The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-18
Wbere the Climate is Dure
lind the Hir is Balmy.%

commend Colorado during the fall md
winter, as the changes are often ss,,ara aae
becoming raw and cold within = c..
hours and as these are atmosnher;c oo,'
ui,ions to be avoided, it would M. T..
auVisable a., to spend these seasons thsra
nose having peculiar type of const;'
tuition with hereditary tendrro,, : ;.
consumption would do we'll to ova1j
themselves OF an opportunity and cona
ileIe ana remain exempt from disease
1T is a fact that those born here,o,
tuberculosis parents seldom a,,n' ~ Is ,o' VI
inc Inc disease develop, so long as they re.
'a'.' that II, !, TINS climate. 1t is my opinion
tnat there is no other section of tbe
united States which will compare tavor-
ape with that i'll and about Tucson for
the reiiet OF pulmonary affections"
DIR. A. c. Jones, of Tucson, said-"Tbe
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities i'll the observation and
study 'ot the climatic treatment of mi.
monary tuberculosis. Within thar t;ne
l. l nave visited the resorts of Florida
iexas, New Mexico, Colorado. CnEfor-
ma and Arizona Five wears of that T
nave devoted to active practice in two ~
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city. ''N'
tucson, in my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts of c,v ar.
qnaintanoe, else should not be here I
came in quest of the best possible eli.
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis III the second stage. For
SIX months / had been unable to dis
charge my professional duties tor SIN.
gle day. The former three months rs
TINS time was attended by two trained
nurses and half-a-dozen doctors. Have
been disappointed? No. am in bet.
ter condition than when | came and
nave had a years respite from the ter
rors of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have. the
pas. few mouths, reinvaded the irving
held OF heavy surgery. Had | given up
my professional work entirely OF, nv ar
rival and engaged in some more active
line OF business physically should now
be tar along the road to recovery of NV
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune oi. ARIZONA in Win.
ter, among othel :. ssays:--"During
a f,ve months reSid ~ isouthern Ariz-
ona in winter the xas but one day
when the weather made il actually uu.
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which a weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were 'showery::' but during the FIVE
months (from November, 1895 to May,
lS96) there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor,
Arizona is the land of the sunshine.
"The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but it
is never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. have never seen it
clearer anywhere in the world. Ii seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or of
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than anv 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 Ds nvci are largely
supplied. Good beet, mutton and poul-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund.
ant in their season, and sometimes the
season is long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where straw berries
ripen in the open air ten months i'll the
year. have had them on my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
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-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns ofcorresponding size in Penn
svlvania or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will find plenty
Of liquor shops, too. and gambling
houses, and yet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for it, and
nc will find community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
.upation for him..
DR., A. W. Olcott. health officer of Tue
son. says:-"The climate of Tucson is
by pure, dry, inyigorating
air: a small amount of rainfall, and an
sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of wiuter, and the dreaded sand
storms of most arid regions. Its south
.rn position gives il mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ot.door life the entire year, and
hermit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, i'll spite
Of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first IN the con
idencc of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known of fcombating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-ot-door hfe, with
Drot,er medical treatment, has afforded