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The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
TWO HORSES DIE IN FIRE.
Blaze Destroys Home and Stable of
William Becker.

Two valuable horses were burned TO
death hast night when the house and sta
BILE Of William Becker. Twenty-sixth and
N streets northeast, were completely
destroyed by fire. Becker and his wife
escaped from the house before the flames
had gained much headway.
Before No. 10 engine company could
respond to the alarm the structures had
been destroyed. Capt Daley. of the
Ninth precinct, with reserves. made a
record. run to the scene. The total dam
age is estimated at 1900.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
Juarez.
Drops Dead Mt Box office.

New York. Feb. 19.-Former Mayor AM
gpst Grassman. Of Hoboken, collapsed
at the box Office Of the Gayety Theater
in Washington street. that city, tonight.
as he was buying an admission ticket for
Sunday performance for the benefit of
the Seamen's Home. He did a few
minutes later as three physicians were
working over him Heart failure was
the cause of death.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
CAPTURED AT COCK FIGHT.
Sixty Men, Most of Them in Even
ing Dress, Taken in Raid.

Pittsburg, Feb. 19--About sixty men,
most of them in evening clothes, and
thirty-six real fighting chickens were
captured in a raid after last midnight
by the Humane Society. 1t required
eight patrol wagons to haul the cock
fighters and birds to the police station.
Thirty-eight of those captured confess
ed to the name of John Smith, Seven,
who did not have bail, are IN jail.
In the meantime, Supt Bell, Of the
Humane Society, is distributing $500 worth
of chickens caught in the raid among the
sick in the hospitals. He killed some OF
the game chickens to-day and had soup
made OF them.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
Swartzell, Rheem &
HenSey Co.,
LITTLETON ENTERS RACE.
Becomes Candidate since Sheehnn
Cannot BE Elected.

! New York. Feb. 19.-Representative-
elect Martin w Littleton announces that
he is a candidate for United States Sena-
tor. He has sent letter directly to the
legislature, on the ground that the legis-
lature is the body entitled to know it.
It is addressed to Lieut. Gov. Conway,
who presides over the senate at Albany.
Mr.. Littleton says, in part:
Before the legislature assembled was
asked by some of the members to declare
myself a candidate for United States
Senator At that time, Mr.. Shepard and
Mr.. Sheehan were the active and leading
candidates, and naturally expected the
choice would fan upon one or the other
OF these gentlemen, and hence declined
to do so.
I'VE are now nearing the end of the
fifth week of balloting. and 1t does not
seem at all likely that either Mr.. Shepard
or Mr.. Sheehan will be chosen.
IT have made up my mind to submit
my name. as q candidate to the hegts-
latura OF the Stata"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
Fire Causes $500 DAMAGE.

Fire was discovered IN an moccupied
dwelling in Alabama avenue, near STAN
ton road southeast. at s o'clock last night,
which resulted In a damage Of $500 The
house is owned By Joseph Joycs
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
Gets Gross of Legion OF Honor.

New York. Feb. 1s.-Eliot Gregory, a
director of the Metropolitan Opera House.
received word on Saturday from the
French Embassy that the cross of the
Legion of Honor had been conferred
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

Pat Wais, OF the CAROLS, displayed a
pile Of The Washington Herald coupons
big enough TO stun an elephants hide.
Pat AYERS that the CAROLS are going to
win the free trips given by this paper to
one Of the three most popular teams.
and the way he is being supported would
certainly indicate T.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
Van wych Not I'M.

Monte Carlo. Feb. 1s.-The report that
former Mayor Robert A Van wyck, OF
New York. Is seriously III here is NOT
true He Is In excellent health.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

Romaine served with French dressing
Is tasty. II grated pineapple cheese =
added, 1t improves the flavor as wen as
the appearance Of the dlsb
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
WALL STREET NEWS
Market Is Awaiting Decision
in Tobacco Case.
ENGLISH AND GERMAE VIEWS

Opinions of "Combinations'' of
Wealth More Developed There
Control of the Missouri Pacific One
of the Features of the Week.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
ENTRIES OUT FOR RUN
S. A. A. Championship Race
Should Be Good One.
LARGE LIST OF COMPETITORS

Record Is Broken for Number of
Men Entered in Big Meet Sched-
uled for February % at Bright
wOod-Johns Hopkins, University
Has but Two Representatives.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
SOME FINE HONEY

j.. II. Stoncman is spending the
summer near Wapello with bees, and
is making some original experiments.
as we'll as making lot OF fine honey.
He and his associates have bees
in two localities near Blackfoot, and
when they have carried their expert
ments and tests to their satisfaction
they will decide upon the mode OF
carrying on the bee business.
They extract their product and put
it up in glass jars with tight-ftting
glass tops that fasten and release by
simply pressing a spring. The word
"Sealfast" is blown in the glass, and
Mr. Stoneman also puts his own label
on, which is picture of bee, and
the words, pure honey, J. H. Stone
man, Blackfoot, Idaho"
We don't know what days he comes
to town with honey, but If anybody
has a sweet tooth for that kind of
honey that he had when he was boy.
the kind of honey that has all the,
Joyous favors, he can probably get
it by writing to ]. HI. Stoneman,
Route 3
We don't know just what his ex-
periments are aimed at, but II 1t Is
to develop flavor, he has the rest OF
us beaten several degrees. We sug-
gest that he exhibit some of it at the
fair and allow visitors to taste 1t.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
BUNGALOW BUILDER VAMOOSES

H. S. Page, the manager of the
Bungalow Home company, who has
been doing some building here, was
arrested Tuesday morning on tele.
graphic information from Billings,
Mont, made his getaway from the
officers and is still at large.
He was arrested at about o'clock
in the morning, and taken to the sher-
ifs Office. He said he had lot OF
men at work on his buildings, and
there was some important business to
look after in the Office, and asked
the officer to take him to the Office
for short time SO he could attend
.totsome of these hings.
| Deputy w. H. Kestner said ne
would accommodate him, and that he
could walk over with Jailer Jackson
who was going to the Oak Cafe for
his breakfast, and that Mr.. Jackson
could keep the prisoner under sur
3yeilance and eat too.
Mr.. Jackson kept track of the pris-
oner while he attened to several er-
rands about the block and then los,
sight of him for few minutes, dur
ing which time he was getting into a
buggy that he ordered, and was max
ing haste out of town IN some direc-
ton not known to the officer.
At about o'clock in the afternoon
the team was found returning in
charge of boy who said that Mr.,
Page had gotten out of the rig about
mile east of Ross Fork. Mr.. Kest,
ner required the boy to return to the
piace-and put him on the trail, which
he did.
The next clue was received on Wed
nesday morning, when Manager Green
of the telephone company, received a
letter from Page. postmarked Ogden,
Wednesday at s p. M, in which ne
apologized for his absence from
Blackfoot, and ass red Mr.. Green
that all would be we'll even though
he has to keep out of the way of this
Montana warrant. He claimed to
have lost $4,000 in the Billings bank
failure of few weeks ago, and turn
ed over some property to secure some
creditors, the transaction being
questioned in some way, hence the
warrant.
He had two bungalows under con-
struction, with IS men at work on
them and the men had not received
their pay, neither had the lumber
companies received a cent on the ma
terials. He seems to have paid such
other bills as had been presented to
him.
Mr.. Green had made a first pay
ment on one Of the houses, of ten
per cent, the sum paid being 5000,
and Page wrote the letter as If he felt
that an explanation and some assur-
ance was due him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18

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THE CITY BUSINESS


The request of the Fair association
for the use of the sprinkler when not
in use for the city was granted
Councilman lockwood reported
favorably ON opening Fisher avenue
one block to Bingham street. He
reported that Harry Bennett offers to
relinquish title to the ground for a
street upon payment of 5000.
Councilman Gibbs stated that 9TH
ers has asked for streets and alleys
where purchase must be made by the
city and said it would only be fair to
treat this matter just as they had the
others. and it was laid over until
such time as the parties interested
and whose property will be enhanced
in value should bear the expense.
petition asking for pavement On
Maple and Judicial streets was re-
ferred to committee.
Councilman Peck reported that
Mr.. Matt Hughes is temporarily in
charge at the cemetery, and that he
seems to have accomplished very
much more for the good appearance
of the grounds than has been done In
similar periods before by the retiring
sexton.
Applications for the position of sex
ton were made by w. B. Jacobs, W.
w. Albers and James Peacock.
A ballot was taken and w. B. ia
cobs was elected sexton,
A request from Albert Miller thar
he be allowed to make an extension
of the sewer to his place with ths-
understanding that the city take 1t
over at later date. Mr.. Peck raised
a question of grade from the flush
tank, and it was found to be imprac-
tical unless a departure were made
from the sewer system as originally
planned as to grade, A..
Building Permits
F. C. Parkinson, a coal house.
+. C. Parkinson, a basement, 4Sx
90, on lots east of the Office of the
Idaho Lumber company.
Fl. C. Page, a 5-room bungalow ON
East Court street.
E. A. Johnson, a store building,
33x115, on Pacific street
There was some discussion as to
how to test the scales, and especially
those used in weighing coal. but no
thing came of it excepting that a ray
of suspicion was directed at one OF
the dealers for delivering coal 10 per
cent short in weight.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Blackfoot schools will be open
on Tuesday, September 5th, at 9
O. oclock.
All children between the ages oil
8 and 18 years, who have not finished
the eighth grade, are compelled by
law to enter school at that time,
The teaching force for the year will
be as follows: Miss Eva Hubbell,
Miss Katherine Lynch, Miss Ella Sly
field, Miss Grace Wright, Miss Ger.
trude Backus. Miss Francis Carlton,
Miss Mary Nichols, Miss Anna Doyle,
Miss Viva Tilton, Miss Cassie Wright,
Miss Hattie Gerhart, Miss Alba Qusl-
Ian, Miss Leah Graham, Miss Ethel
Howard, Miss Jennie Gerhart, Miss
Lille Anderson, Mrs. Lulah E. Smith.
Miss Berenice Palmer, Miss Ethel
Richeson, Miss May Backus, Mr.. Har-
ry ]. Lee, Chas. Mcdonald, P. HI,
Benson and teacher in manual
training who has not as yet been se-
lected.
Those who have rooms to rent to
teachers or pupils will confer favor
by making the fact known to the Sup~
erintendent of Public Schools.
There are number of boys and
girls from the adjoining country dis
tricts who wish places TO work for
their board and room. If any families
in town want help of this kind they
should at once notify those in chargc
of the schools.
Those children who are to take ex-
aminations for an advanced grade or
to make grade conditions from last
year will meet at the Central school
building, Saturday, September 2, at
1:15 p. m. All pupils will be held
out of classes until such examinations
are passed.
The school wagon will run as last
year, covering the same route at the
same hours.
All pupils on the Irving school
side of the railroad will attend that
school, except those in the seventh
grade. All pupils who come in the
wagon and all others coming from
out of the city limits, except those
who were given permission last year
to attend the Central school, will meee
at the Irving school building!
All other pupils will meet in the
Central school building in the rooms
used for the respective grades during
the last term of last year.
Do not purchase books until you
have list from teacher.
There will be TO school on Monday,
September 4th, as that is Labor Day.
1t is earnestly requested that all
pupils enter school the first day and
be regular in attendance.
w. d. VINCENT,
Supt. of Schools.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Big Dry Farm Fire
Near Rexburg
Idaho Falls Post)

N A fire of considerable magnitude
occurred Tuesday afternoon on the
dry farm operated by Mr.. Flamm near
Rexburg. Harvesting operations wer.
in progress and probably a thousand
acres had already been harvested
when fire broke out in the straw
about ten minutes after the machine
passed over it. 1t is not known whe-
ther the fire was set by spark from
the engine or resulted from some
Otheu cause, but it spread rapidly
The crop was averaging between As
and SO bushels to the acre, so the loss
.efore the fire could be extinguished.
was considerable, but Mr.. Flamm
states that it was fully covered by
insurance.
The grain already harvested was
not touched by the fire, and in addi-
tion to the burned area there is a
large tract yet to be harvested.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
TWO RUNAWAY GIRLS

The sheriff's Office and the chief of
police were called upon last Saturday
to find couple of girls who had run
away from home at Pocatello. One
girls name was Annie Hottie, age Is,
and the other was Bernice Pharris,
aged IA and former resident OF the
Kennedy addition of Blackfoot.
The girls were small for their age
and very much inclined to act the
"smart Aleck." When taken to the
sheriff's Office by chief of police MaA
Smith, they went into the office as
as If going to a picnic, and
one of them seeing the jailer seated
in the office, remarked, "Is that the
sheriff? Well, am not afraid OF
him." and the two continued making
personal remarks about him until he
instructed them to be seated and hold
their peace.
Mr.. Hottie came up from Pocatello
on the afternoon train and took
charge Of them.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
To Move the Crops

Geo. e. Hill recently wrote letter
to the freight department of the Ore
gon Short Line, in which he called
attention to the big crops OF the Up
per Snake river valley and suggested
that the company make an extra effort
to handle the same in the matter Of
supplying cars for shipment. In re-
ply he received the following from
Mr.. Plaisted, assistant general freight
agent; same being of the date of
July 81:
Ny Dear Mr.. Hill.-Much obliged
for your letter of the 29th. Our peo-
pie appreciate the size of the crop
which must be moved and We will
make every effort to promptly handle
it. I will take your letter with me
to Chicago to show it to Mr.. Secrist,
manager of the Pacific Fruit Express
company, specially urging him to see
that we are fully uppl'ed with re-
frigerators. In this connection hope
your people will cooperate with us
to the extent of using box cars wher-
ever it is safe to do SO. My under-
standing is that after hot wee ther Is
over, say about September 1st, and
until cold weather comes, say about
until October 18th, there will be a
period when you can use box cars for
potatoes, especially for the shorter
hauls. I hope you will do this.
Yours truly,
F. II. PLAISTED.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
A Master Printer Here

o.
w. E. Peck, manager of the Mail
Printing company at Pocatello, spent
the first of the week visiting relatives
here, the family of w. r. Jones.
Mr.. Peck is one of the printers
who followed out the modern slogan,
Know the cost, and eliminate the
Improbable part of the business, and
he cut out the publication of news
paper and is succeeding with a job
printing house. The printing busi-
ness of the United States is now un-
dergoing severe reorganization to
get every detail on business basis,
and the man who organizes his work
ing force so that he knows the cost
of each product of his plant, takes
the title of master printer. The Cost
congress of Master Printers meets In
Denver next month.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
BABE IN WOODS FOUND AFTER
AN EXCITING SEARCH

Salmon, Aug. 13.-Little Maggie
Wells, 5-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Wells of May, wan
dered away from her parents when
they were on a picnicing trip in Nor
gan creek canyon. The canyon is
very rough and the stream very deep
in places. Mountain lions are num-
erous in that locality. Her parents
searched for her in vain, then re-
turned to May, seven miles distant,
and gave the alarm about IL o'clock
at night. Every person who could
get horse promptly turned out, and
more than SO people searched the
canyon. About am. Brown, a we'll.
known rancher OF that district, found
the little maid fast asleep, snug and
comfortable in little nest of leaves
which she had made for herself. She
had taken off her shoes and stock
ings, waded the creek and put her
self to bed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
ON THE POWELL TRACT

J. H. Ericsson and wife and little
son, Willis, drove in from their farm
ON the Powell tract Saturday and
spent Sunday and Monday in town.
Mr.. Ericsson thinks of locating for
the winter at BlackfOot.
He reports other settlers consider
ing similar moves, and says that the
recent order from Chicago calling off
the engineers who were surveying On
the tract came as surprise and a
blow to them. When the order reach
ed the engineer in cnarge, that gen.
tleman was assisting Mr.. Ericsson and
w. c. Thompson in shoeimg bad
horse that was about to be used to
move the surveyors camp down to
McCollum. Mr.. Ericsson was kneeling
on the horses head and the engineer
was ifaifsiaass cut the nails as needed,
and the telegram Eaisspto stop work
at once and leave everything .js.Sstt as
it was. We forgot to ask Mr.. Eric
son what was done with the horse
and the rest of the nails.
We asked about the Foster family
who went to the tract two years with
no particular assets but their team,
and Mrs. Foster an invalid. He says
they are still staying cheerfully with
the situation, gaining a little in the
race and Mrs. Foster getting strong
enough to do her work and mount
her pony and chase stock on the
plains when there is need of it. She
is the lady we quoted in our extend
ed report of the tract in July, 1910,
as saying; We are here and we are
going to stay as long as we can,
trusting to the good Lord to make it
possible"
Their home was at Root Hog
Ford" (dryJ several miles from a
we'll, 10 miles from the water car at
Powell siding, 20 miles from hay and
grain at Howe and As miles from
Blackfoot.
Mr.. Foster and Mr.. Dierdorf are
working for the company that built
syaa reservoir at Howe. They are
plowiLg now and expect to go to work
on the reservoir little later. The
reservoir was commenced four years
ago. and refuses to hold water except
while there is a stream pouring into
it. Some experiments have been made
in pudding it, and Mr.. Ericsson has
the understanding that something of
this kind is to be done in an attempt
to remedy the trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Mayes and
daughter came in from Howe on Sat
urdays train. Mr.. Mayes has been
connected with the reservoir and the
project under it, and was taking his
wife to Boise for treatment. She had
stroke of paralysis on riday night
and was being transported on a litter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Binder Twine Famine

There is a twine famine in the in
termountain country, due to the tre-
mendous crops being tied up. Some
of the local merchants have exhaust
ed their stock, and the wholesale
houses are rushing in whatever they
can from territory that is near enough
to afford time for delivery before it
is too late. Farmers who have any
twine left over, mo matter how little,
are requested to turn it in to the
dealer or some needy neighbor so that
1t can be doing service this year. They
can get plenty next year and no twine
should be left idle while fields OF
grain are likely to be cut without
twine or bound by hand with straw.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
will Raise Fruit and Chickens

William Turner, Massach usetts
man, has purchased small farm just
east of the Firth depot and is getttins
the land in condition to raise fruit
and poultry. He has three acres OF
very nice onions this year of the yell
low globe variety which he finds are
exceptionally good keepers. He has set
Ia large number of trees that are grow
ing well, and has 400 White Leghorn
chickens. He is planning to raise a
thousand next year, and to set tract
to strawberries.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
Perilous Trip In
Canoe
(Idaho Falls Post)

Reiff Christ and StulI wright, TWO
young men of Blackfoot, who left
there two weeks ago for Big Springs
with the intention of coming down the
north fork of the Snake river, have
been heard from at last. Christ ar
rived i'm this city last night and tells
story of adventure and hardship
like unto story book or the tales
of the voyagers of old.
They launched their canoe on Aug
ust 1st at Big Springs and started on
their perilous way down the river.
Neither of the men were acquainted
with the river and its many treacher-
GUS rapids and heavy falls, and were
at great disadvantage on this account,
Three portages were made before
they reached the Big Falls, coverin.
i'm all about three miles, The total
mileage covered in the canoe is esti-
mated at between 40 and SO miles.
The, worst pert of the river had
been covered and the men thought
that it would be smooth sailing untii
they reached the Big Falls, just above
the mouth of the Warm river.
In taking a small rapid the canoe
struck submerged rock and capsized,
throwing both men into the water,
The canoe floated down the river ane
the men swan for their lives.
Wright went down twice, but man.
aged to reach a big boulder where he
clung until he got his second wind
and then he swan ashore.
Christ, in telling of the experience.
said.
When the boat went over, l
thought 1t was all day with us, as the
current was strong at this point and
the water cold. Wright went down
twice and then disappeared from sight
and / thought he was drowned for
sure,
II clung to the canoe as long as |
could, but it was jerked out of my
hands by the swift water managed
to catch it again and cut my paddle
loose with my hunting knife.
]. II had to swim about half mile
down the river before could find a
place where | could get out of the
box canyon, but when I got there
found Wright safe on the shore.
1--WE lost our bedding, gums and
camping outfit, besides the canoe. The
only things we saved were our cam
eras and the pictures we had taken
on the trip. These were in water-tight
bags and fioated down the river"
1t was the intention of Christ ana
Wright to make the trip down the
north fork of the Snake river without
landing except for portagcs and bu.
for the accident they wo Id probably
have made the trip, as they We're
over the worst part of the river.
Christ came back rrom Ashton on
the branch train and left for Black
foot this morning, where he will try
and procure another canoe in which
case the trip will be finished.
Wright stayed with friends at
Warm river and will wait there untii
they are ready to start on the second
voyage.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-08-18
VISITORS FROM SPRINGFIELD

Fl. X. Wiley and G. A. Lyon were
up from Springfield Saturday, and
report things moving at that burg.
Mr.. Lyon has purchased the mer-
chandise b siness of J. A. Sellers and
will take possession the first Of Sep
tember.
Mrs. Wiley has been visiting for
some months in Colorado and Illinois,
and Is expected home In about two
weeks. Mr.. Wiley says he Is plan
ming to sweep the floor and turn the
table cloth over the day before she
arrives.