Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-08
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ABOUT EARNEST

Below we are publishing a letter
from Ernest Snowberger who few
years ago lost one arm and one leg in
an accident at the Snow-Moody pump
ing plant ana is now making good.
Dear Mother:
| have been waiting for letter
from you so that l would have some
thing to v.'fte about. AS it is, there
is such a scarcity of news in this
place, news that would be interesting
to you, that my letters do not amount
to much
| think | mentioned to you, some
time ago, about my intending trying
to get in on this rehabilitation work
By rehabilitation work | mean the
reeducaton Of the crippled soldiers
teaching them useful occupations BY
which they may earn their living. II
received a letter from the president of
the University of California and also
enc from Prof Gayley, Dean of the
= Faculty in the University. l am to
talk with them as soon as they arej
back from their vacation. | had al
short talk with DR.. Gegge, chairman
of the University committee on Re
habilitztion. 1 was unable TO get
much hope from him because they
have not, as yet, formed any definite
plans in regard TO the work.
l wrote letter to Surgeon General |
Gorgas offering to do anything which
he might find me useful for l expect
an answer from that before long
Mr.. Kelley is quite enthusiastic
about it and feels that ought to be
able to do some good work in that
line. He has offered to assist me in
any way that he can.
OF course, if l did get an oppor-
tunity to do any of this work, it would
mean less in the matter of salary
than / am getting now. 1t would
without doubt. But l don't feel that
this is any time to figure that sort of
thing Those of US who can't fight
have our little work all cut out for
US. Just because we manage to get
along on our allowance of sugar, or
wheat, or meat, or buy an occasional
Liberty Bond, or subscribe an oc-
Ill - +ln d. ,,-+l
because we do those things does not
make US especially patriotic. What
ever we give can never equal the
things Fred and thousands of others
like him may have to sacrifice in
France. These boys who come back
from France crippled up are going to
be entitled to all we can give them.
They are going to find themselves up
against rather a tough proposition
some of them-in the matter of try
ing to get their livings -,
l have been working almost three
years now and have found that it is a
fairly simple matter to earn ones liv-
ing. Consequently, feel that
ought to help someone else where
can.
Fred sent me one of his new pic
lures and it seemed to me that he
was looking pretty good. He looked
fatter than l ever say him before.
Wynifred has some socks ready for
him but she has not sent them to him
vet because we were afraid that he
might be on his way across. bought
the wool for them and sent her the
money last week. She scared me by
saying that the five dollars was not
in the envelope. Of course, thought
I had lost the money and was begin
ming to figure five dollars out of the
money l intended putting in the bank
this month. In her next letter she
told me the joke.
The end of this job appears no near
er than it did when l last wrote to
YOU. l still think, though, that it
will be over by the last of October.
After that, if things still look all to
the good, 1 can make some definite
arrangements about trip home.
Everyone has come back from lunch
and have started to work, which
means that / must be about my own
little labors.
By the way, as was coming over
to the ferry the other morning, Skib-
be and | were standing out in the
front Of the boat talking when fell
low, in a Lieutenant's uniform, came
up to me and asked me if l was Snow
berger from Payette. | said l was
and he informed me who he was. L
knew him very well but did not at
fret recopnize him. 1t was Davis who |