The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10

| h'laraiing qualities as the air of tn
great sahara IN northern Africa or @
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabis
Patraea. 1t ~ much dricr than any par
| OF the valley of the Nile north of Gatar
| act. II seems to me about the same il
quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and Wady HaIfa, but some.
what cooler.
AS to food, there is plenty. and it is
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even OF u, nrci 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 III their season. and sometimes the
season is long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived IN where straw berries
upen IN the open air ten months in the
year. have had them on nv 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-
tihed. He will find as many churches
| as in towns corresponding size in Penn
sylvama 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 il, and
he will find a community OF ten thou
| sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupatiou for him"
DR.. A. W. Olcott, health officer of Tue
| son, says:-"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry. invigorating
air; a small amount of rainfall, and an
ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded bv
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 cl-
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ot-door life the entire wear. and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
III the open air. This treatment, i'll spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con-
tidence of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
kHoNh II VI NollIbdtllS lIN uiS4u ulSeASS,
tuberculosis. The out-oi-door life. with
proper medical treatment. has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure. and cured many in
the earlier stages of consumption.
DR.. Harrison E. Stroud says of the
Climate of Arizona.-"Thes summers are
hot. There are some warm DAYS in Nav
gradually increasing into June, and from
then on until the end OF August the ther-
mometer ranges high. but with Septem
Der comes cooler days and nights.
The heat is peculiar; it is never close
aud oppressive; there is never sense OF
snt1ocation. The summers are the most
healthful period of the year. The dry
heat oxidizes and desiccates refuse mat
ter and prevents fermentation that is
the great cause of disease, especially
among children, in most commissioning
the summer. To my knowledge there
has never been 9 case of cholera infan-
tum in the territory. nor has there been
a case of srnstroke, except drunkaris
inebriated at the time. 1t is the common
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle IF May until September, and