The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-16
Messenger of Mercy

The human body has been greatly cIaSSineo our
ing the last few decades and there is specialist for
this and that ill which the flesh is heir to.
But there remain those emergencies which nc
specialist hidden away in a busy modern clinic or
Office building can meet and for which there is one
friend upon whom we must continue to rely-the old
fashioned messenger OF mercy the country doctor.
High up in the Thunder mountains of Idaho re-
mote from Transportation fenced in from the world
by snow-clad peaks 10000 feet high, young miner
the other day lay fighting death from influenza.
Word of his plight drifted down from that icy fast
ness to Mccall village in central Idaho The word
reached the little Office where country doctor-Dr.
Don Numbers-kept his liaison Of medicine and mercy
with far-fung field
seriously I'LL" That was the word. 1t was all
that was needed The message went rapidly around
the Village Masters of dog teams dogs that had
won famous derbies in the northwest-offered their
swift strong little racers to the doctor for this derby
with death.
Up into the hills, oyer mile after mile OF danger
Gus trails and over no trails at ALL the country doc
tor sped on his mission of mercy. Over shrouded
hilsides where false step in the deep snow would
have meant his own death, carrying on and upward,
with the dogs scratching heaving, tugging for the
sake of life,
The feet of the dogs were bleeding and torn when
the first stop was made at Warrens Other dogs were
quickly offered and the doctor continued his spec
tacular dash against death. Up over Elk summit,
more than 10000 feet high, covered with nine feet
of treacherous snow
Then to the tiny cabin where the fingers of death
were closing about the throat of its youthful victim
day with boy who had almost given up the IN
equal battle. day of brightness as though the
sun had dropped out Of the skies into that crude
cabin. day of hard work and hope and struggle.
Then life saved the long trip back to the little
Office and a longer wait for the call again.
Day after dull day there in that drab little Office
then the call That is the life of the country doctor,
messenger of medicine and mercy, hero and savior
among
university demonstrates that woman can feed
her husband on 81 cents day. Wed like to listen in
at the peaceful hearth about the third day the little
woman tried it.
The Canadians want free entry to fish into the
United States. The idea probably is reciprocity
since quite few Of our fish have been going over
into Canada lately.
The New Jersey dentist who had to pay $11,5OO
for making woman lisp was lucky. There men
who would pay twice that much to make woman
listen
London scientist suggests the use Of balloons as
housemaids 1t hasn't been proposed yet however, to
train balloons to become scientists
California is excited over development OF a seed
less lemon. Now if we could just have seedless
Congress-
professor says that free love is now more prev
alent than at any other time in history Maybe it
is but where did the professor get his statistics?
Girls in Kansas school debated with the boys on
the merits of installment buying. Some of the grown
up girls and boys have taken the same subject. 4
King Emmanuel of Italy likes to play poker, &C
cording to dispatch But if he goes over his allow
ance, wen bet the Duce is wild.