The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
Cornerstone Of Tuberculosis
Sanftarium Laid Sunday.
-Four Thousand Persons Wit
| ness Building Ceremonies.
MANY STATE OFFICIALS THERE
Governor Hodges Spoke Of
White Plague in Kansas.


Norton. KAN. June. 15.-Nearly
5000 people from Norton, Decatur.
Graham, Phillips and Sheridan coun-
ties attended the laying of the corner
stone for the new state tuberculosis
sanitarium Sunday afternoon. The
onicial ceremonies were in charge Of
the Masonic lodge, under personal d.
rection Of Charles Chandler of To-
peka. grand master. Governor
Hodges, w. e. Brooks, chairman of
the state board Of control, and other
we'll known Kansans were among the
speakers.
For weeks Norton has planned for
the cornerstone laying for the new
sanitarium and the town made the
most Of the opportunities surround
M the celebration. Special train
service from adjoining towns, special
trains to the sanitarium grounds. four
miles east OF the town. and scores Of
automobiles afforded excellent trans
portation facilities for the crowd.
The tuberculosis sanitarium will he
dedicated some time in early Septeiu-
Der and will this fall be opened to tho
public. The hew hospital for the
cure of white plague victims IL To-
Gated on a $40 acre tract almost d.
rectly east of Norton and Is regarded
as one Of the prettiest sites in north
western Kansas. Norton citizens do
mated 100 acres Of the land to the
state and 80 acres additional land was
purchased under direction of the
board of control. With the appro-
priation Of $4,000 by. the 1871 8 legis-
the 240 acre site, but will complete
the first patients cottage, erect q
power house. equip the buildings ana
provide for the maintenance of the
Institution until an appropriation by
the 1915 legislature is available.
Campaign of Education.
Following the laying OF the corner
stone, short speeches were made by
Governor Hodges. w. E. Brooks.
chairman Of the state board Of control.
DR.. J. A. Milligan Of Garnett, former
state senator and author Of the tuber-
Kingman, and L. HI. Thompson of
Norton. DR.. 8. J.-Crumbine, secretary
of the state board Of health. was ac-
corded a place on the regular pro-
gram, but was unable to attend, and
q short talk was made by w. L. Brown
of Kingman, who presided as speaker
OF the house of representatives when
the sanitariuin bill was re-enacted in
1913. The speaking was held IN 2
pital site on the north.
The fight against the white plague
Is a campaign of education, more than
of medical science, declared Chairman
Brooks of the board Of control, in his
building Of the new sanitarium.
More than the total loss Of life in
the sinking of the Titantic is the toll
which Kansas pays each year to the
ravages of the great white plague,
Governor Hodges told the men and
women vino attended the Norton cere-
monies. He urged cooperation in q
campaign for the fight against tuber-
culosis AMI endorsed .~t.~z statements
Of Chairman Brooks that the fight
against the white plague called for a
campaign Of education as we'll as med
ical science. f.s-
when the Titanic struck an, ice
berg. 1900 souls went down, down.
down to watery graves, through the
apparent carelessness and neglect Of
someone" said the governor. "a
great wave of indignation swept over
the country and the world demanded
greater safety for the men and women
and children ON the. high seas. Yet in
their lives each year because Of the
Intellectual fight against the white
plague and we are only beginning to
think about it. The tragedy in Kan
which befell the Titanic, greater be-
cause medical science knows that the
white plague is a communicable dis
ease and one that can be prevented
and cured. Yet we arc hn1y begin
ming to raise oud voice m protest. Ger.
tainly 1t calls for campaign of edu-
cation.
When man or awu1pANst1ssxrick-
en- or the disease cofnrdufifca we
know that 80 per cent. Of them can be
nursed back to health and strength. 1t
was with q high purpose and ideal
therefore. that the legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for q state tuberculosis
sanitarium that our wives and daugh-
ters husbands and sons might be re-
stored to health" IS =
Location Is Ideal.
DR.. c. s. Kenney Of Norton is to be
superintendent of the new tuberculosis
hospital. The ground on which the
hospital is located is at an altitude OF
a little more than ZOO feet. Excellent
water Is provided at a depth of about
IS feet and it is claimed that the To-
cation of the new institution is one of
the best in the state for the fight
against the white plague.
Following his speech at the corner
stone laying, Governor Hodges spoke
Sunday night to q crowd of 1900 peo-
pie in the Norton auditorium The biz
$4,000 auditorium Is a testimonial OF
the thrift and enterprise of the Norton
Commercial club and business men
Seven successive lean years have beer
the record in Norton county. This year
the county will produce two million
bushels OF wheat and the commercial
interests OF the wide awake town are
stored. Yet in the face Of the short
crops, the town has IN q few years
built one of the finest auditoriums in
the state. donated 100 acres of land fol
the tuberculosis hospital and installed
the best white way in western Kansas
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.