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Show AS RED TAPE IS UNWINDING MAfHSI DYING Would TaKe Very Little to Lighten Misery of His Last Days. Alona In tha. world. ral.xlns that th curra of the aaes consumption--has fas ten id a hold on his life that all tha skit of ec fence cannot pry loose. Charles H Davles. about 50 years of , Is dylni slowly but surely. He has a room in th Lincoln house. Mrs. Mary B. Stolsenbera-er. a klnl hearted wrVnan of this city, saw the pooi man slttlna; on the steps of tha Deserei 'National bank build In and took pity oc hint. She learned that he had no relatives rela-tives living that he knows of and that hH only financial assistance comes from friend In Butte, who -is a working- mar and can't h)p much. Mrs. 8to.senhra;ei has been taking; the dying; man milk am food and has done her best to gret hirr properly cured for. but the people who public duty It Is to help such unfortunate unfor-tunate are too busy. It seems, to flva bin attention. It was thought that If a tent could b secured and placed on the bench lanrl somewhere Mr. Davles could find so mud more comfort In the fresh air. He Is ver anxious to spend his last days in a tent The Bait Lake Charity association has s tent and several days ago Mark M Woods, superintendent of this orgnlsa-tlon, orgnlsa-tlon, was told about the man and asked about the tent. Iater he wua Instructed to notify the county authorities about th case, but the pauper clerk declared today that he had heard nothing of the case until Informed by THE TELEGRAM. Ir. A. N. Hanson, county physician, waa told about the man by THE TELEGRAM TELE-GRAM today and said that waa the first he had heard of him. "If a tent can be secured for him w will see that the men is cared for and nursed," said Dr. Hanson today. But all efforts at reaching Csptaln Woods have failed. The little stunt of s camel passing through the eye of a needle nee-dle Is Idle play compared to the gigantic task of locating the superintendent of th charity association. The telephone at the association's headquarters was rung every twenty minutes for hours today but there was no responHe. In the meantime with all the dllly dallying dal-lying an old man Is dying and Is farced to pass his last days In a small room, when he should have lots of fresh air. plenty of good, wholesome food like fresh egs and milk. He has to climb stairs every time he ventures onto the street I for a bit of air or something to eat, and this Is very fatiguing. But It begins to look as If private char-I char-I Ity will have to be offered If this lonely i old man Is ot have a few weeka of partial par-tial comfort before ha goes ts a more sympathetic world. Mr. Davles was a miner. He haa worked at Butte, In Nevada and In the mines of Eureka, Alta and Fish Springs, in this state. For a year he haa been wasting away and has spent all hie money In vain efforts to stop the merciless march of the disease. - i.i.-g. ',.' ",'ni"aBaana |