Arizona republican., 1921-03-27
EP|SCOPATE IF BISHOP ATWOOD
 0NE IF ACTION
Decade Of Effort Brings Many Important Plans To Full Fruition For Diocese Over Which He H a S Ruled During Time Of Great Development

The following account of his ten Bishop Atwood for "The Spirit of Mis- sions.' and has been reprinted exten- Sively because of the clear view ii church in Arizona:
 gives of the work of the Episcopal
 The editor of The Spirit of Missions has requested a brief sketch, a birds eye view as it were, of some of the things accomplished in an episcopate of ten years, and of present conditions in Arizona. 1 had been five years resident in the district as rector of Phoenix and archdeacon when I was called upon to succeed Bishop Ken drick, who had already laid firm and deep the foundations of the church in Arizona. His policy was to plant the church only in the important centers.
 The industries are varied agricul- ture and mining are the chief ones. Cotton, cattle and copper are our kings, but there are also considerable lumber interests, as the largest virgin forest within the limits of the United States is found in the White mountain region of eastern Arizona.
 Ministry to Sick
 The hospital of the Good Shepherd. ministering to the twenty thousand Navajos living in the northeastern part of the state, is the oldest of our insti- tutions. It has now a plant worth thirty-five thousand dollars and is the best equipped hospital on the reserva- tion- The work of ministering to the sick, especially those afflicted with trachoma. and the beneficent influence of the chapel, hospital and home, which correspond to college settle ment amid the slums of large city, ~1c f<, hc H,1 hxy< Il. ment of a school, by enlarged hospital facilities and by more mission work anong the Navajos, who do not live in villages. but are scattered over a vast territory.
 These ten years have witnessed the expansion from feeble beginnings of work among those afflicted with con sumption who come in such large num- hers to Arizona. Saint Luke's ome, Phoenix, with over thirty buildings, Including an infirraary for advanced cases whom no one else will care for, and an entertainment house used also for chapel purposes, is the most eff cient and largest sanitarium in the state, and the only one in Phoenix. It has been fortunate in having from the start the efficient services of the Rev. Bertrand R. Cocks. It cares for those who pay only the actual cost and in many cases only a part of that required for their maintenance. Many men and women are at work today whose lives have been saved. It is a home IS well as a sanitarium. Through It's influence as a Christian hospital unsectarian in it's work and supported by people of every creed, and of nc faith at all, it ministers to the souls as well as the bodies of men. It i: therefore a tremendous asset in tn, missionary work of the diocese.
 Other Activities
 Saint Lukes in the Desert. Tucson which has only men patients, is al off shoot of this institution. It il built on the unit rather than the bun galOw system and has the devote. superintendency without salary of al able and consecrated layman, Mr. E. C Clark
 St. Luke's in the Mountains, anon the pine hills near Prescott, is to b erected on the ten acres of land recent 1y acquired, to care for the patient who cannot stand the extreme mid summer heat of Phoenix and Tucsor On the adjacent land will be bull later, holiday houses for the clergy