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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
LOCATING THE NEW DEPOT
Commercial Club Holds Special Meet
ing to Discuss Coal Situation
and New Depot

A special meeting of the CONNER
cial club was held on Tuesday even
ing to discuss the coal famine and
devise ways of getting coal to supply
the needs of consumers. 1t was de-
cided to appoint committee to con-
fer with the operating department of
the Short Line to inform them of the
seriousness of the situation, and to
make demand for the immediate
moving of cars to this point, it being
shown at the meeting that cars in
transit with coal for our dealers have
been unnecessarily delayed during
the blockade of the road north of
here.
The second matter that came be-
fore the meeting was the location of
the proposed new depot. This was
discussed at some length, it being
the opinion of most of those present
that the freight and passenger depots
should be so located that it would
not be necessary to concentrate the
freight traffic in the middle of the
town, and continue the !, dangerous
and endless switching of trains where
there Is the greatest amount of travel
on the streets.
Some favored having the passenger
depot in front of the FIGURING mill
or further south while others thought
it, should be at some point north Of
the crossing by the c. w. & NJ. COM
pany. Others favored having it just
about where it is, and the freight de-
pot some distance out.
An adjournment was taken with
the understanding that a committee
representing the railroad company
would meet with the city council
soon to discuss the matter fur
ther, with view of selecting loca-
tion that would be agreeable to the
company and to as many citizens as
possible.
When this meeting is held the
council will be guided to some extent
by the expressions of citizens that
reach them.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
BOND ISSUE TO MATERIALIzE
Particular Stress Laid Upon Raising
Additional Money to Complete
Government Work Begun

Washington, D. c., Jan. 2--Presi-
dent Taft today sent for Senator
Borah and discussed with him the
various topics to be dealt with in his
special message on conservation.
Particular stress was laid upon the
plan for raising additional money to
hasten the completion of all govern
ment irrigation projects now under
way.
AS Senator Borah was leaving
President Taft said to him: THE ad-
ministration is determined so far as
it is within it's power to secure suffi-
cient funds to complete these pro-
jects and you will have the earnest
and persistent support of the admin
istration for that purpose. ! myself
believe the proper way to do 1t is by
a bond issue. as you have provided
in your bill, but If it is found neces-
sary to satisfy some in order to get
it through congress, to call them GER
tificates, we will attach to them the
same guarantee of validity as bond
would have so that we can raise the
money at no greater cost or rate OF
interest than we would pay on a
bond.
''In legal effect that is what they
must be. l am determined that those
settlers who have gone. upon these
projects shall not wait any longer for
their water than it is possible to get
it there If congress will give me the
money"
President Taft also expressed the
opinion that thirty million dollars
would be needed for the work.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
A. N. ANDERSON SELLS OUT
Lost River Pioneers Expect to Make
Their Home in BlackfOOt After
Enduring Many Hardships

A. N. Anderson of Moore has sold
his five hundred acre farm at good
price to some Iowa parties, and will
probably take up his residence In
Blackfoot in the spring
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson located on
Lost River in 1880, and have been
engaged in the stock business there
ever since. In the winter Of 1898-90
they lost practically all of their herds
and also lost band of cattle which
they had on shares and had to re-
place. The cold weather hung on
so late in the spring that all weather
forecasts were broken, and people
who tried as did the Anderson family,
to bring few animals through to
grass by feeding them on -four and
corn meal from the kitchen, exhaust
ed their own food supply and then
saw the poor animals die. Some of
them lived to see the green grass and
then starved to death and vote them
selves out in the effort to get Il square
meal on it, so the last hopes of the
stockman faded away in the brightest
days of spring.
1t was hard blow, and everybody
had to begin anew, with almost moth
ing, and the fates mocked them the
following summer with the most lux
uriant growth of grass they had ever
seen on the range, while their drink
ing water was contaminated with the
carcasses of animals that got into the
springs and creeks to die during the
winter and spring.
But Lost River people recovered
from the loss, and have wealth now in
both fields and herds.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
GOOD BASKET BALL GAMES
BlackfOOt Players Defeated in Tastes,
Game of Basket Ball Ever Play
ed on Local Grounds
(COntributed)


Last Friday evening the BlackfoOt
high school boys were defeated in a
fast game by the fast five of Ricks
Academy of Rexburg. The game was
fast and snappy throughout and al
lowing for the height of the oppon-
ents the B. H. S. boys played rings
around the Kicks five. The feature
of the game was the throwing of long
baskets by our boys and also the fast
and snappy passing. At the end of
the first half the score stood 16 to II
in favor of Blackfoot. The second
half was played with still more ginger
than the first and the boys being
buncoed out of good many fouls
caused them to lose the game Should
there have been one more minute of
play the boys would have undoubted-
ly taken the honors which they had
coming to them. The whistle blew
and the final score stood 25 to "a
in favor of Kicks Academy. The boys
are arranging for a game with the
same team to be played on Friday
at Rexburg and we are in high spirits
and hive in hopes of winning the
game. The next game played here is
looked forward to for greater sue
cess. as the last game the boys were
sighted on their crowd and the re-
suits were that they went in the
hole considerable so we hope that
the next game here will be more sue
cessful and encourage the boys along
in the line of athletics The umpires
We're Kiefer of Blackfoot and Minor
of Rexburg.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
LARGEST IN THE WORLD
Work OH a Large Dam to Begin With
in Year-Will Make Largest
Reservoir i'm the World
American Falls Press

American Falls Press
The following article was taken
from one of the leading Chicago pap
ers and gives some reliable informa-
ton in regard to the large dam which
eral surveys have been made for this,
the largest dam in the world, and on
which survey the work will be done
has not been made known, but all
surveys are within three miles of
American Falls and this city will be
the headquarters for the three to four
hundred men who will be employed
on it's construction. The Record
Herald says.
j. e. Lane, an irrigation expert of
Blackfoot, Idaho, announced that
work on the mammoth dam across
Snake river above American Falls
will begin within twelve months. The
completion of this porject, which will
form the largest water reservoir in
the world, involves an expenditure of
$40, 100000, and will supply water
to irrigate 100000 acres. The Kuhn
Buhl-syndicate, of Pittsburg, Is back
of the project Mr.. Lane adds that
the dam will be seventy feet in height
and is designed to back the food to
point near Blackfoot and carry the
water two hundred miles. The Pitts
burg syndicate will undertake to re-
claim the vast acreage through the
Twin Falls south side canal system.
The main canals will be enlarged to
nearly three times their present ca
pacity and only the food waters Of
the Snake river will be used after be-
ing conserved in the reservoir formed
by the American Falls dam. Agents
of the syndicates have already started
securing options on property that will
be needed for a reservoir site.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
A THREE STORY FARM
Discovers a Gave Which He Uses Al
A Natural Cold Storage
Plant

Richfield Recorder
A three story farm.
Money above. in and under the
earth on the Richfield tract.
That is what DIR. G. X. Hunt of
Spokane owns within mile and a
half of Riehfield.
When Dr. Hunt came here. at the
time of the first opening of the tract
he drove over the land, looked for
the place that most nearly met his
approval. He found swale in the
ground with tall grass growing up
from among the rocks therein. It
was rather unusual appearance, and
he got out of the rig and investi-
gated. Tramping down to the bottom,
he found an opening down into the
earth, which he could enter. 1t look
ed pretty capacious, so he called Will
Strunk. who was with him. and to.
gether they went on in. to a dep.h
of $50 feet. when the light failed,
and they had to give it up.
Later. the cave was explored to
depth of $50 feet, and the explorers
could have gone farther yet. The
cave walls are firmly arched, with a
ceiling IL to 25 feet high, and wide
and roomy as great railroad de-
pot. The floor is almost level, al
though the opening extends back un-
der a slight declivity. so that the
floor is considerably thicker at the
back end than at the entrance. Cell
ing and walls sparkle with myriads
of crystals. though the familiar sta
lactite and stalagmite formation of
the lime stone caves, where the drip
ping of lime water forms the most
wonderful columns and ornaments. is
entirely wanting. The cave is as
dry as a bone. When discovered it
was VOLTS den.
With it's magnificent walls and roof
impervious to weather changes of any
kind. the cave would be the very fin
est kind of natural warehouse. IT
would hold al the apDles that could
be raised on the Richfield tract. and
preserve them as no ice house or
cold storage building ever nut uD.
With few ventilatOrs cut through
the roof, it could be kept sweet and
odorless. though filled with veget-
ables and fruits enough to feed a city
for year. DR.. Hunt has in mind the
wonderful storage possibilities of the
place. and considers that with the fine
land he has on the rest of the farm,
he has the very best thing on the
whole tract.
The three story features may be
accounting for bv considering the air
above as one story. natural high
way for the airships, the peoDle of
the Richfield tract will be able to
buy after, having their lands in cul-
tivation about two years: the soil it.
self Is the second story; and the cave
beneath. with it's possibilities for
growing mushrooms. or for use as
great storage warehouse. make up the
basement. or third story.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
STOCKMEN LOSING HERDS
Stockmen Are Losing Heavily on Ac-
count of Deep Snow and Cold
Weather

The deep snow and cold weather Is
unusual at this time of the year, and
the big winter" of 1S99-.90 started
out no less severe except that the
crusting of the snow was worse. Hay
has gone up to prices that are ruin
GUS to herdsmen, and many of them
are unable to get their herds to hay
at all.
Trainmen on the Mackay branch
report much difficulty in getting over
the road without slaughtering cattle
The animals get on the tracks and
trot along ahead of the train for
miles, neither getting out OF the way
nor stopping long enough for mem
bers of the crew to get ahead Of
them to chase them out into the
snow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
ASSESSOR CROWLEY DELIVERS
TAX MONEY
$15O,OOO Turned Over to Treasurer
First of the Year. Money Avail
able Earlier than Usual

County Assessor G. E. Crowley
turned over $15O,0OO.00 of the tax
money to County Treasurer Wintle
the first of January, and up to the
present time has collected about 1885,
10000. He is writing about three
hundred receipts day and the sum
will soon reach the $200,000.0 90
mark.
New System of Bookkeeping
The tax money will be apportioned
much earlier this year than hereto
fore on account of the new system OF
making the receipts adopted by Mr..
Crowley. Last year he visited the as
SCISSORS Offices in several counties to
learn what he could of the best sys-
TENS, with the result that he pre-
pared something of his own that en-
bodies the good features that appeal
ed to him in the different counties
where he studied their books.
In making out the tax notices he
virtually prepares the receipt, and
when the money comes in, he has on
ly to sign the duplicate retained in
his book and hand it over or mail 1t
II the person. This enables him to
handle the business in less than half
the time required by the old system,
and it will enable him to close up the
accounts, he thinks, month earlier.
The money will be available for the
use of school districts and other ac-
counts that are greatly in need of it,
besides saving the county about
$1500.00 in interest on accounts that
are drawing seven per cent interest.
Every school teacher and merchant
waiting on the liquidation of debts
dependent upon this fund will feel
firateful to Mr.. Crowley for his new
system when the money is pushed
across the marble.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
PLAN BIG GAME RESERVE
MilliOnaire's Club Will Buy Immense
Tract of Land in State of
Montana

New York. Dec 31.-A club of 100
mi'lionaires has been formed with the
object of establishing in Montana the
greatest game preserve in the world.
Walter A. Wheeler of Philadelphia,
one of the leading spirits of the club.
is now in the west closing the deal
for great tract of wild land near
the Yellowstone park. which will in
clude thousands of acres suitable for
game of all sorts.
Plans of the club will be along
the lines of the Jekyll island off the
coast of Georgia. A splendid club
house will be erected. equipped for
those members who do not care to
have individual shooting lodges.
Not only will all the game indi-
gepous to the country be carefully
looked after. but game birds and ami
mails from all over the world likely
to flourish under conditions prevail
ing in southern Montana will be i'm
ported and preserved.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
PREPARE FOR BAT
TIE WITH THE REGULARS
Announcement That Taft Will Give
No Quarter is Received With De-
Termination to Fight ~

Washington, JAN 5.-It is expect
ed that the insurgent republican
members of the house will call
meeting at an early date to give
earnest consideration to the situa-
tion arising from the announcement
that the administration would no
longer countenance 'insurging'' in
congress and would withhold patron
age from recalcitrant members IT.
was expected that some statement
would be forthcoming today from the
administration side as to it's ,atti-
tude regarding the insurgents.
+ Most of the radical improvement
leaders in the house side feel that
with the elections but a few months
distant. It is life and death strug-
gle with them, and consequently.
when forced into the fraw. have no
hesitation about carrying the war to
any extent. The effort to defeat the
insurgent congressman by starting a
fight against them in tiK,ir home dis
tricts, has hit hard and 2the congress-
men soaked will probably make no
choice of weapons In defending them
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
SHEEP ON THE RANGE
Rushing Provisions to the Sheep and
Cattle on the Ranges by
Teams and by Rail

Johnson, Severson & Company have
about $500 head of sheep showed in
near Tabor, and have been working
to get feed to them this week. 1t
was expected that teams would reach
them on Thursday with hay, and that
some grain would reach them today
by rail. They have had no feed since
about Saturday, but as they were in
good condition it is. thought they can
all be rescued by hauling few OF
the weaker ones.
We are informed that A. G. Heatley
also has large number of sheep out
on the plains somewhere, and that
he is making a heroic effort to get
hay to them with teams, but we are
unable to learn the particulars.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Restaurant Man of Idaho Falls Shoots
Friend and Kills Himself While
Under Influence Of Liquor

w. w. Riley, proprietor of the Cap
ital Cafe at Idaho Falls, shot and
killed his friend DR.. J. W. Mercer, a
veterinary last Monday, and then shot
himself.
Riley had been drinking and his
wife had left him. He got gun
with the intention of killing her and
then himself, but while in converse
tion with Mercer, who was advising
him to be calm and do no killing, he
turned the gun on himself with the
results stated above.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
ROTARY SNOW PLOW IN TROU-
BILE

The big rotary snow plow went up
the road to help clear the track over
the Bitterroot range week ego, and
found troubles of it's own. At Dubois
the water tank had burst and the
water freezing over the track had aft
erwards been covered with snow.
When the rotary came along it was
derailed by what appeared to be only
a skiff of snow.
In Beaver Canyon it got stuck in
the snow SO that it had to be dug
out by hand. Travel was blocked for
about four days.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
DO YOU WANT A JOB?

Any person between the ages of Is
and 70 may file application with Jos.
Perrault, Census Bureau, Boise. for
a job as census enumerator In his
locality.
Test questions will be sent to those
who apply before January 25th, and
the examination win be held on Feb
ruary a. Work will begin on the
18th Of pril.
/, The paSSis not large, but anybody
Of commons ducation and good sense,
who is not raid of the dog, can %
the work ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
GREATEST HOTEL

Los Angeles is to have the finest
hotel west of Chicago. Work com.
menced on 1t this week and it is to
cost two million dollars 1t is the
Alexandria, to be en'arged by the
addition of an L.. thirteef stories high
and two stories below ground. It IL
to be 206 feet by 216, 1S0 feet high
and 20 feet deep from the street leyel
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
LOCAL OPTION LAW UPHELD

The supreme court of Idaho has
passed upon the validity of the local
option law, and sustained it. At the
hearing of the case there were five
attorneys for the state and three rep
resenting the liquor interests
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
IDAHO DAIRYMEN MEET

The state dairy association will
meet at Nampa, Idaho, January 10
and IL. A good program following
practical dairying and the operation
of creameries will be carried out.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07

II you want money quick,
get Il from Parkinson Realty
q Investment 90. We have
plenty on low rates Of interest
and cen let you have 1t as
soon = the papers arp signed.
PaEkinRon HeaIty q Ineyst-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
BLOCKADE AT MONIDA

Inc WORST STORM IN Years DeiayS
FueN Supply for the Smell
ters of the North
The. first few days Of the ney year
witnessed blockade of the Short
Line tracks at Beaver Canyon and
Monida, the worst they have had
since 1904. The rotary snow plow
got buried up. once, and they had con-
siderable difficulty in getting it out.
The coal supply for Butte and An
aconda was cut of and traffic delay
ed seriously.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07

NATIONAL STOCK ahOy
The National Western S(pcf Show
~ ~ - fIanxat from lahuarY &
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
Maximum Minimum

Figures mean above zero unless
marked with a y
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-07
WEATHER REPORT

From Dec. 1 to Jan. 6, Il. A. eDOuJl
Observer
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-30
OKLAHOMA GETS
AN ADDITIONAL
CONGRESSMAN
Population Over Million and a
Half According to Preliminary
Report of Bureau Of Census
Issued Last Night,


INV fbf
washington, July 29.-The total
nopulation Of the state Of oklahoma,
hacking three enumeration districts,
was announced tonight by the census
bureau a. %!.651,95l. a. compared
with t.414,1f7. according to the spe-
clal census Of 1907, showing an in
crease since 1907 Of 16S per cent.
The population of the state was
made public Of the fact that
there is to be held in the state next
month an election in which the ques-
ton OF negro suffrage IS paramount.
In presenting the figures, the director
of the census made the following pre-
liminarv statement.
IN view of the fact that an cleo
lion is to be held on August . in the
state Of Oklahoma with reference to
a constitutional amendment bearing
on the suffrage, which is expected to
affect principally the negro race. the
director Of the census has deemed 1t
desirable to make q preliminary an
nonncement Of the population OF the
state Of oklahoma and of the negro
population Of the state. The figures
are subject to revision.
The figures show the total negro
population Of the state to be 1896
as compared with 1890 in 1907. In
1907 the negro population constituted
10 PEI cen oi the total, and the per-
centage for 1910 is 81 per cent. The
districts lacking in the total figures,
the census director announced, would
affect the total population by less
than 3 600.
Under the computation. oklahoma
would be entitled certainly to n
more congressman and probably two
more representatives in congress, the
exact number depending entirely
upon the basis of appcrtionment. AT
present there are five members OF
the house from oklahoma, but this
number was arbitrarily fixed when
oklahoma entered the Union.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-30
NEW PRESIDENT At
ST. M|CHAElS
III Health Causes Retirement of
Brother James Who is Sue
ceeded By Brother Edward,


Especial Dispatch TO the Morning Jonrnall
Santa Fe, n. NJ, July 29.-To the
surprise and regret of his many
friends, Brother James Walter, presi-
dent of ST. Michael's college, has re-
signed his position, II is said tina
i'll health has made it necessary for
him to seek another climate. Brother
James was only recently appointed
president of the college. succeeding
the later Brother Hermes, who died
here this winter. While president,
Brother James Is said to have shown
executive ability of a high order and
the energy of a young man who had
enjoyed exceptional educational ad-
vantages ana who had u practical
business training besides.
The successor of Brother James Is
Brother Edward, who comes from 81.
Louis, and is said to be a man IF
scholarly attachments and ripe expert
ence. He was principal of 81. Vim
cents school in st. Louis and has en-
ioyed the confidence of his superiors
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-30
LIGHTNING CHASES
LADY TOURISTS
Two Young Fasteners Burned
By Bolts While Descending
Colorado Mountain in Terrific
Storm,


lBy Morning journal Special Iensed wir-t
Boulder. Colo, July 29.-News
reached here today that a party Of
tourists. several from the east, had a
memorable experience while descend
ing Flagstaff mountain during yes
terday's storm. Miss Beth Stone of
Davenport. Iowa. and Miss Nell r.
kelerstrass of Rock Island. III are
confined to their room in a hotel here
tonight as a result.
Bolt after belt OF lightning struck
the mountalnside demolishing trees
and sending flying %splinters all
around them. Miss Stene was rem
dercd unconscious by a bolt which
appeared to strike almost AT her feet
Her companion was stunned by the
shock. but retained her balance. Both
Young ladies were urned about the
neck and shoulders. other members
Of the party We're noticeablS affected
by the charged atmosphere, hut were
able TO continue to town through n
driving rain. Miss Stone ard Miss
Kellerstrass were packed on burros
which were led into BOULDER by the
others.