Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-04-13
TRIP TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA.
A GREAT HEALTH RESORT FOR SUFFER.
ERS FROM BRONCHIAL TROUBLES.
Mr. lanes R. Bryce Writes an Interesting
Article for the Courier's Readers.

Being advised by my physician /
sought Arizona for bronchial troubles,
it being renowned for it's pure, dry
atmosphere. l made Yuma my dos-
tination, going from Walhalla to
Atlanta, Ga, thence to New Or
leans. There | took tho Sunset
Limited over the Southern p ritic,
touching Houston, Texas, where I
stopped over for day to rest and
see the city. Houston is one of the
leading cotton and cattle markets of
the Southern States. Being near
Galveston on the Gulf of Mexico, it
has the advantage over other places
in Texas.
The next stop made was at San
Antonia, Texas, called the Alamo
City. | suppose you have read of
the fall of the Alamo under David
Crockett, Bowie and others. Those
brave Americans left the stain of
blood on the walls which can be seen
yet. This was the beginning of the
Mexican war and soon Texas was
freed from Mexico. Our Spanish
American war has demonstrated one
thing and that is, that on the bor-
dcrs of Mexico tho Mcxicans respect
the Americans. San Antonio has a
history that would take time and
space to relate.
Leaving there my next stop was
at El Paso, Texas, on the Rio
Grande. We crossed Pecos River
bridge 3l2 feet high. The country
presents the appearance of desert
from there on. | thought the pra~
riries were bad enough, seeing moth
ing but the prarie dogs, but here you
could not see anything but the cactus
and greasewood. I met District
Attorney Sanford, from Eagle Pass,
going to hold court some twenty-five
miles from Alpine. We cha:ted for
some time and l was beginning to
think he had passed the place 80 l
remarked, but he said it was some
distance from where he lived to this
court house--2i5 miles. You can
imagine what kind of time the
District Attorney has in the South
western portion of Texas. Eel Paso
is the center Of railroads lcaling in
and out of Mexico.
next crossed the Rio Grande, CO.
ing into New Mexico. Along this
part of the road they have guards on
the trains, expecting at any moment
to be held up by robbers. When
ever the train would slack up on ac-
count of the sand on the track, |
thought would soon have to show
up, but | did not encounter any rob-
bcrs. About dark we rolled into
nem'mimg, New Mexico, for supper,
and as Capt. Billy Smith says,
"twcnty minutes for dinner !" no
time to talk politics and original
packages, but something good to eat.
In tho West IIarvey's restaurants
are noted for something good to eat
and pretty mattresses. Being bash
full ! always. took twenty minutes to
eat. | understand he has populated
the country by the mattresses marry
ing off. Some forty miles further on
we cncorntDr sand storm which de-
layed us eighteen hours.
When / reached Yuma / found
myself in hotel that looked like it
had aeen better days, and water
tank. | crossed the Colorado river
over into California and staid few
hours. This being the Southern
portion, almost anything grows the
year round. Labor is cheap on ac-
count of the Chinaman, 40 he can
live on almost nothing.
took back track to Maricopa
Junction for PhGnix, a city of $4,000,
on Salt creek. This PLACE looked
more like the East than any I had
seen since leaving New Orleans. I
liked the place very much, but there
seemed to be too many sick people
there for the writer, as it afforded
the best accommodation in the Ter
ritory, Afte. consulting few
friends ! had made, left for Tpnaan
where stayed for some time, Tue
son is the second oldest settlement
IN the United States, situated in the
Southern portion, on the line OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad, 800 miles
West of El Paso, near the borders
Of Mexico, almost in the center oil
the climatic belt recommended by
tho United States Medical pommis.
eioDor ns the most favorable region
in the United States gor these
afflicted with pulmonary ailments
asthma and various chronic diseases
The altitude above goa level 10 1,48(