The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-26

such IL the title Vt an article In u
recent edition Of The Worlds Work
which article deserves our attention.
The author. whoever he may he, knows
the situation, be got well himself and
makes the reader acquainted with his
experience. lac calls New Mexico the
'' Iand.of.the. Well Country
The article il timely. appearing nj
n date when the organized procession
cndeavors 10 work with g public IOr
dissemination of knowledge.
We produce some sections Of the ar
ticle because II contains the answer
TO MANY questions frequently asked by
he laymen.
THE country in the Southwest to
which health. seekers go N u vast Que,
though II N not nearly 80 extensive ~
once was. or ~ n ~ still believed To bc
by many in the East. 4 decade ago
Volorado was considered the best Of a.,
places to 20. with California probably
second on the list-while anywhere IN
The West was considered good enough,
Gradually, n costly experience has
pretty accurately marked OIL the coun
Try that II most desirable, so that II Is
now possible to say something definite
and certain.
How the author describes "A district
which takes In all Of New Mexico aud
southern Colorado and says about n
" All over this great circle. and even
beyond a., we may ind health seek
rts. hut generally those wao are neaI
the outskirts ate persons who have he
come accustomed TO living and work
iug ~ the mild climate and VIII" ar
making the country their home.
Nearer the center of the circle lie
the great broad tableland whore tn,
business uf actively curing the diseus
Is carried On more extensively and NOR,
successfully than nnyw else IN I
world. Aud IL j. this section which. n
i'm" goes on. j. likely to brcomc bet
ter aud better known a. The Land. ol
The Wei ,uuntry. Here IN grea
terri " where are 20 he found ia
most nearly ideal conditions OF ny all
sunshine. altitude, aud warm weathe.
In these factors, which are the fund;
mental dcsiderata IN the cure o. tube
c%ulosis, This section cNccls Colorado q
much ~ Colorado cNccls New York d,
Massachusetts.
The climate conditions have mad
this great section one vas, saBaturiun
ttiNhhN VIM hlf NNlHE WIN Nh'fA'hi
is ia the kas, quickly respond 10 tn
wonderfully mild aud soo,.inR climate
and with scientific treatment most 4,
them ultimately get well, or NJ lea
very much better. That this ~ not
reckless statement has been -cientiI
cully demonstrated los the work of n
famous sanatoria IN this country. I'll
actual results of one of them, Govern
n period Of eight year, aud ,ncludil
several hundred patients, show that.
/. 80 per cent. improved, aud 20 per cen
. were cured.
II j. = matter of climate whIcu a
e tracts the hcalth.serker 10 this cOunif
aud he il of course very properly
torested in II. suppose that the go
G sumptive wno reads this will he ~
ing for advice whether he shot.
IN search of climate ur remain aud Il
low the cure in his own country.
, proper answer 10 such a Iucs Jn il "a
. hard TO give. 80 much depends on {
individual ease, and the particular 9
- cumstances Of each, that It II impos
. bic 10 lay down anv general rule whe'
u or all should cmirtate 70 the new In
or NOT.
But, after all, nay advice 70 all tho
who can 20 ~ 20 10 so. am wis
than when | started out for this cot
try. and have lost many Of the de
sions with which | started. One Of
things have learned il that climt
Is not n specific for tuberculosis; II
= not a cure.a., aud will not work ma
clcs. know also that cures are bel
made every day in all parts Of I
East-whIch l. something that ! ,
not know before, aud couid hSr,
have believed IN face OF the insist,
advice Of doctors and other persons
20 West. But there il absolutely
dOubt-in spite II any argument, TO
contraTy-that q land with n climi
like this offers a surer and quicI
aud much happier road 10 health III
cHn be found anywhere else.
The peculiar climate conditions
iue, OF course, "a the physical char
ter 1T the Ian. ana TO It's rem0ten
from the sea, Nature has set up
series Of great mountain barriers 20
West, which keep OF all ne rain fr
the Pacific. What little ram the 20
Try gets comes during n couple
months IN mid GUNNER, when the =
yniling winds blow from the Sou
For ten months Of the year practices
no rain falls, the total annual RANT
varying from eight to twelve isehes,
compared with from forty TO ftty
more inches in the east. The abseI
of rain produces a two.fold effect
almost cloudless sky, so that the =
shine is practically constant, aud an
ceedingly dry atmosphere. The air
50 dry that one feels its peculiar par
ing effect In his nose and throat
weeks after his arrival; while the \
shine seems 10 battle everything Ia