The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-02-22

rms institution at Battle creek was
not built up in a day--it took years
of toll to reach the perfected state,
and the work has but begun-the great
work is to come from rising genera
lions who are imbibng ideas from the
Battle Creek home, and what it stands
for.
For Three Decades.
For more than three decades the
present institution has been the
center of wonderful educa-
tional, phianthropic and reform
movement which has finally culmin-
ated In success undreamed of a few
years ago and in this connection
BRIEF history is most opportune In
! February 1902. the two main buildings
| of the Sanitarium were destroyed by
! fire. For a short time the days were
! dark for those who had worked SO
! hard to build 1t up But strong hearts
! are not to be awod by misfortune,
| and new building sprung from the
ashes upon the old site,
The dedication took place May 81.
and June /. 1903 An elaborate pro
gram was carried out and many men
of national reputation made speeches
and highly cOmplimentcd the managers
and their co-workers on their good
work. Invitations were sent to all
patients, rich and poor, who had ever
been at the Sanitarium, Many re-
sponded in person, and hundreds sent
letters of regret.
one of the prettiest sights in con
nection with the whole event was the
procession of nurses and matrons
which formed on the college grounds,
opposite the new Sanitarium building,
and marched through the audience 10
reserved seats at the right and left
of the speakers stand. The matrons
in their usual cream white uniform,
the nurses in blue and white, and the
gentlemen nurses clad in new white
duck suits presented a sight which
moved the audience to one simultan-
eous burst of applause.
, Sanitary Ideas.
= As before stated there are many
3 sanitariums in the world, but none
. just like that at Battle Creek, II being
$ the first of the kind, so far as known,
a where an attempt has been made, and
= gether in one place and under one
a management all rational healing
d agencies, giving special prominence
g to those physiological or natural hear
d ing agents the scientific knowledge OF
e which has been chiefly developed
is within the last century, especially
IS hyprotherapy, electrotherapy, mas
A. sage, exercise, diet, sunlight, mental
and moral influences, rest, and gen
1t eral health culture.
n OF course the first thing to be taken
lie into consideration was the construe-
IN ton of the building TO be occupied,
RS for much depended upon that. But
as after It had been discussed pro and
o. con a plan entirely satisfactory was
re adopted and the structure to-day plays
,r- no small part in the healing process
ne that goes on from day to day al
tx Battle Creek.
ne A Return to Nature Movement.
~ The philosophy of the Battle Creek
Sanitarium may be defined as the re
"a turn-to-nature idea. The doctors teach
VI the use of natural foods, natural life
~ the use of natural agents in the treat
mCnI Vi ulbbdSt. n SiSdt d"ouh' vi
~ attention Is given to dietetics. Fruits
" nuts and nut preparations, cereal foods
-, and easily digestible vegetables are
- the basis for the delicious menus
"a which are daily served in the grea
Sanitarium dining room, at which si
ns down hundreds of intelligent men an'
women from all parts of the Unite'
s States and even from foreign cOun
=, tries. Milk, eggs and other dairy prod
w ucts are also freely used. Great cart
!, is taken to provide the very best ant
IA choicest of everything edible, of whicl
~ the physicians approve,
a.. During the year which has jus
A. closed a vast amount of these thing
40 ~ were required to provide for the arm,
'9 of patients who visited the sanitariun
-, for several thousand sufferers house,
"" there during the twelve months o
o 1904 AS to the expense for the pas
year II was considerable, amounting L
70 a total of 1927 1899, divided as fo
~ lows: Nut foods, 80 tons, $26,76S.SO
a.. cereal foods, 101 ,994 pounds, $9,521 10
~ bread, 60 02G pounds. S2,657 43; canne
o goods, 1863 cases Sl050G,65; frui
Juices, etc, made on the place, IL ,43
no gallons, $2,O3O9O fresh fruit 5,7s
rn bushels. $l0,2O3.4G; vegetables, 5,l3
-, bushels. SO $500 sundTy grocer
.oI, items, Al ,5jS pounds, S3,3OG.3S; eggs
Nv, 25.3Ol dozen, $6,7S965; butter mad
an on the place. 29961 pounds, $5,95l.59
ed cream 6S67S quarts, $lO,323.70; min
I'm 1896 qua Is, $l,G92,45; coal, 5,71
he tons, S20,O00,00; labor, $2l3,553,69
ter total. 1927, 1899.
The amount of charity dispense
he during the past ten years at thi
an. sanitarum amounted to $585610
ot To care for the patients an average {
md 725 men and women were employe
all. during each year, and an average I
is $50 patients are under treatment {
70 this senitarium every day in the yea