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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-23
$500 PER YEAR.
Reservoir for Arco

During the bahmy days of
autumn some men have been busy
laying and completing plans for a
reservoir in Arco Pass which will
water a large tract of land about
six miles east of the town of Arco.
The leading spirits in the deal are
JAS. Rafferty, and A. O. McMul-
len; J, M. Hill of Mackay is their
engineer, and the grant from the
state engineer has now reached
them, giving them permission to
proceed with the work of storing
the waters of the pass which have
hitherto flowed down the little
valley and sunk, doing nobody
any good except as it has afforded
a watering place for stock.
The water comes from some
springs which form Brush creek,
and the dam will be built at a
place in Arco Pass where rocky
cliffs which once formed solid
wall, have been cut through in
bygone ages, leaving cape about
IS feet wide at the bottom, and
200 feet at the top of the propos-
ed dam, which will be As feet
high, making the water IS feet
deep in the lake. The workmen
will remove everything to bedrock
and make a dam of stone laid in
cement, 16 feet wide, faced with
cement concrete a foot thick on
the upper or water side, and
banked with dirt wall Is feet in
thickness on the lower side. A
large safety canal will be cut in
the rocks at the top of the dam to
conduct the water away in case of
a flood or cloudburst; thus pre-
venting the water from ever flow
ing over the top of the dam.
The water will be piped through
the bottom of the dam for irriga-
tion. The lake will cover 100
acres, and will be stocked with
trout. Boats and mosquitoes will
be provided for tourists who visit
he place in summer, and on the
great slopes of fine sandy loan
which face the southern sun
between that and Arco, they can
aise almost any thing they wish.
t is an ideal place for great
not moth for miles
ot a bug able to fly the distance
rom a neighboring tree. A fine
lace for any kind of hardy fruits,
nd for honey bees if only some
Italia is provided for the bees to
'ork on when the fruit blossoms
re withered and gone. Honor
nd success to McMullen and Raj
rty, and to all other men who
,oIve an original scheme to put
ore good things into the world
ithout taking anything away but
me of our buffalo wallows and
bbit pasture.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-23
Reservoir for Little Lost

Until the past year or so it wa'
generally thought that the settle
ment of Little Lost river valley
had reached the limit, but since
the matter OF storing water in win.
ter for use in the summer has
been studied, it becomes apparent
that settlement over there has
only commenced. The folks liv-
ing there now are only the fore
runners of the population that is
to follow. They are the Josephs
sent on ahead to prepare corn for
the Others to subsist on while the
new and greater achievements are
to be reached. While it is prob
able that the Boise Denver rail
road will touch Little Lost and
build feeder up to Camp Wilbur
it is a certainty that an old lake
bed in the HILLS above the Porter
and Milne ranch will soon be turn
ed into storage reservoir by
company composed of a number
of the Well-to. do ralichers of the
community, and that canal six
miles long will be built to con
duct the waters of Little Lost
river into the reservoir during the
winter season. The basin which
is to be used for storing water is
On the route known as Arco Pass,
and away back in the geological
turmoil when the Canyon of the
Grand was being sawed out, the
north wall Of the old lake gave
away and drained into what is
now Little Lost river valley and
then out into the arm of the ocean
which we now call the Snake
River Desert. The break in the
wall is to be mended with wall
of masonry 100 feet thick and 200
feet long. The lake when full
will hold water so feet deep and
will cover 314 acres. 1t will store
all the waters of the river from
October till May, and canal
leading from it will conduct the
water out upon the land lying be-
low it. The system will cost
about IS, 900; anyone passing up
the valley would not see the dam t
nor the lake and would not sus-
pect that the old dry basin which '
had been used SO long for sheep !
pasture, had been turned into
source of wealth and that myriads !
Of fish were sporting inthe water.
This is the second reservoir locat. 0
ed in Arco Pass, and we Will tell n
you about another storage system f
when the locators are willing that :,
We shoald do SO. Little Lost has r
the best soil in all this d
country, and when they get rail a
may expect to see sug- W
n factory built on the great plain al
It the sinks Of the river. .,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-23

lneTo 10 al olu saying lHdL tu'
darkest hour is just before til,
dawn, and this is true of the post
al service in an Office when it il
approaching a change of classlfi
cation. The whole community
and the travelling public know
that the service in the Blackfoo,
office is entirely inadequate and
very unsatisfactory to the public.
People have right to expect the
delivery of mails at the window to
commence at eight o'clock in the
morning or 40 or SO minutes after
the arrival Of No. 8 and should
be able to get Money Orders or
Registered letters at 8 a. m. but
when the windows are kept closed
till $50, or ten as is often the
case, the public suffers great in
convenience and corresponding
loss. The office suffers loss of
business, because much of the
business goes to the banks and
to the express Office which would
be handled by the post office if the
office were open for business at
the usual post office hours. This
condition is growing worse as the
business of the office increases
and as the changes in the railroad
time card require the mails to be
delivered to the train and taken
from the trains for distribution in
the early morning more than they
were. Compelling the present
force to make up 4 mails and dis
tribute 3 mails before ten o'clock.
Conditions at the post Office are
getting so serious that we called
and asked some light on the sub
ject, and for suggestions as to the
remedy if there is any, and chief
clerk A. L. Fowler responded,
saying that there are perfectly
natural reasons for the poor SER
vice which the public is receiving,
and that there is remedy which
1t is possible for the community to
apply and get relief. The state
ment which he gave is practically
this:
The Blackfoot post office be-
longs to what is known as the
third class, and is subject to the
rules and regulations of third class
offices. The salary is S1700 a
year, with rent paid by the gov
ernment, an allowance for l sep
clerk and $4.32 per month
Tor fuel and lights. If more clerks
are needed to handle the business
,t the office the compensation has
to come out of the $500 salary
II the post master When an Of
ice gets to doing IS, 900 worth of
business year, it comes under
he rules and regulations of the
econd class, and in this class the !
government furnishes as much
1elp, who are all in the civil SER
vice and therefore competent, as :
s necessary to handle the business :
With proper despatch. The busi- :
less of the Blackfoot office is =
growing rapidly, and within a !
hort time must come within the,
cope of the second class, but un-. +
II that time it must 60 along pret-
y much as it is now. The rec .
rds of the office show that dur
ng the year 1908, the business Of !,
ne office amounted to S., 5,038. v
or the salary year ending March n
Il, 1904 it was IS, 416, and esti- q
mating the balance Of this years :
'uslness by what has been done it i
glll reach the sum of $7,100 or a
POO short Of the amount required Ii
h bring it into the second class. Q
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-23

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office. When farmers can go to
their front gate and get their mail
every day, and make application
for money orders through the car
rlerand get the money order back
the next day, the volume of busi-
ness in the local office will be
greatly enlarged. That has been
the experience of establishing
rural routes everywhere, and like
the telephone, when once estab-
llshed is seldom given up. Prop
er application has been made for
this route on the westside, it has
been approved by Senator Dubois
and is now awaiting for the ap-
qroval Of the inspector who is SO
busy with other routes that he has
not been here to look it over. If
we could swell the amount of
business in the next three months
to reach that other thousand dol
lars or SO, we. might get relief in
the spring, and it can only be
done through the sale of postal
cards and stamps or stamped en-
velopes. Stamped envelopes are
the cheapest postage there is to
be had and if the community
would place their orders for a
double supply within the next
forty or fifty days, we could yet
raise the amount necessary to
place this Office in the second |
class. Another advantage that
would follow would be the free
delivery of mali about town,
which we cannot get with a third
class Office .
This explanation of the situa-
ion shows that the patient suffer
lng public have bridge to cross,
md it is up to them to elect how
and when they will cross 1t. 1t
s not a matter that will settle it.
self by being left alone except
through long suffering and embar-
assment, loss of business, ham
oering Of trade and bad reputation
or the town, and if an invest
nent of a thousand dollars by
he business men of the town will
rive us good postal service next
'ear it might be a tip-top invest
nent to make, especially in view
t the fact that we get every cent
'ack during the year in the use of
he postage which the investment
7ould secure to the investors.
'lackfoot may safely slate lot
f changes and good growth for
ne year 1905, and with a good
ostal service we need only to 60
n and name the streets and num-
er the houses and we shall be
eady for free delivery of mail to
ur doors. The blessings(of good
ostal service generally go to
lose who reach out and-get them
nd they do not come in the mid
lie Of the year if town suddenly
utgrows itself. As an instance
this we cite the congested con-
ition at Cripple Creek when a
tile country office was suddenly
eluged with the mail of city's
opuIation, andspeople stood in
ne for hours to get to the post
lice window. The Office at
kaguay was another example,
i'd at Nome City hundred men
line all day whose time was
orth from 81. 90 $3.50 an hour,
ade a loss to the community of a
ousand dollars day. Black
OF is losing money by made
late service. but not a Thousand
'llars day, yet it appears that
investment Of a thousand dol
rs in stamps would soon let US
It of predicament.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-23

TooNTlNUED ON EIGHTH PAGE
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
CLAYVILLE.

Job printing In the beat style and at
reasonable prices at the TrsEs Office.
Daniel Eddy OF Providence Is doing
some csrpente'ing at the Wright
homestead.
Albert II. Wright OF Providence IL
having some repairs made TO the Allen
Wright residence.
Get your Lawn Mower sharpened at
Hughes & Atkins, 3s Plainfeld street,
Olneyvllle. A good job guaranteed.
Go to r. B. Huns store and see whs,
you can buy Tor 10 cents can Of
Squash, can of Tomatoes, I can OF Pea,
lb. OF Sal, Pork, qt. of Beans, a bar
OF Soap kinds. 4 bars OF soap (Ameri.
cam. No more yellow ,tamps. Mems
heavy work shoes, 800 and $I2s
A very pleasant incident took place a,
the regular meeting OF Hamilton Lodl G
A. +. and A. NJ. at It's regular communi-
cation last Saturday evening. Benjamin
Wilbur, who has just returned from a trip
to the Holy L,nd presented the lodge
with handsome gavel made from olive
wood from jerusalem. Mr.. Wilbur pre-
faced the presen'siion by an exceedingly
Interesting description OF the Holy City
as II now appears. r. c. Allen. master
Of Hamilton Lodge accepted the souvenir
with appropriate remarks.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
FOSTER CENTER.

Try he TINES Office when you want
any Joe printing.
Charles Horton Of Providence Is visi.
ing Mrs. Della Sweets residence at How
ard Hill
state Commander George Tierney was
present Saturday evening at the review
of Mystic Tent, Knights of Maccabees.
Mrs. Ma1cie Stone Of Providence, q
popular teacher H. the Johnston schools
spent Decoration Day with friends here.
The Republican ticket won out at the
Foster Town election on Monday. The
following town officers were elected (:
Observation-Disclosures l.. Harrington,
Town Clerk--Gardner Howard, Town
Council, John B. Spears. a. Byron o.
Angel, ), Job ID. Place, 4, Stephen ;.
Hopkins, S. William II. Phillips. Town
Treasurer-Ray Howard, Justice OF the
Pesce-James NJ. Hopkins, Assessors of
Taxes, Arthur Hopkins, a, George X.
Tyler. !. James A. Stone. Town Sergeant
Henry w. Bennett, Overseer OF the
Poor-Charles II, Basett, Superlnten-
dent OF Asylum-Charles II. Bassett,
School Committee tor three years. Philip
Shippee. For Town Clerk and Town
Treasurer there was no contest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
Triumpbs OF Modern Surgery

Wonderful things are done Tor the hu-
man body by surgery Organs are taken
out and seraped and polished and put
back. or they may be removed entirely |;
sonss are splieedi pipes take the place Of
diseased sections Of veins sntlsep,ic
dressings are applied 10 wounds, bruises,
burns and like injuries before inAammA.
tIon In, which causes them 10 heal with.
out ma,urstlon and In one third the time
required by the old treatment Cham
bcrlsins Pain Balm acts on thi. same
principle. !, is an sniiseptIe and when
applied to such injuries, causes them to
heal very quickly. II also allays lhe pain
and soreness. Keep bottle Of Pain Balm
In your home snd II will save you time
and money, not 70 mention the incon-
venienoe and suffering which such In
juries entail For sale by y. A. Smith.
Olneyvllle; Psrkers drug store. Olney.
villej w. Dunning * Bro, hsntonAve 4.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
HUGHES ESDALE.

DR.. Tucker has three hundred Ply
mouth Rock chicks.
The soap works are very slack at pres.
ent on account OF the strike.
DR.. A. o. Robbins has removed from
this place TO the Simmons mansion at
Thornton.
A. Lee, the well known veterinary OF
this place hes cured Wilder's horses so
they are all working.
James W. Patton of this place acted rs
stage manager last eve ming at the concert
and social OF the Jolly Student Mandolin
Club held a, Thornton.
Thomas Mannock, a resident OF Olney.
VILE, who resided al this place a few
years ago. will soon occupy his old resi.
dence vacated by DR.. A o. Robbins.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
ROCKLAND.

Mr. Chacc OF Providence visited al
Sarah Olney's Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Beebe OF Fall River addressed
the Grand Amy In their hall on Deco,a.
tion Day.
A full line Of field garden and flower
seeds at the lowest prices At Mc6linchey's
hardware store, % Plainheld street.
Ge, your Lawn Mower ,harpencd a.
Hughes & Atkins, IS Plsinfeld street
OlnsyvIle. A good job guaranteed
The remains OF the infant child OF
Allison Capwell were inferred In Rock
land cemetery on Sunday last. Mr.. Cap
we'll formerly resided here but IL now In
Buffalo, ~. Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
MANTON.


Thomas Smith has Joined the u s.
navy.
A new gate has been placed at the rail-
road crossing.
Mrs. II NJ. whipple OF Auburn is vie.
iting at 5, 5. GARDENERS.
The Manton Firemen are occupying
their new quarters in the CaIei block,
Harry B. winsor is having some repairs
made at his residence on Man,on avenue
The annual excursion OF ST. Peters
church will occur June IS, a, Rocky
Point.
Rev. c. W. Caubel preached Sunday at
the Main street Church Of Christ In
Worcester.
Representatives from the local FIRE bri.
gade attended the Firemen's muster at
Bristol on Monday.
Rev. c. III. MyeIsholt OF Cambridge
occupied the pulpit at the Church of
Christ last Sunday.
Mrs. A. T. Remington and daughters.
Agnes and Emma returned Tuesday from
visiting at Fitchburg.
Go to IL. l.. Swlndells, the druggist and
get bottle Of Bakers Wormwood Lini.
meni for your rheumatism.
Get your Lawn Mower shRrpened at
Hughes * Atkins. 3S Plsinfeld street,
Olneyvile. A good job guaranteed.
Miss Marion Hughes has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the Ameri.
can Ball Bearing Company OF Providence.
1t is understood that Councilman Dame
has granted the use of his grounds TO The
Manton Club Tor their annual outing this
year.
Charles Stevenson has taken the
Becker avenue tenement vacated by
James McCawley, who has moved into
Mrs. Lizzie Medbury's house on Manton
avenue.
The improved condition OF the schoo
house grounds is ieliciting favorable com.
ment. Much credit ia due Mr.. Corcoran
and other members Of the Johnston I'm.
provemeut Society for sharing in the
work.
new schedule for the mail service
went into effect this week, According 10
the new arrangement. mails arrive here
from Providence at 7 ;o2 a. m. and 4:I7
p, M, and leave for the city at 8 80 a. m
/ 40 p. m. and S;36 p. m.
Members and teachers Of the Manton
Grammar school Witnessed with sati,fac-
ton the victory Of their team over the
Gladstone Sluggers on Saturday at the
Richarda grounds. The score was 40 TO
II, in favor OF Capt. william Mines
nine.
The Johnston Improvement Society
will meet in Kings Hall, Manton at s
p. M, Thursday evening, June 9. There
will be reports Of committees Of interest
and Mr.. f. Francis Crowell, president Of
North Providence Improvement Society,
will make an address. Music will also
enliyen the evening. All. both ladies and
and gentlemen.ar invited to this meeting
whether members or not OF the society.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
Thrown From "A Wagon.

Mr.. George K. Bsbcock was thrown
from his wagon sno severely bruised He
applied Cham berlaii's Pain Balm freely
and says il is the best liniment he ever
used. Mr. Babcuck isa well known ci,i-
zen Of North Plain, Conn. There IL
nothing equal 70 Pain Balm Tor sprains
and bruises II will effect a cure in one
third the time required by any other
treatment For sale by B. A. Smith,
Olneyville; Parker drug store. Olney
Vile; W. Dunning s. Bro, Manton Ave
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
SAUNDERSVILLE.

Job Johnson OF Utica, n. Y. is ,isiting
relatives here
Mrs. Ferd Greene spent several days
this week with friends In the annex.
Quite number OF Saundersvile peo-
pie attended the clambake at North Scit-
uate on Monday.
Some one near SaundeIsville does no,
know how to speak the truth. So we are
informed by reliable citizen OF that
clion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03

William K. Bailey & Co. have recently
opened an engineering school at IL Wash.
ine'on street, Providence. The school
VIII enable Its pupils to pass the examin.
auons for engineers and fremens n.
eeh'es that are soon to be required In this
state and Massachusetts,. Mr. Bailey Is
an expert in his line.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
GKANITEvILLE.

Rev g. B. Cutler Of Gsenyille occu-
pied the pulpit OF the Bsp,is, church lest
Sunday morning
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-03
CEORCiAVILLE.

Rev. Burton MIn,rd on Fhkville
preached at the Bapils, church In ex.
change with the pastor. Rev. John Eai on.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
Snaqboat at Yankton,

Yankton, S. D., Aug. 24.-Captair,
Gould, for many years in the govern
ment Missouri service, and who is now
engaged south Of this city pulling
''snags," offers a theory he proves
easily. for the prevalence of that great
danger to navigation of "Old Muddy"
Contrary to the general opinion, Cap
tain Gould holds that with few excep-
lions the huge snags. some of them
one hundred feet long, which he is
tearing the river of, have been buried
for ages, and are not newly hoated
down logs. He says the constant cut
! ting of the river washes out sandbars
on which once grew immense trees.
The roots still remain fast, imbedded
in their original soil. Dried out by
hundreds Of years of burial beneath the
bed of the river, on the removal of the
sand above, the now light and buoyant
log floats partly to the top and forms
a snag, which is exceedingly danger
GUS, especially the submerged kind.
The snap boat either breaks off these
logs by ramming them. or pulls them
up by derrick, when the log is allowed
to float down stream, as a floating log
never makes a snag." A green" log
4, is seldom met with, so that the con-
slant pulling UP of snags. as they APP
pear, will eventually clear the river Of
. the cause of many good boat going to
! the bottom of the river.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
PACKERS Win 4
GREAT VICTORY
Enjoin City Of Chicago From.
Enforcing Its Lodging
House Ordinances.
FIRE IN ARMOUR'S HOUSE
Loss of 100000 Caused by Blaze il.
Glue Factory, Origin of Which Is
Unknown-Review Of the
Six Weeks of Strike.

Chicago. Aug 2G-1he city authors
ties are to make a second effort to
settle the stock yards strike.
! At meeting of the city council
resolution was passed empowering
Mayor Harrison to appoint commit
! tee of eleven aldermen, who are to
make it their business to bring about a
settlement.
There was some opposition to the
resolution, number of the aldermen
declaring that in their opinion the re-
suit would be nothing.
The resolution. however, was passed,
and the committee appointed by the
mayor.
Invitations We're at once sent to the
leaders of the strikers and to the en-
ployers. inviting them to meet the
members of the committee.
President Donnelly will be before the
committee and in the invitation the
packers were asked TO appear one hour
later.
The aldernaanic committee Ras not
mapped out any particular program,
but intends to see what it can do after
it has listened to the statements for
both sides.
N1llCt:So, aug. 3D. uuSc gallo 10
day issued an injunction restraining the
city from interfering With the lodging
of nonunion employees in the packing
houses.
The city announced an appeal will be
taken to the appellate court.
Thomas Stoker and Business Agent
Park of the Celarmen's union an
nounced today that six nonunion
Greeks from the Armour plant were
initiated into the union. after which
they returned to the stock yards, prom
Using to lead out 1900 nonunion Greeks.
Fifty colored women strike breakers
deserted the packers. However, 1t Is
asserted. the work of the women was
unsatisfactory and they we're dis
charged.
Fire of unknown origin in the glue
factory of Armour & Co. caused a loss
of 100000.
A scare was created among the
strikers today by the appearance OF
United States regular troops on a train
that rolled into the stock yards district
from the east wholly unannOunced. The
train bore a battery of the Fourteenth
United States artillery with ordnance
and horses. Word was quickly spread
that the packers had succeeded in
bringing federal troops to their relief,
and intense excitement resulted The
alarm died away when, after thirty
minutes stop, Il Northwestern locomo-
tive was attached and hauled the
troops on to Fort Sheridan.