The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-28
Wbere the Climate is pure
Hnd the Hir is Balmy.,@

commend Colorado during the fall and
winter. as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atm ospheric CON
ditions TO be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there
Those having peculiar type of cousti-
tuition with q hereditary tendency to
consumption would do we'll to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
ut is a fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main in this climate It. is nv oOinion
that there IS no other section OF the
United States which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the reliet of pulmonary Affections
DR.. A. c. Jones. of Tucson, said: THE
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
| have visited the resorts of Florida,
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Califor-
MIA and Arizona Five years of that |
have devoted to active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts OF Colorado
and one year III this city.
Tucson. in my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts OF rv aC-
quaintance, else ! should not be here
came in quest OF the best possible cli-
matte advantages for an aggravated
case of bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis IN the second stage. For
six months | had been unable TO dis
charge INV professional duties tor sin.
gle day. The former three months of
this 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
have ilad year IS respite from the ter
rors Of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas; few months, reinyaded the trying
field OF heavy surgery. Had l given up
my professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged in some more active
line of business physically should now
be far along the road to recovery of my
former weight and strength.
Hon Whiteiaw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tribune Oh Arizona in Win
a FIVE months restd southern Ariz-
ona in winter the xas but one day
when the weather made il actually un-
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day c icourse there were a good
many days which "A weather observer
would describe as cloudy. ana some
that were 'showery::' but during the i've
months from November. 1895 to May.
1885, there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even more
than Rgyps, anywhere north of Luxor,
Arizona is the land OF the sunshine.
"Thc nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
and blankets. Halt the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but II
is never prudent for a stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere liz singulariy clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen IL
clearer any " here in the world II seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
hiiarating qualities Az the air OF the
great Sahara in northern Africa or oi
the desert about Mount Sinai. IN Arabia
Y =
of the valley of the Nile north of Catar-
act. II seems to me about the same IN
quality as the air on the Nbse between
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooker.
"As 10 food. there is plenty, and il is
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and scn of n nvei are largely
1A nef
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 IN the
wear. have had them on my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
Christmas.
The man who goes to auv consider
able Arizona town with the idea of the
southwest derived from novels. or from
The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys-
tihed. He will find as many churches
as in towns corresponding size In Penn
sylvania or Ohio. and probably more
school houses, and yet he will find plenty
of liquor shops, too, and gambling
houses, and vet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for IT, and
he will find community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in thu daytime
oniv one policeman. and very little oc-
cupatiou for him.
DR.. A. W. Olcott, health officer OF Tue
son. savs:--"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigorating
air: a small amount of rainfall. and an
eyer-shiniug sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut of the chilling
winds OF winter. and the dreaded sand
storms of most arid regions, Its south
ern position gives it mild winter cli-
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-of-door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and lite
in the open air. This treatment, III spite
OF numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first IN the con.
fdence of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known Of combating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door lite, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-