Arizona republican., 1910-01-08
WEATHER, CLIMATE,
 AND THE ORANGES
ANSWER TO A FEW QUESTIONS FROM A PROSPECTIVE
 TOURIST.
Incidentally Some Observations on
 Meteorological Records.

The Phoenix postmaster has receiv-
 ed a letter from a lady in Redlands
 in substance as follows:
 ''E you are truthful man please
 answer this letter If not, do not take
 the trouble What I want to know is
 this-What kind of WEATHER is
 there at Phoenix NOW? Also, could
 you tell me if you have heard what
 sort of weather and what kind of
 places are Yuma, Benson, Cochise, etc
 We heard before coming here that the
 sun shone 364 days out of the year,
 and that there never was any cold or
 frost here It has rained most of the time, Ohree weeks), since we have
 been here. We are looking for pleas antSplace where the sun will shine six days week and We will not have to
 pay a small fortune in fuel to keep warm. You will greatly oblige me if you will let me know a little of your city; not ,goozle." but straight from the shoulder. etc"
 The frank and honest manner of the postmaster's correspondent is so' en- gazing it can be seen in an instant that she is "our kind of people" and it is to be hoped that she may some day, and that soon. become resident of Phoenix. The postmaster is very busy these days and The Republican will undertake to answer her ques- tions for the benefit of others as well as herself and just as frankly as she has asked them, and then make a few observations in explanation of the answer.
 First-The weather in Phoenix right now is exceedingly cold-for this country; too. confounded cold to suit anybody.
 Second-The weather in Yuma. Ben son, and Cochise, is of the same sort, reports to the contrary notwithstand- ing. and in the rest of the United States it is a great deal more so.
 Third-Yuma, Benson and Cochise ! are all fine places in some respects as is every place in Arizona where cani be found the necessaries of life. pro- viding one has money to buy them or respectable employment. which can be secured in most places. The Repub- lican can tell the truth without l Knocking any bailiwick in the 113.00O square miles known as Arizona. There are however, differing degrees of com- forts. conveniences and opportunities in all of them. Yuma claims to have a warmer climate than Phoenix. iH the winter and also cooler one at night time in the summer. due to a breeze that comes up the Colorado. Phoenix rather controverts the state ment as to night weather in the sum- mer and it is A little hotter there in daytime. beyond question. It may average trifle warmer in the win ter time but that is questioned. Alto gether there is scarcely room for argu- ment on the climate question. Yuma is town of about 5000 population ac- cording to later estimates. has a sup ply of filtered Colorado river water, sewerage system, electric light plant, gas plant. ice plant, concrete side walks. good stores. banks, newspapers. hotel, theater and churches, such as would be found in any town of the size in new country. Many of the build ings are of adobe. though many are modern brick structures Yuma is the metropolis of the Laguna dam recla- nation project and a coming city of importance. |:
 Benson is a railroad junction town f of a few hundred inhabitants, situated . high and dry on hillside. splendid i little community of it's size. has fine climate and air but its altitude is much higher than Phoenix which is something over HOO feet while Yuma is from 100 to 150. The resources of Benson are the railroad industry and l, mines in the surrounding country with It some farming in the valleys a few s miles away. I
 Cochise is the name of a town on | the railroad not great distance from |, Benson and it is about as small as any s Arizona town that could have been I