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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
Commercial Club Organized

At the citizens meeting Monday
evening the Blackfoot Commercial
Club was organized with the fol-
lowing men to constitute the ex-
ecutive committee: ID. r. Jones,
G. A. Dobell, L. r. Thomas. F.
@. Parkinson, Dan Cutting, w.
D. Trego, Geo. f. Gagon, Daniel
Raymond and &. Ell. Holbrook.
G. A. Dobell, +. G. Parkinson
and Byrd Trego were appointed to
draft a constitution and bylaws
and report at the next meeting. on
Monday evening, April 30. Per-
manent officers will be elected at
that meeting, the price of member
ship fee and quarterly dues will be
fixed and an outline of the work
to be undertaken this season will
be adopted. A full attendance is
requested and all are invited to
make their wishes known in fixing
the policy of the club.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
Made Yer Escape.

Miss Alma Har who was liv-
iny with her mother and brother
on Broadway, San Francisco ar.
rived here Wednesday morning
after seven days of flight and
refuge experience.
Their home was blown up,
along with hundreds of others in
the same belt, to stay the progress
of the flames, and they went to
the Golden Gate Park.
In speaking of her experience,
Miss Harris says people were re-
markably good-natured, and good
to one another. In cases where
members of families were not jost
they were happy, even though
everything else was lost. A feat
ure of the situation was that groups
of people in the park named their
camps Camp Conteutment, y
Camp Goodenough," "Campo
De Bum" "Happy Hollow etc.
She says she stood III line four
hours to get her turn for hand
out at a relief station. They is
sued canned goods chiefly, but not
many could get bread or crackers
When she decided to come home
she took her only possession, a
very small vaise, walked
across the debris, which had been
a city, several miles to the ferries,
crossed the bay to Oakland and
got in line where they were issu-
ing transportation to the destitute,
which meant nearly everybody.
At stations along the way
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27

through California, Nevada !
Utah, they were visited by citiz
with baskets of food.
Miss Harris was pretty we'll us
up when she got here, and It v
not her fault that there was a cd
wind blowing when she stepped
the car, nor that she had no cd
to button up over the thin dre
which she had camped and sle
in ever since the awful tronbll
began in San Francisco, a long
long time ago-the day they didn
get anything to eat until the da
after.
THE HOUCKS HEARD FROM.
Earl Houck and wife and Blain|
Honck were living IN that part o|
the city that was destroyed and
lost everything but the clothes
they had on. In writing to hi!
sister, Mrs. B. w. Holbrook, al
this place, Mr.. Houck says they
were 36 hours without food oi
drink and succeeded in reaching
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ell.
Fernish at Santa Clara.
e. II. HARTMAN SPEAKS.
<. IL. Hartman, head of the
Hartman railroad system, who il
on the ground, sends the follow
ing message urging the necessity
of continuing relief measures:
"Having gone over the situation
at San francisco, | am deeply inn
pressed with the necessith of un-
interrupted forwarding of food
supplies with which to feed the
200, 900 homeless people. The
situation is well organized and the
United States quartermaster's de-
partment is receiving and distribut-
ing, through Its channels and other
various local relief associations,
all supplies as fast as they arrive.
But the fact should be made pub
lie in all quarters that 1t will re-
quire continued effort on the part
of everyone to keep supplies com
ing. The railroads are, of course,
handling all such supplies without
charge and the people must respond
to the call for relief
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
Letter from Earl Fisher.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Fisher, OF
this city, received the following
letter from their son, Earl, at Oak
land, a few days ago, which helps
Us to see the calamity as it occur
red:
OAKLAND, CAL, April is, 1906.
DEAR FoLKs-If the house holds
together long enough, | will write
you note.
This day has been AwEFuL, AWE
Full, AwEFCL.
We were awakened at 5:UG this
a. N. by a most terrible earth
quake. | was almost thrown out
of bed, my book case, chairs and
everything were thrown on the
floor, the chimney came through
the roof, the big stone Baptist
church across the street came down
with a crash. Many people were
killed. Big 6 and 7 story build
ings were torn apart.
| wired you today. We are. all
safe now, thank God. Don't
worry at all.
Frisco is wiped from the earth.
The big skyscrapers, dozens of
them, were thrown to the ground.
Fires sprang up and in a few hours
it was seething He'll.
| started to 60 to the city, think
ing l might get to our Office and
save some of the papers in my
desk. l got to the terry after
fighting my way for several blocks.
We reached the other side and, oh,
the sight! The people were leav-
ing by boats by the thousands.
Market street was jammed with
people. The fremen were power
less; they began blowing up the
buildings with dynamite. | could
ent reach thu Crossley Building,
where our offices were. Some of
our fellows did and saved a few
papers, then ran for their lives.
At II o'clock the Crossley, Rialto,
Call, Examiner, Pacific Hotel and
all skyscrapers were gone. | lost
all my papers and price book, etc.
Thousands were killed by fall
ing walls and fire. Martial law
has been declared in both Oakland
and San Francisco. Several wand
alls were shot while looting bodies.
Our company, of course, lost
heavily, but we will do business
still. Our warehouses were in
South San Francisco and were
still safe at LAST report. We meet
tomorrow in the Hotel Savoy
providing it is still standing).
The estimated loss, at a very
rough estimate, is 5000, 900, 900.
Did you feel the shock!
All wires are down; we can get
no reports. But there was rumor
that the shock was felt as far east
as Ogden.
| will write tomorrow and send
papers. Please don't worry.
Trusting this may find you all
we'll and happy, and to hear from
you soon,
Your loving son,
EARL.
GIG Telegraph ave., Oakland.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
For the Relief

The Basket Ball girls are maxi
ing up carload of supplies to
ship to San Francisco this after
noon, and President Roosevelt
and Z. ii. Hartman are urging
the necessity of keeping up the
good work for weeks, SO if you are
called on again try to be Johny1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27

"hlSi oSSaoioiiod 1lCNClFSi NdIl Si
to DE "caIled up on the carpet, ,
Mr.. Pollard will be here until
he goes away, whenever that is,
and it will be "A source of much
satisfaction to BIackioot people if
he makes an inspection of the
Blackfoot land office and reports
everything O. k, while fraud is
beng discovered in so many states.
Earthquakes, have been of com
mon occurrence since the memory
of man. In prehistoric times there
were doubtedness earthquakes, be-
fore which modern disasters would
appear trifling.
One scientist estimates that be-
tween the years 1900 B. G. aud
the present time there have been
between 5000 and 1000 earth
quakes.
These have occurred usually
near the dates on which fal.. the
equinoxes. Earthquakes are often
accompanied by vocanic disturb
ances and tidal waves.
The cause of earthquake is not
definitely or satisfactorily explain
ed by scientists, although in a gen.
eral way the disturbances are at
tributed to a shifting of the sea
bottoms not unlike the ordinary
landslide of the mountains.
That earthquakes are more fire.
quent than landslldes is due to the
action of the waves in piling the
sand of the sea floors.
The most disastrous earthquake
recorded by the historian was
that which occurred in Lisbon,
Portugal, in 1855. In this 60, 900
persons were killed and the entire
Southeast of Europe was more or
less affected by the shock. A IT,
dal wave 80 feet high rolled in up
on Cadiz and other seaport towns
few moments after the shock.
The study of earthquakes and
kindred disturbances is known as
seismology. AS study took its
place as a science in 1S48, authen-
tic records previous to that are
scarce. Doubtless thousands of
natives of Oceanic Island have
perished without a word in the
history of earthquakes.
The newest scientific view holds
that the earth was formed by the
gathering together INTO vast
sphere of particles of matter float
ing about in space. AS the den
sity of this matter increased in OBJ
edience to the law of gravitation,
the interior heat developed and f.
nally the center became fused. But
as the earth matter gradually was
reduced from a solid to liquid mass
it needed more room. The fused
matter expanded and when the pro-
cess had been going on for suf-
ticiently long time one side ex-
ploded and the Old World was
formed. Later, by a similar pro-
cess, the New World was formed
by terrific explosion that opened
the side of the world, almost from
pole to pole. The Rocky noun
tain system was lifted up above
the surface of the ocean. The
earth shell was elevated by the ex-
pansive power of the fused matter
beneath. Another break occurred
in the locality of the Appalachian
system.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
Will Rebuild San Francisco.

To abandon such a vantage grounc
on a great harbor would be to re
verse the manner of doing bust
ness. Commercial advantages
and necessities caused it to be
Quilt there, and those things will
be the reason for its being built
up again. The history of other
cities which have suffered great
calamitles, warrant this conclusion.
Nothing but the sinking of the
land below sealevel, or raising it
enough to destroy the harbor,
would change this. Its position
on the continent. forces business
upon it.
A review of the great calamities
which have befallen cities, calls to
mind the case of Lisbon which
was demolished and then innndat-
ed by a tidal wave 80 feet high,
completely obhteratlng the city,
yet it built up and took its place
again among the cities Of the
world.
Boston suffered from great fires
in 1876, 1879, I'LL, 1860, and
then had an 6O,000,000 fire in
1872. Boston is the hub of learn
ing today, and is a railroad center
from which are sent out 1000
trains daily, or an average of a
train every ninety seconds, day
and night.
New York bad a great fire in
1885, its prospects to become a
great city we're good, they laid it
out carefully and rebuilt, and now
has population greater than four
teen states in he union, and sends
out 400 trains a day, or one
every minute, day and uight.
The whole valley of the Ohio
was subject to earthquakes in its
earlier settlement, and practically
rocked all one summer, yet it is
built up with cities that make no
account of earthquakes nor floods,
both of which have rersistently
wiped towns off the maps, but in
recent years are less and less
troublesome.
Chicago was built upin swamp,
was destroyed by fire in 1871,
with loss of 100000, 900; a
general cleaning up was made,
and new and grander city was
built on the site, as fast as the
debris could be cleared away. The
population in 1900 was l, sos, SIS,
and its railroad traffic is represent
ed in the scale by sending out $50
trains daily.
Charleston was destroyed by an
earthquake in 1886, but was i'm
mediateIy rebuilt in much better
and more sanitary condition. Its
population is IS, 500.
St. LOUIS has been devastated
by cholera and floods several
times, was destroy by fire in 1S49,
and suffered from cyclone in 1897.
The population in 1900 was 575,-
23S.
New Orleans has been repeated
iy ravaged by yellow fever and
the breaking of the levees, but
conditions are steadily improving.
Population, 2S7, 104.
Baltimore changed from an old
out-of-dste city with narrow,
crooked streets, to modern city,
by the great fire of 1904.
Johnstown was entirely destroy
ed by food in 1889 and 1900 had
a population of 35, 900.
Jacksonville Florida was wiped
out by fire and Immediately re-
built.
Galveston, Texas, was destroy
ed by fire n 1885 and by flood IN
II AL
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|
proves.
Seattle was nearly destroyed by
fire in 1889 and was Immediately
rebuilt. Population il 1900, so,
GIL.
Portland was ravaged by fire in
1878 and by flood in "a, but the
location was lot moved, except as
the greater growth expanded it.
Population, so, 145.
In no case has city of modern
times given up its existence from
any cause.
In some respects, cities are like
races; individual bodies may be
destroyed, but they are replaced
by others, and the collective body
lives on. In the service and
achievements of the world, cities
have their work to do, and great
sacrifice may be laid on one de-
cade or generation, that great ad-
vance or achievement may be at
tanned by one that follows,
To the minds that seek the
broader plans of the universe, it is
not unreasonable that the great
fires of Boston, Chicago, Balti-
more and other places, were each
a temporary sacrifice, to remove
barriers that stood in the way of
great progress. Seattle could not
have handled the trade with Alas
ka and the Orient, had it not been
relieved of the old barriers bv
the fire of 'S9, aud stimulated by
the apparently ridiculous building
boom which followed and prepar-
ed it for the great rush of business
which came with the close of the
century.
AS we read of the awful de-
struction and suffering at San
Francisco, it seems too great a
price, to say that this is sent to
remove the barriers to the building
of the Greater San Francisco; but
we see only with human eyes,
and in the light of the present.
To Him who sees the units which
make up the race, toiling here for
season and then filling places in
another sphere, it may seem i'm
material when or how they are
called hence, and viewing the
great developments of America
and the growth in store for the
cities of the west coast, there
might be economy in shaking the
few good buildings to pieces along
with the thousands of old two and
three story structures which stood
in the way of progress. They
were not modern buildings in any
respect. They were low, dark,
dingy, dirty and unsanitary. Too
good to be voluntarily torn down,
and not worth the trouble and ex-
pense of putting modern improve
ments into. Chinatown with its
unutterable filth. sin and degreda-
ton, could not be removed by any
ordinary means. Indeed the filth
and wickednes of the place was a
source of much revenue from
visitors to the city, and all the
line and formaIdyhide in Christen-
dom could not have cleansed it as
did the event of last week.
Thinking men who have visited
San Francisco have seen city
with magnificent prospects, hamp-
cred with seemingly permanent
barriers, and Chinatown, the
Matching place of the Bubonic
plague, resting secure in the CEN
ter of it,
Far seeing men may point out
some of the probable achievements
of the Greater San Francisco, and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
Special Agents Here

<. B. Caples and G. o. Pollard
came in from Boise Tuesday morn
ing. Mr.. Caples is special
[. S. land agent, with headquart-
ers in the new Federal Building at
Boise. Incidently he is one of
Blackfoot's. former citizens and a
stockholder in the First National
Bank here.
Mr.. Pollard is engaged in in
specting United States land offices.
1t was he who so cleverly brought
things to light in the Boise land
office during the past few weeks,
which occasioned Receiver Garret
to be SCALED up on the carpet. "
Mr. Pollard will be here until
he goes away, whenever that is,
and it will be a source of much
satisfaction to BIacktoot people if
he makes an inspection of the
Blackfoot land office and reports
everything O. X, while fraud is
beng discovered in so many states.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
MEAT INSPECTION
SECRETARY WILSON MAKES PUR-
 LIC TEE REGULATIONS.
The Laws for Handling the Packing House Products are stringent and Insure Cleanly and
 Pure Foods.

Washington, July 27.-secretary Will son today made public the regulations under the new law govern ming the in spection of meat products for interstate and foreign trade.
 They do not, however, cover the sub feet of interstate transportation Of meat or the microscopic inspection or pork for export. Regulations on these subjects. it was stated, will be issued later. The regulations Issued today are stringent throughout and are Tn line with the best authorities on the sub jects of sanitation. conservatives, ayes chemicals and condemnation Of dis eased carcasses.
 The general regulations provide that the scope of the inspection shall cover all slaughtering, packing, meat can ming, salting, rendering or similar es- tablishments whose meats or meat food products m whole or in part enter into interstate or foreign commerce, unless exempted from inspection by the See retary of Agriculture. Under the law the only establishments which may be exempted by the Secretary are retail butchers and retail dealers supplying their customers In interstate or for eign trade, but even these exempted classes are required to submit to~ the Secretary an application Tor eXemp- tion.
 All animals, carcnsses anu meat Iood products will be subjected to rigid inspection. Re-inspeetioa will De had wherever necessary. The sanitation regulations require the estapllshments in which animals are slaughtered or meat products are prepared, cured, packed, stored or handled to be suit ably lighted and ventilated, and to be maintained in a sanitary condition.
 All work in such establishments must be performed in cleanly and sanitary manner All portions Of the buildings must be whitewashed or palntea or where this Is impracticable. they must
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28

No. 3, the fast Louisville and Nashville passenger train from Cincinnati, fol- lowing the accommodation. was due at f:25 o'clock. Neither of the trains reached Montgomery until after mid night.
 On account of the peculiarly inac- cessible position of the trains at the time of the accident, and the time con sumed in getting the Birmingham wrecker to the scene of the trouble the delay in clearing up the wreck was longer than it would otherwise have been.
 On No. were two sleepers in which were -he forty members of the Ala hama Press Association on their way | from Gadsden to Atlantic Beach, where they will spend week in their general outing Two sections of No, 3 went south last night over the Louisville and Nashville. The first section was the Western of Alabama connection, which | left at 9:35, on time, and the second section was the delayed train from Cincinnati. which did not get away un- til after midnight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
WRECK ON L. & N.
wrcno FIREMAN REPORTED KILL
 ED IN COLLISION.
r-a,~ Piled in Mass of Debris in Cut Maar CIanton When Freight and D Passenger Trains Came
 Together.

A rear end collision on the Louisville ana Nashville Railroad at cianton be- tween the Birmingham Accommodation No. il and fright train No l5' at s o'clock yesterday afternoon. wreck aa a number of cars, and, according te a report received in Montgomery re- suited in the death of one man.
 The freight train was standing At the water tank just north of Cianton' when the Birmingham Aceommodation' south bound, hit the rear or the tram. srna accident occurred in deep cut and the cars were piled up in mass of debris Several passengers on the Accommodation were shaken up but no me is reported as being seriously hurt. except the negro fireman, who was said to be killed.
 Enrineer James Hayes was In charge of the engine of the accommodation ana Conductor Brooks was in charge of the train. The accommodation was aue at Montgomery at o'clock and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28

 IS CLEARED Man Accused of Peon- age Acquitted. TRIAL CONSUMED THREE DAYS Case Against Son Will Now Be
 Withdrawn. Jury Returns verdict of Not Guilty for Conee County Citizen Af-
 -ter Deiiberatins Four
 Hours-0ther Cases.

F. Marion Prestwood, of Coffee Cour- ty. has been acquitted after trial in the United States District Court on the charge of peonage His case went to the jury yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock and at o'clock the verdict Of not guilty was returned.
 Prestwood's trial consumed three days Of the time of the court. He was accused of keeping Bob English, a white man. 5s years old. and his son. Wiley. at work for him against their wills to force them to work out a claim of $50 he had against them for the alleged burning of part of his tur- pentine woods,
 English claimed that he did not burn the woods, and the defense produced proof that Wiley English had been re- sponsible fer a previous fire, which 1t was claimed smeuldered, and was re- spensible for the later outbreak
 The defense and District Attorney Parsons did not finish their arguments until after lunch yesterday, and the judges charge was an exhaustive one.
 Noah J. Prestweod, son of the de- fendant, was to have been tried on the charge of abetting the action of his father in keeping the Englishes in seryitude. but his case will now in all probability be mol pressed. Noah Prest- wood was the magistrate who com mitted he Englishes to tail for dam aging his fathers woods, It was claimed by the Government that he practically used the criminal process to collect a civil debt.
 The case of D. c. Smith of Chilton County, for illicit distilling, was tried before the second Jury during the af- ternoon. The trial was finished, but the jury had to be discharged for the night as no decision could be reached,
 Smith and the revenue officers were the only witnesses in the ease Smith said he had three witnesses who could testify in his behalf, but they were not brought into court. The case against him was purely circumstan- tiai, and for this reason he consented to a tnial without other witnesses.
 Hudy Broomss and Warren Miller, beth of Coffee County, will be tried to- day for alleged Illicit disttlling.
 casiao Matinee todny P. NJ. Children 10c, Adults 2se.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
SCHEDULE or TIAma THE WESTERN RY. OF ALA. AND THE A. & W. P. R. R. co. kiae Mesf C0iai n0afA.l

TRAINS FROM MoNr0oAGlghY--Trnan ss Dinin@ DsSiTiiiss c1r cshFoSge aa si:sPSr se Nsg xssE shrcSEh slssDss to New York and eaS Vice on this irainS 'siS spartanh,.raA tc wssS. lnston, .. Trains 70 And s1 Isssst are 1SosSlI Irainsl se and Bg west are local
 CONNECTIONS for COLUMRUs, MACON and. eAVANM!AH-Trains ss end 70 eQns lumbus No ss from Montsomery. iG en time. connects for CoIumbps and ie n0s from ODAltka to Savannah
 CONNECTIONS for MERIDIAN and JACK. EoN-Train go from Montgomery connestg with Sou Ky. at Selma for NeriLlan AnA Jackson ", Q. HUNTER, cona'L AkE.
 II. AMERINE. -aF q PA, T. F. BILLUFS c.P.A, Montgomery.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
To Drive Out Malaria

To Drive Out Malaria s......
 Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE, ,E,, are taking The formula Is plainly printed on every bottle showing t E simply Tni5s SalnIns drives out the malaria and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 2. years. Price 50 cents sas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
Negro Rapist Exeeuted.

Snow Hill, Maryland. July 27-John Henry, (colored,J was executed today in the yards of aims house for a crim- fir al assault on white woman last No venber He confessed hs crime. Sey- Q eraI hundred people witnesses the hang ink
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
a,r,I.n n. OR.

Wheeling, W. Va. July 5t-Ihe strike of the 5000 miners which has been on in Eastern Ohio sapce April 1. will be officially declared off before the day Is over. Both miners and op- orators have accepted the terms agreed or by the scale committee, and ratlti- cation will be made this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
Casino Matinee today F. NJ. Children 1Oc. Adults 25e.

"If you go in swimmin.' said Tommy's younger brother. 'rl tell mawW Tell 'er if you want to, you nasty. little muck raker?' blurted Tom my. plunging into the water,-Chieago Tribune.