The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1912-01-25
The Cooperative Hospital.

McCook needs a public hospita.
This is an evident fact to every
one interested in the progress
and u%pbulding Of our city.
About two years ago several OF
the influential and energetic peo-
pie of the city began to devise
plans by which they might inter
est the public in the establishing
and equipping of a modern hos
pital. Continued hard times and
so many other public improve
ments requiring donations and
subscriptions in order to insure
their completion being urged up
on the people, they concluded it
would be a hardship to the citi-
zens of McCook to ask them to
contribute funds for the purpose
of building and equipping a hos
pital at that time, and the mat
ter was allowed to rest.
After the terrible wreck at In
dianola many of these same peo-
pie keenly felt the remOrse we
could not avoid, ON account of
not having a place to care for a
single one of the injured persons.
When the wreck occurred, notice
was immediately wired to head
quarters, a relief train with doc
tors and nurses was hurried from
MeCook, and after they had fin
ished their work, they were conn
PEELED to send even our own cit
liens who were injured to Cam
bridge, Holbrook and Holdrege,
because McCook, the division
headquarters and largest city in
southwest Nebraska had no place
to care for a single one of them.
This would have been the case if
the wreck had occurred within
the McCook yards.
Smarting under the remOrse of
our inability to do anything for
the relief of the injured, and
feeling a desire to do something
to prevent another occurrence of
that kind, a number of our enter
prising ladies have determined ito
make AN attempt to start a nue.
leus around which they hope in
time to build a modern hospital
which will be a credit to -ourcity.
With this end in view, they are
asking the good people of Nc
Cook to assist them in their no.
BILE work.
The amount they ask is not
much, five hundred dollars sub
scribed will enable them to Sc
cure and equip a small building
which will be sufficient to start
with; while many of the individ-
ual citizens, %fraternal societies
and churches of our city, have ex
pressed a willingness to furnish
free all the rooms that will be re-
quired for at least a year.
In order to secure a mainten-
ance fund, they have arranged
for and prepared a membership
card, which they offer for one
dollar per month for twelve
months, or ten dollars, if paid
in advance. This will entitle you
and your wife if married, or
yourself if not married, to twelve
weeks privileges In the hospital,
in case of accident or sickness,
without further hospital charges.
This is simply insurance against
the high cost of being properly
cared for in case of misfortune.
Also by taking advantage of this
in your own behalf, you are help
ing some one else, who perhaps,
is not so fortunate as yourself.
The soliciting committee have
made a partial canvas, and have
received generous encouragement
finding a large majority of the
of the business men of the city
interested in the work.
The secretary is unable to pub
lish a full list of the subscribers
on account of all of them not hav
ing been turned in, but hopes to
be able to do so next week.
Publicity Committee.