Arizona republican., 1901-09-05
A SUMMER WELL SPENT
D.. Stroud Talks of His Interesting
 Visit in the East.

Pr. II. F.. S,Ioul has returned f.om his visit in the east ana repo..s that he has had not only the most interesting visii ne ever made bu, the most prof. !table journey from q profess .Onai standpoint.
 Af,er finishing his visit Go AsheVii.e. which was d scrbed at some length in 2 letter to The Repub. .ic4n some days age h. went 10 Buffalo wAere h. saw the big fair am looked things over moe critically than on his first visit He met lpts Of Pho nix people there and hey all seemed l. be =njDying themselves. On the way home he stop ped for some time in Chicago. where h. did considerable laboratory work and hospta work for the purpose of keep ing in touch with the latest profes- sional lethod:.
 He has nothing but god things to say os th- Winiyah saaitarium con ductCI by pr Karl Non Ruck at Ashe- vile. and of the city Cf Ashevile too, for that matte. |, Is a pretty pace ant the climate is good. But he does say that for homes and investment h saw nothing either in North Ca,ollnl or elsewhere hat can compare wih Arizora. He believes that he can raise n.-r on four sluare miles of S5it River va2cy soil than Vanderbilt can iaiss on his lO3C00 acre farm. But with all that, the farm and palace, Wlich is a reproduction of an European castle, is almost beyond comparison for beauty and convenience.
 Dr. Non RuCk. who owns ;he Phoenix ostrich farr and ,he birds as wsl, Dr. Stroud says, Is Ing into tne ost'ich business for business, He expect 10 make it one of the ading industries in this territory and w;l increase his flock to five or even ten ;hOusauS birds just as soon as practicable The doctor is fuvorably impressed with Arizona, and says that the winter c,imata of this region Is enc Jf the finest in the world.
 But :ha great o5je.t If Dr Sroud's visit ,o Ash vie was. Of course. 10 learn more of the eur of tuberculosis. He .2ys he returns home fully con vincCd that th- dlseass. if taken in it's early s.ages. is susCep ib,e of cure by tie Von Ruck treatment. and that if tAc patient Is to far advanced. h is tui5 of the fars ana cannot gain ad- mission to ths sanita ium. The treat ment hc sayg, is not hclI a g rret. and Dr. Non Ruck scelrs to taka pleasure Tn imrarting all the infornltion h. has on the subject to m dical men who come there seeking to learn, and h. freely instructs In the method of treat mcnt, giving practical experience to physicians whs desire tn he,p him for what they may learn.
 In p,oof of q dh,ct question as to whether or not consumption can be cured qu stion on which public opin- ion is still divided, Dr. Stroud gave tn resul, of his observations in the Chi [ cagu morSuc where the dead firm tie charity hospitals are taken and on whi h postn artpm examinations are usually held. He said that fully % per cent of the examinations showed tha the pc sons had healsd tubercular cav itiea. their death being from other causes as mos, of the charity patients who arc afflicted with tuberculosis arr taken tl tn hospital for consumptives, That shows that great many persons who become affected with this dread diseas are cured ana die from some thing else. arguing that the disease ie taken iff time Is curable.
 Reverting to Asheville he said that 15,000 hcalth-s ckers visit that city an nually, anl many peep who have found health there remain perTa- nently He knows of no reason why Phoenix ,annot become equally as ia n us.
 During his trip he disposed of con siderable printed matter furnished by the board of trade, and he believes he 1 placed 1t where it wifi D. oducc results. He says many people he m5t are talk ! ing Arizona and gre anxious to learn mOre of this region.