The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-12

change In the management at the
asylum a man came to fill the po-
sition OF medical superintendent, and
he had a large following of friends
and hackers right away, because he
was member of q strong lodge,
and was in good standing He mixed
well at lodge meetings, and on any
day following banquet or social
session of that lodge one could hear
declarations that he was all right.
II inquiry was made as to the rea-
sons on which such remarks or
declarations were based, 1t would be
said that he was good mixer, was
we'll up in the lodge, could make
good speech, and was altogether a
fine fellow and came we'll recon-
mended from the lodge of the town
he came from.
A New Password Needed
But in the face of all those things
he allowed the dairy herd at the
asylum to dwindle down for want of
attention to breeding and feeding and
regular hours for care and kindness.
Some Of the cows were regularly
trained with club. When there
was need of securing different males
for the swine and dairy herd to keep
Up the blood, it was not attended to.
The orchard did not yield much fruit
because it was not watered, and
it was not watered because the
bitches were not cleaned out to let
the water thru. He recommended
that the orchard be torn out and the
ground planted to something else.
The garden no longer yielded it's
customary abundance because the
plants did not get matured early
enough. They did not mature early
enough because they were not plant
ed at the right time because the hot
beds did not bring results, and the |
hotbeds did not work we'll because |
the old hot water pipe that had been
carrying heat along under them was
rusted out and was shut off to stop |
the leaks. In muddy times the hogs
did not do well because they did not
eat much, and they did not eat much
because the feed was dumped out on
the ground or in the mud and ma
nure, and was immersed in filth be-
fore they could grab much of it, In
vestigation showed that the kind of
treatment accorded to the hogs and
other things outside was fair
sample of what was accorded to the
inmates on the inside, and when |
brought some of these things to the
of the public thru my
people doubted the truth
of what was said. A very excellent
friend of mine came to me and as
sured me that there was some mis-
take about these things because this
medical superintendent came we'll
from people of high
standing in his home town and his
home lodge, and that he was. there
fore, a high class man, and was
above. those things. His theory was
all very good, and it was based up
On a high ideal, but so was our di-
rect primary law. 1t was very fine
IN theory, but it always brought re-
suits directly opposite to what were
sought. 1t is not enough for a man
20 have the endorsement of lodge
% determine whether or not he is
competent to breed cattle and raise
hogs and apples for hungry folks.
The whole institution went down-hill
lnder his management, and within
| week after he had been relieved
lis home paper printed long article
auding his very successful admins
ration at the Blackfoot asylum. 1t
vas easier, and more profitable for
he publisher, to allow the article
o go thru than it was to take a trip
o Blackfoot and investigate to see
whether or not he was being taken
.dvantage of. His press was all
cry we'll, only he was allowing it
o be prostituted to an evil purpose.
t was the duty of the board of di-
ectors, knowing that the article was
alse, to ask for correction of it,
ut most men are like most news
4rs, they find it easier to let such
Kings go and to let scoundrel pose
S a great man than to make some
fort and set forth the simple truth.
1t must be the best way to do those
lings, because so many people are
ding it.
(To be continued)