Show uintah jinnah basin hospital on june 1914 the uintah basin hospital was opened to receive patients and that day the first patient was opel abed upon the need 0 of such a place had attracted the attention or of dr and mrs J E morton who tor for the past seven years conducted the Kays kaysville ville hospital at kas ville valle utah and thel tha jr eved here herewith with all their equipment and took up their residence and labors with us the doctor has been ill a pr brattice attice tire years the past seven of p which liv hg had a d his own hospital the best building in the town was secured with three rooms and well situated and adapted for or the purpose to insure a pure pu re and secure water supply tile the owner ot of the building drove an artesian well which flows the purest ot of water like it comes I 1 from the snow in the mountains the location ot of the hospital at roosevelt was made because it Is the nearest to the center ot of the great uintah basin and its home limits are marked only by the rim ot of the basin the need ot of such an institution Is well proven tor for it was too far to transport patients out of 0 the county when in serious condition and now it Is easy to got get to help of 0 the right kind tho the founders ot of the hospital assure us that their sincere desire to aid the suffering and injured has been their aim in coming to us in the less than the two months since the hospital dors were e T sia opened ed there have been over 36 30 patients treated and operated upon at present there are nine patients so tar far all have recovered no as yet have occurred it is encourage ington new ew settlers especially who have havia left eft the older sections ot of the country where hospital be had bad to know that we have them here now it if the building were twice as large it would be full as there are many waiting to enter as well as several cases of typhoid fever that should tie ile cared tor for at a hospital the day Is not tar far away when a fine large building must be had tor for this service to humanity lets push tor for overy everybody bolly |