Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-20
new MEXICO CLIMATE
WORKS MIRACLES
Two Instances Given by Chicago Record
Herald of Two Prominent New Mexico
Men Cured of Consumption After
Gases Were Declared Hopeless.
the CASES OF R. ". TAMSILL
AND OF GEORGE WARDMAN

| In illustration of the effects of New
Mexico's climate, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald, two remarkable cures have
been effected recently at Carlsbad
which are worthy of mention. They
were remarkable not on account of the
prominence of the patients but because
of the distressing condition they were
| in when they arrived at Carlsbad, and
the apparent hopelessness Of tha5ir cas-
i=s. One of the patients was George
Wardman, former editor and proprietor
of the Pittsburg Dispatch. He was
lifted from the cars when he arrived at
Carlsbad four years ago. His voice and
his strength were gone. He personally
believed that he had come to Carlsbad
too late, but his recovery began on the
first day of his arrival, and today he is
a we'll man. He drives and looks after
a fine estate he purchased in Carlsbad
and has a renewed interest in life. He
spends certain months of the year trav-
cling, but makes his permanent home
in the atmosphere of New Mexico. He
has many years of life before him.
The other patient was r. w. Tansill
of Chicago. He arrived in the Pecos
valley in September 1888, after having
tried all the health resorts in the world.
His friends and physicians regarded
his illness as fatal He pitched his
tent on the Pecos river on the present
site of Carlsbad. 1t was a prairie then,
inhabited only by prairie dogs and jack
rabbits, and 80 miles from the nearest
Mr.. Tansill recovered. He
has improved year by year. He has
seen the prairies transformed into a
garden of fruits and flowers. Avenues
of trees have taken the place of sand
dunes and water is freely distributed
everywhere. One of the largest irriga-
ton systems in America has been es-
tablished and perfected there.
1t is Mr.. Tansill who has recently |
purchased what was known as 'The |
Heights" an extensive estate on which
J. j. Hagerman expended $250,0O0 in i'm
drives, buildings and artf- !
fetal lakes and the like.
The estate comprises more than 1000 /
acres. 1t is now the purpose Of Mr..
Tansill to dedicate this property to the
establishment of a sanitarium for the
treatment of those afflicted with tuber-
,ulosis, consumption and kindred dis
eases. 1t is not a money-nnaking ven-
ture. The sanitariuln is being estaD-
IL, 1inf crixy yny1I
The two cases cited here out of hum
lreds The marked success of the gov
arnment sanitarium at Fort Stanton
mas had much to do with determining
the location Of the new sanitarium at
Carlsbad. 1t is now definitely settled /
hat the pure air of New Mexico win
cure consumption. The site for the
Carlsbad sanitarium Is superb one.
The summit is approached by long
avenue of trees, whose Over-arching |
make the driveway cool and
shaded all hours Of the day. From the
summit grand view is had of the Pc
,os valley north and south, with it's
groves of cottonwood and green alfalfa
ields. Winding through these fields Is
he Pecos river, rolling southwark to-
ward the sea. To the west as far as
he eye can see stretch the Guadalupe
and beyond them the pine
lad Sacramento.
To the east beyond a low range of
Hills are the limitless Staked plains, the
llano estacado" Of the Mexicans, over
whose expanse 40 years ago roamed
countless thousands of buffaloes and
Soft winds constantly play
,ver the summit bringing with them
he ozone from the mountains fragrant
With the scent of the pine and hem
ock The sanitarium promises to be
rom every point Of view one of the
most attractive health spots in the
world, and it Is question if the pure
lir of New Mexico found there is not
he most beneficial for consumptives to-
,e discovered anywhere. To the enter
,rise of Mr.. Tansill is bending all his
Energy, hoping that when the sanitar-
UNI is established it will rescue many
rom the grip of the dread disease.