Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-29
Basalt is preparing for celebration

One thousand female school teachers
sailed for the Philippine islands last
week.
Challs Is a royal advertiser of its 4th
OF July celebration. Nothing better in
the State.
Presto Is preparing for big Fourth
OF July celebration. The exercises will
be ut the Presto school house.
St. Louis and Chicago have had many
cases OF heat prostrations this week
Blackfoot has had many cheerful fires
in its heating stoves.
When presented to the public men
pear at their best. Nobody likes the
presegtation -''somewhat distigured
but still in the ring.
Snake river will be very low before
the irrigating season is over. Every
rancher should make the hest use of
his water supply and help his neis hbor.
Water will be In demand.
Prof. Aldrich Of the State university
Is experimenting on grasshoppers at
Market Lake, using a new remedy for
their destruction, and latest adyices
say with great satisfaction.
| Meeks, the inventor OF the fishing
reel, died last week Of infirmities OF old
age. He made fortune out Of his in
yentlon, but strangely never tested his
reel by fishing a single time.
The Challs Messenger says Custer Il
commencing to show great activity Ia
| mining. Ii is estimated that about l50
men are now at work, and double that
number will be employed within 60 days.
Boise City has two municipal tickets
in the fieid-one straigh. Republican
and the other Citizens ticket. Which-
ever way the election may 60 IL gives
the Republicans control OF The council.
When IN Pocatello it will certainly
pay you to step in at v. G. Roeders,
and invest in Fireworks for the Glori-
our Fourth. Never before have they
been so cheap. This you will realize
when you come TO price them.
The Pocatello band is coming To
Blackfoot's Fourth, the Poca,elIo base
hall team Is coming, and u big crowd
of It's patriotic citizens is coming. II is
Blackfoot's to entertain and Blackfo foot
will furnish the entertainment.
The "Oid Folks" meeting at Rive =
side, Wednesday, was a big meeting,
fnll of "reminiscences, pleasant mem
ories and recollectious recalled of days
agone. never, never 10 return. 1t was
II good meeting aud everybody had a
good time.
Lazy Joe. our Indian philosopher,
says: ''Give me the Fourth, it is my
favorite OF all the holidays. Take from
it the orator, the reader OF the declara.
tion, the patriotic songs and martial
band music. II you please. but keep the
big eat'm. aud my vote will be for the
Fourth
humoredly aud pleasantly, hands yor
your mai at the post office, has been
given an increase in pay by the depart
ment Ut Washington, amounting tc
$3.50 year. This is reward for goot
services. 1t gives THE NEWS erea
pleasure to note this recognition anC
reward.
, Former Sheriff Dan Clyne is dowl
from The Falls, today. Commentin.
on the growth of the town he said: g
came with two friends aud have los
them and cannot find them. 1t was no
that way when / lived here coul,
A Iind any body in minutes aud 81 seconds
e | have been hunting my friends mor
than an hour"
4 People often complain that the cele
e bration of the Fourth OF July and TIL
observance OF Decoration day are beinl
:, perverted and turned over to sports AM
, amusements. This is largely true, AN
is due mainly TO the program commit
tees that fall short of providing suitabl
? entertainments. Dull programs max
D dull days aud tired people.
A united Democratic press Ia tn
J State, working together in harmon
q and accord. can make itself strong an
! influential, and can make the part
. strong. Such course will build up th
a press, influentially, financially an
j. politically, but currish growls at on
another which are always interprete
:, to mean envy, jealousy, spite and XIII
I !. dred feelings are hurtful to the par,
y whose cause they advocate and u,
hurtful to themselves as well rs veal
81 ening TO the press generally, yes, ia
it measure, 20 the entire press OF the Stat