Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-28
THOUSANDS
ASK FOR
TREATMENT
&. e. Murphy Says Largest
Tubercular Resort in World
Will be at Las Vegas.
wendssiul Tent Colony 10 Be Maintained
BY Millions u fsalesnals6 4
the Nation.

The Jacksonville Ill.,. Courier. pub
fishes the following as special from
| Springfield, III:
Although It will be several weeks
before the great fraternal sanitarium
for consumptives Is established In Las
Vegas, New Mexico. applications to
the number OF 5000 already have been
received from persons who desire to
| 60 there.
This statement was made yesterday
afternoon by "A l.. hereford upon
his return from Chicago. where be At.
tended a meeting Of the directors hav.
Ing In charge the establishing Of the
institution. Mr.. Hereford was elected
| treasurer.
\ Former Lieut.. Gov. NOrthcott Of
Springfield. who was offered the pre-
sidency Of the association. declined.
owing to the fact that the position
would require most OF his time. The
position. as Z result. was given to =.
r. Murphy Of the Modern WOOdmen
LOT America at Leavenworth, Kan. Joe
r. Adams Of the Mystic Workers at
Plano, H.. was elected secretary, and
Mr.. Hereford, streme chancellor OF
| the Court OF Honor Of Springfield, was
elected treasurer The head officers
| OF the association will be In Chicago.
1900 Acres ef Land Accepted.
a tentative contract was entered
into with the Santa Fe railrooad for
| 6lting over available grounds 80
| buiidinga for sanitarium purposes ne1r
las Vegas and valued 4 $1.,0O0.0o0.
| The offer of 1900 acres of land from
|the In Yegas 1ascha1ts. asspcistion
I1as beep aceeptsd. The dirsctors viii
90 to Las Vegas to inapset ~ Dse-
misses Dec. 6, taking special car 0tt
|of Chicago on that date. On the -
turn a the directors arrangements Wlll
lbe made to receive patients.
It is the purpose Of the frsternal
societies To establish the sanitarium
20 that persons afflicted with this dr.
ease may be gratitaitously treated
Admission to the sanitariunl Will be
gained BY members Of these societies
through the recommendation Of the
society Of whcih the applicant is .
member. Others afflicted with the
disease and who are not members Of
the society contributing+to the insti-
tuition will be required to pay Ger
tain weekly sum.
"The best specialists OF Europe and
the United States will be secured Tor
the sanitariuh," said Mr.. Hereford.
I'VE intend to make Las Vegas the
greatest resort for consumptives IN
the world. II will be headquarters for
all information relative to the treat-
ment and cure Of consumption. with
in a year we expect to. have 10000
persons there This project under
taken BY the fraternal societies OF this
country Is the greatest Humanitarian
movement yet begun In this couptry.
Will De City o. Tents. !
1T will be a city Of tents. The.
people will live out OF doors. We ex.
pect to raise enough chickens to sup
ply each patient with nine ID twelve
raw eggs day. We will have a dairy
farm. a sheep ranch and, in fact. Will
raise everything that we possibly can.
The societies contributing to the In
stitution will be allowed to send pa
tients there without cost. Not a cent
will have to be paid for their medical
treatment or maintainance.'
In addition to the officers Of the
association the board Of directors IL
made up of d. w. Girard, Ben Hur,
Charlottesville. Ind; p. l.. McArdle.
Knights Of Columbus. Chicago: ID. p.
Mackey. Maccabees of the World, Port
Port Huron. Mich: J. A. Langfit, Royal
Bal;imore, E. l.. Batz, Modern Bro
therhood OF America, Mason City,Ia.
|N. s. Boynton, Modern Maccabees,
Port Hron, Mich; j. A. Langfit, Royal
Arcanum. Pittsburg, Pa; Ira A. Porter,
Woodmen Of the World, Omaha: w.
X. Edison, editor Of the Western Re.
view, ST. Louis; william Marvis. An