Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-17
PHOENIX, ARIZ,
What Former WashingtOnfan Has
to Say of 1t.


Mr.. Harry NJ. Chapman, secretary Of the
Phoenix and Maricopa county board of
trade of Phoenix. Ariz., is in the city on a
visit to his parents. He has been travel
Ing through Kansas. Missouri, illinois and
Wisconsin, and everywhere has extolled
the climate of Phoenix for throat bronchial
and lung troubles.
In an interview with a Star reporter to-
day Mr.. Chapman said: so many stories
nave gone abroad concerning the barren
ness and the heat of Phoenix that it is
necessary to correct them in order to prop
erly place our town before the public, and
having lived there nearly three years l am
in position to give you proper facts
Phoenix is "A town of about 10000 peo-
pie in summer and 1900 in winter it is
situated in the central part of suothern
Arizona, in valley the equal OF which
cannot be found. Here for over fifteen
years have been locating people from all
parts of the world; some who came to es-
cape the rigOrs of northern winters; some
who came to seek the treasures hidden in
the distant mountains and some who came
to seek and restore lost health. 4 ne from
tier life of Phoenix is a thing of the past.
and today we number among our citizens
men of great business capacity, culture and
learning. Our business houses are all mod
ern up-to-date structures. We have
churches, schools, libraries banks hos
pitfalls, ice plants. Touring mills, electric
cars. laundries, theaters. newspapers,
hotels, parks, water works. fire depart
ment and a magnificent capitol building
costing Sl25.GD. surrounded by beautifully
laid out grounds. The board of trade is an
institution which has been of inestimab bile
value to the growth of the town. and gov
erned as 1t is by representative business
men ii bids fair to be an important factor
in developing the interests of the whole
territory"
When questioned concerning the benefits
of the climate, Mr.. Chapman spoke enthu-
siastically: Why, the people of this coun-
try don't know the wonderful advantages
our climate offers for the cure of bronchial
throat and lung troubles" he said. I'VE
have season when it is almost impossible
for tubercular germs to live account of
the dry heat. Our summers begin in June
and last four months, and although prob
ably a little long and tiresome they are
never Objectionable and 1t is the hot sea-
son that enables one to receive so much
benefit. 1t Is the period also when a per-
son can enjoy sleeping out of doors with
on, discomfort, and after once having slept
out it is not desirable to sleep indoors again
as the pure fresh air is the healing balm
But one of the most important things
that / wish to impress upon people and
physicians especially, is the uselessness of
sending patients to our climate when they
are too far gone. Persons coming in the
incipient or first stages of consumption can
often be cured. Those of the second stare
receive wonderful benefit, but those of the
third, or last stage, only have a little
they being taken of the train. 1t is
this last class that the citizens of Phoenix
consider an outrage for any physician to
send to us, for they had better remain
home and die there surrounded by loved
ores and all necessary comforts instead
of being compelled to make a journey of
| thousands of miles and die among stran-
| gers.