Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-03


a yea thereafter would maintain the
institution, the control OF which
could be placed with a board OF direc-
tors .one member to be selected from
each fraternity contributing"
That plan was advocated at the fra.
tornity conventions at the st. Louis
exposition, and q committee was ap.
pointed 10 select a location and pro.
vide for m organization, The commit.
tee visited several localities In Colo.
RADIO. New Mexico and Texas. and
received several offers In the way OF
lands and money. That Of Las Vegas
seemed to be the most generous. as
the location seemed to be the most
desirable. The offers OF the citizens
aud the Santa Fe road were accepted,
and the work Of preparation was com.
menced last spring.
The board OF managers Is as fol-
lows:
President, William r. Edison. st.
Louis, president Associated fraterni-
tiles.
DR.. II. A. Warner, Topeka, Kas.,
past president fraternal congress.
W. A. Northcott. Springfield. ILL.,,
IP. II. G. Modern Woodmen Of Amer
lea.
DR.. W. II. Mayfield, st. Louis, Mo.
August Schlafly, st Louis, treasurer
(president Missouri Lincoln Trust
company.
c. +. Hatfield, st. Louis, secretary
Missouri fraternal congress.
NJ. p. Moody. st. Louis. manager
american Baptist Publication society,
r. A. Huey. st. Louis, Mo.
W. Il. Farley, Columbia, Mo
!, Paul Brown. st. Louis. director
t continental Tobacco company.
Edward Kilkerson st. Louis, pas
! noble grand. !. O. 0. F.
: Lee W. Grant. st. Louis, attorney.
y Rolla Wells. mayor of st. Louis.
5 Sixty-three mutual benefit societies
. land benevolent organizations will
z participate. representing about $500,
i 900 members and a total insurance o
lS5.S57, 7SG, G22-according to the lates
d returns available. Last year $3,925
0 $50 was paid In death claims for 81
$50 members and 1t Is believed tina
not less than one-third of the death
G were due to tuberculosis, SO that 1t !
). La business as well as a benevOlen
e n, oposition. The largest societie
N participating. those which represer
/. 500 900 members or more, are tn
Modern Woodmen land auxiliaries
the several orders of Maccabees, tn
10 Royal Arcanum, Ancient Order
n. limited Workmen, the Foresters an
re several Catholic orders.
The United States government M
ir hadran outdoor hospital for tuberc
nd losis victims in the army, navy ar
err marine corps at Fort Bayard, abo'
ne 900 miles south Of this place. sim
IN. 1903 The treatment is purely elm
lie tic and dietary, Since the hospit
I'm was opened GAG patients have be-
,er received. OF these seventy-three ha
ng died! $40 are reported cured or !
me lproved. while eos are reported as Y
Rs. improved" But in 122 of those cas-
the disease is described as havi
,ur been ARRESTED" which means tn
use tho patients have grown no worse a
The may live indefinitely in this china
be but cannot return to the north. D
her ing the veal 1904 there were admit
,at. 1856 natients; 159 were described
tho bad cases and 144 as VERY ba
oil. cases, and SAC were diseased In bt
IN lungs. While ! can find no Mp
ord as to the results of the treatme
|siytv-two deaths seems to be a W
fra. small proportion under the circr
[ n stances.
mid The patients live in camps, un
, m special supervision. They eat es
the and milk every two hours, are kept
he. bed twelve hours a day and are
ice a,,ired to take a certain amount OF
l%ercise, according to their conditi
- This enforced rest, regular, nutritit
,,,. diet and outdoor life is the only tire
Z ~ mont vivou and n has been rema