Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-24

some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor
| Arizona is the land Of the sunshine.
/ "1hc nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood Ilres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but il
is never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
| The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry. ! have never seen il
I clearer anywhere in the world. 1t seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilaratinR qualities as the air OF the
great Sahara in northern Africa or o
the desert about Mount Sinai, III Arabia
Patraca. 1t is much dricr 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
Assouan 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,nvri are largely
supplied. Good beef mutton and poul-
Try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and vcnison from the vicinity can also
ant in their season, and sometimes the
season is a long one. IL is the one coun-
try have lived in where strawberries
ripcn in the open air ten months in the
year. have had them ON my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, al
Christmas.
The man who goes to any consider
able Arizona town with the idea of the
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker will be greatly mys-
tii,cd. He will find as many churches
as in towns oieorresponding size in Penn
sylvania or Ohio, and probably more
school houses. and yet he will find plenty
ut liquor shops, too, and gambling
houses, and yet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late ut night for it, and
he viii find a community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupation Tor him
Dr. A. W. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son. says.--"Thc climate Of Tucson is
characterized by pure. dry, invieOrating
air; n small amount of rainfall, and an
cvcr-shiniug sun. II is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter, and the dreaded sand
storms of mos. arid reg ions. Its south
ern position gives il Il mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ot-door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, in spite
of nunberlcss cures 70 consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con
tidence Of the people and of the medical
profession rs the best single means
known of combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The oGt-of-door life, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
rchci o numbers OF sufferers VINO are be
yond hope of cure, and cured many in
The earlier stages Of consumption.
D.. Harrison z. Stroud says of the
Ciima tc OF Arizona. The summers are
hot. There are some warm days in May,
gradually increasing III o June, and from
then on until the en0 o. August he thcr-
mometcr ranges high. bul with Septem
bcr comes cooler days and nights.
The oeat is peculiar: it is never close
md oppressive; there is never a sense OF
sntfocation. / ie summers are the most
healthiul period OF the year. The dry
heat oNidizes aud desiccates refuse mat
ter and prevents fermentation that is
the grcai cause OF disease, especially
among child Ell, in most countries during
the summc,. TO my knowledge there
has never ocen case o. cholera infan-
tum in the territory, nor has there Deen
a ease Of sunstrokc, except drunkards
inebriatetl al The time. 1t is the common
custom to sleep out OF doors from the
middle OF May until September. aud
many las the writcr) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five days
IN he wioIe year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day. AT
least, on. o. doors. In Ibis climate in.
iurics and wounds heal very rapidly;
diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept in whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
Of September to the first of May, are in
this locality the finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
il is a Joy to live.