A sanatorium for seven tuberculosis patients. Special facilities for taking the rest treatment in bed in the open air. Separate porch for each patient. Rates $20 to $35 a week; no extras. Staff: JOSEPH H. PRATT, M.D., Boston. ALVERNE P. LOWELL, M.D., Fitchburg. CHARLES E. WOODS, M.D., Lunenburg. Bacteriologist: ATHERTON P. MASON, M.D., Fitchburg. For booklet, apply to Mrs. G. JUSTICE EWING STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, OF JOURNAL OF THE OUTDOOR LIFE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT NEW YORK, N. Y., FOR APRIL 1, 1916. State of New York, County of New York. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Philip P. Jacobs, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Managing Editor of the JOURNAL OF THE OUTDOOR LIFE and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing Co., 289 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City. Editor, Philip P. Jacobs, 289 Fourth Ave., New York City. Managing Editor, Philip P. Jacobs, 289 Fourth Ave., New York City. Business Managers, None. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or hold ing I per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing Co., 289 Fourth Ave., New York City; Dr. Charles J. Hatfield, 2008 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Penna.; Dr. H. R. M. Landis, II South 21st St., Philadelphia, Penna.; Dr. James Alexander Miller, 379 Park Ave., New York City; Dr. Livingston Farrand, Boulder, Colo.; Mr. Philip P. Jacobs, 289 Fourth Ave., New York City. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is- (This information is required from daily publications only.) PHILIP P. JACOBS, Managing Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this Twenty-seventh day of March, 1916, EDWARD B. BRUCH, Notary Public Westchester County. (Commission expires March 30, 1917.) Certificate filed in New York County. Clerk's No. 187. Register No. 7228. Star Ranch in-the-Pines Sanatorium FOR Tuberculosis Colorado Springs Facts and Information: World renowned health resort. Ideal all year-round climate. Established 1903. Altitude 6,500 feet. Situated in the heart of the woods. Among the fragrant pines. Gorgeous mountain scenery. Specially constructed rooms, cottages and bungalows. Private sleeping porches. All modern conveniences. Nurses and doctors call bells. Physicians and trained nurses in constant attendance. Well equipped laboratory and treatment rooms. Out of the dust, smoke and noise, and only twenty minutes from Colorado Springs. Treatment: Outdoor life, in comfort, day and night, in the most perfect atmosphere in the world. Fresh air hygienicdietetic treatment. Rest and graduated exercise. The administration of tuberculin, vaccines, artificial pneumothorax, and other approved therapeutic measures in suitable and selected cases. Rate: $75.00 per month. Includes general nursing, examinations, treatments and all medical services, besides room, board, sleepingporch, lunches and diets. References: County and Societies. State Medical Staff: Edward Moore, M.D., Phys ician in Charge. CHAS. O. GIESE, M. D., Consulting Physician. Alice L. Witkind, R. N., Superintendent. Gertrude L. Connors, R. N., Chief Nurse. Maurice G. Witkind, Business Manager. When dealing with Advertisers please mention JOURNAL OF THE OUTDOOR Life OVERLOOK SANATORIUM An Ethical Institution for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Lungs MOBILE, ALA. Cottage System Lots of Sunshine In the Piney Woods Hills Modern Conveniences Rates, 14 to 35 Dollars per week For further information, address E. A. PETERSON, M.D., Medical Director, MOBILE, ALA. RATES: ILLINOIS Fresh Air Hospital FOR TUBERCULOSIS ROGERS PARK, CHICAGO CARES for Patients in Every Stage of Tuberculosis; IS NEAR ENOUGH to allow friends to visit frequently; When dealing with Advertisers please mention JOURNAL OF THE OUTDOOR LIFE The 'RONDACK COMBINATION AND Couch and Chair Indispensable for Sitting, Reclining and Sleeping Outdoor-Greatest Boon an Institution or Hospital Can Provide a Comfort and a Delight in Every Home Enjoy Life. With cushions covered with fine twill green denim, With cushions covered with high grade denim, tan color, stuffed to Institutions and Dealers Made in selected hardwood in Flemish Oak Finish. Each joint is strongly bolted, giving it great durability. The 56 steel coils in the springs insure luxurious comfort and rest. Back springs slide on chair, preventing an opening between the springs, whether the chair is in an upright or reclining position. Length 7 feet, width 2 feet. Each chair is fitted with Mangam's automatic adjuster, which enables occupant to adjust the back from any angle while sitting in the chair. Casters having ball bearings, the chair is easily moved about, even with a person in it. You Should Have Our Handsome Illustrated Circular of Specialties from the Adirondacks for Your Comfort Indoor or Outdoor! Write for It To-day! = $16.25 $19.25 GEO. L. STARKS & CO., 63 Broadway, Saranac Lake, N. Y. When dealing with Advertisers please mention JOURNAL OF THE OUTDOOR LIFE A QUESTION OF CONSERVATION BY A. M. ROTHROCK, M.D., READING, PA. In this year of our Lord 1916, the fair fields of Europe are drenched with blood, while the best of her productive manhood is being butchered in the red hell of battle. We, too, in America are engaged in a warfare of another kind, one against the various disease foes that are ever in our midst, and with it we are also beginning to conserve and properly utilize the great natural resources of our land. Different epochs in the world's history have presented different disease problems to be faced and conquered. To-day, in this country, tuberculosis is the most serious disease condition with which we have to contend. The early diagnosis of tuberculosis and the prompt institution of proper treatment have already done much to decrease its mortality, but there yet remains another very important step necessary to complete the proper treatment of the evil. We must provide the right sort of work and the right sort of working conditions for our cases when they are strong enough to begin again their daily toil for bread. With most of them poverty demands a return to work as soon as possible, and this has hitherto, as a rule, meant a return to the old work, and the old bad working conditions and environment which have been such potent factors in the causation of their illness. It has been well-nigh impossible to find suitable outdoor work and living conditions for more than a small handful of our arrested cases. Right here the workers for forest conservation and those fighting the white plague can join forces and stand together for a common cause. We must reforest our hillsides and protect our forest lands, and this takes men and women. Every land area of any size whatever should have at least twenty per cent of its surface under permanent forest growth, not only from the standpoint of timber production, but also to preserve to that land the proper conditions of rainfall and moisture of soil. Less than this amount means a land drenched with torrents and drowned with freshets followed by a season of withering drought and lowered available water supply. Our own land is especially adapted for the blank will ed in the of your best economic division of its surface for the proper distribution of all sorts of crops, both timber and otherwise. Turn for a moment to a map of the United States, and glance at the position of its great mountain ranges. In the East, the Appalachian chain of mountains, in the West, the Rockies, the Sierras, and the Cascades, with the Ozarks uplift in the south central section. From these hillsides starts the mighty network of the greatest river systems on the globe with all of their wonderful potentiality for good in the development of our nation. Here we have ready for use the surface needed for our reserve forest system for all time. Timber is the best paying, easiest worked crop with which to plant and cultivate these steep-sloping ranges. No other crop can be so readily cultivated and so easily preserved. Nothing else will hold the arable soil on the mountain declivities but the wooded growth. This gives to the farmer and gardener the level country for his produce, and in the low countries, too, will be the pasture lands and the wood lots. With the sources of our rivers properly protected by trees, the streams will carry their maximum of water during the dry season and the springs and wells will be least exposed to drouth. Broadly speaking, these forest areas will stand for timber production, water conservation, sources of water power, deepening of river channels, an almost undreamed-of source of food supply, and they will also help to equalize our climate. Our nation, exclusive of Alaska and our overseas dependencies, embraces three million square miles of land surface. Twenty per cent of this would mean six hundred thousand square miles of forest area. Proper management and working of our forest lands would increase fourfold the present output of timber, a supply sufficient for the needs of our land for all time. The deep ravines, securely dammed up, would better distribute and control the water output, giving us the use of it when most needed in the summertime. The power so generated would be almost incalculable. It is sufficient to state that at present not one per cent of our flood water is utilized: the rest of it is lost, and all too often 161 |