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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
WEALTHIEST NEGRO.
She is Only 10 Years Old and Has In.
come of Princely Proportions.

An Oklahoma dispatch says: A
neatly embossed bank book, with
leaves of gold-tenseled paper, which
bears the name Sarah Rector" is
the only outward sign that one of the
occupants of a humble cabin near
Beland, west of here, is the richest
negro or negress in the world A
10-year-old freedman girl, her roy
alties from her oil lands amount to
twice the salary of the president of
the United States per year.
From two wells in the Cushing oil
field, one a month old and the 9TH
er recently drilled in, flow $500 bar
rels of oil day. Of this, one-eighth
or ATS barrels goes to Sarah Rector,
who owns the land, and who leased
it through her guardian, T. J. Porter,
a stockman, to the Prairie Oil and
Gas company. The price paid for the
lease on 100 acres of land was a
bonus of 81 per acre. The Prairie re-
Gently sublet to B. B. Jones of Bris-
tow and Jones Immediately sank a
well on one forty-acre tract. The we'll
came in at 2949 barrels day, and is
holding up at 1000 barrels. The sec
ond we'll, on the opposite side of the
forty, is doing 1900 barrels.
Sarah's ATS barrels day sell for
$1.O3 barrel, or slightly over $475
per day, $171,OOO year. And all
this from two wells. Four other wells
have already been started and five
more locations staked, so that nine
more wells will be in within sixty
days.
Sarah contentedly lives with her
parents in the little cabin on her
guardians place Her people are ten
ant farmers and cotton pickers,
though we'll educated negroes. Every
safeguard is being used to protect
Sarah's interests, and by the time
she is old enough to go to some big
colored boarding school for girls she
will use for the first time part of her
fabulous wealth.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
KANSAS LADY WANTS IN
FORMATION ABOUT IDAHO

A lady in Kansas City who reads
The Republican writes for informa-
ton which has not appeared in the
paper, and we give it herewith for her
and for our other readers who may
be interested.
A seven or eight room house in
Blackfoot rents for prices verying
from SIS $50 month according to
whether it is modern or not, and de-
pending of course somewhat upon
location, and condition. Many hous-
es are being built each year, none Of
them ever blow away or wash away,
they hardly ever burn, and yet it is
hard to find one empty except for
short time in summer.
We do not have gas for cooking
or heating purposes. We use coal
that costs from $500 to 1913 per
ton. People who heat with furnaces
keep fire in them about six months.
Our coolest weather registers about
twenty below, in extreme cases low
er for day or two.
The cost of electricity for lighting
purposes is as follows:
Per kilowat hour. IL cents
Cash discount 1915
For SO or more kilowats lower price
is given by sliding scale.
For Small Cooking Outfit
Per kilowat hour. .........5 cents
rs kilowats or more. .....3 cents
Minimum charge ............$1
For Use i'm Range
Per kilowat hour ........21a cents
Minimum charge $3.50
Water Heating
Per month, one kilowat. 80. So. 90
Per month, 2 kilOwat. ...... $50
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
MACHINERY for OPTICAL OFFICE

DR.. A. B. Richards has been enlarg-
ing his office rooms in the Millick
block and has installed machinery for
grinding glasses for optical work. He
istalled his motor Tuesday and is
ready to turn on the current and do
the fine work that has always been
sent away to the cities.
This is one of the few offices in
the state that has this equipment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
/, w. Ws. Left.

The bunch of eight men held for
ten days on charge of vagrancy,
and commonly spoken of as l. w. VS..
were all discharged the last of the
week. They were brought bfore
Judge Jensen one at time, as no
evidence was found against them they
were permitted to go.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
PIONEERING CLUSTER LIGHTS.

F. G. Parkinson has the record of
being the first business man in Black
foot to order cluster lights for his
front. He made application Tues
day evening to the city council for the
privilege and spacing for the metal
posts, and will place them in front
of his new business block, the Butt
cane building on North Main street
which he has recently purchased.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
LOCAL OPTION in HAMMOCK.

Bannock county will hold a local
option election on the 18th of Novem-
Der to see if saloons may be opened
again. This will be the third time
the question is submitted in six years.
The second time it was voted on, the
dry majority increased over the first
vote.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24

Dow Williams who was charged
with illegally transporting liquors in
this county, was bound over on two
charges, and is out on bonds of $500
in each case.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
BLACKFOOT COURT NEWS.
Suits Filed

Alex. Younie VS.. e. L. Blood and
Teany Blood is for collection of note
for 1925 and costs and interest. w.
A. Beakley is attorney for plaintiff.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
NOTICETO APPLE GROWERS

Box liners for sale at the Repub-
lican office. No delay, goods al
ways ready, can be sent by parcels
post, fifty cents per 100 prepaid. tt
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24
SHIPPING POTATO CROP.

j. U. Mcpherson was in town We'd
nesday looking after the business OF
the potato branch of the North West
distributors of which he is the state
manager. He says they have shipped
about 800 cars and have been re-
ceiving very satisfactory returns, so
cents being the lowest yet received,
but whether this was gross, or net
we did not understand. He report
ed having shipped 81 cars Tuesday
from the state.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24

SiSJ het0 UOOA '1OAtAh6 hOA AOphO"'
Mr.. ]. D. Murphy for some time and
left for home Thursday.
e. T. Malcomb who has been i'll
for some time is able to be able to
be about again this week, the first
time in several months.
Mrs. H. H. Price died at Moore on
Wednesday.
w. A. Walker is planning to leave
for Iowa in short time to visit the
home folks. Mr.. Walker is the man
who built fourteen beet racks for the
farmers in five weeks, and somebody's
reporter cut it down to one week.
Anyhow he built the racks and they
are doing good service.
Mrs. o. F. Smith is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. Kestner who came
out from Nebraska recently.
S. A. Busenbark was in from his
ranch on the Blackfoot the first of
the week.
T. M. Callahan, general manager
of the Golden Rule stores was in town
few days recently.
D. L. Pope and son w. L. Pope,
railroad contractors from Basalt and
nixon were in Blackfoot Tuesday
morning attending to business and
having a little visit together
George Watson came down from
Bonanza Monday evening where he
has been working on his mining claim
M. L. Haines, L. H. Lathrop and H.
r. Freeland were in from Aberdeen
the first of the week on business be-
fore the commissioner.
Dave Burrell is making trip this
week through Custer and Lemhi
counties in the interest of the fish and
game department
Frank Taylor was down from his
ranch at Darlington the first of the
week and went home Tuesday. \
Senator Taylor of Caste county
took trip out to Lost river Tuesday.
Mr.. Sweet, Mrs. Chalmers and Mrs.
Van Bramer went out to Lost river
Tuesday morning.
Charlie Martin of Idaho Falls and
Arco went out to his Lost river ranch
Tuesday,
Mrs. Carl Severn will leave Satur
day for Nebraska where she will visit
relatives. From there she will go to
Chicago for a three months visit
with her parents.
Addie Tresell was kicked in the face
by a horse last Friday.
L. c. Jeffrey of Bingham Canyon,
Utah, is the guest of his daughter,
Mr.. e. ]. Potter this week.
Mrs. Wright arrived in Blackfoot
last week from Portland, Ore, and is
visiting at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Edward Thoreson.
Col. J. T. Henderson of Arco spent
few days in Blackfoot this week
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Thoreson.
Mr.. and Msr. Morrell arrived last
week from Fairfield, in Blaine county
to be at the bed side of their daugh-
ter Rose who is very sick at the City
hospital.
VIM. Dooley attended the Press
club meeting at Pocatello last Sun
day.
John Thamm and Alec Burnett Jr.
of Mackay spent Sunday in town. Mr..
Thamm was on his way to Weiser.
d. H. Biethan has gone on bust
ness trip to Chicago.
Albert Blair has returned from his
fall campaign operating a steam
thresher in the upper end of the
county and is again employed at the
Brown-Eldredge Furniture company.
A. s. Hall came in from McCollum
the first of the week, and says he
is preparing to drill well. Mr.. Hall
is the postmaster at McCollum, but
there is nothing doing yet in the Of
fee; in fact the office is not yet
built.
A girl baby arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Severn last Fri
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24

stealing chewing gum from Simons
the popcorn man while helping him
draw his wagon across the railroad
tracks, were taken before Judge Jen-
sen Wednesday and an investigation
made. The boys are under the SUI
pervision of the judge and will be re-
quired to report to him monthly I'M
til their record for honesty is clear
ed up.
District court convenes next Mon
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24

Some boys who were charged with
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-10-24

District court convenes next Mon
day. The cases docketed can be re-
viewed on page four of this issue.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

II. J. Giltinan was in the city Sun
day on his way to White Sulphur
Springs to visit his old friend {. W.
Cook and meet his many acquain-
tances at the county seat.
Harry came to Montana thirty
years ago and early settled in the
Smith River valley where he was for
a long time engaged in the sheep
raising business. Five or six years
ago his attention was called to the
Moule ranch on Careless creek, one
of the biggest holdings south of the
Snowy mountains. and Mr.. Moule
being one OF the largest sheep raisers
in this section. Mr.. Giltinan made Il
personal inspection Of the property
but was not favOrably impressed
with it until he visited the headwat-
ers Of Careless and Swimming Wo-
man creeks, two streams of about
equal volume that come out Of the
Snowy mountains about two miles
apart, and from both Of which
streams Mr.. Moule had valuable
water rights for the use Of his sheep
and for irrigation purposes.
His examination OF the headwaters
of the Swimming Woman revealed to
him 4 marvellous natural formation,
which, with some work of man.
would make a reservoir that would
conserve enough water to irIigate
thousands Of acres OF rich farming
lands in the territory drained by that
stream. The same was true Of the
headwaters of Careless creek. I'M
mediately grasping the possibilities
Of these two streams from an irriga-
tiOn standpoint, Mr.. Giltinan at once
decided to purchase the MOule ranch.
Swimming Woman creek comes
out of the mountains through solid
formation of rock that rises almost
perpendicularly to height Of over
200 feet. The opening ut the base is
about 200 feet wide. Bv filling this
gap with concrete to \ distance of 200
feet high. the natural basin in the
mountains would hold sufficient wat
er to irrlgate all the lands for
miles and miles on both sides of the
stream, besides forming water pow
er of untold value. About the same
natural conditions exist ut the open
ing through which Careless creek
flows from the mountains.
Several years ago Mr.. Giltinan
had preliminary survey made o
these two openings and the civil en-
gineer estimated the cost of the con
crete work at about $4,000 for each
stream. Since then Harry has been
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

g = - ,.::':i, and th .tarv
~ s:,' >... .aI rruleS,n III
=. :'.' 9: J.. iltMbprS f,' ''day
= '::.:v .:,.;,. IL which IL. ~ AsS
:E:':: :".. ,ni:, III disrr the
CT .''t.' !: u:"ssitiOn and +. Ov.n-
Il ~ :. h.n 1t action.
:!.v'ry t.: s.-:. whethe: y a
",tn,; 1T -, >.:3cie;y of or
to-, is "a::."..:y r"Questr;: =: res-
81: Il, tr:.. .,.'.':i,g On Feb 18th.
':;si It, :;.r.n:.rS put they. ;.lers
;u :'' a;t-, i.vh,ud any Ns.. that
u"~'!; nop>t 10; the benc.., .ileir
uu:!';I ir'A:. .sss. somethiu- ..ing
10 nlost. Y:M nrganiZati.~ the
farmers elevator cOmpn. .:rlng
hni.i times ana poor e.. illus
,r.:-S the !rmr.r OF tli>. .J-rs
Who comp Sc tue Society 'iiv,
an:l 1t it can h., shown tina; am
CIV can i. operated sucr... y in
.IMuith Gap. t,t members !. inter
heartily into the work OF -. ,ish-
iilR ~ same.
I.,- Jon:na! believes 4 e.. - :; 1T
;nis point viii be Ut lasting u. Ill to
::.r farmers jn this sectiu;, i" ,ion.
,a,Ia. and ii the farmers 2et '.-lind
the movement il will he Il =: sue
cess.
The question Of financing pro-
position will be largely ur the
business men as the farmer. IL in
no condition at the presen 'e to
dig up much money. In to. many
Of them will not be in sl,af - buv
good milk COWS and p". .''h for
same at this time. Ii Il plan IA he
adopted whereby those who 80 not
able to buy milk cows can k,' same
on time aud pay for them '''''n the
product Of the COW. there W., .e 40
question about AL the farm-.. ~, this
vicipity entering heartily n'.' the
movement. This will he oh1 u The
suliects discussed at the meo. '..s on
Saturday, February 18th.
Let us have a rOusing meeting on
the above date.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

TAKE YOUR PENCIL OUT AND DO A
LITTLE FIGURING ON COUNTY DIVISION

Whatever real cause those who are
opposing county division may have
the assumed one is that it will be a
burden in expense in the way of in
creased taxation that the new settler
cannot afford to assume. At present
this is the main cry of the people Of
Hedgesville. Let us see where this
increased cost will be.
The present county and state levy
for Meagher county in 1912 is 2O.3
mills. about mill and half higher
than the levy of 1911, which levy was
about mill and half higher than
in 1910. And what has happened
along this line will continue to hap
pen as the county keeps on passing to
= lower class each year with higher
salaries. and the yearly expense of
adding about $4,000 a year from the
general fund to build additions to the
court house at White Sulphur
Springs.
1t is acknowledged that if Wheat
land county is formed it will have an
assessed valuation Of no less than
$4,5OO,O0O. An 1s mill levy will give
us $81 900 a year in taxes. Out Of
this the state will get 1880 OH Il
3-12 mill levy. The salaries of Off
GERS and deputies for seventh class
county will amount to no more than
$4,000. The cost of organizing the
new county, transcribing records,
blank books, Office fixtures and print
ing of blanks and books will not be
over $4,000. The court expenses
can only be estimated, but should
not exceed $4,000 year, and the
probabilities are it will be much less.
After deducting these amounts there
will be left for roads and bridges and
incidental expenses the sum of $27,-
$50. At least s2O,OOO of this can be
used in making roads each year.
In becoming segregated from
Aeagher county We will have to
strike u balance sheet. After deduct
ing our share Of indebtedness we will
receive our proportion of the cash on
hand, which will be about $35 900.
We can do either of two things with
this money: Use it to build cour
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

John Strait. u,s ~: -: =.
the McKtlizir +; ~. u: =: .l':::'.
live wire. Iir sees j.. ,...,.
of diversified f", mi: !. ~ =; "t.'.
tana in order ~ ~: -
perity to the far:.;-' "!.e i, .,
ness interests in tn. to- H. c:., IL.
ent upon the farming cul,..; ;n's:-..
What helps the tarm."> ~: mp :.
towns.
He had bunch 0; IL, r.. ~"
him the other DAY, all. Il, So. 3.
Il creamery vas y. i.i. ;.i~..' g..
Taking out his l,s"r :,
farmers took :, me!,..i L. :iS:s
number OF milk COW. ~. Un :r,1
tributary to judith >;:a .....: l,:n.
Der figured up - ~. ~. is
claimed that in O;u - ...: II
successful creanler, .iir ~. ::
400 cows il necessary.
1t surprised All the Il. :;:'- ~. .".;.
ut this conference io i-.ili.; ~" ;;:t: :
was really 200 COWS nos .;.',:- n'. :
ell in the territory t!i.'t, i,
Judith Zap, aud all ART :: a.. n.!."
Der was sufficient u L,;t. ); ,.... IL.
the establishment ul i: ,..'"...n.:>
this point. Every farther :"n as,.,
add cows to his pr-s.n h-.r, am:
many who are not milking So nj "u
will gladly 20 into th, n,;s' :r*s 4:
there is established IL rsEd. ",alhe
for the product.
The manager Of lir >'saA, /; Ca.
easily find Il marker iur lU.:i;iy, ~Iy,.
and hogs which all the ;a.h,s.s y 1'n
raise, and instead OF Ns.:::.,s i. .".'
crops to mature every i"tii:-. :ah.
have Il monthly cash ihru:::s .:uii;
cream, poultry, eggs and nNy:', "h'S.'
will bring prosperity to al.
All that it requi.ts is crgai'l".iu;..
and it was suggested 10y Ar. strain
that the judith Gap Society OF LuM..
take the matter up ~ d ina.,i'g 10 "e
held soon. Tie Dusiucss iuterrs.s ~
the town would gladly help n u sub-
stantial way towards yetI:S tht;
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14
EnQlishWO1nen Make
Ideal Shoppers.
D n. GORDON SELfRDCE Established
Store In Londo

~ HE SHOPPING MANNERS THE ENeLisHWoMAN ARE
BETTER THOSE HER AMERICAN PROTOTYPE
y > CROWDS AROUND COUNTERS ARE INVARIABLY
BRED AND COURTEOUS n THERE Is uNlNTEN
r,oNAL JosrLNc IT Is IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED
ocY. sNATcHiNc OF GOODS FROM ANOTHER
CUSTOMERS HANDS, INDIGNANT cLAREs NO
SARCASTIC REMARKS
the salespeope and the sales
people return compliment. The FLIPPANCY AND mat
TENTION to be met American would be tol
Grated for instant in London shop.
Indeed Americans RARELY MAKE A SUCCESS when
they hold positions London This is merely
true Of work shops the whole industrial field
The worker goes England from this hoping
better himself is of do for himself Ts MAN.
NER Is AGAT~
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

NATURAL RESERVOIRS THAT WILL
IRRIGATE THOUSANDS OF ACRES

busy in changing his holdings from u
sheep ranch to agricultural PROPOSE
t;Ons, whOlesaling and retailing the
tract. and he has not given the irri-
CATION and water power proposition
the attention he would like, but now
that he has more time to devote to it
he intends to push the matter to it's
final conclusion. He desires to form
a company Of about half a million
dollars capital to build these two res
ervoir sites, buy up the existing wat
er rights on each stream and build
bitches throughout the country trib-
utarv. Besides furnishing enough
water to irrigate thousands of acres
of fertile lands. II water power could
be developed from both these dams
to furnish enough electricity to cleo
trify the Great Northern railway
from Great Falls to Billings, run
electric lines throughout all the
country south Of the mountains, fur
nish every farmer with cheap power
and lights besides the towns of He'd
gesville. Nihill and Judith Gap.
With irrigation the vast county
south Of the mountains, would be
transferred into fields of sugar beets
and alfalfa. which would mean fac
tories ut the towns along the Great
Northern in this territory, and the
lands would be as valuable rs those
around Billings. which are held from
$3.50 to $3.50 an acre.
Mr.. Giltinan has given this propo-
sition of water power and irrigation
from these two streams careful
thought for several years, and he is
thoroughly convinced that the rossi-
bilities rs above enumerated are not
irredescent dreams. and that before
three years time some company will
be in control of the proposition with
sufficient capital to develop the pow
er and water to it's fullest capabili-
ties, and that will mean prosperity to
his town of Hedgesvilie and every
| farmer living south Of the Snowy
mountains.
And Mr.. Giltinan can count on the
help OF Judith Gap to push the pro-
ject along, as anything that will help
Hcdgesville is bound to help this
| town.
N. E. Curch Notice.
Services Sunday Feb. .. at 5 p. m.
in the Congregational church. Come
! to church.
&C. ID. Bradley. Pastor.
He who sits down to wait for good
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

house. which will erect q building
ample to meet the needs Of the new
county for many years to come, or
put it out in the local banks at 3 per
cent interest, and later OH apply the
principal and accumulated interest
towards paying for a court house.
At the same valuation rs at pres
ent the levy should never he over 1s
mills for county and state purposes,
and on account of the compactness
and smallness of the county, the levy
should be reduced from year to year
as the assessed valuation of the
county's property increase, as it
surely will when the railroad lands
are sold and improved and the towns
grow.
A great deal of care must be exer-
cised in selecting the three county
commissioners Of Wheatland county.
They should be men of exceptional
business ability, strict integrity and
sturdy honesty, men who can not
he swerved from their plain path Of
duty i'll keeping expenses down by
the clamor Of designing grafters, 1t
is almost wholly up to the commits
si0ners IS to the amount Of the ex-
pense of running the new county, and
they must be men who are absolutely
free from the suspicion of having All
itching to graft or in any way sus-
ceptable to wrong influences.
With these kind of commissioners
the taxes in the new county will be
considerably less the first year Of the
organization of Wheatland county
than they are ut present. and each
year thereafter they should be mat
erially reduced.
Congregational Church Notice.
Sunday Feb. 9th preaching services
will be held in the evening at 1880
O'Clock. Sunday school at II O'Clock
IN the morning. Every one is cordi-
ally invited to both services.
Fl. Vasku, Pastor.
The fine weather of Wednesday
sure brought the farmers to town in
Go.no a n. Aho Io~o >R ukC NM
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14

SUFFRAGE Is UsURPiNo MANS RIGHTS
TRYING ! THE BACKGROUND OF SOCIETY.
In fact, far from that capabity which wou1
WARRANT the reins of government the ruership a
human society be placed in their hands PERSONALLY should
live a country ruled by WOMAN PRESIDENT
Woman today is QUEEN of the home is KING ousda
the home. Each should HIS and HER business
No need cry out in COMPLAINT of the suffrage move.
It HURTING him bit do wish though, for to
sake Of suffrage its leaders in their public speeches
would a little ACT and DIPLOMACY. Calling
thieves and scoundres hardly endar them and only
INJURIES the cause but brings RlD1CULE and CONTEMPT
q olr sex
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14
Congregational Church Notice.

The fine weather of Wednesday
sure brought the farmers to town in
force after the several days of storm.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-14
N. E. Curch Notice.

Services Sunday Feb. .. at 5 p. m.
in the Congregational church. Come
to church.
C. ID. Bradley. Pastor.
He who sits down to wait for good
fortune needs IL thick cushion.