La Junta tribune., 1914-02-14
ANNUAL HOSPITAL MEETING
Officers Elected and Interesting Re.
port Made by President Hail.
Quit Clatm Deed Given

GERS were reelected. with the excep-
ton of one director. T c. Coltman
succeeding b. NJ. Spalding in that ca
pacity. The personnel of officers
and directors is now as follows:
President, II. +. Hall: secretary. A.
l.. Stubs. treasurer. II. A. Steen;
directors, II. +. Hall, A l.. Stubbs,
X. A. Steen. NJ. F. Miller. T. c. Colt
man and J. w. Fisher.
During the year 1913 the hospital
received 1870 patients for treatment
three plus, per week. OF this
number us were females and ~
were males. There We're Ill sur
gical cases. 5s medical. 10 obsteteri-
cal. and not given S. The combined
age of the patients was 5.056 years
an average age of a little over 26
years. Thirty-one patients did no,
give their age. The total number Of
days sick was 1896, an average of
little over ten days sickness. La
Junta was given as the place OF resi-
dence OF 1873 patients. and 81 gave
some other city or state as their resi-
dence In other words thiIty-seven
per cent OF the patients were those
who came here from other points for
treatment. The hospital records
show seven deaths during the year.
and the cause OF death In each in
stance was as follows: Blood poison
ing. / pneumonia. /. not given. L.:
intussusception. l broken back, /.
tuberculosis, typhoid pneumonia
/. The deaths show AN average of a
little over three ar cent of the mum
ber OF patients treated. Three OF the
seven deaths occurred within a per
iod of from three to five hours after
hospital. At least ten per cent OF the
number OF patients treated were
charity patients.
A resolution was offered by NJ
+. Miller. which In part is as fol-
lows:
Whereas. Thomas T. Woodruff has
duly transferred To the La Junta
Hospital Association all his claims
for rent derived from the west half
OF the Woodruff block on West
Third street. so that he now has no
claim upon said property for rents.
or any claim whatsoever. and
Whereas, the said transfer was so
made by him to enable the La Junta
Hospital Association to meet the
regular claims for expenses ia run
ming the City Hospital, and pay the
necessary running expenses thereof.
Now, therefore. be II
Resolved. that should there. In
the future. be surplus of funds de-
rived from said property and other
sources OF Income of said aSsocia-
ton. 80 that the entire income from
the property should not be needed by
said association to pay It's necessary
running expenses. that the said sur
plus shall b. paid to the said Thorn
as T. Woodruff. to an amount OF not
To exceed $3.50 per year. NJ provided
In the original transfer Of said prop
crty To said association.
Mr.. Woodruff. In n letter TO the
county commissioners. cited tn. fact
that the west seventy feet OF tn.
Woodruff block on West Third street
had been decided 10 the Ia Junta
City Hospital Association. and tn.
Eift was wholly for charitable pur-
poses for the purpose OF providing an
income to meet the necessary ex-
pcnsr OF the association. and that ia
View Of this he thought th. property
should he exempt from taxation. A.
the additional incotn. failed to pro-
vide sufficient revenue To meet the
expenses OF tn. hospital. Mr.. Wood.
ruff further declared that he d-cid-
ed to increas. his donation by ~aiv-
Ing his reserve right to \ portion Of
the income. such waiver. however. to
b. conditioned upon tn. recognition
by the county officials Of the fact
that this institution II wholly chsri-
table In It's nature. and that no profit
In derived by any one from this pro
p~rty: and that the property. should.
by rights. under the statutes. be
wholly free from taxation.
In accordance with these facts.
with the conditions cited. the county
com missioueru At a recent meeting
passed \ resolution exempting the
west seventy feet Of the Woodruff
block from taxation. and the county
assessor was Instructed TO strike the
property from the tax rolls.
In the future the City Hospital