Bingham Bulletin | 1929-02-28 | Page 1 | President Signs Hospital Bill

PRESIDENT SIGNS HOSPITAL BILL Last Saturday, President Coolidge affixed his signature to a bill which previously had pass, ed both houses of Congress, granting 50,000 acres of public lands each, to the states of Arizona Ari-zona and Utah, for the purpose of supplying funds to establish and maintain hospitals for disabled dis-abled miners. ! At present there is about S90,-, 000 to the credit of such a fund in this state, but only the interest inter-est on this money can be used. The money will be derived from the sale of the land now appro, priated will, it is thought, be sufficient suf-ficient to care for the disabled miners, of which there is at present about 140 within the state. Much credit for the undertaking undertak-ing should be given to Congressman Congress-man Coulton and O. F. McShano of the Industrial Commission. Commissioner McShane compiled ,he data on the situation and Congressman Colton worked ardently ar-dently for the passage of the bill.