Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-18

the most frequent resorts oil IoioTado
and one wear in this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts OF fnv ac- |
uuaintante, else should not be here. ]
came in quest OF the best possible cli- |
matte advantages for an aggravated
case of bronchitis and for pulmonary /
tuberculo is in the second stage. For |
six months ] had been unable to dis
charge my professional duties Tor sin !
gle day. The former three months OF
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and half-a-dozen doctors. Have !
| been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter condition than when ! came and
have had a years respite from the ter
rors of ii bronchial cough. have been
able TO resume practice and have, the
pas few months, reinvaded the trying
field o! heavy surgery. Had ! gwen up
my professional work entirely ON my ar
rival and engaged III some more active
lire Of business physically ] should now
he fat along the road to recovery OF my
former weight and strength.
Hon Whitelaw Reid. IN his journal, the
New York Tribune 81. Arizona 'n WIN
ter, among othel says l1nring
a tvc months resi- J southern Ariz"
ona in winter the Aas hut one day
when the weather made IL actually nm
pleasant for me TO take exercise IN the
open air at some time or other during
The day. OF course there were good
many days which "A weather observer
would describe as cloudy AMI some
that were 'showery; but during the hve
months from November, 1895 to May,
1896 there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt, anywhere north OF Luxor.
Arizona is the land Of the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood rres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but IT
is never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen II
clearer anywhere in the world. 1t seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air OF the
great Sahara in northern Africa or OF
the desert about Mount Sinai, in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any part
Of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar
act. 1t seems TO me about the same IN
quality as the air on the Nile between
( Assouau and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
"As to food. there is plenty, and it Is
GOOD. From here the markets OF Los
! Angeles, and even of D,nvcI are largely
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poul-
| try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
J 4 he also
/ be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund'
/ ant in their season, and sometimes the
season is long one. II is the one coun-
try have lived in where Strawberries
ripcn in the open air ten months III the
wear. have had them OH my table
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
/ Christmas.
The man who goes to any consider
abIe Arizona town with the idea OF the
southwest derived from novels, or from
! The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys'
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns ofcorresponding size IN Penn
sylvauia or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will find plenty
of liauor shops. too, and gambling
houses. and vet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for II. ana
he will find community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc'
cupation for hint
DR.. A. W. Olcott, health officer OF Tue
son. savs:-~"The climate of Tucson Is
characterized by pure, dry, invigoratine
air: a small amount Of rainfall. ami an
cycr-shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut of the chilling
winds of winter, and the dreaded SAND
storms of most arid regions. Its south
cru position gives il q mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor life the entire year, ant
nerniit those suffering from lung ant
} bronchial diseases daily exercise and hi'
I in The open air. This treatment, in spite
= ofuumbcrlcss cures for consumption, ex
nloited monthly stands first i'll the con
, tilencc OF the people and of the medica
: profession rs the best single mcan
- known of combating the dread disease
Z tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, Will
. uropcr medical treatment, has AFFORDED
e relief to numbers OF sufferers who are he
, yond hope of cure, and cured many II
! the earlier stages of consumption.
pr. Harrison T. Stroud says of tn
81 Climate of Arizona. The summers ar
. hot. There are some warm daysin May
). gradually increasing into June, and from
/, then on until the end of August he thei
e mometer ranges high, but with SepteH
:. bcr comes cooler DAYS and nights.
: "The heat is peculiar; it is never clos
1nd oppressive; there is never sense 9
suffocatiou. The summers are the mos
{ healthful period of the year. The Or
{ heat oxidizes and desiccates refuse mat
d ter and prevents fermentation that
+ the great cause of disease, especiell
c among children. in most countries durin
l., the summer. To my knowledge ther
- has never been case Of cholera intaf
| tum in the territory, nor has there bee
If a case Of sunstroke, except drunkard