The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-24

another. These things are noted les.
and commented on less by the loca
people, than they are by strangers
visiting the town. Strangers com
ment on the cleanliness of the town
the perfect harmony and good humol
OF the people on the streets on busy
days. and the general happiness OF
the whole situation. They compli-
.ment the town in generous terms,
and the foregoing paragraph shows
some of the principal reasons.
Growing out Of the kindly, spirit
already enumerated, is the DISPOSE
tion to take good care of the poor
and the helpless, to sustain the activ-
tiles of the Red Cross and to spread
its work turnout the county. It is
a subject of pride to most tof our
citizens, that during the past year.
more than 400 women thruoat the
county have been taught the fundaa
mentals Of the Red Cross service, in
the classes conducted by a nurse,
supported for that purpose The
value of this work will be felt-more
and more with each succeeding year,
and it should be the wish and pur-
pose Of every citizen to encourage
such work to sustain it, and to
spread it more thoroly thruout the
county 4le
10 thoughtful persons who are
keeping in touch with some Of the
sadder sides of the community and
its activity, it is source of much
satisfaction that at the state institu-
ton at the edge of own, new
psycopathic hospital is just completed
and about to be dedicated to the very
commendable purpose of curing the
insane. No cloud of deeper sadness
has hung over this community for a
third of century than the mere fact. !
that people who lose their mental
balance, and are sent to the insane
asylum, have been placed in an in
stitution where thru the determine
ton to be economical in the admin
istration of a. public institution, the |
inmates have been denied the
facilities and the opportunities 10 be
treated for recovery from their
troubles, but have been in general /
way, detained and kept as persons
In prison. Thru the activities Of |
The press of the community and some
of the leading men of the state, for
the past sevral years, new under
taking has been brought to conclu-
zion, by the completion Of the
psycopathic hospital already men,
Toned. In the near future clinic
Will be held here, and the patients
will be examined to see how mary
If them may be improved or cured
~ the treatments possible in the new
hospital. People who have oeen /;
ware of the crime of neglect which
he state has committed agalns.- its
in the asylum, end
whose lives have been more or less
addened by the knowledge that the
generous public, thru it's ignorance
# the situation, was allowing this
condition to exist, will now breathe
'asier and happier over the compile
ion Of the new hospital and the
coming clinic, designed to improve
he condition of the unfortunate.
Thoughtful men and women, who
VI years nave UC0u aware OIL the i
tremendous loss which this valley Is
differing, thru allowing a large
'olume Of the waters Of the Snake
liver to pass thru to the ocean, dur
ng the winter and spring, and thus
'e lost to irrigation, are witnessing
With satisfaction the development Of
he. plans for the construction of the
'reat American Falls reservoir to
over 10000 acres and to store prac-
ically all of the waste or unused
7aters of the Snake river, above
Falls and turn them to
enefcial use. All of this is, the
lore commendable, because it does
OF deprive anybody of anything
hey already have, nor infiict any
ardship upon them, but rather will
improve the business conditions OF
10 country thru the period Of con-
.ruction followed by the period Of
enefcials Use Nrh9 market for the
roducts OF the Blackfoot country,
nd the market of the surplus labor