The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-07-17


protest at the postoffice department
against the failure of the department
to make reasonable provision for
increased compensation to the star
route mail carriers in Idaho on &C.
count of the Inauguration of the par.
Gel post system. At the time the
contracts were entered into the a
ditional weight of the mails incident
to the inauguration Of the parcel post
system was not contemplated, and
the carriers have found it necessary to
provide additional horses and wagons
In order to take care of the large
| quantity of packages which is no,
being carried through the mails. In
many instances marketing is sent tt
the towns through the mails, and in
some Of the remote places in the state
great deal of merchcEldize is carried,
which imposes an extra burden on the
mail contractors. A great deal
mail contractors. A great deal of the
merchandise which was heretofore sen
by express and freight is now sent
through the mails. The department
weighs the mails during March and
April at time when the mails are
the lightest, especially in the mining
sections of the state. Congressman
Smith contends that it is unfair to the
carrier to adjust any allowance which
may be made for carrying parcel post
packages on a weighing conducted
during those months and that the
weighing should be made during juno
and July, especially in remote places
in order to get fair estimate of the
quantity of mail carried during the
year upon which to make the calcula-
ton for extra compensation for the in
creased quantity. He has the assur-
ance Of the Department officials that
all complaints will be investigated,
and rewcighing be made if it ap-
pears that any injustice has been done
Senator Brady has had another con-
ference with the Secretary Of the In
terror relative to running autOmO-
biles in the Yellowstone National Park
He called the attention of the Sec
rotary to the fact of Colonel w. H.
Blxby's opposition to the plan, and
advised the Secretary that he did l.
want him to pass upon the matter
without giving opportunity for the pre-
sentation Of all the reasons why mo-
tor driven vehicles should be run in
the Park.
He also advised the Secretary that
this was not war measure, but was
simply sane and sensible business
proposition and practicable in every
way, and if given opportunity he
would demonstrate this fact to the
Secretary. However, it is generally
understood that Colonel Bixbys re-
commentator in the matter will have
considerable weight with the Depart
ment.
The fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tie of Gettysburg, which extended ov-
er the last week, was an event which
attracted more attention than pro-
badly any other since the Grand
view in Washington at the close
the civil war. Over $4,000 soldie,
Union were in attendance. All but
a few of the states made appropria-
tons to convey to Gettysburg and re-
turn the soldiers who participated in
the memorable battle.
The late Senator Hepburn was
member Of the committee appointed
by the Senate to provide the legisla-
ton for the celebration, in connection
with legislation caused by the Penn
sylvania legislature. He formulated
the resolution under which $4,000
was appropriated by the Government
to pay for tents, and to make ample
provision for the care Of the old
veterans during the time they were
encamped at Gettysburg.
congressman French and Smith, to-
gether with their wives, were the
guests of Senator and Mrs. Brady on
an automobile trip to the battlefield.
They left Thursday morning and STOP
ped over night at Bluemont Inn
Bluemont, one of the highest points
in the Allegheny mountains. They
spend the fourth with the veterans
of the blue and the gray at Gettys.
burg returning to Washington Friday
evening.
One of the bills presented by Re-
preventative French in the present
Congress looks to the amendment of
the Pure Food and Drugs Act and the
better safe guarding of human life
through proper labelling and handling
OF bottles and packages containing
substances OF poisonous or deleterious
character.
Mr.. Fronchs bill has attracted con-
siderable attention among people who
are interested in this subject and the
Association known as ''Thc Journal
of the American Medical Association
in a recent issue under the caption
of 1.-The Poison Label-A Needed
has this to say editor
tally: 0
For the purpose OF safeguard ng the
public against the dangers of poisons,
MIR. French of Idaho has introduced
into the House of Representative a (!
proposed amendment to the labels and
containers of poisons declares that
a drug shall be deemed misbranded:
eff the contents of the pack
age be virulent poison and shall
not be placed in container Ia
beled Poison and shall not con-
tain on the label at least one
suitable antidote and the name
of the person, firm or corpora