The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-31
SANITARIUM IN
UPPER PENINSULA
Site Near Trout Lake for Tuber-
cUi0siS hospital

An organization 20 aid in the fight
against tuberculosis is beng formed
IN DeIroU, with the avowed purpose
Of establishing colony for white
plague sufferers in the upper penmsu-
"a. says the Detroit News ribune \
65-aOre tract of land on the shore OF
trout LaNc, halI a mile from the VII
IA OF the same name. is the site pro-
posed tor the san.arium and cottages
10 bc erected as auAu4aI! hospitals.
The organization VIII Dc n,orporat-
"a unucr the laws of .dicn.gan. 1t Wll
be -prplit-shdr.ng enterprise, in
v hich ali surplus, # there be any. WIN
be ueyoted 10 The interests OF the
colony. Twenty thousand dollars is the
sum set as necessary to get the pro-
position wei under way. The Detroit
News has subscribed $1,000 toward the
project winch one OF ITS representa-
tvcs has investigated
Ten days after the pur, base OF the
property the snnitar,um VIII be in op-
crauon II IS ALREADY built. having been
erected 10y Or. r. -. Foru, who came
from Wisconsin for that PURPOSE, Sc
a tins the trout Lake prop &c an
!Goul s.to for & tuberculosis insttu-
ton. \ number OF pat,c1ts were at
tracted 20 the institution, but the death
of In t,rd put al cnd to the project.
AIRS } ora Wlhzed the bdlang for
hotel FOR Il tine
Option Is Taken.
An option on the trout Lake prop
orty has been taken by Dr. James y.
CARRIER, OF Lincoln and Kirby avenues.
aud r. ". Newton, yicc-prcsident of
the Citizens Savings bank of MI
Clemens. he option was taken not
with any desire to sell stock or make
money out Of the enterprise but to aid
IA th- dsht It ainst consumption. The
DC, tsiou TO ne out the Trout Lase
huild.n vas arrived at after perusal
Ct the report of pr r T.. Dixon, Sec
rotary Of the state board OF health, re
gardng the prevalence OF tho disease
IN the state and city of Detroit,
To care for the alarmingiy large
number If white plague victims the
state mas but one institution, the
uoWcll state sar2tCrium, which has
but SIS beds. The Detroit tuberculosis
sanitarium has about 90 beds. which
are nearly always al occupied
To supplement Che beds III the Col
oniol Sanitarium, as it is proposed to
call the Trout Lake Institution. The
organiser hope that fralcrnal socio-
tes, churches, manufacturing concerns,
private individuals or any others VII
build cottages on the property. These
cottages, which can be erected at u
cost OF about $3.50 caOh, will be used
TOR the care Of su,h persons as are
able TO care for themselves Sixty acres
If LAND is available for such cotta-cs.
No Money Waste,
The sanitarium will he operated at
he minimum expense. Dr. CARRIER and
MIR. Newton have borne the preliminary
expenses, There viii he ~ salaries at
hr Colonial ssanitarium except FOR
DOCTOR and nurse. vi officers viii
serve without pay. Or. Newton has
volunteered I'D act as trustee until the
project is under way, then to resign IN
avor # Younger man Or. CARRIER is
Wiling to serve in that capacity At
orncy Albert McClatchey, 40 Com
aycuuC will act as counsel
or the organization without pGy.
T. supplement The institution itself
( Is PROPOSED 10 establish = store at
yhch staple articles OF food may bo
purchased az cost. Cows and chi,k ens
o furnish fresh milk butter and eggs
sill be kept on the property. Free
I6sturage can be procured IN a nearby
woods. ana hay may De had fer the
-itting. Two acres adjoining the SAN
tarlum are now under cultivation ana
ire voly fertile They viii be used to
aise potatoes and other vegetables. No
ont will be- charged for the Gotta cs,
ma the egss, milk and butter will
,e furnished free. Sanitarium care
sill be given free when the patient
: unsble to ray. No fixed charge
VIII be made In any case the patient
,eing expected TO make such recon-
,enso as he is able. Medical attend
.ncc VIII be free with = phy stefan and
nurse always available
Ths location.
Trout Lake, where the banitorlurn is
ocated is situated about zoo miles
iorth Of Estroit. BEING one nikhts ride
rom that city. II is about % miles
rom az rsnace in rolling country