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Show LAVA HOT SPRINGS OF IDAHO AS A POLIOMYELITIS SANITARIUM The people of Idaho always can depend on Ben B. Johnson of Preston, former president of Associated Civic Clubs of Southeastern Idaho, to take advantage of every opportunity presented for advancing the interests inter-ests and enhancing the welfare of the Gem state. He' has made a careful study of the commonwealth until few chances escape his watchful eye. The latest demonstration of this constant vigilance is an appeal made to Sister Kenny, the famous Australian Austral-ian nurse who, in a practical and original method of treatmen, has brought relief and recovery to scores of little sufferers from infantile paralysis. This remarkable woman, whose simplicity of character charac-ter and absence of pretension have made her a target for autocrats of the medical profession, is discouraged with the outlook to secure financial backing for the kind of hospital she came to this country hoping to establish. es-tablish. One of the principal elements essential to her success suc-cess with patients of this puzzling ailment is hot water. Resourceful Mr. Johnson thought .of Lava Hot Springs and immediately began to interest his fellow citizens in Sister Kenny and to interest Sister Kenny in Lava Hot Springs. "At Lava," he pointed out, "there is twice as much hot water with high mineral content as 'at Warm Springs, Ga., and many times more than at Hot Springs, Ark. What Lava lacks in publicity it makes up for in superiority to other locations." It would -be a big thing for the intermountain west if some such arrangement as Mr. Johnson outlines could be perfected. Salt Lake Tribune. |