Arizona republican., 1914-03-18
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George N. MacBean Heads Joint Committee to Work in Securing Great Insti- tuition For the Salt River Valley


 yesterday at a joint meeting of com mittees from Phoenix lodge. No. I0S. Loyal Order of Moose. and the Phoc- nix board of trade. call for d royal reception to Supreme Secretary Will fam Trickett Giles and Mrs. Giles, who arrive here Friday morning in the interest of the proposed Moose Sanitarium. which the local Moose are endeavoring to secure for the Salt River Valley in the immediate vicinity of Phoenix. With members of the order and the membership of the board of trade cooperating, it is felt there is little doubt but that Secretary Giles will report to the su preme lodge the practicability Of choosing site in this section for the proposed institution.
 While the initial expenditure for the proposed sanitarium would mount well into the hundreds of thousands. the ultimate institution would represent an outlay of several millions. It would be an institution with practi- cally unlimited financial backing. for every subordinate Moose lodge in the world would contribute to the upkeep of the sanitarium.
 When the meeting of yesterday aft ernoon was called to order. George X MacBe6n, d member of the board of trade committee as well as of the Moose committee. was chosen as chairman. While the combined com mittees were organized primarily to act as reception committee upon the occasion of the visit of Secretary Giles, it is expected that it would be continued as a permanent joint sani- tarium committee If this is done it will mean that into it's hands would go the work of directing the expen- diture of the large sum of money that must be expended to bring about req lization of the project that has oc- oup;ed the attention of Moose all over the country for many months if not ye9rs.
 When Chairman MacBean had called the meeting to order and stated tae purpose of the gathering, Secre- tary Harry Welch of the board of trade was named as secretary of the committee. It was pointed out that Secretary and Mrs Giles would arrive ir Phoenix Friday morning at 6:45 o'clock and that Governor and Mrs. Hunt had extended an invitation for them to be their guests at breakfast that morning. The committee. in be half of the visitors. accepted the in vitation
 of the board of trade should he called for II o'clock. at which Secretary Giles would be given an opportunity to present the project in its entirety The visitors will be entertained at luncheon at the Hotel Adams at F: 90 o'clock and at o'clock will be taken in autos for tour of the valley and an inspection of the available sites for the sanitarium
 The really big event of the day will be the mass meeting to be held Tn the evening at 7:30 at the Arizona School of Music. at which the public, which includes everybody interested in the project of bringing the big insti- tuition to this section. is cordially in vited to attend Upon the occasion of this mass meeting. w. Paul Geary will act as chairman and the speak CTS will include Governor Hunt, Dr. H. A. Hughes, Dr. J. w. Foss and Secretary Giles.
 In the time that interVenes between now and the hour of the mass meet ing every member of the Moose lodge in Phoenix will boost for d record breaking attendance at the meeting. In speaking of the plant to erect sanitarium that will rank with the greatest in the world, both in size and the scope of it's work, one of the officers of the lodge said yesterday:
 The Moose have made for them selves at least one universal reputa- ton, and that is that We do things. This project of d sanitarium for mcm- bers of the order who may have been unfortunate enough to contract the disease has been taken up by the grand lodge with the regular Moose vim and vigor and something will be done forthwith.
 We believe that the conditions here are just what they should be for the establishment of q home of the sort and there is this difference between it and all other similar homes, that We will not wait until d brother has developed the disease badly before sending him out. We propose to stamp the great white plague out of Moosedom at any rate and to do it by sending ailing brothers to the sanitarium before the disease has made any inroads in their vitality
 We shall try to get a tract of mot less than 1000 acres within easy reach Of Phoenix and thereon erect such buildings as the best medical authorities in the country may recom- mend, and we are not going to have work and exercise in the open air will be the limit of treatment re- quired, although of course such work and exercise will be taken under the direction of resident physicians. It is our thought to bring the members out here just as soon as it is certain that the disease has been contracted of Phoenix and later shot and killed by young lawyer named Stevenson, who sought to prevent his escape from prison. Two stage robneries near the city during the same week added variety to the excitement which from it's very prevalence promised to