The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

est Benefit.
The extreme aridity Of Arizona which
has caused the downfall Of many we'll
laid agricultural scheme and made the
sun-kisSsd Territory notorious, Is one OF
its great merits Is a health resort, says
the New York Sun.
Ii is d generally accepted theory nova
DAYS that the white plague is TO be
stamped out only by the segregation OF It's
victims and an absolutely out-ot-door NE
Tor them. The first condition is manifesuy
lmpossible in the crowded city and the
second is feasible only where mother ma
ture is most heneficent where the sun
never goes into hiding for months at
tlme where the breczeS are not too wanton
and where the night air is as dry ana Tree
from vapors as the day.
All these conditions for the absolute cure
or the amelioratiOn of consumption are 10
BE- found al their best in the Southwest,
particularly in the Salt River Valley,
-triz. Within its area of 100000 acres
fruitful as the Garden of the Gods. so soon
as irrigation is applied, there are miles Oh
desert where the climatic conditions for
the relief of all pulmonary troubles are
perhaps uneXcelled in this country or
,broad. Here the transition of the sea-
sons-and there are but two. four months
of summer and the rest of the year per-
prtual spring-is slow and gradual. The
skies are a Cloudlcss blue the air so sweet
that IL can almost be tasted, and the
average humidity so low as 10 be incon-
ce!vable 10 the sweltering resident of the
coast and lake regions.
For December and January. the mocking-
bird MARBLES his clear-throated epithalam-
ium TO his brown mate in the cotton
wOodS-;he full orchestra of red-winged
blackbirds follows the lead of its sable
prccentor who sits up on a pepper bough
and conducts his followers through 4
chorus of Wagnerian melody. the shirt
waist girl swings in her hammock as COM
fortably as in an Eastern June. and the
small boy beats the sides of his burro or
Indian pony with bare brown feet. Pic
MICS are the order Of the day. In Febru-
airy the almond orchards, which rim the
deserts northern edge, burst into a mass
OF pink white bloom, the pomegranates
are budded and the blOssoming orange
groves send forth their fragrance for miles
around.
In the colder lands the invalid would be
sh;vering in furnace-heated rooms, fearful
OF every draught. Here he spends his
days and often his nights in the open, the
starry heavens his canopy. The nights
throughout the winer are COOL sometimes
cold. Theyh was one week last January
when ice formed in the water bucket in
the tent. anl 4 hot stone for the feet
night caps and bed socks were more than
welcome. Blankets are n necessity all the
winter. Yet with the rising of the sun
genial spring again asserts itself. This
difference Of temperature between night
and day is possibly the one exception to
perfect climatic conditions. Forewarned,
however is forearmed, and with plenty Of
/ thar
is no danger Of taking cold.
1t is a strange thing about this desert
life. that 1t has a charm which grows with
acQuaintance-and one who has spent some
time in the desert Is said TO be never quite
happy elsewhere. The summers are hot
There need he no reservations about that
statement. For days last July the ther-
mometer registered anywhere from 90 de-
gree 10 III degrees right along-but the
absence of humidity made the heat much
easier TO bear than the close. muggy de-
vitalizad air of New York and Brooklyn.
There were no sunstrokes. no heat pros
trations. Ranchers went about their work
suffering no inconvenience.
Although the majority Of IN 4,th-seekers
turn their faces to the seacoaSt Of South
ern California or the pines CT Prescott for
midsummer days those who brave the heat
and remain are said to derive the greatest
OSNeHI Ut ITlS SSdSOu. 1HS lulSuSS NEAT
seems to heal the lung tissue and destroys
the germs. Sufferers from kidney trouble
OF rheumatism also make their greatest
gain in summer.
While nearly every ranch IN the valley
stands ready, for consider9ES. to open
its doors to the invalid. theN18t results
are 10 be attained from tenting on the
desert itself. The ranches must be irri-
gated at stated intervals. The desert, no
mans land, is dryness itself.
Although the camper, assured Of squat
ter sovereignty, may set up his canvas es-
tabliShment where he will. the qeustion Of
a convenient water supply leads him to
select 4 site near a ranch. \ quarter will
pay for a barrelful of wash water hauled
each week on 4 stone boat from the irri-
CATION ditch. while two bits more will keep
the swinging ola. or Mexican water jar,
filed and provide water for cooking from
some adjacen, well. Other supplies are
also readily obtained. The Indians bring
in from the reservations wagon loads Of
mesquite and iron wood, which they retail
for 81 - or 50 a load. while the same
amount will buy dry almond. fig and april
cot wood from the orchards which have
died for lack Of water. Faggoting parties
are also popular, and he who will can
gather for himself the flOtsam and jetsam
OF the desert.
Fruits may be obtained at the orange
groves and adjacent orchards at a reason
able price and of delicious quality. The
roll-call Of native fruits includes oranges.
grape fruit, lemons. apricots. peaches,
pears, pOmegranateS, figs, grapes, necta-
rlneS, pums, berries and melons galore.
Rich Jersey milk may be obtained at the
ranches for five cents a quart. butter for
twenty-five cents pound, honey-deli-
cious as the famed honey of Hymettis-
fifteen cents a pound. Ice, artificial can
be obtained at any Of the towns at sixty
cents Il hundred. The markets of Phoenix
supply the best beef and mutton in the
world at live and let live prices. Groceries
are high, owing to the freight rates, but
the stores would be credit to any city
Of New York State outside the metropolis
An accurate account Of living expenses
kept during the last year for a family Of
three adults and child showed an aver
age Of $40 Il month for table expenses. s.
for water. service and laundry; oil and
repairs s. 80. and fuel. s. So
While the table expenses seem dispropor-
tionately high. II must be borne in mind
that hyper-feeiing and the generous provi-
sion Of the mos; nouriShing meats and
foods are d large factor in the recovery Of
the consumptive. For the person addicted
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