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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
LOCATED ELEVEN
MEN FROM BUTTE.

Last Saturday morning eleven men
from Butte, Mont, arrived on the morr
ing train and were met here by l.. H.
Lathrop, Of the Aberdeen Valley Invest
ment company. Automobiles were pro-
vided and the gentlemen taken to Aber
deem, where all made purchases of
property. In all 1856 acres of land
and 103 lots were purchased. The peo
pie Of Aberdeen are awake to the
fact that they have good land and all
it needs is more people to help de-
velope the country and they are going
after them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
DRY FARMING THE DESERT

If hard work will make the desert
west of town blossom as the proverbial
rose, the dry farmers west Of More
land, will have fine looking section
OF country this year. There are about
1000 acres Of land plowed and planted
near mile post IA, and the Short Line
is building a switch at that point for
the benefit Of thesettlers. This win
mean the starting Of a town sometime.
The crops are looking fine and every
one interested feels greatly encouraged
over the prospects Of a bountiful har.
vtft
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
AN ENTERPRISE
THAT IS GROWING

There is good story Of develope-
rlent in an enterprise in Blackfoot that
shows what careful and untiring at
tention to business detail can do to-
ward making any business develope. The
enterprise referred to IL the Blac
foot Farmers Milling company, man.
aged by w. H. Danilson, and owned
by several Of the farmers Of Bingham
, county. In 1909 Mr.. Danilson made q
canvas Of the county and solicited and
sold enough stock to buy the mill prop
erty, and when the present company
was organized his ability as a man.
ager, was deemed sufficient and he
was elected for that purpose, when the
company took charge Of the affairs on
September End, 1909. Many new and
modern pieces Of machinery have been
added since then and it is an inter-
esting fact to know that since the first
day of last August to May 1st, this
year there has been ground 103195 bu-
shells of wheat, all of which is Bing-
lem county's own product, raised by
her own farmers and consumed as flour
and by-products by the residency of
this community as well as the people
of Utah, Montana, Colorado, and COM
mun;ties in the Gem State throughout.
The brands of flour, which are "Free
Silver" high patient spring wheat
flour and Purity made from Turkey
Red hard wheat, are becoming known
throughout the land and in compari-
son with other brands on the markets
OF the country, according to chemical
tests, are superior to the higher grade
1lours
During the period mentioned. that is
from August 1st, 1911, to May 1st,
1912. there was 10000 pounds of flour
used locally, and the by-products such
as bran and shorts, which were sold
amounted 1900 tons. The average
price paid the farmers for the wheat
was S1.05. A lack of storage capacity
during the period has incapacitated the
raill, it being necessary to rent every
available place in town in which to
store wheat, thus occasioning much ex-
pense in transportation, and Manager
Danilson recently conceived the idea of
erecting four mammoth tanks at the
rear of the mill in which to store
the wheat purchased, conveying it by
means of elevators from the shoot in
which grain in now unloaded, to the
tanks. A permit was granted the
to erect these tanks at recent meet
Ing of the city council and they will be
ready for use before the years crop
begins to move Each tank will have
capacity of 600 bushels and the
center will hold 5000. The tanks will
be fifty feet in height and 14.6 feet
in diameter, and the company is now
advertising for bids for the concrete
work.
In addition to the vast amount of
business done by the company in VIII at
and it's products, they handle, potatoes,
oats. coal and other commodities. Mr..
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
WILL LOCATE NEAR sLAckFooT

p. ]. Williams, who recently sold
his forty acre farm near Groveland,
to II. P. Christensen, has purchased
tie Wiggin farm, in the Sam Rich
lane. cas-: of town, and will move to
his new home in the near future. Last
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Williams was
veIy agreeably surprised by his neigh
bors who came in and spent the after
nocr at his home
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16

Danilson, as manager. has, in the three
years of his term of service, demon
strated his worth in that line, con-
Quoting the affairs in a thoroughly bus
mess like manner, and with his care
full judgement as the man on the
ground, and with a board Of conserva-
tive, enterprising farmers as direct
ors the Blackfoot Farmers Milling Co.
is one enterprise Of which Bingham
county citizens can we'll feel proud.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
FAIR BOARD ORGANIZE

At meeting of the directors of the
fair board held Wednesday afternoon,
James Duckworth was elected presi-
dent; G. L. Hart, vice-presidnet; ]. T..
Carruth, secretary, and George F. Gag
on, treasurer.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
ARM BROKEN SLIDING TO BASE.

Last Sunday, while playing base ball,
and while in the act Of sliding to base,
]. Rowland, of Moreland, broke one of
his arms Medical attendance S
gave the victim of the accident all the
relief possible.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
SEVERE STORM LAST THURSDAY

A thunder storm last Thursday, in
which tightening also played part,
wrought much havoc near Thomas. w.
w. Parsons had yearling colt killed,
it being a colt for which he had been
offered SIS last fall.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
TO COLD TO SHEER SHEEP.

A. Merrill returned last week from
Baggs, Wyo., where he had been shear
ing sheep until the humane society de-
manded that the flock-masters discon-
tinue shearing until the weather mod
Grated. 1t was SO cold that two and
three year old sheep froze to death
within a few hours after they were
sheared.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16

Lynn Keel, a son of Joe Keel, was
kicked on the back of the head by a
colt Tuesday, and it became necessary
{. have DR.. Mitchell take number of
stitches in the wound.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
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LIABILITIES

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We pay 4 per cent In our savings
department. One Dollar will start an
account. Interest compounded, quarterly
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
THE NEW POSTOFFIcE

D. H. Biethan has a crowd of car
penters at work on the new postoffice
on Pacific street. This building will
be monument of Mr.. Biethan's pro-
gressive ideas of what growing city
like Blackfoot should have. The struct
ure will of course be Of brick. The
front will be of plate glass, with a
large revolving door at the main en-
trance, the postmasters' office will be
oak finished, while all the boxes are
to have combination locks. No ex-
pense will be spared by Mr.. Biethan
to make the building one of the finest
in southeastern Idaho and credit to
Blackfoot. There will be a basement
that will be finished for business of
some kind, we'll lighted and properly
finished, the building in it's entirity
being 25x100 feet.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16
U. S. Depository for Postal Saving
Funds.
D.W.Standrod&Co
Bankers
BLACKFOOT IDAHO.
Statement April 18th, 1912,
RESOURCES

Loans and Discounts -. 1851, ,4O6. 70
Banking House and Fixtures, 27,497.73
Other Real Estate ...... 10, ,82O. .O3
Cash and Sight Exchange, 215,322.s3
cns nA1 o.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-16

DR.. o. M. Drake, eyesight specialist
of Idaho Falls, spent a few minutes
in the Optimist office this week. DR..
Drake is jovial, good fellow to meet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Chance Shows How Baseball
Fame Hangs On A Slender Thread

~ ASEBALL fame hangs on a thread,
a slender thread. This was clear
- " brought out by. Frank Chance,
the manager Of the Cubs and one Of
the most popular baseball men in re-
cent years. He illustrates his point
with Jake StahTs case.
The world doesn't know how close
Stahl came to being called a failure
In the tenth inning of the final game.
which went to the Red Sox, Snodgrass
dropped d fly ball That was ths
thread in StahTs case. Jake already
had been PANIED a little for his Sc
lection OF pitchers The pOpulace was
getting ready TO hand it TO him. The
stage was cleared when suddenly
SnOdgrass dropped fly ball
The result of this mutf was the
defeat of the Giants and the great
victory for the Red SOx- Right away
they started calling Stahl a great
general, he was praised FOR his wise
Judgment in picking his pitchers
IhOse who had called him for working
O'Brien when they thought W God
should have been sent in, forgot all
about it. The victory indicated Stahl.
'sThink what would have happened
had Snodgrass held that easy fly. Then
it would have been McGraW the great
instead of StahI the magnificent Ism
it funny when you come TO think OF
it alp
Reverse Example.
Then take my own case IN chicago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Puffs From the Fans Hop Pipe

TDDIE 8IcGOORTY the Oshkosh
- fighter who is considered the best
- of the middleweights, has arrived
in New York and will go into training
at once for his 10 round bout with Nike
Gibbons on December 3
Reports from New York say that out
fielder Jones Of the New York Aneri-
cans has been men toned as the next
possible manager o. the Yankees
Jack White, the Chicago lightweight
has been signed to meet Fred Duffy OF
Boston in an eight round bout at Wind
sor. Canada, on December 20.
Leach Cross. the New York light
weight. who has been taking a rest
since his defeat by Jack BrittOn sew
eral weeks ago has been signed to
meet One Round Hogan, the California
lfa-ht weight. in a 10 round bout at New
York on November IA. The men VIII
weigh in at 136 at 3 o'clock
Johnny king is mentioned as prop
able manager OF the St Paul cluD II
the American association Hugh DuI-
fv had been offered the position, DuI
apparently did not care for the 1Op-
Battling Nelson, the former light
weight champion, has accepted the
terms of the New York promoters ana
has agreed to crawl into the ring
THANKSGIVING afternoon and meet the
winner of the CrOss-HOgan fight which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14

Few ORLEANS, LA, Nov. H.
NJ The gentle avOcation Of foot
= y ball ringer" isn't what it
used to be. thanks to scholarship
qualifications, the opening up Of the
game and a general Improvement in
athletic ethics The time was, how
ever. when the iOcusts OF Egypt We're
hardly more numerous than this
quick fitting element that piled its
petty trade in all branches Of col
lege athletics. and did so much to re-
tard the cause of clean amateur
sports.
In the good old days. before the s
J. A. A had got under way and foot
ball in the south was in swaddling
clothes. so to speak. there were foot
ball squads of strangely weird com
plexion- With athletic matters en-
tirely in the hands OF students and
al times of outsiders. and with no or
gained effort looking toward stand
ards Of eligibility, practically all foot
ball teams used men who were prOfes-
SIGNALS or plain tramp athletes" and
frequently not even matriculates.
One Man On Three Teams.
From the good old Bluegrass dis
trict in particular some astonishing
teams used to descend upon the dis
trict further south In games played
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Page

We were playing the White SOx for the
Chicago title First there were two
ties, then we took three straight.
Things were coming fine for me dur
ing the crisis. All at once the wind
veered and we dropped four straight.
Then it happened just as it did last
fall was the fall guy, Callahan
the hero. had worked my pitchers
poorly. Callahan had used his with
grand conviction
Baseball sense wins many a game.
There were the Cubs this year, who.
had more speed in their head than
in their feet. Several of the veter-
ans were two steps slower than they
were five years ago in getting TO first
base Johnny Evers alone of the
bunch still beat ont hunts. He alone
OF that once grand creW-Schulte.
Sheckard. Tinker and the rest-had
year as good as ever in his career
While driving his auto a few years
ago he met with an accident in which
a dear friend OF his, a baseball writer,
was killed Nervous prOStratiOn fol-
lowed this. What other ball player
living could have come back and done
what Evers did this year
While you are talking about your
CObbs, JacksOns. Speakers and DOyles.
don't forget that Evers was among
the four best batters of the NatiOnal
league this year. Don't overlook the
fact that he steals as many bases as
ever beats out as many Dunts and
plays that old second sack as he did
six years ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14

- H. clever little British feather
weight. Harry Thomas, who
l. surprised the California fans
last spring by beating frankie Con-
ley in a hard 20 round battle, has
decided to 'forsake the 122 Founders
and Join the fighters in Ad Wolgasts
division. Probably Harry thinks
there IS more class among the l5S
Founders, but the fact is he has out
grown the feathers and must now con-
fine himself TO bigger game, and best
OF all his manager, Jimmy johnston
is sure that Harry has all the other
lightweights beaten to a fragile, in
Guiding AID WOlgast and all OF them
Jimmy says that Thomas has beaten
Abe Atteu and Johnny Dundee since
last spring and that he is open to
title but he suggests that the pro-
mOters offer purses for a near cham
piOn elimination tournament Tor Sucn
BOYS as Thomas, Willie Richie, Joe
Rivers, Young Jack O'Brien, Matty
Baldwin. Tommy Murphy and others,
the winner to be matched with the
champion for the championship of
America Not only does Johnston
think he has a great lightweight IN
Thomas. but he also believes that he
has the coming bantam champion IN
Eddie Morgan, the British boy who
came. over recently and gave such a
good account OF hllnSeiI against
frankie Burns and Eddie O'keefe.
The latter is a featherWeight and
the boy Whho gave Johnny Kilbane,
the featherWeight champion, hard
battle. Morgan made O'keefe step
lively all through and his work was
a revelation to some of the fans.
Johnston viii not try to match Nor
gan up as bantam unless the chance
offers, but he is going after the
featherWeight crown and says he is
ready and anxious to match with Kill
bane-
i am not chasing Knbane for a
match just TO boost my own game,
said Jeems, but to ger after a title
honestly believe my boy can win.
To show that I am not four flushing
] stand ready to wager from $1,000
up to $4,000 that Morgan can beat
the champion and 1 will arrange a
match on a winner take all, basis,
just to show that we do not seek the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14

takes place at New York on November
a. Immediately after his bout with
Tommy Gary at Cincinnati next Mon
day night the Dane viii catch the train
for New York
Edie Ainsmith. the Nationals young
catcher, who was discharged from
Georgetown university hospital on the
closing day Of the season, viii prObab-
" spend the winter On(a ranch in Texas
getting under advice from manager
Griffith The yOungster had narrow
escape from developing tuberculosis
and il Is thought that a winter in the
south would aid much in building up
his strength for next season
Hank O'Day, who once managed the
Reds, is wondering why Joe Tinker
should become sore because Murphy
VIII not let him monkey with a buzz
saw.
St Louis fans hope Rabbit Hug
gins wiz get the jump on the other
teams when the season opens
Iatty Mcintyre led the Coast league
in batting He played in A games with
the Seals who purchased him from the
White SOX late IN the season and hit
for a percentage Of -3S2-
When Clark Griffith piIoted the SEN
atOrs into second place this season IL
was the first time in 40 years Of league
baseball that Washington had ever fiR-
ished in the first division
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14

~ HICAGO, Ill, Nov AT is an
q indisputable sign of the lact OF
class among white heayies that
rot single man jack Of them has any
thing TO show in the way of cIeverness.
science IS at discount with these men.
who appear to rely entirely on the ex-
citing but dangerous plan of rushing
an opponent and taking a punch in or
ger TO land one PalZer. McCartv Will
Iard-al of the ambitious homes" are
DeIIt along these lines. None of them
SIEe promise of lasting long as active
participants IN the modern arena A
stance over the pugilistic annals shows
Ihat a fighter never existed who de-
peiQed almost entirely on his ability
70 STAND punishment and retired with
out having reached the stage where
lncessant beatings had worn awav his
stamina.
Tom Sharkey was case in point
everybody knows what a. tough piece
OF scrapplnS material the hardy tar was
When ne began to shine as a cham
pionShlp possibility. He could asSfnl-
nate punishment as sponge sucks in
water, smile and keep coming in for
more Men broke their hands uDon
MN; passed ont the best and ffercesu
WaIlopS they possessed and when
they had exhausted all the ann
lnunltion they had in stock the Sharkey
Dattfeshlp rammed them viciously-and
the tfOuole was at an end.
Fitz Crimps Sailor.
tltzslmmOns put a crimp in the sailor
curing the early part OF the latterss
career by punching him in the stomach
and sending him down for the count
Bob was declared d loser on a foul bv-
referee Wyatt carp, but subsequent de-
velopments made it clear that Fitz had
been the victim Of a job on that occa-
sion.
But with this single exception Shar-
key proved himself worthy of the name
OF Iron Man" as Joe Choynski and
many others found TO their cost His
2rmOr plates were frequently dented.
but never cracked until Jim Jeffries
threw mis- tremendous weight into the
tar and buckled up two of Toms ribs
besides mauling him in savage fashion
generally. From the effects of the JEFF (
1r1es fight Sharkey never recovered. /
The ability to absorb vital punches
and storm his way 10 victory had de-
parted forever, and he proved easy
for Gus Rubin and pie for Fitzsim-
mons in 4 second meeting, when the
l2nky COrniShman slowed him away
in couple of rounds.
Kid Carter another determined slug
ser won all of his victories by dint OF
bull rushing tactics and taking an aW-
ful grueling. Time and again. Carter |
was apparently whipped TO a stand
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Ringers" Not So Prevalent
AS In the Good Old Times

in the middle SOS one man appeared
in three different lneups during one
fail with Kentucky schools, which is
cited as merely indicative Of the stu
alton then prevailing There was
little or no training among these
teams, and as the complexion Of these
teams changed as rapidly as a field OF
grasshOppers, team work was Well
nigh impossible. The only point in
fact in which team spirit was shown
was in the use Of the human fist In
this feature OF play there was marked
unanimity and concert Of action and
cOpiOus was the MANNED list in those
days when the most concentrated
style Of play offered fine Inducements
for rough work OF all kinds.
The years between 1903 and 1895
Witnessed a somewhat general OUT
burst of ringer trouble in the south
ern field 1t was during this first
year that the famous Cumberland uni
versity team was assembled that
closed out the year with a jump Of
nearly half its outfit to a Pennsyl-
vania institution and open talk among
the players regarding the prOpriety
of bringing suit. upon certain notes re-
ported to bear the signature of a GER
tain college official This episode re-
suited finally in football being
tabOOed at that Institution with a re-
vival only this season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
SPEAKER HIT THE
CLELEIAND TMIRLERs HARn

GLEN EsLAND IMlRLERS HARD
Iris Speaker would have owned a
batting average Of 500 this season had
he been compelled only to face the
cry other time he went to the bat in
the games with the Maps, getting 81
safeties out of "A trips to the plate.
Detroits twirlers were easy for
Speaker, iris running up an average
of .410 against them. derived from 81
hits in So times at bat. He hit .395
against the st. Louis slabmen, 1872
against the Washington delivery clerks
$40 against the Athletic artillerists,
-333 against the New York twirlers, and
1923 against the Chicago curvers-
Oddly enough, it wasn't Ed Walsh
who was the most pulling Of the
Speaker ran up an average of .335
against COmiskey's man of steel and
900 against Frank LANCE, whom he
faced eight times.
Walter Johnson was no puzzle to the
player voted the most valuable in the
American league, Speaker making sew
en- hits in II times a bat off the Idaho
phenOm-an average Of All
Speaker went hitless in only % Of
the 153 games in which he participated
In 81 contests, he made one hit. in Al
contests he made two, in p contests he
made three, and in four contests ne
made four.
Speakers gihbest. days with the bat
were May Z, june 9, June Il and, August
%, he obtaining four safeties on each
of these dates The pitchers he then
faced were, respectively, Cashion and
Akers of Washington. Mitchell of st.
Louis, Walsh of Chicago, and Steen and
Baskette Of Cleveland.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14

still, but at the crucial moment when
gTOgSy bleeding and almost out he
would come through with one terrific
bash to an opponents jaw. and the other
chap sat down for the full count in
stead of the battered Kid. But a day
finally came when under the strain OF
repeated hammerings, he developed
symptoms of lOcOmOtOr ataxia, which
Eecessitated his retirement from ac-
tive service.
Kid Lavigne, who fought on much
the same lines as battling Nelson,
although possessing perhaps a shade
more science than the Dane, also sue
cUmbed TO the effects of oft repeated
beatings, the evils of which were aug
mtnted by his cOnviviaI habits. Like
Bat LaVigne was usually OutpOinted
by the men he fought but until dissi-
patton and hard punching had robbed
him of his marvellous vitality the Kid
remained monarch of the lightweight
DIV isiOn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
4. g N. TO PLAY UNI
VERSITY SATURDAY

State College. n. NJ, Nov. 1.-THE
next large game of the season for the
Aggies is with the University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque on November
Is. After having defeated the Arizona
university the Aggies feel confident
of victory but all expect a hard game
and are going through hard practice
this week.
Two new men who featured in the
Arizona game for the Aggies were VIII
liam Tuttle of FL PasO, and VIII Lane,
of Las Cruces.
1t is reported that if the Aggies
win the game with Roswell they viii
play the university of Southern Cali
fornia on New Years day for the all
west championship
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
Ell PASOANS STAR ON
EASTERN ELEVENS
Dan Kenan Is Now Playing With
Wesleyan While Wayne ChenOweth,
Jim Ready and wendell IGuhn
are mt Lehigh.

Dan Kenan, star of the FL PasO Mill
tary institute two years ago, is now
the shining light on the Wesleyan
football team. He is playing fulback
and in recent game carried the ball
for five successive times making the
second TOUCHDOWN OF the game, he al
so having made the first Kenan is
picked for the All-New England team
which is to be composed Of players
from all New England colleges out
side Of Harvard and Yale.
Ell Paso High school students and
Military institute boys have their eyes
on Wayne ChenOweth. Although but
a freshman at Lehigh university he
has become understudy to the captain
at quarterback and is fast forging
ahead. In the game against the
Carlisle indians ne showed up partcu-
larlv well and eastern coaches have
their eyes on him. Jim Ready, also
an FL Paso boy is playing halfback
on the same team and Wendell Kuhn.
another freshman is on the same
team.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-14
.Hz clever little British feather

= By 7. S. ANDREWS.