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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
and fruit growers associations.

The settlers on the Shoshone pro-
ject in Wyoming are fully awake to
the value and Importance of their
dairy business, and as fast as their
means will permit or their fields can
be put in alfalfa, are increasing their
stock. The daily output of cream
from the project has already become
noteworthy.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

Responding to a call for aid in
constructing a public road, "A men
and II teams contributed their SER
vices for a day on the Minidoka pro-
ject, with the result that an abom-
inably bad piece of road was chang
ed into a serviceable highway. 1t
is proposed to initiate regular good
road days on the project.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30
WEATHER BULLETIN.

The following weather report for
the week ending July 26th, 1918,
was compiled at the experiment
Farm, U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Fallon, Nevada, by the "Obser-
ver,''
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

A number of shippers and produe-
ers of fruits and garden products
have organized on the Carlsbad pro-
ject in New Mexico to establish a
cooperative cannery. Valuable as
sistanee is being rendered by the
State Agricultural College. The
Carlsbad project is experimenting
along various lines in cooperative
organizations, such as creameries
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

Rupert, Idaho, age Z years. the
principal town on the North Side
Minidoka project, erected commo-
dious school building two years ago,
costing about $4,000. Six months
after completion the school board
found 1t necessary to rent two addi-
tional buildings to accommodate the
rapid increase of pupils. Recently a
contract was let for large building
to cost s46,5s5. Under plans pro-
posed this will be, perhaps, the most
unique school house in the country.
BY reason of the exceptionally low
price of electricity furnished by the
Reclamation Service, it will be prae-
tieable to heat as well as light the
building by this means,
The heating of this building will
De done by an indoor system blowing
fresh air over the heated elements
and thus ventilating as we'll as heat
ing the rooms. In addition to the
heating equipment, the school will
have a household economics room
equipped with a large electric range
and II individual electric stoves.
There will also be large water heat
er for supplying hot water for all pur
poses in the building, including baths
for the gymnasium. The lighting
system will include provision for a
moving picture machine in the audi
torium.
In addition, the school board is
planning TO purchase a school wagon
to be used to bring pupils from the
surrounding farms, the eentraliza-
ton of district schools having been
established there some time ago.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

Vaudeville, Novelty Sister Act at
Rex Theatre, Wednesday and Thurs
day, July 30th and 31st. Admission
Is and 25 cents.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

Totals 1905 els s101,21O.95
Apportioned to the
emergency school fund 100000
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-30

A remarkable success has result
ed from the experiments of the De-
partment of Agriculture in Salt Riv-
er Valley Arizona, in the production
of a profitable variety of Egyptian
cotton. The introduction of this
crop promises something of reyela-
ton in agricultural methods there
by encouraging more thorough cul-
tiyation of the soil, and increase in
the alfalfa acreage, and a more care
full use of water. The government
expert estimates a value of 1870 :
600 for the 1913 crop of about 5000
acres. Extra precautions are being
taken to prevent the introduction of
the boil weevil At the present time
all seed is supplied by the Depart
mnt of Agriculture after careful
selection A ginnery is to be estab-
lished at once at Chandler, and an
other is promised at Mesa.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
CHEAP CLOTHING

The labor trouble in the mems ready
made garment trade puts sharp in
terrogaticn point up in these cost of
living times The wOrkingman, who
already can barely have meat once
a day, win now be asking whether he
must return to the linsey wcolsey of
the fathers.
The Survey says the average week
ly wage Of New York home workers
on mems coats is but $2.4O to $500.
On trousers it is shade better, $500
to 1920 In neither case is it enough
to feed human creature, let alone
a cent for shelter or clothes. Condi-
tions in tho factories are probably not
so bad, but as whole, wages in the
clothing trade are lower than a world
with any heart in it can permit very
long.
Perhaps the best thing the poor man
can do in this pathetically tight
squeeze, is to reflect on the expensive
ness Of cheap clothing.
1t is a common experience, among
men who buy clothes of coed tailors,
to be surprised at the length of time
really good cloth will wear Any tai
lor living in a wintry climat will
tell you of cases where an overcoat
used some three to four months year
Nil wear ten years. Probably it cost
$4,000, half of which may be consi-
dere1 as due to the high cost of Gus
tom work Probably the same thing
could be had in a good ready-made
clothing store for $4,000 and at off
seasons fer $500. II on a pinch such
coat can be worn 10 years, the cost
is but $3.50 to $500 a year for the
garment
1t is probable that most workingmcn
would pay about $1,000 for an inferior
garment, and could hardly make it go
more than three years, costing them
over $500 per year.
If the poor man can once get such
"a start that he can buy a really good
coat, waiting perhaps for some off
season sale in order to get the very
best at moderate price, he viii not
merely save money in the long run.
He will also do his part toward soly-
ing the sorrowful problem Of thu sweat
vshdps. Fer it is always the low cost
garment that pays the low wage.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
WHEN STOCKS MAY BE BOUGHT

The investigation now proceeding of
Wall street methods may CT may not
lead to a real cleanup. But If this
showdown should persuade some peopl
to abstain from a game which they
are as we'll qualified to play as todd
ling children on a football field, this
quiz" will have been well worth
while.
The following is a good general
rule: Remember that when Wall
stree stock is advancing in price.
the chances are better. than even that
the people who know it's real condition
are simply playing skilled adver-
Using game to sell out to suckers.
To all broad rules there are Of
course exceptions. A man who has
capital not disable in his business, may
possibly find it profitable to make a
study of stock market conditions. The
majority who do so would have done
better to lock their money up in stand
ard bonds. Still, one may admit that
some men. are so constituted that they
can safely invest in certain classes
of stocks.
Here are some good rules for all VIII,
buy stocks who have not had at least
semi-professional training in the in
vestment business:
/. Never buy a stock that has not
paid dividends at least five consecu-
tive years.
2. Never buy a stock without exam
ming an authoritative tabulation of i
income account for the past year and
unless it's income account shows lib
eral margin earned above dividend re-
quirements.
3. Never buy stock unless within
year it has fallen in value at least
10 per cent without such fall in its
earnings as threatens its ability to pay
it's regular dividend.
People without business training,
particularly women, should buy stocks
under no circumstances except on the
advice of some trained investcr who
is personally intere: tEd in the in welfare
If these rules were generally obssrv-
ed, thousands of stores and factories
would be employing labor and 'distri-
buting prosperity. which now have
gone under the hammer of the auction
Ger, or whose meager bones have been
picked up by the hungry debtors of the
bankruptcy court.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
WHENCE THE DOLLAR SIGN
A Professor Denies It Is a combina.
'" ton Of U and

Where did the dollar mark come
from? The most popular theory, and
the generally accepted one. ia that Il e
sign came from making a monogram
of the letters ~" and IS" By elm.
mating the bottom of letter "U'
the dollar mark, in it's present form,
resulted. This is called the U. S.
theory. 1t seems to fit the case. and
people interested mere in the chase
for dollars than in making the dollar
sign in front of some figures have
been willing to let it go at that.
But Professor Florian Cajori Of
Colorado College, comes along and in
an article in the current number of
the Popular Science Monthly demol-
ishes that theory and gives data to
show the '"irristible conclusion" that
the dollar mark came down to us
from the peso abbreviation, Fps"
and also that it is of Latin American
origin.
There is no historical data to sup
port the ~. S. theory" no evidence
of use in old manuscripts, Professor
Cajori says Robert Morris was the
earliest government official to use
the dollar mark. but he used an IS"
with only one downward stroke across
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
COOKED POTATOES
ARE FED TO HOGS
Record Made In Hog Fattening-
News From Hustling
Valley Town

Middleton, Dec Esd. D. Barney
last week killed a hog at Middleton
that gained weight during the past
three and 0ne-haif months at the rate
of SO Al pounds per month, or nearly
three pounds per day This hog, along
with others, was fed cooked potatoes,
and raw corn on the ear. When this
hog was put on this feed the first weel
of last September it weighed 14O
pounds. When it was killed Dec. 16,
1912, it weighed $50 pounds, which is
a gain of 80 pounds in the three and
one-half months, or SO ~ pounds per
month The hog when dressed
weighed $50 pounds.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
SAFETY LAWS ARE VIOLATED
SAYS COMPLAINT FILED
Oregon Short Line Charged With Neg.
lectins' To Safeguard Train EN-.
pIoyes On Three Counts.

Three counts, for each Of which the
government asks $500, are mentioned
in a complaint brought against the
Oregon Short Line fer the alleged vic.
lation of the safety appliance act.
Curg H. Lingenfelter, United States
district attorney recently filed suit
in the federal district court against tie
railroad company charging it with tho
violation of the act on three separate
counts. The government claims that
on Nov. 5, 1912. a Chicago E. North
western car No. 74,112 running north
from Pocatello had a disconnected lock
block lifting apparatus and that the
failure of this part of the machinery
to work necessitated a mans stepping
between the cars to make the con-
nection.
The defect was on the ''B" end of
the car and is said to have violated
section 2 of the act. On Nov. 8, the
government charges the company with
again violating the act by the lack of
knuckle on car No. 2O,516 of the
Northern Pacific company running ives
from Nampa. The knuckle was missin
from the "a end of the car and the
connection was made with a chain, it
Is alleged. On the "B" end of car No.
24,784, belonging to the Seabcard Air
Line railroad and attached to a train
running west from Nampa, the gov.
from Nampa. The knuckla was missing
on Nov. 8. The condition is said to
have forced a brakeman to step be-
tween the cars in order to make the
connection.
On each Of the three counts, the 60
vernment asks for 500 damages
against the railroad.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
GotNc BACK TO THE OLD HOME

1t was good trophy that Woodrow
WILSON brought back to lay at the feet
AZ his mother town, staunton, Va.
But perhaps while he was carting
around all the laurel wreaths and
Ahiny' badges that the voters and 9TH
ers have bestowed, ON him, he did not
feel nearly so biggity as, some, Of the.
fest OF us on returning to boyhood
hc,,a ...s : -, ms -. "
There is an element of triumph in
returning Ito the place that raised
you, II your life has been even pass
ably successful. For if, you left at
any period after infancy, you were
always deprecated. No prophet is
without honor, etc. In that feeling
there is always an element of envy.
Village wise men and boyheod associ
ates, always hate to admit that any
one who has had the same advan-
tages that they had could ever out
strip them
It's very different when you return.
No matter if it is small share of the
worlds crowns or plumber that you
have been able to grasp, you seem
a pretty big man to the stay at homes,
The element of jealousy is removed,
since they are able to say to them
selves, that if they had had your
chance, they would have done as well
or better. -.
Even if the former country bump.
kin with whom you went to school
does call you eddie" or "Tommie,
don't step too high nor snub him too
sharply. The simple names of boy.
hood ought to have a clink like the
odd oaken bucket, after you have been
separated by your associates by the
former handle of Mister"
There is something rather fine about
sharing an honor with the influences
that created you. Was it not Presi-
dent Garfield who on taking the in
augural cath turned to kiss his mo-
Their? Similarly it is a gracious act
Of the president-elect to give due
honor to a civic parentage.
To the boys who are going out
from this town today, or who have
gone out in past years, it may we'll
be remarked, Don't forget, if you win
honors or wealth in the big world
outside, that a large share of the
success Is due to the early home who's
shelter and impulse made it all
possible.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
A THOROUGHBRED

When we say man or woman
we know is a thoroughbred, we pay to
him or her the greatest compliment
of which we are capable. There is not
in the vocabulary of pleasant terms
stronger word.
Visit stock-farm, the home of high
grade horses or cattle, and you viii Sc
that the physical signs of the. thorough
bred are fine eyes and an erect bear
ing. These are the symbols OF a high,
generous spirit .--S -
The keeper Of the stock-farm will
tell you that thoroughbred never
whines. One illustrated this to me
by swinging a dog around by the tail.
The creature was in pain., but :, no
sound escaped him ."You see,' said
the keeper, they never complain. 1t
amt. in ,em.- Same way. when "a stable
burns. It amt the best horses that
scream when they're burnin. It's the
worst. 49, =. ...'N.j fs-''@
All this is quite as true of the hu.
man thoroughbred. The visible signs
of the invisible spirit are the eyes
that are steady and shoulders that are
straight. No burden except possibly
the weight Of many years bends his
shoulders. and his eyes meet yours
in honest fashion.
He never complains. He keeps his
troubles to himself, having discovered
as thoroughbreds do, that to tell trou-
bles is to multiply them, and to look
them in the breast is to diminish and
finally end them He never talks
about what Fate has done to him. He
knows he is master Of his own des.
tiny. He never bewails the treatment
he has received from another. for he
knows no one can do him lasting harr.
except himself
He never whines and he never
peaches. Nor is he a gutter. -
He Is man who never gives up
Commodore Perry, whose time-staineG
tombstone peers out of the Autumn
mold Of Trinity's famous graveyard
seeming to say to the young, Don't
give up the ship" was thoroughbred
No suicide ever deserved that name.
The shaggy Saint Bernard neves
leaves man to perish In the eternal
cold and wilderness of an Alpine pass
The human thoroughbred never fails 8
friend. He is generous to his enemies
hard fighter, but fair one
The thoroughbreds you meet on the
stock-farm have q fine. freq stride
They move as though they are unem
numbered, and fear no man. The
spirit Of the human thoroughbred is O
the same sort His Is a large view
Of associates. of his environment, Of
life. His faults have not their ROOT
in pettiness.
| He declines to do a contemplate
act. not because he is afraid of beins
found out, nor because he thinks II
won't pay" but because he prefers
to live on good terms with himself. Ii
many faces are signs OF the timor
Gus spirit; in many eyes the look Of
one ashamed. The thoroughbred looki
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List Of letters remaining uncalled
for in the Post Office at Blackfoot,
Idaho, for the: week ending Deem
Der 81, 1912 -,,, i'- ~ ~.
, Persons calling j. for these let
ters will please say Advertised
Dec. 81, 1872, e,a
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Clark, Mrs. J. L.. a..
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Frawley, Martin -. :
George, Frank t. -. ~
Henderson, Mrs. J. ]. t.~< =
Howard, Chas. ". t.'''. =
Hawley, Mrs. Mary
Johnston; B. L. Hfsa
Kineber, Frank
Nelson & Meek
Nader, Fred :-'
Parr, William
Peterson, Mamie
Rainney, Isabel
Stewart, Mrs. Caroline
Steel, Ralph
Simpson, Mrs. D. w.
Teeples, Jacob
Uhrlanb, F. N.
Vanegas, Juan
Wray, Hyrum
Watson, J. B.
Wilson, John R.
Young, James o.
Postage due on each the above.
one cent. All Of the above letters re-
naming uncalled for two weeks from
the date of this list will be sent 10
the Dead Letter Office. Letters bear
ing the return request Of sender will
not be advertised
Persons are requested to advise cor
respondents Of their correct address.
To avoid delay in delivery, have your
mail addressed to street and number.
P. O. Box. General Delivery. or r.
F. D. No. H. B. CURTIS.
Postmaster.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
Chronic Constipation Cured

Five years ago l had the worst case
OF chronic constipation ever knew
of and Chamberlain's Stomach and LIZ
YER Tablets cured me-" writes S. F..
Fish. Brooklyn, Mich. For sale by all
druggists. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02

chamberlalns Cough Remedy
This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. 1t is pleasant to
take. 1t contains no opium or other
narcotic. 1t always cures. For sale by
all druggists adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02

it. There have been theories that
the mark came from the Pillar of
Hercules coins. No manuscripts
show such an adaptation. Then there
is the pieces of g. theory, derived
from the old Spanish dollars, but
there is no manuscript evidence Of
that, either :,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
Money To Loan

We have some of that good Sails
bury Company money to loan The
only real options given to the bor-
rover. No other company will treat
you as this company will. When in
need of money call and see me.
adv. tt. G. F. MODEM.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02
10 In Hospital

Frank Payne. car inspector for the
Short Line In this city. is spending
. few days in the hospital. having An
injured bone treated by local physician
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02

serenely at the world because he nei-
Their fears, nor has been shamed, at
the bar of his own soul-Ada Pat
terson
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02

We can give you q better clubbing
price on magazines than any other
firm in Blackfoot Phone 2O9. II
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-02

Clean, soft cotton rags wanted at
Optimist office. Advertisement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
Weekly Cotton Statement

New Orleans, May 30.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton ex-
change statement issued before the
close of business today shows an In
crease In the movement into sight COM
pared with the seven days ending this
date last year in round figures of 300.
an increase over the same days year
before last of 10000 and a decrease
the same time in 1910 of 10000.
For the 80 days of May the totals
show decrease under last year of 5f.-
000 an increase over the same period
year before last of 10000 and de-
crease under the same time in 1910 of
1900
For the 272 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is behind
the e72 days of last year 2,169,000,
ahead of the same days year before last
1,TS4,000, and ahead of 1910 by S,30S,00o.
The amount brought into sight dur
ing the past week has been $685. bales,
against 65.06i for the seven days end
ing this date last year. 45,hS6 year be-
fore last and 75.S43 same time in 1910;
and for the 30 days of May IL has been
S05,74l against 256,299 last year, 259.
269 year before last and 322,769 same
time in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
EXTREME DULLNESS
IN COTTON MARKET
Little Desire to Trade in
View of Decoration Day
Holidays Elsewhere

New Orleans, May 30.-Extreme dull
ness prevailed in the cotton market to-
day. With New York closed and nc
official weather reports. because 1t was
Decoration day and double holidays
following the close here there was lit
tie desire to trade. except to even up
in preparation for the government S
condition figures Monday morning.
Private reports concerning the weather
and the growing crop were bearish but
they caused only very moderate short
selling.
On the opening the tone was steady
and prices were 1 to points up on
good cables. The range throughout the
highest the trading months were to
points over yesterdays close; at the
lowest they were unchanged to / point
under. The close was at net rise of
1 to points.
Private weather accounts Indicated
that very little rain fell over night in
the cotton region and that tempera-
lures were about seasonable. Some rain
was promised in the forecast but the
trade regards rains now and then as
beneficial. Crop reports, especially from
the western belt. could hardly have
been better and pointed to a gain in
condition since May 25, the end of the
period to be considered in the govern
ment's report.
nrIA "a,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
Worlds Visible Sunply

The movement since September l
shows receipts at all United states
ports, 9,5i5.5SO, against 11,762.617 last
year, S42S.S75 year before last and
7,O26551 same time in 1910. Overland
across the Mississippi. Ohio and Pa
tomac rivers to northern mills and Can
ada, 931.4SS, against 1,202,079 last year.
S97,91S year before last and 752,55f
same time in 1910; interior stocks in
excess of those held at the close Of
the commercial year, 219,510 against
132545 last year, 122,125 year before
last and 164,305 same time In 1910;
southern mills takings, 2,529,000 against
2,297143 last year, 2,042,211 year be-
fore last and 1.973,6S1 same time in
1910.
These make the total movement for
the 272 days of the season from Sep
tember / to date 13.225,57s. against 15.-
3943s4 last year, IL, ,441,129 year before
last and 9,917,092 same time in 1910.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 115,943, against 49,554 last year.
making the total thus far for the sea-
son S,079,050, against 10,070,S39 last
year, a decrease of 1,991,789.
Northern mills talkings and Canada
during the past seven days show an
increase of 1886 as compared with the
corresponding period last year. and
their total takings since September L
have decreased 356, 1868. The total TAX
ings of American mills, north, south
and Canada, thus far for sthe season
have been 4,sS4,369. against 4,92s,3s9
last year. These include 2,236,734 by
northern spinners. against 2,593397.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 20
leading southern interior centers have
decreased during the week 92,47S bales.
against a decrease during the corre-
spending period last season of 45,01s
and are now 1918 larger than at this
date In 1912.
Including stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus for from the new crop the
supply to date is 13,590,291, against
15,6S1,3 1858 for the same period last