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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15
AUTOMOBILE TAX LAW
STRINGENT IN PROVISIONS
Precautions for the Protection Of HUI.
man Life Made Heavy Penalty 10
Provided for Violation.

The new automobile tax law goes
into effect May 10, The law, besides
providing for the payment Of an an
nual license based upon the horsepow-
or used, also lays down rules and reg
ulations for running machines upon
the public highways of the state and
provides stringent penalties for VIC
lations.
The amount Of license to be collect
cd annually, which has heretofore been
published, provides for an annual fee
power or less; 30 to 40 horsepower,
$50; 40 to SO horsepower, $25, and
over so horsepower, $40. Motorcycles
are taxed at S.. The secretary of
state shall issue the prescribed license
plato, which each machine shall carry,
and all other numbers on machines
are excluded except that motorcycles
may have the number painted as de-
scribed upon the rear mudguard. All
dealers are required to pay a license
of $35 per year and this number may
be changed from one machine to anO.
Their, but if dealer should also use
another machine or any number of
them for hire such dealers would have
to pay license for each machine so
used Automobiles of dealers and
manufacturers are subject, however,
to taxation, the same as other mer-
chandise or stock on hand, the an
nual license not exempting such ma
chimes from taxation as is the case
of machines privately owned.
Legal Requirements
Among the requirements of the law
relative to the operation of machines
are that adequate brakes in good
working order shall be provided at all
times sufficient to control the vehicles
at all times when in use; an adequate
horn or other device for giving warn
ing; one hour after sunset and until
one hour before sunrise, If in opera
ton, all vehicles shall be provided
with two lighted lamps in front and
a white light and red light on the
rear, the rear white light being so
arranged that it will shine upon the
number of the machine making such
number plainly visible for 100 feet
The front lamps shall be visible at
least 200 feet in the direction in which
the vehicle is going.
At every cross roads outside city
limits or village limits, the driver sha
slow down and also at curves in the
road where the view is obstructed and
shall also sound the horn Motorcycles
are required to carry but front
lamp visible for 100 feet.
On meeting other vehicles of any
kind, motor or otherwise, the turn
shall be made to the right, giving at
least one-half the road; If overtaking
another vehicle, the turn shall be to
the left and the person overtaken shall
give favorable opportunity to pass if
possible. On precipitous roads or
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15

The Salt Lake Tribune has announc
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This contest consists of seventy.
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Watch for announcements in The
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Address all communications regard.
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15
Improving The Streets and Roads

Under the supervision of Chief of
Police Simmons the streets of Black.
foot are being raked thoroughly, and
every stone is being removed. In
addition to this County Commissioner
Kennedy is having a crew of men
throw up an embankment along the
Blackfoot river at the bridge and the
high water is shut off from the road
Last night the water had gone down
where the work was partially complet
ed and there is no danger in going
over the bridge and across the Black
foot at the Ralph Dixie ranch.
Get your butterwrappers printed al
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15
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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15

Mr.. Albert Walker, of Precious, w.
Va. suffered intense pain in the stom-
ach and right side at intervals for
fifteen years. He had consulted eight
or ten physicians and while they all
agreed that he had liver trouble, they
failed to relieve him. He was eventu-
ally cured by Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. If you have any
trouble with your stomach or liver
these tablets will certainly do you
good. For sale by all druggists. arv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15

Cash paid for soft, clean cotton rag
at the Optimist office adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15

roads bordering rivers or canyons, the
automobilist shall take the side Of the
road toward the canyon, stream or
precipice, regardless of the turn to
the right or left. Warning Of approatt
In overtaking another shall be given
BY blowing the horn when 50 to $50
yards away.
Speed Limit
EVERY person operating a motor
vehicle on the public highways of this
state shall drive the same in a care
ful and prudent manner and at rate
OF speed 80 as not to endanger the
property Of another or the life or
limb OF any person; provided, that a
rate Of speed In excess Of 30 miles
an hour for not less than one-fourth
Of a mile shall be presumptive evi.
dence of driving at a rate Of speed
which Is not careful and prudent
mo person shall operate or run
any motor vehicle upon any Of the
highways of this state while such per.
son Is under the influence Of intoxi-
eating liquor. -
The Penalty
ANY person violating any Of the
provisions Of this act shall be guilty
OF q misdemeanor, and upon convic.
ton thereof shall be punishable by
imprisonment in q county Jail not ex.
ceeding six months. or by fine not
exceeding 5000, or by both such fine
and imprisonment" h
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-05-15

First class job work at the Opt
mist office. adv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
JUDGE SPEER PREACHING
FROM THE BENCH

The Telegram recently suggested
that our judges had line Opportun-
tiles TO impress upon the people the
nature of their duties as citizens
and the importance OF obedience ~
law on the part Of all classes II they
would consent to get outside the
formal lines OF their judicial func-
lions when charging the grand
juries and do a little plain but fer
vent preaching in the cause OF
civic Righteousness. Our cOurthouses
are generally we'll filled on such &C
casiOns, large part of the audience
being of that class not reached by
the written or printed word IN
newspapers or other sources OF IN
formation but who are good listen
ers when "thc high Judge" is lay
ing it down for their benefit.
We are reminded of this by a
charge delivered the other day IN
Savannah to the grand jury by
Judge Emory Spccr, of the Federal
Court Of that State. and printed in
the Savannah papers. hundreds OF
people heard that charge and It was
. liberal education on the duties OF
the citizen, the folloy of crime and
the advantages OF right living in
obedience to law, which could not
fail to penetrate the thickest skull
and stir whatever of brains and
conscience might lie beneath It.
Judge Speer IL not only a very
able jurist, but he Is a very elo
Quent and impressive talker. HI
magnifies his Ofiice-as every judg,
should-and loses no opportunity t
preach from the bench on the i'm
perative duty of obedience to law
enforcing his sermons by many api
and impressive illustrations. Judge
Spcer is famous for these little ser
hiOns from the bench. and peopl.
who never read paper and have
very primitive notions as to their re
latiOns to society thrOng the cour
room and hear him gladly.
Undoubtedly he has done mucl
good In an cducatl,e way by pursl
ing this course, and every Judge /,
the country who has to talk to /,
grand judy onpht to adopt n simila
method.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

Lord. loco. FOu our entire business
system repOses upon basis of faith
You can conduct war, but you can
rot conduct big business withou:
faith.
The merchant trusts his buyer
the buyer trusts the manufacturer
the manufacturer trusts the man
who sells him the raw material The
consumer trusts the shOpkeeper. Thu
family trusts the cook. Husbands
trust their wives, Children trust
their parents.
And our lives and business are Sc
cure only in proportion as the va
riOus persons are Trustworthy. VIZ
could not possibly stop to make sure
in every instance.
The larger the business the more
the faith needed The credit man is
often the most highly paid expert
in the huge wholesale house because
he is faith expert.
The man who says he has no faith
is fool.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
"FAlTH"-DR. FRANK
CRANES VIEW OF IT.

Did you ever think OF the quaint
ties of sheer faith you exercise ev-
ely day of your lite?
mean plain and simple childliSu
confidence in people. You are con-
Stahily putting Your lie, limb aud
reputation INTO the hands oi tota,
strangers.
When you get INTO the rai,roat!
train you are consianing yoaraelI 10
the mercy of the engineer, who ioY
all you know may be drunk or 10
crazy.
Or where youy milk cones from
you may have Il vague idea. You
suppose it's all right. Other people
take it. Still you content yourself
with believing; ,ou do not know
that it is not swarming with vicious
microbes.
When you buy clothing, how do
you know II is not full of diseas.
from some sweat shop? You do moi
know. lou have faith. Modern
folk may not believe in VI 3yrs aud
the prophets. but they have I'M
gucstionin" faith in those men who |
manipulate lie switches in tn, rail-
way yards.
And what about the physician.
when he says. Now. just take this
no and Let it dissolve on your
or "One of those pills be-
ch meal" Ii may be rattle
lice. The only reason you
:. ented to think ii is not, is
have faith in the medicine
That you hand your money over
10 the bank clerk and go away hap
py is due to your faith. You don't I
.now that you can get your funds
ifain; you believe it.
We talk about faith declining.
The truth is that modern civiliza- (
Ion has thousand times more faith 1
han reople had in the year of our q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
WILL DO NOVEL STUNT FOR
FLORIDA SUFFRAGETTEs

Joe Smith Of this city. son of IT,
late Captain Joe Smith. has offeret
bis services to the women %
Equal Franchise League Of Florid.
as marcher in the suffrage parad.
to be held in Washington on Marc
3. the day prior to the inauguration
Of Woodrow Wilson as president o
the United States. Smith has OF
+, red to don an alligator -
AIRY the banner of the Florida
tIagettes.
Following Smith In the parad
be the Florida suffragettes now
Washington. There are q nun
ardent suffragettes from tn
in the capital including III" wi
@, members of Congress and these
government employees. The bann"'
which Smith will carry is of BIZ!
silk trimmed with silver tassels ant
bears the inscription Equal Fran
chise League of Florida"
Mrs. Katherine Livingston Eagan
president of the league. was unabi,
today to give the names of the won.
en- who will participate in the pa
rade, but said that Smith in his al
ligator skin would prove good a.
vertisement for Florida.
Members of the executive commit
toe Of the league will meet at
o'clock tomorrow morning, at ia
home OF Mrs. Herbert l.. Anderson
Market and Monroe streets. whc:
further plans for the demonstration
will be discussed Jacksonville NJ
tropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

IL $ a safe bet that Lieutenan
Governor O'Neil of Indiana il !.
booze-fehter. While presiding over
the Indiana Senate "Wednesday h.
ahruptedly stopped preacher who
vas opening the session with PRAYER
as is usual, because he put In a ple.,
against the liquor traffic, told him IA
shut up his political prayer. ana
went ahead with the duties of the
session, leaving the poor preacher in
the air. as it were. The ill-brco
boon in the lieutenant GOVERNOR
chair was less to be envied than th,.
minister.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

our suffering and humiliation we
may see something Of the blessed
hight of Gods wise purpose, In a bet
ter united country, In a greater mu
tual respect, and clearer understand
ing, and in the strengthening OF
those national ties of brotherhood
that tend to make this nation great.
and prosperous, and powerful among
the nations of the earth"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
VISITOR FROM NEW YORK
WRITES OF LAKELAND.
CLIMATE AND PEOPLE

Mr.. A. 5. Terry. OF Frecp0rt. \
l., who is spending the winter H..
Lakeland, writes the following let
ter to his home paper:
Quite some time has elapsed sine.
TO writ, again. thought inasmuc.l
as this section of the country was
| altogether new 70 me, and | had al.
the facts to learn from observation
!, and contact with the people, !
! would be better not To be hasty II
n. conclusions AS lar as cliMat.
! is concerned during the winter Sci.
son il is all that could be desired
! but as to the summer season
course I've had no experience, bli
IN discussing the matter with Ii,
residents. find that the majOrit>
claim that il is just as cOmfOrtabic
j here during tin summer season as II
! tl.r North but as To advising any @.
my friends in the matter, feel il
| cllncd to b. on the negative side. ~
| stated in ny former letter, oranges,
i, mons. grapefruit. bananas, pineap
pies, guavas, kumQuatS and all veg
etables that are grown in the North
apparently thrive just as well here
Strawberries are now selling al
~ kc to l5c per quart and very
large shipments are going out ever.
week to points in the North. AS ia:
as | am able to discern there IL only
one great need in the South today
and that is good roads. which would
certainly draw northern investors
With ii trunk line Of good roads
leading from Jacksonville to Lake
land, it would be utterly impossible
to keep northern capital out. ! an
Informed, however. that the highe",
elevations are better adapted to OF
ange groves, than gardening, on az
count of the expense and trouble o
irrigation.
Perhaps few words as to til,
feeling OF the southern people to
wards their brethren in the Mort
would not be amiss. | felt that who.
came here it would be almost ii.
possible to make friends with tn
people of the South. but if Wa
down and ont today. firmly belize,
that 800 out of 1000 would be Wi
ing to he the Good Samaritan l.
confirmation of this, | will give yot
few words uttered by no less per
sonaSc than Gen. John +. Cox, &
the Confederate army, in his speec j
II the memorial service of Robert f.
Lee week before last, of which tn
IS only part:
Today We are here in respec,
and honor of the dead. With IS
endured the humiliation of defea;
and the cruel evils that for yeay.
followed hard upon it. Eut tod
Il ere is no bitterness in our hrag;.
We accepted the arhitramcnt of was.
trusting to see In Gods own ti-rr
a
That the sacrifice we made was no,
III vain. Today we can thank on
Heavenly Father that tho Il
his countenancc WAS not Withdrawn
from us. and that out of the gloom o.;
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

Nashville, Tenn, is the last i'm
rortant city to come under the COM
mission form Of government. I,
seems to be only a question of time
when the government Of all our mu-
inequalities. large and small, will be
treated purely as a business propo-
sition, entirely disassociated from
politics. and entrusted to good bust
ness men for that purpose.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
Daby . Real Midoet.

The month-old child OF q gypsy,
which was the subject Of an inquest
1t Wandsworth. England. not long
since, was described BY q doctor q
the smallest baby he had ever known.
1t only weighed 3 pounds IA ounces,
instead OF the normal ~ pounds, and
its length vas only | foot S inches.
az compared with the average : feet
, inches.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

A South Carolina court has decid-
cd that the man who buys blind tiger
booze, knowing it to be such. violates
the law just as much as the man who
sells 1t. That decision certainly reads
like common sense and Justice
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

Mr.. Madero. the dcposcd presiden,
If Mexico, will carry with him into
his retirement the pleasant thought
that those eminent patriots, cut.
throats and holdups. Mcssrs. Zapa.
Ia. Oruzco and Salazar, who made.
things so interesting for his admin
istration. remain in their state of
Nirulcnt rebellion AGAINST the ruling
authorities and will be the same
thorn in the side Of the new go,
'rhment that they We're in the old
they are rebels by profession. and.
IhdlnE il 4 paying proposition. pro
POSE to remain 50 1t will be many
years. even under n stable govern
mont. before these rohhcr bands will
he broken up and they will cease to
prey on honest people.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

Washington birthday Is due to-
n .orrow and the man who can find
anything new to say about the ia
Their OF his country will be under
suspicion of Indebtedness to hi.
imagination for his facts.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

The Lakeland Chautauqua has
been a signal and unqualified sue
cess this session and has real
lied the highest hopes Of Its pro-
jectors. II has been both educativc
and entertaining and the people OF
this city and county have shown thai
they thoroughly appreciate 1t.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

We have no tear for President
Wilson when he comes to discharge
the large duties of his Office in deal
ing with public measures and
appointing good men to high posi-
tons OF trust. But how he will dis
pose Of those clamOrous hOrdes o,
seekers for the smaller Offices IL an
other matter lie has already stat
ed that he abhors such pic-countcv
business and we fear for his nerves
aud his patience when he has to fac.
that mob. Large numbers of them
are already campcd in Washington
and they will b. there by thousands,
after the fourth of March. importu
rate to the last degree and do2r,.
Of them after each Office. II is :,
part of our democratic system o.
government and every president has
to 20 through the trying ordeal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
To the Rescue.

Il am at present devoting a good
deal OF time to the Bacon-Shakespeare
controversy" said Old Ed. Howe. writ.
ing In his own magazine. Think Of
the absurdity OF it," he continues.
We do. Our notion Of nothing to get
excited about is this Bakespeare con-
troversy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

But as those Jap residences for tn:
most are small and fragile affairs,
! built of bamboo and each one costs
only a small sum the calamity is not
as great as 1t looks
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

Governor Trammell knows his
Florida well, and, AS chief execu-
a iirst-class booster He made 3
speech at the opening OF the Orange
county fair at Orlando this week.
and here is an excerpt from il. which
puts a few great truths in coInpac,
and inviting form and which can
not be too widely circulated in tn"
interest of good ADVERTISING:
Il am firmly convinced that Flor
ida is destined at no distant date 10
be one of the very greatest and mos,
prosperous of the American States.
We have the soil, the water suppl'
and power, the forest, the mineral
deposits, the transportation facili-
ties and the geographical position
which are bound to put our tSate in
the front rank of the worlds pro
ductivr and commercial ccnters We
rave unQuestiO nably the finest eli
mate and the most inviting hea IN
conditions on tn. globe We haIc /.
sturdy. an enlightened and progress
siyc citizenship. and are !ame,;
throughout the land for the hospi-
tally with which wc wclcom" tlos,
who come within our gates The tide
a. Immigration is headed this way:
capital is coming To assist in cN
plotting our resources and il sccms
| that the day is near at hand when
the greatness of our commonwealth
will be q present fact, no longer q
future hope"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
lona.llved.

"Oh. yes. come Of . very long
nved family. My father cut . third
set OF teeth when h. was past eighty"
that's nothing. My grandfather died
Of infantile paralysis when no was
uinety-sevpn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
Determined 70 Sc in So.

4 customer II a ba,,t,-. /
stood gazing at SOM small a.gs
In an aquarium Elar'ng ,g~e!
matter over in his MIND r. c-s.a
approached N. hutci ra'te,cls.
II suppose a hois nicM 4. Vi.
dead as ou, c' - Grr.,4m;
Of pounds OF ,..i.-.;or
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21

The loss Of thirty-three hundred
homes by fire in Toxic. Japan. as
told by our dispatches YESTERDAY
locks terrible on paper and indicates
disaster OF immense proportions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-21
From the same ONCE u isguo6
THE LAKELAND NEWS

4 weekly newspaper giving . r.
sume of local matters. crop condi.
lions, county affairs, etc. Sent any
where for 500 per year.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-03-28
Degree Team
Does Fine Work
In Rochelle,

Sixteen members of Fitzgerald
lodge l. o. o, f. under their Cap
tain Frank Hager assisted Rochelle
lodge in initiating twelve members
into the mysteries of the Inltiatory
Degree. Seville, Hatley and Re-
becca had representatives, present
to learn degree work. The team
consisted of j. II. Burke, j. A.
PARROT, Geo. Kircher, John Hut
to, Bert Billiard, e. A. Jolley,
VIM. Jewell, Cal. Stever, Nose
Mccall, F. r. Justice, Doc. Ar
mentrout, A. Bruner, Earl Brown
w. B. Moore, and Bruce Burton.
After the meeting an enjoyable
time was had, Rochelle lodge furn-
ishlng a delightful supper.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-03-28

caused his editorials to make a
profound impression not only
within the prison walls, but
throughout the whole south. News
papers in every state have eagerly
quoted his sayings and epigrams.
The editor will remain for ell
time anonymous. He has been
known simply as register No. 34l9,
and while it is possible by round
about means to find out who d
prisoner is when his time comes
for release, the Atlanta newspaper
men through a fine sense of fitness
have made no effort to disclose No.
34l9's identity. They have paid
their tribute to him, but they have