Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-16 | Page 8 | Only Doctor in Idaho Wilderness Area Charters Plane to Bring Aid to Ranger

i Only Doctor in Idaho Wilderness Area Charters Plane to Bring Aid to Ranger I BOISE Idaho April IG 16 United lre Press Press Dr Don S. S Numbers central Idaho's Idabo's ani only physician had bad added another thrilling exploit to hl hi his long lone list today toda- Chartering an airplane lat late yesterday yesterday yester yester- est r- r day the McCall doctor flew from Cascade northward to the ranch where l he met and administered administered adminis adminis- toned first st aid to toO Noel forest ranger Injured In ill a on the south fork of the Payette river miles mUes north of McCall McCalI son Rout was placed In the plane tal taken en first to Ca Cascade cado and later to Boise The ranger was not as seriously Injured as first reports Indicated He was covered with bruises and deep cuts His back might be broken X-rays X will vill be taken today After Arter the accident flouts ons ranger companions first telephoned word o of the accident and then started the long trek with the injured man manover manover I over wilderness trails traUs to civilization Fearing death might come before the lie ranger party arrIved ed Dr Numbers Numbers Numbers Num Num- bers decided to charter the plane As the only doctor In one of the ew few remaining wilderness areas in inthe inthe inthe the United States the McCall physician physician cian clan has lias won fame fame but but not fortune in In his darin daring dashes over snow- snow covered ered trails or through the air to reach suffering J patients DurIn During the winter whiter Dr Numbers depends on his speedy do dog team to carry him scores scorer of miles to outlying ing settlements on emergency calls By coincidence his trip yesterday was the second mission of mercy for forthe forthe forthe the ROUL family Three years cars ago Rou ons on's brother Emmett became seriously ill JIlIn In a a. remote section Dr Numbers o cr miles to reach the sick man He saved Rout- Rout sons soils life me