Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-31


great tuberculosis sanitarfum to be estab-
lished by the benevolent orders of the
United States should be located here. That
enterprise is a new form of Insurance
against tuberculosis adopted by sixty-three
fraternties which represent membership
OF more than five and 4 half million per-
sons, ana 1t Is proposed to take care of as
many as 1000 patients-none but members
OF the cooperating fraternties being ELL
glpie. The institution is to be self-support-
ing; the charges are to be a little above
the actual cost of maintenance In order to
accumulate a repair and extension fund ;
the rates have not yet been fixed but will
probably be $50 or So per month The in
stltutlon Will be mons ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
catholics, Jews. Buddhists, pagans and men
Oh any rengion or no religion are equally
Welcome IL their applications are Endorsed
by the proper officials OF the fraternities
10 winch they belong, but each denomina-
!lon VIII be encouraged to have regular re-
Ig1ous services and appoint chapIains and
pulid chapelS, for which ground will be fur
niShed.
The Proposed Sanitarium,
The plant consists of about fifteen square
miles of land, much Of it under cultivation,
six miles from Las Vegas, at an average
elevation of 600 feet In the center is tbs
much-advertised Montezuma Hotel, entirely
modern, built of stone and brick, four
stories high. with $50 rooms, which was
erected few years ago by the Santa Fe
Iaiiroad at a cost of half a million dol
lars. Ihefe is smaller hotel. built of
stone, with about forty rooms which was
used as resort before the larger hotel was
erected; complete bath house and SWIM
ming pool; an electric light and steam heat
ing plant; a hospital; club house; livery
stable ana cattle barns a chicken ranch: a
large garden; a well-equpped dairy farm
golf links, tennis courts, base ball grounds,
croquet grounds: casino. with reading
room attached: a theater with stage and
scenery; and other facilities for amusement
and comfort, which are exceedingly valuable
because the victims of tuberculosis require
diversion. Around the place are many pic
turesque walks and drives About two
miles from the hotel reached by trolley
cars, is Gallinas Park, race course, and
In the other direction is the beginning of
the scenic driveway which the governme mt
or New Mexico Is constructing. over the
mountains. The scenery is superb. 1t
would be difficult to find a place where
there are so many Of the essentials for
Sanitorium.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
transferred the title to all of this to a
board of trustees representing the fra
ternal societies of the United States with
out consideration upon the condition that
tuberculosis sanitarium shall be estab-
lished and permanently maintained here
If the plan should be abandoned or the
property used for any other purpose 1t is
gift Of the Santa Fee company includes
LOGO acres Of land, which, with the i'm
provements described, are appraised at a
million dollars.
The Outdoor Cure.
In addition to this. on the same condi-
lions, the citizens Of Las Vegas present
10000 acres of land adjoining the railroad
property for the of the sanitarum
In the neighborhood of the Montezuma
Hotel. upon these lands, will be erected a
series of camps. with sanitary tents of the
most approved patterns, at attitudes vary
Ing from 5000 to 1000 feet, so that the
patient may have the benefit of the eleva-
ton best suited to their needs. This city
of tents, accommodating about 5000 peo-
pie, is now being laid out by Colonel F. H.
Buzzacott of the United States army a
specialist In lung diseases and a sanitary
engineer. They will be constructed on mil
itary lines, with the most perfect sanitary
arrangements possible, and will be under
military regulations. The tents will be Of
different sizes, some of them large enough
to accommodate family. and smaller ones
for individuals. The several camps will be
connected by telephone, and each will have
police and sanitary inspectors and patrol.
The outdoor cure will be applied ex-
cept in delicate cases. A corps of physi-
clans will be on duty at all times The
first of the camps will be ready for several
hundred patients on the LIST Of October
that date Applications for admission must
be made through the officials of the CO.
operating fraternities. and should be sent
to the general secretary, c. F. Hatfield. ST.
Louis. Most Of the work about the place
will be done by the patients. and as the
disease attacks all trades and classes it is
probable that they will furnish farmers
dairymen, carpenters, cooks. clerks, wait
laberers as will be required. In the en-
ployment Of help preference will always be
given to patients, and the merit system
will be enforced.
To Check the Great White Plague.
The object of this sanitarium is to check
the great white plague and to eliminate dis
eases Of the lungs So far as possible from
among the members Of the benevolent or
CARNATIONS by providing a place where
they may find climate and treatment nee
essary for their cure. with the greatest ad-
vantages and at the lowest cost; to fur
nish homes and employment for consump-
tives Of small means; to maintain place
where destitute victims of tuberculosis may
be cared for and cured at a minimum cost;
to reduce contagion in our cities and towns
and to restore to health and activity as
many as possible Of those who cannot be
cured under the conditions under which
| they are living.
The statistics show that tuberculosis kills
one out of every seven of the worlds pop
ulation, and that one-third Of the deaths
between the ages of fifteen and forty-five
are due to that disease. Last year 1.230, coo
persons in the United States were suffer-
| ing from it. and of these considerable
proportion belonged to insurance frater-
mites. Last year there were 800 deaths
from tuberculosis in the United States. 1t
| is not necessary to say anything more con-
corning the needs of such an institution.
AS Is usual in such cases: there is DIFF
ference of opinion as to how the move
| ment started. Some people say that the
idea of great national sanitorium like
| this was first suggested by DR.. May6eld
of St. Louis. He lost son from the
dread disease. who. he believes. might
have been saved If there had been a place
for him to go; and the bereaved father
has been agitating the subject ever since.
DR.. Warmers Circular.
Dr. H. A. Warner of Topeka. Kan, medi-
cal director Of one Of the big orders. is also
credited with the beneficent idea. In 1882
he sent circular to the members Of his
order telling them that the rapid strides
which have been made during the last
three years for the prevention, relief and
cure Of Tuberculosis had awakened In him