The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-16
Wbere the Climate IS pure
Hnd the Hlr 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 tmospheric con-
! ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
| Those having a peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1T is a fact that those born here OF
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main i'll this climate. It. is nv opinion
that there is no other section OF the
United States which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the relief Of pulmonary affections.
DR.. A. c. Jones, of Tucson, said --"T The
Mast seven years have afforded ME large
opportunities in the observation and
| study OF the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. W:thin that time
have visited the resorts of Florida,
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Califor-
MIA and Arizona Five wears of that /
have devoted to active practice in two OF
the most frequent resorts Of Colorado
and one wear IN this CITY.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
! advantages over all the resorts OF NV ac-
quaintance, else should not be here. |
came in quest of the best possible CHI
matte advantages for, an aggravated
case of bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis in the second stage. For
! six months | had been unable to dis
! j,1@o Il tor
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 mad years respite from the ter
rors of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
past few months, reinvaded the trying
field of heavy surgery. Had | 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. Whitelaw Reid, in his isjourna1, the
New York Tribune ot. Arizona in Win
ter among othe! .-les Says During
FIVE months restd y, southern Ariz-
ona in winter the, xas but one day
when the weather made it actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. tcourse there were a good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy, ana some
that were 'showery;' but during the FIVE
months from November, 1895 to May,
1886 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 nres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but it
is never prudent for a stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and drv. I have never seen it
clearer anywhere in the world 1t seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
| hilarating qualities as the air of the
the desert about Mount Sinai, in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any part
of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar-
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.nvel are largely
supplied. Good beef, 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 in 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 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 yet he will see Ettle disorder
unless he hunts late at night for it, and
he will find community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc.
cupation for him."
DIR. A. w. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son, says:-"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigoratine
air; a small amount of rainfall, and ar
ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter, and the dreaded SAT
storms of most arid regions. It's south
ern position gives it mild winter eli
mate These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor life the entire year, anC
permit those suffering from lung ant
: bronchial diseases daily exercise and lifi
) in the open air. This treatment, in spit,
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con
: fidence of the people and of the medica
profession as the best single means
known sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, witt
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be
, yond hope of cure, and cured many il