Arizona republican., 1917-10-08

Desert Inn, the famous health resort has been purchased by Dr. Francis H. 1 Redewill of this city. The doctor says that he intends to continue the good work of the former management and by offering the finest food, nursing and medical care and adding to the ap- 1 pointment and conveniences of the institution, to make it one of the fin est SanatoriumS in the southwest. "On the highway to health" sug- gested someone, as q correct descrip 1 tion of the location of Desert Inn. The ! road, paved all the way, leads from | Phoenix five miles to where the Inn is ] found set in grove of ash and pepper trees, near the Cresscut irrigation canal Across the canal is the desert | from which the Inn takes it's name. 1 The term desert" wifi be misleading if you do not know the country. There l is none of the desolate air to this Ari- zona desert that you may associate with the word. The land is extremely 1 fertile, but due to lack of water it is not normally productive. The desert is being reclaimed by irrigation; where there is irrigation the climate and soil are such that vegetables, tropical and semi tropical fruits are raised in abundance. The Salt River oranges and grapefruit have wide fame. Des- 1 ert Inn itself occupies part of a noted grapefruit ranch.
 The main building is an immense 1 brick structure containing 25 com pletely furnished rooms, connected with q large parior and living room Adjacent to this building is another brick structure containing the kitchen and dining room. The kitchen is one of the most spacious, sanitary and wei ! equipped in the state, while the dining room compares favorably in size an6 appointment with any of the best hote restaurants of Phoenix.
 The mana cement has just secured one of the most excellent chefs to b, found in the west, and it is the inten- tion to have a menu that will be unex- celleG in varieties of food cooked in { most sanitary. scientific manner possi ble to the culinary art, under the su peryision of a dietician, for the benefi of the incipient pulmonary cases tha have regularly visited this institution each year
 One will find comfortable accommo dations in the attractively furnishe, lnn-but if one wants to get the ful benefit of his stay he will probabl, choose one of the frame cottages To cated across the canal on the opel desert Unique to this institution l the arrangement of these cottages which are located at least 100 fee apart, nestled in grove of giant mes quite, cacti, large greasewood and ere osote evergreens-the veritable Ari Zona desert-so occupants of one cot tage have absolute privacy and quie surroundings.
 All guests of Desert Inn have care ful personal attention under the super vision of a graduate nurse. Mis Blanche l.. Mackenzie of St Luke hospital, Chicago. is the residen nurse, who has had years of expert ence in institutional work in sanator iums for tuberculosis Residents ca have, when necessary, the medical car of the managing physician or of an other physician in the valley.
 One guest writes: We are all com ing back again this year I can't te YOU how we are looking forward to i Would it be too much trouble for yo to add another room to our tent? w want to have three of our party to gether; let us know if it can be done Many of the customers who visited tn Inn formally have engaged cottag 1 reservations, so the adventure of tl new owners is an assured success.
 To sum up and quote what anotht guest says of this institution: "Yo haven't told half the truth about Des ert Inn. You have not made it ha strong enough-this wonderful Ar zona climate of yours; this homelil atmosphere. your good things to ca You do make us all so comfortable. contented; l think that's partly why have been doing so well ever since
 came. And your starry nights; vol beautiful clear days. It seems to n l never really saw the sky until I can out here. I had no idea how tho
 ougbly delightful and satisfying it g is; the kind of place I was looking f.
 and never hoped to find.''