The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-02-24
THE FFATERnAL sANlTARiuM.
An Outline of the Plans of The Fra
ternal Orders.

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch lately
published an interesting article in re-
gard t the removal of the Fraternal
Sanitarium to New Mexico, and the
Following is composed of extracts
from that article:
ITO transfer the imposing Temple
of Fraternity, whose graceful archi-
lecture every visitor to the Worlds
Fair remembers with keen delight,
to far New Mexico. is the plan of the
National Fraternal Sanitarium for
Consumptives.
In that Territory-soon to become
a state-the climate of which is so
we'll adapted TO the open air treat
ment for the great white pleague,"
this beautiful structure will be set
up as the administration building,
from which the affairs of the mann
moth colony to be established around
it, will be directed.
Between $4,000 $4,000 are
needed for the transportation of the
structure and, TO raise this amount,
the promoters of the enterprise have
which each recipient is asked t @ con-
tribute a small sum for the enter
prise.
THE chain will not be confined to
fraternal circles. The authors of the
chain welcome inquiries as to it's pur-
poses.
The Temple was recently donated
to the sanitarium by the worlds fair
Fraternal Building Association, it be-
ing the desire of the association to
perpetuate the grand work accomp
1ished by the alliance of practically
every ~fraternal and beneficial organi-
cation in the country. The Temple of
Fraternity, as long as its timbers last,
is to stand as the fruits of the hopes
and efforts of the various societies
ment to the good will of the eight
million members interested in the
plan.
LAS Forest Park must be cleared
of all buildings at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, the National Sanitarium
! will be compelled to take possession
of the gift at once. From SIS 900 to
$4,000 will be required Immediately
to wreck the building, ship it to New
Mexico and again erect it.
Assurance has been given by pro
minent f~aternalists hat a proposition
to levy a per capita tax of l cent per
month will be considered at the com
ing annual gathering of the supreme
bodies, and it is the expressed sense
of the fraternal world that the santa
rum should be maintained by them
for their men, women and children
who are afflicted with or threatened
] by consumption.
million members in the bodies repre-
| sented by the National Fraternal Con
gress and the Associated ~Fraternities
of America, it is expected that the
sanitarium will within the yea be
free from financial cares.
William R. Edison. president of
the Associated F~raternfties of Ameri-
ca, and Chas. F. Hatfield. general sec
rotary of the Missouri Fraternal con-
gress are president and secretary,
respectively. of the National Frater-
nal Sanitarium. and are giving the
work their personal attention
Upon the return of the committee
on March L, the selection of a site
will be announced. II will hen be
absolutely necessary to nave an emer
sency iuilu at hdiiu, penuihS dppio
priations from the fraternal bodies.
What has been accomplished to date
has been made possible by private,
subscription.
"The railroads are keen rivals in
their efforts to secure the ~sanitarium
along their right of way. The special
car "Almagro." loaned by one compa-
ny and hauled by another without