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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
TAFT MEN ARE IN CONTROL

Fremont county will send practical.
ly solid Taft delegation to the Lew
iston state convention the 10th, there
being nineteen Taft men and one
Roosevelt man on the delegation. The
delegation will be uninstructed and
will use their influence and votes to-
ward securing an uninstructed state
delegation to the national convention
Late returns show that practically
every precinct in Fremont county vot-
ed strong for Taft The convention at
st. Anthoney yesterday was vey har-
monious and the, best of feeling pre-.
vailed.
Editor Jones, Of the Rigby Star,
feels very much elated and gratified
at the result, as he made great fight
fer Taft in that county, as did the
Rexburg Standard and the st. Anthony
News.
The Delegation
Thos. R. Hamer, J. w. Hart, O.P.
Scule, Geo. Harringfeld, Mark Austin.
II. G. Fuller, ]. w. Jones, J. D. Kill
patrick, R. Gilchrist. DR.. Hyde, L.
Adams, Jas. H. Wallis, VIM. Flint, j.
E. Fogg. c. c. Moore, Frank Reno.
Alfred Ricks. B. L. Bennett, M. ]
Gray, w. c. Holley. l. N. Corey.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06

1t is said Mr.. Stuffelbeam is even a
better artist than a driver. An ef.
fort is being put forth by the Fourth
of July committee on celebrations To
have him do an aero-plane stunt from
the roof Of the court house on the
morning Of the Fourth at ten O'Clock
1t is not known whether the car will
be in condition by that time, but every
effort will be put forth to make all
necessary arrangements, and this pap
er will make announcements.
DR.. Patrie, who was out with t
road crews, in his own car, over
took the unfortunates, and examined
Mr.. Bergman. He was taken to his
home on Shillings avenue, and his in
juries attended to. A hip was dislo-
Gated, and he is badly bruised. but un-
der the careful treatment Of the physis.
ian, 1t is thought that about ten days
will suffice for his confinement in bed.
and that he will then be able to at
tend to business.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
OLD BILL PARKINSON
DOES THINGS

Last Saturday at the class meet Of
the Academy of Idaho in Pocatello,
VIII Parkinson of this city, repres-
ented the Blackfoot High school. Will.
liam is some athlete and won the cup
from the rest of the folks for high
jump, pole vault, throwing the discus
and won second on throwing the ham
mer and shot putting. Ee had 20
points to the academy mans Is in
hurdles, but the academy didn't want
Blackfoot to carry off all the honors,
so they gave thai little honor to their
own man.
After the festivities were over, Bill
was asked to give a little ex-
hibit of high jumping and stepped over
the pole, five inches higher than any.
one had ever jumped it before They
asked if he would jump higher, but
Bill is some modest and told the gang
that would do for while. When they
come up to that he will give them an
other knotch to climb over.
Next Saturday the Blackfoot High
school will send track team to The
High school meet at Pocatello. There
will be several of the local boys jgo
down and try for the medals. A rate
is offered by the railroad so many Of
the students win accompany the boys.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
Dissention In Democratic Ranks
---Samuel ]. Rich Repudiated

Following an article which appear.
ed in the Boise Statesman of April 19,
to the effect that the Anti Dubois dem
ocrats of Bingham county had made
a clean sweep and that no suppora-
er Of the ex-senator had been named
by the county central committee for a
place on the delegation to the demo-
cratic state nominating convention. a
number of democrats of the county, as
sembled in private caucus recently,
and vowed vengence on the big lawyer,
rancher immigration commissioner, and
elsewhere in this issue is a call for all
good democrats to assemble and dis
cuss the matter, and no Samuel j., or
any Of his following are in any way in
vited to attend. On the other hand
they are really requested to keep out,
and any attempt that faction makes to
be heard in the meeting will be dis
contenanced by the righteous demo-
Gratis Of the county.
1t is thought that Hon. Samuel r.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
RANKS AND HONOR ROLL
The following is the list or the rank.
and honor roll of the Irving school

The following is the list or the ranks
and honor roll of the Irving school
Honor Roll
| Lawrence Clarke, Julia Simons. Pes
sic Lowder. Georgia Wolfe, Viola
Conklin, Dorthy Belleville, Anna
Bright, Maudc TaylOr, Violet Taylor,
Blanche Swigert, Grace Hoyt, Lena
Ronfeld, Leonard Jones, Leda Braley,
Dorothy Ketchum, Rose Baldwin, Clyde
Jolly Elizabeth Kelley, Annice Rass-
mussenn, Sylvia Rasmussen, Leona
Gertsch, Claude Hall, Ella Van Blari-
con, Helen Stultz, Wallace Stultz,
Violet Bond, Erva Braley, Bessie Dah-
man. Lloyd Bacon, Russell Reel, Hat
tie Neff. John Montgomery, Marion
Boiling, Susie Irvish, Leota Gertsch.
Wilbert McCurdy. Violettal Rassmus-
sen, Edith Wicks, Don Carlos Rich,
Alice Smith, Eva Jolley. Vcrn Hook TT,
Myrna Conkle, Olivia Chapman, Fred
Hilliard. Frank Smith, James Buchan-
an, May Cole, Ruth Van Blaricon, EN-
lily Lowder, Marie Mellick, Norvil Hind
Samuel Mulville, Ralph Koontz.
Ranks
1st B. 1st, Willie Ronfeld, End Solon
Van Blaricon
1st A, 1st Rudolf Ronfield, End Paul
Anderson
End B, 1st Lyle Webster. End Alice
Bum,
End A, 1st George Ball, End Dora
Hilliard.
End A, 1st Teddy Taylor, End La
Rue Kent.
3rd B, 1st Harold Dahman, End Sher-
man Bukofzer and Glenn Woodhousc.
Bird A, 1st Lille Taylor, End Annie
Neff.
4th B. 1st Homer Lutz, End Fay Cole
4th A, 1st Harold Astle, End Harold
Lane.
9Th B. 1st Charlotte Alfred, End Ray
mond Van Bhricon.
5th A, 1st Mary West, End Eileen
Younie.
9Th B. 1st Evn Allen, End May
Bertsch.
9Th A, 1st Arnold Clegg, End Hilda
Fister and Elvia Nelson.
7th B, 1st Ralph Volpert. End Claud |
Baldwin.
9Th A. 1st Alex Toleman, End Eva
Olmstead.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY

Downey, Ida, May 3-Thrown frcm
buggy hitched to a team OF runaway
horses, John J. Ware, son of John e.
Ware, one of the wealthiest farmers in
the Marsh valley district, was last
night instantly killed, while driving
from Downey to his farther's ranch,
seven miles from town. The elder Mr..
Ware was in the vehicle at the time
of the accident and was also rendered
unconscious.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
THE RED BARN SOLD AGAIN

The Hansen Livery, or Red Barn, or
West Bridge street, was sold this
week by R. T. Dye to J. D. Murphey,
the amount of Reconsideration not be-
ing ascertained. Mr.. Dye and Welcome
Chapman purchased the barn about
three months ago. Mr.. Dye afterward
buying Mr.. Chapman's interest and
then selling today to Mr.. Murphey Mr.
Murphey has been a rancher in the
Presto country for a number of years
and is thorough stockman.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
RAILROAD MEETING
FRIDAY NIGHT

ohm G. Brown called a number of
the business men together at the com
mercial club rooms Friday night, for
the purpose of effecting some plan to
secure the termina' Of the proposed st.
Anthoney belt road for Blackfolt! st I
were taken to secure the desired OBJ
ject, and Blackfoot has the assur-
ance that the road will not end in
Idaho Falls, despite the vastness. i of
the delegation sent down to Salt Lake
from that city, to confer with Short
Line officials in the matter.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06

the retail merchants's business in
America is very small, and In order to
pay the cost of doing business in
Europe on small sales. they are COM
PEELED to get larger profits. Wages in
Europe are exceedingly low; they are
not advancing, but the cost Of living
nevertheless has steadily gone up.
Our forefathers at tremendous per-
sonal sacrifices, left Europe to better
their conditions, but now we constant
ly hear on all sides that the United
States should adopt this system or
the other. Because that system is
used In Europe"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
Herman, The Driver and Tumbler,
Numerous Feats Gaining Recognition

That Bhckfoot has within the con
fines Of her city limits man who de
serves recognition in the circus world
Is fact. A man small Of stature
yet nervy and reckless to the last de.
gree, he has taken a great fancy to
autoing, and in this particular line, ID
pulling off many death defying stunts
that have the average performer beat
en- city block. Last summer when
this grappler with the fates, first Sc
cured a new car, he waited restlessly.
the time when he could demonstrate
his process in handling AGAR. Things
around home, such as hitting an oc-
casional chicken or busting into dog,
looked tame to Herm. He conceived
the idea one day Of making a death
leap into the mighty Snake with his
car, and straightway repaired to the
ferry on the south fork of Snake river,
near Heise, where, when in the mid
die Of the ferry boat and river, he
started his car and running it at full
speed, drove car and all into the foam
ing. seething waters. That seemed to
satisfy him for year. but the grubs
get in the back Of man in the sprin~
Just as they do in cattle, and itching
for more noteriety, when the volunteer
road crews, went to Shelly Thursday,
to work roads, County Commissioner
Stuffelbeam, for It is he we refer to,
loaded his car full Of volunteers and re.
paired to the road north Of town that
leads to Shelley. Sheriff DeKay took
his car full ALSO and among the pas
sengers in the latter car was the sher-
IFS two-year-old son. The sheriff's
car broke down enroute and returning
he and his son rode with Stuffelbeam
G. w. Bergman, Jr., was acting as
machanician for Stuffelbeam occupying
q front seat, while Billy Vanderwood,
Jack Danilson, DeKay and son occup-
led the back seat. There is a stretch
of sand near Wapello, five miles north
of Blackfoot, and DeKay cautioned the
driver of the car, not to hit 1t over
twenty miles an hour, but the gaeity
that prevaded the air, had gotten into
the veins of the driver and at thirty
five miles an hour he hit the sand.
DeKay, desperate for the safety of his
little child, balanced the latter on his
hand and when the car BEGAN to turn
over. he threw the little fellow clear in
to the soft sand and probably saved
his life. The car ran on two wheels
for about one hundrerd yards and the
occupants, except Bergman, fell out.
The latter was struck by t he wind
shield and held under the car, when it
went over. His left hip was disloc-
ated, and he received several other
smaller injuries.
AS an acrobatic performer with a car
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
GEORGE DAVIS Of THOMAS, DEAr

George Davis. an aged citizen Of
Thomas, died Sunday night at 1.3O. af
ter long illness, the result of senile
affirmaties, pneumonia and other COM
plications. The body will be taken to
St. Anthony for interment by the side
OF his wife, who died about one year
ago. The deceased was born in Eng
land and had been a resident of Thom-
as about seven years.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
SOME WIND DOWN THERE

o. F. Smith received word last week
from brother living at Ainsley, Neb.,
that the tornado. which prevailed there
recently had devastated his farm, TAX
ing wagons, buggies and implement
several miles away, killing hogs; four
OF his family were unconcious for a
period Of twelve hours and altogether
the storm wrought great havoc to all.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
MANcLED FOOT IN HARROW

Peter Colford, working on the Jess
Howard farm north Of Wapello, had tn
misfortune to get foot caught in q
harrow Thursday. while team was
running away with the result that the
member was horribly managled. DR..
F. w Mitchell was called and dressed
the wound.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06

Commencing tonight at the high
school and continuing for three days
will be held the Axt exhibit Some
thing everyone should attend.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
DEvELoPEMENT CONGRESS N
TO BE HELD.

The Northwestern Development con-
gress will he held in Seattle, Wash,
June 5th. Invitations announcing that
fact have been sent out to large
number Of persons.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
DOING A BIG BUSINESS

Will Curtis, of the Studebaker Co.,
under the direction Of o. B uchanan,
took string Of seven buggies out on
the west side Monday and is meeting
with great success in selling them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
ORGANIZATION OF BOY SCOUTS.

Prof. Vanderhoof, of the high school
contemplates organizing a company Of
boy scouts here, and If necessary sup.
port is received, will have the Black
foot boys lined up for summer camp
aiyn.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
WILL GO AFTER CAR

John G. Brown will leave tonight
for Salt Lake, and return in a few
days with his new Pierce Arrow car,
one Of the finest in the country.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
WANTED

Ponies and small horses. Will be at
the City Livery barn for a few days
bring in your ponies. Albert Condra
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
605,O47.31

6o5,047.31
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, 1912-05-06

The Teachers association is to meet
May z, instead of May 6, as appeared
in the headlines of our announcements
last Thursday.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
THREE OPERATIONS
FOR APPENDICITIS

John Anderson and John Cotton both
OF Moore, and Freddie Miller, resid-
Ing between the forks OF the rivers,
were operated upon in the city hospital
for appendicitis. All are doing nicely.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-06
U. 5. Depository for Postal Saving
Funds.
D.W.Standrod&Co
Bankers
BLACkFOOT IDAHO.
Statement April 18th, 1912,

RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts s351 4O6 "a
Banking House and Fixtures. 27 497. "a
Other Real Estate 10 S2O "a
Cash and Sight Exchange, 215,322.a3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
INJUSTICE TO pAIRYMEN.

The makers Of oleomargarlne bid
fair TO again put forth a strenuous
effort at the coming session of con
gress to secure the passage Of legisla.
ton which will make 1t possible for
them to palm off steer fat at fancy
price under the delusion on the part
OF the consumer that 1t is dairy but
ter. If congress sees fit to pass law
that will prevent oleomargarine from
masqueradlng in the guise and at the
price Of butter, but will give 1t plain
label which 1t will bear when It comes
into the consumers hands, well and
good. But any arrangement which
will enable 1t 10 reach the market
under the guise Of dairy butter should
be squelched as simply dishonest and
gross injustice TO the dairy interests.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
ORCHARD RENOVATION.

A friend who lives in north Iowa,
who has recently been in the vicinity
of Oswego, n. Y, to pack winter ap-
plies, states that there are literally
thousands Of carloads of apples in
New York state In old and neglected
orchards that range in size from a
silver quarter to a dollar that are not
worth anything-gnarly, scabby and
diseased. But he also reports that ad-
joining such neglected orchards are
those which have been renovated by
pruning and have been cultivated and
sprayed carefully, in which there is
nice crop of fruit of good size and
fine quality. The writer has never
had the privilege of personal in
spection of these New York orchards,
but from knowledge Of instances Of
orchard renovation in central and west
ern states he firmly believes that there
is a good opening In the purchase of
some of these rundown orchards by
men who have the courage to prune
heavily and the patience to wait for
results. With pruning, fertilizing,
spraying, cultivation and thinning of
fruit where needed, one would not
need to wait long for substantial re-
turns
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
WHEN THEY FALL DOWN.

There Is one respect In which a num-
ber of experiment stations In the north
ern portion of the corn belt are open
to serious criticism, and this Is In con-
nection with the introduction of types
Of pure bred corn which are entirely
too large to properly mature In the
sections whore they have been intro
duced. Too much stress has been laid
upon size of ear and depth of kernel,
when for the northern portion of the
corn belt the most vital consideration
Is not these at all, but whether a given
typo of corn will mature properly in
the growing period between frosts
which can be counted on for II. There
are tens of thousands of bushels of
soft corn this year in the district re-
ferred to which will never go to crib
and which 1t will take a lot Of time
and trouble to sort and feed so as to
get a fair return out of It. Tho aver
age farmer Is enough Of a gambler so
that he ought not to have an en-
couragement from college professors
In the matter of growing corn that
can hardly ripen one year In half
dozen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
A BOGUS ARTICLE.

A whole lot Of stuff that passes under
the guise of piety and religion is not
religion in the best sense at all, but
mere hypocrisy and sham, just form
that adheres to the letter, but denies
the spirit and essential principles Of
religion. 1t finds expression in some
instances In long prayers and due OBJ
servance of church services and regu-
lations on the Sabbath but ignores the
fundamental qualities of kindness, con-
sideration, forbearance and common
courtesy on Sunday and the other days
OF the week. While passing under Il
different name today, there is little
question that this type Is the same
Pharisee that was roasted so roundly
by the Man of Galilee In one of the bit
terest invectives contained in any liter
ature. All folks who seek to be truly
religious should aim to realize what
these traits were that the Master con-
demned.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
PRUNING SHADE TREES

The writer has taken note lately of
a number of shade trees In the locality
in which he lives, which are in bad
shape as a result of the careless and
faulty way in which large side limbs
have been removed. In taking Off
these limbs more or less of a stub has
been left, which in the growing proc
ess will probably never be covered.
But worse than this is the fact that
these stubs are likely to begin to de
cay and thus weaken the tree and
ultimately cause its destruction. When
such limbs are removed the final cut
should be made as close to the trunk
as possible, and If the diameter of the
tree Is considerable two secondary cuts
should be made, one on either side, so
as to make the exposed stub or surface
more nearly conform to the conical
surface Of the trunk. When the sur
face has been properly trimmed 1t
should be given a thick coat of white
lead paint to keep out the rot fungus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
A HELPFUL DEPARTMENT..

The Kansas Agricultural college has
a department that is rendering a serv-
Ice to the apple growers of the state
that is worthy of emulation by the
stations IN other states. Briefly, this
is what might be termed an apple
clearing house, its object being to find
buyers for the growers and growers
for those who want to buy. The sta
ton representatives also gave direc-
tions to the growers as to the harvest
ing and packing of their fruit, so that
1t would be in the most acceptable
shape possible for the buyers. All too
often the agricultural college gives
abundant instruction as to the care of
orchards, while the grower is left to
his own resources in the matter of
marketing, and, If a novice, then more
than at any other time he needs sug-
gestion and advice. The departure of
the Kansas college is surely an ex-
cellent one
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11

sand little matters have to be seen to
before all is in complete readiness for
he burst of gladness.
Every house of the many that shell
er the fifty millions of the japanese
empire, however humble the abode may
be, has some sign of the New Year
Idea. Before every gate and doorway
Is placed the chief symbol of the sea.
son, what the japanese call the kado-
matsu, or pine tree of the honorable
date. At each side of the entrance to
the house or garden three short pieces
of bamboo tree, cut at an acute angle,
stand tied together as pedestal from
which rises the ever glorious pine tree,
in shape something like a Christmas
tree, for the young pine is the emblem
Of a loyalty and life that are ever fresh
and green.
In addition, over the door of each
house is set up a lobster attached to
an orange. These are usually the gifts
Of a friend to express the good(D wish
that the recipient will live till the loins
are bent up like a lobster. Whether
the orange represents orange blossoms
and plenty of weddings in the family
Is not clearly known. Above the orna-
ments of the doorway is stretched a
piece of artistically woven straw rope,
the shinto sign of reverence for the
ancestral gods. AS one goes along the
streets they seem gradually to be
transformed into long and winding av-
enues Of trees, suggestions of the an
cestral hunting grounds, and at night
the whole is lit up by innumerabe
lanterns that shed a varicolOred light
on the decorations and the crowds that
throng the thoroughfares. The blaze
Of lantern color lends the scene a mag
ic touch that charms the Japanese
mind and has no little attraction for
the foreigner.
To tell of the endless array of gifts
that at this season pass between friend
and friend, neighbor and neighbor,
would be impossible. Among the more
common may be mentioned n basket
containing a dozen eggs or oranges, a
box of sponge cake, or a cake of soap.
the latter gift being in no way intend
ed as n reflection on the beneficiary
New York Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
WIND Or GASOLINE.

Windmill power under favorable col-
ditions, which include tower that is
not more than forty feet high, is with
out question the cheapest power to be
had for pumping water, But where
the power generated is wanted for
grinding feed, saving wood and doing
other jobs the gasoline engine is much
to be preferred. The advantages Of
the engine power are that its efficiency
does not depend upon the caprice OF
the wind. Neither is It put out Of
commission as a result of a heavy
wlndstorm, as is so often the case with
the windmill. More than this, the gaso-
line engine is good developer OF pa
tence for the fellow In charge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11
SUCCESS ON THE SOIL,

There came to the writer the other
day the interesting account of two
brothers, one of whom had fitted him
self for the law and the other for
medical career. After n short period
Of practice the doctor concluded that
the application of a fair amount Of
brains and the exercise of a certain
amount Of faith would give him larger
returns II devoted to agriculture, so
he quit the pill business and took up
farming. His brother, the lawyer.
made sport Of his change, saying that
any old lubber could succeed at farm
ing. The years passed. In the inter
val the one who changed to farming
has become Independently wealthy,
has Travelled all over his own country
and made numerous trips to Europe
The lawyer, who stuck to his profess
sion, is just barely making a living
and today, when it is too late, realizes
that he missed it by not doing as his
brother did.