Homesteading 



particular clique had published a notification that 

 they would not attend certain cases (maternity 

 ones among the rest) without either cash or a 

 chattel mortgage, and an instance had occurred 

 in which one of these doctors had, after about 

 an hour's attendance, insisted on a mortgage 

 on all the man possessed, except his pigs and 

 children, amounting to about one hundred and 

 thirty dollars. True, he had driven some forty 

 miles in a motor, and the precious combine had 

 excluded what might be called pauper cases ; 

 but few homesteaders are in that position, though 

 such charges as the above may soon place them 

 there. 



On this point a strong resolution was passed, 

 a copy of which it was decided to send to the 

 Secretary of the Board of Trade of the town, 

 the local member of the Legislature, and that 

 excellent publication, The Grain Growers' Guide. 



It is to be feared that these so-called Boards 

 of Trade in small towns are often, though not 

 invariably, associations whose main object is to 

 " boost " real estate values ; but for the doctors, 

 it would be a mistake to think that the conduct 

 named above is general ; on the contrary, there 

 are many noble men of the profession on the 

 prairie, working heroically against great odds. 



Another very practical subject, which was of 



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