The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-17
Battle Creek Sanitariurn.

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Inys-eycn the pioneer days when 'h'
rclmon Of the northern labD region
bent the bow and smeared their faces
With kcai braided their flowing IuuhH
With feathers OF the porcup.np aud
Wild eagle. that they might appear
moro wild n possible. than before
And a. they painted the checks and
braided the hair the .quaw women
sharpenod the flint arrow heads and
shaped new bows. that their lords
might do battle 10 the death with
other rodmen
Aud here al Battle Greek. way up
In Michigan great battle one day
dld occur. aud when 10 was over and
the sun Kissed the range too The FAR
west. the tom.toms we're mufilcd aud
the sduaW.womcn wrapped their heads
in yaH-colorcd blankets and wept Tor
with the going down NJ the sun many
braves passed 10 the proyorbial happy
hunting grounds
But that was many. many moons
ago. ~ the indians measure time and
new era has long since dawnod
True. Il is Battle Creek to-day lust
a. Il was decades aro. but instead of
the cry ~ the savage. b. heard the
hum ~ Industry the thrub uf lifo
the greeting Of men and women NJ
the Anglo Saxon race the shouts NJ
happy boys and girls. who know uf
Battle Creeks former history only
by tradition And here on the site
of tho famous battle between the red.
men stands now ono NJ the fniroHt
cities Of the great Northwest. q city
sought out among thousands. for In Il
dwell month after month. as the
years come aud gu. men and women
who find within the charmed circle
that when they have long sought else
where health
when one speaks ~ health. tho
mind naturally wings Itself 10 Battle
Creek. Tor up there health H. Ia DO
found NJ Ut few other places ON earth.
Forty years ago there began In Hat.
tlo Creek return tu nature move.
ment with purposes and pricInploH In
many respects similar 10 those which
lhd 10 the famous Brook Farm ESpor'
imcnt' twenty years before and 10 'hc
Grnhamlte movement Of that period.
This movement. while religious was
ayowedly nonsectaiIan. and was In "a
broad sense philanthropic. altrulstic
aud roformatoy The immediate ro.
sulta were the establishment of a
monthly journal now known ns Good
Health aud shortly afterwards the
erection ct a health Institution called
The Health Reform Institute" The
chief feature. OF the institute M this
early period we're diet reform. dress
reform and the use Of water as a cura.
tive agent
Ia 1876 the present management
took charge Of the institution and with
the consent aud cooperation OF the
Board Of Directors ttho institution
having been Incorporated ten years
heforo). a thorough reorganization was
Effected. Broader plans we're intro
duced. the methods OF treatment were
placed upon substantial and thor
ouEhly scientific foundation ari tho
name was changed 10 the Battle Greek
sanitarium. Since this time She
growth of IN, institution has been con
slant and rapid
From year To year accommoda
lions for patients and facilities fol
treatment we're enlarged TO meet
tho increasing patronage until Fob
uary. 1909. whom great Gre SWEEP
away the two principal build
lngs OF the establishment The cree
ton Of now building was speedily
begun. and the following year May "a
1908. the present dreproof main build
Ing. erected at n cost Of more thar
100000. was dedicated The cost al
the entire establishment. including
equipment. twenty dormltorioa. cot
tagcs and other buildings has amount
ed to more than ti2O00O0
Tho battle Creek Sanltarium a. I
stands to-day is recognized the worl,
over as the most complete and thor
oughly equipped establishment of II
sort and the Headquarters for physiC
logic therapeutics or natural methods
Connected with the sanllarlum Is
Training School for Nurses. In whic
from two 20 three hundred nurses ar
constantly under training,
These principles and methods hay
penetrated 60 the remotest parts ,
the civilized world. and scores Of mo
aud women who have been trained
these methods are doyotlng their liy,
to medical missionary work In heathc
lands.
The Battle Greek sanitarlum may I
regarded as an opltome Of the "retur
tonature" idea In practical operatio
It's success IN the restoration Of sl,
people 20 health brings 10 Il annual
many thousands of mon and womo
many Of whom have been pronounc,
iucurnble. but who, nevertheless. Wi
rare exceptions return a few mont
later Go their homes prepared 20 emit
again upon the battle NJ life.
There are many sanitarums IN Il
world. but few. u any. that are co
Quoted on the same plano as that
Battle Creek This haven OF rest al
health Is In no sense money ma
ing scheme, and every cent that
made from patients who are able
pay for their accommodations Is us
20 help those who have nothing b