Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-18

ment, have for three years worked VI
ceasingly toward It's completion with,
out receiving or expecting N single
penny In return for their services.
Our various offices have been flood.
ed with callers and letter writers all
afflicted with tuberculosis. out uf
our own pockets we have relieved
their distress temporarily In many
cases, and In the same way paid the
incidental expenses Of correspondence
and office help.
"Our object was and Is 10 establish
In New Mexico a consumptive settle
ment OF unlimited capacity. open TO
every man and woman In the coun'
try who al pay the actual cost OF,
their keep, viz, $50 to SIS per month.
The newspapers OF the country have
poured the generosity OF their columns
on us. and materially assisted In Sc;
curing the magnificent donation Of the
Las Vegas Hot Springs property by the
Santa Fe railroad. valued ut $1,000.
900, The publicity given MS has
brought thousands Of inquiries from
patients who are eager To join the
%consumptive settlement--but no cash.
"Yet, when We make u appeal to
are rubbing against thousands OF con-
sump,ives and a see Mt first hand
the frightfnl ravages OF the grca.
white plague, we receive Of the s75..
900 necessary 10 refit Fraternal City
scarcely 1000. Meanwhile. these same
citizens are frantically hurting their
dollars a. the north pole. which. at
tic best. can do little tor humanity.
perhaps the impression has gone
abroad that the Las Vegas gift was
in cash We have done u best to
make II known that such was not the
case. We have seventeen square miles
of land and twenty buildings, includ-
ing a 100000 hotel. The property
can be remodeled into a perfect SAM
tary consumptive settlement In two
months. Tent camps can be p%urchas-
ed and erected In half that time. But
not without money, which. II the pro-
ject Is TO be a success. must be forth
coming instantly. a dollar from
every reader would raise the neces
sary fund. This emergency fund Is
for the sole purpose Of refitting the
buildings and buying tents. We are
now like the machinery with no fire
under the boiler. The machinery
looks good. but It takes a blaze to set
1t going.
"Once started, the institution will
be self.supporting. One does not
need TO be a fraternalist to be admit
ted. Three-auarters OF the applica-
lions for accommodations we have rec
ceived are from individuals. who are
not allied with fraternal societies.
The sanitarium is open to everyone.
"To dHte the supreme bodies of the
Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen OF
America, Royal Neighbors. Catholic
Knights Of America and other grand
and subordinate lodges have strongly
endorsed the moN ement, but the rer
capita tax ~ be levied by the e'p-
ordinate and other lodges requires
time, and ever then it must be used
In paying for the support of patients
sent. We have asked for funds to
prepare the haven. NO stocks. no
bonds, no concessions, 10 graft has
been our slogan. vet when we APP
pealed to the country, they handed us
the north pole.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
situation, we are confident that when
the American people understand fully
that this is a humanitarian movement,
they will rally to the support of Fra
ternal City. The men behind it do
not recognize existence of the word
failure"