Show COLONY FOR LEPERS IS RECOMMENDED WASHINGTON March 25 The The Secretary Secretary Sec See of the Treasury has sent to the Senate the report of a a. commission of medical al officers of ot the marine hospital service appointed to Investigate the origin and prevalence 0 of ot leprosy Inthe in inthe inthe the the United States distributed by States as follows Alabama 1 California 24 Florida 24 Georgia 1 Illinois 5 Iowa 1 Louisiana Maryland 1 Massachusetts Massa chusett 2 Minnesota 20 Mississippi 5 I Missouri l 5 Montana 1 Nevada 1 Ii New York 7 North Dakota 16 Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon 1 P Pennsylvania 1 South Dakota Dako Dako- ta 1 Texas 3 Wisconsin 3 The commission recommend the establishment es es- of a retreat for lepers and express the opinion that i it should b bIn be beIn bein In the arid Southwest or br in a similar region farther north or on an island in jn the Gulf o of Mexico or or on orthe the Pa Pa- cine |