The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-19

Fargo and Bismarck through tn cad
vertised superiority OF their physic-
ians. We also believe that we have
good physicians and surgeons in VAL
ley City, although not quite so extern
sively advertised, however, competent,
should they be better organized as a
body to the support Of Valley City as
hospital center.
"In taking up the proposition of
financing a hospital, have made in
quiries as to the probable size that
would be required and this decision
seems to be somewhat unsettled. Some
of our physicians state that a hospit-
al of so beds would prove adequate
while others suggest that 100 bed
hospital would be quite the proper ca
pacity, especially taking. into consid-
GRAFTON the fact that larger hospital
and competent complement Of ply
sicians would tend to bring support
from distance.
ut has been suggested to me that
the present county hospital would, it
it could be obtained, might prove a
beginning in this direction. 1t has al
so been suggested that the former
PIatou hospital, with 40 to so bed ca
pacity, modernized, added to if found
desirable, might prove acceptable and
could be utilized with a smaller in
vestment. However, in making in
quiries I find the great majority of
citizens in favor of a new building
centrally located, and believe that such
a building would receive better and
more liberal support. After giving
this subject some thought it would app
peat to me that a new building and
location should be taken into consid-
GRAFTON, that a basement providing
laboratories, etc., should be provided
and that the size of the building
should provide a 60 bed capacity the
first and second floors and that a
third floor as to outside walls should
be constructed at the time of build.
ing to- later. provide for 80 addition
al beds.
As to Financing Hospital
"Should the last suggestion prevail
as to being proper,:it is quite evident
that we will be called upon to raise at
least $4,000 to supply the demand Of
an up-to-date modern hospital, one
that will also gain some prestige thru
it's being absolutely modern and up
to the present day requirements. AS
| have before stated | am enthusiastic
in providing Valley City with an up
to-date hospital, and with my friend,
Frank Ployhar, I believe, even with
our present depressing financial con-
ditions, that with liberal cooperating
support from our citizens that the pro-
ject can be put over. You will all rec
ogniZe that the support for an instl-
tuition of this kind must practically
be derived from the citizens of Valley
City. We can have but little hope
from outside support to furnish some
thing that will practically inure to the
benefit of Valley City. Frank P!oy-
hairs suggestion in his recent talk be-
fore this club that subscriptions Gov
ering a Swear period in payments
meets with my approval and has al
ways been my contention, especially
in securing liberal donations. All will
recognize that this project cannot be
likened to the purchase of Liberty
Bonds in which the purchasers looked
forward to but small loss in inter
est rates. Everyone who decides to
go into this movement must recognize
the fact that when they subscribe they
are going into a proposition OF self
self denial, more or less, that they are
going to be compelled to give out
right, and in so doing they will nroba-
bly, be called upon to give until 1t
hurts. Reports from other cities in
which such projects have been put ov-
er advise me that certain individuals
subscribed outright as high as $4,000
Especially some Of the more pronlin-
ent physicians and surgeons who
would undoubtedly receive benefit.
am only presuming, but if 10 individ-
ual subscriptions of $4,000 each, &c
individual subscriptions of $1,000 each
could be obtained payable over a three
year period that enough of $500, $500
and $500 subscriptions could be hac
, to make the project meet with sue.
cess. 1t is quite apparent that unitee
effort and cooperation is necessary
and to that end would suggest the
appointment of a committee of a.
| least twelve influential citizens select
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