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lost their farm because they were unable to maintain pay-
ments on equipment purchased on credit. Because of these
events, Joshua became suspicious of financial institutions,
which lasted throughout his life. Another result of these
events was that the couple separated. But Joshua clenched
his fists and endured life. His favorite quote became: “If
you always enjoy everything you do, you will never do
anything that you don’t enjoy.”^95
Without the farm, Joshua began working with vari-
ous jobs across the country. He worked as a construction
worker, as a cowboy, and as a rodeo performer. While
working at these jobs, he mastered skills such as boxing,
wrestling, exhibition rope spinning, and pistol shooting.
A biographical note described his life during the Great
Depression:
“He has traveled extensively in Canada; and
during the depression by freight and passenger
coal tender from Vancouver to Halifax. He
has lived with the homesteaders in the bush
country, trappers in the lower Peace River,
farmed in the heart of the dust bowl when
it was 100 percent on relief, been a stow-
away on an ocean-going boat, and lived in the
hobo jungles outside of most of the cities in
Canada.”^95Joshua moved across the country to Regina, where he
began working as a chiropractor. One day, Joshua decided
to take lessons to improve his dancing skills. “Life seemed