Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-10
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
THE FRATERNAL SANlTARIUM
And the Inside History as to Causes Which Brought
Out It's Location at Las Vegas.-An Open Letter
on Subject to Editor Of The Optic.


closed onon pifof iO tho las Vegas
Optic. hy Mr. No0dy. former socfe.
iay of tho National Fiaiernal Anao.
station. has been sent io me f0r cof.
1iicailan. and having been oite ~ ihf
orlFinal charter members IN ihHi aaeo.
citation an6 perfectly Familiar with
an tht plans and Intentions Of tho
committee, can verify ovofy word
Oi Mr Mnody'a statements
ThCfe were thro uf the committee
whose first choice iur the location
Was uominR and Second Choico Ala,
moeOrdu. bui the selection uf either
place Wuid have been satisfactory 60
3 majority of ihe committee iaa
NoNa was not seriously considered
until hCr iho offer hy Ias NoFaa
and ihn Annin Fe nllrcnd people 1f
what one or two of the committee
considered q magnificent endowment.
And. aa fho prop aiiuu iu Eiff iho
association this monumental elephant.
ciean. and clear. with no strings io
tho committee, the committee believed
that they could utilize the property
ri least until ihoy could give thai lo-
saian iair irsf-nnd in c1ac they
should find the location not woil
adapted io che treatment and cure Ui
cousumpilvos. that they could later
am secure a more desirable location
where they could have q mlider ell
mate. better railroad facilities, pure
uafcr and more general healthful
conditions an these conditions wcfc
known 90 exlw as poming. and no
other lucailon was ever considered by
the nrsi OrHanigniion~-in faa, the
chief surgeon. first president and sec
Rotary OF the oreariss,iou. Visited
nemine, and fQsaisBs announced.
publicly. that Defining was the place.
ana accepted from ncminF a grant %
land. upon which the location Waa iO
have boon made
a. was not. until the reorganization,
nnd a new committee was appointed
THAI any oLior location was thpuga
uf. and hig change of heagt only
came about aiior Ahmngordo and
Las VEGAS commenced bidding against
each other Tor the prlfc-bui nniWlih
standing the magnificent olicfa of
these rival candidates. D majority %
the COMMITTEES we've still loyal 80 Dom
ing. end only af last Hccracd 90 tho
chanue. when ID hoCame evident that
ncl tn d1 40 mirht crCafo q rupture
among the fralcrniuos, which might
I be- aiai. ] WA called in thc last
conference % mo committee, before
Inc decision and the matter was fully
discussed, and while / was perfectly
coEnizani that they wtgc making q
great mistake set under the condi
tl ms then existing ! could not 500
that the committee could do otherwise
than they asa. and I 80 stated d to
Nessfs. Eidson, Mnyhold scnlaily and
Moody Warner not teinE present
| I had worked faithfully for two yean
I 10 get .he location al DcminE. and ii
waa sore disappointment in me Oh
axe others ronn The reward of nay
labor. was ono of the original
charter members. and was the solo
means 81 getting thr location confined
I Go the torrii ry of New Mexico. bul
when I saw thc position .n which
+ one committee was placed J did rot
hesitate. to approve of thceir oc'iOn
I had known at beast four 0f enc
I committee for "a long time. some %
I them very Intimately and knew
them to bc men, n1t only OF ability
/ ana resources, hut mon whose mora
character and intogrliy were above fe
/ rroaoh ! repeat now whnt ! nav,
/ siways before contendcd, that what
ever may ho ihe outrOmc Of one OF ih'
greatest movements Got humanity tha
WIS ever lnatignraiod in this country
THAT thia cummitte should reccivv un'
1laudua nf an ecnd mon n the aeao
citation shall be- a success. and should
ho held biamolcaa 10 " falls and q
la4 events should have the credit fol
I the purely unseiflah end Humanitarian
efforts which they have made
FAIR PLAY.