Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
PARADISE VALLEY AND
ITS SANITARIUM

There is a valley called Paradise.
opens to San Diego bay. Narrowin
among the rising hills, it extends east
ward toward the quiet mountain-SaI
Miguel. Not many years ago, befor
that historic epoch-the drought-th
valley bore its name as but modestl.
descriptive of it's beauty. With tn
return of the rains and with irrigation
from the SweetWater reservoir Whicl
contains sufficient supply to pro
vide for many years of possible
drought-should such a condition eve
be repeated-there is no reason VIII!
this valley should not again regain it
pristine perfection. 1t now only await!
extended cultivation and irrigation tt
surpass its former luXuriance of frui
and flowers and foliage. At present it:
lower lands are covered with orange
lemon and olive groves which are see
Ond to none in their wholesome growth
the quality of their fruit and in pro.
ductiveneSs. Soon again now the hill
sides will be once more also greer
with the vine and the olive. Then il
will be once again the Park OF
beauty" which its Greek name sug'
gests. "a paradeidos."
But in this faovred land the sun
shine never fails, nor in this valley
the soft breezes which breathe from
the sea or gently blow over the noun
tain from the desert.
The sanitarium stands on rising
ground in the midst of the Paradise
valley, commanding the view in all di-
rections. From its windows one looks
across the hills to San Diego and
Point Iona and the upper bay, and
down the valley across National City,
Chula Vista, the lower bay, the Cor
Onado islands in the distance, and
over the unlimited stretch of the sun
down sea. To the south are the blue
hills and the distant misty mountains
of Old Mexico, clear cut and bright in
the sunrise and purple in the sunset.
To the east is San Miguel and the
tumbled hills which break away at
length into the great Imperial valley.
Here all winds that blow are puri-
fled by Gods own processes. Every
breath that is breathed has either
come from beyond the sunset across
the life-giving crystal sea or is pure
and fresh from the vast stretches of
uncontaminated desert and mountain
over which it has passed.
TO reach this institution, which is
about six miles from the Santa Fe
depot in San Diego, one takes the
National City interurban, alighting,
after a speedy and pleasant trip, at
ILG SlGelG DlOCh, NdllOlldl City
where a carriage from the sanitarium
awaits patients and guests. The drive
from there is not more than a mile
and is both smooth and delightful.
This sanitarium has not been many
years in operation. 1t has been just
long enough in existence to begin to
be well and favorably known 1t is
perhaps even better known in the
east and abroad than Immediately at
home. Those who have once been
guests return again and again, when
occasion requires-and often when it
does not-and so become its best ad-
vertising agents.
Its physicians and nurses, of which
there is a competent corps, do not
seem to claim that they can cure
everything. They do not even profess
to believe that the sunshine and air
of Paradise valley, however paradis-
iacal it may be, is an assured panacea
for all the ills, both inherited and ac-
quired. from which any one, or every
one is, or thinks he may be, suffering.
This rather unusual thing in itself
creates a mental atmosphere of assur-
ance which is an efficient adjunct to
the hydraitic treatments, scientific
massage, fresh air and sun baths,
dietetic attention, rational
conscientious and careful
nursing and the quiet and sensible
home life of the place, with music
and conversation and all the peaceful
and calm which is most
soothing and restful to an invalid.
There is the best pure water here,
daily from two deep wells on
the grounds. In the treatment of the
sick every known therapeutic applica-