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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28

! james Claypool is suffering from an
acute attack of rheumatism.
! Mr.. Stowall and family were also
here Christmas day from Springfield.
| Henry and Mrs. Berg of Springfield,
| with Miss Willis, were welcome visit
ors Monday.
Mrs. A. Rupe and Miss Emma, from
the Varney Bench, were business cal-a
l0rs the past week. a4
Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ Meyer and Mr..
and Mrs Massie of Grand View were
visitors the past week.
Eph Johnson and G. Holmquist were
seen on the streets Tuesday, having
business with our local merchants,
Mr.. Anderson Of Parker ives a busi-
hess visitor the past week, ard he is
thinking strongly of locating with US
in business way
John and Mrs. Cooper visited in
Thomas over Christmas, and relatives
from Utah returned home with them
to pay short visit Ns
Adolph Tiechert who sustained
Tad fracture Of the leg short time
since, is getting along nicely, and his
MANY friends hope for his speedy re-
covery.
home in North Carolina some time
ago, has written several friends that
he still remembers and keeps warm I
spot in his heart for Idaho
The material for the siding has be-
gun to arrive, and we are Informed
that orders to the local n. r. track
men are to proceed with the work OF 4
track lavi,sg as spoftEiiy sss possible.
Many Yuma people participated Ia
our Christmas festivities among whom
was the genial post master r. L. Jones'
viii and Miss Annie ZONES, Mrs aud
the Misses Guttirg. Mrs. Colborn, Mrs.
and Clara Lundquist and Nell and
Miss Strang.
Alr. Blair of Aberdeen is figuring I
on The plans for the Henninger-Rart-
let Llilding, which will include an up
to date barber shop, as sMrs Henninger
is weary of removing the hirshnte
ldornments of the local sports in
rent.c shop.
The people Of Sterling and vicinity
celebrated Christmas in the good old
style, with tree. splendid program
that reflected credit on all connected
with it. A free dance for the little
folk in the afternoon all followed by
ball at night, that was the event II
the season. s
Nugent and Ward are completing the
upper story Of the Auditorium primar-
lily to give suitable place for Basket
ball, tenn OF our loca fans organic
iaglo.T,. that purposs Future plans
include Y roller sls,tng rink, and We
are told that ! picture show company
are trying t5 arrange fer shows to be
given twice week in the near fut-
ure.
The bcal bachelors Of Art are bad
ly deHoralized apparently, not having
heldh meeting for some time. but with
the cessation Of the busy season. We
Eoae they will continue their labors.
aad will finally produce something that
tcan not be eaten, and that can bAs
written Of. with out creating the der
ision, and hilarity we have become SO
accustomed to the past.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28
Boyle Hardware Men Entertained

On Wednesday, December 13, before
N. F. Boyle left for California, the
employees and Messers Boyle and Alex
YOunie held their Christmas in the
store. The employees presented Mr..
Boyle with signet ring, and Mr.. You
ME YVES made the recipient of beauti-
full pair of slippers. The entire bunch
then took in the shows around town.
The firm presented the boys with fine
presents and the friendly feeling of
employer and employee, which always
exists in that big store, was even more
firmly cemented than before.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28
(ence of Growth In Rlackfoot

Van evidence of the growth of the
Band the demand upon the mer-
y 8 to carry more stock one has
,spk only at the new quarters of
aaN&. u. Kinney & Sors store. Dur
l& The week this firm has moved In
,Axhe room formerly occupied by W.
Brown & Sons grocery, and c. E.
ley can look with pardonable pride
~ the large quarters now occupied
boa the mammoth stock of goods of
|lSkinds, which are displayed. He is
ke father of the business and sur
bundled by other members OF his fam
b he must feel that his work in Black
Dot has not been in vain. Eleven pee
(e are afforded employment through
Is enterprise and thousands in the
punty are given an opportunity II
Flect goods from a stock unequallA j
Southeastern Idaho. ~ first floo
the building, and arge y base
lent, formerly occu1 Essby the com
lercial club are botlr> occupied by this
rm, Marcus Meister and corps of
arpenters have been busy for some
me in making the necessary changes
| the building, and from the balcony
ffice in the rear to the front doors
very convenience is installed. A cen
sr tier of counters, two on either side
lake two large isles for customers,
nd yet gives ample room for large
The new location affords
etter opportunity for the handling of
,e patronage. May success attend
his enterprising firm.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28
came In Newspaper F,,sia.@s

I New York. Dec 23.---On the last
business day before Christmas it was
discovered thst the supply of new mon
ey was exhausted. The crisp unused
bills and shining coins were given out
by the sub-treasu sury as long as the.sup-
ply lasted in exchange for torn and
soiled bills, but the demand was so
heavy that the supply was exhausted
this morning
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28

OF anthracite tho production last year
was rs million tons, the exports 8 mill
lion; and of bituminous coal the pro-
duction LIST year was 372 million tons
and the exports, including the six NH
lion tons of bunker coal, about II mill
lion tons.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28
Mrs. r. E. Hansen Improving

Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Hansen returned
Thursday from Salt Lake. where Ms.
Hansen has been In q hospital. foes
three weeks. She under weYa ap op-
GRAFTON and is now much improved In
health. Her friends win be delighted
to know q her recovery.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28

Miss Linnie Miner, OF Buhl, Idaho
Is the guest Of Miss Mildred Smith of
his city.
L. o. Kessinger and r. d. Ber-
ard were up from Pocatello the lat
er part Of last week on business.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28
Will Travel for Rubber Firm

Ross Burriston, for several years a
Elerk in the Brown Hart store, leaves
sunday for Denver, where he will be-
in upon the duties of travelling sales
nan for the Mishawaka Rubber Com
pany, of Indiana, who have head quart.
ers in Denver. Mrs. Burriston and
baby win make their home in Provo,
Utah, during the four months Mr. Bur
riston is on the road. He will cover
Montana and Northern Idaho.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-12-28

J. D. Yandah was ip town Thurs
day and added his name ITO Me sub
scription list Of the OptimiSK.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Farmers We're SwindIed.

KANSAS CITY, July 2S.-A man
named Morelan, one of two Iowa
fsrmers who mortgaged their homes
for Sl6, 900 and sent the money to ~.
b. 5Haggins of Chicago" who was to
bet It on q horse race and clean up Q
small fortune, came here to get q, 900,
the amount he put up and his share OF
the winnings. He has failed to find
"Mr. Haggins."
According to the etory told to j. A.
Runya an Of the Kansas City CONNER.
cial club by Morelsn, one J. B. Rag.
gins of Chicago several months ago
visited his farm in Iowa and made
friends with Morelan and neighbor.
Later the two often sent him small
amounts OF money. which "Haggins"
would bet on horse races. The farmers
won many times the amount Of money
they bet. A short time ago on prom.
ise, o! winning q fortune, they mort
gagged their homes for So. 900 each and
forwarded the money to "Haggins.' >
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Where Prisoners Go Fishing.

ST. LOUIS, July 29.-Federal Judge
D. P. Dyer is looking for Missouri
Jail where federal prisoners are kept
in confinement and not allowed to go
fishing. The Judge makes this wish
known today in passing sentence on
txnodenders. He axed the punish
ment at six months in Jail.
"But," said Judge Dyer, II want q
few days time to determine what jail
l will send the prisoners to. Recently
l heard that government prisoners are
allowed absolute freedom in the rural
county jails. 1 understand the pris'
oners at Montgomery City are permit
ted to go out and fish all day aud re-
turn at night. l also heard of per.
son who went to see a prisoner and
was surprised when the prisoner met
him at the railroad station"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Favors Old Age Pensions.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-A pension
of a q week for every man and woman
more than go years of age Is provided
for in q bill by Representative Victor
L. Berger introduced today In the
house. The representative included in
the bill q clause that none OF the
courts of the country, not even the
supreme court of the United States,
should pass upon its validity.
''The old workingmen and women
are entitled to living outside of the
poor houses and without the aid of
priv ate charity" said Mr.. Berger In
discussing his bill.
III political parties and the su.
preme court do not realize that fact
they will be wiped out of existence,
together with the old constitution"
Mr.. Berger also introduced q bill
providing for q "commission COM
posed OF members of three parties OF
congress- to compile data on the SUBJ
ject of old age pensions.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Would Relieve Homesteaders,

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Western
statesmen are making every effort to
have the bill of Senator Warren of
Wyoming, granting leave of absence
to homestesders in Montana and other
western states to April 15, 1912, be.
cause of the drought, passed before
the extra session closes. The bill
provides that all persons who have
heretofore made homestead entries in
the states of Montana, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Colo.
RADIO. Utah, Wyoming, Minnesota,
Washington and Oregon, and the ter.
ritories of Arizona and New Mexico
are relieved of the necessity of resi-.
dence upon their lands from the date
of approval of this act to April II,
1912, provided tha the time of actual
absence during the period named
shall not be deducted from the full
time of residence required by law.
The bill was passed by the senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Boston Wool Market.

BOSTON, July 2s.-The CONNER cisl
Bulletin will Say of the wool market
tomorrow: "The last week in the
Boston wool market has heen q repe.
tition practically of the week preced-
ing. There has been . comparatively
fair movement in wool, especially In
desirable selections of fleece wool,
although prices hold unchanged prac.
tically throughout the list.
'The London wool auction sales
closed strong at an advance OF q per
cent on cross breds over the opening,
and I've per cent on merions. Liver.
pool also closed strong and reported
the sale of $4,000 bales on Thursday
and Friday of this week. Americans
bought fairly we'll in East India
wools."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Myers Makes Maiden Speech.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 26.-"1
intend to vote for the house wool bill,"
declared United States Senator Henry
L. Myers in his maiden speech de.
livered in the senate chamber this aft.
eruoon. $50 far 90 I now have light,
this bill ia in accord ance with my con.
victions, my principles, my politics
and my party" He also declared his
desire to have vote before adjourn
ment, on other tariff bills sent over by
the house, proposing to reduce the duty
on cotton, sugar, steel, iron and all
other necessities, and declared he per.
sonally would be willing to remain in
Washington until other progressive
democratic legislation is voted upon.
Senator Myers prefaced his remarks
on the wool question by an explana'
tion of his apparent Inconsistency. IN
that his coming vote on the house
wool bill is at variance with the vote
be cast June 81, in opposition to the
Gore motion to require the finance
committee to report this same measure
He also took occasion to make rep!!
to his Montana critics who, be de
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Will Investigate Beer.

WASHINGTON, July 81 With
view to asoertaiuing just what ingred'
tents the brewers of the United States
use in the manufacture of beer, ale,
porter and stout, series OF important
hearings was commenced in this city
today by the board of food and drug
inspection of the department OF agri-
culture. One of the points upon which
the board desires light is the meaning
of the terms "lager" and "bock" as
applied to beer. The hearings are
also likely to determine whether any
domestic brews are masquerading un.
der the names of foreign products.
Master brewers from many parts OF
the country have been summoned to
testify.
Barley raisers and matters are re-
sponsible for the effort to determine
"what is beer" It is claimed that
much of the beer sold in this country
is made of corn or rice and that some
OF the malt extracts are not what
their names lead consumers to think
them,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Canada Wants Harvest Hands.

WINNIPEG, July 28.-It Is conserva
lively estimated that an army of IS 900
men will be needed to harvest the
wheat crop of western Canada, and
now that the harvest will soon begin
10 earnest the farmers are wondering
where all the men are coming from.
In Saskatchewan alone It Is believed
that $4,000 harvest hands will be
necessar while Manitoba will need
almost as many, and Alberta there
are almost four thousand. Last year
about 25 900 men came here for the
harvest, which, compared with that OF
this year, was small one. The great
development of Sask atchewan by
farmers from the United States has
resulted in q vastly increased acreage
OF wheat in that province-over five
and half million acres. Manitoba has
q somewhat larger acreage, and ir
Alberta there are about ], 200, 600 acres
under wheat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Canadian Voters Will Decide.

OTTAWA, July 29.-The eleventh
parliament of Canada passed out of
existence today and upon the political
complexion of a new one to be elected
September 81, will depend the fate of
the reciprocity agreement between the
United States and Canada.
Premier Laurier decided to ask for
an immediate dissolution at meeting
of his cabinet this afternoon and at
once notified Earl Grey, governor
general A short time later special
issue of the official gazette was printed
containing the formal announcement
and giving legal effect to the edict.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
May Close Assay Offices.

WASHINGTON. July 31.-The gov
ernment has decided to double the
charges for assaying at Deadwood,
Carson, Salt Lake, Helena, Boise and
Seattle. Congressman from those
places protest that the increase In
charges will close the Offices, because
the mining companies will prefer to
send their gold to the mints, where the
assaying charge will not be increased.
Treasury officials say the offices
have been a dead loss for years. Sc.
attic, they say, does quite business
in assaying gold that comes from AL.
aska, but at all others the government
loses money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
President Taft Explains.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-President
Taft in q special message to the senate
shoulders full responsibility for OPEN
ing for settlement and development
$500 acres of the Chugash national
forest reserve in Alaska, an incident
which has become known as the "Con.
troller Bay Affair."" In conclusion he
brands the now famous "Dick to Dick"
postscript as q "wicked fabrication"
and says that Charles P. Taft, whose
name appeared in the alleged post.
script, ''has no interest In Alaska,
never had, aud knows nothing OF the
circumstances connected with the
tr ans action"
AS for elimin ating the land In ques-
ton from the reserve, the presidents
says there is no danger of the Con-
troller Railway and Navigation com.
pany or any other interests monopo'
lizing the field and that there is moth
ing to show that this company is N
any way connected with the Morgan.
Guggenheim interests. Hence, he be.
lieves that in elimin ating the land he
has acted for the best interests Of the
natiOn,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Wins Big Airship Race.

BRoKsLAND, Eng, July 26. - A
Beaumont Lieutenant De Conneau
won the $4,000 prize offered by the
London Daily Mail for the circuit of
Great Britain aviation race of 1,010
miles. The Frenchman reached the
finish here at 2:07 O'Clock this after.
noon, making splendid "volplane'
from q height of l,000Ifeet.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
INVESTIGATING STEEL TRUST
Testimony Reveals illegal Acts BY
Big Corporation.

WASHINGTON, July 26. - That
charges were made to former Attor-
ney General Bouaparte during his
term OF Office that the United States
Steel corpor alton gave refunds OF e3
q ton to the harvester companies was
revealed today to the house steel
trust investig ating committee. Rep.
resentative Stanley of Kentucky,
chairman of the committee, introduced
into the proceedings q voluminous re.
port on the harvester trust made to
Mr.. Bonsparte In 1908, by Burdett G.
Townsend, q special investig ator OF
the department., now assistant distric.
attorney of Oregon.
Mr.. Stanley announced that q sub.
poens had been issued for Mr.. Bona
parte, who Is now In Can ada, and tn al
an effort would be made to ascertain
from him and from other government
officials why there never was any pro
secution Of the Intern ational Rarves
ter company upon Townsend!
charges.
That through oral agreements stee
% anufacturers now keep up prices
and avoid obstructive competition
just az effectively as they did under
the irouclad contract of the American
Steel Plate associ alton from 1900 Il
1904, practically was admitted by A
F. Huston. president of the Luken
iron & Steel company, before tn
house steel trust investig ating com
mittee,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
PASSED WOOL BILL.
The Senate Gives Majority Vote For
LaFollette Measure.

ne senate 1lVeS MAJORITY vOte TOT
LaFollette Measure.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-A compro.
mise wool bill offered by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin, modification
of both his own and the house bill,
was passed by the senate, 48 to 81.
through the union Of democrats and
republican insurgents. On this mid
die ground the democr ats having se.
cured record vote on the original
Underwood bill, joined with the in
surgent forces. The measure adopted
reduces the raw wool duty to 35 per
cent ad valorem and correspondence
reduces the duties on wooden articles.
The passage of the bill came after .
defeat of the Underwood house bill,
"A TO SO, on almost party vote, and
after the original LaFollette substi.
stute had been voted down with only
the republican insurgents:in its favor.
Having secured q vote on the Under
wood bill, as passed by the house, the
democrats then supported motion
made by Senator LaFollette to recon-
slider the vote by,;which their bill was
defeated.
| AS soon as the motion to consider
had been carried, LsFollette offered
his compromise. He said it repre-.
sented a reduction in.the duties in his
previous amendment. Democrats &C.
cepted it as the best that could be OBJ
tained. All insurgents but Bor ah OF
Idaho, Dixon of Montana, and Jone o
of w Washington, voted for the compro-
mise bill, while the democrats we're
unanimous initheir support of it.
There is some doubt as to what
course the house democrats will pur.
sue with regard to the compromise
bill. House Leader Underwood sew
eral days ago served notice that the
house would not accept the original
LaFollette bill.
Although President Taft has made
no definite utterance to that effect, 1t
is being strongly iutimated at the
White house from time to time that he
might feel called on to veto wool
tariff bill passed in advance of re-
port on that schedule from the tariff
board. The Irregular" repu blican
members of the senate finance com.
mittee announced that because of the
carrying out of the democr atic-repub'
lican. .insurgent wool program they
would refuse to serve on the confer
enoe committee between the two
houses,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Canadians Vote On Reciprocity.

OTTAWA, July 25.-Th at reciprocity
with the United States will have to get
the endorsement of the voters of Can.
ada was the decision of a party caucus
of the conserv atives today.
"No backdown, but continued OBJ.
struction of the reciprocity measure
until the government is forced to dis.
solve parliament and go to the coun-
try" was in effect the untimatum.
The liberal caucus thereupon de-
cided that the election should be held
as soon as possible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
DISCUSSED FREE LIST.
Democratic Senator's Caucus Upon
Tariff Measere.

WARRINGTON, July 31.-In the hope
Of insuripg unsnimity of action on the
farmers free list bill, the democratic
senators met in caucus today. The
principal question before the meeting
was that Of accepting the Bailey
amendment elimin ating farm products
from the articles to be admitted free,
but there also was reference to the
possibility of adding come OF the gen.
eral tariff schedules. The prevailing
opinion was that the schedules would
not be offered and most of the senators
present favored the Bailey amendment
as the best means of insuring the sup
port of insurgent republican members.
The only question to receive con-
slider alton was the Bailey amendment
which was supported by its author and
was attacked by several enators.
1t was rumored today that contrary
to the desire OF Democr attic leader Un.
derwood and others, another attempt
would be made to inject the tariff
Issue into the nights house democr attic
caucus, called to determine the party
attitude on the senate amendments to
the campaign publicity bill.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Bill Aimed At Lame Ducks. )"

CHICAGO, July Pa dispatch from
Washington says: A bill which Sen
ator Borah of Idaho Is to present to-
day will be Q severe blow to future
"lame ducks" II 1t becomes law.
Sens ator Borah's bill provides that no
person who has been q member OF con-
gress shall be eligibleIto appointment
to any position under the federal GOV.
ernment within two years of the expir.
alton of his term ss one of the nation.
al lawmakers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Revising Cotton Schedule.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The new
cotton revision bill submitted today
to the caucus of house democr ats from
the ways and means committee cuts
from an equivalent advalorem rate OF
IL per cent under the Payne Aldrich
act to an average advalorem rate OF
27.O6 per cent. Under the Wilson bill
of 1894, the last democratic tariff the
average advalorem rate was 43.76.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02
Memorial For Lincoln.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The com.
mission on the fine arts today recon-
mended that the s2, 600, 900 memorial to
Abraham Lincoln in this city take the
form of monument in Potomac park.
A design for the memorial, the report
says, has not been selected. The re.
port quotes the late Secretary of State
John Hay, one Of Lincoln's secretar.
les, as being in favor of this site.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-02

tn orevision of the woolen tari6
schedule 60 over until after receipt
of the report from the government
tariff board. He asserted it would
be hardly less than crime for the
senate to pass the Underwood wool
bill, knowing it has been hastily pre-.
pared without q hearing by the house
or senate committee and presented
purely as q political measure to in.
fluence the next campaign. Dixon
said he would vote against the Under.
wood bill and agaiast all other bills
proposing to amend the wool tariff
during the present session.