davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Drawn Wire Tungsten Lamps

The production of ductile tungsten
was undoubtedly the most important
event in electricity during the year.
This remarkable achievement can on
ly be appreciated when it is remem.
bered that the rare metal tungsten
has been known to the arts and scien-
lists for hundred years or more and
during that time has defied all at
tempts of the best investigators and
scientists to produce it in ductile
form until last year. Tungsten was
known as an exceedingly brittle metal
and nearly all scientists agreed that
there was mot even remote chance
to make it into drawn wire. During
the early experiments with the metal
it was produced in such purity that
no impurities could be detected by
the most searching methods known
to chemical analysis and yet it was
neither ductile nor even pliable. 1t
seemed beyond the hope of scientists
to produce ductile tungsten and 1t
was generally concluded thaht brittle
ness was an inherent characteristic
of the metal.
1t is therefore a great tribute to
the ingenuity and skill of American
scientists that process has at last
been discovered by the research lab
oratory of the General Electric COM
pany which changes this character
istic of the metal, making it possible
to draw this new form Of tungsten
into wire. The tensile strength Of
this drawn wire tungsten is superior
to that even of piano steel.
The production of this drawn wire
tungsten permits a change in the con-
struction of incandescent lamps by
which continuous filament is en-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

With machine harvesting this great
problem vanishes. The farmer will
net have to depend on hand labor.
The children can be put in school a.
its opening and receive the benefits
of our nine months school law.
Farmers can form ring, buy a ma
chine and work together, harvest the
beets, haul them to the dump, and
follow the machine up with the pillow
and subsoiler the same day and in one
operation prepare for next years crop,
with no added expense.
1t is estimated that between two
and three acres can be harvested
daily.
Mr.. Merrill was successful in Sc
curing a machine which he will oper-
ate in the Groveland district this sea-
son in the harvesting of nearly one
hundred acre of heets. 1t is expected
that by next season the Dewey cons
pany will be in position to supply
a limited number of machines for the
general trade. ...
Keep your eyes open when the har,
vest starts. You will be interested.
We congratulate Mr.. Merrill on be-
ing the first man in the valley to get
this machinery, and hope 1t may do
for the beet industry what the potato
d dc e. has done for potato raisers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
SPECIAL ON A SIDE
! .-.f- -. TRACK

Baseball and Mrs. E. H. Hartman
widow of the railroad wizard, came
in conflict Monday at San Francisco.
Baseball won. ES''
The umpire In the contest was the
department Of the Southern
Pacific company and the issue. was
whether right of way should be given
the special car in which Mrs. Harri-
man and her guests had come to the
west, or to special train carrying
baseball fans to Sacramento.
The Hartman car was scheduled
to start east by way of Sparks at
$40 o'clock and the Hartman party
was on board, but when the hour Of
departure drew near it was discover
ed that baseball special was sched-
uled to depart at the same time. The
fans emphatically asserted that unless
their cars went first they would miss
the game. There was hurried con-
sultation between passenger officials
an dtraffic officials, and as a result
the Hartman car was forced to wait
an hour.
The railroad men say that Mrs
Hartman accepted the decision good
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

low beet, climber the neighba ms
high beet, slicing off the top just 50
deep, then drop down onto the next
beet trimming all just as the operator
desired. The tops being cut off and
laid neatly in the furrow, along comes
the litter and conveyor, drawn bv
thTee horses, which lifts the beeth
and takes them out of the dirt on a
series of four endless chains, operat-
ing side by side, SO arranged that the
beets may be carried between the two
center chains to the cCnveyor, or side
chute without breaking the tip Of
the beet.
In the operation the beets are
cleaned of all dirt and laid in wind
rows in the field ready for loadins.
That the beet harvester will ie a
hoon to the beet gower can readily
be seen.
In the past the great concern OF
the farmer in planting his beet acre
age has been the harvesting of the
crop, and only such acreage as could
be handled by the family, including
the children and often the wife, could
be planted, unless the hand labo>
could be contracted with the Japs o:
other foreign labor, both of which
have been most unsatisfactory and
expensive. -~-e 'rs 80 -'a- "a. 10.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

share. The commercial clubs in the
towns should take hold for these
places and in the smaller communities
some one should be selected to gather
the funds to send good lecturers, and
displays If they are wanted.
Every dollar thus spent will come
back in many ways. The merchant
that gives $50 or 500 will receive his
reward in the trade of the settlers
who will come in answer to the call.
The farmer will get his in the in
creased value to his land due to the
greater demand for it and the greater
crop production that comes from in
tensified farming methods. And the
laboring man will prosper in that the
greater population will make the de-
mand for him greater and consequent
ly boost his wages
Railroads Business to Hell State.
1T is the railroads business to help
boost Idaho. We know that Idaho is
well worthy of all the boosting we
can give her, and then too by bring
ing people here We are making them
our friends because we cannot bring
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

support him Tor the next 20 years,
which is about his expectancy, &C.
cording to insurance tables, and you
have then repaid to Blind Frank
only $4,000 of the trust fund in
the brands of the commissioners from
saloon licenses for caring for the
business created by the saloons. This
entire expense for Blind Frank will
only use up about the money received
from the saloons for one years work,
still leaving balance inthe hands of
the commissioners to meet such other
incidentals connected fifth the saloon
business.
Honestly, now, don't you think
Blind Frank is justly entitled to all
he received from the county acting
as side partner to the saloon which
was responsible for the loss of his
eyes? Would you take like amount
and change places with him?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
BLIND FRANZ
(Shohone Journal)

! Who is Blind Frank? Why is he
blind? Why is he ward of Lincoln
county? These are questions that
fhave occurred to every tax payer Of
| the county by reason of the charges
of extravaganza made against the
board of county commissioners for
having appropriated $4,000 for build
ling a new house ON the country poor
farm.
From the charges referred to it
would be inferred by our newer citi-
zens who never heard of Blind Frank
until this controversy began, that
Blind Frank was supported at the ex-
pense of the tax payers of the county
and that the commissioners were very
extravagant in their appropriations
for his support. This is not correct,
for he is only getting what is partly
due him.
50 For the information of those who
have come to live in Lincoln county
in the past few years, and who have
never heard of Blind Frank until
they saw his name connected with
charges made against the county COM
missioners, this statement of facts
regarding him is made.
Some ten or twelve years ago there
was in this county man of middle
age, strong, hearty and we'll built.
Capable of doing as much work as
any man in Lincoln county, and OF
being profitable member to the
community. One night, in a Sho-
shone saloon that had been licensed
by the county to conduct such bust
ness, this man, in drunken brawl.
had his eyes gouged out of his head.
Since that time he has been a ward
of the county and has been. known as
Blind Frank.
The saloon where he lost his eyes
paid a license to the county of a
thousand dollars per year +. 1t Is
claimed that saloons bring business
to community, that they contribute
largely to the tax rolls Of the county
and thus relieve the burden of tax
alton from more respectable property.
This saloon paid into the county its
license money for many years. More
over, eight or ten others did the same
thing. License money thus collected
is supposed to care for the extra ex-
pense placed on the county for its
privilege of making Blind Franks,
and the surplus is supposed to be
clear gain to the county.
The saloons of this county paid in
to the county treasury about teh
thousand dollars year for period
of years.
According to the statement last
week by the county commissioners ~
the county papers, Blind Frank has
received as his share of this saloon
license money to date about $2,555.
If you count the $4,000 more that 1t
is charged the commissioners have
authorized to be expended for new
house for Blind Frank, and then add
to that amount the sum necessary to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
THE COLISEUM, CHICAGO, WHICH
EVERY TOWN AND COUNTY IN IDAHO
---~.TURERs AND MOVING PICTURE FILMS

them to better place. And we want
every one to prosper, just as we hope
to. prosper.
I'VE have been more than gratified
by the awakening of this impulse of
cooperation among the people. 1t is
sure sign of progressiveness and en-
terprise that will build up prosperous
communities of satisfied people.
People Should Be Satisfied.
And the people should be satisfied
They have millions of acres of the
best land on earth. An almost limit
less supply Of water that is being har-
messed to run in channels that will
water the land that is crying out for
it, and they have climate that will
grow anything that will grow any
place in the temperate zone-and
grow 1t little better than any place
else.
"The fruit belt that other states
talk Of so proudly includes practically
every acre of arabic land along the
Union Pacific lines, and the man who
goes In for diversified farming has a
mighty rich field.
"The dairyman also will, within a
few years, produce greater wealth in
Idaho than all the states rich mines.
The demand for dairy products is
growing faster than the supply and as
the settlers pour into the state this
will continue.
That's what we want to tell the
hundreds OF thousands of persons
who will crowd the Omaha and Chi
cago land shows. And If we tell them
just that, in plain words, and with
plain figures, and back 1t up with pic
lures of the land and the crops grow
ing here we will draw mighty flood
of men and women that will help
build Idaho into the greatest and
richest agricultural state In the
Union"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

suits of last years land shows at
Omaha and Chicago the facts we
learned were such that we immediate
ly made application for space for 1911
We have just received word from
Chicago that the railroad has been
awarded what I regard as the choic-
est space in the whole of the big Col
iseum 1t is the largest space of any
single exhibitor We also have an
excellent location at the Omaha ex-
position.
I'm the space we have secured we
will build two lecture halls at each
show. These will be equipped with
chairs, lights and stereopticon and
moving picture machines manned by
experienced operators. They will be
thrown open free to all the towns,
cities and communities along our lines
in Idaho. We want every locality that
has any message to the public to
come there and deliver 1t. There isn't
station along the Union Pacific lines
that has not some mighty attractive
advantages and while of course the
> Union Pacific knows it, and the people
that, live here know it, it has not been
told enough to the thousands who are
looking for homes.
Properly Told, viii Draw Settlers.
That's where the lecturers that we
want our towns to send to Chicago
and Omaha will do their good work.
A straight talk, without frills, but
backed by little stories Of what has
been done here, will do more to con-
vince the man looking for new home
than anything else.
Then If the people of Idaho want
to. make exhibits they may secure
space and gather their products and
we will haul them free of charge to
the expositions.
1T takes money to do these things,
but there Is not man, woman or
child in the state too poor to do his
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
INDIAN LANDS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
TO BE OPENED

Omaha, Aug. by a streak of
good fortune large per cent of the
10000 people who are expected to
file for claims in Mellette and Ben
nett counties, S. D., will pass through
Omaha and will be given an oppor-
tunity to see the Omaha Land show
at which the resources and opportun.
tiles of the entire west will be ex-
plotted. Thus it will be possible to
directly interest thousands Of per-
sons who are actually seeking homes
and who will be. in a proper frame or
mind to receive and absorb all the
information that Is thrust upon them.
AS an example OF the great number
of land seekers who will pass through
Omaha in October it is set forth that
in 1904, 100000 people registered
in Benesteel. Four years later at the
Dallas registration for Trip county
lands, ia, 900 seekers made filings.
On these figures is based the estimate
that there will be at least 100000
re gistrations at Dallas, Gregory, RAJ
pid City and Chamberlain for the
Mellette and Benntt county lands. At
least $4,000 of these are expected to
pass through Omaha, which is the
gateway to the west, and it will be
possible to interest great many of
them in the opportunities offered in
the region further west. The South
Dakota registrations will be made be-
tween October 2 and FL, and the
drawings begin October "a, while the
Land Show will be from the 18th to
the 2Sth. The dates of the show will
give the homeseekers an opportunity
of visiting Omaha both before and
after they 60 to South Dakota.
During the last South Dakota
drawings omst of the applicants came
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

When a claimant made entry for a
technical quarter-section of land, and
after five years residence thereon OBJ
tanned title thereto, he exhausted his
right.
The fact that the land patented
lacked little more than two acres Of
making 100 acres did not give him
entryman or the right to enter under
the status of a qualified homestead
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Digest of Important Public Land De.
cisiOns

The following important law points
have recently been decided by the
Secretary of the Interior.
HOmesteadS
When an entryman had made |,
former homestead entry of less THAI
100 acres for which he acquired title,
he was not qualified to make an entry
under the reclamation act.
The act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat.
S54) has no application to entries
under the reclamation act, and the
additional right granted in said act
of March 2, 1889, cannot be exercised
by entry within ia reclamation pro,
ject. Citing instructions, June IL,
1909. (38 L. D. 3d.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

the enlarged homestead act, an addi-
tional 800 acres.
Extenuating circumstances in favor
of entryman will not justify the De-
partment charged with the duty of
disposing of the public lands in the
manner provided by law, to dispose Of
them contrary to the express provi-
sions of that law.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

A homestead entry must be cancel
ed as mere pretext of residence and
improvement where it is shown that
the entryman merely made occasional
visits to the land, where he merely
had house furnished with stove and
dishes, it being shown that the entry
man was in partnership in the thresh-
ing machine and other farm machin-
cry.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

I'rNCtICC
Although the Commissioner of the
General Land Office may avail him.
self of the aid of contestant in de-
termining the validity or invalidity
of lieu land selection, his refusal
to accept such aid is not the denial
of legal right, and his exercise of
discretion in such matters will not
be controlled by the Department un~
less 1t is clearly apparent that it has
been abused. Applications to contest
therefore denied an ddecision OF the
Commissioner affirmed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Mining

Where a mineral application has
been rejected for failure to properly
post the notice and plat on the claim
as expressly required by the statute.
the entry will not be held Intact sub
ject to republication and re-posting
of notice of the patent application.
but must be Cancelled, with the privi-
lege of prosecuting patent proceed
ings de novo.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and
other states in the middle west, and
the bulk of the coming registrations
will be amde by people from these
states. 1t is these people that the
west is,now trying to interest through
the medium of the Land Show.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Wants to Rent EARN

A man with a family, an experience
ed farmer, wants to rent a beet farm
furnished. Write to or on Alma
Brownie, r. 8, Heaton Farm. Ga
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

A desert land entryman may make
proof of reclamation and receive pa
tent within four years from date of
entry. In order to obtain extension
of time in which to submit final proof
under provisions of section g.. of the
act of March 2S, 1908 (35 Stat 52),
it must appear that failure to re-
claim was without fault on his part"
and due to some unavoidable delay
in the construction of the irrigation
works intended to convey water to
the said lands
Desert land entrymen should not
in general, depend upon cooperation
with adjoining land proprietors or en-
trymen for the ne essary water TO
reclaim land entered
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Desert Lands

The act of March 2S, 1908, grant
ing extension in certain cases, is re-
medal law, to be literally construed
and applied so as to relieve and as
sist entrymen who have acted in good
faith in the arduous work of reclaim>
ing desert lands. Citing Hoobler VS..
Treffry $50 L. d. $50.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Timber and Stone


When timber and stone applica-
ton has been filed describing certain
lands and 1t appears that state Sc.
lection was made prior to approval
and certification, the state selection
operates to segregate the land, ana
constitutes pending matter at time
entryman made his application.
1t was therefore admissible to al
low the state to assign valid base
upon selection it has inadvertently
made upon valid base. Until the APP
plication of the state was finally dis
posed OF, the land was not subject to
other appropriation.
1t Is well settled that an order or
the Land Department withdrawing
public lands for entry or other public
disposition, is operative, unless other
wise limited, from the time it is made.
The fact that the sworn statement
was filed before the withdrawal was
of record in the local Land Office will
not change the rule. Citing Emma F.
Zumwalt go L. D. 32) and Hiram G.
Smith t33 L. d. 67D.
When a timber and stone sworn
statement was filed in the local Office
the same day the land was withdrawn
for forestry purposes, sucsh with
drawal took effect the day it was
made and the sworn statement made
on that day must be considered as
having been made subject to the with
drawal. Citing State of Utah (33 l..
D. SOD.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18


II legal bona fide mineral Local
ton, founded upon actual discovery
of valuable deposits of mineral, is
subsequently flooded by reason of the
operations of reclamation project.
the owner will be entitled to damages,
provided there is no default in the
assessment work required under the
law of mineral locator.
There is no law authorizing tho
reservation Of phosphate deposits In
lands of the United States, nor auth
orizing the entry of the surface there
of under the Homestead Laws.
Land that is oil in character is not
subject to disposition under the ex-
change provisions OF the Forest Lieu
Selection Act of Juno 4, 1897 ESQ
Stat. 36), and upon q proper and suf-
ficient showing to that effect, the se>
lection covering 1t must be cancelled.
Such selection, however, Of land
subject thereto otherwise than he
cause of its mineral character, is, at
the most, voidable only. and, while
pending, operates, to the same extent
as would state. railroad or other
selection, to reserve II from any other
form of appropriation looking directly
to the acquisition Epf the legal title.
Citing F. G. Finkle (33 =. p. 1851
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Final Proof

Ah1A AOoA
Where there are conflicting claims
in cases OH final proof, hearin be-
fore the local ostice is the only means
by which all parties can present the
respective claims to tho. land, and
therefore such hearing will DISORDER
ed by the Department in such caso%--
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has full jurisdiction to
reverse the action OF the local officers
in matters of final proof Final PROOF
matters are ex parte cases, and NO
proceedings as upon appeal are nee
essary in order to invest the General
Land Office with full Jurisdiction.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-25
TWO TON MAGNET As OCtIiST


Terre Haute, Ind. Jan 25.- A
two-ton magnet at Rose Polytechnic
Institute was used to extract steel
splinter from man S eye after an
oculist had tried in vain to remove
it by surgical operation. and at the
same time save the eyesight
The patient was placed standing
near the magnet and his head was
turned so that the direct drawing
force would be applied to the eye
ball. The splinter flew quickly TO the
surface of the magnet. The victim
is named Johnson and is employed
at brewery,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-25
DI7 Ell IN ELEVATOR.
Employees Fight While Lift Drops
Six Stories

Buffalo, Jan. %. Jealous be-
cause each thought the other receiv-
ed too much credit for acts of her
oism performed in rescuing guests
of the Statler hotel during a re"ert
fire, two elevator operatives fought
a duel with stilettoes in the freighy
elevator of the hotel One of 'hem
Joe PenzGto, is badly wounI"d
while his late antagonist, Anton COS
tanzo, is under arrest They began
the fight at the sixth floor and it
not until the elevator was stop
ped by the safety clutch in the base
ment that their fellow employees
could get.in to separate them
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-25
Business Announcement.

have embarked in the real estate
business with an office in Ennis and
take this method of so stating to my
lie generally, and shall be glad 10
have them list with me any properly
they may desire to sell. VIII make
speciality of farm property.
If you desire to buy farm or d
home l will appreciate it If YOU will
see what / have to offer before you
buy JNO. NJ. LOGGINS WASH
VA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-25
District Court suits

| V. NJ Thomas 81 al vs.. c. Is Smiti
ct al. suit Tor accounting and TO
DAMAGES and foreclosure,
S. r. Hochderffer VS.. Ona Hoch
| derffer. diyarce.
Carrie Anillard VS.. Jesse Willard
divorce.
John A. Robinson VS.. Laura RoD-
inson, divorce
Hattie Miller vs.. Ike Miller, di-
vorce.