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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29
BLACKFOOT
...Day by Day..

Observation-Disclosures
Sam Rich c1me from Boise Friday
evening.
Take your prescriptions to the Mod
ern Pharmacy and have them fiNedLu
Mr.. Nomland is up from Gold Point
this week.
Miss Pauline RUSSELL visited friends
in Pocatello Monday
| DR.. c. A. Hoover, of Pocatello, was
Tuesday visitor i'm Blackfopt
Mrs. Guy Dipped Of this city is visit
ing friends i'm PocatelBo this week.
| Mr. Farmer who has BEEN very i'll
| with pneumonia is rapidly improving.
M. Dorrerer, shoe repairing, So
Bridge street. rea tailor shop. Phone
217. tt
DR.. and Mrs. Patrie visited Mr. and
Mrs. Fredl Murphey at Pocatello last
Thursday.
Every Saturday and Sunday IA spec
ial zoe Sundae at the Modern Phar-
macy Nor 15c. tt
AtHicus Haygpod of Ross Fork was
visiting friends in Blackfoot over Sun
day this week.
When in need of a house decorator
call on Barker & Co., North Main
street. tt
F. C. Barker G Co, do painting,
paper hanging and a general line of
hous,, decorating. tt
Miss Mary Smith from Butte is
here ON business. She is staying at
the Anderson block.
MIessrs. D. R.. jones, VanderwOod
and Bemllett went out to Pingrea in
their auto last week.
Mangnerftt Osborne of Rigby is
feref visiting with her sister Mrs. A
L. Hughes, this week.
]. W. (Miller, tailor suits ito order
cleanarg, pressing, repairing and al
terlng. So Bridge street. t
Athela DALTON of Salt Lake City i
, Visiting her uncle arId aunt, Mr.. ant
: Mrs. C. S. Dalton of Blackfdot.
Mr.. Hopkins who is working fOl
the Bell Telephone Co., went to Mac
ay Monday mornl. g ON business.
Susie Biet1lan left Monday noon 70
Pocatello where she is going to Al
k tend the summer school at the acad
: envy.
MIR. and Mrs. L. r. Aldrich of thi
city were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. J.F
Comgdon of Pocatella the first OF TIN
week.
Miss Kathryn Ryan returned Sun
day from Fremont, Nebraska, wher
she was CALLED by tho DEATH of he
father.'
Miss Stevens of Rexburg who III
O been visiting Grayce Thomas her
= left for her home the latter part {
last week.
F. E. DcKay who is in ST. Mark
u hospital, Silt Lake, is rapidly in
-, proving and is expected home in
81 few days.
e. Orders taken for ice cream, deli
% cred to any part of bhe city. Moder
. Pharmacy.
A. L. Hughes is having new col
gold leaf sign put on his window.
is THE r-test thing and ALSO the pre-
test iln sign work.
~ Evelyn and Robert Boyd of Mool
= who have been visiting friends
cur city for few days 'rehurne
home Midday morning.
Francis and Fred McCracken, Il
little niece and nephew of Miss Be
tie Ezell came here flor visit fro
Boise Saturday evening.
o.
III W. H. Gaumer has moved
the building formerly occupied by
R kckfcot Investment Co., tho fir
DIOR east of the Optimist office I
Pacific street. J29+1t
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29
FOR RENT.

Small house, w. A. McVicar, 1853
University avenue. May4tf
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

LOST.
LOST-Two light buckskin horses.
ten and elevein hundred, strayed or
stolen from old Lorarz place.. Suita-
Bile reward will be paid for informa-
tdon leading to Their recovery. RF.
d. No. 2 John Jimpson.. J22tf
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29
FOR SALE.

BLACKSMITH SHOP FOR SALE.
The undersigned will sell good.
paying general blacksmith business.
two fires, two blowers. best location
in town.
PETER n ANDERSON,
junei5-4' I IL ckfoot, ldaho
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

County Commissioner James King
and family returned to their home in
Moore Monday, after spending sew
eral days in Poc-tello, acta-ding tbs
Good Roads Convention.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

G.. H. Titus, wife and daughter Of
Holhri0ge, Nebr, were the guests
last week CT Mr. and Mrs. j. D. De-
Hurt.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Anna Kiefer has returned from Chi
cago where she speat the winter.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

w. G. Craig and j. B. IeIIart have
opened new offices on Main street
south of the Scott pharmacy, and will
be found engaged im real estate and
boosting deals. Mr. Craig was for
merly a. member of the Blackfoot In
vestmsnt Co., but has seyfred his con
nectiOn with that firm.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

This office is in receipt of let
tor from 1.-TWO lndhiu gin1ls who have
been attending the Academy of Idaho
and twthO wculd like work I'm private
families or lin a store for the sum-
mer. III you need maid or a clerk
plncne this cfficu.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

C. S. Knodle of Salida, Cctlo.., pur-
chased 100 acres of land last week
from parties near Pfngree, and has
moved his family cmio tile place. Mr..
Kn2dle will enter the employ of the
skork Line here, while his SON will
take care OF the rarHh
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Invitations are out by the P. E. O
tor a big party next Friday evening
anG afternoon, Kensilagton in the at.
ternoolm and cards at night 1t will
take place i'm the club rooms.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

District clerk J. 4. CarIlIth and l..
3, Thomas of this city drove up to
Id tho Falls Monday in their car ito
spend few hours with the county Cd
ficials there kh the opening of distric
court.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Advertise in the Opitmist. It paya~
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Tt has been decided to build a dane
dng pavilion and amusement hall on
the shores of Danilsdn lake at Roch-
e1lel Row boats ito he used by the
pichicers will be placed on the lake
and during the summer season. the
place win; bel kept open as a -plras-
ure resort. In the winter the build
ing will be used as am amuse-
ment hall.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Sam Rich c1me from Boise Friday
evening.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

A complete. new line of drugs at
the Modern Pharmacy. tt
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-29

Myrddin Thlomas, who hiss been
playing solo alto in the Juvenile band
but who will in the future play the
cornet, lett last Thursday for Rigby
where he will study music under the
tutelage of his uncle who is fine
cornet player.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

lawyers, and successful business men
in every line of business delight in
telling us that they were raised on the
farm, and revel in ennumerating the
hardships of their youth, and in re-
counting the bare life and living on
the farm-all unconscious of the fact,
that they are naming the very things.
to get out of which they left the farm.
There will be no back to the farm, >
and no remaining on the farms until
farming PAYS, and the farm life be-
cause farming pays is made fuller and
richer. Why should a farmer not have
home equipped with all the modern
conveniences of water, heat. light and
telephone? Why should he not have
good roads and ride in an automobile?
Why should he not take a daily paper
and have time to read it? Why
should he rise before day and retire
worn out at first dark? Why should
NV 1NA AOuLo PEI udg DTlHB 10 MIN
returns equal to those of the carpen-
ter, the brick-layer, or the banker?
Because agriculture does not PAY.
We all agree that a stable govern
ment needs Independent, intellectual
farmers. a very wise man has said:
Whatever you want in the nation.
put that in the schools" Agriculture
has wisely been put in the schools al
ready. This college proposes to teach
agriculture from the selecting of a
home site through all its phases. 1t
proposes to teach physiology in all
its bearings on private and public
health; civics from the home to the
state, and likewise all other branches
in their bearing on living-and not
only teach these things, but have the
pupils live them there, so that, when
| they go out to teach, they will &c
with themselves so imbued that they
will carry these things into the life
and living of the people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
CLARK & SIGLER'S
MARKED SUCCESS.

Hattiesburg is well cared for in the
grocery line and the big advertise,
ment of Clark G Sigler in this issue
will give an idea of the desirable
lines of groceries and good things to
eat carried. This firm has had a re-
markedly successful career and is but
another illustration of what intelli-
gence, enterprise and the proper use
of printers ink can accomplish in the
grocery line when backed by pure
food goods and excellent service.
Starting scarcely two years ago the
firm has built up a retail grocery bus
mess second to none in the state and
are now preparing to even enlarge on
their present business, having recently
rented one of the largest and most
desirable storehouses on West Pine
street, where they will move January
LIST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

sists of arithmetic, reading spelling
geography, history, English, civics,
physiology, and agriculture. These
are the things that our teachers are
expected to teach. 1t is very rich cur
riculum, and if properly taught, is a
body of knowledge that comprehends
nearly all of the essentials. But ow-
ing to the lack Of training, a majority
of our teachers, while able to memorize
the books and stand the examinations
on these subjects, are totally unable
so to teach them as to make them a
factor in the life and living of our peo-
pie. In arithmetic, the antics of the
bulls and bears, manipulating stocks
and bonds on Wall Street, are con-
sidered more valuable than the plan
ming of a home, or the cost of pro-
duction of the things necessary to
sustain a home.
Oft times geography begins with
the stars and alights at the port of
Shanghai, almost forgetting the earth
as the home of man, and entirely for
getting the possibilities of MISSISSIPPI
pi to sustain homes. The teaching of
history consists largely of telling of
battles that were fought, and holding
up to our boys and girls military he
roes as ideals. In civics, our child.
rem are taught how presidents are
elected, how bills are passed, and
things OF that ilk. without trying to
implant the great truth that good
| citizenship on the part of the individ-
ual is the highest good, and so on
through the whole curriculum. The
Normal College proposes to take those
desiring to become teachers, to teach
! these subjects in a living way, anu
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
HIGH VALUEs-LoW PRICES.

An establishment which has had a
nice growth and which at the same
time has served a good purpose is
The Calhoun Bankrupt Company,
whose double stores are located on
East Pine street. This company is al
ways in the market for the purchase
of bankrupt stocks of desirable dry
goods and general merchandise, and
as these sales are always made at a
big reduction from original Wholesale
values, the Calhoun Company can
easily carry out its slogan in the re-
tail world of I'VE sell for less than
others ask" Stocks at this store this
year are unusually large and the COM
pany is quoting prices in this issue
that are calculated to make a lot of
wholesalers and jobbers sit up and
take notice.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
WOMAN'S COLLEGE 4 BOOM
to BAPTIST Of The STATE

TT. J. Moore, in The Baptist Record
In the humble Judgment of this
scribe the Baptists of this state have
never taken step fraught with more
importance to the UNCONVENTIONAL
veal than when, in convention at
Gulfport, they launched a Baptist Col
lege for girls. Surely it was the prop
per thing to do and should have been
done many years ago. 1t is an undis-
puted fact that mothers and teachers
have more to do with shaping the
social, political and religious destinies
of state or nation than all other
human agencies combined. If /
thought any reader of this article
doubted this statement / would pause
here long enough to array sufficient
proof from the annals of history to
dispel every vestige of that doubt
Why was Hannibal, the enemy OF
Rome, endowed with the power to
almost demolish the great empire;
His mother transferred her spirit OF
inveterate hatred and vengeance to
her son by training into him what
she felt in her own soul. Why was
CrSsostom the prince e Preachers q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT Of
LANDS NEAR HATTIESBURG

At the head Of the business review
of Hattiesburg for the last year should
be placed the sale of the J. j. Newman
Lumber Company lands to E. A. Cum
mings & Company.
The most earnest work on the part
of the most earnest members of the
Commercial Club, and on the part of
the good people of Hattiesburg for a
few years past, has been directed to
starting some movement looking to
the settlement of the farm lands. The
prosperity and future growth of the
community depended upon the sue
cess of such an undertaking.
When Mr.. Willis s. Thompson came
to Hattiesburg the first of last Febru-
airy and decided to locate here, his
one purpose was to accomplish this
thing for which Hattiesburg has been
so long striving. 1t was like anything
else that is undertaken in any COM
munity. 1t requires the personal at
tention of some one man who knows
how and who is willing to sacrifice
other personal interests TO the accom-
plishment of one thing worth while.
Mr.. Thompson devoted his time to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
written by Request by Presiden
Joe Cook

Prior to the administration Supt. J..
R. Preston, Mississippi had a public
. school system, but its inadequacy was
notorious. Teaching then could hard
ly be called a profession and it is not
at all surprising, that the people as a
whole, took very little interest in it.
Those who were unfit for any other
walk in life, were considered to be fit
for teachers, and the money appro-
priated for the public schools brought
no adequate returns. When Mr.. Pres
ton went into office, he took it as his
mission, to improve the quality of the
teachers. He succeeded in obtaining
Mississippis share of the Peabody
fund, and with that, began the sum
mer normal schools, and the county
institutes. With these summer nor
mails and county institutes, and rigor-
GUS examinations on the subject mat
ter within a few years he made a vast
Improvement in the teachers in the
state. But even then he felt the in
adequacy of the training he was Of
fering to the teachers, and recon-
mended the establishment of a nor
mai school. The people of the state
did not appreciate the fact that the
teacher makes the school, and that
training for the work is necessary for
efficiency. They turned down the
proposition to establish a normal
school, and appropriated more money
\ for the maintenance of the public
schools. This policy was followed
through the administrations of Mr..
Kincannon and of Mr. Whitfield, al
though they both urged the estab-
lishment of a normal school. Finally
four years ago the appropriation for
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
The State Normal and Its Purposes

public schools reached the princely
sum of one and one-half millions of
dollars per year,but, through all these
years, the people had been learning,
and it had begun to dawn upon them
that no amount of money would make
an efficient school system with I'M
trained teachers. When Supt. ]. N.
Powers went into office four years
ago, he became very Industrious in
helping the people understand and
realize the great truth, that money
alone would not make an efficient
school; and with his valuable co-adju-
tors he finally succeeded, and two
years ago the Legislature passed the
Mississippi Normal School bill, which
authorized the trustees of that insti-
tuition to seek bids for it, and to To-
cate it at what they deemed the best
place. Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Jack
son made liberal bids.
Hattiesburg Selected
Hattiesburg was selected because
it is in South Mississippi, because it
made the most liberal bid, and be-
cause it is the best location. Hat
tiesburg and Forrest county have Civ
en- to the state in round numbers $780,
Geo in money, and $40 acres of land
for this institution, making total do
nation of more than 100000 The
college buildings are now being erect
ed The object of this school is to
train teachers and send them to the
country districts. There is still all
over the state a great deal of min
understanding concerning this school.
A great many people seem to think
that this schools business will be to
give graduates from other colleges a
fancy theoretical training, compre-
hended under the term pedagogy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

With the cooperation of Mr.. r. X.
Smith when the deal was finally made,
it was made with one of the very
strongest colonization companies in
the United States and one that is alb
solutely and thoroughly reliable.
New settlers are already at work on
the land, and several hundreds of
acres have been purchased by those
who are soon to come, although it is
only month since Cummings & Com
pany published their first advertise
ment Of having these lands for sale
Excursions vii be coming to Hatties-
burg every two weeks for some
months to come.
In campaign of this sort, not only
Willingness to spend money in ad-
vertising is necessary, but it is far
more essential that this money be
spent wisely in order to accomplish
the best results.
E. A. Cummings C Company have
certainly placed Hattiesburg on the
map of the United States. The peo-
pie of the North are certainly hear
ing things about this particular spot
in the South. They are being told
ffs,,,4s,.,..l =. m. e, d
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

cause his gifted young widowed moth
er threw her very soul into his train
ing as only a mother can do, giving
nm the entire and immediate bene-
hts of all her splendid gifts. It was
not the example of their father but
the untiring efforts of their mother
That gave to Methodism it's great
founders and leaders, John and
Charles Wesley. The Apostle Paul
In tracing the source of the great
power possessed by his ministerial
son. Timothy points US not to the the
illogical training Timothy had received
at his hands, but to "the unfeigned
Faith that in thee, which dwelt first in
thy grandmother Lois, and in tby
mother Eunice."
Are first impressions most lasting /?
Then who has the opportunity to form
the first impressions upon the heart
and mind if it is not she who gives
the child its birth and has its care
solely almost for the first few years
Of its life?
Next to the mother is not the father
except tses,l but the teacher,
Forf e naknths An the va
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

Others think it is merely to train
teachers for the towns; while as a
matter of fact, this school is to be an
intensely practical thing, and will
train teachers primarily for the coun-
try districts.
The Purpose of the Normal
The public school curriculum con-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

send them back to the people equip.
ped to incorporate these things into the
life of the people, and to make of the
teachers living force among the peo-
pie instead of pensioners on the peo-
pie.
To Aid Farming interests.
We hear a great deal about farming
and, on all sides, the slogan is back
to the farm" But who is going back
to the farm? Our preachers, doctors,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
OPINIONS
In Twelve casos Rendered BY Supreme
Court-Five Doeisiona Ravaraed.

CHARLES TON. ". Va. Nav D.
Twelve opinions in five OF which the
low az court was reversed were handed
down hy the supreme court OF appeals
to-day a. follows.
t'y Judge RrHuuon:
Austin Manufacture COMPANY vs..
Cofiman. from Mercer county. Affirm
Ellison. son q Comnany vs.. Flat Top
Grocery Company. from Mercer county.
Affirmed
Golden VS. O'Conuel. from Grecnbrier
county, decree reversed. case remanded.
~ Judge Poffeubarger.
Myths VS. Lairf-A udreWs Lumber
Company. from Randolph county: re-
'er-.d. verdict set aside and case lee
inanded.
Gsnnardt VS. Schroeder ct al. from
karawha county. writ awarded.
Ef Judge Miller.
kerfuOt. trustee. VS. IdrIridra Ct al.
from jefferson county. Affirmed
Bank " Weston VS. Lynch. 90 aI. from
G.lmer county judgment reversed. new
trial awarded
By President williams. Av4ru vs..
Hr} or. from karawua county. A.
lrueI
Chandler 80. American car ~ Foundry
company. from Ca1eI county. reversed
aui rCwardcl
~astle t- Castle. from Preston county.
affirmed iu part. ret ersri lu Eurt
Ey Judge Robinson. Spencer -.
I.irNari. from Mason county affirmed.
kirtIF 49, county Court from calelI
county. Reversed Judgment tere re-
liauIei.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10

Mrs Martin McGinty-ls u1 90 her
home on Belmont street.
Edward Meehan and John Curran
have gone 10 Sandusky % attend tho
state meeting OF tho Knights OF Go.
lumbus
The funeral % Daniel. young son OF
Mr. and Mrs. T. shea. ~ Monroe
street. viii take place to-day from ST.
Johns church.
Miss Sadie Jenkins. OF Camhrida.
o. is a guest OF Miss Anna Keys. OF
South Beilaire
Mrs. Isaac Hlum Will entertain the
Ladies' benevolent s0cicfv 40 her
home on Belmont street This after.
noon.
Howard Dean. the we'll known trap
drummer 81 This city. is nos engaged
with the Markle show boat. which
stops here to-day Tor n performance
Leo Shelly has returned f0 Grafton
after spending "a few days with bic
parents in This city
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-10
NEWS BRIEFS
Little Items Told In Q
Few Lines.


The regular meeting OF the Royal
american Lodge OF the Republic was
neld last evening at the lodge rooms in
BISHOPS hall The regular business was
transacted.
On the Top Mil premises yestrday
morning team became frightened NJ
steam from "A locomotive. ran away and
threw Rudolph blessing. OF Warwood.
spraining his LETT ankle and brtising his
lett MP. Although Mr. blessings left
ankle was broken n short time ago IL
Vas not fractured again by the hard
bump or yesterday.
Twenty candidates were initiated into
the mysteries Of the Modern Woodmen
or America by the Warwood lodge in
Lash's hall at Isoyeland last night. A
banquet and social session followed the
ceremonies.
Bert Eskey charged with beating and
abusing his wife. was fined 800 and
costs yesterday morning bv Judge Rob
lnsou ana sent TO the workhouse for six
months. Accompanying the sentence
was warning TO Eskey that he would
set year az the works n ne appeared
on similar charge again.
1t was reported yesterday that Mike
IlShe, assistant secretary OF the Amalga-
mated Association. would probably he
icslslateo out Of his position by the
convention meeting at Canton. IL is snfI
I that several positions are TO he abolish
81 10 cuf down expenses. Walter Lar
ans or Martins Ferry. ~ being opposed
ny Ike Harum, Of Canton.
The bids for erecting the building
whlcn Will form one of the important
parts pf the new water eas system. will
/ uc opened this morning by the Board OF
control. having been DELAYED by the alb
sencc from the city OF Mayor Schmidt.
ON charge OF interfering with Nan
officer. Alfred Peake was held TO the
Erand jury yesterday hy Justice T. ".
/ i-nEel. II Is claimed that Peake chased
constable Charles RAIDER from his store
when the constable went ia TO arrest
an employe.
-FranciscO Sierra. Of BeIlaire. was held
20 the grand jury yesterday by Justice
Hobbs. on charge Of pistol totfnc.
sierra was arrested FOR shopIifting and
when searched the revolver was found.
A Joint meeting OF the Mems Guild NJ
tho church and the Mems club OF ST
l.uke.s L. T.. church. viii be held In st
An interesting program will lie rendered.