The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-06-11
a1ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL.

where.
Only one grief was expressed by
any of the Sisters during the after
noon, and that was the cost of ice
in Roswell. In Wisconsin, Sister Bon
face remarked that ice was only ten
cents a hundred-and even that price
in some places they did not have to
pay, as the employees of packing
houses and ice dealers supplied the
ice free as a part of their regular
hospital contribution.
The ten acres of ground surround
ing the hospital is being improved as
rapidly as possible. A reservoir large
| enough to irrigate the grounds is
supplied with water by a windmill
which pumps from an artesian well
the water for hospital uses as well
as keeping the reservoir filled. A fine
garden is growing. one hundred and
fifty shade trees are growing nicely
and a portion of the ground is sown
to bluegrass. An orchard will be put
out next season.
The efforts of the Roswell Com
mercial Club n the contribution of
about five thousand dollars by Ros-
well business men as a guarantee of
good faith has secured this great be
~nevoIent and charitable institution
for the Pecos Valley. and everybody
should appreciate, as most of us do,
the fact that over twenty-five thous-
and dollars will have been expended
by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Moth
er before their plans are completed
for ST. Mary's Hospital.
The laying of the cornerstone of
st. Mary's Hospital was celebrated
Sunday, Dec. 3, 1905, at which time
Hon. H. J. H~agerman, the present
Governor of New Mexico. made the
/ N lllC1pdl duuI SSS- II view VI TIE TACT
that assertions have been made to
the effect that Governor Hagerman
is an enemy of the Catholic church.,
the Record considers this a good time
to quote from his address which was
made before his Inauguration as Gov
ernor:
1T is said that a touch of Nature
makes the whole world kin, and it is
equally true that pity for the suffering
Of our fellow-men eradicates all arti-
fetal distinctions of sect or creed. We
have gathered together here today
to begin a work, which, while under
the management and patronage of
the Catholic church, is to be for the
use and benefit of the whole commu-
hity.
The broad humanity in the care
of the sick and the unfortunate which
is manifested by the great church
which you, Father Herbert, so worth
lily represent\in this community, is a
constant source of admiration to the
Protestant world. There is scarcely a
city or town of any importance in
Europe in which one does not see
your hospitals and other benefcent
institutions, or in which cannot be
found Sisters of Mercy consuming
their unselfish and devoted lives in
the nursing of the sick and sheltering
of the unhappy. They answer to the
call of rich and poor-of Catholic,
Protestant and Greek-animated only
by that spirit of Divine pity which
is the cornerstone of Christianity
in our lives, have not had occasion
10 bless the skill and kindness OF
these self-effacing ministers of mer
cy. Personally. | have reason to re
member them for their kindness tC
Gox Russia. where the Catholics have
for generations, been under most on
erous restrictions. and l dare say that
nearly every one of you have had
some similar experience once or more
! in your lives. Such times we remem
Der with sympathy and gratitude