The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-20
BUY A BRICK and
help 7. B. VETS
Legion Auxiliary After Funds Friday
For Ex-S0ldiers' Tubercular
Ward

1t wasn't much fun to trudge weari-
vi along the endless dusty roads OF
France, loaded down by a heavy pack,
with a pair of aching feet dragging
a couple of dumping hob-nail shoes.
1t was even less enjoyable to stand
in a foot Of water in a narrow trench
at the front, wondering which was the
worse-rheumatism or shrapnel. And
the pleasure part of it was absent al
together when lifetime came for the
advance across that dreadful stretch
known as " no mans land
But there was quite a sizeable little
army of American soldiers who did
these very things. The hardships, the
tortures, the mental agonies they went
through have been told over and over
until they are familiar to us all.
Yes, you say, but it's all over now
let's talk about something pleasant.
Well, you wouldn't think it was "all
over" il you visited some OF the hospi-
tails where legless, armless and sight
less veterans know that, as far as they
are concerned, ii never will be over
And, you wouldn't think so IL you
were to visit the homes of 244 South
I bdhOtd VIII Will oNtNu
tuberculosis while in the service.
You HAVE to think about these
men. You have to do o than that:
you have to help them. Not because
there is any law compelling you to-,
but because you can't rest easy with
your conscience unless you do. You
W them a debt you can never pay in
full and you know il. But you can
pay it in part and do so Friday.
/ Here's how: The American Lee
zion Auxiliary through it's posts all
over the state will conduct a drive
Friday to raise $40, 900 which, added
to $40, 900 aready obtained, will be
used to erect a veterans ward at the
state tuberculosis sanatorium at San
ator, five miles south of Custer.
There is no room for these men at
the s~anitarium with it's present facil-
tiles and, unless this addition is built,
there will be no way for them to get
the treatment and care they need so
much.
Think what you viii be doing for
these men who fought for you. First
OF all, you will be enabling them to
go to the Black Hills, where climate
hastens their recovery from the dread
effects of the great white plague. Sec
ond, YOU will be making it possible
for them TO be in a place where ex-
pert treatment can be given them.
They viii be taught the things they
must do in order to conquer the dis
case. Soon i'm many cases they will be
come so mitch improved that they can
Re discharged from the sanitarium
and 20 on home for treatment.
8 One OF the most important factors
in recovery from tuberculosis, &C
cording to experts who know, is a
cheerful mental state. A person can't
in the most buoyant spirits IL he Is
far away from home and those near
est to him. This is one of the big
reasons why a place for South OAK
o'a's tubercular veterans should be
provided in their own state. There
is no moe nearly ideal place than
the location of the state sanitrium
for these afflicted by tuberculosis.
Haven't these men earned n best?
TCr 81 vou can buy a brick" toward
the erection of this veterans ward.
Cold bricks are SO. Two bricks
are all that are asked of any firm.
The members Of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be soliciting Friday,
The '>esult of tbpir work will be
South Dakota's answer to the ques-
ton: "Does South Dakota care for
her own"