The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-29
Deal Practically Closed for
Institution Here.
Committee Decides on 1000
Acres, Martins Hill.
LODGE TO SPEND $4,000
1t Buys 700 Acres and Topeka
Donates 800.
One of Most Beautiful Loca.
lions in the Country.

Topeka as the site of the big half
million dollar home and hospital of
the Knights and Ladies of Security is
practically certain, according to an
nouncement made today by w. A.
Biby, national treasurer. The an
nouncement follows a meeting of the
Knights and Ladies of Security COM
mission appointed to select the site
and the committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, headed by S. E. Cobb, ap-
pointed to gather options on land adj
jacent to Topeka for use as site for
the home and hospital. The meeting
was held Monday night.
You can say" said Mr.. Billy, that
we have reached the note writing
stage in the proceedings, that the
commission will select Topeka as a
site for the home and hospital if all
technical points are agreed upon be-
tween tie commission and the COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce"
The Martin hill tract, a mile and a
half west of Gage park, has been the
site selected by the commission. Nj
merouS options from owners of the
land on the hill and adjacent to the
hill have been obtained by the Cham
Der of Commerce and a decision as
to the options that shall be selected by
the commission is all that is holding
up the definite announcement of To-
peka as a site for the home and hos
pitaI. The committee from the Cham
Der of Commerce is hurrying these de-
tails as rapidly as possible.
Ideal Location.
Martins hill is the highest tract of
land of any dimensions near Topeka.
1t is heavily timbered and runs north
to the Kaw river. The hill is higher
than the state house dome.
Under the agreement, Topeka must
! furnish 800 acres of land. free to the
knights and Ladies of Security and
h 10
cent which will be purchased by the
lodge in a few months. An architect
will be employed to draw plans for
! buildings and a landscape gardener
engaged to beautify the ground imme-
I diately after the deal is consummated
Take Care of Lodge Members.
No other lodge in the country has
prepared CT planned an institution as
: large. or complete in the care OF its
members and their families, as the
home and hospital of the knights &
Ladies of Security. A tax of a few
cents, will be placed on each mem
Der of the lodge.
: With that tax they will upkeep n
home for orphaned children, with ex-
cellent school facilities, and a home
and hospital for aged members. The
entire 1000 acres will be made a
picturesque farm, stocked and culti-
waited, and made beautiful by q land
Scape gardener.
! Members from any part of the Uni
ted States, in good standing, may come
to the hospital ard receive treatment
free of charge. Those not in the
lodge may enter the hospital but will
be obliged to pay for their care. Physi-
clans and surgeons of national reputa
ton will be engaged by the lodge.
! The plan is being received enthusi-
astically from all parts of the country
/ One lodge has agreed to furnish all
sheen n
a herd of blooded cattle while many
members. enthused with the idea, have
made the home and hospital bene-
ficiary in their insurance policies.