Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-02-02

A SPECTACLE believed 10 be al
~ most unique in American history
and one that has given tremendous
impetus tO the nationwide fight or
frr American legion GO obtain az
FEAST simple Justice FOR sick and dis
ahIeI heroes ~ the World war. was
staged fu che thriving little desert
city uf Tucson. Ar.z. Recently.
l.cI by GOV. Thomas q. Campbell
and national. state and local repre-
-suatIyes ~ tha Legion. iLc entire
rffE.rrv ~ the community brought
every business activity fo standsiiil
Cor iay while more than 5000 men
arl women in oEerali- Dr other appro-
pirate working -arh. drove their auto
mobiles CD pas.iue plrk. three miles
north ur the town. and iab1ret with
sEsIr hands to expedite construction
80 au emergency FrHIr health setE-
IHp hospital fur tUH.rr4'ar eX-serVlce
men.
Governor Campbell. o.. T. Win~lett.
aulrraI vice commander a. the I.c-
s.nn. State Commando Bert ~. Cl.n-
zau. 1Iayrr u. a.. Parker and hundred,
~ other prominent business aud pro-
FeseHHal mru ur the city and state
appeared in real workins clothes and
manipulated >hDEe.-. picks. hammers,
saws and wheplh1rr1Ws iu The great
ga FRENZY ~ activity tbc community
saa ever known The immediate re-
suf wa~ that tEe emergency instlfu-
Iuu which government engineers
originally had estimated 80 would take
shrrr months to build. was brought 90
rfrf-rf completion within one week.
end more than -o1 fubercular deere
Hrts cf the war Who bad been unhcs-
nilaUzcI and partly sheiterless. sud
denly found themselves with a roof
over their hoads
Tie whole demonstration was
MANNED and carried our within a lit
ne more than IS hours. while Governor
Campbell and State Legion Comman-
ser Gilman made dying trips from
Phoenix to address n mass meeting
usTtr LEGION auspices at the urmory
IN ere evening preceding the park
event and to participate in the heavy
work there next day. The chief
executive 81 the commonwealth
pushed 90 wheelharrow fuI Of rocks,
drove au sX-amy truck and wound
ru DTS strenuous afternoon with an
imprisoned plea 90 Tucsouians and an
tnnf Americans to get together and
stand sguarely behind the legion In
"tle most important movement now
starting here Tor the hcneEf ~ dis
ahlfd ex-seryiee men that has yet be-
gun Ir tire United States"
At the conclusion OF his address.
the overalIs the governor had worn
during the afternoon. and which tg-
ured cCnspIcuously o. several hundred
feet 81 movie film unwouud by a
Pathe News camera man. were aCc-
tIoned on 70 the highest bidder. the
Morgan McDermOtf post Of the legion
ne Tucson. Approximately 500 for
the benefit ~ q welfare fund for pa
tIents 40 tie hospital was realized
from the auction. each bidder being
nHli-e1 % hand over me sum oAefeas
Irrespective OF whether IL was high
enough 20 set the clothes. The bid
~ the Legion Post was $50.
The attention 81 E. ". Galbraith,
r. the lsSion's national commander
was first attracted 20 the Tucson stu
aticu after H. n. aIacArtan. the public
nealth service physician In charge II
me hospital. had gone 20 Washington
and reported that more than half Of
the rs patients then in the institu-
tIon were sleeping in condemned
army tents. and thar there were APP
proximatcly 40 other tuhcrcular ex-
service men entirely unhospifaiized
IN Ire community ~ q result % the
ronSestlon which followed the usual