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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
BENEFITS WIRES
ARE CROSSED

County Commissioner (by the un-
fortunate result of the last state cleo
tom T. J. Bennett, with all the ego
tism of a narrow little soul, breaks in
to print in the Shelley Pioneer, and
endeavors to show why number of
the voters of the county assembled in
a convention recently and condemned
the action Of their own party members
the democratic board of county COM
missioners. Weighing the men who
were active in calling this convention
against Bennett, the public generally
seem to be Of the opinion that the
leaders of the move have all the best
Of it. We have been informed that
the editor of the Optimist, is referred
to by the brains Of the Republican,
as being democrat, because we sat
among the attendants at the convention
Ye, gods, you rat, you narrow con-
tracted ass, If T. j. Bennett and ice
Carruth had not taken you by hte
hand and conducted you to seat,
you would probably been mounting
around yet, down in the front row of
tbs Isis. try ing to curry little
favor with some one who might slip
you nickel With an assumed vir.
tue that people are pretty well next to
under the caption, In Political Arena
the editor Of the Republican says:
''The editor assumes no responsible
ity for articles It is hardly prob
able that God Almighty is responsible
for your being, and the people are
pretty well convinced that you are moi
mentally capable Of being responsible
for anything. But to return to one 4
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
OUR PARTNERSHIP
IN TOWN BUSINESS

A village, a town, a city, is part
nership. All of us here in this place
are in business together We have
our own individual ownership of prop
Gritty, but our prosperity as a whole
is very closely bound up with each
other
If you have house to rent, goods
sell, labor to sell your success in get
ting good price for such services de-
ponds wholly on the prosperity Of your
neighbors. If they are doing good
business, they will pay you good prices
and as times go the prices paid you
will tend to increase from year to
year.
On the other hand, If your neighbors
are not prosperous, they will haggle
over the last cent for your house,
your goods, your labor, and the prices
for these services will tend to fall.
When you buy goods away from
home, you work to reduce the prosper
ity of your neighbors, making them
both less able and less willing to do
anything to advance your prosperity
When you buy goods at home you in
crease the prosperity of your neighbour
and they become better able to ad-
vance your interests, and entertain a
kindly feeling toward you that makes
| them want to do so.
It would be interesting to trace in
detail sometime the actual result oil
buying goods at home that you prev.
icusly bought somewhere outside Sup
pose your wife orders $25 bill OF
clothing at AS dry goods store, in
stead of buying it on some trip to
another city. The merchant of course
has to send large portion of that $25
out of town to pay the jobber for the
goods. A large portion of the expense
Of any business is in labor, rent, taxes
ETC., spent at home. 1t would not sur
prise us if $40 of that $25 stuck
riaht at home. In some lines more
than that would do So
This portion that remains at home
spreads out in circle of usefulness
In this case it would pay the wages O
a clerk foraweek, enable the clerk II
pay house rent for two or three week.
permit the landlord to pay the carpen
ter to put his property in better re
pair, allow the carpenter to pay in
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
CARDS, DANCING,
AND THE THEATER

John Wesley, founder of Method IN,
never vetoed any amusement but Geek
fighting. But the modern Methodist
church has been austere enough since
1872, to prohibit the trinity Of amuse-
ments named above, hence the strug-
gle renewed in the general conference
this year, to leave this to the con.
science of individual members.
If you leave child alone in the
house with the jam pot and a long
spoon, he will get Indigestion and
smear his clothes, even IL you tell
him not to. II he is allowed to have
jam at the table with the grown ups,
he will get what he needs to stimulate
his appetite, and keep well and clean.
The same principle applies to amuse-
ments. "a. t.i, d
The diversions named above, at theiI
best, render very distinct services.
Gard games wake people up, teach
them to decide and act quickly.
Dancing promotes physical self control
gives gawk at least the bearing Of
the gentleman. The drama teaches
truth with force that no oratory,
pulpit or otherwise can ever acquire.
The christian who is forbidden these
diversions thus loses a chance to be-
come socially more efficient, and to
become Of more service in the world.
While it is very true that these
amusements at their worst are de-
moralizing, it is also usually true that
man who has self control enough to
avoid such diversions altogether. has
self control and discrimination enough
to use them in a way to get good and
not harm from them.
Once the pipes of an organ in
church were deemed to be peculiarly
haunt of the devil, and novel read
ing was sin. BY and by men were
sensible enough to see that the Lord
might as well have the organ pipes
working for him as for Satan, and
that an enormous amount of human
suffering was being saved by the pub.
licity given to abuses by writer's like
Dickens. In the same way one never
hates lies and hypocrisy quite as much
as when their true effect is set forth
by the realistic pictures of the theater
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
ADVERTISED LETTERS


List OF letters remaining uncallsd
for in the Post Office at Blackfost,
Idaho, for the week ending May 20,
1912. Persons calling for these let
ters will please say Advertised May
28th.
Arntson, Mr.. Hogan A.
Bacon, Mr.. John.
Benson, Mr.. T. H.
Berloin, Mr..
Forum, F.
Flores, jeff.
Harrison, Mr.. c. C.
Johnson. Mrs. Mary.
Hood, Mr.. d. N.
Martin, Mr.. Ed.
Palter, Mrs. Mable.
Smith, c. L.
Sprowls, Mr.. Tate y
Thompsn, Mrs. Sadie.
Thornton, Mr.. John.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Final Proof

l, George H. Cutting Of Rich, who
made entry No. 444. under the provis-
ions Of an act Of the legislature Of
the State Of Idaho, commonly known
as the 'Carey Act approved March
End, 1889, which embraces east half
Of the southeast quarter Of section "a,
If township 3 south, Of range 80 east
Boise meridian, do hereby give notice
ii my intention to make final proof to
establish my claim to the land above
described. and that l expect to prove
that l have resided on, reclaimed and
cultivated said land as required by law
before Lorenzo r. Thomas at Black
foot On the 2Sth day of June, 1912,
by two of the following witnesses:
Chas A. Burristcn, Frank Brown,
Jno. A. Carman, John Burriston all of
Rich, Idaho.
GEORGE II. CUTTING
M30-J27 Entryman.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
A PLAIN STATEMENT
n AND A PROMISE

An honest man doesn't
need laws to make him honest
or to keep him so.
An honest corporation
doesnot require laws to make
or keep it so.
Just what constitutes an
honest man or an honest cor
poration is more or less a
matter of varying opinion.
but it is generally conceded
that a man who treats his
neighbor fairly. taking no un-
due advantage. asking no ex-
cess Of profit nor misrepre-
senting the goods he has to
SELL selling the best goods
he can produce with a fair
margain Of profit to himself
lis honest.
Now a corporation is no
more and no less than a man
doing business on a large
scale; and if a corporation
can answer that definition.
then we ought to concede
that it is an honest corpora
ton. Such a corporation
doesn't need laws or coercion
to make it honest or to keep
it SO. And with all due
regard to skeptics. that's the
kind Of a corporation The
Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company
tries to be-claims to be.
1t is now giving the best
service it can produce at a
fair margin of profit. asking
no excess Of interest on the
money actually invested. lit
has no bonds and no watered
stock.)
Now. without coercion
and without demand of law
it makes this promise-that
its rates shall always be as
low as possible consistent
with good service. If the
rates shall at any time pro-
duce an excess Of profit they
will be reduced to such a
figure as to return only a fair
rate of interest on the money
actually invested. Keep this
in mind: it is true. and a
promise from an honest cor
poration.
Did you know that the
Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company has
actually invested in property
$l.l5 for every $l.OO capital
on which it pays interest?
Your rates pay interest on
the $l.OO. not the $l.l5.
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
SHE CERTAINLY LOOKS FINE

c. l.. Collins, proprietor of the Pal
ace Shaving parlors, has moved from
his old quarters to the room formerly
occupied by the Blaekfoot State bank.
Mr.. Collins will have, when arranged,
one OF the finest barber shops in the
state, with all appliances for treating
the trade properly and in an up-to-date
manner.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
PRICES ON PAPER
CONTINUE TO SOAR

Our wholesale house has favored us
with 4 letit, in which they state
that owing to the raise in price Of all
kinds Of raw materials, and an advance
in labor in the factories, it becomes
necessary to raise the price Of all
kinds Of paper.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30

At various times during the summer
via the Oregon Short Line. Reduc cd
'ares to Portland, Seattle, San Francis.
20, Los Angeles and other coast points
Consult any Oregon Short Line agent
or write D. E. Burley, General Passene
er Agent Salt Lake City, Utah.
M9-O17T
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
NO TlcE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
letters Of administration on the estate
of Nels A. Just, deceased, were grant.
ed to the undersigned on the 18th day
Of May, 1912, by the Probate Court
Of Bingham county.
All persons having claims against sa
estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance, at my residence
at Presto, Idaho, or at the office Of
Hansbrough & Gagon, Blackfoot, Idaho
within ten months after the date Of
this notice, or they shall be forever
barred.
This 18th day of May, 1912.
JAMES JUST,
M165t Administrator
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
NOTICE Of SALE OF REAL Es
TATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

NOTICE Isl HEREBY GIVEN, That
in pursuance Of an order Of sale made
and entered by the Probate Court of
Bingham county, State Of Idaho. on
the 9th day Of May, 1912, in the mat.
ter Of the estate Of Emily Warren
Holder, deceasd, the undersigned, ad-
ministrator Of said estate, will sell at
public auction, subject to confirmation
by the said Court, the following des-
cribed real property, situated in Bing-
ham county, Idaho, and particularly de.
scribed as, Beginning at the northeast
corner Of the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter Of section Is, in
township 3 south, Of range IS east of
the Boise Meridian, in Idaho, thence
running due west 80 rods, thence due
south 23As rods, thence due east 40
rods, thence due north Z rods, thence
due east 90 rods, thence due north 16h
rods to the place of beginning, con-
tanning approximately ten acres; to-
gether with the tenements thereon
and all water rights therefor; said sale
will be made on Saturday, the 22nd
day of June, 1912, at two o'clock p.
m, Of said day, at the front door of
the court house in Blackfoot, Bingham
county, Idaho.
| Terms of sale, cash, upon confirma-
ton of said sale by the said Probate
court, lawful money Of the United
States of America
| Dated May %, 1912.
FREDERICK HOLDER.
Administrator of said Estat
M30J6-13-2O
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30

terest on his mortgage at the bank,
Iclp the bank to lend money to
mechanic to build a new house, and
so on. Think it over.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30

doc Yandell.''
The above letter was received yes
terday by Percy c. Silver, the North
Main street undertaken, from a ia
nous old character who has lived for
years on a piece Of property just
across the reservation line near Oil
ver's trout hatchery on the Portneuf
river. It is said that he squatted on
the land in 1852 and acquired some
sort of a title from the British gov
eminent through the Hudson Bay COM
rany. He was an old traprer, scout
and Indian fighter in those early days,
and since old age has laid a heavy
hand on his head, he has been content
to live alone in his little home Some
years ago he set aside about 20 acres,
shaded with trees near Yandell
springs, as public picnic ground for
the people Of Pocatello and many
have been the enjoyable parties held
there.
In long distance phone converse
ton with Tribune man this after
noon. Major E. w. Estep. agency su-
perintendent at Fort Hall, stated
that short time ago the Yandell
ranch was allotted to Penny Powell,
member Of the Bannock tribe, Ma
jor Estep states that Mr.. Yandell has
no shadow of title to the ground, and
that the statement that he acquired
title from the Hudson Bay company
in 1852 is all mconshine.
Shortly after squatting on the land
in 1850, Yandell took squaw wife
and raised four children. These, be-
ing accepted members of the Rannock
tribe, have been allotted land in sew
crafty, their mother having died some
years since. When the Fort Hall
reservation was created, 40 acres of
the GAO claimed by Mr. Yandell fell
outside the reserve. This he home
steaded, proved up en- and later sold
to George Oliver Of this city.
1t is believed that Penny Powell,
allotted owner of part of the remain
der of the Yandell land, was the man
who headed parry on the night of
May IA to order Yandell to vacate.
Major Estep says there was no VIC
lence.
| Yandell is reputed to have gone to
Manitoba to take the matter up
through the proper channels with the
British government, although it is not
believed that anything will come of it.
Yandell is about 80 years old and
is obsessed with the belief that he
has legal right to the land.
Such right is clearly open to
question, but there is strong senti-
mental side Of the problem and if it
is possible fer him to retain posses
sion, a move to that end will be made
by a number of Pocatello friends.
Long years ago Mr.. Yandell stated
that when he died he wanted his land
to be turned over to the city of Poca-
tello or the county of Banncck to be
used as a PLAYGROUND for the children
Of the Gate City.
Before departing for Manitoba Mr..
Yandoll was quoted as saying that
unless Uncle Sam gave him a clear
title to the land in question, he would
cause the British government to send
a warship up the Snake river to en-.
force his rights.-Pocatello Tribune.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30

They came to my house with guns
on the night Ct May IA and ordered
me off under penalty Of death. They
stated that If l was not away by 10
o'clock ncxt morning that they would
make no mistake. Please tell the child
rem Of Pocatello that their playground
is gone. 1t is not enemies es l don't
think have an enemy in the world
It is men who want my land and home
shall not return until the British
government acts in the case
doc Yandell.''
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
WOULD SEND BRITISH WAR;
SHIP UP THE SNAKE RIVER

Old Doc YandelI, Squatter on Indian
Land, Ordered to vacate in Favor OF
AIIottee, and Leaves for Manitoba to
Take the Matter up with the King.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RING.
HAM COUNTY STATE or
IDAHO

In the Matter of the Estate
Of
Emily Warren Holder, deceased.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30

Write a want ad-when the cook
mutinies.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
BINGHAM COUNTY, STATE
OF IDAHO

In the matter of the estate of Nels
A. Just, Deceased.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-30
PACIFIC COAST EXCURSIONS

M16-5t
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

The great value of barnyard manure
as farm resource is only realized by
the farmers who are getting the larg-
est production Of farm crops from
their soil. am glad to say that there
are only very few farmers OF the
present day, who begrudge the time
and money required to remove it from
around the barn. j have known farm
ers who considered the accumulation
of manure in and around the barn as
an unavoidable nuisance in handling
live stock and removed it only for the
reason that it must be gotten out of
the way, and so hauled it to the near
est field, dumping it into few piles.
When the time came to plow the field
they then found 1t necessary to scat
ter the manure In order to pillow the
ground. Manure after standing in
small piles out in a field will have had
most of the soluble plant food lesched
out on a very small area Of ground
while the remainder that is scattered
will consist only of the ceafsef mate
rial with very little soluble plant food
in it.
There are several conditions that
might be mentioned as affecting the
value of farm manure, such as the
method Of handling and preserving ma
nure, the kind and amount of bedding
used, the kind Of animals and their
age, and the kind Of food furnished the
animal.
e y +.
Stable manure is better than barn
yard manure because 1t contains all
the solid and liquid portions, All
manure should be kept under a shed
or other suitable cover to protect it
from the rain and the sun, and suf1-
Gent bedding should be used to abb
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Saaan,s snappi,u turtle Farm.

SaPan's Swapping Turtle. Farm.
One of the oldest farms In the world
! turns out each year tens of thousands
Of swapping turtles and has solved the
problem of preserving the supply OF
what is to the Japanese as great
delicacy as diamond back terra.
pin is to some Americans This queer
farm consists of number of ponds.
Certain Of them are set apart as breed
ing ponds. Once day a man goes
over the shores and with little wire
baskets covers up all new egg de-
posits. Sometimes thousands of these
wire baskets are In sight ar a time
marking the places where the eggs lie
and preventing turtles from scratching
the earth from them. Matching re-
quires from forty to sixty days, ac-
icording to the weather. The young as
soon as. they appear are put In separate
small ponds and are fed with finely
chopped fish. They eat this during
September and October and late in
October burrow in the mud for the
winter, coming out In April or May.
Most of them are sold in the market
when they are from three to five years
old, at which time they are most deli
cate-Harper'S
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken inte rnally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q
quack medicine 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this coun-
try for years and is a regular prescrip-
ton. It is composed of the best tones
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers. acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing Catarrh
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Going Back a Long Way.


Pick up any peerage book and you
will find it bristling with ancestral
names whose presence Is much more
difficult to explain than that Of the fly
in the amber. And as you descend In
the social scale the fictions multiply
from the pedigrees Of the landed gentry
to the family trees proudly cherished In
hundreds Of middle class homes. But
these lineages, aspiring as they are,
are Of mushroom growth compared
with many that are claimed with SEEM
ing honesty. At Mostyn hall you may
see aEellum roll. seven yards long,
headed by no less famous an ancestor
than adam. son of God" Another
pedigree at the college Of heralds
starts thus modestly with Adam and
the garden Of Eden, and Wales has
many family tree which traces de-
scent with unerring hand from the
same remote origin.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
one Of the Greatest Losses Of the State Is Through the
Careless Handling Of Barnyard Accommodations
Methods Of Calculating the Value

sorb all the liquid portion. The liquid
part OF the manure contains great
deal of the nitrogen, which, II not abb
sorbed, is lost; SO that when this por-
ton is allowed to go to waste, the
value Of the manure is greatly dimin-
ished. The manure of young animals
is not as rich as that from mature an
imals. Manure from sheep and poul-
try Is richer than the manure from
horses, COWS and swine. Animals fed
highly heterogeneous feeds, such as cot
ton seed meal and linseed meal, pro-
duce a more valuable manure than an
imals fed coarser feeds.
If manure is not we'll taken care of,
a large portion of the most valuable
plant food is lost, and this may be pre-
vented to large extent by adding acid
phosphate to it, using about so pounds
to ton of manure or applying one
pound every morning in the stall, after
which the stall Is well bedded.
When the value Of a ton of manure
is determined, we find in it about 10
pounds Of nitrogen, pounds of phos-
phorie acid and 10 pounds Of potash,
being worth $2.25 a ton, considering
the nitrogen worth is cents per
pound and the phosphorie acid and
potash each five cents per pound. Elk
periments show that the average value
OF increase Of crop produced by one
ton of fresh manure is from 1915 to
$3.50, Therefore, it farmer will take
the time of multiplying the number Of
tons of fresh manure that is made on
his farm every year by 50 he will I'M
derstand the value Of manure as q
| farm resource. r s. COoY1, JR.,
. College of Agriculture, West. Vir-
ginia University.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
VIII Fight Collar Rot.

Director Sanderson, Of the Expert
ment Station, has arranged with the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture for cooperation between its Plant
Pathologist, Prof M. B. Waite, and the
Plant Pathologist Of the Experiment
Station, Prof N. J. Giddings, in the
practical control Of the collar rot
which has done such serious injury to
the Grimes Golden and other apple
trees. The work will be taken up in
two or three orchards in the Eastern
Panhandle, in which the workers Of
the Station and Department. Of Agri-
culture will endeavor to show how the
disease may be controlled in a prac-
teal manner. The fruit growers re-
gard this as one of the most important
troubles with which they have to deal,
and are much interested in the pro-
posed Investigations.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
7sns 8 & 3 Values afss
new sport coats

For Womens and misses be-
tween season wear
a decided innovation, as the pat.
terms Of material are quite daring
Brown, Blue or Grey soft lib
cling Cloth which closely APP
proaclles Blanket C1oth-Plaid
back; braid bound all around
these Goats are made in the new
Stylish Sd length-col1ar folds
softly and fits closely to the neck
when buttond; very skilfully
tailord draping nicely on the fig
ure-yet sufficiently loose to af-
ford comfort exceptional value,
$500.
Other new attractive models in
Sport Coats White or more ser
yiceable Colored Cloths up to SIS.
stocking special
Boys or Girls Corduroy or
fine Rid Black Cotton Stock
ings sizes 6 to 10-one Of our
biggest ex sellers, II 1-2c pair.
women's fancy vests
Crochet yoke and shoulders
low neck, no sleeves exceptional
value. SOC.
BOGGs & BULL,
NORTH SIDE. pIfrsBURG Pa.