The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-02
MONTANA WOMEN
BUILD MEMORIAL
DEDICATE ELINOR WALSH SAM
TARIUM AT GALEN FOR
WOMEN PATIENTS
Memory of Good Woman, Who was
Helpful in the Fight Against Tu-
berculOsis, Is Thus Perpetuated!
New State Hospital Dedicated at
Same Time.

berculosis, Is Thus Perpetuated
New State Hospital Dedicated a
Same Time.
One of the impressive features o
, the convention of the Montana Fed
: Grafton of Women's Clubs, which wa!
l held in Butte last week, was the ded1
cation of the Elinor Walsh sanitar
; ium at Galen for women tuberculal
patients. The cottage, which was
presented to the state by Mrs. j. f
Kilduff, president of the federated
clubs, was built as a memorial te
Mrs. Walsh, deceased wife of Sena-
tor T. J. Walsh. Mrs. Walsh's work
in the sale of Christmas seals and
other lines to help fight the white
plague was thus remembered.
The Walsh cottage is a brick struc-
ture of two stories. The downstairs
consists of a living room, diet kit
chen, bathroom, a four-bed ward at
the south end, which is screened and
glassed, and a two-bed ward and a
private roo at the north side. Each
of the rooms is supplemented by a
glassed and screened porch so that
the patients will benefit by every ray
of sunshine.
Built by Donations
The cost of the cottage to the fed
Grated clubs of Montana vas $14 1000.
This money was raised by a tax levy
and private donations. Senator Walsh
himself gave $4,000 and the state
tuberculosis society, $4,000.
The exercises were in charge of
the following committee: Mrs. Sarah
E. Morse of Helena, DR.. Vidal of
Galen and Mrs. T. A. Grigg of Butte;
the Elinor Walsh committee, DR..
Mary Atwater, president, Helena;
Mrs. t. A. Grigg, vice president, of
Butte; Mrs. Holloway, secretary and
treasurer, Helena; Mrs. Lang, Hell
ena; Mrs. Agnew, Great Falls, and
Mrs. Cummings, Billings. Local
committee, Mrs. t. A. Grigg, Mrs. p.
H. Mccarthy, Mrs. T. ]. Ellis, Mrs.
w. F. Moves and Mrs. G. P. Irish.
The State Hospital
The dedication of the state hospital
was made at the same time. The leg-l
islation establishing the Montana
state tuberculosis sanitarium was
passed in 1911, and construction of
this building begun in 1912. The
first patient was admitted on Jan. 1,
1913, and when completed the build
ing accommodated 80 patients and
consisted of six small cottages, car
ing for three patients each. The re-
naming IL patients were housed in
the administration building, together
with the superintendent and his fam
lily, the nurses and other help. DR..
was the first superintendent.
and he left in the spring of 1918. He
was succeeded by the late DR.. Nc
Donald, under whose charge a mark
ed increase in the capacity was made.
The hospital pavilion was erected in
1917 and 1918 and the cottages were
to care for eight patients
of three. This brought the
capacity of the institution to 10. Also
during DR.. McDonald's administra-
ton a superintendent residence was
erected, a dairy barn, a heating plant, t
housed under the same roof as the
garage and modern laundry. A thor S
)ugh modern X-ray was also install |
ed. 7
Following DR.. McDonald's untime- |
y uCdtn LII tut Spllu5 VI 1OiOs LII. W. L
K. Vidal was placed in charge and
t vas then that the construction of a
he Walsh cottage was begun. The c
cornerstone was laid, with impress G
i've and beautiful ceremonies, on r
August 20, 1920, and the first pa 4
lent was admitted on December 3, b
s
Construction of the hospital paw t
for advanced male cases was be- t
on April "a, 1920, and the first b
'atient was admitted on March Is, Y
.921. This makes the total capacity
.38 patients. Like the rest of the
buildings at Galen, the front entrance
f the pavilion faces east, thus af-
the patients in the east ward !"
he full benefit of the morning sun, t
Thile those in the west, get the full b
enefit of the afternoon sun. To the t.
light is the visitors waiting room fl
at the left the dietitian's office. Il
Extending north and south is a long S
opening into a 10-bed ward v
t each end. On the west side of the a.
are four fOur-bed wards, N
NO at each end Of the building. One 6
T these wards is kept as a receiving lC
ard, and patients on admission are P
ept here until their exact condition in
fully determined. Raecolith floor p'
lg is used in this pavilion and the OF
silent CALI system is in effect. From tie
lie middle Of the corridor is a door tt
aiding to a small hall, which in turn eC
ads to the back entrance. To the 81
ght on entering the hall from out Ell
oors is the diet kitchen. This kit vi
len is equipped with every modern tie
'nvenience, including a Crescent fl
electric range, so tray fir
.cks, large ice box and cupboard =
18th compartments for dishes, silver :
are, spice bins for flour, sugar, etc.
milk is not kept in the ice box
1t in a specially designed cooler and
all times completely packed in ice.
Galen today offers the best in SAN
orium treatment for tubercular pa
'nts, which car be secured west OF