Weekly journal-miner., 1915-01-13
SANTTARIUM MAY
 BE LOCATED HERE
Erom Thnrsdav's Dailvl

(frOm nurSday Oally)
 Many members Of the Moose lodge in Prescott believe that the building of the Granite Creek dam by the Hassayampa Alfalfa Farms Company means the location of the Moose tu- berculosis sanitarium at Prescott. One of the prominent members of the local lodge stated yesterday that ii the institution is landed for Pres colt it meant the spending of one and one-half million dollars in construc- ton work alone.
 Asked why the building Of the dam referred to had anything to do with the project, he stated that the men at the head of the Hassayampa Al falfa Farms Company are high up in the circles of the Moose order and that they had made the proposition some months ago. before the re-or' ganization of the old Arizona Land and Irrigation Company, to donate lands for the purpose of such sani- tarium if the lodge would locate the institution here. Asked if that propo- sition still held good with the new company he declared it did, and talk ed as though the construction of the dam settled the. question so far as the location of the sanitarium is con- cerncd.
 Further inquiry elicited the infor- nation that the Moose order has de termincd to build tuberculosis sani- tarium for the benefit of its mem bers who are afflicted with that dreaded disease all over the United States, and is only waiting for the determination of a location in Ari- zona. When the lodge adopted a resolution and made arrangements for the appropriation of money for such an institution, a committee was appointed to determine the compara tive value of climatic conditions in a number of states with reference to the cure of tuberculosis. This com mittee reported that the Arizona eli mate was the best known in the United States for afflicted tubercular patients, and later the particular eli mate of this section of the state was recommended. After this report the committee commenced preliminary investigations with the view of se- curing the gift of a site for the pro- posed sanitarium, and the Arizona Land and Irrigation Company made an offer to furnish sufficient land tc accommodate an institution of the character proposed. This company failed in many of its plans, however and the development of its enterprise was delayed until quite recently when the company was re-organized, new name adopted and work on its holdings started, all indebtedness having been liquidated, facts which are familiar to the Prescott public And since the re-incarnation oi this company the local order of Moose has had in mind the carrying forward of that sanitarium enterprise, it hay ing been stated that the national headquarters is also determined to push the same if the site is granted according to promise.
 It is understood that the proposed sanitarium is to be the greatest ot its character in the world. A num- Der of cottages are to be built in connection with the main building and laboratory, the whole to be equipped with the most modern ia cilities for fighting the white plague that arc known to science. It is stated that between fifteen hundred and two thousand acres of land will be necessary for such an enterprise, and this is the amount of territory the company has proposed to donate.