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Show ST. MARKS HOSPITAL 1 In 1S60. two year after the arrival of . Bishop TUttlC in Ttah he saw tho great need for a hospital that existed ond ac- cordlngly, at the suggutlon of MaJ. Wilkes, organized St. Mark's hospital for the purpose of raring for the homeless I sick, especial! the ml'icrs In the near-hy towns. The work was begun In an ndobv building SI the corner of Iflh East and fourth Smith streets, a few years Inter It a removed one block north. Iri 1879 the hospital was Incorporated with the following clause In lis character "1 he undersigned -ire desirous of associating themselves for the purpose of establishing establish-ing a i tvolenl and charitable association associa-tion 10 own und operate n hoxpltal In which t'i n-cfivo and treat the clek, wounded and infirm within the Territory ,,' Utah." etc. This has been the pur-(.. pur-(.. ; ..f the hospital from that dale to ibJ and it has it verythlng possible t,, up t" the Intention of its incorpo-ratt incorpo-ratt i The work has iie,n tremendously handicapped fr.m lack or f inds ah near as can be estimated, the charity work- of the hospital from Its foundation amounts to about $aVtoo. When It is considered th:it the hospital has no endowment whatever th- relative immensity of thi ma; be realised The physicians in nt- t. ndance at the hospital give their serv- Icu gratuitously to charity patients. The only compensation which they re- I c.Iva from hospital work Is such as come fr0m their own private patients The trustees do noi receive am compensation , riawaS that of 'Eastern hospitals of the same '"'The people of this cltv and State, With few exceptions, have not contributed to 1,1, rhnrltiible work other than In the graerauri T patronage of the annual ball hM in the past and now to ie again In-Mi In-Mi tut d The hospital is a public InsU-Jutior InsU-Jutior whost sol. obJ ' Is the benefit of u.Vn.M.lty In the year IWO It gave d&vs of free treatment to patient.". nien is eulvalenl to saying thai -' were treated for one day During tn iLit f. w weeks, ninety-five cbarttv pa-1 pa-1 unts have been cared for at the hospl- a" No has ever been refused admittance ad-mittance because the-, were unnhle 10 pay. The majority of the hospital stock ; ln the hands of personi 'Connoted with a religious organisation ilmply that al no time may the purpose of the I, OS nltal 1 j ii benevolent and charitable institution in-stitution be Changed to a money-making proposition, Never has th religious affiliation of any i person applying for Its ..charity been BSlCOd for the purpose of discrimination. il that I" required ( aAmitJ In ISM n training school for n V organized under the auperlninesB Miss Mary K Newett, and the ' training nurs began Tin, --itB ; r" :" be eft.H.lKhl In thiS the country. It has done a cr,', lh!,H taking h i. h n R'kIIj Je '. outig worn II .11 . bj n real ' Z'1'"11'1 i raining fitted them for a rrcfgB "'Ml honor tr ttyM great hem',: u, ,(,,. , , ,rnm . fluency which ,h,. nur-J , W Mark's Is certain InCi ma. B the hinh si n -.dr.r,? ,7 -kill and , Rre which ik ? ; set and n ust maintain, lii The succey, of the Bchoo, , jMf rli us p. -i .rif'-n. :.--(., r,f thr A0' ''' "a- In. umh-nt '"I. v. , . ),::. nen'M parity vevernl y ars. n H The board of trusters I. ' Re Franklin Spalding diSuM-II diSuM-II Walker. M i W ,;. P,J '' 11 ' Ml MlHa'n hJ 1 ' r" v 1 ' "tintlnr u!sT tr ial, ut nf the hospital. ?Kf' |