Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-02
SEVEN THOUSAND
HEALTHSEEKERS 60
TO SOUTHWEST
Expert testimony Says Fifty
Percent of TubercuIar VIC
Tins Seek Sunshine Land
When II Is Too Late,
Morning journal Bureau.
Ga Munsey Building,


$500
Expert testimony is that more than
1000 persons afflicted with tubercu-
losis annually go from the east 10 die
in California, Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas and Colorado. OF these cases
at least fifty per cent are SO Ear adj
vanecd as TO be hopeless in any cli-
mate.
More painful still Is the statement
That At least sixty per cent Of these
hopeless hoalth-seokers are too poor
10 nuy the necessities Of life and face
the alternative of charity or starVa-
sion. There are painful tales Of con
sumptiycs dying upon trains. The re-
sources OF charitable organizations in
the far west and southwest are drain
cd every year by these demands.
Hence IL Is urged that consumptives
in the east remain NJ home for treat
mcnt, especially as It has been shown
that the disease can be cured or avert
cd with proper care in any part OF the
country.
Or Waiter FeHkes. president OF the
meteorological society OF Washing
ton, who spent last July ana August
nj the head of an expedition sent out
by the head of an expedition sent out
purpose OF %excavating ehd restoring
cliff dwelling In southern Colorado
and New Mexico. delivered an Illus
trated lecture here last evening on
The Preservation Of Clin Dwellings"
before q large audience ut the George
Washington university.
Dr. Fewkes lecture WAS confined
largely to descriptions Of two Of the
largest clir dwellings known In his
rountry-Spruce Tree house, IN New
Mexico, and chr palace. in southern
Colorado. Numerous slides from pho
toHruphs taken before and after tho
excavations of these relies ana the
lecturers graphic description proved
of great Interest.
pr Fewkes' party found The two
puohlos In which they worked ia m
almost hopeless stato Of wreckagc,
Wherever necessary to prevent fur
Their d~isintepration by the elements,
the looms were restored by means of
stone and mortar, but ~ a rule the
places were not changed further than
by the excavations In Clif palace, the
largest Of the pucblos visited, the
party found evidences 81 great pro-
ficieney in stone-eutting and masonry,
With the aid Of the Cuban director
Of posts the pustoftice department has
succeeded In holding the sale of Gu
bnn lottery tickets IN the United
States 10 "a minimum. About nifty
communications from persons and
concerns In this country, ordering
tickets or making inquiry to the Gu
ban national lottery, nave been trans
mltted TO the postoftice department by
the Cuban government.
When money is sent by persons in
this country for Cuban lottery tickets
the money IS returned to the sender
BY the Cuban officials with n state
mont that II Is a violation Of the post
al laws of the United states to trans
NIT matters relating to lotteries
through the mails when the post
ofic" department receives Information
that persons or concerns IN Cuba are
vending matter such az tickets. circu-
lars. newspapers or advertisements TO
this country the Cuban authorities are
notified SO action can be taken TO pre-
vent Il.
When the Cuban director Of posts
visited Washington early in September
he called on Postmaster General
Hitchcock, and on behalf OF the Cu-
ban government agreed 10 cooperate
with this department IN enforcing the
postal laws of this country relating to
lotteries by having published in the
newspapers and In various 9TH
az ways notices regarding the lottery
stqtutce of the Emitted states. In ad-
dition 90 this the cuban officials
agreed to notify this department of all
h'IFNhf or concerns ordering tickets
or making inquiry relative e. the Gu
ban lottery. The Interest displayed By
tho Cuhun officials 10 aid this depart
mont has been OF very great value.
and if ~ believed that thr sttaution In
Wcll tn hand to prevent the snic of
lottery tickets va this country
All portmasteTs. railway mail clcrks
anu other postal employees engaged Ia .
the handling Of mail have been ad- !
tiscd 20 observe closely the section OF
Vac postal lHNs tbd regulations con-
.einlnr tho treatment 90 matter re-
lating to lotteries