The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-02-21
STILL TRYING MacHOLD
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| handed us copy or the tecnHlcdl III
/ formation regarding the surgical OPP
Grafton, and while chatting the writ
er remembered Mr.. Machold and
broke in with, "Oh, how is Machold
getting along?" The Doctor ans
wered, why just the same. There
is no change in his case. He bores
! me a great deal with long conferen-
ces about himself I guess he would
be in here taking up all my time if |
would permit it"
rs he still reading law"
mo, he is reading up on insanity
now. He was in yesterday for half
an hour and sat where you are sit
ting now He is anxious about a re-
hearing of his case. Of course the
state has made it's investigation and
made it thorough, and it is hardly to
be expected that We shall keep hay
ing it over and over as long as the
patient wants it. | have tried to i'm
press that on Mac and yesterday he
kept referring to his friends as ba'ng
willing to take the burden of wat
matter and he believed it was tn oir
right to have information that
would satisfy them. I said to hi0',
Well Mac, that is a good way to
test these friends; if they are just
talking for talks sake you can find
out by touching their pocket books.
Ask them if they are willing to pay
the costs of the investigation, then
you will find out if they are in ear
est. Mac, looked up a little sur
prised. 1t seemed rather unkind to
say that to him, but it was so cppor-
tune I couldn't help it,"
This is evidently the circumstance
out of which the Live Wire makes
the story that DR.. Poole threatens
to put him in the violent ward if he
does not get his friends to stop
talking and put up some money.
AS stated before, we went there
just before the noon hour, and pur-
posely for at HAS we remarked,
ITS a long time since have been in
the Asylum. Invite me to go into the
dining rooms and see what you are
feeding the patients and see how
promptly I'll accept"
The Doctor laughed and said.
Come right along and he led the
way. The tables were being set
with a good old-fashioned boiled din
ner of meats and vegetables. There
was no butter in sight and the Doc
tor explained that they have butter
once a day, for supper. ~
AS we passed out the door to 60
out on the mems ward Mr.. Machold
walked into the dining room at the
opposite end of the room. AS we
passed through the ward we were
met by o. F. Smith who locked arms
with the writer in a most companion
able way and smilingly walked down
the corridor. After two or three
commonplace remarks about old
times he said lige a man on train
This is Ainsley, amt It? Ainsley,
Nebraska?" And then his talk was
unintelligible.
While the patients were eating, the
Doctor took the writer to see how
he was replacing the old baseboards
in the woman's ward with cement
He said it was hard to keep the
house free from bedbugs while there
were such places as baseboards for
them to hide In, and while they were
repairing the walls they were putting
on strip of colored cement in imita.
ton of Dashboard except that il
lined with the wall instead of stand,
ing out an inch. Two old ladies
were. in the sitting room, and when
asked why they had not gone in tc
dinner, one of them said she did moi
care for dinner to-day, and the other
replied that she helped in the din.
ing room and ate after the others
did. Another woman sitting in the
sun room asked If she could not &c
home soon. She said she was feel
ing pretty we'll, and she believed she
r had been all right for good while
EYES," the Doctor replied, "your con
e dition is normal most of the time
s or course, If you go home agar
there will be that same problem thai
you had before, and I don't see how
we can have conditions any more
favorable than they were. If 70,
O could be here when you need atten
ton, and in your own little home
when you are well it would be yer!
, nice. Well, spring will come afte)
while, and wen see."
AS we walked away the lady wa!