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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1917)
supplement to the Maupin Times, Vol 2, No. 2f Maupin, Southern Wasco Co., Ore., Friday, March 23, 1917 Fire ' when in , Free Proof j PORTLAND Phones MAKE YOUR HOME AT THE Palace Hotel Washington Street & Twelvth the Cleanest Rooms in the City Modern in Every Detail Large Grand Floor Lobby Close in to Shopping and lT ' Theatre DUtrict Steam Service Finely Furnished J Heat New Hospital (c-lH'lld-'l) it a eapa i y o B veuty heds; tin has now proven nnnrlv mail -quate as the business of tlie firm 1 1 RsuUr & Thump-on thi oiu.erS and uian-gerB oi The Dalles Hos pital, has increased to such an ex tent as to demand much 1 nr ac commodations. Tli pre,, it Hos pital is qnally us well equipped as any m the United Stales nd the crying need, at present, is f r more room to care for those who need medical and surgical treat ment of the highest order. The excellent reputation which the Hospital and its corps of phy sicians and surgeons has acquired, . 1: i ..itt f ila HtrW't. fld- ib me airetu ibuii --- This reputation has become i-o firmly esiahlinhtd in th mind of l he general puliiic mid so thor oughly dissimulated by the pa t ons whose satisfaction with the treatment accorded them is all growth of the institution proves that this method has been all that could be asked for this Hospital. The management, in 'their en endeavors to keep the equipment of the Hospital up to the latest and best methods of diagnosis and treatment, both medical and sur gical, have expended several thousand dollars during the past year for instruments which are the latest word in modern practice. This has been done that th patientB may receive the benefit of the latest, most scientific and efficient aids iu the recovery of their normal hen 1th. Although the snm of money so expended has been very large, there has been no 1 lcrease iu the charges made for wlmt is, iu many instances, addi tional work but which gives the patients additional certainty of a correct diagnosis and very mater ially aids in a complete and rapid recovery ot their neaita ana strength. The Hospital has never been run as a money making institution the management never having tried lo lb, ike even the interest on the money invested but have sim-" p' v charged fees which were cal-culo'u-d to defray the cost of maintenance. This plan has be n strictly adhered 10 and the fees held to a minimum as can readily be seen when comparison is made with thp fees charged in that could he asked, is able to drawonit.M major portion of the other hospitals of like standards territory of the Stales of Oregon and Washington lying east of the Cascade Mountains, many patients traveling Beveral hundred miles to avail themselves of the services of this Hospital aud its medical and surgical staff. The management of The Ualles Hospital has never found it necessary and never has resorted to adyenising to increase its business, depending entirely upon the results obtained from the herence to the "up to date" scien- efficient and satisfactory treatment tifin medical and surgical treat- of its patrons to obtain an increase ment administered to its patients. of its business, and the steady No comparison should be made with the numerous and sundry plHcen which are dignified by th ame "Hospital" but which do not have equipment, service or trained help or any of the modern facilities which are maintained in The Dalles Hospital. The expense of maintenance of t ih larger institution, the erection of which is contemplated in the near future, will be but very little more than at present as the small er plant requires the same general supervision and staff, as well as