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Men Suffering From Effects of Conflict Given Expert And Kindly Treatment at Deer Lodge Hospital —Site Is Historical One THOUGH Deer Lodge hospitflower beds. “a has operated as such only Lodge cuiae in nents to be the outbreak of the Great by prancing horses, es drawn fa, FS Mt Boenaar in the deer Lodge was quite an one Se aig of Man toba hi ‘Ys | At the 9 ing. gods O43 Reindeer Lodge, thelof serts ce ne eee es i ub since nowt yee and site Were notable as thee numer af ii . ence of the Tete gs Jamesion alibi, Phe eeeen ee ane che. Speaker of the anitoba (Chad's bear, who would ctlon was feavure, wider the Gerrard-Davis s9rong as refreshments entertain inistration, and afterwards 4 comtingents were forth e amber of the Davis government. there from somes MORAY resided ie, when the house was first, apie to ETre oneistrict of Silver Heights in fire. She Lodge was located, was oe ye miles from the centre of z nitle city of Winnipeg, and faimers state that it took a full ‘aleday? to make the trip with a yen ot oxen. The Lodge became a stock farm, for Mr. J horeds won many | 3. me of James Me| | Sir Jom A. MacDonald, while premier of Canada, visited the Lodge with Lord Strathcona. Pick ling up a stray horseshoe, he hung it on the limb of a young maple tree. The horseshoe is still there, but has embedded itself in the limb ,and cannot now be seen. Fire destroyed the original build ing in February, 1907. A new Building was erected and again used as a hostelry where refreshments could be procured, and it is said that all night sessions of poker were not infrequent by residence here. The Wass ee Becoming Stown is an outing ce, away for the heat and tury thriving city nail of 3 From Hard to Hand when Mr. McKay sold t ety in 1979, it began Passings and 40 pad, remaining vacant for sfime until it was finally leased and’ snes ad 2ouse and Hotel by ga Chadwick, It Wan @ fine r 2g the purpose. Con' ed of hewn logs and chinked iy sheeting. It was a storey and a igil in weight, surrounded on three ees by a piazza and upper balcony- Syph peak of the roof was decorated with a set of deer horns. The front grounds were sheltered with great oaks and maples, and fearden aid out in colorful Holes Was Staken Whether or not it is true, rumor has it that on one occasion—when the sky was the limit the hotel itself was staked and lost in one hand, four aces beating four kings. Shortly after the outbreak of the last war in 1914, the old Reindeer Lodge was presented to the govern ment for use as a convalescent home for Canadian soldiers. It was used as such until December 12, 1919. Wounded and sick men were returning from the war, and Tuxedo Military hospital had not enough room to accommodate men who were convalescing. Those who could be moved were taken to Deer Lodge Convalescent hospital, the first patients arriving on December 20, 1919. Miss Olive F. Garland was the first matron, and Miss Eleanor Lewis the first dietitian. Some of the patients who were moved to the new institution had been at Tuxedo for some months, and some of these first inmates are still in the hospital. Through the years, sick and wounded soldiers came to the gov ernment for care and treatment, and soon the accommodation was t oo limited for the increasing num ber being sent to Deer Lodge Con valescent hospital. In 1928 the east wing of the old hospital was torn down and a new three-storey brick building built. The cornerstone was laid on October 27, 1928, by J. T. Thorson, M.P., for the Hon. Dr. J. H. King, minister of the Depart ment of Pensions and National Health at the times. Completed in 1929 oo May, 1929, the first wing was ready for patients. Making accom modation for 25¢ patients, the hospital was completed in the fall of 1929 From this time forward, the hos pital was under the Department of Pensions and National Health The new hospital is set on seven and a half acres of heavily treed and smoothly sown grounds, half of which is on the south side of Portage avenue, adjacent the Assiniboine river Patients who have been in hospital for some years, and expect to be there for some years more, are given rooms which overlook the river, and they pass many a long hour enjoying the beauty of the landscape or the traffic moving along Portage avenue. Convalescents who are able to move about commandeer the glassed and heated balconies at the rear of the building for their card games. They play from early morning until lights out at nine every night. Per those who seek other diversions, there is the large recreation room on the third floor. Occupying a wing in the base ment, permanent care patients en joy companionship in a quiet atmosphere away from the sicker inmates. Although most of the permanent care patients are only disabled or sick to the extent that they are unable to consider employ ment of any kind, there are some who are under the constant Super-been ia hospital now and then over vision of the medical staf, a period of years with a wound in Seems Quite Content his shoulder which will not heal For instance, there is John, what Sleeping sickness has claimed its has been in the Deer Lodge hospital|Victime In several cases its after, Since March 29, 1920. Spending his|effects are pitiful, for it always days in a wheel chair, John seems|affects the epine, and so the nerves, quite content to look out upon the|Speech and then finally the brain traffic which moves along Portage. Permanent care patients are often Svenze, watch for the rabirs, and followed to work about the hospital, collect calendars. The front corner earning a wage of $5.00 per month. b2 the large ward being allotted to|This small amount adds to their Town, he decorates the nails of his|monthly allowance of $8 ‘from the corner with calendars from all over|2overnment, Of the $8, each man, the world. #Hockey and pbaseball|has $450 put to his credit for the| results are vital force in his life. |Purpose of buying clothes, and the Then, of course, there is Daddy|Temsining $3.50 buys tobacco and (red) Robertson, a genial, old|other small luxuries, gentleman who is permanently| It is estimated that there are crippled from arthritis. Daddy Rob-|anywhere ‘from 190 to 225 patients prison spends his days writing,in hospital in the winter, and be Sesnite his twisted hands, about his|fween 120 and 145 during the sum iie's experiences. A soldier in three|Mer months. wars, Daddy never tires of relating| The staff is made up of 18 nurses how he outwitted the enemy’s|Under the supervision of Miss I. MM. Manoeuvres, He was a soldier in|Barton, matron, and of 16 ordeclics. the Boer War with Lord Lovett’s|Dr. W. 3. Blakeney is resident dac- Scouts, in three frontier expeditor, and must be on call 24 hours of tions in India. and in the Great War,the day. The hospital also requires A particularly bright incident in the services of a large start of Daddy's recent experiences was the consulting cotters visit to the hospital of Lord Lovett. An interesting case is that of the fold chap of 82, who fought in the last war only after he enlisted on the assumption that he was 40 in stead of 80. He says now that he did't know how old he was, but that even now he would want to enlist if war were declared. Wound in Shoulder
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Thu, May 12, 1938
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