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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-26
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-26

The San BEER. d,.o TINE s.lhcex
saws: General Foreman lEcr as
v;ckers has reaI..td froln A!lM1't'-
Que. He went tn,re 10 r:nl.s a de-
III nstration Ut tnc we:di". F, ",ss
In use on engines frames here and
IN the east. lie successf NY : sde
the demonstration to the AlbuQuer'
Nue mechanics.
G. =. Price employed as = boiler.
maker at the Winslow round house,
wal arrested last Thursday BY Mar
shall Hanks for carrying concealed
weapons. He was fined Atty dollars
BY Judge Finn, which h paid and
departed on No. 2 that night. Price
had credentials showing him to be
IN the employ Of the Ftnkcrttn 1s
tective association.
X syndicate of Chicago capitalists,
represented BY q. H. Springer. is nav
ND I survey made from the Cuerna-
vace line Of the Mexican Central 70
the city Of Chilpancingo. The synd''
cate has options on more than 1000
Ooo acres In the valley Of the RIO
Balsas. n these lands are purchased
they viii be colonized with Amer''
rer farmers. The electric power TOT
operating the railway will be secured
from waterfalls.
4 decree OF foreclosure has been or
dered in the case Of the Farmers
loan and Trust company Of New York
.rainst the Maricopa & Phoenix &
aalt River Valley railroad. This u an
action TO enforce payment upon the
bonds Of the corporation yet is IN the
nature Of an amicable adjustment o
~ a6a,rs. The road Il. q prosperous
one. the foreclosure merely being 'c
efectualiy clinch it, transfer from tine
crir,nal corporation to the control o.
~ eouthern Pacific company. which
aas been operating It for about . rear
10 Dun 70 d premeeed7
4 rumor Il current and almost per
r,stent IN santa Re circles that ,. "
Dun. Who IL ct present the rcada
chief engineer, II o o TO Be promo'ee
a. : new Office that II TO be created
that Of consulting engineer. II tina
comes to pass he viii continue to ive
N Chicago and have his headquartef'
there. The rumor further has II that
ne 10 70 be succeeded IN the oaice M
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-26

BY w. b. Storey Of Topeka, who holds
the title Of resident engineer here.
IF Mr.. Dun IL promoted or leaves
the Office he is now holding" said q
Santa Fe official. "Mr. Story is 9
tainly the man who is next in line Of
promotion and would probably get his
place. l have not heard that Mr.. Dun
is to make a change, however"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Mrs. Mel Bo, le, president, Mrs.
DeKay, secretary; Mrs. j. &.
Fisher, treasurer.
For A Starch Factory.

Z. NJ. Kennedy has been in
correspondence for some time
with Philadelp phia parties who
have read the report in the Re-
publican of the farmers meeting
at the court house some weeks
ago at which they offered to raise
potatoes at IS cents. These par
ties say that if,conditions here are
as represented they can put in a
starch factory and use the potatoes
at that price, but they want their
representative to come and look
into the matter before they made
any investment. Part of the ex-
pense of such a trip would have
to be met by the people here.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Attention Rural Routes.

r. f. ID. Number Four goes
into commission next Monday and
patrons must have their boxes in
position. The road must be clear
of Instructions so the driver does
not need to get out Of his vehicle
to put mail IN the box.
In locating the mail box, it ia
we'll to put 1t where snow and
water co not accumulate and where
your gate, if left open, will not
obstruct the way to it.
DO what you can to make the
carriers work easy; he has grief
enough at best and can't possibly
make a fortune at the job. Get
busy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
New Paper Published.

The first issue Of the Farmers
Friend was issned this week at
Blacktoot. Fifteen hundred cop
les were printe's. for the farmers
in three counties. 1t is four
page paper containing two adver-
tisements of farm implements and
one of draft horses and the rest
reading matter with very little
news. 1t deals with the business
interests of the Farmers Protect
i've Association III whose behalf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
School Entertainments.

A very nice program was rem
dered at school last Friday. One
feature that made a hit was Jap
anese love song by Port Arthur,
Paul Young, Grace Peck and
Velma Simmons. Mark Farmer
gave an original recitation. and
Hattie Gibson read a. fable, i'm
personating an argument between
. nickel and q ten-dollar bill,
which received especial attention.
There were a number of other
good things presented in q man.
ner that would make grown peo-
pie wish they were in school
again.
The commencement exercises
this year will occupy four even
ings at the Armory, each Of the
four grades being allowed an even.
ing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Political Pills.

State Superintendent May Scott
has asked for and received the
resignation of her deputy, Miss
Belle Chamberlin.
Charges have been preferred
against Register N, j. Sharp and
Receiver Hodgman of the HALEY
Land Office, alleging that they en-
couraged settlers to file on lands
on the south side of the River at
Minidoka, saying that water would
be supplied on that side in the.
near future. Nothing is being
done to water the lands and the
settlers must lose. Col. Sharp
denies the charge.
1t is rumored that an investiga-
tion is belngs ,de of affairs in
the Blackfoot Land Office, and
that Senator Hepburn is not
pleased with the work of Register
Thomas. His term expires iu
May and he may not, be reap
pointed.
w. I. Harris has been reap
pointed horticultural inspector for
this district.
John w. Egleston Of Boise has
that he will be can
didate for the nomination for state
treasurer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Big Land Sale.

The notice of the third opening
of the Carey Lands appears in
this issue. The sale begins April
18th. and covers big piece of
territory west of Blackfoot under
the American Falls Canal which
is sixty miles long, seventy feet
wide, and has storage right in
Jacksons Lake at the head of
Snake River. The projectors and
the Oregon Short Line are adver-
tising thus opening extensively
and many people will visit this
locality on account of it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

Contributed.

The rains have descended, tht
snow melted and the food made
good, so it seems that this is ar
appropriate time to agitate good
roads for 'Blackfoot.'~ Had .ou'
streets been put 'sto proper con
dition last fall there would have
been no need for ferry boats thiG
spring.
Several streets were filled uT
with gravel to the required level
but what earthly good did It doi
They were filled in the same ole
antiquated way-Ievel all oier--
instead of thrown high in the mid
die, rolling sides and cutters next
to the sidewalks to carry away
the water.
On the west side of town, or
Ash street one of the old citizens
would have drowned had it no
been for the timely arrival of help
This incident is no fiction. Az
actual fact. Now that street is
still hub deep with water and the
chances are good that it will be
for some weeks to come.
Think of the malaria germs
this will generate and PROPAGATE!
! Is it any wonder there is scarlet
fever in towna These bog holes
are just the finest places in the
world to breed and spread the
germs of an epidemic. The lives
Of our little ones are too valuable
an asset TO hold so cheap. Would
Mt it be wise plan for the city
council to take action towards
draining the entire city perma
nently! Not just Main street.
There are other streets which need
it just as badly. Drain the entire
city systematically.
AT a business meeting of the
". |. S. the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
treasurer.

Mrs. William Hancock of this
place died at Salt Lake Tuesday
morning March 9th.
The remains were brought to
Blackfoot for burial and the funer.
al was conducted from the L. D.
8. Hall on Thursday at II o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Hancock
and daughter and W. A. Dewey
Of Downey and Chas. Richardson
and wife Of Pocatello came to At
tend the funeral.
Mrs. Hancock has been suffer-
ing for nearly year from . dis.
ease which bafflsd the skill Of
physicians, and her many friends
here will be panied to learn Of her
death.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Quarantine Notices.

A good .Gany people who are
under quarantine are violating it
in a sly way and not respecting
the ins ructions of citizens who
take an interest in it. ] am de-.
termined that the quarantine law
shall be respected. | arm watch
ing over those who are quarantine
ed. The first violation of the
quarantine law which / discover
will be made an example of, by
arrest, fine aud Imprisonment.
j. d. McATEE,
Health Officer. 1927.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

FARMERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Meetings for the election 'of Board
Of Directors will be held as follows.
Blackfoot, at the County Court House
Monday April 9th, at 2p.m.
Idaho Falls, at B. w. Il M. Hall, Mon,
day April 2ud, at 3 p. m.
Market Lake, Tuesday April 3rd, at
2p.m.
Rigby, Wednesday, April 4th, at 2 p.
m.
Parker, Thursday, April 5th, at Up. m.
Salem, Friday, April 9th, at 2 p. m.
Rexburg, Saturday, April 7th, p. m.
at Flamm's Hall.
Be sure to remember the date of the
meeting for your nearest meeting point,
and come out and bring all your neigh
hors with you.
w. d. TREGO.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Show Monday Night.

The Big Four Comedy Comp
any will present 1.-THE Midnight
Intruder at the Opera House
Monday night aud will give you
$50 laughs in $50 minutes.
Billy and Sam Friedlsnder, Lit
tie Keva and Billy Mann, the
black comedian, Cleo Lawton, the
little artist and Yvonne the little
violin specialist will appear in
their cracker jack parts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Breaking Quarantine.

People often criticise the physi-
clans for permitting conditions
which cause or spread disease and
thus bring business to the physi-
clans at the expense Of the public,
but the public has failed to show
why it's members deliberately
break quarantine and spread intec.
tious diseases in homes where it
did not exist before.
Monday a man was prosecuted
for disregarding regulations at
Iona. and several cases have hap
pened at Blackfoot. Two years
ago man smuggled one of his
children out of quarantine at
Blackfoot when 1t had smallpox,
took the child to Little Lost River
and has had the disease running
riot in that valley ever since. He
thought he was doing something
cute, and beating the physician.
The moral of such cases is plain,
=
and it is the duty Of all citizens to
aid in maintaining. a close quaran-
tine, lust as much as it is duty
to fight fire that threatens the
destruction of property.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

Albert Lyons died ut his home
in Blackfoot last Saturday night.
He was one Of the pioneers of
this valley, having come here a.
bout As years ago. He was q
soldier for many years and surviv-
ed the Birch Creek massacre and
various other trying times Of the
early days.
He leaves brother and a fam
lily of two girls and three boys to-
mourn bis loss.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Conference Rates.

Rate from Blackfoot 81. 40 fer
Round trip To Salt Lake. Selling
dates April 4th to 7th inclusive.
Return limit April 18th. No op
over allowed in either direction.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Compliments BIackfoot.

The following letter from one
of the older residents, and a coun-
ty commissioner of Custer County,
will explain itself except in the
matter of the road referred to. In
1894 wagon road was built from
Challis to the new mining camp
known as the Yellowjacket, aud
all the people along the way from
Blackfoot to Challis were asked
to subscribe toward the expense
as business proposition, with the
expectation of getting their money
back that season by reason of the
increased business, and many
Blackfoot men reaped their re-
ward within a month.
The new road led about As
miles back into high mountains
and our present county attorney
r. M. McCracken who tried to
to get into the camp before the
road was built, declared that he
wore his mule into a three corner
ed hunk, sliding him down the
steep mountain sides along the
way.
This is the letter.
ChaIlis Greek, Custer Co. Ida.
March 9Th, '06.
Editor Treg,. =:
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find
check for five dollars to apply on
subscription to the Republican.
I have been thinking to cut of
some Of nay expenses by dropping
ssioilue Of the far-df newspapers but.
yours is in such harmony1with my
thoughts that I viii not part with
a friend, so let it come.
We shall see some of our beat
tiful dreams Of Custer County
coming true this summer. Good
luck to you and Blackfoot.
shall not forget how Blackfoot
helped Us in building the roads on
Salmon River long years ago.
Once Blackfoot gave $500 to help
build the Yellowjacket road that
helps this valley thousands of dol
lars and today that part Of the
country is looking better than ev-
er. Blackfoot paid in advance
for the big harvest which will
come to you from these great
mines.
With best wishes,
JOHN STEHHENs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

it is published. 1t contains q copy
of tho articles Of incorporation
aud the bylaws under which the
association is working, besides a
a detailed outline Of the plan Of
operation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

the relatively small cost of the inn
provement, there seems to be no
reason why this work of creation
of value ont Of worthless waste
should not 60 on indefinitely and
provide homes for millions more
Of rurat population,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30
Draining The Swamps

xu0 uWus wiz V0u POVAA'
for industrious and strong armee
citizens is q benefactor to the race
II Representative Steenerson o.
Minnesota can push his swamE
reclamation measure to enactment
into a law, he will be deserving
Of the praise Of not only this bu
future generations. His bill is {
practical extension of the ole
homestead idea, or rather, per
(haps, an application to the vas'
areas of our swamp lands OF the
idea embodied in the national ir-
rigation law.
There are in the neighborhood
of 100, ,O0O,O 900 acres of swamp
lands in the United States, some
10000, 600 of which have been
surveyed, and the great bulk
would make splendid farms, if the
excess of water were drained off.
The Steenerson bill provides
for the beginning of the work of
reclamation of these huge areas.
The measure is framed after the
irrigation law; it provides that the
receipts from the sales 'of public
lands in the non-irrigation states
shall constitute a "drainage' fund
to be expended by the Govern.
ment in great drainage works, and
further, that the cost of such
drainage shall be prorated among
the land benefited and paid back
by the settlers into the ''fund," to
be used over again for additional
reclamation work.
This plan of developing the in
ternal resources of the country
and making homes of waste
places, is splendid in it's scope,
and appears to be entirely prac-
sicable and profitable. Take for
instance, the single example Of
the swamp lands of the Kackakee
River basin iu Indiana and Illinois.
Here are some 100000 acres of
the richest Of bottom lands, but
subject to overflow. They are
worthless except where they have
been reclaimed through expensive
private drainage works, when
they have become worth 500 and
$3.50 an acre. Yet it is estimated
by the government surveyors
aud engineers that the entire sys.
tem could be effectively drained
at q cost in the neighborhood Of
$40 an acre. The same can be
said Of the land Of the Red River
Valle9sis Minnesota. These lin;
elude the finest grain and farm
lands m1 the northwest except that
they are frequently overhowed. 1t
would be worth millions of dollars
to the farmers and settlers who
would occupy these lands IN small
tracts, to have perfect system Of
drainage provided. These extern
sive systems, however, especially
where they are interstate, seems to
be feasible for handling only by
the general government.
The Steenerson bill places the
entire management of the work in
the hands of the Reclamation Ser
vice and the plan of operation fol-
lows very closely the irrigation
work now being done by that
branch of the Interior Department.
Government lands, ceded Indian
lapds and private lands may be
included in any drainage project,
but in each case, the cost Of the
of the drainage improvement is to
be borne by the owner of the land
and no settler can have drainage
provided for more than 160 acres.
thus insuring the division of the
tracts into small farms which must
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

Mrs. Ernest Hale died at Grove
land Wednesday and was buried
Friday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-30

with the farmer. 1t must outline
. comprehensive drainage system
for each irrigation project, since
there is as much danger from toe
much irrigation as too little, and
to do this the Service has its own
farm and soil experts. Some o:
the irrigation projects have dis
1tinctively drainage features, and
in fact are almost as much drain.
age as they irrigation projects
In the klamath project 1876, ,0o0
acres, or more than half of the
area of the total project, is rich
tule land covered by eight or ten
feet of water, aud is to be drained
and converted into over a thou
sand farms. The topographic
branch Of the Geological Survey,
of which the Reclamation Service
is also a branch has already run
its lines over many of the great
swamp areas of the eastern states
and as soon as the Steenerson bill
becomes law the Geological Sur
ve. engineers will be ready to
launch out into immediate activity
in drainage projects.
The fund provided by the bill
would be small as compared with
the irrigation fund-it would ap-
proximate half a million dollars
year and would start off with
abo 1t 1000, 900, the receipts
from the sales for the fiscal year
1905 being included-but on the
other hand the cost of drainage
would not be so great as that of
irrigation.
The Importance Of this work of
wholesale drainage, in order to
provide homes for increased popu-
lation, is scarcely second in i'm
portance to the irrigation work.
1t means that tens of millions Of
acres of the most fertil land i'm
aginable, which has lain idle for
ages, may be converted from dis
NAL and pestilentiaI swamps and
useless bogs into highly prosper,
ous homes, to become the garden
spots of the nation, 4 (, T.
The Dutch have reclaimed vast
areas in Holland from the en-
croachments of the ocean. Thou
sands Of families live and farm be-
low sea level, gaining their sscur-
ity by magnificent feats OF engin-
eering and persistence. They
aow contemplate the drainage Of
the Zuyde Zee, reclaiming some
1850 900 additional acres of mea-
dow land. ',Americansdsainage ins
most cases would be far more
simple and less expensive; it 10.
simply question as to whether
the nation will see the wisdom Of
setting its hand to this work.
In Florida the everglades a.
lone, almost solid much beds,
would afford an empire of some
7, 900, 900 acres; in New Jersey
and Virginia are vast swa:nps,
among them the f.mous Dismal
Swamp. In Illinois which is
generally regarded as a welI:set-
tied agricultural state, there are
4 900, 600 acres of swamp land;
in Michigan there are nearly t,-
OOO,0OY acres. Fertile Iowa has
about 1000, 600 acres of swamp
land. Minnesota there are almost
5000, 900 acres of rich surveyed
swamp lands and huge swamp
areas not yet surveyed. Arkansas
has tremendous swamp areas
which could be trained and made
habitable, and in all there is a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-11-29

Csc Hose Pair 9cBoys ribbed black cotton feeced
hose double heel and childrens fine ribbed
black cashmere hose all guaranteed stainless; worth 25c
have them in all Saturday choice 19c
Hose 35cBoys' heavy wool ribbed hose fast
black also misses ribbed black cashmere hose worth
.................
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-11-29
WASTED CHARITY

Increasing pauperism greatest problem Lack OF
sua employment the but some
new figures published indicate that organized charity IN
stead of relieving paupm been coddlng and stimulating IT,
There is SUGGESTION of that make COM
pacent John suddenly have his left hand inquire
wha right doeh
appears charity officers of England have been ENJOY
ing the English people has not
improved the has at least greatly I'M
proyed the conditions of charity officials.
The astounding the of experimenting the army
in England costing 100000 pounds
year supervision pounds to house and feed
there year 100000 pounds Of when
900 pounds pay officials
With over 100000 support the officials draw
four times as than two and one
hal ines
In "a years England 119oo00oo pounds in main
to officials.
Charity" been said, covers multitude OF SINS VT
ganzed charity said enormous amount OF IN
difference to the O the downrodden
rumbng public charity machines shield
individual ears against needy and personal contact
nd sympathy lost,
Clearly John been giving far less
investment.
Yet the money charity. Unless the
it is applied personal sympathy
money though millions little except for the
charity
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-11-29

later. while Murray hurried to the
sheriff's Office and gave himself
up.
There is much local feeling over
the matter, as the Murray family
are of excellent and prominent
standing in the city; the girl and
the young man, now held in the
city prison, being the children OF
DR.. Murray, one of the pioneer
physicians of the Northwest.
Mary Murray, the betrayed girl,
has been in state of hysteria
ever since the tragedy. She says
she would not have lived with her
betrayer as his wife, but wanted
the ceremony performed for the
sake of the child. On account OF
popular sympathy for young Muir
ray it will be almost impossible
to secure a jury to try him for the
murder, even though by his own
confession the crime was deliber-
ate and premeditated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-11-29
KILLS SISTERS
BETRAYER AND
SURRENDERS

PORTLAND, Nov. 29.-I ant
TO give myself up. | have just
shot and killed a man. Here is
the gun"
These were the words with
which rlando Sherman Murray,
aged 21H surrendered himself to
the sheriff. Young Murray had
killed Lincoln L. Whitney. also q
years old. because the latter re
fused TO marry Murray's sister
Mary M. Murray. whom Whitney
betrayed several month previous.
The girl had confded to heI
brother how young Whitney had
tired OF her and cast her of when
he had found that there were re
sponsibilities to be shouldered
The indignant brother at ones
went to young Whltney's hons