El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-23
Committee Seeking Location
for 100000 Hospital
Visits FL PasO.

There is a possibility that FL Paso
NAV get the 100000 proposed ma
tional tubercular sanatorium planned
b, the Loval order Of Moose. 1t is al
most definitely decided that the sana-
forum VIII be bulit somewhere IN Inc
southwest The committee having the
location of the sanarorlum IN charge Is
inclined tow ards tle soutt ~" es' &C.
In the search for the site OF What Is
MANNED to be the greatest Iuper GUAR
sauatorium in the world the colnllLIIees
cOmDosed OF Charles a. A. 4dCGSS' u
San Diego, Calf, chairman Dr. L.
L. Roos. member Of the healtn COM
mission OF New York, and FRANK j..
Mouohan. dictator Of the moose !Ou8s
OF San Francisco. CALI arrived IN Il
PasO Sunday morning. Ut elk -elll!,54
and Guurher Leasing met Ihe commit
res AT the union station ana IN an auto
mobile the visitors were taken over
Inc CITY and down the valley. sunday
rfeht the committee were guests at a
dinner given at the Hotel Paso gel
Pcased with Ell Paso's Climate.
I'VE came to Ell Paso," said Mr.. NC
Gee because Of Ell Paso cllmauc az
vautagcs. Ell PasO is wOndeI1uI Guy
and q thriving metropolis. The Ele-
phanr Butte project is going. 10 solEe
> big problem. Albuquerque mas noun
ing i'm the way of irrigation except I4l9
Rio Grande and that is not oependasIGIe.
Of q large acreage Wnere we can Ie e1i9s
our own agricultural products; i ne l
land necessary may be from 1OOV 10
~ ,.Tbe total cost Of the proposed
sanatorium, including the land may
reach S2,O0O,OO0. 1t depends in a meas
IRE whether we adopt the dormllOIy VI
the cottage system. The commlJLee 4s
inclined to the cottage system. re
Gently at Aurora Ill, we estaDusneQ q
Moose vocational training school TOT
the young. we have 100 acres there.
Need for Health Conservation.
1--WE feel that the nations greatest
need is the conservation OF the healLu
of its men and women StatiSJlcS snow
that persons between the ages OF ~
and IS are in the majority OF cases SUD
ject to pulmonary tuberculoslS. nat =
the most productive age men anu
women should be conserved and that -
the idea we are starting out VIII
There is q tremendous economic was Ue
somewhere. I think 1t is quesllon q
rest food and climatic environment
The committee may make It's deIln1Le
report March u. 1t may take longer
than that"
The committee as whole mad no tn
ing but praise for FL Paso. II 1elt
Sunday night for Santa Fe and Las We
as. n al Colorado Springs ana Den
yer will be among the places Nlslted;
Before the committee makes ~ Ina
raDOrt the Rocky mountain DIVISION
southern California, Arizona sew
NeEico ana Colorado viii have been
visited.
The Order Of Moose.
The Loyal Order Of Moose mas 9Iys-
Geo members. assets Of S3,50O,OOe IN su-
meme and subordinate lodges, and an
annual income of 100000 At Moose
heart. Illinois, near Aurora, the orqeI
has an industrial school and nome aIso
q home for the aged, for WIDOWS ana OK
Dhans. ana in support Of this lnstILu-
ton each of the $4,000 members con
tributes 81 per year The order last
wear distributed 100000 in beneLlJs-
Tho official magazine Of the Moose has
circulation OF 100000 copies. The
Moose order is one Of the largest and
strongest Of the fraternal organiza-
lions.