Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-03

dIen included Each denomination insists
upon having it's own minister and house of
worship. and you often find Presbyterian
church north" and Presbyterian church
south a Methodist church north and
a Methodist church south in the same
village; all of which would convince dis
interested visitor that churches are some
times founded, not to worship God. but to
propagate theological controversies.
Camp Concho.
On the outskirts of San Angelo is Camp
Concho, an outdoor sanitarium for tubercu-
losis patients, which has been conducted
for two and half years by DIR. James l..
Watt. himself '1unger' from New York
city. DR.. Watt came out here a little
more than three years ago. hoping to find
relief from tuberculosis in this pure air.
He cruised around the western part of
Texas for a while and finally pitched his
tent on the banks of the Concho river.
about two miles from this city. He fished
and hunted, rode horseback played golf
and tennis, and amused himself by. help
ing the farmers as his strength returned
and he felt as well as he had ever done.
One day he related his experience to a
newspaper reporter, who published it. The
article being reprinted in the east, attract
co the attention of lady who was af-
fiiCted in a similar manner. She wrote to
Or. Watt and he advised her to come TO
San Angelo The same article was seen by
a poor consumptive in Mississippi and he
came also: and they have been followed by
fOrty-eight other conSumptiveS. eighteen of
whom have died because they came 100
late. DR.. Watt says that when the dis
ease IS far advanced the patient might as
well stay at home; that it is only a waste
Gs strength and money to seek relief in a
new climate But he declares that the air
OF Texas will cure any case of tuberculosis
in its incipient stages, and taking every
thing into consideration, this is the best
place he knows of.
He has a camp Of twenty tents in a de-
lightful locatit& on the Concho river and
= central building for social and dining pur
poses. His patients spend most of their
time out-of- doors-driving and riding when
jack-rabbits and prairie dogs, playing golf,
billiards and other ordinary indoor games.
There are plenty of books. magazines and
newspapers to keep their minds occupied.
and an ordinary man usually has enough
labor and responsibility looking after his
diet Everybody has TO drink several
quarts of milk and eat dozen or more raw
eggs every day besides three ordinary
meals. The milk and eggs are taken to-
gether every two hours, from T:30 in the
morning until $50 at night. One of the
patients declares that he has eaten $500
eggs since he arrived.
There are three similar institutions-one
at Fort Bayard. n M which is maintained
by the United States government for the
bcncht OF soldiers ana sailors, anOtfer al
LIano. about 100 miles from Austin. and a
third at Comfort, about thirty miles from
San Antonio.
Old Fort Concho.
Fifty years ago there was a military
trail and line of stage coaches running
from San Antonio to FL Paso across the
desert of Texas. The stages made 500 miles
in seven days with frequent relays of
horses. San Angelo was one of the sta
lions on that route and il IS very near the
geographical center of Texas. To protect
the stages and wagon trains from the
Comanche Indians. the government estab
lished military post here, called Fort
CoDCho. and according to the local tradi-
tons it was the scene of extraordinary
frauds. For example, it is claimed that the
Quartermaster rented a section of $40 acres
of land for a term of years for E2,4O0
year when he could have bought the prop
erty outright for 30 cents an acre Nearly
all the Material for building the post
hauled by wagons from Shreveport. La,
more than a thousand miles, at cost of
more than a million dollars. II is said to
have been the most expensive military post
Gen. Makenzie's great fight with the
Comanches in 1872 nine miles north of
San Angelo. the post was no longer neces-
sary The raids stopped and the In
dams were glad TO be let alone.
TIE old stone houses that were erected
for officers quarters and barracks and all
the other property were sold at auction by
the government and are now owned by
local capitalists. Some of the buildings
are occupied, but the larger number are in
partial ruins.