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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
FORT HALL PROJECT

In an article in the Pacific Builder
and Engineer. published at Seattle
on Government Projects as They Are
in Idaho" F. E. Weymouth, supervis.
ing engineer in charge of the Idaho d.
vision Of the U. S. Reclamation service
has the following t say Of the Fort
Hall project, adjacent to Pocatello, Civ.
ing Major John j. Granville, superin-
tendent in charge Of the project, credit
for furnishing the data:
The project is located in Bingham
and Bannock counties, in townships 8
4, and south, ranges 33, "a and 35
east of Boise Meridian, and will cover
approximately $4,000 acres of land, 49,.
900 of which are Indian lands, located
between the city of Pocatello and the
reservation.
Water for these lands will be taken,
in part from the Snake river, and in
part from reservoir located on what is
known as the Blackfoot marsh, located
at the conjunction Of the Little and
Big Blackfoot rivers
The Snake river waters are divert.
ed at point about one and a
half miles below the town Of Shelley
and discharged into the Blackfoot river
seven or eight miles above the head.
i gates of he main canal on the reserva
| ton.
The reservoired waters are carried
down the Blackfoot river fer a dis
tancc CT about SO miles and diverted
through the same gates as are the
Snake river waters.
The reservoir, at its maxium, will
impound 100000 acre feet and cover
an area of $1,000 acres. 1t has
drainage ara of 666 squaree miles
and it has been estimated from the
very meager data at hand that the av.
erage annual run-off from this area
will just about fill the reservoir.
The dam is of the loose rock and
hydraulic filled type and is located
near the centre of section -, township
5 south, range 40 east, where the
Blaokfoot river enters a basalt can
yon. Above this point the river, for
distance CT 16 miles, has an aver
age fall of about eight inches to the
mile, and the reservoir when full will
create lake about II miles long and
| five and one half miles wide at its
widest point
The dam, at base, from shore to
shore of the old channel, has length
of 12O feet, and at the crest, length
of $50 feet. The elevation of the
crest is 40 feet above the bed of the
river The rock-gilled portion has a
top width of five feet, the lower face
Of which was built on a slope CT one
to one and quarter and the upper
! face on slope of one to one
A basalt bedrock was found at
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
SAFETY IN WATER rRAv1

The Iroquois theatre fire in CE
lead to an examination CT every
roads hall to see if it was S
trap. So the Titanic disaster oudl
lead, and no doubt WILL to a uniyG
effort to remove the dangers Of WJEl|
travel '
The government should see that tfl
are life beats enough to protect eS1
passenger by water. But the need
better protection is felt by manYS
sides those who travel by our IT,
! Atlantic palaces. %|
The farmers boy who has quit
farm to become deck hand ha&
family of hungry mouths at home,S
pendent on his safety, and loving hG|
whose good cheer depends upon
life. He needs the long arm CT "a
government inspection too. X
There were 5000 shipwrecks on
great lakes in 20 years. Every onGX
them meant tragedy for some hun
hearts The bottom Of these lakes43
strewen with human bones. ManySl
these ships disappeared as sudde
and inexplicably as if the Titanic W
hit the iceberg in the days before WI
less. #
And ancient tubs are permitted IN
carry human freight up and down
coasts and streams, which by all ID
Of business depreciation and renew1
must have much more than peid {
themselves and should be sent to q
scrap heap.
Just as it takes two to make quG
rel, so it takes two ships to make d
lision. And many of them do not tai
place in a fog either. A steersml
often seems to fear that his dignil
would suffer if he turns out so far til
the approaching ship would not ne(
to swerve from it's course. Neverth
less, coed rule in navigation as
automobiling or driving carriage,
to turn out enough SO that you wou'
be all right even if the other field
did not move.
AS shipping increases, harbors gro
small, and the s,ecrsman who can 81!
out ahead Of a competitor and onl
scrape off some paint is viewed wit
admeration as jehu Of the tiller.
Human hunger for money max,
accidents. The lake freishter that ca
get in one more trip before ice form
provides an extra dividend for the ow
err Too often this means being 81
quilted in a snow storm that blots OF
every beacon, with final and siler
tragedy to follow on the cruel rocl
Of trecherous coast.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
To Clean Gloves.

A mixture of finely powdered full.
er's earth and alum is excellent for
cleaning white gloves. 1t should be
rubbed in we'll, then brushed off, and
the gloves sprinkled with dry bran
and whiting.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02

When you are inclined to critic a~y
man fer being too aggressive. remem-
Der that no one ever worked his way
along the path to success at a faster
rate than the crowd, without humping
into few people.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
Good Roads,

Bad roads rob the farm because
city people who are used to good
streets dread the country mud and
dirt. The best agricultural country in
the world is France, which has the
best roads
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
WATERING CAN FOR CHICKS
Excellent Fountain May Be Made Out
Of Old Tomato Can-Cut w
Inches From Bottom.

An old tomato can, with a hole
punched in side as shown in illustra.
ton. will make a good watering yes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
NO ONE is in JAIL
Jenkins Believes It's Too Cold for
Crooks.

The city of Topeka has a jail but
there is nothing in it. For the first
time in the history of the present city
administration, the prison does not
hold q prisoner. The last prisoner to
be released was Charles Anderson,
who was arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing been implicated in the robbery at
the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. New Year S
evening.
The prison has been without a pris-
oner for twenty -four hours. Ander-
son was released about noon Tuesday
and but one arrest has been made
since that time. This was the arrest
of drunken man. He was turned
over to friends who paid his fine and
took him home.
Chief of Police Morris Jenkins be-
lieves that the cold weather has re-
suited in the laying off of all the petty
crooks. He also believes that numer-
Gus cases of petty crimes will be com
mitted and reported as soon as the
weather improves
The officers are especially attentive
at this time as there is danger of per-
sons being frozen, danger of fire from
overheated stoves and many other
conditions of this character which
must be watched and this serves as a
protection against crime of all kinds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
PACKERS WIN A POINT
Certain Papers and Letters Stricken
From the Records.

Chicago, Jan. 10.-United States Dis
trict Judge Carpenter today struck
from the record in the trial of the ten
Chicago packers, charged with criminal
violation of the Sherman law certain
papers and letters bearing notations
purporting to be in the handwriting of
]. Ogden Armour. The ruling was on
the motion of the defense. who con-
tended that the presentation of the evil
dence to the jury without definite con-
meeting links would be prejudicial to
the defendants.
Other papers bearing similar nota-
tons purporting to be in the handwrit-
ing of other defendants were permitted
by the court to remain in the record
but the court ruled out Jerome H
Pratt's testimony identifying the hand
writing.
On cross-examination Mr.. Pratt was
questioned by Attorney John Barton
Payne, representing Edward Tilden.
Pratt described the details of marketing
fresh meat through the branch houses.
What is the difference between the
price OF steer on the hoof and the
value of the dressed beef?" was asked.
Well, steer that costs $50 will bring
about $50 in dressed beef was Pratt's
reply.
rs it not true that because of the
revenue received from the by-products
the packers are enabled to sell fresh
beef at less than actual cost?'
Yes"
rs it not true you were not always
Influenced by these percentages sent
you in shipping to the branch houses?'
II acted on my own Judgment re-
piled Pratt.
rs it not true that there are local
Independent packers in a number of
cities?''
Yes
''They do a considerable part of the
meat business of the country and are
in daily competition with the defend
ants, are they not?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
WE'LL GIVES HOT WATER.
Experts Think Subterrancan Fire Is
Heating Underground Stream.

A well in DIR. H. NJ. Zehrung's home
in Eastern avenue began yielding
hot water two weeks ago, and has
since Kept it up The water origin
ally was cold, and the change to hot
water, which was sudden, was sup
posed at first to be due to the break
ing of hot-water pipe somewhere
near. A thorough investigation was
found Then DIR. Zehrung tried to
pump the hot water out of the ground
but the temperature kept up to about
121 degrees in spite of his efforts.
The well is dug for ] 5 feet and is
driven % feet farther through a
thick layer Of hard pan which water
could hardly penetrate. The dug por-
ton of the well was found to be dry,
and how the water came to be heated
is a mystery. When cooled. it is as
good for drinking as it was before the
hot water appeared.
Several experts have interested
themselves in the strange case, and
they have unanim ously agreed that
the water is heated by some hidden
source in the earth and not by any
artificial means. Some of them say
they think the doctors well has made
unaccountable connection with a sub
terranean stream which in its turn is
heated by a Subterranean fire The
temperature of the water has risen
slowly since it changed, and during
the two weeks has risen from heat
OIL ABOUT " degrees, WnlCn was the
first temperature taken after the
change was noted, to 121 degrees.
1t is somewhat alarming to DR. and
Mrs. Zehrung, who fear that a geyser
will burst out in their kitchen, in
which the well is situated.
An effort was made a few days
ago to pump the well dry, but the
longer the pumping continued the
hotter the water became, and after
two hours of steady work the iron
spout was sizzling, steam belched
from every discharge of the fluid,
and the supply was apparently as
strong as ever.
The situation recalls the statements
of Aaron Hines, a laborer, who a year
ago was employed to dig a we'll just
east of the city, not more than half
mile from the Zehrung home. He sank
the hole to nearly 90 feet, with the aid
of a boy, who removed the earth by
means of a windlass. Then he became
alarmed and hurriedly climbed out iof
the excavation, the walls of which
caved in a few minutes afterward.
Hines declared that his pick had
struck through a layer of tough clay
into a hidden cavern, out of which a
jet of burning hot water and vapor
gushed. His narrow escape from the
caving walls was a known fact. but
his story of the hot water was not gen
orally be1ieved--Connersvil (Ind.) }
dispatch to New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
NEW men BROUGHT In.
McAanigaI's Story Causes Issuance of
Many Subpoenas.

Indianapolis, Jan. 1O.-Subpoenas
for scores of persons who are believed
to know about explosions In New York
City, Pennsylvania. Illinois. Iowa and
other points. were issued today by the
government officials who are conduct
ing the federal grand jury's investiga-
ton of the dynamite conspiracy. Many
of the witnesses are said to be called
because of new disclosures made by
Ortie MECHANICAL. the confessed dyna-
inter who for three days has been ex-
amined by United States Attorney
Charles w. Miller. As the former ac-
complete of John J. Mcnamara. sec
rotary treasurer Of the International
Association Of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers. who paid him for blow
ing nv structures erected by open
shop" contractors. Mechanical is said
to have mentioned men who have not
heretofore been named, either at Los
Angeles or elsewhere.
McManigal continued today to 60
over his confession in detail. Tho
financial accounts taken by the govern
ment from McNamara's office are al
legged to have aided the witness 20
throw much fresh light on the In
uuiry. particularly with reference 60
the 81 900 a month allowed McNamara
"for organizing purposes" and for
which he was required TO give no ac-
counting. The governments efforts
are centered on finding out how many
persons had knowledge OF the use 20
which the money was put
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10

Tuesday afternoon. It was reported at
the meeting that the last year was the
most prosperous in the history of the
institution
The officers and directors elected;
.0ficers-J. r. Burrow, president; z.
E. Ames, vice president; p. L. Bone
brake, vice president; 3 H. Crosby,
vice president: s. S. OFT. vice presi-
dent; Geo. A. Guild, cashier; +. &.
Thompson. assistant cashier.
Directors. r. Burrow, E. E. Ames,
p l. Bonebrake, c. w. Merriam, A.
w Bronson, w. B. Kirkpatrick, A.
Zahner, S. S. OFT, L. H. Crosby, F. J.
Clevenger, Z. B. Merriam. V. B. Kist-
Ter, c. S. Gleed, c. S. Elliott, Geo. a.
Guild.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
MUST BE INSPECTED
Notices Call for Visits to Barber shops
and Slaughter Houses.

The state board of health has sent
out notices to the county boards in re-
gard to the enforce cement of the reguIa-
tons for hotels. Every hotel in the
state must be inspected by March i
and have d certificate for the year The
fire escapes and fire extinguishers must
be kept in a state Of efficiency and
notices of the same posted in all
rooms. Sanitation as regards food and
bedding and care of the premises must
be first class.
conscious piece of humor when the at
tention Of inspectors is called to the
annual inspection of the barber shops
and slaughter houses. using one para
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
LIKE THE SOUP LINE
KarnivaI knights and Others Make
Donations.

Mayor Billiard announced this after
noon that the Karnival knights organ
ization of the city had donated a fund
for the support of the free city soup
line at the police station.
The mayor has received two letters
with checks amounting to $50 for this
purpose. The donors refuse to make
known their names.
Il find increased interest every day
in this soup line said the mayor.
With what money we have on hand
we will be able to keep it going for
several lays after my donation runs
out I find that the poor are appre-
ciating the spirit behind the action
We don't want them to feel hurt in
rride''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
FIVE ASK DIVORCE
Coleman Says His Wife Has an
Affinity.
Mrs. Daily, Not Soulmate, Met
Husband i'm st. Joe.

Five actions for divorce were filed in
the Shawnee county district court late
Tuesday evening and this morning.
Two of the cases were filed by the
husbands, While in three instances the
wives seek relief.
H E. Pendry. a Topeka book pub
Usher, seeks a divorce from Cora Pen
dry, to whom he was married in Brook
lyn, N Y, May 3, 1898 While living IN
Rochester in 1904, Pendry recites, his
wife abused him, left the home and
never came back. Since he came to
Topeka, it is charged that Mrs. Pendry
has written letters to his business asso-
ciates in which she sought to discredit
her husband and injure his business.
An echo of the Coleman-Southern
troubles came last night when Walter
A. Coleman, a Rossville farmer sought
a divorce from Martha Coleman to
whom he was married more than IL
years ago. He recites that his wife has
an affinity in one Bert Southern aIeS
that this fact constitutes grounds for a
divorce Southern and the Coleman
woman were arrested in November.
While living in house on East Seventh
street
Katherine Brooks wants divorce
from Ray E. Brooks, after being mar
ried just one year She says Brooks
was guilty of cruelty and has failed to
support her.
Florence May Daily in her petition.
tells how she caught her husband when
he attempted to meet a married woman
in st. Joseph, Mo, last week The wife
declines to name the other woman in
her petition. but recites that Charles f
Daily, her husband. planned a trip to
st. Joseph with an affinity who failed
to keep her date. Mrs Daily, however.
made the trip and when the husband
found his wife at the agreed meeting
place he encountered the surprise of
his life
And Then He is Cruel.
In addition to his free distribution
of love, Daily is said to have been
guilty of extreme cruelty and non
support. The husband stayed out late
at night, it is charged; and he is also
said to have come home drunk and
abused his wife. Daily and his wife
were married in Oswego, January II,
1897
Rosa Maze wants to be legally sep
arated from Louis Maze, who she
says deserted her in 1903 She was
married to Maze in 1899 and he failed
to support her. When he left home
Mrs. Maze worked hard, saved her
money and bought several pieces of
Topeka property. Now Maze returns
to Topeka and demands one-half of
the wife's earnings. Mrs. Maze wants
the matter settled and believes a di-
vcrce will dispose of the complications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Word has been received here of the
death of Lewis Vernon Carson at
kissimmee, Florida, which occurred
Monday Mr. Carson was we'll known
here. He lived here until a short time
ago and was employed by the Thomp-
son Hardware company. Mrs. Carson
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ
Ellis of 1893 College avenue. They
moved to Florida a short time ago.
The funeral of Daniel Near. who
died at his home north of the city
Monday night, will be held at the
home at O'Clock this afternoon and
the body will be shipped to Reading
for burial
Henry J. Dumars of IT'S East
Eighth avenue died at his home yes
terday. He was '63 years old. The
funeral services Will be conducted in
PenwelIs chapel at O'Clock this
afternoon and the body will be taken
to the Pleasant Hill cemetery for
burial.
The body of w. w. Reid. who died
Sunday in Darcus, Texas, arrived here
this morning. The funeral was held
in the Second Presbyterian church in
North Topeka. He was one of the old
settlers of Shawnee county and lived
on a farm north of the city. He
moved to Texas about two months ago.
Noah Henderson. aged So died yes
terday at his home at 800 East First.
The funeral viii be announced later.
Read the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
But Thursday Morning CONNER
cial Club War Starts.
Fighting Twenty and Heavy
weights in Big Contest.
LIST OF VICTIMS OUT
Effort Will Be Made to Get 500
New Members.
Lineup OF Opposing Factions in
Membership Clash.

4 What is expected to be the greatest
membership campaign ever conducted
by the Topeka Commercial club will be
launched Thursday morning at 3
o'clock. Interest is intense among the
members who win participate in the
f.war' which has as its object the adj
ding of 500 members to the roll of the
organization.
THE Fighting Twenty" a campaign
machine headed by George Godfrey
Moore, will compete with THE Heavy
Weights, a picked aggregation OF
workers from the remainder of the club
membership. The losers in the contest
viii have to give a theater party at the
Novelty for the benefit of the VictOrs-
The Fighting Twenty team won
the toss when it came to the selection
Of territory in which to work and
chose to take the portion of the city
lying south of Sixth avenue.
s J. Hodgins is the captain of the
opposition team which viii work
north of this division line.
peace Dinner Tonight.
This evening at $50 o'clock all
campaign workers will take dinner at
the Comm ercia1 club At this time
the final Instructions for work will be
given Cards bearing the names OF
prospective mem bers have been given
out among the team members. The
teams are divided into committees of
three. Following are the committees
and membership of THE Fighting
Twenty organizations
" O. Rigby. 2. B. stotts. Ed Arnold,
George Godfrey Moore, Charles JosIin. T.
7. kimbrough, \. B. Burge. z. L. O'NeI,
Luther Bailey, Samuel Zimmerman Tom
Lillard. G. B. Burge. Marco Morrow, Sol
Rerkson, John T Nicholson, Col. J. w. F.
Hughes. J. f. Spalding, ]. NJ. Brunt, w
W. Webb, W. c. Stephenson, E L. Over
ton. H A Auerbach reserves f. c.
fBrownen. C. 6. Blakely, George STAINS
aield, Robert Fullerton E. w Rankin.
The makeup of The Heavyweights is:
II. s Putney. c. E. Eldridge, DR.. E. 5.
= ettyjohn, George Clearinghouse. T. w
Reynolds. S. I. Courtney, A. Leach, Scott
Hopkins. s. c. Petit, A. NJ. Mills. F. NJ
Spencer. J. Gerstley, J. P. Slaughter, ].
G. Emahizer, G. B. Crosby, E. w.
Thompson. Arthur Capper. c. 6. Nc
Cherry. w A. NeiswangerN George P
Stitt, d. Q. Coe Charles S. Elliott e. V.
King. E. F. Strain, NJ. w CardwelI.
Charles Wood, Roy L. Bone, f. r.
Metzger. ". ]. Rfcken bacher r. ID.
Blaine. A. K. Van Hook, L. NJ. PenweII,
Paul Huyck, W. w. Whitney j. x Bair.
Clyde Lawrence, A. B. Quinton.
Union Pacific Stockholders List Lost.
New York, Jan. 11.-Because $50, OOO. 900
to s75,OOO,0 600 in collateral of Wall street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10

loans are locked in the vaults, the gov
ernfng committee of the stock exchange
announced today another postponement
of one day in deliveries The records
of the Hartman railroad lines showing
the names and addresses of 10000
stockholders were lost. A duplicate set
of the names without the address was
kept by the Mercantile Trust company
1t is not known if these have been de-
stroyed. If they are it will be neces-
sary to advertise for the names and ad-
dresses of stockhoIders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10

jury that is hearing a manslaughter
case, slept last night behind a screen
in the same room with the eleven men
on the jury, under a ruling made by
Judge J. T. Ronald.
Mrs. Dodridge had the attendance
of a woman bailiff who occupied an
adjoining couch. -
This arrangement was made when
counsel for Jos. Bianchi a city detec-
tive on trial for killing a prisoner, who
attempted to escape, objected to the
iury's being separated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
RIOT IN PARIS
Large Number of Rioters and Several
Policemen Injured.

Paris. Jan. 1O.=A series of violent
riots occurred in the vicinity of the
Palace of Justice this afternoon and
resulted in a large number of rioters
and several policemen being injured
The demonstration was brought
about by the trial of several trade
unionists in the correctional court of
the Seine on charge of distributing
circulars of a revolutionary character
to soldiers serving with their regi-
rllenfa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
DR.. SUN A FIGHTER.
Chinese President VIII Lead an Army
Against Picking.

San Francisco, Jan. 10.=Dr Sun
Vat Sen, president of the new Chinese
republic personally will lead an army
OF 100. 900 men against the Manchus
in Picking. This announcement was
contained in a cable message received
today by the Chinese Free Press. The
troops already modified at Marking
will be part of the attacking army
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
WORK PILING UP.
Steel Trusts Unified Tonnage shows
a Big Increase.

New York. Jan. Announcement
was made today by the U. S. Steel cor
poration that the untitled tonnage on
its books for the month ending De
cpmber 81, 1911, was So .761 tons.
The untitled tonnage on the books of
the company for the month ending No
vember 80 last was 4,141, 955 tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10
THE YEAR PROSPEROUS
Central National Bank Re-eIects All
Old Officers.

The officers and directors of the Cen
trail National bank were reelected at
the annual meeting of the stockholders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-10

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 1O.-Mrs. Retta
Dodridge, the only woman on the