Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-23

ipatient who dropped dead at the
breakfast table, In each case the jury
found no fault attached to the attend
ants. II the COMMITTEES learned Of
cases of neglect and cruel and In
human treatment as they say. l call
upon them to swear out warrants or
at least tell me 70 that may. If they
have such knowledge and withhold 1t,
they are not good citizens. Does not
their silence condone the misdemeanor
and make them a party to IT?
! EVERYONE CRAZY BUT SELF.
III one seeks such information from
the patients he will find many who
claim they have been wronged and
cruelly treated by the Judge the doc
tors. the sheriff and all who had any
part in locking them in here A great
many insane are firmly convinced that
they are right In their vagaries and
others are wrong. That old saying is
often true that the insane man thinks
everyone crazy but himself. One Of
the hardest things have to do in
mental therapeutics Is to convince
such patients that they have not been
a
kind friends for their own good. Some
are never convinced, and some grad
ually come to take the right view sof
their commitment and finally the right
view of their relation to their relatives
and friends and society. This coming
into harmony with the established or
der of society is sanity.
"One paragraph Of the report says
there is, no adequate means of sepa-
rating various classes OF insanity and
Immediately names five such classifi-
cations! Comment seems unnecessary.
They truthfully add: More buildings
will be necessary before such divi-
sions can be completed
Is NOT SATISFIED.
| Our dairy cows are in as good flesh
as Holsteins usually are. They look
4 rough because they are obliged to
sleep out under open sheds. Neighbor-
| ing dairymen say we get as much
milk per cow as they do, yet am not
satisfied we are doing our best. No
good dairyman, or doctor, or laborer
Is ever satisfied. but Is still striving
for better results. l suppose when
gentlemen of leisure and, polished
shoes visit us on warm day In Feb
ruary and have to tramp around a
muddy barnyard, containing $50 hogs,
they naturally think 1t 'insanitary,' al
though we are drawing out manure all
the time. Eighty cattle and $50 hogs
do muss up a dirt barnyard consider
ably
/ What they say about raising Hol-
stein calves for beef is true. 1t costs
more for feed to make beef Of them
than to buy range steers and we are
stopping 1t.
| During their short stay here made
| 1t point to tell the committee the
worst side of things, what. we need
and where we have been lame. In
this way hope to arouse citizens to
our needs. / was surprised beyond
measure to find only $50 acres under
cultivation after all these years. We
have another 100 ready for water and
crop this spring. The appropriation
committee very wisely thought it
would pay us to spend little money
| and put every possible acre finder
cultivation. / understand they have
| appropriated the money for It.; II SO,
they deserve the thanks Of all for It,
| But. oh. there is SO much to be. done
| there. IL we could only have a few
| thousand dollars!
ACCOMMODATIONS MEAoER.
Think of 14O women, many as
scholarly and cultured as your mothers
and wives, and their total seating ac-
commodations six old rocking chairs
and few Stat benches brought in
l from, ha 10 f<,,
| hadn't the money but I could not
stand It, bought them IL more plain
rockers. They will make their own
cushions and are delighted. The mems
wards are the same--just benches and
a few straight chairs, not a rocker for
the feeble old fellows, 70 and so years
Old, just waiting to die Many such
things can be told and told fairly and
honestly, and without any insinuation
nat the management is to blame.
Lastly, let me say that two mem
bers of the board have served four
years, and in my humble Judgment.
are very capable and have our needs
at heart. The law requires board
meetings quarterly. Since last March
we have had IL meetings, and have
one booked for this month. | resent
any aspersions as to their interest or
AFFINITY. Like the rest of us, they keen
~ feel the need OF funds.
AS for myself--just forget me.
Ihink only Of those poor derelict souls
that bore the heat and burden Of
bringing up good sons and daughters
ior THIS commonwealth and now are
ieft upon the charity of neglectful
people. Out Of sight, out of mind.
Arouse US, oh God, and forbid these
conditions shall last much longer!
1 "R. N. JACKSON,
Superintendent"