The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-11
GREAT LIEE.sAvlNo CRUSADE.
inc new Mexican S~anitarium of the
rraternal Organizations.

me New Mexican S%anitarium of the
Fraternal Organizations.
america $ greatest battle against the
great whlte plague will be waged within
signt OF Las Vegas, y. NJ. The fraternal
pouies or the republic, welded with the
churches, clubs and municipalities into
one great humanitarian organization
VIII, within a few weeks, open a 81. OOO,-
oOO sanitarium for conservative sufferers
that Will be without a peer in the world.
mere In the heart of the region which
III all the world is best adapted to the re-
'ier or lung troubles, a quickly recruited
army OF 3,OOO sufferers from pulmonary
affections will start to work out their own
salvation along new lines, which. it is
expected, will constitute the path for
countless thousands that will follow af-
ter.
Inc public has heard little regarding
inns ambitious project. But the fact that
IL mas been taken does not
mean that there has no. been thorough
study and investigation and preparation
back OF the big undertaking. On the con-
trary, no life-saving crusade was ever
worked out more carefully. step by step.
''i5 'ihit past llt udIkbllllS ClOlu
or the c~onsumptive plague which has
Deen threatening the nation has appear
ed especially menacing to the great fra
ternal insurance orders. Of late years
4O per cent of the applicants for admis-
sion have been turned away because Of
light weight or the faint of the plague.
Yet, of the So, 0OO. 900 annually paid out
Tor Insurance., more han 100000 900 is
for deaths from tuberculosis alone. In
other words, despite all precautions, 16
per cent of the members. are dying from
the terrible disease.
In an effort to stem the tide Of de-
struction, committees from the big fra
ternal organizations have taken steps
for the establishment of "Fraternal
City" as the new saDitarium will be
known. Churches. clubs and m~unicipali-
ties are being invited to share the bene-
fits of this unique institution. Any or
ganizatiOn may send its suffering depend
ents to this haven of refuge by merely
paying the cost Of transportation and
maintenance. The novel community is
distinctly not a mOney-making institu-
ton. Indeed, the idea is that when farm
ing advantages have been secured, the
institution will be in some degree self
sustaining.
There will be several gateways of adj
mission to the Fraternal City. Wealthy
individuals who have donated lump
sums will each have the privilege of send
ing patients, Irrespective of their rela-
tons with fraternities and churches. At
the outset. however. the greater portion
of the patients will come as the guests
of the fraternal orders which eave con-
tributed to the general fund. Each order
selects stricken men and women from
its membership to the extent of its quota,
and such individuals are under no per-
sonal expense at the sanitarium, the cost
of maintenance in each case being charg-
ed against the organization which sends
the patient. If only the fraternal in
surance orders become parties to the plan
20 tax each member II cents a year for
the maintenance of the sanitarium, the
income will be nearly 100000 a year,
and from 1900 to 5000 persons can be
cared for free, whereas if other fraternal
societies and the churches cooperate to
any great extent, as is nov indicated.
the magnitude of the work will be
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