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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

Ira Christy, who has rented the
Capps farm, arrived in the city recent
" from Kansas. bringing with him a
car Of horses, furniture and q new
wife. all Of which equipment he ex-
poets to go to work With him in his
new home A cousin. j. r. Christy.
accompanied the outfit to Blachoot AID
win WIT here for . fsw days.
IAassS styits aof ~ ~ aaAs skasssary
= ~ ApeG6 I xAsaeG.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

lows" tonight.
/ There Sill be three big services, On
Sunday. IL The eleven o'clock service
will be ene of the most effective of
| the services, at which Mr.. Taylor will
preach on The Power of Motherhood,
and Mr.. Lane will sing another of
Capt. Stanley's songs entitled Take
Care OF Your Mother, Lad
Tayiorisms.
When you pray for rain carry an
umbrella.
When you pray fer divine healing
come in ott of the rain. esr
Fallii:g on your knees is one way
to keec from falling from grace. T
Therf is no light nor power without
right living and fellowship with Gcd
A baptism Of common sense would
be Goo sent to some people I know.
! It's hard to say ''thy will be done,'
while locking through the rear end of
beer glass.
II the Lord answered some peoples
prayers they'd be frightened out of
t'.sir boots.
believe in divine healing and hu-
nan healing, in faith healing and in
works healing.
When you want sinners converted,
pray, Lord send me after one, and
Ill fetch him" 1-t
Power is not an unmixed blessing,
It may be either constructive or de-
structive, Of God or the Devil.
The best way to pray for the poor is
to open the door Of your meat house
and take walk to the corn-crib.
The power Is always on, but a lot
Of people are out OF connection with
the heavenly dynamo because Of sin.
The devil sometimes masquerades
az an angel Of light. so look out for
fox-fire or he'll pull the wool over your
eyes.
II hall the people worked as they
prayed the Lord would have to put on
extra secretaries to answer their pc
titiops.
Some old he and she gossips can
Gee more through key-hole mile
away with one eye shut than descent
woman can see right on the ground
with both eyes open.
Poul says. try the spirits by the
bible. not by the Purple She" in
dark cabinet, or some Of you old milk.
and cider. cotton-mouthed mollycodle
professors will wake up some morn
ing and find yourself hooked up to the
devil. 81" ~ - 't~9 = e. . .
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

ted
The plan was to send out letters, cir
culars and application blanks to ad-
dresses all over America, obtained from
some unknown source. These letters,
according to the Indictment returned
by the grand jury yesterday, Offered
special inducements to wage earners
and others anxious to make money
quickly without the investment of cap
ital in some cases and only a small a.
mount in others ie&'f I'll
The company had five group offers,
as follows; .4a 1tt
Group No. Five definite work
ing plans fer men or women; no ex-
perience needed; will bring from 50 to
SO per day.
Group No. 2-Five definite work.
ing plans for housewives; part of
their time required; 81 or less capital
needed; no experience necessary; swim
bring from 50 to s. per day ct first
and more after experience is gained
Group No. 3-Five definite work.
ing plans for men and women with
$500 to $1,000 capital and some bust
ness ability; requires head-work more
than physical effort; first class secur-
ity; will net between $1,000 and $1O,-
90 year at first and mere later."ss;;
Group No. Five definite work
ing plans for young girls with oaly
few cents capital; part time only;; 81
to $24 per day easily ay
Group No. 6-Five definite work
ing plans designated especially to fit
your needs, pocket book and locality;
these plans designed to bring yUd IN
every cent your ability is capable af
earning; give Us accurate information
about yourself and we win designAte
plans which will bring you money!
in each case a fee OF SO was re.
quired. hak sof It to accompany the ap-
pltcation.
! One OF the company'S intercepted
letters was addressed to J. w. Miller,
Norwood. O., and was aligned by "1he
Redway Finance Company, BY LeN.
Redman, secy., No. 4 6outh Harrison
avenue, Pocatello. Idaho" f.,-r.s-eq
Although the letter was written In
long hand BY young jeans, Il bore It
the bottom this business-hka phrase:
''Dic. L v. r. stnog No. a1.'' Eys-
dently he employed . large workihk
force in the head office. " ii
! Young Joans IL well known In Poca.
teno, having lived here for 4 NUMBER
Of years. He was employed In. vari; N
capacities BY The Short Line,% but hsv-
On seemed able to hold job any leia-
th Of TINA , 20 'e ,., rs
At intervals he essayed Newspaper
work. and special advertislnel stunts.
business directory placards, ,stc.r..., =
He was recognized among nil fea.
lows as slightly "pueers' and tins fact,
coupled with his youth and previous
good character, undoubtedly influenced
Judge Dietrich in making his sentence
As light a. possible. under the ,cEcun.
stances. ~,
The evidence against young Joans
was worked up by p L. Neil and How
ard F. Porter, two postoffice inspect
ors. who have been working On. the
case since last October.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21
IN REPLY TO INQUIRIES

Ma Henry Damn 4 R,vs.stas, Who
y the author oe ~ sepuaar novel en-
tfued "Aatella. or Nameless and Bind
has Just received . .suppH Of thsse
books from the East Mn. Damn, Mho
vls fpgmarly Niss. EnA Maude Stew
aat q RehnsyHapiA vfots thiS ejs4s
bit a nccoh during isf eA1ly" t19f
hdod and mSst u th> iceneS are ~
near A0tfunpr Amse. s1ks AaoAp Ne
nov a sais- ~ ~. 4aehvoda PAd-
14AEs s-or ~ !" - .lko1A
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

United States government Officials
do not believe that Frank W. Joans
O. this city. son of Conductor F. w.
Joans, is cut out for high finance.
Neither do they believe that THE
Redway Finance Company" is a legi.
innate institution.
The federal grand jury here yes.
terday branded the company as a
| rank fraud Of the ''get-rich- quick
! variety and returned a true bill Of
Indictment against young Joans, charg
ing the use Of the United States mails
to defraud. ...t. s..
Joans was arraigned this morning
before Federal Judge f. s. Dietrich,
entered a plea Of guilty and at 1880
this afternoon was sentenced to nay a
fine of $3.50.
Joans did not reap very much profit
from the operation Of his company.
thanks to the promptness with which
postal inspectors Got next" to his
methods. But so attractive was the
proposition made to intended victims.
and so glittering were the promises
enormous profits, that the company
would have proved gold mine in
time. t -,
Guarantees Of incomes Of from 81
to $24 per day without the investment
OF any capital except an application
Zee, and promises Of sure returns Of
from $4,000 to $4,000 year ON the
investment Of from $500 to 81 200 in
cash, were some Of the pleasing bats
held out BY young Joans. So far as
the postal inspectors have been able
to discover, he only hooked two suck.
en-a lady milliner in California and
a man IN Ohio. IN both instances let.
ters were intercepted and no actual
cash reached the golfers Of the "fi-
ance" company from those sources.
How the postoffice inspectors first
got wind Of the operations OF young
Joans is one Of those trade, secrets
which is best not told. Suffice 1T To
say that they did learn of the fake
company, and last year intercepted q
letter addressed to Nellie r.. Butman:
miAiner At Watsonville. cal.,- where
IN the "company' offered to furnish
her with a working plan whereby she
might reap q harvest Of dollars ranging
from $1S to $50 per week.. BY devot
Ing only one day Of each week to tho
work The lady's answer 10 this lei,
ter was intercepted in the postoffice
here. and 'decoy' letter, registered,
was addressed to the company. When
young Joans appeared 10 claim the rsr
1stered letter, his signature was Oh
tained and his arrest, followed. r9,
Yesterday the grand Jury took the
matter up and returned q true bill Of
indictment. Thus ends the promis-
ing career Of aamost promising local
"frensied fancier.'' ,~s = -..,
Young Joans' bogus company. the
Redway Finance company, purported
to he composed Of q grpupe of "finan-
cia1 experts who placed within the
reach Of clients business secrets plans
and ways Of making money and infor.
nation gained from years of hard, &C.
tuai experience" The company claim.
ed to. have unlimited facilities to- OBJ
tain information along the lines indica,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21
F. BIT sv poo

Kenneth Rhodes, 2 son q hr, and
Mrs: Cliff Rhodes. was bitten by .
bul dog Wednesday morning, and The
Injury was such Is Ia disable the little
fellow for some time 10 come. The
wound was in the side, and about
two inches long. The dog belonged to
q neighbor who will probably kill the
animal. = p ~ - sA
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21
DANCE APRIL .2Np 4.

On Tuesday evening. April 2nd, the
guards Of the Women pf woodcAtt
will give a dance in Progre~- hail
This win be the first dance sitter the
Taylor meetings. now being hsM thes.
and they s4past he bet dance a the
season. Special ,mus,cs .win be -furn-
ished. r.. s,.e ~ ~s-s
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

arm, hair glossy as silk, the pigs nosel
retrousse as adorns any belle Of the
Emerald Isle, and incidentally with
profit paying ability that is greats
part Of the empire that has been re-
deemed. t7v~ y -n~a ~
Eighteen hundred and sixty-six-a
few little burrows trickling streams
down the rows Of carrots and cabbage.
Nineteen hundred and twelve-211, :
800 inches Of water rushing through a
thousand miles OF canals and ditches
and laterals.
= There has been whole lot Of work
done over in Bingham county in the
upper Snake river valley. during the
years that have slid into eternity since
that handful Of humanity. lured BY the
hope Of q home, toiled wearily into the
heart Of what was q dreary and desc
late desert When they came the earth
in the Snake river valley was q virgin
invitation to men with Caucasian am
bition- Then It belonged to the Indian
and was the white mans for the taking.
for the Indian, you know, has been
considered always a. little a. possible
-in the early days - . visitor that
might stealthily come In the gray Of
dawn; at this latter time, with q fer.
vent desire in the hearts Of the super
ior whites that he, as a race, will
quickly finish his dying 50 that we
may have the few primeval acres
where he il grudgingly allowed ia herd.
=, Work Of the PioneeD.
y People who think that the west is
wild ought to contemplate for 4 mo
ment the work that was done in the
'7o's' sos SOS and the decade of nine
teen hundred that is past. building
canals, digging the bitches, clearing,
plowing and planting the ground--ne-
deeming- the earth that could drink in
the 21l, 500 inches os water that comes
out on the land in Bingham county.
They should remember that somebody
has been mighty busy, turning the des-
ert in the Snake rvier valley into
meadows and orchards and fields.
True, in, the days that are gone the
Bannocks. the Shoshones, Nes Perce
and Umatilla4 resisted the whites. and
why not!' Better : thousand times die
Ike the. Yaquis--unconquered. uncon-
querAble- defending their own. than be
crushed to = powder BY the'presss Of I
race. that is a1len- !, ~ +
Certainly, in the time when the west
was young. there was elemental meth
dds of nature and natures direct and
primitive ways But what Of the east
back there in the yeazs when the west
thought little Of Browning and Bulwer
and Homer, and less Of teas that were
dainty ard pink 2 While the east Wa
fighting she 0aantria1 ana Jameses,
and 'Youngers;,s the Bald Knobbers.
White Csppefs and Molly Masuires. tn
west was digging its ditches, blowing
and planting, rsdeemius the eaearth.
And, to quote an eminent statesman Of
the Gem of the AountAinS. s'by the
eternal" Idaho ID still building canals-
still turning acres that nature made
deep and rich and strong into gardens
and vineyatds and fields where grows
the humble but mealy potato. 100 car
loads X which were shipped % the
east from BlAehoot, counky seat soe
Bingham county. during the closing
months Of 1o11. -as---.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21

No YOU know what have
done? Hit you squarly in the
H. face with 211. 800 inches of de-
:.fsat creed water that slips through
the ditches in Bingham County, east
ern Idaho, when the crops need mois-
ture in 1.-THE good cd summer time.''
Why thus SO briefly abrupt? Simply
because I want you to know in the
beginning that the waterthe wet,
Juicy water. the clear. cool water that
comes from the Snake that flows from
the hills, is the life Of the land. The
water b the start and the finish Of an
irrigated countrys prosperity and
there Is water-damp water, soft watez
muddy water and water that lookg like
crystal, with plenty Of water to drink,
over in Bingham county, upper Snake
river valley. where $4,000 worth OF
suge- beets, apples and alfalfa, DO
tatoes, wheat oats, corn, timothy, clcv-
er. cabbages. berries. honey, chickens,
bstter. hogs, cattle, ETC., ad infinitum,
we're produced In the year of grace
l911, as the result Of mems efforts ap-
piled to the earth where there IL plenty
Of water. And there are acres enough
yet covered with sage to produce an
onther five million dollars worth Of
things from the soil In Bingham
county, In the Blckfoot country.
Sweeping and sudden and straight
from the shoulder, Yes, and at that
NJ the absolute truth.
have been studying Bingham county
for good while and have JUS. about,
reached the conclusion that people who
live in that part. 'of the upper Snake
river valley come to some time ago
and the conclusion is this:' The others
are good, but Bingham is the best.
Away back in 1856 when the little
colony Of Morrisites- apostate Nor
nons-hitched their bulls to q few
prairie schooners: swung tar buckets
under the wagons; loaded wives and
babies, black walnut bureau and split
bottom chairs into the rigs: tied. coops
Of chickens onto the hind ends Of the
schooners; punched their herds Of lean
lank rangers; sent the lash whistling
over the backs Of the bulls and treked
out Of Utah up into Idaho and north
through the Snake river valley they
started something. When they dragged
along in the dust and Dirt .of the-desert
and after time found their Arcadia
the wild meadow lands down close to
the mouth Of Blachoot river where it
slips into the winding snahe he-freed the
steers from the yokes: ;:aemptied the
. wagons Of the wives and bureaus and
babies: built the mudchinhed cabins
!. Of cottonwood logs fenced p few sores
With poles and stuck the points Of the
plows in the ground, they started some
thing. When Y they flfrewsd y xolne
d,tches from the river 10 the fields and
patches Of truck and lea the water cut
over che land, they started something.
and the thing that they started sNas an
empire. ~ ~
Empire Redeemed.
The empire b the upper Snake river
valley ahd Bingham county. with 1so.-
ooo irrigated acres-with' TIA towns and
cities and churches and schools; iits
railroads, factories and mills: the meg
Aows and fields and orchards: thb
herds Of cattle and hois. and horses
and sheep that i've on tfs farms sAthe
bns,hlooded aristrccrAey aof domestic
animal lie. With psdigFees snae asvo4r
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21
BLACKFOOT, BINGHAM
COUNTY, EASTERN IDAHO

AN IRRIGATED EMPIRE STATE. HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS RICH AND sTRoNc-pI ENTv
OF WATER WITH PERFECT RIGHTS GOOD PEoPLE
AND GOOD
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-21
POCATELLO MAN FACES
COURT FOR MAIL FRAUD

FRANK W. JOANS "GET RICH QUICK" COMPANY NIPPED IN
BUD BY PosToFFIcE iNsPEcTo
FEDERAL GRAND JURY YEsTER oAY-'REDWAY
PANY'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

In the earlier years OF her mar
riod life, when Andrew Carnegie
was laying the foundations OF HIS
great fortune. Mrs Carnegie attend
ed public functions with him and
was always BY hia side 10 counsel
him.
but In these latter years, Mrs
Carnegie has retired TO the seclu'
sion OF her beautiful Ffth ay. man
sion. Her daughter. Margaret. now
IS. engroascn the mothers aitcn-
ton, and il her best companion.
They are always together.
An army Of servants takes care
OF Skibo castle. In Scotland. and
tho fffth nv. mansion. fot Mrs.
Carnegie keeps In intimate touch
with every detail OF her household
afslrs.
Cnnegloa wifa hRa always been
hia silent partner" lie has mover
negotiated a big business deal with.
out her approval, They tell how
once. when called upon % make a
declAlon involving millions. be said (:
Excuse me. gentlemen; I've gos
TO ask Mrs Carnegie about thla."
A moment later he returned.
"ft'H all right he said
There's a gentIoneas and charm
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

about this fraii. brown.hhired.
brown.eyed woman that wins one
Instantly. Her smile Is OF rare
nwcetneaa
Mrs. Carnegie particularly dis.
iikes publicity. Repeatedly she has
refused 20 give interviews.
What | would say would no, be
important" she answers. I'm Just
Mrs. Carnegie. Mr.. Carnegie will
most likely give you an Interview
II you want one"
Before her marriage Mrs. Car.
nesic wam Louise Whitfield. She
was born In New York In 1857. In
her early Eirihood she met Andrew
rarnrgle. whose parents we're
nrighbors. II was not tiil 1887 that
they found that they loved each
othtr. Then they were married 40
quietly that only few Intimate
friends knew what was happening
IN marrying Carnegie. Mrs. Car
negie yielded one OF her giTlhood
ambitions--to marry a poor man.
Il want 10 marry a poor man.
she used TO say. to begin AZ the
beglnanE and build up"
she IL the moa, wonderful WON.
an inIhs world" said her husband.
on thbts siiyer wedding anniversary
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

weeks | was bedfast, with high
feyers, and with symptoms OF APP
pendicitis. I called In three physi-
clans before I called you In. and ]
got worse under their treatment. ]
received great relief from your first
treatment II you Will remember
correctly, I was able To come TO
your offices for treatment after you
had given me four treatments at
my house. | gained IL pounds In
two weeks while treating with you.
feel better today than have felt
for years. Fraternally,
REV. ID. w. TOWNSEND.
DR.. Lathrops offices are located
at 2f3-14-f5 Peoples Bank Build
Ing. Second andePike, and | advise
all suffering humanity 10 consult
him. His office hours are 0 n. m.
to D. IN. Closed on the Sabbath.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
BOY MURDERER IS
VISITED BY
MOTHER

SAN FRANCISCO. Juno T.
Though he has repeatedly express
cd hls belief that he will be hanged
aa well as his eagcrneas 10 die. II
f. believed that Chaa II. bonner
the i9.year-old boy who shot and
killed Bernice Godair, n l7-year
old high school girl because ahe
refused TO 80 out with him. will
make legal fight for his life,
bonner was visited In hts cell by
his mother today for the first time
atnce the shooting. Mother and sou
wept unreatrainedly In each others
arms. Bonner praya and reads
the Bible necessarily IN Jail. en-
pressing preference for the passage
We that believe In me. though "
were dead. yet shall ye live"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
LABOR MOVEMENT
In GERMANY

kari Lngien, socialist member Of
the German Raichatag. will speak
at -tha- Turnvefein hail on The la,
boz Movement In Germany" IL.
glen. Who arrived In Seattle last
night. 10 accompanied BY A. nau-
meiAtcr In his tour OF tho country
to~tusfy the conditions 81 the wage
es~n.p~ la the United States. He
Travelled under the auspices OF the
Aperiean Federation Of Labor g.
DeAyor. Thu socialists are IN
charge OF his tour OF the coast
cities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
LIVELY SCRAP
BYLAURELHURST

fanroihnrat IL again furnishing a
scrap between those who want a
bridge over Union bay and a thor
oughfarc across part OF tho Uni.
versity OF Washington campus. con.
Meeting with 2ard ave ~. and those
opposed. Both sides appeared be-
fore the streets and sewers commit.
too of tho council yesterday. aud
the matter was continued for three
weeks, Protests were also made
by Third avenue property owners
AGAINST a purpofted reassesafnent
FOR the same work resulting out Of
the Denny Hill regrade.
This was referred 20 the corpora.
ton counsel for 40 opinion as 10 tho
legality OF a second assessment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
FAMILY MISSING

After waiting 1T the King stree,
station for her husband and son for
three hours Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Frank H. L.oncks became
alarmed and went 90 sec the police.
inncks left tho Fulton hotel with
bis isyear.old son early Tuesday
afternoon and told hls wife he
would meet her at the depot Ia bali
an hour. He has not been secn
since.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
STARS ouTsaInE TIMES.

On "Wednesday afternoon AZ he
Seattle College ground an aggrega
tion OF ball tosaers from The star
met q similar nine from the Times
Ono very pretty little game was
the result. After tho smoke of bat
tic had cleared away II was dis.
covered that Tho Stars had one
big fat score 10 their credit. 10 the
envy OF tho Times who had 60 BE-
content with that fruit no popular
around Christmas timc--a goose
egg. The feature OF the game was
the excellent box work Of Clark for
the Star aud Richard for the Times
both OF whom kept the sluRgerr
In a grouchy wood. on account OF
their inability to connect safely.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

BECAME RICH
AND THEN CRUEL

NEW YORK. June Claiming
that he became rich and cruel Al
the same time. Mrs. v H. crandcil
to-day asked for separation from her
husband Mr.. Cranduii recently ~.
celvtd $4,000. 600 from che Edwin
Fihwley. railroad man. estate. Haw'
lry would have nothing to DO with
crandeil because Of his lnfatuation
for Mrs crandsll. who formerly was
telegraph operator on tho Southern
Pacific As Hawiey died sntcatatn
Cssndcli came Ia for a share OF
the e4tate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

~ a ,edaes $50 from my rexu.
49, !. loF want TO demonstrats
~ ~ nay ] have a system Of treat !
e, We ssat WIN cure you. am the
a. sss WI Physician in Sc.
~, 'ad ! have been here for ten
~ T.. MAKE your appointment
q ~ ~ bean only handle a lin.
INV ' noe Of patients. The fol.
~ .l 'sller should convince the
l1ss.s.s eptical person Of the ef.
M oi my system of treat
lsspsrna'o eur-I feel It my duty 10
tss,Sssss,1 you and your system Of
" fs ny p the public for Inc cure
4 s ,se Z from you. For sew :
j bs.' n!as before I called Won 10
"a Z had been suffering
1uus'sSIm a., liver. kidney and
sasssses, and for several
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07

PORTLAND. Or. June This
IL sweet mess. remarked George
Faiiurn. after hlH wife Kprinkled
several pots Of strawberry Jam on
hts person. II started when Mrs.
Valiam refused 70 got up aud cook
breakfast. and vallum amused him.
self BY playfuiiy toaaing Kitchen
utensils AZ her
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-07
RAZORS MAKE
HER NERVOUS

Mrs. Joseph Smith says that
even . 7o.year-oid husband can
start something" occasionally.
and that's why she charges ss-
tfcne cruelty in her divorce
suit. She says the little Mara
shon she was compelled TO do
the other day. because Of an
open razor her husband WAS
flourishing at hor, was too
much for a woman Of 90. and
she now wants raxoricss
household.
An action for divorce from,
the same woman was dlsrissed
lust two days ago, but she's
back again. Raxors make her
nervous, she says.