The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-20
Mbere the Climate is Pure
lind the Hir is Balmy.,*

WINTER as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within n te,,,
hours, and as these are atmosphere CON.
uitions to be avoided, it would NOT Lo
ADVISABLE to spend these seasons thern
/ nose having peculiar type of consti.
luton with hereditary Tendency IN
consumption would do we'll to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
"etr anu remain exempt from disease.
II is tact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as thew re-
man IN this climate. 1t is my on;p;or
that there is no other section rs thn
o L,1 states which will compare favor.
. to'e WIN mat IN and about Tucson for
DR.. A. {. Jones, of Tucson soid,-"Tbe
past seven years have afforded me LARGO
opportunities in the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment nr mi.
| I'o""rN tuberculosis. Within that time
l nave VISITED the resorts of Flor1da.
lexaS, New Mexico. Colorado, Calitor-
| ma ana Arizona Five years of that T
nave devoted to active practice in two OF
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
| anu hHS wear IN TINS CIty.
| Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
| advantages over all the resorts of ,,,va &C.
| quaintante, else should not be here. I
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 to d;s.
charge my professional duties Tor a sim.
| gle day. The former three months NJ
this time | was attended by two trained
nurses and hali-a-dozen doctors. Have
| been disappointed No. am in bet.
ter condition than when | came and
nave had years respite from the ter.
rors at II bronchial cough. have been
abie to resume practice and have. the
| pas. iew months, rcinvaded the irving
| held OF heavy surgery. Had | given up
| my professional work entirely on my mr..
rival and engaged in some more active
line OF business physically should now
be far along the road to recovery of INV
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tribune OF. Arizona in Vim.
ter, among othet ,. During
| i've months resid - >, southern Ariz.
ona in winter the kas but one day
when the weather made IL actually uu.
pleasant tor me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. Ofcoursc there were a good
many days which a wea, her observer
would describe as Cloudy ana some
that were howery;' but during the five
months from November, 1895 to Nav
1880 there were only four DAYS when
we did not have brilliant sunshine a,
some time during the dav. Even NOR,
than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor
Arizona is the land OF the sunshine.
THE nights throughout the winter ar,
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat Is not needed during the day, but 1
is never prudent for stranger to b
| without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry. ! have never seen j
clearer anywhere ip the world. /, seem
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of tn
great Sahara in northern Africa or o
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabs
of the valley of the Nile north OF Gatar
art. 1t seems to me about the same il
quality as the air on the Nile betwees
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
AS to food, there is plenty. and it /.
good. From here the markets of Loi
Angeles. and even of R nvei are largely
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poui
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits arc abund
ant in their season, and sometimes ths
season is a long one. 1t is the one coun
try have lived in where Strawberries
ripen in the open air ten months in ths
wear. have had them on my table
fresh picked from the open gardens, al
Christmas.
"The man who goes 10 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
syivaria or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will hndplenty
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 in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc'
cupation for him.
DIR. A. w. Oicott. health officer of Tue
son. says:-"The climate Of Tucson il
characterized by pure, dry, inviigoratine
mir: small amount of rainfall and an
eyer-shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter, and the dreaded sand
storms of most arid regions. Its south
ern position gives it a mild winter eli
mate, These conditions render pleasant
m ont .ofdoor life the entire year, and
nern,it those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
IN the open air. This treatment, IN spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con,
tidencc of the people and of the medical
nrofession as the best single means
known of combating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, with
nroper medical treatment. has afforded
relief to numbers OF sufferers who are be