Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-28
By J. UP. ARMSTRONG.

stranger coming into town is, What sort of climate have you? As far as we are concerned in Douglas, we can safely say without hesitation that our climate compares fayorably with any town in the southwest. All one has to do is to walk over to our pub lie schools during recess hour and
 see the vigorous and healthy chil- dren at play, and besides to think that over 25 per cent of the parents of those children have moved here owing to their own i'll health is sui
 fcient proof that our climate must be one of d most invigorating char acter.
 While. to be sure, we have no sew craze system, yet nature takes care of that by sending us an abundant rainfall every few months, and as the townsite people so built the town that when it rains the fall of the streets is enough for the water to carry o1 l all debris and leave us with clean CT condition than any street cleaner could do. To the tuberculosis patient this climate is all We claim for it. Il has been well said that tuberculosis is a disease of civilization, and that the nearer one approaches to the primitive states the less frequently does, it appear, and again. that pure air, equability of temperature, and maximum amount of sunshine are the trinity which make up the ideal breathing spot" for the tuberculous. With these premises, think that fur ther consideration will teu9 to deyel- op that which may be found in every part of the country, and localize thoss particular regions which are espec- ially favored from climatic stand point.
 A leading work of the day discuss ing this subject states that, given the thre requisites just mentioned, 1t does not matter where the location IS. ps y { vided the patient lives an outdoor | life. Seemingly it does not occur to the author that only particularly ] greatly favored localities possess these necessary adjuncts to successful eli nate treatment. thus making practical the carrying out of its proYiso.
 In order to obtain pure ar maxi mum amount of sunshine and equa- bility of temperature, at one and the same time in a given locality. it is necessary to seek a climate which is noted for it's dryness and which has al least a moderate aI---uue, for it IS in such regions that we see almost perpetual sunshine which, with the altitude, insures purity of the atmos- phere, provided we bear in mind our primary axiom-the keeping close to primitive conditions-which is noth- ing less than avoiding overcrowding, both in the locality chosen and the residence selected.
 In regard to dryness. think it is very generally conceded that it plays the role of something more than q mere useful adjunct, as some author ities put it, for clinincal testimony is OfCi "HSiIAiAS III tue iSAHdi hdDic lc- suits obtained over the tubercular process in the arid regions. You will, therefore, see that we now have in this ideal climate a locality which can boast of pure air, abundance of sunshine, the right altitude, freedom from undue moisture and sudden and severe changes of temperature
 In Arizona, and especially this southeastern part of it, We have a moderate altitude of 3955 feet, a val ley fair to behold, surrounded and sheltered by mountains and foothills; country Of very little rain, averag- ing about ten inches, and frequently less, which, accommodating itself tc our winter visitors, generally always falls in the summer A land of per petual sunshine-325 days in the year-with a winter that is unrivalled in possessing the necessary qualifica- l tions of climatic therapy.
 Our country has been aptly called the land of sunshine and sand, which | warrants the assertion to supremacy in the matter of clOudless skies and | absence of humidity; it is true that | in consequence we have dust at times, | but now that our streets are being | watered regularly we have had very | few of the "twisters" which were our | weekly visitors up tO the last year Therefore what more do we want or what more can we wish for? The answer is obvious