Arizona republican., 1909-12-11
SHE TRIED CHalsiIAM
 SCIENCE ON OSTRICH
AND STRANGE TO RELATE, THE
 BIRD RECOVERED.
w. s. Pickrell Returns From Chicago Without His Ostriches-They
 Were Sold to the Tribune.

w s Pickrell of the Arizona ostrich company returned to Phoenix yesterday from Chicago without his ostriches The two magnificent birds. the finest that could be found anywhere in the country. were purchased by the Chica- go Tribune after they had been ex- hibited for several weeks at the Ma tional Land and Irrigation exposition, where they were the center of attrac- tiOn.
 on Mir Pickrell's return he related a weird story of how one of the Os- triches. which had become i'll from the effects of the long railway journey. was apparently cured by q Christian Science healer.
 "The gigantic bird" said Mir. Pickrell, had been aiIing for several days be- fore, and I feared the worst. We did everything we could and were as care ful of that bird as parents of their first born. Gradually the bird grew a little better but he still refused to stand on his legs. Then one day a wo- man came up to our exhibit and ex- amined the ostrich carefully. He is pretty sick. isn't he?' she asked. Well. I answered. he isn't as robust as when he started. You see, it is the first time he ever rode on a railroad train and it made him seasick- Neither of the birds can be said to enjoy these Cooks tours
 Then the woman said suddenly. I'll cure him for you l was surprised. asked Are you an-er- ostrich doctor?'
 No, I'm not an ostrich doctor she Dl,x haa l. CT and birds of the air will yield to the treatment just as human beings do
 T saw that she did not know very much about ostriches for they are not exactly birds of the air. but I felt SC dispirited over the birds condition that was glad to have sympathy. I told her 10 go ahead with her treatment and l would gladly pay her anything within reason if she effected a cure. She went away without bestowing any treatment, and l though perhaps she realized tn at the long-legged birds were a little out of her sphere of in- fluence. But I was mistaken.
 The following day when 1 went to look at the birds. to my surprise the sick one was standing up brisk and saucy. It was the first time he had. been on his legs in several days. I was just shaking hands with myself when along came the healer l went over to meet her.
 How is the ostrich?' she asked breathlessly.
 Completely recovered I replied joyfully.
 st f~ -f.sl dancing up and down On-her toes. Do you know. MT. Pickrell. l sat up all night giving that ostrich absent treat ment."
 MT. Pickre1l was So surprise at this revelation that he forgot to ask the lady how much he owed her
 MT. Pickrell corroboated the reports that the Arizona exhibit attracted more attention than any other in the whole exposition. The newspapers were full of accounts about the ostriches. the all falfa house built by the Bartlett Heard company and the fresh roses sent all the way from Phoenix several times d week by members of the Woman's club. But there was nothing quite so attract i've to the visitors as the ostriches. They wanted to know all about them. and the women went wild over the beauty of the plumes in the cases.
 The ignorance in regard to Arizona and her products. which heretofore hung over Chicago like a thick fog from Lake Michigan. may be said to have been effectually dispeIled by the Salt river valley exhibit The visitors at the Coliseum gathered about the exhibit from morning till night and asked amusing questions. all of which were politely answered. in most cases without smiling too broadly. Benight- ed Chicagoans did not know that roses could be raised in Arizona: they did not know that oranges grew here and they thought the alfalfa house was ar tficially perfumed All this has been changed. They now believe that os- triches stroll up and down Center street. Phoenix. and that when wO- man wants plume to adorn her hat she simply plucks out wing feath-