Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-15

kind words OF welcome, for the lofty
plane on which the subject was treated
and for the Information contained In
the paper. The gentleman outlined
the comprehensive plan for the estab
lishment Of the sanitarium and spoke
Of the millions OF members Of frater.
nal orders who had already subscribed
to II.
II only the insurance fraternal or.
ders became parties to the plan to tax
each member twelve cents a year for
the maintenance Of the sanitarium. the
income would be near 100000 n year;
II the other fraternal societies joined
the number would be over eight mil
lions, while II the great religious de-
nominations united their forces as was
expected.~sthe enormous total OF s5,.
100000 of people would be reached.
In the first event from 1900 to 5000
people could be cared for free, but the
idea was 10 secure farming advan.
tages. make the institution in some
degree sclf.sustaining. and to permit
those who We're able to pay a whole or
part OF their way, but to turn away
10 die no man who was afflicted with
the dread white plague.
DR.. Mayfield gave an eloquent ad-
dress treating as he said the senti-
mental side Of the great question. He
drew touching picture Of the ravages
OF the plague In the United States,
referring feelingly to the loss In his
own family. II was with view to
saving thousands OF useful lives and
preventing as much OF never dying
sorrow as possible that the members
OF the committee and those associated
with them. without thought Of pc.
cuniary gain, without hope of direct
benefit. had devoted SO much OF their
time and energy to this great question
DR.. Warmers short address was
forceful end happy He expressed the
great desire OF all associated with him
that the movement to be able to make
the correct selection for site for the
proposed sanitarium. He had been i'm
pressed with the belief that God had
designed the nation. He eloquently
referred to the ideal qualities OF the
climate and dwelt on the fact that the
eyes Of the world are being turned
more and more In this direction, filled
with renewed hope that adequate re.
lief may be obtained from the scourge
that Is sweeping away millions. Az a
cold, hard business proposition, DIR.
Warner said. 1t was important that the
great insurance orders he represented
should find some relief. Forty per
cent OF applicants were turned away
because OF light weight or the taint Of
the plague. Yet OF the $4,000, 900
annually paid out for insurance. $10..
000, 900 was for deaths from tuberculo
sis alone, sixteen per cent OF the
members after all precautions dying
from this terrible disease. Was 1t
any wonder then that fro mthis stand
point. the fraternities wanted to take
measures to combat the disease7 Al.
so Dr. Warner referred to the humani-
tartan side Of the question.
Among the speakers who followed
were DR.. Bailey, Or. Cunningham. DR.,
Bradley, Dr. Mueller, DR.. Smith. DR..
Shaw. Ashley Pond, Jr., Jas. q. Nc.
Nary, Mr.. Meyer. DR.. Moody. the man
who as Mr.. Edison said had origi.
mated the work. Mr.. Schafaly, the man
who had written the first check and
w p. Kelly Of Dublin, Ire.
All The physicians united in the
statement that their patients did bet.
ter In the colder months. DR.. Bailey.
who has q sanitarium full of south
erners, said that If he could make bis
patients hold their own IN the summer
months be had 10 be satisfied, but itI
was during the GOODNESS nf the fall and
winter and spring that they made the
rapid gains During the present win
ter the coolest and cloudiest In the
history Of the city. his patients had
made remarkable improvement. DR.
very strongly emphasized
the fact that cold weather was welcome
10 the physicians as their patients In
variabiy did better then and he made
a strong protess against the sending of
patients TO the west when they were
ready to die.
DR.. Moody earnestly expressed bis
belief that the work being undertaken
by the associated fraternities was the
greatest In the world. He was conf.
dent Of the entire success Of the plans
30 carefully and broadly laid on bu.