banished from Oracle.
With the idea of supplementing these
beneficent provisions of nature the Noun
tain View hotel was erected and furnished
with billiard tables, pianos, fireplaces and
every possible requirement Of guests. 1t
is supplied with the purest water from
well cut through the granite. Carriages
of all descriptions, bicycles and saddle
| horses are kept for the convenience of
guests by the hotel management, which
| is in the hands of Mrs. A. M. Neal, one of
the most charming, genial and apprecia-
| tive of landladies, who understands to per-
fection the difficult art of providing the
| best accommodations. including bill of
fare, so as to make all feel pleased, at
home and perfectly at ease. 1t was at this
Mountain View hotel that Editor White
law Ried of the New York Tribune
stopped when he visited this locality, an |
the passing tribute that he afterwards paid
to Oracle was no doubt inspired by the
luxurious hospitality which he and Mrs.
Ried experienced at the hands of Mrs.
Neal. Altogether Oracle, with its sin
gularly splendid hotel, is one of the most
inviting of modern summer and winter
resorts, both for health and recreation
II is reached over level road with only
easy grades in few hours by stage or by
private conveyance from Tucson, where
one is glad to leave the insufferable dust
behind.
Although the mountains about Oracle
have probably never been thoroughly pros.
pected some gold quartz has been found,
and to the fascination of hunting gold in q
wild region may be added the chance of
bagging plenty of small game for those
who love that sport, and everywhere, in
the air, In the. continual sunshine and In
the exhilarating breezes is health and vital
ity. not only for the tagged out bl.iness
drudge and his debilitated family SO long
cooped up in a city, but especially for the
despairing tubercular sufferer and the
asthmatic and rheumatic. And in positive
confirmation Of all this anyone may secure
ample and notable proofs by dropping a
note of inquiry for any desired Information
to Mrs. A. M. Neal, Oracle or Tucson.
ARIZONA.