The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-07

the products OF this greenhouse.
The water supply was mere find
or rather a lucky find. No one knew
when State Hospital No. was locat
ed here twenty years ago, what tht
water supply would be. Three deel
wells were drilled depth Of 53t
feet, and then the primitive formation
or porphery was struck, on top of thai
a white sea sand four feet deep was
found, through which filters natures
pure, clear, sparkling water. This wa
ter is used for drinking purposes
cooking purposes, in the laundry, anC
from it we make from three to foul
tons of ice each day for the institu'
tion's use and benefit. This water is
so pure and wholesome that not one
case of typhoid fever, or any other
disease arising from the use Of impure
water has ever occurred at this insti-
tuition. Your patients, gentlemen, are
given hydrotherapy under the best
and most improved conditions. Your
patients are also given occupational
therapy to the fullest extent. Every
man with any degree of mentality,
who will not try to escape, is given
some healthy congenial outdoor exer-
else. They work with the landscape
gardner, on the lawns, in the flower
gardens, and also in the garden pro-
per where we intensity farming, and
where the acreage was increased from
30 to As this year. 40 acres of this
garden will be irrigated this year, TO
insure generous supply of tomatoes,
beans, peas, pumpkins, etc., for can
ming purposes in our own cannery this
fall, for winter use. The men also
work on the farm in every depart
ment, also in the mattress factory,
carpenter shop, blacksmith shop, pow
erhouse, dairy, orchards, poultry yard,
ice plant, kitchen, dining room, on the
wards, in the dormitories, in fact ev-
erywhere.
1t is useless to state to you, gentle
men, that these patients are improved
by this healthful employment. Wo-
men patients also work everywhere.
In the Art room where they weave
rugs, make hammocks, do all kinds of
handicraft, knit, tat, chohcet, ETC.;
they work in. the clothing factory,
where practically all the clothing of
the institution is manufactured, ex-
cept the corduroy coats, shoes and
hats; they also work in the laundry,
domestic department, dining room,
kitchen, wards, in fact everywhere.
Those patients who are physically in
capacitated from work, and that are
not bedridden, spend their time on the
lawns when weather conditions will
permit. In word, gentlemen, your
patients are out under the broad sun
light of heaven and breathe the fresh
ozone Of the Ozarks. This institution,
is ccnSti acted on the detached cottage
plan. In this we differ from the other
State and city institutions. The other
institutions in Missouri cover about
one acre of ground each, and are con-
structed on the consolidated plan,
where all classes and conditions of
patients are in one building. This be-
ing the last one built, is necessarily
the most modern, and the cottage plan
permits of that necessary classifica-
tion according to their degree of men,
tality. The institution is delightfully."-
located, between the extreme heat Of
the south and the cold of the north-a
salubrious climate. 1t is surrounded
by the foothills of the 0zarks, natures
picture gallery, views of the pictur-
esque, the beautiful and the grand,
varied with, hill vale and mountain, in
rare and unique combination. Without
any expense to us, Nature paints
these foothills beautiful green in the
spring-with all the tints of the rain
bow in the autumn. The location GER
tainly is ideal.
Gentlemen, we also have harmo-
NOUS organization. I will never for
get my first impression of an organi-
zation. When a boy IL years of age,
watched an athletic young fellow,
whose face radiated with intelligence,
load three tons of lead into a wagon
ut Palmer, Mo-, to haul it over that
section Of the country to
Potosi, the nearest railway shipping
point. This young fellow, by the way,
lid not occupy high position in life,
ne drove a six-mule team. Obserya-
ion has taught me since that all the
bright people in the world do not hold
nigh positions. There is not enough |
such positions to go around. In
hose days, also, l was under the im-
preston that all attainments in this |
world was wrapped in a few college |
professors, and that man to be real
y prominent, must be a Colonel, Ma
or, General, Lawyer, Doctor, Judge |
,r Honorable.
Observation has recently suggested |
hat prefixes and suffixes to names
ire not necessarily Indicative of
high order of learning and intelligence,
md believe that when we want good |
wholesome council and advice, and de-
ire to communicate with those of
road intelligence, and general infor-
nation, it is not always mistake to
ingle out a plain Mr.. But be that as
may, / said to the mule driver,
George, is it possible, with those six
mules to pull all that heavy lead up
he first steep hill ?" Certainly" he
II selected those six mules,
or their good qualities--that team is
! good organization, there is not a
,ad disposed mule in the six, there is
lot a balky or stubborn mule among
hem, and not one that will not go