The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-07
Wbere the Climate is pure
Hnd the Hir is Balmy.w -

nourS, ana as these are tmOSpheriC CON
dIt1ons to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having 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 tact that those born here OF
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
main III this climate. 1t is my oninion
that there is no other section of he
United States which will compare favor
able with that i'll and about Tucson for
the reliet OF pulmonary affections"
DR.. A. {. Jones. of Tucson, said.-"The
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of mil
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
| have visited the resorts of FLORIDA
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado. CaIifor-
MIA and Arizona Five wears of that I
have devoted to active practice in two of
the most frequent resoI Is of Colorado
and one wear in this CITY.
/ ucson, IN my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of c,v ac.
| quantanoe. else should not be here. I
came IN quest Of the best possible eli
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis III the second stage. For
six months ! had been unable TO dis
charge my professional duties for a sin.
gle day. The former three months ot
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and half-a-d0zen doctors. Have
been disappointed? No. am in bet.
ter condition than when | came and
have had years respite from the ter
rors OF Il bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have. the
pas few months, reinvaded the irving
held OF heavy surgery. Had | given up
| my professional work entirely on nv ar
rival and engaged i'll some more active
line OF business physically ! should now
be far along the road to recovery of nv
former weight and strength
Hon. WhiteIaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune ol. ARIZONA in Win.
teT, among othe' s says:-"During
anVe months resld } southern Ariz.
ona IN winter the Xas bnt one dav
when the weather made il actually un-
| pleasant tor me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months (trom November, 1895 to Nav.
lS9o) 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 fires
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but il
is never prudent for stranger to b.
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry. I have never seen il
clearer anywhere in the world. 1t seem,
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of th,
great Sahara in northern Africa or O
the desert about Mount Sinai, in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any par,
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, but some
| what cooler.
LAS to food, there is plenty, and it is
| good. FROM here the markets of Los
Angeles, and even of Denvel 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 III their season, and sometimes the
season is a long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where strawb berries
ripen 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.
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 little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for it, and
he will find n community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupation for him."
DR.. A. w. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son, says:-"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry. invigorating
air; small amount of rainfall, and an
ever-shinug sun. 1t is surrounded bv
mountains which cut off 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-ot-door life the entire year, and
permit 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-
tidence 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
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure. and cured many iD
the earlier stages of consumption.
DR.. Harrison f. Stroud SAYS of the
Climate of Arizona.-"Thesr summers are
hot. There are some warm days i'll Nav,