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Show PRINTERS HELP SAVE AFFLICTEO. A short time ago. Ogden Joined In a H national cam pa iff n In ihe fight against tuberculosis and. at one of the meet Ings held in this citv, a nurse, who H1 had canvassed Ihe local situation, n- ported that the dfseiise area euiniug a loothold here through invasion by eastern sufferers. This dlsrlbpure has aroused a greater interest In (he work and has directed aitention to tbs agen fl cics laboring to combat the while ! Recently there appeared in Ogden Hl n announcement, by ihe local of the International Typographical union. Mi living in brief the history of the un- Ion's efforts to overcome the one dis-ease dis-ease most dreaded by printers, uther organizations might profit by ihe I achievements of the printers who have Hj established a sanatorium and home at I H: Colorado Springs, where fully one hall 'I of the patients committed to the care ! of the institution are restored to j health. A brirf description of the I I home follow I The home is BitUQled on an 80 acre I tract of land, which was donated by I the citizens of Colorado Springs. Tho ' main building was erected in 1S92 at I a cost of 170,000. Since then . i has been spent for additions to thoj main building. 40.000 fdr a hospital , annex, and a library addition, laundry'. 1 boiler plant, superintendent's cottage, j H, greenhouses, barns, lawns, etc , added Hjj In 1901 tents were erected for Ihe I open air treatment of tuberculosis. I B These tents are steam heated, electric-1 ally lighted nnd filled with a system' of elecrrlc call bells communicating j with the nurses' quarters, in 1907 a solarium was erected, and in 1912 the , , open air pavilion. Revenue for main ! tcnance of the home Is provided by j regular monthly dues of each member I Up to June. 1920. the primers have ex I ponded more than two and a quarter; million dollars in establishing and maintaining the home. The average H'j number of residents in 1920 was 215. J it a cost of 166.48 per month for each. |