The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-18
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
Of the Soldiers Homee at Columbia
Falls,

The annual report OIL Lne oOluleIS
Home board Of managers was yester-
day submitted to Gov Smith. The
report, signed by C. B. Miller, H. S.
Howell, j. d. Eaton, John l.. Sloane
and P. H. Manchester, constituting
the board shows that applications for
admissions to the home have increased
to greater extent during the last
year than for any previous year since
it was established. For the twelve
months ending Nov. 80, there have
been admitted to the institution 26
veterans, who have seen more or less
service in Uncle Sans army. The
present membership of the home is
IS. The average age of the inmates
is given as 62 IL years. The board
anticipate that more room will be
needed in the near future, if the num-
Der of applicants continue to increase.
At present every available cot is occu-
pied and the quarters are already too
much crowded for the convenience of
the institution.
The report shows that on Dec. l.,
1899, there were 81 inmates, present
and absent. Since then 26 have been
admitted, making a total of &c. Of
this number six have died, and six
have been discharged during the year,
leaving a total membership Dec. l Of
65. OF these SO are present and -
absent. The percentage of men in the
hospital is continually increasing,
more than Is per cent now receiving
medical attention. The belief is ex-
pressed by the managers that the in
stitution will soon be devoted exclu-
sively to hospital purposes, and to this
the efforts of the board and officers
of the home must be directed. Con-
tinuing the report says:
ut is reasonably certain that the
number of applications for admission
during the next two years will, each
J year, be at least equal to the number
in the year just ended. 1t will be far
beyond the capacity of the buildings
now at our disposal to care for any
} such number, but in order to do all
! that can be done in that direction, the
board has decided to include in this
estimate for the year ending Nov.
80, 1901, an appropriation for a small
building to be known as the Chapel
this building to be used for meetings
library and smoking rooms, and other
like purposes. This will release two
rooms in the main buildings, with &C
commodations for II men each.
, THE new hospital Aas been com
pleted and is fully ready for occu
pancy. The furniture, with the kitch
: en- furniture and tableware, is in the
building ready to be put up. 1t is a
> most complete little building in every
respect and admirably adapted to the
purpose for which it is intended. The
J.. occupancy of the hospital by such OF
the sick as are confined to their beds
will Immediately make available fol
general use the room now occupied
by them in the main building, which
will furnish sleeping accommodations
for twelve men. Applications for mos
of those vacancies are now on file
and the balance will be, as soon as i
is known that the men can be receiv
ed. The resources of the home fo
the year ending Nov. 30 were as fol
, lows:
: Balance on hand, Dec. 1, 1899 ST Ala 0,
State appropriations, year
ending Nov. 30, 1899 5,196 0,
Received from U. S. govern
= meHI 4,0OS -
Received from pension :. ;. S54 .
. Received from sale of build
ings at Fort Magnnis 100 0
# Iotal :: ..$13,172 5
- The expenditures have been IA
:. follows:
~ Current expenses, which in
cludes expenses of board
of managers, salary of
" commandant, wages of en-
ID ployes telegraph and tele-
,r phone, stationary, printing
and postage :. ;. :. ;. S3,2i9 :
Hospital expenses, includ-
10 ing salary of physicians,
wages of nurses, medi-
cines, etc :. :. :. :. ;. l,124 j
~ Subsistence and clothing. 4,0S2
CONSTRUCTION, which includes
payment ON the hospital
~ $1,515.75, range and heat
ing plant for same, sewer
and sewer pipe, wa
ter pipe to barn and sun
dry small items :. :. 2,263 :
Expenses of farm, including
ploughing the land and
Be sowing seed, threshing
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