Show SENATOR stephenson WHO DEFIES AGE senator lasac stephenson ot of als cousin the oldest member of either cither branch of congress Is standing the scorching hot weather of the national capital better than tiny any of his colleagues in wisconsin A mr ir stephenson Is III known its as uncle ike but bui among his senate associates he be to la X familiar familiarly ay lial halad lId a as a dr ike although M mr stephenson in makes akes no pretentious to a knowledge of medicine as laid down in the books and f frequently admits that lie Is not abreast of the me modern darn medical enco ence lie he has had haa a practical experience which lie he thinks to 10 give 8 advice to 0 o tile tho ailing As far back as aa tile the early fifties mr stephenson was healing the mck ile ho was then in charge 0 of f various lumber camps in tile the lake superior region of northern wisconsin for fifteen years said mr ston we we were re without willi out a doctor lawyer or preacher preach or wo we did not need a doc doctor tor for I 1 looked after tho the bid and us os for I 1 a lawyer wo we got along well because wo we fought out wil with our flats the troubles that arose us ua wo had some pretty rough alid hard in men oil in the campa and waybe wo did suffer buffer for want of a preacher in the logging season wo lad dundr hundreds 09 of men and my principal job was to keep our crows crews in III good shape the saw faw and the axe make trou brou me blo in III tho the woods not only for trees aut for men and I 1 have been c called on to bind and bow hundreds of wounds I 1 was not what you might call fx a fancy bono better bettor but I 1 knew how to sc set a ione hone quickly and with tile the least pain to tile the broken arm or cr ley leg wi lid did not have anesthetics in those days kand the thing to do w was as to wend mend tho the break and got get th the e man back on oil tile the job pa H a few days mr stephenson says that a lang life and I 1 n simple life go hand tit in hand an AB a young mm men I 1 traveled acress tile iho snow enow twenty odd miles a day he said 1 I swung it alve pound axe from dawn till dark I 1 slept in a blanket in the snow tit ante crackers and pork and drank snow water and was as aa healthy as a hoar bear |