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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
BLOCK PAYMENTS

At a political meeting very enthu-
sastic German made "A speech beginning
like this
MY dear fellow-citizens and fellow
Shermans. | don't want to say holdings
about nobody, but look at dem Irish In
de 10th ward. vot have Diet kot' Psved
streets IND vot have we got? Nut
Nut, Now. my fellow citizens ind fellow
Shermans. vot Wish to say is dis: Come,
let us put our headts to gether und make
n block pavement. "-Philadelphia Tele-
graph
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
THE STORY TELLER.
a BARON F,TITR

A retired army officer tells n story con
corning captain in a South American
war
This captain" said he was contiu-
ually getting sick and being reported nm
ht for duty whenever there was a HE
battle in sight.
AFTER ne had shirked about seven bat
ties by means or sick leave. he became
notorious and 1t is said that he once
overheard from the hospital tent two
newsboys talking about himself
Juan said the first boy, we'd bet.
ter order an extra supply of papers
There's going to be some tall fighting
tomorrow.
How do you know that7 pepe,. tn,
second boy asked.
" Captain Blanc Ia sick again
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

Influenced legislation, as favorable W
re small town as to the great are
n secluded place to accomplish their
task.
II ever the powers OF the state see
lit to move the capitol to Burlington
burlington Will not move away. But
burlington Is not asking for 1t. Ana
though slightly deficient sentiment
suggests the change, let It not be said
that Burlington is "at 1t again"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
A PSYCHOLOGICAL PARADOX.

A PSYCHOLOGICAL PARADOA-
The ducks a stupid. waddlng thing,
And awkward az can be.
The bright hen moves with easy grace
And stately dignity.
Yet should YOU to your sweetheart say,
To praise her, You're hem"
With deepest scorn she'd vow that you
The rudest were of men.
but note her bushes rise: her face.
Bv sweet confusion struck.
Joy beaming. should you to her say,
You surely are a duck
New York Sur
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
PROGRESsIVES WILL DISINTEG
RATE.

,From the Portland Orogonian, lndtl
The Progressive party may be kept
alive for IA few years by the vigorous ef
forts OF Roosevelt ard his heutenanu
and by the enthusiasm of his ADMIRERS,
but the satisfaction of It's every leglt-
mate demand by the other parties and
the discovery that the charges or frauo
with which II entered the arena are tase'
less will gradually sap its strength, Tht
calm reflection which viii follow the re-
cent period of excitement will all tend te
dsintegration of the Roosevelt following
and to lead the great majority of the
wanderers back to their old political
fold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
LAMAs AND THE CHINESE REPUB.
Lie.
(From the Pekin Daily News

(From the Pekin Daily News
During the celebration days the Lama
monks in PelIn delegated number Of
their order to the celebration grounds
They were not a little impressed with thu
spirit Of the new reEime. Upon their re-
turn the delegates We're besct with a num-
Der of questions from their comrades IN
reply Monk Mu Te pu Ssu quoted tho
ancient saying that THE people are OF
the first Importance. the national altar
comes next. and the sovereign Is tha
least" Upon further inquiry the same
monk gave a very eloquent address on
the meaning and significance of repuo-
lican form Of government which Was
thoroughly enjoyed and heartily applaud'
ed by them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
HEARS IN YELLOWSTONE P\Kk.

Idyingston correspondence Anaconda
Standard
Because there are 50 many bears MOST
ly silver-tips and grizzlies, in Yellowstone
National Park that the lives OF tourists
are in danger, the park authorities m
tend to XIII off not less than ~ OF the an
tnlals this fall Many bears have been
captured within tho last few weeks and
shipped to parks in eastern cities, hut the
cost of capturing the animals = great
and as many of them are so bold as tc
be "A nuisance In the park around camping
outfits IL Is believed best 10 Kill them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
WEATHER INFORMATION.

'From the s.. Paul Dspatch)
weather seers have found that fleas are
sticking to rabbits and consequently win
Ter VIII be deferred until the new year
comes All that is necessary now Ia for
the seers to inform us how the fieas post
td themselves We prefer. quite natur-
ANY. tn get our weather information first
hand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

"Compulsory vaccination may be
all right under certain conditions but
we believe the board of health has
about all the powers 1t needs in mat
tiers OF this kind at the present time.
There Is such a thing as having too
much law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
NATURAL QUERY.

The OId.Timer-Yes, sir we had two
ice crops this winter
The Newcomer to the Country-That
speaks pretty well for This section. I'm
glad we moved out here, What kind of
water did you plant?-Womans Home
Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
THANKSGIVING HINT,

Things are not az they used to be.
It's better 50 by far.
For If they were that way, you see,
They'd not be is they are
And since at present things appear
To have some need of us
Lets contemplate them with good cheer.
ReIoiced that they are thus.
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
CLEAR CASE OF NEGLIGENCE

CLEAR CASE OF NEGLIGENCE.
an an insurance case tried in an Ohio
town." says a Cleveland lawyer, "A
youthful attorney asked an old sailor
during tho course Of his cross-exainina-
ton at what time Of dav a certain COLI
sion occurred.
About the middle of tho first dog
watch" was the reply.
I'm summing UP the case the youth
full lawyer ENLARGED upon tho 'nforma-
ton thus impaired as follows:
You can imagine. gentlemen of the
jury. the care which was exercised or
this occasion when, as appears from tn,
testimony Of the plaintiffs own Witnesses
this valuable ship and her cargo. I,
say nothing OF the lives OF the passengers
and crew. were entrusted 10 what. ge.tle
men why. to tho mere watch of q
dog "--Green Bag
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
WELL MET.

WHAT luck in America. duke?"
prospects look pleasing, Last week
was introduced to some beautiful
blondes with some beautiful bonds
Louisville Courer-Jcurnal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
A SLIGHT OVERSIGHT.

Mrs Shopley-Ch. Henry. l bought the
loveliest set of books to-day on the In
stallment plan. All | have to pay IS II
dollar and a half month.
Shoplcy-For now many months
Mrs. Shopley-Mercy | forgot TO ask.
boston transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
OPPORTUNITY

"Do you.' said the counsel, swear
that You will tell the truth the whole
truth. and" "Oh. how lovely" the fair
witness interrupted Shall | be allowed
to talk all the afternoon II | want tor
STRAY 81 -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

When you want anything, advertise
in the new special column of this
paper. Some bargains are onered
there this week which 1t will pay you
TO read about. See page two. This
paper has more than 10000 readers
every week AMI one cent word will
reach them ALL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
DEFINED.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
A good fellow is usually man whit
can PAY % cents round for drinks he.
cause his wife does her own washing AND
makes her own waists.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
BORROWING TROUBLE.

Bught-What is your idea Of borrowing
trouble?
Tight-Ietting the neighbors use your
telephone. Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
RESIGNATION.

Blobbs--Nigwag goes about his work
with such an air of resignation
Slobos-Yes. he expects to lose his Job
philadelphia Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

AS "A result Of strap whippings by their
principal, pupils of the Winstead Davie
school al Anna H., have gone on a
strike
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yerms--xi 90 n Year. In Advance
DAILY by mail 300 n year In advance
RATE IN CANADA
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~ ukEY NOT 4 NECESSITY.


MRS FRANCES THAYEP REMEl.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31

tertainment of the crowd was at
a little disadvantage because of
being unable to ascertain the
number to be cared for until a
late hour, both at lunch and
transportation, however there
were two conveyances more than
were needed and none went away
hungry, if their expressions were
not a joke.
In fact one of the visitors was
heard to say 1T was the first
square meal l have had in four
years, and l am a restaurant
man." but be that as it may
everything seemed to move off
smoothly.
After the luncheon a stroll over
the dam was taken and the
wonderful work being done was
viewed with pleasure and in
many instances with surprise.
The large body of water already
stored was an inspiring sight, it
having reached a depth of 81 feet
3 inches and still rising.
At three O'Clock the last Of the
teams left the dam for town and
at AIS the crowd was back tC
the depot and ready for their ret
urn trip.
The people here expressed them
selves as being pleased because o
the visit of our friends from dowr
the line and extended a cordia
invitation to come again.
The committee in charge take
this means to thank all who
assisted in any way in caring
for the visitors and for the pres
ence of so many of our citizens
to welcome our friends to oul
town.
1t is probable that some time
during the summer season a sim
liar excursion may be made by
the Oakley people in order to get
acquainted with our neighbors
along the line as well and see'theil
country and what they are doing
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Not All Harmony With the
Democrats.

At the Democratic county con-
vention held at Gooding, last
week the Wendall paper records
the steam roller as being in evid-
ence. A move is on for county
division over in Lincoln county
and instead of selecting represen-
tatives to the state convention
some of the delegates were in
structed for county division.
During the course OF a red-hot de-
bate between two of their num-
Der, one challenged the other to
step out into the alley. The bid
was accepted, the latter received
a swat on the nose, the argument
ended and an uninstructed dele
cation goes to Occur d Alene
next month.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Edgar A. Dunn Dies.

Edgar A. Dunn, age 33 years,
who moved to this place about
the middle of May, died at the
home of his brother Atty w. l..
Dunn on the 23rd inst. The doc
tor gave as the cause of death
heart trouble, however, Mr.. Dunn
has not been we'll for a number of
years.
About eleven years ago he had
a seige of spotted fever and since
then has never had the vitality
he formerly had, and about four
years ago he had very severe
attack of typhoid fever which left
him in very poor health. During
the last year he has spent most
of his time at Grouse Creek but
has been unable to do scarcely any
work.
He was we'll thought of and
made friends wherever he went.
For about fifteen years he was
employed with the Pacific Express
Co., in Salt Lake City.
He leaves a Father and M other,
Jas. Dunn and Margret Thomas
Dunn, four brothers and one SIS
ter. The brothers are, w. L.
Dunn, Of this place, Ellis and Ern-
! est of Salt Lake; Jas. of Grouse
Greek and a sister Ruby of this
place. The father and brother
Ernest were not present at the
funeral but the other members
were here. Services were held at
the residence of his brother and
interment took place in the Oak
ley cemetry.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Outlook good for Heavy Beet
Yield.

The beet seed that was planted
in this end of the valley this spring
is growing nicely and is in good
shape. Notwithstanding that
this is practically the initial year
for beets only one man will likely
have to replanr oweing to the
seed being put into the ground
when 1t was too dry.
Already some have begun to
thin out their beets.
A company of H1ndooes will be
here some time this week to care
for the crop in this valley. These
people are well acquainted with
the beet business as a people and
it is expected that a splendid op-
portunity to test out in this sec.
ton is good. With a good sup
ply of water and expert cultiva.
tors an idea of what can be done
in the beet business can be ascer.
tanned this year, at least in a fair
degree.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Twin Falls Get Acquainted
Excursion" Made Welcome
to Oakley.
175 VISITORS ON TRAIN. Met MANY PEOPLE HEI

The Twin Falls "Get Acqualnt-
ed Excursion" train arrived in
our city Wednesday. the first of
its kind to make such a trip here,
only a few minutes after schedul-
ed time and were met at the dep
OF by large crowd of our local
people who seemed to enter i'm
mediately into the spirit of the
occasion and a general getting
acquainted followed. The Oak
ley Band greeted them with a
lively selection and the march to
the town was then begun.
The Twin Falls Boosters as
they STYLED themselves also had
their band along with them who
rendered some very appropriate
selections.
The crowd marched on to the
lawn in front of the Worthington
Hotel where they met double the
size crowd that was at the depot
An impromptu program was
given on the lawn at which
Mayor John 0. Lowe made &
brief and spicy speech Of welcome
to the visitors.
He was followed by Messrs
Hans, President of the Twin Fall.
Commercial Club, Senator Haight
of Oakley, Robinson and Breck
enride of Twin Falls.
Each spoke in glowing terms
of the most choice land in which
we live and of the need of uniteC
effort in the upbuilding of South
Idaho.
After the program was con
cluded conveyances were in read
mess and the guests were provid
ed with transportation to the
Oakley dam, where the committe,
from the commercial club who
had the matter in hand had lunch
prepared and about 22O people
were cared for.
The commercial club committee
in making provision for the en-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Cassia Co. Independent
Telephone to make Changes

Mr.. Geo. 0. Tolman. Proprietor
of the Cassia County Independent
Telephone line was in the CITY
this week looking over his line
with view to changing the pre-
sent route. 1t now goes through
Marion and Island on it's way to
Albion and inasmuch as the
Mountain States serves all this
territory he anticipates running
his line directly east from Oakley
to the Basin where it now extends
and then from there to Albion,
This work will be done sometime
this Summer. Mr.. Tolman also
intends extending about twenty
miles OF line in the Raft River Sec
tion this year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Twin Falls 'Drys" Win
Election.

In an election which was held
on the 22nd inst. the people of
Twin Falls again voted for that
county to remain in the "dry"
column with a larger majority
than ever before.
When the question was voted
upon in 1909 a majority of III
was shown but this time a maj
ority of 1898 with three more
precincts to be heard from which
will raise the number above 1900
Hollister was the only town in
the county that showed a wet
majority, it having 80 vets.
This is certainly a sweeping
victory for the drys and will pos
sibly put to silence the cry of the
vets that the maj jority of the peo-
pie were demanding the open sa-
loon again. By the gain shown
in this election it is evident that
the local option law is preferable
to the former condition.
Almost double the maj jority OF
two years age is the manner in
which the citizens of that county
expressed their preference in the
matter. 1t is also evident that
the local option law has come to
stay, and like the law against
murder, while it does not guaran.
tee infringement of the law If
stands as a preventative and is
one of the strongest projections
that could be thrown around any
class of citizens, against this evil
and curse of the land.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids for the construction
of a Brick and Stone Grade School
at Oakley, Idaho, are invited, and
will be received by the clerk of
Ind. District No. 2 at Oakley, Ida,
until $50 O'Clock pm. of Satur-
day, June 18th, 1912 at which
place and hour the bids will be
publicly opened and read.
Each bid must be accompanied
by certified check in the sum of
1O%o of the amount of the bid,
same to be retained by the board
should the contractor making the
bid fail to enter into a contract
with the board within five days
after it is awarded to him.
The security required for the
fulfiillment of the contract will be
500 of the contract price.
The board reserve the right to
accept any or reject all bids.
Plans and specifications may
be obtained from the Clerk or
from Burton E. Morse, Architect,
Twin Falls, by making a deposit
of ten dollars to insure their
return
JNo. A. ELLISON,
Clerk of Board,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Island Briefs
BASE BALL TEAM ACTIVE.
FARM PRODUCTS LOOKING GOOD.

Mr.. Keith Craney left for trip
to Baker City, Oregon, Tuesday.
Mrs. Lucille Hale returned the
first of the week from Nephi, Utah
where she has been visiting her
parents for nearly two months.
Lars Larson is working on his
farm near Burley.
A.Lenhoffis preparing to move
with his family to California.
He will have the deal closed
which disposes of his fine farm to
other parties shortly.
Ason was born to Mrs. Lorenzo
Okleberry the first part of the
week.
All crops are looking fine, fruit
especially, which promises a
heavy yield.
David Okleberry is doing pub
lie spraying now
Island has crack base ball
term now. They have sent out
several challenges recently and
have been successful in walking
off with most OF the honors. A
matched game was played a few
days ago with the Buelah team
and our local team won the game.
They also played with Marion
twice, taking one game and los
ing one.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Fruit Crop
Prospects
Bright.
SPRING HAS BEEN VERY
FAVORABLE.

All over this valley the fruit
trees are in bloom and prospects
are that the heaviest yield in the
history OF the country will be
raised this year.
Unless something unforeseen
comes, which does not seem prob
able now, all kinds of fruit COM
mon to this climate will be in
abundance this year.
The late spring has held the
blooms back SO that now there is
very little danger of frost and the
trees are loaded very heavily
with blooms that Indicate a
heavy yeald.
In addition to the splendid
prospects large acreage has been
planted increasing the number of
trees in the valley and nearly
every man IS looking toward in
creasing the number from year
to year.
That this section is going to be
one of the leading ftuit sections
there seems to be little doubt.
Orchardists who visit this end of
the valley are loud in their praise
OF it especially as fruit section.
The protection afforded it is ex-
ceptionally good oweing to the
mountain ranges on each side
which prevent the wind from
blowing the fruit from the trees
much more than in some sections
and the winter is very mild afford
ing ideal conditions for the pro-
per culture of this product.
During the year 1911 heavier
rainfall was recorded here than
in any place i'll Southern Idaho
and the precipitation came at a
time when it was most needed.
The interest that is being man.
ifested in the taking ofland lying
near the foothills for dry farming
and fruit purposes shows the
faith people have in this valley
and thus far none have been dis
appointed in their efforts, where
proper application of the laws
of farming and fruit raising has
been applied. The land too is
continually rising in value and
while some think it has reached
it's zenith they may expect future
years to double it's value.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Elba News.
WARD CONFERENCE HELD.

Sunday, the Goth, Pres. John
l.. Smith of the Stake Presidency
was here and held Ward Confer
ence. A very fair attendance to
the meetings was shown.
On Sunday evening Pres. w.
T. Harper, Stake Clerk Earl
Whitley and Elder Rosel Hale
returned from Malta where they
h ad been holding Conference
through the day and joined Pres.
Smith in the evening.
The people of this ward expect
to observe Friday afternoon of
each week as a half-holiday dur
ing the summer season and Base
ball and other sports will be
taken up and some matched
games be arranged for with the
ne1ghbOrlng towns.
Dryfarming is becoming very
successful, nearly all the land
that can possibly be titled along
the foot hills has been taken up
and from the present outlook a
heavier WELD will be received from
the dry land than from the irrig-
ated farms.
The fruit crop is very promis.
ing this year. There has been
more snow here than for twenty
years.
John Darlington and wife re-
turned from McCammon Mon
day evening where they have been
visiting Henry Stokes, a son OF
Mrs. Darlington.
Considerable wheat is now
being hauled out to the railroad
for which a good price is being
received.
There is much hay for sale III
this place, although someis being
hauled ont now.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Notice.

BEGINNING MAY 18th, 1912.
| will pay upon presentation all
Warrants drawn against Cassia
County Road and Bridge Fund
up to and including Number 71S.
1911 Series. Also up to and
including Number 33. 1912 Series.
ANDREW LOUNsBURY
81 County Treasurer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Notice

BEGINNING May 18th 1912.
II will Paw all Warrants Drawn
Against Cassia County General
Fund up to and including Mum
Der 1896. 1911 Series. Also up
to and including Number As. 1912
Series.
ANDREW LOUNsBURY
u County Treasurer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-05-31
Pacific Coast Excursions

At various times during the
Summer via the Oregon Shor
Line. Reduced fares to Portland,
Seattle, San Francisco, Los An
geles and other coast points.
Consult any Oregon Short Line
Agent or write D. E. Burley, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Salt Lake
City, Utah.