Climatic conditions render it a most desirable place to live, but owing to Mexican labor competition wages are not as good as at Bisbee. In Tucson the laboring man receives but $2.50 per day for eight hours. (This is just twice what is paid a laborer in North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia, however.)
Board is cheap in Tucson, $5.00 per week and up.
In the West Tucson is called the "lunger" town. The name comes from the large number of people who visit Tucson every winter from all parts of the United States for lung troubles.
It is never cold enough in Tucson to wear an overcoat.
There are more hotels and boarding-houses there than in any other city of its size on the globe.
One hotel has a large sign up which reads:
"Any Day that the Sun Fails to Shine Upon this Hotel, we will Give Our Guests Free Board."
It's very seldom they have to give away any of their free board.