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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26
NATIONAL SANITARIUDl
Some Interesting Facts Relative to this
Magnificent Home for tho In
valid Y2toYAaa.

II was along in 1893 when the late Cen
eral w. w. Averill. then Assistant Inspec-
tor General Of National Homes. while
visiting the State Soldiers Home at Hot
Springs. fingered here few days longer
=; IL y usual, He had been pleased with
Hot Springs and its surroundings every
time he visited the place. Upon this oc-
casion he was even more delighted than
before and suggested that it would be an
ideal spot for the location of a National
Home for the old soldiers. which would
also be sanitarium. The town is $500
feet above the sea level. high enough to
escape the malarial belt and not too high
to make it Objectionable to weak hearts.
Il is situated just within the mountains
covered with pines.
The air is pure, fresh. invigorating and
the number of sunny days in the year 800.
The summers are not warm. nor are the
winters cold The mineral springs that
abound in the valley are of the temperature
of the blood. the water requiring neither
heating nor cooling. The constituent ele-
ments of the waters are especially benetic
ial to the ills and pains which affect so
many of the old fighters.
General Averill thought that sanitari-
um at this place would not only prove a
blessing to the soldiers. but would in the
end be !. saving to the federal government
as many of the men would be cured and
the United States would the relieved of
the financial and moral obligation of car
ing for them. He at once secured per-
mission from the Board of Managers and
the state of South Dakota. and sent ninety
eight Of the inmates of the National Home
at Leavenworth, Kan. to the state home
at Hot Springs to submit the place to a
ninety day test. The test was eminently
successful, twelve of the men being dis
charged. perfectly we'll. before the ninety
days had passed. fifty of them being ma
terially improved and all but four being
helped
The result of this test was submitted to
General Franklin then president of the
Board of Managers, and the work for the
establishment of home and "sanitarium' y
at Hot Springs was begun.
THE BILL is PASSED.
A bill for the sanitarium was promptly
introduced and was passed by the senate
four separate times. but met with rebutfs
and defeat in the House each time until
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26

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during the present session of congress.
when Congressman Martin. together with
the others of South Dakota's able delega-
ton succeeded in securing its final passage
and it was enacted into law. The first
appropriation was for $17o, 600. and Hot
Springs to furnish the site.
NOT FRIENDLY AT FIRST
When the bill finally became law the
board started for the Hills in anything but
a pleasant frame of mind The members
thought the government had bsen buncoed.
General Martin T. Mcmahon. Of New
York City. president of the Board was ss.
pecially antagonistic. The others in the
party were Colonel George w. Steele. Of
Marion Ind. governor of the home at
Marion: General Charles NJ Anderson. of
Greenville. o.. governor of the home at
Dayton: Colonel Sidney c. Cooke. govern
or of the home at Leavenworth, Kan. !;
General Thomas ]. Henderson. of Prince
ton. Ill. governor of the Danville home
and Captain II. Z. Palmer, OF Omaha
Congressman Eben W. Martin. of Dead
wood. S. D.. accompanied the party.
The long tedious ride across the Sand
Hills of Nebraska did not serve to lessen
the antagonism of the soldiers They felt
as if they we're being taken out of the
world on wild goose chase. But the
moment the train left Buffalo Gap on the
Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Rail-
road, their feelings began to soften
]. r. Buchanan. general passenger
agent of the "Elkhcrn' road, who had
worked hard for the project for nine years,
accompanied the party from Omaha He
is genial man. but he declares that he never
saw party of men who refused so per-
sistently to become interested. until they
came within sight and touch of the dark
pine-clad hills. Along the thirteen mile
run up the beautiful Fall River canyon
from Buffalo Gap to Ho. Springs MIR.
Buchanan says he grew easier and more
comfortable at each moment; when the
lIdlu pullGu lutO tue llttI6&sk8ne union
station. in front of the. sstory pink
sandstone Evans Hotel, the sb,iers were
ready to surrender. asssS
CHARMED wlTHsEyxRyrHlNG
The party rem ains ip Hot Springs two
days. They were pleased with everything,
with every one. They became as enthusi-
astic as Captain Palmer, Mr.. Buchanan,
or any of the ether workers had ever been.
They locatsd tie site, and then put every
thing in charge of Captain Palmer, he
being thessone Who lives nearest to Hot
sprngs told him to plan for anything he
wished ~ andl' IA would support him.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26

All the different buildings are to be
connected by enclosed passageways and
gentle inclines. so that the patients in bad
weather will not have to encounter the
open air and will not be obliged at any
time to negotiate stairways.
The buildings will be constructed of the
sandstone quarried at HotsSprings.
The capacity of the institution at first
will be 336 patients in the regular wards,
with an added overflow capacity of 100 by
utilizing portions of the ward buildings
Easements The administration building
will contain Offices for staff of about
twenty officers and assistants, with rooms
for FIVE doctors and twelve nurses.
The buildings will be heated by steam.
save the hospital proper. which will be
heated by warm, fresh air. A system of
natural and accelerated ventilation is con-
templated. The power plant for heating
and lighting the institution will be located
in sheltered position near the sanitarium.
The water supply will be taken from a
spring. pumped into reservoir or stand
pipe.
A special feature to which.the architect
calls attention is the service tunnel. which
will be located in the foundations of the
arcade. This will provide special dis
tributing canal for all the service of the
establishment. Distribution of food and
supplies. collection and distribution of
laundry. ETC.. will be confined to a way
that will interfere with the use of no por-
tion of the institution devoted to patients
or visitors. thus hiding from view the most
unsightly part of hospital work.
The plans were prepared by Thomas R.
Kimball. of Omaha. and approved by the
Board of Managers of the National Sol
diers' Home on the 4th inst Mr.. Kimbal
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26

water will be conducted BY pipes and ir-
rigating bitches all over the land. The
hillsides will be terraced: trees to bear
company with the pines aad csdars will be
planted: blue grass and clover will be
started: flowers and plants will be set out.
Such is brief sketch of the work which
Captain Palmer planned. and his plans
have all been ratified by the Board. II
will require several years to carry them
out completely and several millions Of dol
lars. but as all of the members Of the
Board of Managers are heartily in favor of
the project now it would seem that their
success is assured.
OPEN FOR ALL AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Inmates of the various branches of the
National Home in the United States viii
be eligible for admission to the sanitarium
There are between $4,000 and $4,000 old
soldiers in the various homes. Colone
Steele Of the Marion branch estimates the
number who will eventually be admitted to
the Hot Springs Sanitarium at per cent
of the total. This will mean between
4. 1000 and 5000. He believes the place
will be filled as rapidly as room is made
for the men. and that while the number of
inmates in the homes will decrease from
now on. those at Hot Springs will continue
to grow more and more numerous.
BY the terms of the various acts of Con-
gress establishing the home and its branch
es and the sanitarium. members of the
regular army. veterans of the Spanish
American war and future wars as we'll as
soldiers of the Civil and Mexican wars,
are eligible for admission to the home
The architecture planned for the build
ings is of the Spanish or so-called
mission" type. which was considered to
be best suited to the climate. the purposes
of the establishment and most economic
use of available material. The plans as
will be seeen by the accompanying illustra-
tions, provide for widely separated ward
buildings. placed on radiating lines and
connected at their convergent ends by a
circular arcade or covered way. This
arcade will enclose a court. shady and COOL
for the summer and protected for the
winter At the extreme ends of the court
the executive and service buildings will be
located.
The institution will be managed from
the administration building. In this
building also will be stored the supplies
and medicines and it will be the operating
room. The women nurses will have quar-
tiers on the third floor.
| All the patients will be housed in the
ward buildings. Each ward building will
be two stories in height and in each will
bath rooms, nurses, bedding. tea locker
and toilet rooms. Each ward will have its
sun bath and smoking room. and its own
wide covered veranda.
The mess hall will contain accommoda-
tions for 900 patients. The kitchen in the
basement of the mess hall will be connect
ed by service tunnels with all of the ward
buildings. through which food may be
distributed by heated trans. The male
and female help will have quarters over
the mess hall.
Bath and amusement buildings adjoin
the mess hall. The former will be pro-
vided with two separate plunge baths.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26
has also been employed as architect i
chief of the sanitarium.

has also been employed as architect in
chief of the sanitarium.
INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED.
In response to arequest from the Nation
al Board of Managers Secretary Root has
transmitted to congress additional esti-
mates of appropriations necessary for the
sanitarium. The estimated cost of the
sanitarium as contemplated for the present
,, is 5000. 600. while SO. 600 more is asked
for Immediately for purchases of addition
al site, and $50. 900 for pumping station
THE FINEST sENITAR1uM IN THE WORLD.
Congressman Martin writes from Wash
ington as follows:
1.-The sanitarium enterprise is moving
along splendidly at this end. The fact is.
it is to be the finest sanitarium in the
world. Every one of the Board Of Man
ayers is now an enthusiast over the sani-
tarium project. and are taking great
deal of pride in the enterprise. The first
group of buildings. as designed by Mr.
Kimball. will probably cost about $500. 900.
The Board. however. adopted the plans
yesterday. / believe we will succeed in
getting the additional appropriation cover
ing the entire amount at this session of
Congress. 1t will keep us busy to keep up
with the procession at Hot Springs. The
people there generally have little concep-
ton of what this all means, but they will
begin to comprehend the situation within
few months"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26
THE SITE SELECTED.


This visit by the Board was on July ~
last. when they selected the Battle Noun
tain site. a magnificent plateau overlooking
the city and surrounding attractive land
scape.
From the bluff in the rear of the Evans
Hotel eastward to Battle Mountain is Q
long. gentle slope about . mile across.
Then the mountain side rises preeipitious-
ly till the level summit. 1900 feet above.
is reached Toward the north the land is
a succession of comparatively level
plateaus. dotted with evergreen groves.
with canyons and rugged. rocky. crags and
peaks. and an occasional spring or brook
to make the scene fascinating.
A NATIONAL PARK
Captain Palmer. riding over this country
in company with Congressman Martin.
Colonel Kellar and others of the local COM
mittee was struck With its peculiar fitness
for vast park No sooner had the idea
come to him than he began action.
Through the Secretary of War he had the
United States withdraw from entry all its
public land there. amounting to about
fourteen thousand acres, and set it aside
to be used as part of the Sanitarium site.
This will give the sanitarium stretch of
land from the main street in Hot Springs
to Battle Mountain. up the hill. across the
plateaus, valleys and canyons. This tract
has now been made a National Park,
which will be fenced. driveways built,
artificial lakes constructed, and other at
fractions made.
The government has already withdrawn
from public entry one township. about
$4,000 acres. surrounding Wind Cave.
Custer County. and this reservation will
come within two mile~ # the Sanitarium
park. Captain Palmer wants to have the
government secure possession of the inter-
vening land and join the Wind Cave reser-
vation with the sanitarium site and make
one great park of 10000 to so 1000 acres.
| INDIAN LEGENDS
| There is an interesting Indian legend
of Battle Mountain. which tells of fierce
battle upon the mountain sides between
the Sioux and Cheyennes for the posses
sion of these medicinal warm springs and
the surrounding attractions After a
most desperate battle of three days dura-
ton the Sioux came off conquerors and
they held possession until civilization
forced them to abandon the spot they so
greatly priced. They are still frequent
visitors here by permission from the
Indian Agent. and though peaceable and
friendly, they delight to linger here.
SOME ATTRACTIVE FEATURES
AT the foot of the bluff along Fall River,
clear, sparkling stream. fed by the warm
springs. the Board will build tn. power
house for pumping the wlter from the
spring up to the great reservoir to be built
far up the side of Battle Mountain. And
at this point will begin mac.dam boule-
ward, 100 feet wide to win +, along the bluff
up to the sanitarium and then on and up
Battle Mountain and two miles along its
crest. There will be another branch Of
this driveway starting from the building
and going north toward the Wind Cave,
twelve miles away.
A giant reservoir will be constructed on
| top of Battle Mountain. and from this the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-12-26

FoR sAlE-Two registered Short
horn bulls-Scotch- Topped breed-3
years old. May be seen at my place
at the old q Bell ranch. Address. r.
Chilcote, Smithwick, 8. Oak. SO
For sALE-A good 6 hole range
on w. NJ. Barr, Hot Springs Hotel. 35
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PLAN FOR BIG COTTON MILL
Largest Plant in the World tc Be Installed
in Vicinity Of Kansas City,
TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO Be INVESTED
MIL VIII Have 100000 spindIes and
10000 Looms and He Managed
by Men Experienced I'm
tbs Business.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. June 2s.-The Star
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is to be built within twenty miles OF Kan
sas City. Ten million dollars is to be
invested. 5000. 900 Of which has already
been subscribed by eastern and western
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W. p. Smith whaley, president Of the
Olympia and CRANKY cotton mills OF Col
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1t will employ 1000 operatives and have a
payroll Of 81, $50. 900 a year.
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already been subscribed to push the en-
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subscribers and directors:
Edward +. Swinney, president Of the
First National bank. Kansas City; John
R. Mulvane of Topeka. Kan, capitalist;
w. S. Woods, president Of the National
Bank Of Commerce of Kansas City; Ed
ward Wilder. secretary and treasurer OF
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railway.
Topeka; A. A. Robinson, president OF the
Mexican Central railway, City of Mexico;
H. c. Flower, president of the Fidelity
Trust company. Kansas City; Joab Null
vane. capitalist, Topeka, Kan; w. b.
Smith Whaley of Boston and Columbia, s.
c.; Witten Mcdonald and four representa-
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named.
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week with the final result Of a formal an
nouncement Of plans already presented to
eastern capitalists and accepted by them.
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in establishment. have you and Mulhooly
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tempered, we've resolved not to shpake to
wan another at all. for fear we dissolve our
friendship.
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Il don't see that It would have been any
different" said the husband, III l had been
anything else"
"But l should think that the very princi-
pie OF your profession would induce you 10
make a home run before dark"
II would, my dear. l would" remarked
the husband, III yOa wore . mask
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