The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-18
A VERIAB[E WINTER RESORT
Phoenix, CAPITAL OF ARIZONA

home except a postage-stamp. and
that would cost more q. the postal ,sys:
TEN were 'not'owned by Uncle Sam
] believe in government ownership OF
public utilities. Z. III ~
The sunsets too are gorgeous-iIi.
describably beautiful. j was speak.
ing oneleyening In glowing terms OF
q sunset I had Just witnessed when
an Arizonallad remarked, "ob, you
ought to see our summer sunsets!
] smiled to myself for. It recalled to
my mind story that 1Sonce heard.
! believe I'll Just tell you the story:
Shortly after the close of the Civil
war northern man was visiting in
the South. Whenever he would refer
in complimentary terms to any fea-
ture Of the home or Of the landscape,
his host, the southerner would re!
spond, OH, you ought to have seen
that "befo the wah." The guest
grew little weary of that iterationS
and decided TO select some object, not
50 susceptible to the ravages Of war;;
50 lie said, "How bright tile moon ID
tonight" "oh, Lawd, said his host
with enthusiasm, but you ought to
lave seen that moon 'befo the wah. = =
Now, Willie l regard Phoenix verita-
Bile winter paradise, yet as a perma-
nent home, I should think 1t las its
drawbacks-the intense heat d; sum
mer, the dust storms and tie mos
iquitoes are some that one might men.
tion.s & n, 81
Then, too, itis not all Joy and hap
Ipiness dns this valley Of blue skies.
One sees pathetic sights and hears
pathetic stories. | was talking to a
young woman, a former Fairmont
girl, who works in the office Of the
leading Phoenix physician tand their
name is legion) and j said what per
cent. of DIR. C.'sspatients'ar are tubercu-;
lar? or .lungers' as they call them
down here?" she:replied twithoutta
lroment,s hesitation ninety per
cent" She said, why, DR.. G. is ad: !;
ministering tanti-tubercular serum to
Isixtyfpatientsiat this time.n She then
spoke Ola young man who had been
Iih:tlies office that day-a young man,
she said, about nineteen or twenty
years Of age, emaciated, weak and
bearing onlhis cheeks that fatal sign
the bright red spot. "A few even!
ings age. wliileti conversation with
the samesyoung woman, I said to hert
Oh, what about the young man who
looked 50 i'll, Of whom you spoke to
me. She replied insa perfectly mat
ter-of-fact way, oh. he died the next
day." .He died the next day?n |
said in establishment. Yes" she
sold, at is not unusual for them to
iall dead on the street." Then she
added in the same matter of fact FASH
ion, "six died at Park View "a sani-
tarium) within the last ten days.;
And tlespity ofiiti is. so many Of them
are here alone. friendless except for
the cold charity Of busy world. "A
reliable citizen OF Phoenix told me
that his order learned of man who
was sick and friendless. AT the'sug,
sestion Of the man who told me this
story man from the fraternal order
was. sent to take care Of the invalid.
He was alone in a tent on the desert,
too i'll toleave liistbed. In few days
lie died leaving the name of brother
in Chicago, sister in st. Louis AMI
another sister in some western state.
The undertaken wired to the brother
In Chicago, ~. V. dead; 1'await In:
structions." The answer came back
No Instructions that was every
syllable the message contained. Mar
icoba county buries scores Of these
unfortunate victims of the white
plague.
Since have been in Phoenix, i
Lave seen at least twenty former Ma
rion county residents and want to
assure you that they liave not forgot
Itcn their Virginia hospitality. II
have been the recipient of'many cour+
tesies from all of them. must how
ever, speak particularly of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Ice, who have put theil
horse and surry at my disposal. and
who have driven re somewhere every
Sunday afternoon, and on some week