The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-24

OCCUPATION SEEMS TO MAKE
FOR LONGEVITY.
Consumption Declared to BE Prastle.
ally Unknown Among Men Who
oelVe in the Earth-TaIes -
Told by Veterans.


4. 5. Thomas, coal mine inspector
Of Missouri, has a fixed belief that
longevity aud coal mining 60 together.
You never hear OF a coal miner
having consumption" said Mr.. Thorn
as. unless he contracted the disease /
before he went into the pit; and even /
then he finds the peculiar properties 1
OF coal mine beneficial 10 his lungs. /
and he often becomes well and strong
by reason of his work under the
ground.
We have number OF hardy miners
in Missouri who were taken into the
pit in the old country (walesl at six.
( seven and eight years to act as trap
4 per boys. These youngsters kept
h steadily at work until they were pro
/ NOTED to be miners assistants and
/ then regular miners, and thriyed
nightly under conditions which in
most trades would retard their devel.
opment-I mean, beginning work AT
that early age.
IL seems as If Providence had given
health to the miner as recompense
for the hazard OF his calling Nearly
all Of those who manage to dodge falls
of rock, breaking cables and other
dangers incident to the craft live TO
q green old age. They not only live
but they keep at work
1T would surprise DR.. Osler II he
knew how many men far past 60 were
yet working in the mines at Bevier
Uncle Johnnie Grimth, who died few
months ago at the age OF 81. worked
in the pit from the age OF seven until
a year before he died He began as
a trapper boy in Wales, his father car
rying him to the mine on his back
His last work was In Mine 81 o
the Central Coal company near Bevier
and he made a fun hand every da!
for three years after he was so. witt
the exception Of a short time that h
, ran a hosting engine Mr.. Griffith hal
: practically been in the pit three-quai
. ters of a century"
. Mr.. Thomas has made some r.
search at Bevier, the largest Goa
camp In the state, and finds that Their
are there a number OF men who hay
? been at work for half century @
! more on coal mines and are stil VII
A orous.
/ And here's another thing" r
marked Tom Williams, veteran VII
e had to abandon the pit some year
+ ago owing to fall Of rock, you new,
J. hear a miner pun aud blow when /
n runs. His wind is rs good as an at
d lete's. His lungs are sound, althoug
@ coated thick with coal dust.
,. Nearly everybody at Bevier burr
IS coal for all purposes. because It
s. cheap Most other towns in the
D. parts use wood for fireplaces al
s heating. Now in time the tops of d
n Bevier houses become coated with CO
SCOT from their chimneys. and I
rain after falling on the roofs pass
into the wells and they drink it.
ie "A Bevier family doesn't like wat
le unless it is caught that way and 90
It. through that process: that's the OF
re kind of water tastes good TO e
ar Why? Because it has properties II
W kill pneumonia and typhoid fey
h, germs.
NJ IT'S an absolute fact that peol
at don't have such maladies when II
IT, use water caught in that way /
% lived among them a lifetime and
he know that | can't give the scient
re reason for coal SCOTS benefcant in
st. ence on well water but there's
he earthly doubt it has such influence