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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

stream. advise boat from so to IS
feet in length, with beam Of about
"a feet, and depth from rail to keel
of feet. An open hull surrounded
with a combing. Would recommend
two twenty-five horse power gasoline
engines and five horse power hoist.
Search lights, electric lights, ten foot
BOOM etc. With boat of such con-
struction your available freight space
would be 531s tons and 20 passen-
gers, and would draw with said load
13 inches of water and would make
a speed of 9 miles an hour, with the
exception of climbing rifles.
In connection with the boat you
should have three barges with dead
load capacity of 80 tons each.
Regarding traffic my mind is not
exactly clear and must repeat what |
am told. Within four miles up the
river there are very good banks of
sand and gravel. At the present time
teamsters are receiving $3.50 per load,
which may be safely estimated as a
yard. Should this town grow as 1t
seems to me it is destined to do, the
carrying of this gravel would be a
great source of profit and would much
more than insure your investment.
You would require hoppers at the
landing where the sand and gravel
could be elevated and from there de-
livered to wagons by chutes. 1t is
because of this feature of the business
that recommend the barges. Last
year the top price for hay was $500
per ton. AS near as | can figure the
cost to farmers to draw their produce
to this point was approximately $500
per ton. Regarding amount of ton
age | am unable to give any definite
idea except to say am informed that
a great deal of produce comes to this
point each fall, and it would seem
70 me shippers would gladly pay
$500 per ton for freightage.
There is another point to be con-
sidered There is a railroad build |
ing from Blackfoot to Aberdeen,
which is about Is miles up the river,
and that may divert some traffic.
However, at a place called Otis, the J
road is some distance from the river
and much trade might be drawn from
there. Otis is about 35 miles up the
river.
Having your telegram before me
Eastern Standard engines,
am prepared to say that you would
be able to build your boat fully equip
ped with three barges for the sum of
$500 in commission at American
Falls. Could probably complete the
contract in three weeks.
As you employed me to report up
on all phases of this matter, would
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15
Public Sale
E. NJ. KENNEDY, Auctioneer
". A. YOUNIE, Clerk
II you expect to hold a sale write
US for terms at BIackfoot. Idaho
STEAMBOAT LINE FOR BLACK
FOOT

For two weeks Captain James
Rudd has been in American Falls and
along the Snake river looking over
the situation for several steamship
men of Portland who contemplate
putting on freighter and passenger
boat between this point and Black
foot, he reports to the coast men that
such an undertaking is practicable
with prospects for much business. The
captain has looked over the situation
very carefully and upon his report
rests the decision to be made.
Letter to the Coast Men
Mr.. Harry Young and Associates,
North Pacific Steam Ship Co.,
Portland, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
At your request l herewith submit
to you my report upon the advisable
ity of placing a steamer on the upper
Snake river with American Falls as
the southern terminal point, nature
of waters to be navigated, style of
boat required, cost of construction,
etc.
| find upon investigation that the
Snake river at low water will carry
at it's most shallow points, which
would be over the bars and rifles, 1S
inches of water The distance between
here and blackfoot by river is 65
miles. There are a few rapids, pos
sibly 20 to 80 rods, over which the
current runs possibly seven miles an
hour, which would not trouble boat
to stem, such as | shall recommend.
There are few, if any narrow chan
nels, the river being approximately
four hundred feet wide. There are
no rocks or other distractions. The
greater portion of the river may be
termed a sluggish stream.
Regarding style of boat required |
herewith enclose you drawings. 1t
would not under any circumstances be
wise to construct boat over 65 feet
long, owing to the bends in the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15
PASSING OF MRS. PETER G
JOHNSTON

Mrs. Alice Duckworth Johnston de-
parted this life at Salt Lake City on
Sunday afternoon, the 10th of April.
A little son had come to their home,
and she had to be taken to the hos
pital for treatment in coping with
blood poisoning. On Monday morn
ing gloom was cast over her home
town by the announcement of her
death.
On Tuesday morning the remains
were brought to Blackfoot and the
funeral was conducted from the l..
d. S. church on Wednesday. A very
large concourse of friends assembled
and were addressed by l.. r. Thomas
of Blackfoot, VIM. H. Hague of Salt
Lake, David o. Mckay of Ogden and
Mrs. T. j. Bennett of Shelley who al
so presented the message of Mrs. j.
T. Carruth who was Ill and unable
to be present. The aforementioned
were officers in the Mutual Improve
ment Society of which Mrs. Johnston
was an active member.
After a most beautiful and impress
sive service the remains were laid
to rest in the Grove City Cemetery.
Deceased was 81 years of age and
leaves husband and three children
in her immediate family, the little
one just born being buried with her.
There were present at the funeral
her brothers James and William
Duckworth and their families, sis
ter, Mrs. w. H. Snyder and husand.
Relatives of Mr.. Johnston were his
brothers, Isaac, James and his family,
his sister, Mrs. Hansen and two sons
of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Hansen's
daughetr-in-law, Mrs. Nathan Han
sen, Hyrum Severson and wife of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

Therefore with your investment Of
one-third or more and these people
holding bonds for the balance, can
conceive no safer investment for a
community who need transportation
and who will be benefited thousands
of dollars per year.
Without their support in a financial
way would not advise your entering
the field. With their support you are
absolutely safe and | think do very
handsome business. | will remain
here until you have had sufficient
time to receive this report and then
should you desire me to take up the
matter of subscription to bonds as l
have suggested, will gladly do so. I
certainly recommend this boat as
money maker if conditions / suggest
can be arranged.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15
INTERESTING EVENING COMING

There will be a public meeting at
the Methodist church the evening of
April 21 at which time Mrs. Bower
man of st. Anthony will present the
Loan Scholarship plan. Do you know
about it? If not, attend and be-
come acquainted with what is being
done by the women of the state for
deserving students. Rev. Edwards
will also give short address on some
phase of club work. Remember the
time, April 21, and fill the church
as there will be a number of strangers
present who will perhaps criticise our
loyalty to the cause.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

BONDS AT IDAHO FALLS
Idaho Falls voted Tuesday in favor
of bonding the city for $95,000 for
water and lights.
The vote was about four to one.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

Judge j. M. Stevens Is home from
Salmon City and will hold court here
next.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

dahos Chief Executive Blackfoo
ing. He will arrive Anthony
will be taken
dress the High school, The the will be
the Idaho Asylum taking institution.
the evening informal will held the Com
+ merca club which all invited
r Governor Brady will here in
Anthony
morning, he visited will
the Asylum here this afternoon Mayor West for him
X to visit the public schools will
speech in the high pupils the 7h
assembled, expected
= of the school will will
speech for the OCCASION will try to talk Interestingly
\ a short time when finds himself
Dr. c. A. Hoover superintendent of the Idaho Asylum will have
charge the the will
plan opportunity
still have time inspect the state institution The
friends Blackfoo will
+ probably at their desks counters,
likely will
the school building will be closed by the time
could finish at the Asylum and Dr. Hoover be showing
the buildings time the hour the
X reception to begin
= All Reception
al
every body opportunity
shall their
lady friends wishes meet the is
pear
+ if it is desired
The reception committee of the Commercial club consisting of
Byrd Trego, W. stuflebeam Clayton,
President L. r. Thomas Secretary T.
Cauth,
will make pleasant social affair
anything formal
and enjoy the big rockers and
chairs little entertain another and have
+ me the disappointed
Invited Too
there jolly the larger school children
they factors
part of the citizenship of the state
a aschOo
boy school girl
be there
help make
crowded don't long
help the committee with the
. entertaining 4
;. .. X X + !! + + + + X :: X + + +
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-15

Rigby, partner in business with Mr..
Johnston.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19
DIOGENES, PLEASE NOTE

Edgar l.. Pierson was New York real estate operator and director in we'll known life in surance company, some years ago. Adversity came and his fortune was swept away. He made an assignment but there was little for the credi- tors, so many of them neglected to file claims. Having passed through the form of bankruptcy Pierson was free, and he started with clean slate
 Recently Pierson, to his surprise, found that at the time of the bankruptcy proceedings he had owned an interest in some land in New Jersey village. Since then this holding has be- come valuable, and Pierson promptly applied to the United States District Court to reopen his case in order to give his old creditors an oppor tunity to file their claims.
 The judge who heard the petition was puzzled. lie had heard of cases where men had periured themselves by conceang their assets and where men had surrendered every dollar of their prop erty for the benefit of creditors. But these claims were outlawed and the time for filing them had long expired. The judge had never heard of case where a man, after passing through bankruptcy, had directed attention to an oversight which worked to his disadvantage
 Plerson was persistent and every effort was made to have the creditors send in their claims. Some, however, had died and others had moved away, so advertisements will be inserted in the papers in the hope of attracting the attention of those who have located elsewhere or of the helrs of those who have passed away.
 Plerson IS worthy of a place in the hall of fame.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19
DELIVERY SERVICE WANTED

Globe, so far as it is within the power of the city, individually, as it were, is serri-metropo- itan. In many things, strictly metropolitan. Public service corporations doing business in this city should govern themselves largely by the customs prevailing among the residents and accord their patrons the same good service and conveniences that the average individual busi- ness man or firm You visit grocery, place an order for bill of goods and presto, the goods are at your home. The dry goods, clothing and shoe merchant are no less accommodating and the notion dealer will insist upon the free deliv- cry of paper of pins or package of needles But how about, for instance, the Wells-Fargo Express company, doing very lucrative busi- ness in the city? There is no question about this company's profits rivaling those of the greatest money making establishment in the city When package arrives at Globe addressed to per son living in the residential districts postal notifies the party to whom it is address, and in response he is expected to visit the office, sign up and lug his package off or hire the services of an congressman for the delivery. Whats the answer? The Wells-Fargo people simply have a clnch on the express business of Globe and are Tn position to tell the people to go to if they don't like it. Let another railroad invade Globe serving some other express company and the delivery service would be given the people instantly. In many eastern and southern cities of from 5000 to 5000 people, two or three ex- press companies are doing business, and each company IS provided with its own delivery wagons-mnd you, in cities considerably under 10000 IS this service given and where the total business of the three companies would not equal 90 per cent of the business done by the Wells Fargo people in Globe. The people of this city have heretofore registered no complaint against the Wells-Fargo Express company. They real ize> that they are paying rates not exacted in many localities, but they do not longer propose to stand peacefully by and pay an additional tax for delivery not imposed in other and less profit able cities They are bitterly complaining and unless the concession mentioned is granted, war on the company will be declared and there will be something doing along other lines that are easily accessible. The company cannot wisely turn deaf ear to this appeal
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

had constructed geometrica system equva lent to the first book of Euclid. At the age of sixteen he had written a treatise on comic sec tions. Galois, who fell in duel before he was twenty, left works which proved him to be one of the brightest mathematical minds of the world. William Rowan Hamilton was called the greatest mathematician of the age by the royal astronomer of Ireland by the time he was twen, ty-one.
 Harvard's progidy, like Hamilton, is versed in the languages as well as the sciences. The career of the ten-year-old lad will be watched with interest by the scientists and psychologists Whether the remarkable gifts will continue to develop and to what extent, is at present only a matter of speculation.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19
TEACHING TELEPHONE TALK

For long time telephone companies have in structed their operators to use the word ''O,, instead of the numeral ''naught'' This is in tended to do away with errors. For instance. 'flve-double-O- Height" comes more certainly over the telephone than ''five thousand and eight or 'ffty-naught-eiglt t.' Following ts, an effort is being made to identify the digit 'three' by trilling the f's Wherever "tbree,, occurs m telephone number the operators in some of the l2Tge exchanges now tril the word so that 1t becomes ''thr-r-ree" The purpose of ths IS far from being affectation, but labor lous effort to identify this numeral at least, so that It may not be confused with others If some method could be devised similarly to diff ferentiate five" and 'nine," telepbone traffic managers would rejoice. With the same lono vowel sound and with an indstinct aspirate in the case of 'fve," these numbers are often confused, and errors result in making connec- tions.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19
A MATHEMATICAL PRoGIDY

There IS something uncanny about child O ten years when he IS able to prOpound fourth di mensional theories which not even Harvard pro fessOrs are able to follow, except with difficulty and none able to criticise. When William J Sldls, the youngest student ever matriculate, at Harvard, got up before an assemblage O puzzled mathematicians and elucidated difficul points, he proved himself in possession of al amazing grasp of one of the most abstrus branches of mathematics
 Young Sidis took the position that his hear CTS were acquainted with the theory of tn, fourth dimension, or hyperspace and launched forth as follows:
 ''The fourth dimensional space is Euc-
 Ildlan space, with one or more dimensions
 added to 1t. It is formed by direct perpen-
 dlcular to the third dimensional space. In
 reasoning in this space we take the axioms
 or plane and solid geometry as evidence The
 fourth dimensional solid is called confio-
 uratlon. Any sort of third dimensional
 space may be the boundaries of the fourth
 dmensonal space. In the fourth dimen-
 slonal space we use the cube and polygons
 or the third dlmensional space as faces.
 and with these construct the figure of the fourth dimension
 These figures cannot be grasped bv our minds, but can be reduced to geometrical formula and can be constructed by the aid of geometry and algebra. It is possible to construct by this means the figures of the fourth dimension with 100 sides or faces called hecatonicocehedrigons, or figures With GOO sides, called sexicocehedrgons Often there are gaps left in the fourth di- menslonal space, and I fill up these by slin- ping m polyhedrigons of the appropriate shape
 ''l attach great value to the working ont of my theories to the help given by the poIv- hedral angles of the dodecahedron which enter into many of the problems. Some of the things that l have found out about tba fourth dimension will aid in the solution of many of the problems of elliptical peom- etry." A study of this precocious youth leads to tba 'eHeI that there are powers of mind we cannot grasp Our comprehension is limited by our own experiences. When we call certain thinos i'm oosslpe, we mean to the average normal man out here arises case where our observation ails short ot grasping the true situation
 Fms child possesses remarkable intelIectual powers; he glves promise of adding anotbor lame to the list of those who have develoned tbo clence of mathematics. Others have sbou,,, arly Tn their careers that they were oenn;no Among them is Pascal, who at the aoe of ola,,a,'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

What IS the use retaining the study of Ger man, French, or other foreign languagesg" in qulreS the president of Cornell. Perhaps the faculty might give this proxy long vacation in order that he may find out.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Globe is conceded by theatrical people to be the best show town in the southwest The peo- pie are said to be exacting, but will liberalv patronize an attraction of merit. Three play houses running nightly and playing to good business evidences the truthfulness of this claim Great is Globe
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Nevada capitalists have invaded the Globe district, and as Nevada has reputation for do- ing things, representatives of that state are wei come to the Globe district
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Up to date, Mir. Rockefeller and Mr. Car negie have. given away nearly $400,0O0,0O0 Enough to keep them out of the tightwad class at all events
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Anyway, we desire to say to F. P A., of the New York Mail, that in the matter of rhyming gone" and ''mOrn," it can be done without violating all the proprieties. "Gone" for in stance, invariably is "g-o-r-n" in Georgia.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

The best posted copper men say that the red metal will go to 15 cents inside of 30 days and that the market will remain practically perman- ent at that figure. With fulfment of this prediction Globe and Miami will go on boom unprecedented in the history of mining cities.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

There are a number of big real estate deals approaching the closing point, and with the final consummatiOn will come story that will enthuse all Globe
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Perhaps one might incline to wax wroth or get excited over the so-caed "Reid incidentr in recent diplomatic endeaver were it not for the fact that we have all come to recognize our am bassadors, really, as nothing much more than glorlfied jokes maintained for ornamental pur- poses.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

"Another reason for the high price of food IS that the farmers need the money" says the Detroit News Is that the reason why the uIti- mate consumer has to pay 33 cents for pound of turkey that brings the farmer II cents?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

This statehood business, with its long record, and always ending in the same disappointing way, is calculated to inspire skepticism.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

If the going up of new buildings can be con- sidered in the light of an aviation meet, Los An geles certainly has no edge on irrepressible Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Little Miami is rapidly adding lustre to the great and famous Globe district.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

The Durango line will be constructed just as sure as the sun rises in the east.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Judge GaynOr is said to believe devoutly in the wisdom of Ben Franklin. More sad news for Tammany.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

'Hurrah for cOngressn' yells the Richmond Journal. By the great horn spoon, congress, what do you think of that?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Of course all will be well if the senate doesn' make history repeat itself But there's the rub
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Globe is a boosting club within itself and ev- cry resident is member in good standing.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

"Pinchot is not politician" says a con- temporary. That, we should say, may remain to be seen
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

And Mark Smith has won the gallery applause as well, but, still the enthusiasm was buried in the senate.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

Pull for Globe and you pull for prosperity.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

But-will the senate pass the statehood bill!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

The Silver Belt has a larger paid cir culation than any daily newspaper in the world published in city with 12,000 or less population.