Arizona republican., 1902-03-10

Yuma. which is erroHeously but pop uIa.ly supposed to be the hottest town in the United States. The northern and eastern portions of the territory are to q very large extent mountain ous. and covered with pine and cedar forests. which. being annost entirely clear of undorbrush, form magnificent natural parks. This region is the watershed from which source Is derived the water used for irrigation of the 1 famous Salt River valley which bears
 to Arizona the same relation as does the valley of the Nile to Egypt. and which archaeological authorities claim has been under cultivation. for even T 1 longer period than that valley
 ! X picturesque description of northern ] Arizona the towns and natural curio- sites. with climatic advantages of the various localities, follows. and the heat i buebear is spoken of in this manner: in consideration of the individual ! factors controlling the climatic cond!- i tons here. temperature and a low rel atiVe humidity may well be considered l the most Important. as even the high annual temperature and dryness of the iatWosphere arc AriZcnI's chief claims ] to merit. as compared with many other good climates.
 "The temperature of Arizona is high CT than in some regions of the Missis- siDni valley, by an average of fifteen 1 to twenty degrees in summer. and by i thirty to forty degrees in winter. Yet 1 the relative humidity is SO low in sum mer that the sensible temperature is 1 five to ter degrees lower in Arizona i that is, the se1SiDi,ity of the human i body to heat is really less in Arizona i than in Illinois l temperature of 11I , degrees iu Arizona is much less ur- 1 pleasant than 9 temperature Of 90 de ! srees in Chicago. Thermic fever is unknown. even in the hottest summer ! months. | have known of a few per | sons somewhat overcome hy the heat ! put they never had elevation of tenn i perature, CT the symptoms common to sunstrolye and a careful inquiry gen | erally elicited a history of alcholism.'' | Mention is made of the variation oi l attitudes. the low percentage of humid ] ity which is the most essential feature 1 in the clements that go to make up an 1 ideal climate for the trea ument of pull lncrayE complaints. the value Of maxi mum sunshine and specific treatments. concluding with this description Of open air treatment and tent life in the foothills:
 TO my mind tho most important of all is the. opah-air treatment The principle which this Tlan of treatment recognizes as of vital importance. without which all else is naught, is , comprised in the three essentials to perfect 2ninlal lire. namely. pure air
 in unlimited quantities both day and night. Gcol food and plenty of it. and. #S near as possible. complete repcsa.
 The benefits derived from this mode 1f
 treatment are coming to be widely rec : 0gnized. and statistics of such open-air
 institutions as Eor5!rach. in the Black
 Forest; Kimberley. in South Africa.
 and Fal;lanstein. Eear Frankfort. all testify to its efficacy. The method
 pursued by the mere modern sani-
 t2riums. particularly those above men
 toned, is to give the tuberculous pa
 tiSrt. as nearly as possible, an abso-
 luta!y outdoor existence.
 "UrGoubtedly the best results at
 tained here have been by a tent life or
 the desert at the foothills. which e,.-
 tend within six miles of Phoenix h..
 deed, many people sleep practically fp
 the open air all winter, although it is
 rot SO commonly practiced as it should
 be when carried out under intelligent
 direction. n brief, We may summar-
 iza US follows: Pure and abundant air
 roth day and night. indoors and out.
 such good and plentiful food as q sim
 ple. open-air life may enable 2 patient
 to digest; rest. frequent and complete:
 q long night cf sleep: an hours rasy
 after walking. 2dditinnai rest when the
 iadiEidCal may require it; and in ali cases ;tJs2iCte avoidance of fatigue