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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
FLOOR PLAN OF FARM BARN
Cows Arc Little Bit Crowded Into
Their Stails OF Three Feet Four
Inches Wide.
fBy J. c. sHAwYER)

The illustration presents the hoor
plan Of barn suitable for about 100
acre farms. It accommodates four
horses in roomy stalls and six cows
possibly q little crowded. stalls being
three feet four inches Wide.
The lofts above the stables and also
the decks are extended over the drive.
way. The hay bay is 32x40 feet, but
unobstructed from floor to roof. The
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Orders Inquiry Into Judges Conduct

Orders Inquiry Into Judges Conduct.
Washington. The house has or
dered an investigation of the conduct
Of Judge Robert w. Archibald of the
commerce court to determine whether
or not he should be impeached on
charges that he has used his office
to procure favors from railroads. The
inquiry will be made by the commit.
tee on the judiciary, which is charged
by resolution to investigate whether
Judge Archibald has been guilty Of
an Improbable offense," and to re-
port it's conclusions and recommends
lions to the house
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Girl Shot by Policeman.

Indianapolis, Ind.-ln order to pro-
tect himself from crowd of boys
who stoned him, David O'Connor, q
park policeman, fired his revolver,
Sunday, the bullet striking Cora Grit
fiths, 8 years old
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
mu.. Take wife to Theater.

solomon Holm Of Langley avenue
promised Municipal Judge SABBATH to
INV his wife a box Of candy and take
her to a theater once in a while. Holm
was arrested while fighting with his
wife. The case against him was dis
missed after he made the promise
Chicago Tribune.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
No More Titanic Hearings.

WashingtOn.-Senato VIM. Smith,
chairman of the subcommittee which
investigated the wreck of the Titanic,
returned to Washington from New
York Sunday and announced that no
more public hearings would be held.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Crew Escaped.

Seattle, Wash-News has been re-
ceived of the wrecking on Chirikoff
island. April rs, of the codfishing
schooner Joseph Russ, which carried
a crew of thirty-five men under Cap
| tain Foss, all of whom escaped.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Funeral of Colonel Astor.

New York.-Funeral services over
the body of John Jacob Astor, one Of
the victims of the Titanic disaster,
were held Saturday in the little Epis-
copal church of the Messiah at Rhino-
cloff-On- the Hudson
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
HIGHEST Milk Records.

What cows make the highest milk
and butter records? What cows nro-
duce milk and butter at lowest cost?
What cows pay the dairyman best?
Those which are bred to produce th.se
things. Then why not get some of
this blood?
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
CUTS BUTTER INTO BLOCKS
Steel Wires Press Through Cake Two
Ways, Making Nest Division
Into Square Pieces.

For the speedy and neat division OF
. cake Of butter into number OF
small square pietes for individual use,
the butter cutter designed by an Ohio
man seems to I'LL the bill admirably.
A standard has cutter frame rotable
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Train Derailed.

Chicago.-Parto of train on the Chi
cago & Alton from Kansas City for
Chicago, was derailed near Springfield,
ILL.,, Sunday afternoon. A tramp who
was riding on the brakebeam was
killed,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Drowned in Barrel.

Arcadia, Ind.-Letting himself down
headfirst into a barrel of rain water
under the caves of his home, the Rev.
Charles Martz committed suicide. He
had been acting tueerly for some time.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Dynamite in His Pocket.

Il Sharon, Mass.-Thomas ] Leary, a
town warden, sat down beneath a
tree ON East Roxboro Sunday night
and moment later an explosion blew
him to pieces. A hole three feet deep
was made in the ground where he
had been sitting. The theory is that
Leary, who was a contractor, had a
stick of dynamite in his pocket.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Merchant Shot by Wife.

Chicago.-George Bernstein. 80
years old, wholesale clothier, was
shot twice and probably MORALLY
wounded by his wife. Florence, in
their home. Mrs. Bernstein said her
husband attempted to kill her
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Idaho Man Killed.

Boise, Idaho.-Frank M. Eastman, q
prominent and well to do business
man of this city, died Sunday morn
ing as the result of an automobile &C.
cident at Ontario. Oregon, Saturday
afternoon
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Mormon colonists Repulse Rebels.

Ell Paso.-Mormons colonized at
Colonia Daz, seventy-five miles south
of Columbus, N. NJ, but who are Am
erican citizens, who were attacked by
rebels Saturday, repulsed them, 40
cording to a telegram. According to
the telegram, which did not enter into
details, the rebels looted the colony
of whatever they desired. The colo
nists modified and drove the invad-
ers out, killing one of them.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Buried Under Falling Walls.

Toronto. Ont.-Three persons were
killed, one is missing and more than
dozen were seriously injured when
the walls of five-story building col
lapsed. the workmen being buried un-
der falling walls.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Freight Steamer Aground.

New Orleans.-The Hamburg-Amer-
lean freight steamship Bermuda, from
New Orleans to Hamburg with
heavy miscellaneous cargo, ran
aground Sunday at the mouth of the
Mississippi river.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
AandlinQ Milk.

Warm milk should never be poured
into cold milk nor should the nights
milk be mixed with the mornings
milk.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Zz9KT'fGIiEN


GOOD cook can vary the f1a-
e vors Of food az q composer
varies his orchestral colors and harmon
les, getting genuine artistic az we'll a.
gastronomic pleasure therefrom.-Henry
T. Finch.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-13
Floor Plan Of Barn.

buggy room and workshop Is a cheap
~ constructed shed or lean-to ten feet
high, and the roof may be either gable
or curb, with little difference in cost
just extra sheeting and roofing. as no
extra timbers are required.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-29

claim to the land above described
before +. Nj. Goodman, a ULiteo
States Commissioner, at Mobridge
:. D., on the 9th day of December
1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Tom Bamhle, Kalbin Kvlmme,
s. q. Sauer and A. II Rygh, al
of Mobridge, s. ID.
p. ID. Kribs,
Register.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-29
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L.
s. Land Office at Timber Lake, s.
d., Oct. &c, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that John
Johnson Of Box 1l3, Mobridge, S.
D., who, on June 9, 1911, made
Homestead Entry, No. 05963, for
south half southwest quarter, Sec
tion u aud the northwest quarter
of the northwest quarter of section
81, Township l25 N, Range 70 W,
til Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intel. Ion to make Final
Communication Proof, to establish
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-29

James Doughty is now divisioI su-
perintendent Of telephone company
and his son II student In college.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
MARION HARLANDS HELPING HAND

rinsing. and hang out TO dry. Clothes
washed in this way Will be beautifully
white and clean. Z. A B."
The lemon has an active share in the
bleaching. Its virtues as a. detersive are
not sufficiently exploited by housewives.
Unlike oxalic acid and some other chemical
agents. it does not weaken the threads Of
the finest fabric. Too many washing pow
ders and liquids, warranted to whiten
linens, actually eat into the stufIs. l have
had napery. bed and body linen returned
from high priced laundries so redolent Of
the compounds used 10 Whiten them-and
save the trouble OF rubbing them-thst they
had to be aired for ca! before the sour
pungency departed from them. In the
next two or three washings they went
into tiny holes all over, as II perforated
by bird shot
In my own laundry have been compelled
under the regimes Of certain mistresses Of
the craft to keep a sharp lookout lest the
like aids and comforts to the washerwoman
and loss to the owner of the clothing should
be smuggled in at the expense OF the
women themselves, so addicted were they
to the labor savers" BoraK is harmless
and a capital bleacher. Washing soda ruins
the clothes and bites into the hands Of the
laundress nave known her to bring
it in her pOy.,. , ~ hen engaged by the day,
paying for II herself. Cream OF tartar may
llkewiwse be used freely without fear Of
injury to fine fabrics, and, as our corre-
spondent has told US, lemon juice is as safe
and efficient.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

body and falls so lamentably short Of what
you would have II that you are sick OF it
sick Of yourself. and, most Of all. Of the
shambling perfunctoriness Of those whom
you pay TO 90 IL properly. You treat them
we'll. so you reason, ana pay. them we'll
In return they slight and cheat and grum-
BILE at your conscientious endeayOrs to
make a home worthy Of the name.
This is your present state OF mind.
Whether or not It becomes habitual and
yourself a chronic grumbler depends upon
your ability to weigh values. To revert
TO our assertion Of a while ago. you must
cultivate a Just sense OF proportion. II
you determine to do the best you can. COM
patible with health OF body and OF mind,
10 order your house Alright, supplementing
deficiencies when this may be done with
out waste of precious forces. and when the
something that must be crowded out A" is
pushed into the hackground-to let II 20.
as IL IL had not been-you will prove your
self a stronger and a wiser woman than II
you had courted wrinkles. gray hairs and
premature senIllty by refusing to wink at
petty shortcomings and to be tolerant Of
what cannot be altered TO suit yourself
Don't compare your housekeeping with
that OF your neighbor's. There is a crook
in every lot. In some that are all right to
the casual eye the crooks are zigzags. with
corners that abrade sensibilities into can
cerous ulcers. Be a law unto yourself
And, having done all. stand fast 10 the
resolve TO make the hest OF that which
nobody's best can remedy. Be patient with
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
Men Iron Holder.

Cut four pieces OF flannel four and one
half inches wide and eleven inches long,
tack them together and cover with some
strong cotton goods. bind the ENDS. turn
each end two and one-haIf inches and baste,
thus forming a pocket at each end. Bind
the sides. Put the thumb and finger into a
pocket when you take hold of the Iron. This
will protect the hand from the heat Of the
iron. 1t may also be used IN putting things
into and drawing them from the oven. For
this purpose it may be made somewhat
larger. thus making the pockets deeper.
e. NJ. G."
An ingenious device that commends itself
to every woman who has any regard for the
safety and comellness Of her hands Asall
women ought 10 have! Ny mother-whose
hands and feet were remarkably beautiful
used. afler the manner of Virginia gentle
women Of that day, to wash her fine glass
and china after breakfast and supper. She
performed what Is considered by some a
menial ofiice with grace that elevated It into
a fine art A white apron protected her silk
dress, and she wore gloves. The tips OF her
fingers were all Of the hand that was ex-
posed to heat and steam; she welded long
handled mop as she might q paint brush.
She never said IN 50 many words that she
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

saucepan. Boil until dissolved. then add
soft water enough to make three gallons
and let It come to a boil. Set aside TO cool.
When cold. apply to the carpet with a stin
brush Rinse the carpet with a cloth vet in
cold water and wrung out partially dry.
MRS. p. l."
CLEANING JABOT.-To clean and flute
the new side frills wash them with white
soap. rinse well. and starch lightly. Squeeze
dry and shake them out. Then spread out
on a piece Of corrugated board. pressing well
into the board. leaving each fiutlng smooth
and even. When dry in a few minutes, they
come out like new and need no ironing.
"CURRANT-NUT BREA KFAST
BREAD.-Sift together three cuPfuls flour
and two tesspoonfuls baking powder. Into
the flour work one teaSpoonfuI Of butter and
one tablespoonful Of lard. Mix TO dough
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
z/COMMON SENSE il hcf1OME zg7
E1kgSA EDITED LylMARION 1ARLAND ngezZzzzEE1IlzzAA
Heart 10 Aean Chat Nth MeD15comq8e Aoueenws %

she reconclled It to her conscience to speak
a cool deliberate He
She stared in honest wonderment: II
wasn't a lie as would hurt my neighboE!
That would be bearing false witness. I
broke no commandment in saying that
didn't know the glass was broken until you
showed It to me OF course. II I had guessed
that you saw me knock II over with my
elbow / should have spoken differently"
She had been three years IN my employ
and knew that never scolded any one for
an accident She remained with me until
her marriage, fve years after supplying me
with this key to the ethics OF herself. still
think / acted wisely in retaining her Some
thing must be crowded out Of our demands
and expectations Of those whose standards
are unlike our own.
Yet-carrying the question home-is It
more heinous sin for your maid TO deny
having broken a goblet accidentally than
for your next door neiEhbor 20 plead " a
prior engagement" as the reason for not ac-
cepting an invitation to a party which she
knows would bore her to extinction?"
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

81 n obedience to your injunction TO
take account of stock have oser
reviewing the story Of my domestic
and social life and setting the facts
Of the present fairly before me.
have the best husband in the world and
three dear, dutiful children. We are not
rich. but We have never had the misery Of
hearing so much as an echo Of the wolf ;
long howl >; my home is coy and tasteful
Ito my eyes,. and I have good neighbors.
Add to these good health and you will say
ought TO be satisfied and thankful. am
as a general principle. Do know what
I mean? And don't laugh me when l
make a clean breast OF my worry.
81 am naturally methodlsaI and-if do
say it-neat and orderly. But my house has
never been kept as should like to have T.
1t is my bounden duty to see. that MY
Johns money is not wasted and that our
property is taken proper care OF. am
nrm believer in the duty Of judicIous econ
omy OF materials and time. and I try to
practice the adage: What IS worth doing
at all is worth doing we'll Moreover,
hold myself responsible to my husband and
my conscience TO see that what is done by
another under my direction should be as
we'll done as II the doer were myself. Ana
can't make servants it!
4" There it Is all out, I worry, day and
night, over the consciousness that am not
the housekeeper and manager that would
be. Won't you tell me how to do better?
read dozen years ago that you had over
your desk the motto: " SOMETHING
MUST BE CROWDED OUTr Is that '-ue?
And-eXcuse my plainness OF speech-but is
# ever right to crowd out what you know
ought TO be done, and done we'll? Ny maids
are reasonably good. That is, they are
neat, honest, respectful and industrious.
But they do not do my work and take care
OF things as would were In their places.
! won't bore you with particulars. You
have been in the domestic harness long
enough to fill in the picture for yourself.
&" II only I did not care! John says Tie
worrying is more expensive than the losses
we sustain through the shortcomings Of
servants
Again. please forgive me! I have no
mother or intimate elderly friend TO whom
! can 90 for advice. You see, was the prin-
cipel ~ q girls school before my marriage,
and accustomed 10 systematic methods Of
work It frets and depresses me that 1
cannot carry the principles then learned
and przcticed into my present life.
DIsHEARTENED HOUSEHOLDER"
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
Little Lesson in Lying.

Another woman complains OF an other
wise exemplary maid that she cannot be
depended upon to tell the truth when a lie
will suit her convenience better. l can't
depend upon her in other matters when !
know her to be false in one respect"
had my lesson in this matter Of lyinE
when I was forty years younger than now.
when am ca1tioning you 10 overlook oc-
casionaI sins OF this sort. detected a
trusted maid in a lie told to shield herself
from censure. She was exceptionally in
teIigent and I -sked her. point blank. how
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
"Womun's Work Never Done.

Don't think me unsympathetic or that l
seek to beiittie the worries that bow your
heart so low that you write yourself down
a failure" As my boys Say-"wtth couble
breasted vim ~ have been there
Every woman who has right ideals as TO
work and the way in which that work
should be done can enter into the secret BIT
terness Of spirit with which you chafe and
strive with the numberless difficulties Incl
dent to your lot systematic as We may
and as we do more and more every year
the old rhyme holds good:
Mans work is from sun 10 sun,
But woman's work is never done"
Il Is q triaI-and sometimes sore and Bit
ter-to see work half done Cour fore
mothers said " scamped." and it is fitting
world. valuable property misused, and
food wasted. when We are conscious all the
while that We are held responsible-and
justly-for the administration Of affairs
intrusted to US. II is not easy to keep
back the biting rttort that would lower
ones self-respect when told that the three
pounds Of butter bought yesterday for
family of three people. who In that time
have had neither pastry nor cake. have
been consumed by this morning, and TO be
assured with indignant and supervirtuous
emphasis, when you dare look surprised,
" 1t all went honestly. mem"
Il is a rank ontense TO your finger tips
to handle fImy silver and stresked silver,
and to stand by silent while the waitress
you have carefully instructed as to the
only right way Of washing dishes souses
greasy plates and sticky saucers with
spoons and glasses into a pan Of lukewarm
water. The corners OF your tasteful "
rooms are a perpetual trial or a constant
modification; the rungs OF the chairs and
the legs OF piano and tables know not the
duster. and cobWebs wave like tattered
trophies OF victorious eye service and de-
fested housewifery.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

more expensive than your losses through
the lax habits OF your employees. You say
that you are an Indifferent housekeeper.
have heard scores Of women say the same
sometimes with truth-ususlIy without
The really Indifferent housewife is the last
to suspect her fault. One Of the most slat-
ternly women l ever knew objected TO using
white china because lit showed dirt! ."
My mother, to whom the remark was made,
answered quietly, II the dirt is there |
want to see and get rid Of it
10 which Mrs. k'ree-and-Easy reJoined.
What the eye doesn't see the heart
doesn't feel
That is. l believe. an Irish proverb. It
sounds like one,
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
Application Often Needed.

It Is true that have kept the motto you
quote above my desk f-T more than dozen
years. and had number less occasions for
the application OF it. A9out the same time
with the adoption of the :egend-taken from
Mrs. Whitney's" d" Leslie 'ioldthwaite's Sum-
mer II wrote an art'c!e-for myself, pri-
mariIy, and secondly :or my sister house
wlves-entitled The Art OF Winking." l
dragged IT from the corner OF a drawer after
reading your letter and reread 1t. Since
cannot put it bodily i1to your hands will
extract bits from It : go on
Some day shall write upon women's lack
OF the sense Of prOporuCn. Your John has
what you have not in this direction. he
proves this by saying that your worry is
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

usual to darn the hole. You will fnd it
much smaller and the edges smoother than
II you had not done as have directed. and
the task will be accomplished in half the
time. Mrs. W. D."
Another branch of housewifery in which
our foremothers exceIIed, and OF which the
modern woman makes little account. Yet
socks and stockings will wear into ugly
holes which somebody must mend II wear
ers would practice any degree OF economy.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
Tho Temperance Drinks.

NJ a INV
After reading your plea for temper
ance drinks, backed by the assertion. which
none OF us can deny with truth. that human
beings have, since the flood and for sught
we know to the contrary since the creation.
Ionged for some beverage besides water. l
take the liberty OF contributing two recipes
upon which you may depend:
LIVELY LEMONADE.-Five gallons
Of soft water. Rain water. filtered. II you
can get II clean and fresh. is best OF all.
Do not take that which drips and streams
from the roof. Set pals in the open TO
catch It Mix together hve pounds OF sugar,
a dozen lemons, a Scant cupful OF flour, two
heapIng tablespoonfuIs of cream Of tartar.
two tablespoonfuIs OF tartaric acid. the
stiffened whites Of six eggs. ard half a pint
Of yeast.
wet the -four with water and stir In
the yeast last Of all Set in a wide mouthed
crock to fsrment for two days, covering
with thin cloth. Then bottle. 1t will keep
for a week in a cold place and fiES when
the bottles are opened. The cork must be
wired down.
GINGER ALE.-Make precisely as d.
Tected In the last recipe, but substitute
ground ginger (haH q pound for the lem
ons. II must be strained through cheese
cloth before bottling. This viii keep good
for two months.
Both OF these beverages have been
made and drunk in our family for three
years and hold a high place in our esteem.
SOPHIE NJ L.
wish you had explained what the hour is
supposed TO do in lively beverage
Does It act as a vehicle TO hold the other
ingredients together? And does II not I'M
part the unmistakable favor Of raw flour
to the drink7 Write again and let Us know
how these things may be.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

with two-thlrds cupfuI Of sweet milk.
Flour board and knead for ten minutes.
working in one-half cupful each OF chopped
nutmeats and clean, dried. and Toured cur
rants. Put into bread pan. cover. and
put pan In a cool place for three hours:
then roll the dough and i'll a shallow bak-
ing tin. Let It rise for ten minutes and
bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.
When done. invert the pan to remove the
loaf. MRS. u. c. X
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

esteemed it a duty to. be Goodly to the love
full eyes OF husband and children, but she
acted It daily in our sight.
Few OF US are really beautiful TO stran-
gers. II is a holy duty to care intelligently
for the marvellous temple Of the body. like
and cling to that phrase!