The daily sentinel., 1909-06-26
THE MODERN WOODMEN Of AMERICA
TUBERCULOSIS SANATOR|UM DESCRIBED
N/HEN Completed According to Plans Adopted VIII be
~ Greatest Institution of its Kind in the Word-To be
Composed of Colonies of 60 Tents EachLocated Col
orado Springs Grand Junction Man Who There Writes
Description for The Daily Sentinel.
SAM @. SLOANE.

making marked Improvement and
are well on the road to final and
complete recovery. and, excepting a
few in whom the disease has so far
advanced before coming here that
recovery is impossible, all are maxi
ing satisfactory improvement, 1t is
wonderful the rapid improvement
that is made in those in whom the
disease has not advanced so far as to
make recovery impossible. The only
well founded hope of recovery the
unfortunate victim of tuberculosis
has is in early diagnosis of the dis
ease and prompt action in those
things tending to a cure.
The patients now in the institution
represent nearly every section of the
cou ntry, several nationalities. num-
erot occupations. and various ages
from the minor of 9 to the veteran
of the civil war of '65. The average
age is 30 years, s months and is
days. The states represented are as
follows with the number from each:
Indiana ., Minnesota 3, Iowa 6. llli
nois IL, Missouri 2, New York 3,
Ohio ?, North Dakota .. Michigan 3,
oklahoma .. Kansas g. Nebraska .,
and Washington, Colorado, Delaware.
South Dakota, Vermont, Tennessee,
New Mexico, Oregon and Maine /
mans 9, Swedes 6. English 4, Scotch
Irish ,, and French. Welch, Dane,
Norwegian. Scotch and Russian He
brew |. Forty-four are native and
sixteen are foreign born. Thirty-five
are married. l 6 are single and 6 are
widowers. The occupations are rep
resented by 13 farmers. clerks. 3
merchants, machinists. 3 laborers,
> carpenters, telegraph operators,
: newspaper men, electricians, .
teachers. and l each of liveryman,
, broker. government inspector, drug
gist, oil driller, cigar maker. glass
blower, printer, motorman. doctor,
cook, paper hanger, miller, cutler,
lawyer. bookkeeper. real estate deal
er, butcher, barber, buyer. 1t will
be seen from the foregoing that the
farmer, whose occupation has pop
ularly been thought to be the most
healthful. furnishes the greatest
number of patients. And ii will be
noted. also. that the occupations rep
resented are numerous and varied.
The great institution being the
conception of and being built by the
Modern Woodmen of America. of
course only members of the order in
good standing are admitted. and at
present only beneficiary members
are admitted. but later on. as the ca
pacity is increased. the management
hope to admit social members also
And it is further hoped that in time
they will be able to admit members
of the immediate family of Wood
men. But as yet this is only hope
To gain admission to the sana-
torium the applicant is furnished
blanks TO be filled out by his home
physician and these are returned to
the medical director, who. after eX-
amining and passing on them, noti-
flies the applicant whether or not he
| is acceptable. Only presumably cur
able cases are admitted. as the in
stitution is not intended as hospital
| for those who have no chance or hope
| of recovery. To admit the incurable
would be to work a hardship on them
and also on some durable cases. as it
would hasten the death of the incur
able to bring him to this altitude
and climate and at the same time it
would prevent the curable from com
ing on account of the place being
filled by the incurable This course
is simple justice to all. as it prevents
hardship and fastening of death to
those who cannot get well and gives
the durable ones chance for their
| lives.
OF the patients now here great
Improvement has been made. one
has already been discharged appar-
emily cured and within a few weeks
1t is thought some twenty more will
be ready for discharge in like condi-
tion. The medical director states
that he believes that of the sixty now
here fifty will be able to make an
apparent cure which is the best that
can be promised, for a cure cannot
be sure till after a year and half
or two years have passed in good
health with no signs of a return of