The Tupelo journal., 1913-02-21
Letter From MIR. West.

Mr.. F. A. Green, of Verona, has re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. G. L. West
from which we make the following ex-
cerpt. Mr.. West left for Southern
Texas before the holidays and his host
of friends in Lee county will be delight
ed to know that he is recovering so
rapidly and hope to see him at home
very o a perfectly well man. MIR.
West writes:
1t costs me $S5 per month to stay
here at the sanitarium. l may not
have to stay here very long, l mean
at the sanitarium, but will have to stay
in the climate twelve months for a per-
manent cure.
They do not propose to cure you, but
learn YOU how to cure yourself, when
you are dismissed you a go up IN
town and get board at half what you
pay here. They dismiss you when you
are not a menace to the public.
The doctors tell me l am going to
make a speedy recovery. My case has
been almost like a miracle to the doc
tors as we'll as myself. | came here
on Dec. 18th after having Travelled all
over Southwest Texas hunting a loca-
ton. When l got here | was too sick
to walk and coughing every breath. |
began to mend right at the start. |
weighed 143 pounds the day | came
here. Fourteen days. later | weighed
$50 pounds, a gain of n half pound
per day. The fever left me on the 9th
day; temperature and respiration nor
NAL; cough nearly gone. Quite remark
able when you consider that | had fe-
yer since last June. l think the eli
mate does the work. l could not eat
scarcely anything when | came here
but | can eat now like l was clearing
land in Chiwappa bottom and | feel as
we'll as | have felt in ten years. When
you consider all this has been done in
two weeks time, and that without TAX
lily d uOSG " llCulClilC, IL SCCIio LII
culous.
We are on the same latitude as New
Orleans, but is much colder here on
account of the high altitude, being
about 1000 feet above sea level. The
thermometer was down to "a on Dec.
oath. We live in bungalows, two sides
open, and the wind blows on us all
night but the air is so fine and bracing
we enjoy it. No trouble to breathe
here, it just breathes itself. This is
as good a place for consumption as you
will find in America. They take no
advanced cases and they cure nearly
| all they take. The climate and proper
dieting does the work.
| know you will rejoice with me at
the rapid recovery | am making.
They call this a stock country, but
if it looks like it does around town it
would not raise anything but goats.
Nothing here but mesquite and cactus.
But | must say that they have the fin
est climate in America. l hope that
you are all we'll and prosperous. Tel
my enquiring friends how | am getting
along, and any poor consumptive you
see send him here before it is too late.
Any enquiries they make will be cheer
fully answered. There are people here
from everywhere; all to be a
cheerful lot, and all seem to be i'm
proving. l am by far the strongest
man in the whole lot. There are five
ladies' here, one only II years old. ]
am the oldest mar here by 25 years.
l have seer DIR. Keys several times
also Mike Anderson, from Saltillo. They
both came here with tuberculosis anC
both are well. Regards to enquiring
friends. Your Friend. G. L. West.
San Angelo, Texas.