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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
AMERICANS ARE BEING
DRIVEN FROM MEXICO
coionists In chihuahua Being Dis
armed and Ordered 10 Get Out or
Join the Rebel Army.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Americans in
northern Mexico have been officially
notified by rebel commanders to- give
up their arms and leave the country.
An only alternative Is to join the
rebel ranks and fight against the con-
stitutional government OF the repub.
lie. Refugees from the Mormon col
onies in Chihuahua are focking to
the border.
That this is but the beginning OF
a general movement to disarm the
many Americans remaining in north.
ern Chihuahua is apparent. It is said
that the rebels plant to raid Madere
where the woodworking mills OF the
Pearson corporation are located, and
this may bring trouble, as American
lumberjacks employed there are ex.
pected to fight. It is known that the
Americans there are fortified with
artillery, many rifles and ample am
munition, with q high barbed wire
fence. built for protective purposes
surrounding . barrack.
Pearson, Chihuahua, also a lumber
center, contains many Americans al
we'll.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Only 7 Per Cent II 100000 Miles u
Public Thoroughbred In This
Country Are Improved.

There are 100000 miles Of public
roads in this country. Only 10000
miles, or Z per cent, are improved.
All the rest can be fairly described as
bad roads. The waste of our natural
resources, reckless as 1t Is, is moth
ing compared to the money waste
brought about by this condition Of our
highways.
It costs the French peasant an av-
erage of IL cents mile per ton to
haul his produce to market 1t costs
the American farmer an average of
as cents mile per ton, or 100 per
cent more than the Frenchman. Dur
ing the year 1905-1906 hauling Of farm
produce to shipping points amounted
to between forty and forty-f1ve million
tons weight. The average haul was
81 miles. II the farmers could have
done their hauling over French roads,
instead Of their own inferior ones,
they would have netted $58,900.OO0
more on their crops. fgA.>>
But all the hauling to SHY ~
points is not done by farmers by any
means. The interstate commerce
commission tells us that in all some.
thing like 25O.0O0.Ooo tons are hauled
for shipment every year. The willing
ness to move this immense volume Of
freight over poor roads, as against
good roads such as France enjoys.
costs the country a cool unnecessary
$305, 100000 year.
These figures and facts come from
the Office of Logan Waller Page, the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
USEFUL AS GRASS CATCHER
Device Fastened to Back Of Mower
Makes Use Of Rake Unnecessary
How It Is Made.

A rake will be unnecessary to the
man who mows grass with the device
shown here attached to the back of
the mower. This is the invention OF
Minnesota genius, and 1t is said to
leave a clean sward In the wake OF
the lawn mower. catching the loose
grass that flies up in the rear before
1t has a chance to fall again. The ap-
paratus is made with a galvanized
steel bottom and heavy duck sides
and is easily detached and emptied
when 1t becomes full. Two hooks are
fastened at the ends of the roller of
the mower and circular wire pieces fit
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Quantity Of Lime Needed.

The quantity of lime needed under
different conditions varies from few
hundred pounds to several tons; but
an average of about one ton of good
lime to the acre will usually be sufi-
Client. II grades Of lime are used
which contain so per cent or less of
calcium oxide larger quantities will
be required.
Smaller applications-perhaps 800
to 600 pounds-once in two to four
years-will be preferable to very
heavy applications at longer inter
walls; and If the basic Stag be freely
used as a source OF phosphoric acid.
1t is probable that a second applica-
ton of hme will, in most cases. be
necessary
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12

A self.cleanIng Potato Chute.

dirt to fall through the openings up
on the ground, as well as any pebbles
that are picked up with the potatoes.
The Stats may be placed at a dis
lance OF one inch or one and one-half
inches apart and this will also act
as sorter Of the potatoes, as we'll:
the small potatoes falling through the
openings between the Stats with the
dirt, ETC., then with a second chute tu-
bers can be conveyed to a separate
bin, with the dirt falling to the ground,
says the Iowa Homestead. This would
save much labor, as the crop can be
picked up as they come from the dig
ger without the trouble of sorting, as
when they are put in the cellar the
sorting would be accomplished far
easier and quicker by the above meth
cd,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
THIRD PARTY IN UTAH.
Delegates Selected for Chicago Con.
vention and Complete State Ticket
Will be Named.


Provo, Utah.-At the third party
convention held in this city on Satur.
day, a platform was adopted which
attacks the old parties and lauds Colo
mel Roosevelt, and it was decided to
name complete state, congressional,
county, district and precinct tickets
in Utah. Eight delegates and eight
alternates to the Chicago convention
were named.
Moroni Heiner of Salt Lake, ex-state
dairy and food commissioner, was
elected national committeeman Of the
National Progressive party.
Wesley X. Walton, ex-membeE
Of the state land board, was elected
chairman of the state central commit
tee of the third party"
There were about two hundred dele
gates present at the convention.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
CITY OFFICIALS CHARGED
WITH ACCEPTING BRIDES
Eight Aldermen and Secretary Of De-
troit csdnciI conspired to Obtain
Money From Railroad.

Detroit-Eight aldermen and the
secretary Of the common council COM
mittees were placed under arrest Fri
day afternoon on charges of accept.
ing brides and conspiracy to accept a
bride for their votes and influence in
the passage Of a measure affecting
city property recently transferred to
the Wabash railroad.
At least six other arrests OF alder
men are expected and It is alleged
that $4,000 passed hands In sums Of
from 500 to $1,000. The bribery was
consummated and the arrests accom-.
plished under the personal supervision
of Detective William j. Burns.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Good Roads
+ EdI.mNO1eS

Weeds multiply from year to year.
Weeds are easily killed IL attacked
when quite small
Reading good farm papers will in
terest people in better farm condi-
tons.
One Of the worst pests with which
the grower Of onions has to contend is
the onion maggot. ~.
FAN blowing Of field areas will often
be of service in controlling cut worms
that are affecting field crops.
Rotation allows or assists Nature to
repair her waste places and incident
ally facilitates the war with weeds.
Different crops for different years
on the same soil will produce the vari-
ETY. OF elements which insure fertility.
The grain grower should have the
cows freshen in the fall, in order to
provide an income while the fields are
idle.
border OF nasturtiums or some of
the late foliage plants all around the
vegetable garden produces q fine eff
feet.
Dom be afraid to apply air-slaked
lime to the cabbages with a blow gun.
1t viii destroy the worms on the head
Of the cabbage.
A garden cultivator does much bet.
ter work than a hoe. It ia easier.
quicker and keeps the soil In much
better conditions.
We cannot bring rain when 1t il
needed. but We can keep the cultivat.
ors going during the worst drought
that ever happened.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Publisher Sentenced to Jail.

Denver.-F. G. Bonfils, part owner
of a Denver newspaper, was found
guilty of contempt of court Friday
afternoon in proceedings growing out
Evans and former Mayor Robert w.
Speer, and aggregating more than 3d..
100000. Bonfils was sentenced to
sixty days in the county Jail and fined
$1,000, in addition to one-half the costs
of the trial.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
REGULARS ISSUE STATEMENT.
Declare Contests at Chicago Were
Settled Upon Their Merits.

declare Contests at Chicago Were
Settled Upon Their Merits.
Washington.-A statement, approved
by President Taft, defending his NOM
ination by the Chicago convention
was made public at the White House
on Sunday It reviews every con-
test before the Republican national
committee and the credentials COM
mittee Of the convention and asserts
that each contest was settled logically,
upon its merits. The statement was
submitted to the cabinet at recent
meeting and received the approval OF
the presidents official family.
The statement, which is lengthy
document of la printed pages, is d
detailed denial of the charge that the
denomination of President Tafts was
accomplished by the seating of fraud.
ulently elected delegates TO the con
vention.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
MCNAMARA is oBDURArE.
Warden Denies Attempt to Secure
Further Confession From
Oynamiter.

San Francisco-That James B. Nc
Namara, serving life sentence in San
Quentin penitentiary for murder com,
mitted in the dynamiting of the Los
Angeles Times building, is held in
solitary confinement in an effort to
make him confess further details OF
that conspiracy, was charged Friday
to Warden John E. Hoyle by dele
cation Of nationally prominent labor
leaders.
Warden Hoy1e pronounced the accu.
sation absurd and ridiculous" told
the committee that Mcnamara was
"in the solitary" because he was re-
calcitrant and would not promise to
mend his ways, and assured his
guests that their visit would neither
lengthen nor shorten Mcnamara
present punishment.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Peak Slides Into Lake.

Ellensberg, Notwithstanding to c.
M. Snow, sheep man of Teaneway
who has arrived here. the peak cap
ping Mount ingalls, in the Cascade
range, has been split by some seismic
disturbance and has been thrown into
the waters of Icicle lake, small but
deep body of water 5000 feet above
sea level. Snow declares the outline
of the top of the mountain has been
changed completely.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Miners Loyal to Meyer.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-After selecting
Hancock, Mich, as the next meeting
place. the twentieth annual conven.
ton of the Western Federation of Min.
ers adjourned at Victor late Friday.
Hancock won over Denver by the close
vote of lit to ZIG. The convention
voted its confidence in President Moy.
er and in his unrestricted control OF
federation matters.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
WRITES CONFESSION OF FAIrH.n
Colonel Rooseveltv Putting Finishing
Touches on Document to Be Pre-
scented at CHICAGO,

scented at Chicago.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-The Confession
of faith" of Colonel Roosevelt is now
down in black and white, the finishing
touches having been made Friday.
When he has completed the recital
Of his doctrines in Chicago on the
night of August 5, he probably Will be
called socialistic or anarchistic and
may be both, he said Friday. But
he insisted that the measures he advo
Gated must come.
They are corrective to socialism
and an antidote to anarchy" he de-
clared
Two of the more striking measures
favored by Colonel Roosevelt are the
fixing by law of minimum wage scales
for women workers and guarantee by
law to workmen employed in what he
calls the Continuous industries" like
steel mills, of eight-hour shifts and
one days rest in every seven.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Pass Excise Tax Measure.

Washington.-Demo and pro.
gressives united again in the senate
Friday night, and by vote of SO to
Is, passed the Democratic excise tax
bill, extending the present tax on cor
porations, to the business of indivi-
duals, private firms and copartner-
ships.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Explorers Looked Like Wild Animals

Explorers Looked Like Wild Animals
Christiania.-Captain Ejnar Mikkel
sen, tho Danish artic explorer, aad
the engineer, lversen, who were res
cued July II on the coast of Green.
land by Norwegian fishing vessel
after having spent more than two
years in that region, looked like wild
animals when their rescuers found
them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Shank a Candidate.

Lillydale, N. Y In an address to
a large audience here Sunday Mayor
Samuel l.. Shank of Indianapolis. an
of Indiana. Mayor Shank was discuss
ing his work of marketing produce
direct to the consumer in Indianapolis
when he made the announcement.
Mayor Shank is Republican.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Guilty of Wife Murder.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Murder in the
first degree was the finding of the
jury in the case Of j. Warren Jenkins,
Saturday night, who was charged with
killing his wife, Jessie Jenkins, on
April IA last. Mrs. Jenkins was found
with her skull crushed in her home
1t was alleged that Jenkins killed her
in order to get possession of her es
tate, valued at $4,000.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Progressive Movement in Wyoming.

Progressive Movement in Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-Seventeen dele
gates attended the Progressive con.
vention here Saturday. Governor
Carey in an address stated that the
progressive movement was rebuke
to Republican and Democrats alike
who had failed to serve the people.
Governor Carey, Frank Sitter OF
Laramie and T. T. lyman of Sheridan
were named as delegates to the Chi
cago convention.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Relief for Flood Sufferers.

Reno, Nev.-Relief work for the vic.
Tins of cloudburst of several days
ago is progressing more satisfactorily.
Reno and other Nevada cities has been
sent to the stricken mine towns. Ill.
ness there Is said to be as much the
result OF cyanide infected water as
injuries received in the disaster.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
CHUTE TO CLEAN POTATOES
s'ats Arranged, a. Shown In tIiustrs-
tion, Allows All Dirt to Fall
Through to Ground.

The ordinary box form used for con-
veying potatoes to the bins IN cellar
usually allows all the dirt upon same
to 60 down with the tubers In the bin.
This can be avoided II the bottom of
the chute is made Of stats, as shown
tn illustration, which permits all the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Failed to Save Sister.

Neutrality-suspicious. her brother.
Thomas Searles, barred his arm and
for thirty minutes endured the trans.
fusion of his blood to his dying sister.
Miss Jean Searles, secretary to Con-
gresham Gordon Lee of Georgia, the
sacrifice was unavailing and Miss
Searles died Sunday at Providence
hospital.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Six Killed on Crossing.

Toledo, O.-Six persons were killed
eleven miles north of here Sunday af-
ternoon when an eastbound Michigan
Central train struck an automobile.
Two others may die. The accident
occurred on a grade crossing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Pre.ldent's Cow at Cattle Show.

adelphia.-President Taft has
entered his prize cow, Pauline
Wayne" in the annual show of the
Pennsylvania State Cattle Show asso-
citation to be held at Devon, Pa, be-
ginning September 10.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Manure and siIaae Corn.

Twenty tons of corn silage an acre
were harvested last fall by George
L. Hyslop Of Ohio. He uses it for fat
tening cattling and hogs. The most
interesting thing about this yield is
that 1t Is the result of proper utiliza-
ton Of barnyard manure. The ma
nure shed has an important place ON
the farm.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Race co.dict in Georgia.

Rome, GAIA pitched battle be.
tween whites and blacks was waged
at Plainvflle. according to tele.
phone MESSAGE just received. 1t is re-
ported Sheriff Owens of Gordon coun.
ty has been mortally shot and two
other white men seriously injured.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
SWims Eiuht Hours.

Portland. Oregon. E. Cody, who
claims to be the worlds champion
diver, performer on SATURDAY. the feat
of swimming down the Willamette
river from Oregon City, distance
OF thirteen miles. Cody was III the
" alter eight hours and two minutes
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Rowboat Tipped, Girl Drowned.

Salt Lake City-Thrown into the
waters of the lake at Lagoon by a
sudden lurch of their boat, Miss Emma
Youngquist, aged nineteen. of Ogden,
was drowned Sunday, while her es-
cort, Joe Monogram, also of Ogden,
was rescued after he had become un.
conscious.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Dock Workers Strike Called OF.

London.-The strike committee on
Saturday declared ended the strike at
tn" London docks which started in
May and which has caused aho,l. fifty
thousand dock workers and their fam
lilies to live in semi-starvation for ten
weeks. Work was resumed Monday.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Platform Gave Way.

Wheeling, w. Va.-Many persons
were injured when 200 Masons and
sheir families, seated on a wooden
platform covering small ravine in
front of an open air theatre at Wheel
ing park. were precipitated to the
ground by the collapse of the struc.
fnra
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Trying to Match coIored Boxers.

Chicago.-"Billy" Gibson, match
maker for the Garden Athletic club of
New York on Saturday offered Jack
Johnson $4,000 to fight Joe Jeanette
ten rounds in Madison Square Garden
on Labor day.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Theatrical Man Suicides.

New York.-The body of a man
floating in the East river under the
Brooklyn bridge. by seamen from the
Brooklyn navy yard, Friday night, was
identified later as that of Abraham
D. Harris, q theatrical man.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Handy Grass Catcher.

over these at each end Of the catcher.
A third piece of wire hooks over tho
handle of the mower to keep the
scoop in position. Another wire con-
trivance comes with this device by
means Of which the catcher can DO
made wider or narrower or in some
other way adapted to the size of the
mower.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Soldiers Ordered to Coal Fields.

Charleston. w. Va.-Governor Glass
cock on Sunday ordered another bat.
talon of the West Virginia national
guard from the summer camp at
Mount Gretna, Pa, to the Paint Greek
mining district.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Cali for Irrigation conaress.

Salt Lake City.-The official call
for the twentieth session of the Ma,
tional Irrigation congress, which will
be held in Salt Lake September 80
to October 8, is being sent out from
the headquarters in this city.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
TRUCK TO HAUL FENCE WIRE
Spool Can Easily Be Handled by One
Man by Use Of Device Shown In
Illustration.

In the accompanying illustration Is
shown q handy rig for carrying q
spool of barbed wire when putting
up fence. The manner Of construc-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Declares Thaw Insane.

White Plains. N. Y.-Harry K.
Thaw, in the eyes Of the law, still is
insane and must remain in the asy-
lum where he was placed on February
/, 1908, according to the courts de.
ciSiOu
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Stick to Open Shop.

New York.-After a series OF con-
ferences over the strike situation, the
New York fur manufacturers have
agreed ito stand together indefinitely"
for open shop conditions.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12
Governor General a Sick Man.

New Bedford, Mass.-W. Cameron
Forbes, governor general of the Phil
ippines, is reported seriously i'll on
Nashawena Ia and. where he has been
spending tho summer. Three physi
clans have visited the island to at.
tend him.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-08-12

ton IL obvious. says the Popular
Mechanics. The spool of wire can be
easily handled by one man with this
device.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-12
EMINENT HUT IN ERROR

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 An eminent physician addressing a distinguished audience at the New York Skin and Cancer hospital, says:
 "The secret of the successful use of rice by the Chinese and Japanese lies in the fact that they eat it by means of chop sticks, which bring only two or three grains to the mouth at a time"
 The chop stick was not invented to insure thorough mastication by limit ing the rate of transference from the source of supply to the mouth of the diner. It was, to judge from the man. ner in which 1t is used by those who know how to use it, devised to act as a shovel, and in skilled hands it full fills its function admirably.
 Those who have seen and heard ori- entals, particularly Japanese, eat rice, will be convinced that if they make any more "successful' use of it than other races it is not because they ruminate and masticate in a leisurely manner while they consume 1t. Even after a Japanese acquires familiarity with western manners and customs and learns to like caviar sandwiches bet ter than raw fish, he eats with pecu- liar abandon and with considerable speed Heard above the hum of con- versation at long ship table, his consumption of food suggests concern tration upon the joys of ythe feast rather than desire to chew each lmouthful carefully and slowly. It is probably because of the limitations of chop sticks that he holds the bowl close to his mouth when eating in the Oriental style. and holds his mouth close to the plate when eating in his best imitation of the western style. He creates by a powerful intake of breath a degree of suction that tends to keep the stream between the mouth and the bowl as straight as a taut hawser even when the chop sticks miss a lick Certainly nobody who has ob served the Oriental style of feeding will explain the Oriental success with rice as the eminent physician ex- plains it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-12

can make a grand charge in the con- vention, for the national committee will name the credentials committee and delegates will be seated at the outset to carry out their programme.
 The sage of Oyster Bay created a sensation in the primaries, but there is no course open to him except ac- quiescence and subsistence. The coun- try does not want third termer, es- pecially one who during the seven years and half in which he served as President never once spoke in favor of tariff revision, and who never harmed single hair of monopoly in his life. He avows himself a protec- tionist, and he has no faith in the re- duction of prices by reductions in duties. The country will not mourn his return to work as a contributing editor, even though it involves re- of the hero of Winona and of the man who never prosecutes a monoply to the point of public benefit. The monopolies he prosecutes go right on restraining trade and ex- plotting consumers as before.