Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14
TO FRIENDS AND CREDITORS.
By L. II PROSE.

BY l.. T. PROSE.
Since | have been compelled by
force of circumstances to take certain
legal proceedings tbank rupt | feel
that | should offer an explanation, as
many will feel that | have done wrong.
In making this statement, it is neces-
sary for me to give my experience for
the last seven years.
My time has mostly been spent in
I<ernvile. Cal; Boulter Creek, CAL.
Point Arena, Cal; Falls City, Ore, and
Dilleh. Ore. also several months at
Willamina, ore and my standing at
any of these places is open for inves-
tiSation.
My wife was very i'll while we were
In Oregon, and had to have a very Sc
rious operation (which was quite eX-
pensive as there was special nurse
hire and many other expenses. had
to use what little | had saved to get
along and borrowed some besides The
doctor advised us to go to drier at
mosphere so we decided to go inland
and took up correspondence with sew
eral district superintendent. and we
decided to locate within the bounds
of the Idaho conference. Upon leav-
ing Oregon, Brother Hughes of the Ad-
vocate very kindly gave me letter
which shows my standing when we left
Oregon. An extract from the letter is
rs follows. He was fully justified
In leaving his work, for l know about
the situation for his wife was In the
hospital the same time mine was. He
is fine young man and will develop
into a splendid addition to the confer
ence that takes him In and holds him
The superintendent of the Pocatello
district told me that he had a place
where they needed a man and they
would pay about $780,
! accepted the place and upon arrival
we found a very few scattered people
and they did not want a minister. save
one old lady who was very good to us.
We stopped at the old parsonage in
Lima, Mont. one night, but there was
very little support there and living was
so high. so we decided to move the
family to Salmon City, and l would
travel to the work.
WITH FINE PEOPLE.
We expected to have as neighbors,
the parsonage family in Salmon, but
we were told on the train that the
minister had moved away, so we Sc
cured permission from the trustees to
live in the parsonage. ! received per-
mission from the superintendent to di-
vide my time between my other work
and this place, and the Salmon people
proved to be about the finest lot of
people I have ever met, and we will
always remember them. 1t took about
all the money ! received for travelling
IL
cred about hundred miles territory.
Many times my expenses were more
than what I received. On one occasion
] went from Salmon City to Leadore,
a distance of about so miles by train,
and then walked q miles to a mining
camp and spent the afternoon in ex-
tending 40 personal invitations to at
tend meeting in the school house that
night. and had nothing to cat from
morning until evening. ! preached to
about so people that night paid a del /
lar for n room, and 30 cents for sup
per and got up at 3 tho next morning
and walked 81 miles before breakfast. /
so as to save the livery bill. I re- /
ceivod 81 cents in the offering that
night | was commended by the quar-
terly conference at Salmon for not
rneddIng in the affairs there, although
] was preaching for them and living in
church property. | did not intimate
that | would like the work there for
] did not know their plans.
The superintendent told me that he
had place whore the people had
pledged to support the right man"
] learned later what they meant by
tho right man" | consented to go
TO this place which was Haley, Idaho.
although no definite amount was set
for my salary. Upon arrival at HALEY,
we inquired as to tho Methodist par
soragc. and they could not tell us.
finally found newspaper reporter and
he told me he did not know. but that
the ianitor in the school house was
q church man, and asked him and he
replied as follows: Go down that
street until you come to the worst
looking shack in the block with tho
weeds grown up about it and that will
be the place" B.
had no trouble in finding the place
from the description given. The weeds
had grown over the walk and steps.
and hop vines had grown In the holes
in the windows and had climbed over
and that caused the little girl to cry.
and one can realize how I felt about
that time. | very soon realized that
aside from about half dozen the only
reason why they wanted church was
because of the material value to the
town. | waited three days for some
one to call to talk about the church
work, but no one came, so I called on
the man who had been the Sunday
school head in the past, and he in
formed me that he was willing to help
with the work. and said he thought
he could collect s75 a month, and
could make it $50 If did not object
TO him going to the saloon men.
stated that | did not care to be under
obligation to them. and would do the
best ! could on the less amount. |