The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-11
Wbere the Climate is pure
lind the Hir is Balmy,&

winter, as the changes are often sc,,ora a.,e
peooH'lhR raw and cold within n fe,,,
houiS' h:,u ana as these are atmospheric CON.
",'o"s 10 DC avoided, it would NOT ho
ruV'Saoie .rI TO spend these seasons there
'noSe havlng a peculiar type of const;.
luton with hereditary tendenc,, -;
consumption would do well tn oyaI1
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere ana remain exempt from disease
1T IS fact that those horn bnre.of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever hova
'ne dlseaSe develop, so long as tbrv re-
mann IN this climate. # Is my. n,i;,,;,,
that there is no other sect;on ,t',G nf ,bn
otI oli'eu states which will compare favor
tto'' thanlt IN that III and about Tucson for
Or a. I. Jones, of Tucson, said;-"The
past seven years have afforded me Iarue
/ opportunities in the observation and
study OF the climatic Treatment of nrI.
nonary tuberculosis. Within that fine
! have visited the resorts of Flor,da
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado Ca1;for-
ma and Arizona Five wears of thai
/ nave devoted T." active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
{ v.
Tucson, in my Judgment, POSSESSES
! advantages over all the resorts of trvac.
qualntanoe, else | should not be here.
came III quest of the best possible eli
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis in the second stage For
SIX months | had been unable 10 dis.
I al Il
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
nave had years respite from the ter
rors OF bronchial cough. have been
aole TO resume practice and have, the
pas few months, reinvaded the irving
held 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 tar along the road to recovery of nv
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tribune Oh Arizona in Win
ter, among othc =. ssays:-"Durinp
five months resid southern Ariz.
ona In winter the Kas but one dav
when the weather made il actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. Ofcourse there were n good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy, ana some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months ttrom November, 1895 to Nav,
lS96) there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine a
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 rres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the dav. but it
is never prudent for a stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
| tonic and dry. | have never seen ii
clearer anywhere in the world Ii seems
| to have about the same bracing and ex
hilaratiug 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, bat some
what cooler.
"As to food, there is plenty. and it is
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even of d, 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 in the
wear. | have had them on my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, al
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-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns otcorresponding 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
he will find community OF ten thou
sand people requiring i'll the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupation for him"
DR.. A. W. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son, says:-"Thc climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, iny igorating
air; a small amount OF rainfall, and an
ever shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter, aud the dreaded sand
storms OF most arid regions. Its south
ern position gives II mild winter CHI
mate These conditions render pleasant
an ont -ofdoor life the entire year, and
hermit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, in spite
of numberless cures for consumption, cx
plotted monthly, stands first IN the con
iidence of the people and Of the medical
profession as the best single means
! known of combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-ot-door life, with
Droper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be
| l,o,>a of c,,ra nj cured many III