The Glenwood post., 1919-10-25
GOVERNMENT NOT
TO BUY HOTEL
Will Respect Wishes Of Cit.
liens and Refuse to Es.
tab|ish Asylum
THIS DECISION FINAL

THIS DECISION final
Tho following correspondence is very
definite and apparently final in re
gard to the contemplated purchase Of
the Hotel Colorado by the federal gov
er1ment for use as an insane asylum
The communications were addressed t.
Ole Thorson and ]. W. Bell, who
acted respectively as chairman and
secretary OF the mass meeting at the
Odeon few weeks ago at which time
our citizens entered very positive pro-
test against the use of the property
BY the government for the housing #
insane patients:
October 13, 1919.
Hon. Ole Thorson,
Glenwood Springs, Colo.
] presented the protest of citizers
Of Glenwood Springs against govern
ment taking this property as an insane
asylum to the Secretary and Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury and to
Surgeon-General Blue, and told them
that my understanding was that while
the people Of Gienwood would not OBJ
3ect to the property being taken over
as general hospital that they would
object 10 it being taken for tuber-
culosis hospital or for an insane asyi-
uA They advised me that they had
no use for the property as a general
hospital and that they did not want it
for tuberculosis hospital and that they
SO advised agents of Messra Darrow
and lucas, but that they did want a
suitable property for mental hospital
to which would be sent all kinds of
patients, including large per cent Of
violently insane people, They said
they would not agree to conditional
purchase of the property and limit its
use to patients other than insane pa
TENTS because they did not need 1t
except for insane cases and that as
the citizens of Glenwood Springs OBJ
jected to its being used for all kinds
of insane patients, they would not
purchase the property over their OBJ
jeetions. Assistant Secretary Moyle
wrote me to that effect and 1 sent
substance Of his letter to The Ava
ls,ehe and asked the editor to pub
lish it In the last issue. Since send
ing that letter, I received a letter
each from Secretary Glass and Gen
eral Blue confirming my verbal con-
versstion with them and I sent those
two letters to my brother and you
should read all three of them. There
is NO change in that situation here.
Mr.. Darrow has written q long letter
to Asststant Secretary Moyle and Gen
eral Blue vigorously arguing the case
with them and asking for an answer
Q copy Of which letter will send you.
Answering Darrow's letter, Moyle has
written advising him that in view Of
the protests of the citizens the prop
erty will not be purchased. I do not
know what answer, If any, General
Blue has made. Mr.. Bishop, the agent
here Of Darrow and Lucas, is still try
ing desperately to sell propert. for
any purpose, but unless the people Of
0lenwood change their minds, and de
cide that they ars villl1S - have
psopsety taken over for an insane
asylum for all kinds and classes Of
insane patients, and officially advise
the Treasury Department to that effec'
in some very definite and formal way
that represents wishes Of the peoplt
generally, my judgment il the prop
erty will not be taken over by govern
ment. The government officials nov
know that the citizens do not wan
the property used for the purpose III,
govsrn.Asat wants 1t for, and the,
will not deceive the citizens In tha'
way. It has been represented to thos,
officials here that the sentiment oi
the Glsnwood, people has entirel,
changed since that protest meeting
but I Do not believe It and will mo-
bs1svs \ uAtn tAsy % sAviss No.
think Won shouN publish this teleRram