Arizona republican., 1906-12-29
HE THAT HATH NO EAR FOR MU-
 SIG NEED NOT READ THIS AID.
SANITARIUM WORK
 IN SALT RIVER VALLEY
A Home Away From Home Which Has Sheltered Scores Within the Last Three Years.

Sneltered scores sWitnln the Last Three Years.
 Alhambra, Dec. 26-(Special Corre- spondence of The Republican, Your Correspondent gleaned the following interesting sketch in recent interview with Mrs. G. L. Lee:
 Thanksgiving day was the eighth an niversary of the opening Of Lees ranch tent sanitarium. situated 6 miles northeast of Phoenix and with an ele- vation 100 feet higher.
 A more ideal place for such an in- stitution could not be imagined being 1. flanked by verdant alfalfa fields and spacious cottonwoods and yet fronted by large expanse of dry desert lead . ing away to the orange groves of the : valley. while the Comeback mountain rises a prominent figure in silence on the eastern border. the whole forming a scene of truly natural beauty.
 The warm sun of the winter, months is here felt from sunrise until its golden l, setting in the west. MT. Geo. c. Baker l, private secretary to Boise Penrose of Philadelphia. was one of the first guests at the Lee Ranch in 1898 and spent sev- l; eral weeks in recuperation of health ; during which time he found this resort to be an ideal home for the sick. The care which Mrs. Lee took of each Individual guest, the preparation of in viting dishes at her table, the abund ance of fresh milk, cream and eggs. pure water and her personal nursing in cases of debility all were impressive.
 Old Comeback which taught him a lesson of patience, the dry desert air and warm sunshine and the quiet home with such good care and food soon prepared him to resume his work at his home in Philadelphia. Upon his re- turn home he and nIs friends soon spread the news that has since made Lees ranch famous as place to renew health
 The following winter of 1899 Lees ranch entertained ten guests. as many more being turned away for lack of room. pr. Tewksbury was a guest that year. The following spring Mrs. Lee rebuilt her tent houses and added sev- eral more so that in 1900 she was able to care for sixteen guests, some staying as late as June. The resort was opened in 1901 with an enlarged dining room and cared for nineteen guests, several young men who could not be accom- modated putting up their own sleeping tents on the grounds and dining at Mrs. Lees table.
 Twenty-two guests were entertained during 1902-3, among which was the famous child story authoress Mrs. Anne Fellows Johnston. accompanied by her son. While here she wrote The Little Colonel at Boarding School and also gathered the material for ''The Little Colonel in Arizona" which was pub lished the following year.
 The scenes of this Arizona story were laid in and around Lees ranch resort and it contains also a description of Arizona's climate. conditions. scenery, etc. Mrs. Lee, her two children and the story incident to many amusing scenes.
 Mrs. Johnston is a leader in young peoples story writers and her works should be in the home of all young peo-- pie.
 During 19O4-5 sixty persons found a home away from home at Lees ranchS Some remaining but few weeks to recuperate while others remained eight months.
 
 open but four weeks yet with only two vacant tent houses. A social lot of folks these are enjoying our mild cli- mate in rest and renewal of health. The register of Lees ranch contains the name and home address of every person who has been a guest since it's opening in 1898, and includes people from the varied walks in life from nearly every state in the Union and from Canada and Europe. One hundred and seventy-two people have been fed an cared for at this sanitarium in these few years and it has been the earnest endeavor of Mrs. Lee to make those suffering to feel in it "a home away from home"
 With very humble start having but two house. rooms and a small kitchen she now has a tent sanitoriuQ to be proud of.
 Many letters have been received from fond mothers, loving wives and sisters thanking her for many kindnesses, for aside from the aid of good food, care and fine surroundings Mrs. Lee has done her own nursing of the sick in which she has been a boon to those 1 suffering. For a friend in need is | friend indeed
 With such institutions as this in our valley no visitor in search of renewed | health should return to his eastern | home with aught but a kindly feeling | for Arizona and it's people and climate.