The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-01-26
DIR. E. E. YORKE
MAKES OFFER
(COntinued ION Els 20

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claims as such officers, but when they
are called on a case, they always put
in bills extra for this service, so it ap-
pears. What in the name Of common
sense do we have to have a poor doc
tor and health officer for, if we have
to pay them extra for every case they
attend beside paying them a regular
salary every month of the year. There
are bills, bills, bills and more bills put
in by these doctors for operations at
nearly every meeting Of the Commits
sioners and they are being paid. They
come in gobs from SIS or $50 up to
several hundred dollars, and in fact
during two months of last spring the
county paid them something like
100000 besides their salaries for
performing these duties.
This community furnished hospital
which it was figured would be a great
benefit to Plentywood, but it seems
that since that time the taxpayers of
Sheridan county have had some enor-
nous bills to pay for sickness for
County Poor. The County also rent
ed three rooms in the hospital for a
year for which they are paying 5000
per month besides all these extra bills
to be paid to these doctors,
When the letter was read by the
Commissioners it rather staggered
them, but they were favorably in
clined toward DR.. York's proposition,
and who would not be so inclined.
However, they laid it over until today,
Thursday, and this morning DR.. Stor-
kan for some reason, came to the
Commissioners room and he was
shown this letter and to say that he
was staggered is putting it mildly.
DR.. York has been a thorn in the
side of both Sells and Storkan since
he came here, and now that he was
putting the d-bOsh on their nice little
deal with the County and saving the
taxpayers thousands and thousands of
dollars every year which would other
wise 90 to these doctors, it just set
Mr.. Storkan right up in the air. It
was suggested at the time that the
proposition be accepted and that DR.
York be allowed the use of one of the
rooms in the Hospital which is leased
/ by the County and paid for in advance
until next July. DR.. Storkan politely
told the Board of County Commission
ers oTHAT DIR. YORK WOULD NOT
BE PERMITTED TO PRACTICE IN
THIS HOSPITAL AS NO ONE BUT
| A MEDICAL DOCTOR WOULD BF
ALLOWED TO PRACTICE IN THIS
/ HOSPITAL. This in spite Of the fac
that the County has these rooms
bought and paid for and own then
for several months more.
This shows just where these doctors
stand. It shows just what attitude
they take toward the welfare Of tn,
public; it shows that they are running
this hospital to suit themselves an'
that they are going to do SO in spit
of all things. DR., York offers to trea
! poor patients absolutely free Of charg
and all he asks is that the Commits
sioners give him a room at the Hos
pital to adjust his patients. Thes
other doctors want money, money, TO
every little thing they do and will no
let the patients be treated free, a
the county rooms in the hospital.
The matter was laid over until mex
meeting when DR.. York will appea
before the commissioners in perso
and go into such details as they ma
want. In talking with him today, b
informed a representative Of tn
Producers News that he could use
room in one of the hotels just as wei
but that he was going to see to
that some Of these Unnecessary bill
operations, etc. were done away wit
if the county commissioners woul
given him the opportunity to do 50.