The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
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The Hired Man is glad he lives in
Idaho. Again and again his attention
is drawn to certain communities as
they launch out to show their sterl-
ing worth and Christian character.
think a good deal of this splendid
spirit must come from the country
preacher and his associate workers.
These preachers rarely ever get their
names in the paper further than a
mention by their local reporters, but
their names surely must be over on
the other side in the Lambs Book of
Life. The local correspondent has
frequent items about like this REV.
Potts preached Sunday" or REV. Ste
gall went over to Bloomington Fri
day." or REV. Smith has a new wheel
on his buggy this week." ETC., ETC., but
why don't somebody tell us more
about these isolated soldiers of the
cross? What | am trying as fast as
| can to tell, is this: the spirit in the
rural regions in Idaho is splendid,
and it must be based on knowledge
of the Man of Galilee. Well, for in
stance, take the Sunny Slope COM
munity. There lives over there Miss
Ruth Hammar, a gentle girl of about
~ years. an out and out Christian
character, and she got her foot injur-
ed when a very young child. Her
parents went their length to get it
repaired but the wrong kind of doc
tors, spent large sum of money on
the child, were worn threadbare and
discouraged, lost out their all in fires
and smoke, came to Idaho with lit
tie sRuth, and not until of alate did
hope spring anew Now her commun-
ity has club in addition to its church
and this club appears to be doing
things tangible. 1t is similar to the
Good Cheer club over east of town.
They get all the women folks en-
listed and sworn to do good deeds.
Over in Fargo the Ladies Aid is ano-
Their similar institution. Well, these
women go in tribes or schools, or
swarms, or just whatever word YOU
want to use. They work or pray or
play, just as the case requires. Now.
the Sunny Slope club and. Ladies' Aid
have launched move to send Ruth
over to splendid Orthopedic sani-
tarium in the east, and have her come
back walking. | think the angels are
saying: "whoop 'em along there you
folks by the river that flows from the
throne, and give three rousing cheers
tor the Sunny Slope club and Ladies'
Aid" The inspiration is spreading
out and reaching far and wide. It
has struck Caldwell, and now the Big
Sister movement has joined the cause
and every tribe and club and Sunday
school in all the rural regions are
asked to join in, sending all your dol
lars to Mrs. Grace Andrews in Cald-
we'll, who is the general treasurer.
All correspondence on the subject
should be addressed to B. w. Rice. DR..
Cole, the man who never turns any
surgical work down that can be done
west OF Chicago, endorses the plan,
to send Ruth away for help. We need
S4oO,OO, and even this sum is but a
part of the schedule cost, but DR..
Cole has secured special rate. The
Hired Man would turn out to be a
tid again lust for tonight" if some
day this fall we could all see Miss
Ruth Hammar get off the passenger
train here in town and take up a suit
case in each hand and go tripping
down the street Send along your
dollar by Saturday, or if you forget,
send 1t as soon as you can.
The Hired Man would like for some |
energetic person 10 come along and |
get up an organization among the low
RS of the good old cracking bread. |
Ne used to have it once a week but
he idea has persisted from this part
If the world. could eat graham
'read for months if knew that at the
md of that time | could have few
nesses of cracking pones. Now lets
lear. from all we cracking bread folks.
VI other used to make this and we
would eat it with a brown gravy about
S thick as loblolly and she would
make lot of it at the time and we
would eat right smart, give away
considerable and have heap left.
When we sat down to the table, no
.ndv ever left until we were filled
With the delicious food, except the
'ind blew the old pants out of the
roken pane or the stick of wood hold
ne the door rolled away, and then
ONE of the children steaked it in
here and put it back There ought to
e enough cracking bread votaries in
hese parts to get up quite conven-
on.
Mrs, Lear Johnson, with her rem
ant brood left for Oklahoma Mon
ay. The Hired Man and his wife
rent down to the train to tell them
Goodbye. Mrs. Johnson left with
eavy heart. Hers has been sad So
BURN here in Caldwell. Two years
nce Mr., Johnson brought his family
ere to live. He was Woodworking.
apable man. Times closed down and
e found food and clothing getting
norter day by day, until one day
lrs. Johnson persuaded him to let
err come to the Hired Mans house
nd tell the whole truth. Spured on
y need. Mr.. Johnson took with him
ne of his fine boys and started to
BEAT" his way on freight trains to
nd work. AT some point in Oregon
ley crept down in the stove compart-
ent of refrigerator car of fruit.