A mu* FOR PALMER
An 3diter ini appeared in the Anchorago
Daily ITetfa this rreok entitled ^Thc Obiviovii
Plac*o". It ’Tna n plug for tho location 6f
the A'S Hospital to be located ht Polnerl
The Editor vrotc os follou'3:
"Ever sinco tho Joint Appropriations Sub
committee bo^on its deliberations on a
bill cal line for tho building .of a 400-bed
hospital in Alaska, ns the first step in
a inovo designed to alleviate tho grovring
incidcndo of tuberculosis among tho nativo
Indians, there has been a great doal of
pressure exerted to bring the hospital to
Anchorage. . •' •
”*7ith the bill due to be reported out of
committee on’Thursday there seems to be a
growing fervor to bring more pres sure'to
bear for its location here, formally, no
•mould be inclinod to fool the erection of
such an institution in the nearby Anchor
age area, a sound proposition for the city
"However, no feel there are several points
rrhich should be.given full consideration
before exerting pressure for its construc
tion hero. "re realize the cost of tho
structure v’ill total-some Ob,000,000. and
that the annua 1 payroll v:ill
proximatcly Ol,000,000, but
biggest hurdles for this arc
find the- n’oeossary land that
the re•"»uiror.ent s of tlie Cff 1
amount to np
onc of the
a 'could be to
mould meet
co of Indian
Affairs v:ho v:ili
of the hospital.
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U 'w .
he activities
"In the noontime, Falmer residents have
been snurrod on by their interest in tho
projedt to the extent that several tracts
of land'have beer, offered free to the Gov
ernment. heedless to soy the Government
v;ill not by-pass ouch an offer if tho var
ious tracts made available moot tbDir need
"It scons to us that Palmer offers other
ad v .on t age s rh ic h An eh or ago c ann o t meet,
such as the nearby availability of Garden
fresh foodstuffs v.hich are required in the
•treatment of tubercular patients* Irport
ant too, is t'£ fact that such an insti
tution vould provide part-time York for •
many of the homesteaders in tho Matanocka
Valley.
"Ad there can be no doubt bit that Anchor
i^o ~oeld also profit in the long run,* 0.3
mch of the fund3: npeded- to run tho hos-! •
pitol •'ould ultimately bo spent hero, as
rould colorios.
n3it r.orc important than Just tho bringing
or r.oro noncy to Anchorage is tho long
jrar.^c viou—the necessity for dovcloprccnt
•of the Territory as a rholc. If Alaska is
to prosper*/ it rill never occur if Junoau,
‘?airbrinies and Anchorage keep running to th
pot "ith a gravy spoon.
soy, lot’s help Poireer get tho hospita
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