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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
DOING WELL IN IDAHO.
Six Will be i'm Operation by Twelfth
Of June-Men with Small Accounts
Depostng Readily and Family
Stocking Is No Longer Trusted

By the 18TH of this month there
will be six postal savings banks in
operation in this static
The ONE to bd established at Occur
d Alene was the first and has been in
operation now for several months ard
every report which comes from there
is to the effect that the bank is "a
success.
The postal savings department at
Twin Falls IVES Startd1 Hast Friday
alnd is running full swing. The banks
at Pocatello, Gocding, Id thO Falls
amid Nampa are Lloout n ady to open
and it is said that all of them will b
la open Mion by the end of the coming
week.
The people oil Idaho are apparent
ly more ready to- trust Uncle s. I'M
with their savings than they are to
SINK lit in the family stocking and it
is slid that men AMID women who
have been hoardi..g their savings for
ye,rs have brought cut their mon y
and have put III in the postal banks.
MI my people in Boise have express
ed Willingness to patromize such an
institutiul as liz postal bank ,but tine
governmcEt has not seen tit to estab-
lish one here. lit lis reported in fed
eral cicrles that a petition MY be
sent to the government authorities
at Washington pctil.E.ling for a pos
tai S, awnings bank in Boise.
Tine man whose savings amount to
few hundred is s. I'D to- be the chief
advocate fer the Installation OF such
blink and reports from the banks
Which Ire NOW in op ratidI are tic
the effect that they are being patron
lied prim rIly by the man Of small
maar)s, ell1 THE RESULT lis that every
( post Il savings institution is handling
thousands OF G,llars recruited from
small deposits
1t is slid that if lthe banks which
have BEEN established in the smaller
towns Gil the cou TRY tire prov sue
cesses that the laIlger cities viii
eventually have them.
They have been sufficiently sue
cessful in this u5lwl Is where they IRE
now operating to warrant their Being
generally distributed about the coun
try Ind verywhere they are we'll pa
romized. Statesman.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
WEARING AWAY OF
MOTHER EARTH.

investigations by the United states
Ge-lol2ical Survey of the erosion oa
numerous draS age basins OF the Uni
ted States s!l that the surface OF
the country is being remoV d at the
average rate of about AIN inch in 100
wears. Thu ugh this amount seems uri-
vial when spread over the surface vi
the country, it becomes stupehdous
when considered as t tai, or even
IN separate drainage basins. MlsSls-
sippi River, for instancn, carries am
nua1ly to the sea 1876, 100000 tons OF
dissolved matter and $40, oOO,oOo IONS
eft suspended matter, and CT this TO-
tai Ohio River carrics 1880, 900 tons
and Missouri River contributes more
than twice as much Colorado River
which M Is built up for itself a vast
matter than amy other rvier i'm the
delta, brill gs down mere suspended
matter than ,1lny other river in the
United States, delivering annually 3S7
toms for each square mile or its dram
age basin, or a total of 100, 100000
tons.
| The rivers of the United States
carry to tidew2ter every year 27O.0oo,
900 tons of dissolved matter and 513,-
900 900 tons of suspended matter. This
totaf OF S3,000,00O tens repr SCENTS
more than $50, 100000 cubic yards of
rock, or 61O,O00,OOO cubic yards of
surface soil If this erosive action
had been concentrated ON the 18TH
mus eff Panama at the time of Ameri
can occupation lit would hcNe exca-
waited the prism for an S5-foot level
canal i'm tlbOut 70 days.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
Trust the Motorman,

Spring has arrived over in Bayonne
Whenever hen lays an egg in the
street everyone knows that the Jig is
up with old man Winter 1t was in
Avenue C that a hen found a place
that suited her, between the trolley
car rails. When car came along she
refused to bulge.
The motorman. recognizing the sa-
cred bird of Bayonne, brought his car
to a stop in record time and refused
to start it until with loud cackling
the hen arose and dashed for cover,
leaving a brand-new 4S-cents-a-dozen
egg laying on the asphalt. While an
admiring throng gathered around The
motorman stepped out and took pos
session of the egg.-New York Morn
ing Telegraph
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
Do Not Endanoer Life When Citizen
Shows You the Cure.

Why will people cu1tinue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complai int, back
ache urinary disorders, lameness,
headaches, Danguor, why allow them
selves to become chronic lnvalids,
when tested medy is offered
them? i
Dc-l.'s Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use, because it gives to the kid
neys the help they need to perform
their work.
If you have any, even enc, of the
symptoms of kidney diseas S, cure
yourself now, before gravel. dropsy
or Bright's disease sets in. Read this
Blackfoct testimony:
Fred H. Sweath, 175 Capitol Ave,
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 81 VS.: Deans Kid
ney Pills cured me- of bad attack
on back she and pain across my kid
ney We kness that had annoyed me.
consider Doan's Kidsey PILLS thu best
kidney medicine to be had for they
took effect on my trouble after all
other medicines had 4 lied My ad-
vice to all kidney stuff rers is to give
Doali1s Kidney Pills a trial
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for The Uni
ted States.
Remember the name--Doan's- sand
take no other.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
INSISTS UPON SIDE SADDLE.
Confederate Veterans Opposed to Wo'
men Riding Astride.

shville, Team, June Because
seventh girls were Mounted astride in
the recent Co fedcrate parade at the
Little Rock reunion, the lccll bivouat
of Confederate veterans last mig hit
adopted alis + solution:
''ilh l. Tic woman shall appear IN
lae paroles Gs the q tmps, the stat a
divisions or the general aSsociatiom
asatr iddle, avid should amy so appear
the officers in charge of sid parade
shall politely request that they re-
tire IS tateSmll.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION
OF PRECIOUS METALS.
Report by Geological Survey on Gold,
Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc in
Western States Shows Larger VAL
ues for 1909.

The complete returns for mine pro-
duction of gold, silver, copper, le1d,
and, zinc in 1909 in the Westerns
States are just being published by
the Unit d Stiles Geological Survey
as a separ tie chapter of Mineral
Resources of the United States. The
repcrt has been greatly d .hyed ow-
ing to co. peration between the Sur
vey and the Bureau of the Census in
obtaining the returns "a ID the elabor-
ate schedules required by the Census.
j. Arizona's production of gold, silver,
copper, lead, and zinc in 1909 was
valued at $44,O53,Q29, gain cv the
1908 production of $2,241 ,04S. OF the
tot.l value for 1909, $39, 5O6,93O rep
resented copper production, and OF
this $1S,3O5, 1861 is to be credited to
Cochise County.
Califonaia's production of gold, sill
yer, copper, sind lead in 1909 was val
ued at $2S,S41,O5O an increase of $4,-
OBS, 909 as compared with the 1908 fig
ures. The increase is shown in the
figures for an four m tails, lis follows
Gold, $1,476,311; silver, $21S, O35; cop
per, $2,32S,92S; lead, $12,635.
Colorado's production of gold, silver,
copper, lead, and zinc in 1909, as re-
ported to the Geological Survey, was
valued at $33,9O7 ,14O, am increase Of
$1,95S,4lS over th~t of 1908. Of this
total for 1909, 21,9S9,336 represent
edl gold, which, however, was de-
crease Of $311 ,291 as comp~red with
the 1908 figures. Silver also decreil5-
ed $780, The copper output, how
ever, increased 500, 165, lie id incrcAs-
ed 91O,S1O$, and zinc increased ST.
349,2 44.
ldaho's production of gold, silver,
copper lead md zinc i'm 1909 was val
ued at SIS, $50, S49, an increase over
1908 in spit of the fact that fewer
mi YES were in operation. The gold
production increased slightly, silver
and copper decreased, and large in
creascs wore recorded in beth lead
md ziEc.
Mcntana's production CT gold, sill
yer, copper, lead, and zinc H. 1908
was VI lued at SOL ,429 ,694, of which
about 10 per C mt represented copper
The figures SHOW an increase 'CveI
those Of 1908 of S9,392,9S4 The MI
creaaos il tho VI tues of the sevcra
metals produced were as fellows Col
S733,S Steer, $94S,146; copper$7,
347 ,392; zinc, $42S,345. L5a d value.
deer I'D $64,769
An unusually large amount OF de
velopmcnt work Was reported il Mon
tana COPPER mines.
IN Nevada tl2 N-lue of hte prcduc
tion OF lold, silver, copper, lead, ant
zine III 1909 WI IS S30,012, 1872, an i'll
crease or $ll,254,704, CT 90 Per III
over the correspo ding value in 1905
The gold yield furnished nearly 50,
coo, 600 OF this tQ- ii i.crei i5e and tht
; copper yield n arly $5,500,000 Silva
It aid, and zine also showed incre SEES
1ae report is prepared by Messra
McCaskcy, Heikes, Yale and H nde!
SEN, OF the United ST ties Geological
Survey, and cam be obtained upon
, application to the Director Of tn
, Survey at WASHINGTON.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
Home Missionary Appointments from June II, I l. to Aug 3,
Names

John II. Berg and James Dye .......
A. M. Nielsen, Samuel S. Humphreys
James Wray and Geo. n. Smith
James G. Johnston and J. S. Gardner
Peter G. Johnston and G. /. Braley
Lars Sorensen, Jos. N. Christensen.
Ernest F. Hale and Joseph Hart ....
Ceorue B. White and Geo. L. Wine! e
Peter E. VanOrden and Harry Bitton
Elijah N. Freeman, Oscar L. Rider.
Osmond Buchanan, Jos. T. Carruth.
Joseph n. Merrill, Arthur w. Hale. -.
Heber &C. Rich, Jr.,lyman J.Tanner
Lot S. Hess and John n. TeepIes -.
Lewis Robbins and Abram Hatch, Jr
Lester M. Belknap, John H.Hammons
Hosea Berg and Thomas Harker.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE.

In these days of apr oaching hous
cleaning, you will need old newspap.
ers This Office has most complete
stock from which to select your
spring goods and the printers will be
pleased to show samples at any time.
We will hand you about 25 for 1Oc.
Do it now. tt
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
FORMER MAckAY WOMAN DEAD.

Mrs. Edith Deming Easley, mcther
OF Mrs. E. B. Williams, died at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon at her
apartments at the Hotel Perrine. The
remains were shipped to Mackay Fri.
day evening end isterr d beside those
Of her husband, who died about six
years ago--Twin Fails Chronicle.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
MILO MAIZE is DRY LAND CROP

POrClallu, OTC., Nay AO-IH cbH eA-
fort to introduce a crop that MAY be
grcMn with prlofit i'm "a dry soil, the
traffic department OF the Hartman
lines in the northwest Through it's of
flee in Portland, is distributing 1000
pounds ct seed of milo INT ize, a plant
of the sorghum variety, which has
be n grown with much success in
either dry land territory.
A lot If selected seed was procured
from the milo maize district of Texas
and small quaint to
SOW smaDl tr-ct fer experimental
purposes-have been Sent to several
tar lnersI i'm the EASTERN part OF th=
ST. sa They are urged to plant it
az I'd care for it the first year, and
to enlarge the tract devoted ito this
purpose with succeeding years. If the
Texas, seed is Ii t hardy enough for
the Oregon climate, the second years
product, it is pointed out, will gain
in hardihood AID be sufficiently strong
to withstand amy climate.
In the past four Or five years the
development cf milo maize as grain
crop has been progressing rapidly.
The carefully selected milo maize of
today is a great improvem MT over
the common uns elected crop. Ordinari-
= ly the stalk has been reduced, by Sc
lection, to Uniform hei int Cf 4 to
affect in egions lying at an altitude
of 5000 to- 1000 feet. Through selec-
tion OF seed the heads have been
changed from mostly drCCping ITO
mostly erect BY further Gre in
choosing the seed, branching has been
almost entirely prevented and thu
growth of suckers HIS been check
ed Milo maize is at present the
most successful summer grain en- p
for dry regions. 1t is earlier and a
more drouth resstant crop than corn
and makes a satisfactory feeding sub
stitute. The average yields of corn
under the same conditions have b en-
ten bushels to the acre less thin
thCse of milo.
The soil requirements for milo
maize are about the same as those
FIR corn. Well work Study loans
or clay LEANS are best. The roots
pei citrate TO depths of three or foul
feet in ordinary soils. Fair yields re
suit on rather por lands. In the
sem-arid country much depends upol
how the soil is hamdld to conserve
moisture.
II. B. Miller, traffic manager icf thu
Hartmann lines, has been t4tstrum n
til in the introduction OF milo maiz
into Oregon. He believes that Gre
fully selected seed, through a prcl 4
e.! from two to- 5nreG years, will de
vc1ap IA crop that can be easily sm'
economically grown in The dryc5
> portion ca thc state The cr p
quNas abcut the same -ttei items a
corn and can be harvested at mucl
less expu.Se. The seed contains tn
princip 4 value and is fed to chicken
cattle and hogs without being remoN
ed from the stalk. L has been foun
best to -tIlow the stock to thresh on
ulid seel 4 i itself.
Mr.. Miller also ur les farmers t
grow it for commercial purposes, BIT
adv ises that greatest profits en- b
) derived by fec Zig it t. live stoc
right Oh the farm. Fled to hogs,
has been figured as worth $i
: bushel, which is considerably mr.
than it could bring ON the market.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
Cuty.

Duty Is power which rises with US
IN the morning and goes to rest with
us at night. 1t is coeXsensive with
the action of our intelligence. 1t Is
the shadow which cleaves to us, go
where we will, and which only leaves
Gladstone.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
To Clean Steel.

Steel, when rusty, may be cleaned
by giving the article a good coating
of sweet oil. leaving it for few days
and then rubbing it with unslacked
lime
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08

The industrious girl was not to be
shut up thus easE-, so she came back
again before the time limit was up.
Well" she declared, what | want
to know is why such lot of girls who
aren't nearly as pretty as Molly nor
as smart as you are should be mar.
ried, while we three, who are pinine
for chance to run a house-and a
man-should remain on the parent
stem, as 1t were.
"Of course. 1t is fun" she added
Giving as We do. but 1t is only sort
of make believe. 1t would be real
enough II we didn't have to go down.
town during the day. but we do" And
she heaved a prodigious sigh.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08

find bkt fl yppdnm
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
SULPHUR DEPOSITS IN IDAHO.

The sulphur springs and deposits
near the Il W.T. Of Soda Springs, Idaho
ar. briefly described by R. w. Rich
arCsl and u. H. Bridges, OF the Uni
ted States Geological Survey, in Bull
lerm 47O-J, an advance chapter from
Bulletin 40, ntributions to Econ
omic Geology, 1910, part L." Sulphur
has been miEed to a q nsider- 'ble ex-
tent Ia the region, but the attempt
to develop the posts commercially
has been an apparent failure. Dead
rnbbits anil birds are described as
victims to the g1ses associated with
tho deR,sits. \
The report may be obtained on
applic- tion to the Geological Survey,
Vyashinet n, d. C.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
cause for Peevishness.

whats the matter with your wife?
She seems very irrascsble lately"
why. she was assisting at a rum
mage sale. and somebody sold her
new hat for IS cents"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
The oranae In Spain.

It Is considered a very healthful thing to eat an orange before break fast But who can eat an orange well? One must go to Spain to see that done. The senorita cuts of the rind with her silver knife. then, put ting her fork into the peeled fruit. she detacbes every morsel with her pearly teeth and continues to eat the orange without losing drop of the juice and lays down the core with the fork still In it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
Unpsistsbie.

The Rev. Charles II Sturgeon was fond of a joke, and his keen wit was. moreover. based on sterling common sense One day he remarked to one of his sons:
 "Can you tell me the reason why the lions didn't eat DanielY'
 No. sir Why was it?'
 Because the most of him was back bone and the rest was grit"-Youth's Companion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
School Notes
Anna Lewis, Correspondent

Two additional pupils, Elsie Syl- vester ond Elirida Emery were en- rolled this week.
 The Senior Class is wrestling with the intricacies of partial pay nents.
 The Current Event class .solicits contributions of Magazines. Any one who has some, please notify Us and We will call for them.
 The pupils oi the Primary room are correlating language and draw ing and are making up booklets of which they are exceedingly proud. Much artistic talent is evinced by the pupils of both Departments.
 Our rooms are frightened by many beautiful flowers that are cultivated in the gardens Of Wran- sell. Ne venture to say that Hol- land, the land of Dahlias, can pro- duce no more beautiful ones than are grown in our city.
 Capt. Peterson, of the Star of Greenland, and Capt. Hyvarinen, of the Chilkat. visited our school Wednesday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
Coino ire Rounds,

Husband of Tomorrow treviewinS wedding presents,-That awful cruet seems familiar. Wife of Tomorrow Yes. dear. you saw it at the Browns, They got it as wedding present and gave it to the Smiths at theirs. It's the Smiths present But never mind dear; Harry's wedding comes of soou, .-London Opinion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
N L. Moen.

That cough of yours is caused by obnoxious secretions lodged in the throught-mucous deposits that are a source of further infection. Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup will clear the throat in a hurry we personally recommend its use.- Shurick Drug Co.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21

We'll now what do you think
 We wiii not speak t loud, Nrangell was represented
 With a large and jolly crowd. The best of our citizens
 Had mingeled all together And said, yes, you bet we'll go In any kind Of weather. The decorations were complete And nothing lsft to slip, For ii was done by Peterson
 The Captain of the Ship. And there was MT Glennen.
 The book-keeper good and true, Who dished out the refreshments And knew just what 10 do. And say, you should have seen our
 Editor.
 A man who never brags, We'll do you know, he won a prize. By simply wearing rags. And Mrs. Leonard whom We know, At the front and nerer lags, Won five dollars in pure gold, For she was dressed in rags. And there was NIr Loftus,
 A shef Of Wrangell fame, Who fixed up the best of Coffee And sandwiches quite game, And the proprietor q the hYran-
 gell Hotel,
 Who answers all the calls. Was there with his wife to jolify And was dressed in overalls. And the Superintendent.
 Who never speaks out loud, Was there in prompt attention To mingle with the crowd. And there was Capt. Hyvarine, Who is not to tall or fat, Who we think is tBs only man To run the tug Chilcat.
 Bobby Burns.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
News of IO-
 cal Interest

Miss Sophie Pekuti and Geo. O. Leggett, both of Petersburg, were married Tuesday afternoon by L. $. Commissioner Wm. c. Thomas.
 c. 4. Fletcher has made several short trips in his power-d dory and IS much pleased with the way the ; h. p. Lockwood-Ash engine runs.
 Lewis and Fletcher sold the Colds hull to Walter Shadesty last Monday. Shadesty has purchased a : h. p. Gray Of F. Matheson and will install 1t in the Gold.
 Kidney weakness IS the forerun- ner of two dangerous diseases Bright's disease and Rheumatism. Avoid them by taking Nyal's Kid ney Pills-Devised for that very purpose-nothing else. .-Shurick Drug Co.
 STORAGE BATTERIES, guaran- teed not 10 sulphate. Cheaper than dry cells. Come in and see Us about 'em. Wrangell Light and Power Company. at Power House.
 No matter how delicate the stomach you can take Nyal's Cod Liver Conpound-it contains all the virtues Of the pure crude oil and is delicately fiayored with wild cherry more beneficial than the crude oil.-Shurick Drug Co.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
NOTICE

After October Ist the price of milk al the Wrangell Dairy will be raised 10 I2 I-2 cents per quart or IS tickets for SI.oo and no milk will be left where there is no empty bottle ready.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21

F. Wigg and family returned from Santa Ana Sunday.
 R. Livesay has moved into the house recently built by ]. G. Grant.
 Harry Olson came down from Petersburg on the Toledo Satur- day.
 Capt. McGehe biioted the Ken hebec on a trip 10 ketchikan last week.
 City water is being piped into the houses of the Marshal and jailor.
 C. C. Harris and wife came in from Santa Ana on the Taku Jack Monday.
 Mrs. D. N. NcDonaid came up from Ketchikan on the JefeTson Tuesday.
 F, s. Barnes was in from Lake Bay with the Irene Barnes, Satur- aay and Sunday.
 ". F. Gilmore has his several lines of goods displayed at the Wrsngell Hotel.
 Schoo' supplies, q conpls'e new stock. See our window Saturday. Shurick Drug Co.
 Next Monday morning, w5rk will begin on a new sidewalk through the government reserve.
 The excavation for the new build ing to be buil, by W; D. Grant Was completed Tuesday.
 Eddie Lynch returned from Sam ia Ana. Monday, where he has been working this summer.
 Before Buying-see Ai Asborn fhree houses and lots. sealing boat and other property for sale.
 The St. Michael Trading Co. is making an eHtentidn on their wharf (. P. Cole has charge of the work. Miss Clyda schott went to Sam ia Ana oa the Tabu Jack Nednes- Hay as tae guest o: Mrs. (. C. Harris,
 Miss Do.othy Case came down from Juneau on tie City of Seattle Tuesday 10 make short visit al her home.
 Ben r. Hill, orerator at the To- cal U. s. Gable office, lett on the Jefferson Tuesday CT a bushes trip to Juneau.
 Ne have just recieyei a ship meat of the latest creations in l. die5 belts. Better come in ard Zee them. .-Shurick Drug CO.
 Nr;-- :.l N--:..-. .-l l,- 1oz--
The Wrangell sentinel., 1911-09-21
4 Big Time

The celebration after the competitor of the seasons pack of the Wrangell Cennery. otherwise the Alaska Packers Association. by Bobby Burns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-11
Deafness Cannot Re Cnred

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucus lining
of the eustachian tube. When this
tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
1t is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.