The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-12

@. What was the average release OF
patients there each month";
A. ] can give but an approximate
guess during the time I was there with
out reference to the books / remember
the report the last three months, re-
member the record; / think during the
la.-S- .4aai..ar about seventy releases. We
found that there was great many
people here that came here 10 the OPEN
Ing. and In some cases we found their
folks living In other states. or there
was a recovery. or maybe a partial re-
covery. and great many people there
that had been there a long time that
had people in other states that went
away
q. Not cure IN all cases?
A. No, but that could be handled cas-
lily.
@. was there some improvements
made there during your superlntendeney?
a. Yes sir. had suggested before
went there that / thought the patients
needed a good deal OF sugar and cereals
and soma fruit, and when l went In
there II was quite an Undertaking. and
made the changes slowly. as / thought
they should be made; some changes as
TO diet on tho start and in regard 80
the buildings. and especially In regard
to tho water supply And ! had other
improvements In contemplation. / had
suggested that Vhere ought to be more
fre escapes.
O. Was the suggestion adhered to2
A. After we took the contract. Cot
bingham and I were talking the matter
over, and l said: II have a good deal
TO do and / have looked over the buiL-
ing and l think It viii take good ar
chitect to do this right. and l wish that
you would undertake that part OF the
business" lie said that he had a friend
named Williams az Oklahoma City and
he would bring him up and see what
he could do. And af,er that | wrote him
and saw him. and had conversations with
him, and we did build one stairway down
tho front. I had been corresponding
with a ST. Louis hrm--I wanted one Of
those spiral escapes, one That you could
put patient or o. child into and Il would
go down without danger. was cores
ponding with q 81 Louis flrm ana 7
was anxious to make contnc1 and |
Il was suggested. owing tc the dis
turbanc9 going on. to walt.
Q. How much money outlay for im- /
provements on this institution was made /
by your company while you were $3.50
oiated with them?
A. ] think. four or fve thousand doll
lars.
O. In addition 10 the twenty-five thou-
sand dollars capital, the capital raised7 /
a. Yes. sir.
Q. How much ground dld you get2
a. Fify-four acres.
O. Ana an Of the buildIngs2
a. Yes. sir.
Q. DO sou know what IT Is worth /
today7
A. 90 not understand It Is very /
valuable.
Q. DO you know Of any stock that
has been transferred recently or since
the transfer Of yours?
A. No.
O. DO you know ahe present stock-
holders-who they ars7
A. Not only BY general report ] un
derstand that Rohb, CottinEhan and
Thwing and ! think, Watkins and Bl-
lingsley
Q. DO you know who Bmnssley
bought his stock from?
A. No
Q. DO you know who rhwing bought
from?
"A. No. | am no certain I think
that no took two thousand Of The orig
inal siock, and 1 think. some from Jobea-
The first that he bought was AZ any
centa.
Q. AZ nfiy cents?
a. Yes or.
q. DO you know what he paid for
The aubseQuent stock that ho bought
A No. sir.
q, Now, doctor. what would sou say
1f TINT institution there, from gaur as-
socIu ION uith a. as suDeriufeudent. as
% being an-being suitable or not SUIT
able place FOR the confinement of these
peopie3 I ask sou as an expert.
a. That is "a question chat Involves
D good DEAL 10 you have reference 20
the buildings and location. ana c1 ii-
zion of the bulidinss3
q. Yes. sir. as you found Il when you
was there. What ~ your estimate as
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