The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-02-10
STATE SAN|TOR|UM
ENDOWMENT FUND
Sum Not Quite Raised
To Secure 1t
Must Be Done Before March First, or
the Gift Is of No Avail.

Portland, Me-, Feb. 1.-Two hun
dred thousand dollars in cash for an
endowment fund and $4,000 toward
its present debt have been offered to
the Maine State Sanatorium at He
bron, Me-, by gentleman who Is not
resident Of Maine on condition that
the friends of the sanatorium In
Maine and elsewhere will pay the bal
ance of the debt of the institution,
$4,000 before March LIST
Up to February / all but $4,000 of
this $4,000 had been pledged, In sums
ranging from $1,000 to 81 and this
$4,000 must be raised within about 20
days or this magnificent gift to pub
lie institution in Maine will be lost.
The committee having this matter
in charge has canvassed the State by
letter and by circulars as far as has
been possible for them to do up to
this time and they are now appealing
to the people of Maine to come to the
rescue.
The Maine State Sanatorium was
incorporated in 1900. Since the open
ing of the sanatorium to Novem-
ber 1909, 396 patients have been
treated therein. In BIZ per cent of
these cases, the disease has been ar
rested or in other words cured SO
far as can be determined by the best
medical examination In large per-
centage of additional cases, the case
was so nearly cured when the patient
was discharged, that the patients
have completed the cure after their
discharge from the institution so that
1t Is conservatively to be said that
fully 60 per cent of the patients suf-
fering from this hitherto "incurable"
disease have gone out from this in
stftution to be restored to lines of
usefulness.
Aside from this 60 per cent yet an
other large per cent have been SO far
improved that they have in large
measure resumed their old activities
in life. The public is thus concerned
In this great work not only from a
philanthropic but also from a bust
ness standpoint for each life restored
to the community has a practical
bearing on the welfare of the State
and nation
The institution is of Statewide
benefit. Every county in Maine has
had patients in the Hebron Sanitori-
UNI. There Is no distinction as to To-
cation. Aroostook has had nearly as
many patients there as has Oxford In
which 1t Is located. Every county in
Maine is represented among the 60
patients now in the sanatorium.
The committee feels that there is
no need to urge the cause of the anti
tuberculosis campaign. They hope
that the people of Maine will rally
to this cause and contribute this
| 9Q000 in IN m fl
cent contribution of $4,000 by this
out-of- the State friend of the sana-
torium to its debt and to its endow-
ment.
If this sum Is raised, the debt clear
ed off and this 100000 from the en-
dowment Is secured by gift, the He
bron Sanatorium will be in condition
to devote the interest of this fund
more largely to the help of patients
who are unable in whole or in part
to pay the cost of maintenance at the
sanatorium; will be able to enlarge
its scope; to handle more patients and
thus to advance the cause of human
ity and philanthropy.
The committee therefore appeals to
the people to help.
Send your checks or your cash in
any sum, large or small, to the Port
land Trust Company, Portland, Me.
If the entire sum of $4,000 is not
secured, your money will be returned.
Make your checks payable to the or
der of the Portland Trust Company.
Be prompt in your giving; for 1t is
desirable to close the lists as soon as
possible. The committee urges each
person who reads this to remember
that his gift, large or small, may be
instrumental in securing this great
endowment to an institution that Is
blessing to humanity.
Will you not assist?