The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-08-23
Local Physician Presented
Proposition to Commercial
Club Wednesday.
OLD SCHOOL LEASED
DR.. Jesse L. Rains, Man Behind
Gun, Has Extensive
Equipment.

..Grangeville will have hospital In
month from now, II the public-spirit-
ed people Of this town and surround
Ing country win help to get the enter
prise started" said DIR. Jesse l.. Rains
at the Commercial club luncheon
wednesday.
Il do not want anyone TO contribu1e
to this institution without receiving
something In return. My plan Is this:
Each person who contributes win re-
ceive certificate emitting him TO hos
pital service for the full amount Of hig
contribution any time within Ave years.
The certificate will be transferable TO
any member Of the Subscribers family.
Il consider this plan better than sell
ing stock In a hospital association, for
hospitals ara almost never dividend
producing propositions. In fact, with
the present high prices for all kinds Of
things needed in a hospital, including
food, 1t 10 going TO take careful man
agement to make both ends meet j
believe 1t Is better plan than thar re-
Gently adopted by hospital In a neigh
boring town, Of asking for cash sub
scriptions without Offering anything
more In return than thank you, God
bless you
I'VE surely can raise two or three
thousand dollars In this rich commun-
ify for such a laudable enterprise. IL
smaller towns can do as well or better.
The little town OF Ferdinand recently
subscribed $1,000 for hospital, which
is now being built--and / understand
the cost is going to run nearer $4,000.
A prominent doctor of Cottonwood told
me few weeks ago that his town had
already subscribed over $1,000 for q
hospital. These towns put together
will not equal the size Of Grangeville,
nor have they as much contributory
territory as we have.
'For the comparatively small amount
that ! ask the citizens to raise, Grange
Vile will have as good q hospital as
any In the northwest. The school board
has given me lease on the old school
house on west main street. This build
ing though 1t presents a sorry appear
ance now due to years OF neglect, act
ually represents an investment of about
$4,000: ] have on hand over $4,000
worth of equipment, including an ex-
cellent XRay apparatus, so that, in
ciuding the amount, to be raised we
Will have an institution representing a
cash outlay of $4,000. / feel that / am
justified in using the same argument
that was used i'm the recent highway
bonding election: You are getting an
institution worth eight times the
amount you win neeu TO subscribe. An
other point-there will be no Border
Days celebration this year; why not
subscribe twice as literally for the hos
pital as You would for Border Days?
This hospital subscription Is asked for
ssrt1x INttf fl..A
with YOU permanently the Border
Days subscription comes pretty regu-
larry, while the celebration lasts only
three days.
'.The hospital will be under my direct
charge and control. However doctors
Stockton and Scallon have heartily
agreed to cooperate with me in every
way, and while i have said nothing
TO the doctors in neighboring towns |
feel sure | can get a considerable
amount of support from them. The
money which Is contributed will be
used for remOdeling, repairing and rem
Oyating the school building. and for
additional equipment for operating
room and wards"
Several members of the Commercial
club made remarks concerning the
great need Of a hospital here. One
speaker pointed out the fact that at
present our nearest hospital is at Lew
iston, 80 miles away, and referred to
the difficulty in reaching even this hos
pital sometimes-fof instance in the
winter time, when our railroad Us
blockaded for week or more. Mention
was also made Of the danger and suf-
fering incurred by seriously i'll per-
son I'm being transported so far. as
well as the long delay i'm reaching the
/ hospital The sentiment Of the club
was unanimously in favor of raising
the money at once. The following
committee was therefore appointed to
secure the necessary funds: Messrs.
Hattabaugh, Edmundson, Brown, Gilke-
son and Geo. ID. Smith
The Globe believes that this lis one
of the most commendable moves ever
undertaken In Grangeville. Don't be
4 stingy when the committee calls on
YOU: better still, send your subscrip-
tion to any of the gentlemen on the
committee without waiting for them
to call ON YOU. The money is needed
at once. Remember that IL you should
have to 20 to the hospital for two
weeks II would cost you in the neigh
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