The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-21


mites of the Commercial club and
the Albuquerque Moose lodge. who
will entertain them during their stay
In the city and furnish them the In
formation they are seeking regarding
climatic and general conditions In
Albuquerque an6 vicinity.
These three men. ala nationally
prominent In the work OF the Moose
fraternity. are charged with the duty
OF recommending To the Grand Lodge
"a location Tor the proposed Moose
sanitarium for members OF the or
der afflicted with tuberculosis. ana
for the construction OF which the
Grand Lodge has voted Co appropri-
ate the sum of $4,000. coo. The COM
mittee Is now making tour of tho
Rocky Mountain region la some part
Of which Il has been determined Ia
place the great institution Already
they have inspected several cities
which have been suggested as loca-
tions for the saniiarium. coming dl-
rect to Albuquerque from Prescott
Ariz. which Is one OF the numerous
candidates,
The committee had expected TO
and at meeting Of arrangements
committees In the Commercial Clup
last night careful plans for the en-
tertainment of the COMMITTEES wero
formulated. These plans were to-
tally disarranged this morning when
a telegram was received from Mr..
MeGee snnounelng the Frisal Of the
committee this afternoon The club
quickly re-organised their plans and
when the train bearing the commit
teemen reached Albuquerque this az
trrnoon the visitors we're welcomed
by u committee OF some fifty direc-
tors and members OF the Commercial
club ana officers and members Of the
'ioose lodge
The visitors were conducted at
once To the Alvarado hotel where
luncheon was served They were ar-
companled at the meal by Or r. l..
I liust, dictator Of the local Moose
lodge Dr W r. salmon. Dr A. q.
shortle Of the Shortie sanltarium, G.
o. cushman. J r. Herndon. John
Ice Clarke directors OF the CONNER
i cial club, and others.
| Immediately following luncheon
the visitors were taken To- battery
OF automobiles which had been as
sembied hy Mayor Sellers. and start
cd on H tour of tho city and vicinity
In course of which they will visit tho
various sanitariums and a number of
sites which have been suggested as
available for the Moose institution.
u Is expected that the automobile
| trip viii occupy the visitors until
quite late this afternoon.
/ Plans for this evening and tomor-
row have heen left 90 the visitors
" no. while they desire to make their
Inspection here as rapidly ~ posi-
hle. still wish to make It a thorough
one. II IL likely that they viii re-
main here an day somorrow. IN
which event a. gathering Of business
mon viii he arranged Tor the COM
mcrrial club for tomorrow after
noon. The members of tho commit
tee. however. were not ready 20 say
definitely whether or not they could
I remain an of tomorrow. leaving that
20 be determined by how much could
hc accomplished this afternoon
| Should they remain the plans for
I their enterta inment tomorrow will be
announced tomorrow morning
ours is strictly a business trip"
said Mr McGee tp Herald reporter
i this afternoon We are charged
with considerable duty In recon-
nruding the hcation of the Moose
sanitarium. ana what we are seeking
Ia do b. 20 make "a thorough inNesti-
CATION IN every city aud Of every site
in every city which seems available.
4 While We wish 90 conclude our work
as quickly ~ possible, we do not
wish to boz unduly hasty and win give
an the time ia Albuquerque that
seems necessary 20 us and 10 those
in charge of us while here
AT Prescott. where We we're yea
terday We arrived an noon aud COM
pleted our inves3iAati0u very salts
iactorily by midnight n may re-
quire more time here our intention
had been to ret ~ Alhuqucrque next
/ Thursday. but the floods in Callfor-
MIA totally destroyed the schedule
We had planned' hence our sudden
change la dates"
At the start this afternoon tho
party went first 20 the mesa. where
considerable time was spent They
also visited the sanitaria and VIII be
taken over the city aud az far up
and down the valley as possible Fol
lowing the dinner tonight az the Al
Vand0, the program during the re-
mainder OF their stay here win rest
with the wishes Of the committees
men.