The daily sentinel., 1909-02-18
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN PROJECT
The Fight Against tuberculosis.
Made by the Modern Woodmen.
VIII Prove Most Effective
Movement

several hundred members, of the
great order of the Modern Wood
men of America. These as well
as the general public are inter-
ested in the manner in which the
famous sanatorium at Colorado
Springs is to be conducted.
At the last meeting of the ex-
ecutive council of the Modern
Woodmen society, held at the
headquarters of the society i'm
Rock Island, ILL.,, il was decided
to conduct that society's sana-
torium, located at Colorado
Springs, Colo, for the treatment
of members afflicted with tuber-
culosis, free of all charge To
members.
The Modern Woodmen society. sew
eral months since, acquired 1,3SO
acres of land within seven miles of
Colorado Springs, and has establish
ed thereon an up-to-date sanatorium
the tent colony plan being employed.
he first colony was opened for the
reception of patients on Jan l, 1909.
II is equipped to care for 60 patients,
to which number admissions will be
limited for the present
The tents are octagonal structures,
with shingle roofs. canvas sides. hard
wood floors on solid cement founda-
tions, heated by central plant
equipped with all modern conven-
fences, such as telephones. etc. and
each tent will accommodate one pa
tient. An administration building
for physicians, nurses, dining hall,
baths of all kinds, etc, stands in the
center of the colony.
DR.. j. Il. White, formerly of the
Nordrach ranch sanatorium. the med
ical director in charge, states that
only those consumptive members who
are durable, or whose lives may be
prolonged for a considerable length
of time, will be admitted as patients.
The wisdom of tnis rule is apparent.
Rigid medical examination as a con-
dition precedent to admission will be
insisted upon in every case. and spe-
cial blank forms have been prepared
for this purpose.
A movement is already under way
to equip the second colony plant of
60 tents. Each tent or tent house,
completely equipped, represents an
expense of $3.50, and number of
local Camps, or lodges, of the society
have decided to donate tents. AS
there are over 5000 local Camps of
Modern Woodmen, and over .000,-
600 members, it is anticipated that
several colonies will soon be equip
ped in this way.
The members and local Camps of
the society have voluntarily contrib
uted to the sanatorium fund over
$4,000. and at the last national
convention a permanent tax of ten
cents per member per year was voted
to the support of this work.
The last official Woodmen reports
show that during the years 1891
1907, inclusive, lab per cent of the
total mortality, or 3. sc deaths. were
charged TO tuberculosis, and that 1873
per cent of the total insurance losses
in those years, or S9.065.000, result
experience of the Woodmen society
has been unusually favorable. being
but 30 per cent of the expected at all
ages under the National Fraternal
congress table, death rate of but
t6.29 per 1,000-or but i.9S per l.
900, If the experience of the first five
membership years be included-the
heavier insurance losses inflicted
upon other societies experiencing a
higher mortality may be conservative
| ly approXimated.
If the Woodmen society, with its
exceptionally favorable mortality.
finds it to be Good business" to
fight consumption in this way. why
| should not other fraternal societies,
! life insurance companies, labor or
| ganizations, the national and inter
national church bodies, etc. find it
profitable. from the viewpoint of
business or benevoleuce, or both, to
take such action?
Each life saved to the Woodmen
society, by means of this sanatorium,
will, il is stated. represent a saving
of S1,700-the average amount OF
the Woodmen policies in force-at an
expense for treatment of approxi-
mately one-twentieth of that sum. In
the broader sense, each life saved
means the preservation to the family
of its head and bread-winner. and to
the state of useful, self-sustaining
citizen.