davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-04-07
Homeseekers Arrive

ouhesuay morning twenty
families arrived from Colorado
and Nebraska by special cars.
There were about 100 persons all
told, and they came to stay for
the summer at least. They were
in charge of Thomas Kneale, and
travelled in two coaches, their bag
gage and other belongings being
carried in two baggage cars.
When they arrived here they
were met by Manager F. A. Mon
roe and Others of the sugar comp
any. and were taken directly to
the places engaged for them.
Some went to farms near Rack
foot, others went to McCammon
in charge of Mr.. Peterson, and a
number were taken to Mackay
and Leslie by W. D. Trego.
These people are all settled and at
work, and have bettered their con-
dition by coming to Idaho.
When the train pulled into
Blackfoot a representative of The
REPUBLICAN boarded the train at
the lower end of the yards, handed
each one a copy Of fridays paper
and fingered around to hear their
comments on the town. Some of
them got off on the east side and
stood around in the sun saying
things like this: "Gee! This is
swell! See the trees and the pretty
square" (courtyard). Others got
off on the west side. and these are
some of their remarks: $50 this is
B!ackfoot!" :'Kind of string
town. '--'1Nice streets, thought"
Another man got down off of the
platform and said: "This town
aint so slow; do you see the cables
and wires everywheres''
A party of fifteen men from
Cache valley who came last week,
have get settled or returned home
to take new start. The party of
nine from eastern Colorado have
bought some lands and some Of
them have returned to sell out
their property in Colorado.
Ed Bentley, of Randolph,
Wyoming, and John A. Williams,
G. Edwards and James Pendle.
bury, of Evanston, have been
looking for farms this week.
W. W. Wood who had a tract
of five and a half acres near the
first crossing above town, sold it
to s. d. Duncan for $3.50, and
bought forty acres OF Mr.. Biethan
q short distance east of there.
The consideration was 81, 1866.
W. H. Christensen, of San
Pete, is visiting his father-in-law,
w. &. Stowell, near Danilson
Springs, and may locate near
here.
o. F. Smith sold twenty acres
just north of his packing house,
opposite the upper part of the
nursery to Mrs. E. Shrivelin, Of
Billings, Montana, for $65 an
acre. A large dwelling will be
erected on the property right
aWay.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-04-07
Tragedies Of Champagne Flat.
-~~a ~~A--

which will appear in The REPUBLICAN
during March and April, portraying
the tragedies of the fiat as they have
appeared before the footlights within
the recollection of most of the readers
of THE REPUBLICAN. Its isolation and
splendid stock range, suitable on the
one side for summer and on the other
side for winter, its matchless climate
and natural advantages have made it
the stockman's paradise, while the rich
wil-o- the -wisp minerals in the canyons
make it the envy of investors on con-
dition that they can find the geologlst
who can unravel the secret which
nature has hidden concerning its de-
posits. In it's neighboring plains the
scientist sees vast orchards and beet
farms, with canneries and sugar facto-
ries-all capable of material develop
ment in connection with the grand
natural reservoir sites in the hills
above. The place is reached via the
Mackay Branch from Blackfoot, and
the mail cart from Arco.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-04-07

Nesting in the northern border of
the Snake River Desert, 1s miles south
west of Arco, where the setting sun
peeps over the Wood River mountains
and casts a shade on the wierd lava
beds at their eastern base, is Cham
pagne Creek, with it's source in the
deep gorges and canyons of Timbered
mountain, and it's sinks in great
basin hemmed in by a bench" on the
east and by lava beds on the south and
west. All the water that falls within
this drainage basin has to sink or
evaporate to get out of it, and
away back in the seventies man
named Champagne located a ranch IN
the fiat, and the Angel Of Retribution
marked the basin as fit place in
which to approach it's victims and say,
Wanted" Since that time many have
come and gone, but the graveyard on
the slope shows how many more have
come than have gone, and the follow
ing sketch is one of a series of articles
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
LEASING A RANGE.

Call long ago. and persisteny rangers
OF the seml-arld the range make
their industry by leasing range lands and pro-
teng their forage by abstaining from overstong 1t
that the wool and hide supply country The
most economical of these the range
counsel the reported
the OF per year.
has been destroyed the soil lost by general
Of moisture the ground impaired Since has leased
all OF her range lands with the satisfactory results now
announced that association of sheep leased lands
OF the Union Pacific Railway Wyoming which
Under this leasehod stated the forage protected
avoiding oveocng and the whole will
protected from invasion by outsiders This interesting
question The land grant the Union Pacific Railway covers ony
the alternate sections for twenty miles the road
The intermediate sections belong the United States
part of the public domain Any citizen with livestock the
right of to that public land 1t forage
belongs much another There law
Of that permits easeholde private
property public domain because abuts his easehod
So it that the Government is brought face to
question of personal rights the public
decide whether bung lease has pmacy private
right brings the whole leasing question again. Of
will be the proper orderly and sensible thing Congress-
proper safeguards authorize the leasing sockmn of public
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
A BABY BOUNTY.

GENEROUS Illinois community has prosper
by making donation to eploye its machinery
OF wo by taking thought shall add the towns
roll For SIS salary forthcoming
tor twins the dole shall be doubled and the blessing of pe
shall touch the secret springs the s for SIS advance
the income Of their To govern the of
prizes the has declared that the submission the before
the court will be necessary to insure the proud parents claim for
bounty
Now the city question has the full idea progressiveness
upholdlng of the hands of President Roosevelt
signal effort But bede fair Illinois general and this
monweah IN particular this scheme for the propagation the
allowed to full swing Who
not know of the frauds and the shame attending operation
scalp bounty: For coyote acrabbt scalp reward
paid Saghtvay the of guile herdng
rabbits and their and culture prolific income
county suffered Others found way the ears
again and again and thus bleed the ovcr-trusng
II such mdeeds could be pepctrated
and coyote bounies here in California will not pos
sbitles Tor fraud in the of baby bounties
sion OF the whole infant IN evidence instead of the merely
the city in Illinois against being mucted?
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
EAT less, PLAY MORE
and DON'T TALK ABOUT
THE ACHES and PAINS

DR.. G. +. Butler, in an address to
his brother physicians of the Medical
Society, told them the secret of how
to live long" says the Chicago cor
respondent OF the New York World.
Here are his suggestions:
1T has been said that it is better
to be born lucky than rich, but 1t is,
in fact, better to be born tough than
either lucky or rich.
when you have passed so don't
retire from business or professional
work, but be willing to put on the
brakes and be satisfied to do a little
less of everything, and do 1t better.
Water is the greatest and best
eliminator we have. Drink pure wa
ter.
by the strict law of nature a man
should die as unconscious of his death
as Of his birth.
Eat less. Play more. Indulge in
less fret and fume and more fruit and
fun. Get out into Gods great sani-
tariun, out of doors.
MANY broken down men and wom-
en- would draw health and earthly
virtues from the brown fields If they
would take their shoes off and run
barefoot in the furrows.
Those of you who feel that the E
string of your system is weak and is
screwed up too tight must bring the
rest of the instrument down to a
lower key or get out of the orchestra
for a while.
'"There is nothing so insane and
detrimental to mind and health as the
conversation of people on their aches
and pains and troubles.
Three great causes of i'll health
are: Introspection, pessimism and
worry, the latter especially"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

lie was a squat china piece with
- mercenary eye-holes and slit
down his back. 1t was stand
ing joke at Miss Folke's board
ing ''horne" that when any one dropped
a spot on the table cloth he had to drop
a coin into the pigs hungry sides Once
a week the porker was slaughtered and
the proceeds used for flowers.
Miss Matte was dressing for walk
one morning when the peaked landlady
who quarreled with all her tradespeople
came to her door, pig in hand.
Miss Matte" she said, would you
like to buy some flowers for the table p
''Deiightedl" Miss Matte finished.
pinning a huge bunch of violets on her
gray coat. What kind shall get?
WELL" Miss Folke sat down on the
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
MEAN, MEANER, MEkNEST

There were four of them in the smok-
ing compartment of the car when the
traveller from Chicago happened to say:
THAT reminds me of man out in my
town who is so mean that he makes the
members of his house write small
hands in order to save ink
"A friend O. my fathers. sub, Vuz
even wus than thet," came promptly
from the Baltimorean. He stopped
the clocks at night, sub, because o the
wear and tear on the works"
Then the Phiiadelphian: We'll,
there's good old Quaker out in Wayne
who won't read the papers. Wears out
his glasses, he says
All three looked inquiringly at the
man from New York, but he merely
smiled and rang for the waiter to take
the orders.-Smart Set.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

4
! lovemaking is as pathetic a fig
ure as the woman at a card par
ty who never knows what's
| trumps. OF the two the former
is the more worthy of commiseration,
for he rarely wins the prize that he is
after and the latter may have luck
that is out Of all proportion to her
hopes.
One cannot help being sorry for
such men. They mean so we'll. But
neither can one help shedding SYM
pathetic tear over the hard fate Of
: the unfortunate objects of their at
tention. For the position Of belle of
the BALI or that of 1.-The prettiest girl
in town is no sinecure. Favors from
men who adore but bore you do not
bring you delight, and you would
rather be haunted by the family skel-
eton than by an admirer whom you
, detest, but who refuses to take mo"
for an answer.
The world has in it altogether too
many young men and old women who
say and do the wrong thing at the
wrong time. Unexpectedness is a So
/ cial grace only when it is meteoric,
/ only when it brightens UP ones hori-
! zon for a brilliant, fieeting second.
And the wit of the staircase is much
more wholesome for society than is
spoken spice which gives some hearer
bad temper from mental indigestion
The man who blunders before he
wins a girls consent to marry him
has no sympathy of mine. Then he
stands for what he is and he fights in
fair field. He can withdraw from
the lists if he wishes to do so. And
. the girl is as free as he is.
But when an engagement has been
entered upon the affair takes on a
different aspect Virtually the man
is bound and the woman is not. II
is considered shabby trick for man
to jilt a girl whom he has asked to
marry him, and he can be obliged by
law to give her compensation if he
does so. For a girl to break her en-
gagement, however, causes merely
passing comment among her ac-
quaintances. The odds, you see, are
in the woman's favor.
j This is the reason why | am sorry
for the engaged man who blunders in
his lovemaking He is terribly in earn
est. lie Is no ullltItIlL llOIIt " Hdt hS
was before the girl whom he loves ac-
cepted him. If she finds that he doesn't
suit, she has simply to throw him over
But if he doesn't like her so we'll as he
thought he would, he may have to pay
( high for his indiscretion.
The chief clerk of the marriage
/ license bureau of a big Eastern city
considers that the number of unused
marriage licenses which are returned
to him form one of the hopeful signs OF
our day. 1t shows, he thinks, that peo-
pie are beginning to use more common
sense in their wooing and wedding
than formerly they did; for no matter
what explanation is given him of the
return of the license the real cause is
invariably incompatibility Of tempera-
ment-that plea which furnishes sc
much grist for our divorce mills. 81
figure he says, that every license re-
turned here unused numbers one off the
I great total of divorces"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
ALL FOR FIFTY
CENTS.
BY RITA KELLEY.
TssxEz.I1

smiled. The man bowed low.
''I'T see what I can do for you" ne
said and strobe to the rear OF the store.
Miss Matte watched him admirtng-
Iv as he stopped to speak to one OF the
men before he entered the Ice room.
She had not known such nice young
men kept florists shops. She moved
a step or two to the right OF the palms
in order to see him more distinctly.
He was taking down one crimson
carnation after the other, spray Of
narcissus, some roses. an orchid.
Miss Matte looked away, AFRAID 10
trust her own eyes. He seemed rarner
an easily embarrassed young man-Or
was he amused? Miss Matte did not
dare to risk the doubt, for if he saw
her observing him he might stop add
ing to the bunch. Miss Matte nad
reasons of her own for wishing as Dig
bouquet as possible. 1t signined' Ia
a way. her sphere OF influence on the
susceptibilities of the young man
When he emerged from the room
Miss Matte said "Oh." Miss Matte
knew how TO say it, long and express
sively.
The young man turned from the
desk and looked at her. He flushed
ever so slightly and smiled.
"All those for fifty cents?" Miss Mat
tie had her muff under her chin her
eyes were wide with wonder.
The young man laughed as he
glanced from her to some one back OF
the palms
81 wouldn't do this for every one.
you understand. But I felt sorry for
the pig
But there are too many. You can't
afford to do it," Miss Matte was re-
fusing to take them from his hands.
| His tone was business-lke.
Yes, 1 can. The pig may demand
some larger orders some day. and we
shall be glad to I'LL them. Merely an
advertisement. you know"
"Yes. indeed, we get loads Of how-
ers, and this is the very prettiest shop
on the street. She smiled. Are YOU
sure these are fresh? Because. If they
are, I'm coming again Saturday
His face wore a broad smile as he
turned, after bowtng her out, and met
an irritable chap emerging from behind
the palms
You're a nice one" complained the
chap, flirting with my lady"
Jack" innocently. lis she. reai1y%'
"Of course. Didn't you see my violets
on her coat?"
The young man laughed
Just cancel that order for those
other flowers for Miss Cromer," he
called to one Of the men, 'And put
these down to my account" Then he
turned to Jack "Simpleton" he OBJ
served. why didn't you get into the
game?"
Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"You wanted to see what she would
do You don't deserve her, Jack"
II suppose you think you do, palm
| ing yourself off as a florist"
They had passed out into the street
and stood looking after the girl with
the huge package Of flowers. The ex-
| florist looked squarely into the dis
agreeable eyes Of the man facing him
'JeaIous." he commented shortly
| ''Yes, jealous. if you like. Are you
going to be here next Saturday,
| The young man Of the flowers brought
his gaze back from the girl turning the
| corner
'I'n go you even to win her" he said.
"And I'll win."-(Copyright 1905, by
| Rita kelley.)
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
IN LOVEMAKING
AND BROKEN ENGAGEMENTS
BY DOROTHY FENIMORE

Broken engagements are often sensl-
ble-a bad promise is better broken
than kept. But they are always unIor-
tunate. In the estimation OF her &C
quaintances the girl in the aHalr is a
little more common than she was De-
fore. The bloom has been rubbed OH
the delicate beauty OF her girihood'
And the mans standard Of womanli-
ness has been lowered; either ne mas
become disillusioned concerning the at
tractiveness Of womanliind. or he feeis
that woman's faith is like breath on a
mirror.
The girl who breaks her engagement
feels, Of course, that nobody can posi-
bly, know all that she went through be-
fore she took the decisive step Whlch
brought down upon her innocent head
the criticism of the grim row OF chap
erons. Perhaps her iance always want
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

ed to read aloud to her when she want
ed to play the piano to him. Or maybe
he liked to sing to her relatives when
they were all assembled in the parlor
on a Sunday evening, and she got the
blame for it afterward 1 know of two
engagements which were broken for
these respective reasons.
Maybe he was. given to pyrotechnical
displays of temper. He may have been
either too. matter Of fact or too ardent
in his wooing. Or, perchance, she met
some one else whom she liked better.
OF course, if she really did not love
him she was lucky to have found out in
time that she was making a mistake.
Nevertheless. an engagement Is holy
thing. 1t is almost as sacred as mar
riage. 1t is a relationship which should
not be entered lightly, because it is one
which involves the responsibility of
some one else's happiness.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
TRICKING THE OSTRICH.

The ostrich is an extremely difficult
bird to approach and the native
hunter has to resort to all sorts of
ruses to get near enough to kill the
birds One of the most popular strata
gems adopted is for the hunter to pros
cure the body and head of a bird,
ing the neck stand UP by means of a
stick. In this disguise he can venture
near flock of ostriches without. ex-
citing suspicion, and as soon as he has
marked the bird he wants out comes
his bow and arrow and a victim is
claimed.-Pearson's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
THE PORTLAND FAIR,

HE Legislature shows desire California properly
resented at the Lewis and Clark
should be in consideration of position as
OF the coast We are already in position of
St Louis exhibit Portland the distance ca short that we can
easily replenish an exhibit throughout the season
BY current from Oregon appears that only few people
there are escaping indictment and nebor may
help IN carrying on her great show So neigboy
go to the rescue II the Governor is indicted addition
Mayor OF Portland and United States Senator
be awkward in the extreme But should 60
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
PLEASING THE COOK.

do you think our new servant will
stay?" asked Mr.. Rooral.
'I am afraid not" answered his wife.
'She says her family doesn't like the
things we have to eat and 1 don't be-
lieve my clothes fit her very WE'LL
washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
Invited to Be Executed.

DR.. Abdul Hikmet, Turkish resident
in Paris, has been requested by the
Turkish Embassy to return within
twenty days to Constantinople, where
an order for his execution awaits him.
The doctor recently published vio-
lently-worded pamphlet charging the
Sultan with responsibility for the mas
sacre of nom Mussulmans in the Turk
ish Empire. He has appealed to the
French Government for protection.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
AT A KANSAS WEDDING.

They stood under beautiful canopy
Of lace and flowers, he in noble young
manhood and she in white silk, decked
with flowers and jewels.-Lincoln
(Kans1 Sentinel
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
ON THE WRONG STREET.

Two negroes tried to "hold up" an
editor from Hebron, Neb., on Bluff
street Saturday night. The bodies of
the negroes have not been found
Kansas City Star.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
GRAND OPERA IN GEORGIA

Last Tuesday night the grand opera
people left an order for twenty bottles
OF beer, six half pints and two pints of
whisky.-Augusta, Ga, Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

A woman writing about politics al
ways reminds us Of a man describing
Battenberg.
About the most forlorn sight on a
winters day is a sleigh dashing down
the street with no sleigh bells.
1t is every childs demand that a
parent should provide him with every
luxury and save money.
We are always willing TO delight 4
mother by holding her baby, but we
don't want to delight her too long.
A real oId-fashioned woman doesn't
feel that she is doing her duty by her
family unless she has soup on stormy
days.
In fighting germs, mankind would
be uplifted if some remedy were found
for fighting the germs of suspicion
Atchison (kans.) Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
WOMAN in THE CASE.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.

Butts-Why did his wife get a di-
vorce?
Nordy-She found he was wearing
another females portrait in his watch.
Butts-As usual, there was woman
in the case.-Chicago Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

TELEPHONE-A- W. B., Oakland.
Cal. The principle Of the telephone.
that sounds could be conveyed to q
distance by a distended wire, was dem
onstrated by Robert Hook. IN 1887. but
no practical application OF the discov-
cry was made until 1871, when Profess
sor Wheatstone exhibited his "enchant-
ed Tyre" In which the sounds OF a mu-
sic box were conveyed from cellar to
upper rooms It Is claimed that the
first true discoverer OF the speaking
telephone was Philipp Refs, a German
scientist and professor In the institute
at F'riedrichsdorf He exhibited his
telephone at Frankfort April %, 1861
This contained all the essential fea-
lures Of the modern phone, but as the
discovery was not comprehended, from
| a point of commercial value, therefore
little attention was paid to it After
many vain efforts to interest people in
the matter he died in 1874 without hav-
ing reaped any benefit from his discov-
cry. In the meantime the matter was
being worked into more practical shape
by Professor Elisha Gray and Profess
sor A. G. Bell and later by Thomas
Edison. 1t is claimed that Gray's sue
cessful experiments long antedated
those OF the others. but Professor Bell
was the first to perfect his patent
February II, 1877, Bells articulating
telephone was tested at Boston and
Salem, Mass. 1t was found to convey
sounds distinctly from one place to the
other distance Of eighteen miles. On
July 81, 1888, the examiner Of patents
at Washington. D. c., decided that
Professor Bell was the first inventor,
because he was the first to complete
his invention and secure a full patent.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
"A SONG OF BRIGHT DAYS

HATS the sghn
wv a
When.
o oonI
a S KY
Is Just behind the shadders, an a-smn
When the larks
of
change the or he
cloud weep all
o o he nj
s igh
An heav to
sight!
Constitution.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men By the
Press Clipping Bureau (Alen's). 30 Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1912.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

domain that is fit for grazing only the proceeds the
fund This Wyoming lease makes
alternative protect citizens
rights of o its intermediate sections.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

Townsends Gala Glace Fruits, IN ar
tistic hre-etched boxes. 10 Kearny St
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

Townssnds California Glace fruits In
artistic fre-etched boxes. us Market st .
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

GRAND JURY-K- A p, Burnt
Ranch. Cal In the State OF California
a Grand Jury Is composed OF nineteen
members. selected from a panel Of not
less than twenty-five nor more than
thirty.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-12

WATER RIG HTS-K. A. p. Burnt
Ranch, Cal. The Civil Code OF Califor-
mia, section 1920. in relation TO water
rights says: Persons who have here
tofcre claimed the right to water and
who have not constructed works in
which to divert the same, nor offered to
turn ne same to some useful purpose,
must after this title takes effect and
within twenty days thereafter proceed
as in this title provided or their rights
cease" The question as to the right
of an individual to take up and use an
abandoned ditch Is one that calls for a
legal opinion, one Of the class Of ques-
tions that this department does not
answer.