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Show THAT SANITARIUM. jfl An eminent physician who has lived much in :H Los Angeles, says that the climate there is not a a favorable one for people afflicted with weak H lungs. He further says that of all places he ever H saw this region around Salt Lake is the very H best for such persons.. The high, dry air, the H presence in it of the salt from the lake, the in- jH frequency of strong winds, the alternating cur- H rents of air from valley to mountains and moun- H tains to valley, the sunlight, the springs, all com- H binedj make this a perfectly natural sanitarium. jH His belief is that there are hundreds of people H in southern California, who, could they but H realize what it is to breathe the air of this region H for a few weeks, would buy homes here and re- H main here permanently. H All this points to the fact that this is the most auspicious time to make sure of a great sani- H tarium in this immediate vicinity. It should be on a scale commensuate with the object sought, namely, to establish that everything is here that D is required for such a place. H Weak lungs are but a factor. All the other M ills that carry those in failing health to foreign M lands for treatment would, if the truth were known and the proper equipment were supplied, find a more congenial 'place for treatment right M here. A great sanitarium should be built and then M a little judicious advertising be done. The first fl should cost from $500,000 to $800,000. With a fair fl starter subscribed the balance could be obtained M on low rate bonds for a term of years.' j Of course the first cold-blooded proposition M would be: "Can such an institution be made to pay?" Well, 200 rooms with baths at $2.00 each H per night would pay 20 per cent on $500,000, and j leave about $1,000 per week for labor, lights and repairs, and it ought not to be very difficult to j fill that many rooms. With the crowd once jl started this way not only every room would be j filled but so would every room in all the present hotels of the city. H But the enterprise should include beautiful M grounds that would draw residents of the city H that way every day for nine months in the year. H After the first year the published reports of re- H suits would be all the advertisement required, for H there would no longer be any question of the H perfect efficacy of the place. The sanitarium H would be but a factor. Men by scores and then H by hundreds would, after a hrief trial, want H homes here, and the city would begin to advance jH by leaps and bounds, and within five years it jfl would be discovered that both the population and H the value of property had doubled. It is the great H opportunity for Salt Lake. jH Will the people seize it, or will they leave it H as they did the road to Los Angeles for strangers H to come and do what they should themselves do? J The appointment of Kenneth C. Kerr as trav- i eling passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route 1 was an extremely popular one, and Mr. Kerr has received the warm congratulations of his large circle of friends. & & & One of the pleasantest events of the week was the reception given by Bishop Spalding Thursday, and during the evening hundreds of friends enjoyed en-joyed the delightful event. Bishop Spalding was assisted in receiving by Miss Spalding and the I clergymen in whose honor the affair was given. I Mrs. B. F. Redman entertained at a pretty I luncheon on Wednesday in honor of Mrs. T. C. Brunner of Omaha. i Mrs. C. F. Richards, Mrs. T. G. Webber and Mrs. J. L. Franken have gone to Los Angeles, and will remain away several weeks. Dr. and Mrs. Plummer will be away all summer. sum-mer. They will visit in the northwest for a time, and later go to Alaska. Mr. Will Sharp is in the city, the guest of Mr. I and Mrs. R. H. Harkness. He is being wel comed by his many old friends who have greatly missed him during his absence In the east. Mrs. George Downey entertained at Bridge on Wednesday for about thirty friends. Miss McCornick entertains at luncheon at her home today. Miss Stingley entertained at-a tea on Wednesday. Wednes-day. Mrs. J. B. Cosgriff gave a series of delightful luncheons during the week. Mrs. C. D. Rooklidge entertained at a Kensington Ken-sington on Wednesday in honor of Mrs. J. X. Ferguson. The friends of Lieutenant Point will be pleased to know that he is on the rapid road to recovery. One of the real surprises of the week was the 1 marriage of Hermann Hill in San Francisco. The Misses Har.riet and Stella Cohn entertained enter-tained at cards on Tuesday evening in honor of their guests, Miss Baer and Miss Jones. |
