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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-24

In some portions of the state thresn-
ing is nearly all finished, while in
other sections, not over Is per cent
was reported completed the first OF
the week. In this vicinity, it is est.
mated that from 60 to Is per cent OF
the wheat has been threshed and II
we are blessed with q week or ten
days more Of fair weather this crop
will all be saved. AS for fax, we'll.
we are used to threshing that crop
in the spring anyway. The farmers
have much to feel thankful for any
way. No use blaming or the lack Of
sufficient help. That won't thresh
your grain.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Great Future For The Live
Stock Business

A Western dealer of long experience
both in raising and in selling live
stock, says in current issue of
Farm and Fireside that there is a
great future for the live stock busine 6
Following is an extract:
Trainers might just as we'll get II
into their heads that the more pro-
fitable farming for the next few years
is the live stock end.
ut follows just as sure as the sun
goes round that when corn goes to
fifty cents per bushel and cattle and
hogs have a bad year or two, the
crowd gets out of live stock and tears
the stuffing out Of the farms raising
corn. Then the pendulum swings the
other way corn flops off because
there is less demand. and less cattle
and live stock to eat it. That's
what we are up against now
"There is an old saying that every
dog has his day The live stock man
is surely going to get his day
1T also naturally follows that pork
and mutton must bring good prices.''
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
BLACKFOOT' WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP

Blackfoot held for downs and kicked
out of bounds on the 30 yard line,
from which point Idaho Falls carried
the ball back to the yard line, where
Blackfoot held and kicked, Idaho Falls
fumbled the ball and Gibbie recovered
for gain of 40 yards. Blackfoot then
executed another forward pass fol
Is yards, Rich to Adanlson.
With minutes to play and Black
foot in possession of the ball on Ida
ho Falls yard line Farmer shot acros
the line for a touchdown but was
picked up and carried back by Idaho
Falls, and the referee refused to allow
the touchdown. Blackfoot still had
two downs to carry the ball over SC
the two time-keepers who were from
Idaho Falls, called time to save their
team from being scored. Score, Black
foot z, Idaho Falls 0.
Referee, Crutchfield;I umpire, Best;
head lineman, Stromquist.
Blacktoot's next game is with Twin
Falls at Twin Falls next Saturday.
The winner of this game goes to
Boise to play for the championship OF
Utah and Idaho on Thanksgiving Gay
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
PRESIDENTIAL
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
TAFT Fixes November 20 as Day For
National Thank Offering and Cites
Abundant Reason Why Americans
Should Be Thankful.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 8.-Presi-
dent Taft has issued proclamation
setting aside November % as Thanks
giving day.
The proclamation follows:
by the president of the United
States.
"a proclamation:
"a God-fearing nation, like ours,
owes it to its inborn and sincere sense
of moral duty to testify its devout
gratitude to the Allgiver for the
countless benefits it has enjoyed. For
many years it has been customary at
the close of the year for the national
executive to urge upon his fellow
countrymen to offer praise and thanks
to God for the manifold blessings
vouchsafed to them in the past and
to unite in earnest suppliance for
, their continuation.
"The year now drawing to a close
has been notably favorable to our
fortunate land. At peace within and
without, free from the perturbaticns
and calamities that have afflicted
other peoples; rich in harvests SO
abundant and industries so produc-
| tive that the overflow OF our prosper
| ity has advanced the whole world,
strong in the steadfast conservation
Of the heritage of government te-
queathed to us by the wisdom of our
fathers, and firm in the resolve to
transmit that heritage. unimpaired
but rather improved by good use, to
our children and our children's child
ren for all time to come. the people
Of this country have abounding cause
for contented gratitude
Wherefore. !, William Howard
Taft, president of the United States
of America in pursuance of long es-
tablished usage and in response to the
wish of the American people, invite
my countrymen wheresoever they msy
sojourn to join, on Thursday, the
| 28th day of this month of November,
in appropriate ascription of praise
and thanks to God for the good gifts
that have been our portion and in
humble prayer that his great mercies
toward us may endure
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
A Stolen Bone

As the election gossip is about all
over with, we have to take to other
lines for news Here is small bit
of good live reading, read it. Last
Friday Mr.. Hansbrough's dog was
undoubtedly given nothing to eat and
must have been pretty hungry, as he
left his headquarters and roamed the
town in search of something to eat.
It seems as though he must have came
in sight Of Mr.. Gagons dog just in
the act of hiding large bone in the
garden west of the house. He sat
down on his launches and carefully
watched the exact location of hiding,
and as soon as the bone was covered
and the other dog out of his sight or
he thought he was, he made the grand
march for the said treasure, which
he succeeded in getting out of the
ground, but alas, the enemy was quiet
ly hidden and on guard. The fight
was a good one, they did well and
were just making good headway when
interrupted by a passer-by who gently
broke the fighting dogs apart and
sent them on their homeward ways,
the dog in search of food feeling none
the better for his chase that day.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
THE MlDwINTER SHOW
National Western Stock Show to BE
Larger and Better Than Ever

The dates for the Eighth Annual Ma.
tional Stock Show at Denver have beef
fixed for January 20 to rs inclusive,
and plans for the big event are alread.
we'll under way. There will be several
new features in the show this winter,
including a new department for indus
trial exhibits and the enlarging of
the old feed and forage section to in
clude all kinds of farm crop exhibits,
and hereafter this will be known as
the Agricultural Section"
''The people seem determined to turn
the exhibition into a regular exposi-
tion," said Secretary Johnson. 1--WE
started as simple stock show and
the live stock exhibits will still contin.
ue to be the principal feature, but the
demand for opportunity to exhibit agri
cultural products and machinery and
industrial exhibits has become SO
strong that to the extent of our space
we will yield to this demand. There
is more interest in every part Of the
next show than We ever had before
at this time The Poultry Show, the
Horse Show and the Stock Show in
every part will be larger and OF higher
quality than ever before, and we ex-
pect this show to be a record-breaker
in every way"
The premium list, with over $50, 900
of premiums offered, is now out, and
preparations are being made all over
the west for the big midwinter event
in Denver. The railroads will make
special low rates and after the biz
crops are harvested this fall the stock
men and farmers will be likely to at
tend the big show in much larger mum
bers than ever before.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
WHY FRET?

Are the trains ttoo slow for you?
Caesar, with all Of his court, never
exceeded the speed limit.
Are your wages too small? In Eu-
rope people are content with making
a living.
Are the lights too dim? David wrot
his psalms by the light of a smoky
torch
Are you ugly? Cleopatra. though
homely, bewitched two emperors.
Are you cold? The soldiers of Val
lev. Forge walked barefoot on the ice
and snow.
Are you hungry? The children o
India are starving for want of g
crust Of bread.
Aree you TIRED? Why fret about
it? Jacob was tired when he dreamed
Of the angels of Heaven.
Are you sick? Suppose you haG
lived two thousand years ago wher
sickness was fatal.
Are you poor? The Saviour of Mer
was not wealthy.
Cheer up. Praise God that you live
in the midst of his blessings.
Why fret?-Chelsa Sherlock in Am
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11

Nothing In American life seems
more threatening than the growing
disregard for law. The readiness to
settle labor troubles BY throwing rocks
and assination, the growing preva-
lence Of theft, burglary and embezsle-
naent, the open defiance Of courts and
constituted authorities-here Is ver-
table canker eating into the heart Of
our national life.
The one great reason assigned for
the prevalence of crime is that our
courts have been so ready to let the
big sinners go. Law has been defined
as a net that holds the minnows, and
permits the whales to break through
It has been the common gibe of
the underworld, that a man Is given
year in prison for stealing a pocket
book, but if he steals a railroad from
the stockholders, he is exonerated by
the courts and worshipped in society
Against all this Mr.. Taft has set
himself resolutely. The big sinners
have been prosecuted with all the pow.
er Of the government
The dissolution of the tobacco and
oil trusts: whether effective or not in
lowering prices, was the only course
left to Mr.. Taft under his constitu-
tional oath to enforce the laws made
by Congress. Most presidents would
have lodged the obligation. He did
not view his responsibilities sd lightly.
The prosecution of the sugar Gus
toms fraud cases has been a splendid
illustration of the spirit Of the admin
isration. Penalties and back duties OF
over $4,000,000 were collected from
this source.
So relentless has been the war on
every form of official graft, that no
administration in American history has
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Making Pocket Money On W.
Small piecA Of Ground


In the current issue Of Farm and
Fireside appears the following:
"The nice chance Of making some
pocket-money by growing cabs age,
celery and perhaps other vabetable
plants on a suburban lot, which ! re-
Gently mentioned in these columns, has
apparently made some of our readers
open their eyes. But it was very far
from my intention to induce anyone
to give up his regular business which
affords him living and buy a place
Of two or more acres in order to be
able to grow such plants for liveli-
hood. Gould a man be sure of max.
ing at least eight hundred dollars from
one acre Of plants? l am asked. No
thing sure about anything. surely moi
about the reurns from any farm OF
garden crop. There are professional
plant-growers all over the land, and
they have to meet competition as ir
anything else. In rural neighborhocds
or in the suburbs, however, there is
often limited demand for good plants
at prices far above the advertised
rates of the professionals. If you
have an eighth of an acre, more OF
less, of spare land, it may be we'll tc
try, carefully and on a small scale al
first, what you can get out of a bee
of vegetable plants. That is a safe
proposition. The other is not
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Quarterly Conference

The regular Quarterly Conference of
the Blackfoot stake will be held at
Shelley on Saturday and Sunday, No
yember 16 and II, in the Shelley First
Ward meeting house
Sessions will be held at 10 a. m.
and p. m. each day and the usual NJ
l. A. Conference will be held on Sum
day evening There will be no Stake
Priesthood meeting.
The members Of the church are urg-
ed to be in attendance and the public
generally are cordially invited.
James Duckworth.
Heber C. C. Rich,
Joseph H. Dye.
Stake Presidency.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Basket Ball League

The winters sports will be well
marked in this city by a basket ball
league which will be composed of team
of the High School and the Athletic
Club OF this city. The high school boys
and faculty are beginning to stir
around in the gym. with the large
sphere and are getting into shape for
the coming season. A schedule, will
be made up in the near future and a
pennant put up for the winning team
at the end of the season. 5
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11

SO white record in the matter Of
common honesty. Moreover the big.
gest undertaking Of American life,
the digging Of the Panama canal, has
been carried through without the least
stain or scandal.
This is the kind cf thing which all
who favor law and order and honest
government have been seeking for
many years. and it should be reckoned
at with it's full value.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Score. 5laeIfoot 7-ldaho Falls 0

There was some delay in getting the
game started because Of the fact thai
the superintendent Of the local high
school insisted upon letting the coach
Of Idaho Falls team referee the game.
The game was finally started with
Crutchfield referee. Fest, Idaho Falls
assistant coach umpire, and Rev,
StromQuist head lineman, and two Ida
no Falls people to keep time.
Blackfoot kicked off to Idaho Falls
at $3.50. Rich kicked the ball ovsr
the goal line twice, and it was Civ
en- to Idaho Falls on their 20 yard line
They failed to gain on three attemp $
and kicked, the kick went low through
the line and was recovered by Idaho
Falls right end. On four more at
tempts they failed to make the neces
sary 10 yds and the ball went to
BlackfOOt in the centre of the field.
On three plays Rich carried the
ball to the 15 yard line. on three more
attempts he carried it to the
foot line, from which point Blackfoot
should have had four downs to carry
| it over. They failed on the first at
tempt and the referee gave the bal
to Idaho Falls, who kicked out of dan
ger.
Blackfoot carried the ball back tt
the II yard line when time was ur
| for the first quarter.
At the beginning Of the End quarter
Elackfoot carried the ball to the
yard line from which point Rich sho
forward pass to Adamscn behint
the goal line for the first score O
the game. Rich kicked goal. Scor,
flackfoot z, Idaho Falls D.
At the beginning of the second hal
Blackfoot kicked off to Idaho Fasl
who returned Is yards, where Black
foot held them and took the ball OF
down. Here Rich, the Blackfoor ful
back, tried the only drop kick Of tn
game and it went inside the soa
post by a yard, but the referee VIII,
was over ON the side line instead O
behind the kicker as he should hav
been, called it no goal, and the bal
went to Idaho Falls on their 20 var,
line.
On an exchange of punts Idaho Fa
got the ball on their 40 yard line, the
advanced the ball 20 yards where the,
were held for downs. and the refere
then gave them the 9Th down to max
the necessary 10 yards. This was tn
/, first time Idaho Falls had possession
of the ball in side Of Rlackfoot's ter
! ritory. In the next four plays Idah
Falls was off side three times, on
time five players were in motion whel
the ball was passed, yet the referee di
not penalize them. Time was upfor tn
third quarter with Idaho Falls in pcs
session of the ball on our 20 yard line
At the beginning of the 4th quartz
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11

Sheriff Grizzly. of POcateilo, who has
been up on Little Lost River for the
past week in quest of big game, came
down Friday evening with one fine
deer just as he killed it, and the hide
and head Of another, having eaten this
one while in the wilds. Mr.. Grizzly re-
ports hunting pretty good in that
neck of the woods and says that he
seen plenty of the big game.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS
EAST

Via Oregon Short Line Union Pacific
railroads October 18th. November q
and 25; and December 81 and %; Ii
init Of October and November tickets
January 31st, and of December tickets
February 2Sth. Low rates to Omaha
Chicago Minneapolis, Kansas City,
st. Louis and many other points. See
agents for rates and particulars.
O3-Dec23 adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Judue Sample Very III

Mrs. c. V. Fisher, and Mrs. j. G..
Bond, accompanied by Miss Lillian
Sample, left Friday noon for Horse
Shoe Bend, where they had been call
ed to the bedside of their. father who
is seriously i'll at that point. Mr..
Sample was operated upon about three
weeks ago for quail stones and has not
yet recovered from the operation.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Married Saturday Evening

Miss Cora Jackson, of Idaho Falls,
and Orton L. Andrus, of Firth, were
united in marriage Saturday evening
at the Methodist parsonage in this city
The only witnessed present were the
brother of the groom, Milom Andrus,
and Miss Althia Quinn, of Basalt.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
NOTICE
To All Creditors:

To All Creditors:
Notice is hereby given that all par
ties having claims against the under
signed Wong Chong, must present said
claims for payment on or before the
18th day Of November, 1912, as no
claims will be paid after said date.
adv. 1t-p (Signed) Chez Mon.
Blackfoot, Idaho, Nov. 8, 1912.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
SPOKANE EXCURSIONS

November 8, 10, II, 22, %
Via Oregon Short Line for National
Apple Show. National Grange Nesting
and American Mining Congress. Seq
agents for rates and further particu-
lars. O28-N23 adv
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-11-11
Teachers, Examination

Examination for first, second and
third grade certificates will be he'd
at the Court House in Blackfoot on
November %, 29, and 80, 1912.
ALICE BEACH,
O11-3t adv County Supt. Of Schools
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-19

The approximate amount Of the lien Of
charge, to satisfy which the above-described
property is 20 be sold, is SO, 23l.69, with In
terest thseon from the 18th day OF November
1912. together with the costs and allowance
amounting TO S37l.T2. with interest from No
vember 18th, 1912, together with the expenses
OF the sale. The approximate amount OF the
taxes. assessments and water rates, or other
liens. which are 10 be allowed TO the pur-
chaser out Of the purchase money, or paid b.
the Referee is as fellows; Taxes for the year
1912 amounting 20 $3.50 and the interest and
penalties thereon, IL any; CrotOR Water meter
charges up to April End, 1912, amounting 10
S4s 81 and the interest and penalties thereon,
II any, and also the unfxed Croton Water
meter charges thereon since that day: Croton
Water meter charges up 20 October md 1872,
amounting TO SIS 90 and the interest and pen
alties thereon, II any and also the unhxsd
Croton Water meter charges thereon since that
day. The premises will be sold subject 70 two
mortgages, one a first mortgage given 10 Sc
cure the payment Of the sum OF $4,000. with
interest thereon from November 9th. 1912, at
the rate of four and 0ne-half per cent per
annum. and the other a second mortgage given
20 secure the payment OF the sum OF 10000.
with interest thereon from July 3lst l9l2 at
the rate Of Eve per cent per annum.
Dated. New York. November 18th. 1917.
MOSES COWEN. Referee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-19
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FORECLOSURE SALES.

yVPREME COURT, COUNTY OF NEW
York.-Unlted States Trust Company OF New
York plaintiff, against Anna X. Daniel and
others, de 'endants.
In pursuance OF a judgment Of foreclosure
and sale, duly made and entered In the above
entitled a ton and bearing date the 18th day
OF June 1910 I, the undersigned, the referee in
said judgment named, will sell at public auc-
tlon 81 the New York Real Estate salesrooms.
Manhattan. City Of New York, gu the 23d day
Of August 1912, at IL o'clock noon on that
day, By Daniel Greenwald. auctloneer. the
premises directed by said judgment 10 be Sold
and therein described follows:
All that certain lot piece or parcel Of land
with the buildings and improvements thereon
erected, Cituate. lying and being in the City OF
New York, and bounded and described fol-
lows, VIZ. Beginning at point on the south
ery side Of SIND street, distant three hundred
and five CJ05) feet westerly from the corner
formed by the intersection OF the said south
ery side OF S2nd street with the westerly side
Of Columbus dormery NINTH Avenue; thence
erly side OF Columbus Avenue ana part OF the
way through party wall, one hundred and
two 900 feet two (2) Inches 10 the centre line
OF the block between Sist and SIND Streets:
thence westerly, along said centre line CT the
block twenty t20) feet; thence northerly, again
parallel with the said westerly side OF Colum-
bus Avenue. one hundred and TWO 002) feet
two ~ inches 10 the said southerly sido Ct SIND
street: and thence easterly, along the said
southerly side OF s2nd street, twenty COO feet to
Tic point or place OF beginning. said premises
being now known by the street number 1928
West SIND Street, In the Borough OK Manhattan
Of said city.
Subject 70 covenants and restrictions cen
tanned IN instruments dated the LIST day Of May
1850. and recorded IN the New York County
Registers Office on the 18th day Of January,
1860 In I,lber 1918 OF Conveyances, page Az.
Dated New York, July 20, 1912
ALEXANDER CROUCH, Referee
STEWART & SHEARER. Attorneys for Palm
TIN once and Post OtiCe address, No. 40
Wall street. Borough OF Manhattan, City OF
New York
The following is a diagram OF the property to
be sold: It's street number is lbs West SIND
street:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-19
FORECLOSURE SALES.

SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, COUNTY
of New York.--Samuel Winters, Plaintiff,
against Charles Brogan, Incorporated ct al,
Defendants.--In pursuance of a judgment of
foreclosure and sale duly made and entered in
the sboye-entitled action, and bearing date the
l4th day Of November 1912 l. the undersigned,
public auction, at the Exchange Saesroom,
Nos 1915 Vesey Street, in the Borough OF
Manhattan, City OF New York, on the 18th day
Of December, 1912, at IL O'Clock noon on that
day, by Joseph p Day, Auctloneer the prem
Uses directed by said Judgment to be sold, and
therein described as follows: "All that certain
plot, piece or parcel Of land, With the build
ings and improvements thereon erected. stu
ate, lying and being in the Borough OF Man
haitian, OF the City OF New York. In the
County and State OF New York, bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a point on
the southerly side OF Twenty seventh Street
distant one hundred and eighty-eght feet east
erly from the corner formed by the intersection
OF the easterly side Of Seventh Avenue with
and running thence southerly parallel with the
essterly side OF Seventh Avenue nlnety-elght
feet nine inches TO the center line OF the block.
between Twenty-sixth and REIMBURSEMENT
Streets: thence easterly, along said center line
Of the block. forty-four feet four inches.
thence northerly parallel with the easterly side
OF Seventh Avenue ninety-elght feet nine
inches TO the southerly side OF Twenty-seyenth
Street and thence westerly along the southerly
side OF Twenty-seysnth Street forty-four feet
four inches TO the point or place of beginning.
BE said several distances and dimensions more
or less. Said premises are also known as
Nos. l54-l56 West Twenty-seventh Street"
Dated. New York. November 18th, 1912.
MOSES cOWEN. Referee.
HANTRoWITZ & EsBERG, Attorneys for
Plaintiff Once and p o. Address, No $50
Broadway, New York City, Manhattan Bor-
ough.
The following is a diagram OF the property
to be sold its street Number Is 154-156 West
27th Street, City Of New York, Borough Of
West 9th 81