THK IRRIGATION AGE. 



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stretching fur miles along the foot- 

 hills produces the finest oranges 

 grown in the United States, and a 

 ride along some of the driveways 

 skirting the canals which supply 

 the water for irrigating these fruit 

 orchards, is of more value than 

 any tonic known to the medical 

 profession. Killing frosts are 

 practically unknown, and even dur- 

 ing January and February, the 

 coldest season here, the apricot 

 and almond trees are in bloom and 

 alfalfa fields are as green as an 

 Illinois lawn in June. 



Charles Dudley Warner describes 

 Arizona as the Persia of America 



of a famous humorist and purport- 

 ing to be taken from the columns 

 of the Arizona Kicker, a purely im- 

 aginative publication supposed to 

 be located in Tombstone, Arizona, 

 have created an exceedingly wide- 

 spread, false impression of Arizona 

 in the minds of large numbers of 

 eastern people. Many people come 

 here with an idea that they will be 

 compelled to forego most of the 

 advantages and comforts of civili- 

 zation, to find that, contrary to their 

 expectations, the best hotels are at 

 their disposal, and that there are as 

 many churches, and perhaps more 

 school-houses, than are to be found 



VIEW IX PHOENIX, ARIZONA 



as follows: "It is the home of the 

 rose and the mocking bird. In the 

 valleys the cypress and myrtle 

 abound, the fig grows wild, the 

 olive and almonds are cultivated in 

 large plantations; the vineyards 

 yield strong and highly flavored 

 wines: apples, pears, apricots, 

 peaches, oranges, lemons and 

 pomgranatesof unsurpassed quality 

 are raised in the orchards, and the 

 gardens teem with roses and 

 geraniums." 



Articles emanating from the pen 



in towns of equal population in 

 Illinois or Ohio. 



The leading winter hotel, which 

 has accommodations for about 500 

 people, compares very favorably 

 with the best hotels of the resorts 

 of Florida and California. In ad- 

 dition to this, good accommodations 

 are to be had in private boarding 

 houses at extremely moderate rates. 



A good climate alone will not 

 cure pulmonary tuberculosis, but 

 must be suplemented by good food 

 and sufficient occupation and amuse- 



