El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
FOR The
BABIES IN
SUMMER
Sanatorium For Infants a.
Cloudcroft Seems Assured
For the Coming Summer.
A GREAT RESORT
FOR LITTLE ONES

Popular in its heart appeal, the slo-
gan, Save the babies" is meeting with
a ready response from the citizens of
IL Paso.
A baby sanatorium at Cloudcroft for
the care and treatment of the little
children OF FL Paso and the southwest
now seems assured. Business men.
professional men. ministers and corpor-
alton officers are pledging their sup
port TO such a movement, and are
fering substantial assistance 10 the
cause OF healthy. happy babies. a meet
ing of the committee OF five will be
held Monday afternoon to organize l.
movement and launch an active cam
paign for the baby haven among
pines.
Physicians are pledging themselves
TO support the cause, both with their
means and time The business men say
there is no doubt but what a sum suf-
flcfent for erecting the sanatorium in
the clouds could be secured without
any further solicitation than a plain
statement Of the conditions here and
the results TO be, accomplished. The
ministers of the city are also getting
behind the movement
number of donations of lumber and
other building materials are expected,
and in many cases the dealers will sell
at cost, as their donation to the cause
OF healthy babies.
A low rate can be secured over the
Southwestern route for shipping ma
terials TO the mountains, and the actual
cost of the building, fully equipped for
the care of infants suffering from the
disease popularity called summer com
plant" will not exceed $4,000. OF this
amount 20 men have virtually agreed to
give 500 each. Others will donate sim
liar sums, and ythe cooperation of
80 public spirited FL Pasoans, a resorl
for the little ones can be provided which
viii be the equal of any in the United
States
Doctors Views
DIR. Herbert z. Stevenson has center
ed his enthusiasm on the baby sana-
forum. "As far back as 1886 and ISx
when / first came to FL Paso, families
were going from Ysleta, then the coun-
ty seat, 10 the Sacramento mountains
IN order to give their children the ben
eft Of the cool, invigorating mountain
air." DR.. Stevenson said Even sooner
than that. the indians are known la
have left their children at High Rolls
and around Mountain Park, when they
went on the warpath. and healthier
race OF children never existed thai
Then the old White Oaks, later called
the Ell Paso & Northeastern road, bull
e logging road up to Cloudcroft ami
built the lodge there. AS a social cen
ter for the summer, the place attracted
: considerable local attention. After a
few seasons the heads of families in FL
Paso began to realize the value of the
resort as a place for rearing children
during the summer months.
They built cottages there and made
it annual custom TO go there with
their families and spend the summer
among the pines. II became wider
known as the value of the place fo;
children became more generally adver-
tised- AS cure for summer diseases
which cause an awful mortality among
infants in the southwest, the place
gained a wide reputation until it was
soon known in all part of the south
west.
II know of one case where littI
fellow was taken to Cloudcroft on
pillow, too weak to open his eyes, II
was so sick with the intestinal disease
so prevalent among children here
When the pine belt was reached, he
opened his eyes and said. Big trees
and from that time on he continued to
get better until he returned in the fall
a picture of health, and he is one of
the finest boys in Ell Paso today. The
same thing has happened hundreds of
times right here in Ell Paso, and / know
of dozens of cases in my own personal
experience where Cloudcroft has saved
the lives Of the little ones. Ii is 4
baby's heaven up there"