The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-05-05

glimmering, it was enough to make
man past 90 feel down for his hand
kerchief. The fellow townsman in his
characteristic way, said, lust draw
on me for six or seven hundred dol
lars, without interest, and start up
again" That man is acting out that
song the rest of us only sing, about
leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
The Hired Man wants to hear from
every deformed and crippled person
under twenty-five years of age in the
state. He wants especially to see all
who can come to see him in Ada and |
Canyon counties. Others further
away can simply write and tell him of !!
their condition. Of course if you
know your case is scientifically hope
less, you are not asked to write me.
But you might be deceived about your
case being hopeless. They are doing
repair work now that was out of the
question fifteen years ago. Let
friends of these unfortunates write to
me Of persons whom they know are
handicapped in anyway. Your letter
might Just be the beginning of some
thing that will bring lifelong benefit.
or even perfect healing, to some one
now hopeless and helpless. There is
hope for almost any condition if it is
work is all free. | simply am getting
in the whirlpool of human interest
that is present in this part of the
land, and am being used by good
many people as sort of center of
activity in this work of Strengthening
out bodies and spirits. AS | look over
some of the recent pictures in the
orthopedic literature that is coming
to me, l see all manner of deformi-
ties and ill-shapen creatures, who
through some fault not their own, are
hobbling and dragging and crawling
themselves along through the world
handicapped and bound by an incom>
plete body, while for them there is a
great improvement and often, entire
recovery. | turn my eyes from thh
pictures of the crooked bodies to that
more serious pictures of crooked
minds. and there see all sorts of de-
formities again, the club-feet, the bow
legs. the knocked-kneed, the paralyz-
ed, the withered limbs and the blinded
eyes, the last picture far outweighine
the former, and yet know of great
surgeon who tells us He can cure
every case of this soul dcfarmity thai
is brought to him, and his work is al
, free. This piece is written in order tt
put me in communication with certain
; folks.
The Hired Man went up to Mccall
and while there he got this true story
from the incest kind of woman,
Seventh Day Adventist. She said al
! easterner had come in on the Saw
) Tooth range with his family of biz
. boys and girls and had bought one o
the few little wayside places away il
, !, back of Thunder Mountain. The.
7 had heard of the bad things Indian
used to do. They were awful
, afraid of Indians. The mountaineer
: did not help matters any after the
: discovered the fears of the tender
: foot and his family. One day six In
: ! dams came along with big bunch G
! ponies; one Indian went to the hous
u and got them to understand that the
5 wanted dinner. Father and one bi
{ son got in side room with two rifle
II after a hurried consultation in whic
o it had been planned for the others c
y the family to prepare the frugal mea
) The dreaded moment came and tn
n poor loes were signalled to came il
d They did so and were seated at tn
l. table. Father and son sat tremblin
d with rifles cooked. The first India
o to make break was to bite the du
q on the floor. They do sometimes g.
q dust on Idaho floors. Well. all VIZ
"a serene and quiet. All six of the loe
m the poor Indians. folded their arm
e across their breasts and the big fello
RI at the head of the. table said in pc
:. fectly good English to the one at II
X foot, brother, you please, retu'
lie thanks to the Heavenly Father f.
this good meal" Indians bowed the
heads through a brief thanksgiviI.
$. service in good English, while Il
Of father and SON pretended they we
as about to go out to shoot a cougar
,d bear. I have lost the name Of n
ce Adventist friend who told me tn
ut but she was one of the leading wom
re at Mccall.