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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27
NATHAN q. GOFF SENATOR
FROM WEST VIRGINIA

United States Judge Of Circuit Court
Of Appeals Chosen After All-Nieht
Caucus Of Republican,.
Charleston, w. Va, Feb. 21-Nathan
B. Golf, judge CT The United States CT .
cult court of appeals, Republican, wa
elected United States senator this
afternoon by a joi:.t session Of the
West Virginia legislature to succe"'
Clarence w. Watson, Democratic in
cumbent. The election of Judge Golf
broke long deadlock and was made
only after two appeals of Governor
elect Hatfield for harmony during a
Republican caucus and the fact that
this was the last day Of the present
legislative session.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27
Sick Headache

This is usually caused by disorder
Of the stomach Take good dose Of
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets and tomorrow you will feel all
right. For sale by all druggists. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27
GIVEN SETTLERS
IN 1910 eN THE COMPANY
Big Lest River EntFynnen Told That
Thsy Would Hsvs WaAsr-copy Of
Circular ls<ter lee4ed.

A copy Ct the official notification
to settlers upon the project Ct the Big
Lost River Irrigation company shows
that although 1t was dated as late as
April IA, 1910, it assured settlers that
water would be available for that year
for irrigation purposes and advised
them to move onto the land and be
prepared for its cultivation and for use
Of the water which was promised and
rental for which was demanded, not
alone for the number Of acres actually
under cultivation but quoting the con
tract, for leach and every acre to be
charged against the entire acreage en-
tered or for which water rights have
been purchased irrespective Of the IT.
rigation thereof" It Is ssid that
many Of the settlers upon the Powell
tract actually sent ip checks for pay
ment Of this water rent in advance
for that year, and not q drop Of water
had ever been delivered and none has
ever been delivered since. Some of
these checks, however. were returned
to the settlers, and perhaps all CT
them were returned.
Acting at the notice end solicitation
Of the company, whose bond for $175,-
900 has not S" much as been declared
forfeited by the state, these settlers
went upon the tract. buila houses End
barns, cleared the land, plowed and
seeded it only to find that they had
been deceived and that there was
never any likelihood that water would
be available for that season inasmuch
as the dam by which the water was to
be stored was not more than so per
cent completed and the storage season
would be over long before the dam
could be completed.
Notice to Settlers
The notice to the settlers was as
fellows:
Boise, Idaho, April IA, 1910
Dear Sir:-The construction work CT
the Big Lost River company's project
Is being pushed to completion as rap
idly as possible and the company will
DO prepared on May LIST. 1910, to de
liver water to all settlers on the Era
and Arco tracts. Settlers on these
tracts have been notified Of this fact
and will be required to establish their
residence this season and to cultivate
their lands in accordance with the reg
ulations Of the state board Of land
commissioners.
On the Powell tract tip. NJ, r.
% E., TIPS, 2, 3, and NJ, Rs 80
and 30 E.) in which your lands lie, the
company finds it impossible to COM
plete all of Its canals and laterals in
order to deliver water to settlers be-
fore June 1st. This makes it impos-
sible to furnish water to your entry at
the beginning Of the irrigation season,
as defined in your contract with the
company. Very few farmers In the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27
CONTROL OF OPEN pITCHEs
~ THE ClTiEe OF STATE
Supreme courS sustains District Court
For Canyon County In Case Against
irrigation QstrioG.

That cities and towns have tho
right to change grades Of streets and
to compel irrigation companies to run
their water in othor than open ditch.
os inside Of the corporate limits is the
decision Of the supreme court when it
affirmed the district judge Friday
in the case of the city Of Nampa and
others against the Nampa & Meri-
dian Irrigation district.
The company appealed from the de-
cision of the district court but the su-
preme court held that the district
Judge had not made errors in any part
Of the trial or hearing. 1t held that
a city could prevent a company from
running its. water in an open ditch
through the streets and that wa
ter user in the city could compel the
company to deliver water. While the
city could not force the company to
build pipe line that would be the
only alternative for it standing, as it
dues, between the regulation of the
city and the demands Of the water
users.
The city has the authority to change
the grades of the streets at any time
that it sees fit to do so and the COM
rany must conform thereto.
Right to Regulate Streets
The court says: The municipality
still has the right to regulate the use
Of its streets and to prescribe the
manner and method to be pursued by
an irrigation district in conducting
water over or through the streets in
order to deliver it to water users and
consumers at its canal on lateral near
est the land or lot to be irrigated. If
the city authorities deem it neces-
sary to have the water conducted
through underground pipes instead of
being delivered in open bitches, it
was clearly within the power and au-
thority Of the city to take such &C
ton and prohibit tho use Of the
streets in a different manner. OF
course, the city could not compel the
irrigation district to build pipe line
but It could prohibit it carrying water
through an open ditch.
1.-THE water. consumer on the other
hand who had acquired right to tho
use Of water from this system may
have his writ Of mandate to compel
the delivery Of water to him 1T the
most available points on the line Of
the main Or lateral nearest him. If
the city can prescribe the method in
which water may be delivered through
it, streets end the water user, on the
other hand, has acquired a constitu-
tional right to have water delivered
to him from tho canal or lateral Of
thA district system, then 1t would seem
that the irrigation district is
left only the one alternative, namely,
to construct pipe line and deliver
water to the consumers through such
line
Justice Stewart and Sullivan con-
CURED in the conclusions reached by
the chief justice of the court.-Capital
News.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27
Little Girl Cured Of An Awful Cold

1.-TWO years ago our little girl had
an awful cold that settled on her lungs
says Mrs VIM. Galbraith, Hamburg, N
Y. eve were greatly worried about
her condition. She had persistent
croupy cough that chung to her despite
all our treatment, until got a bot
tie Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
This preparation relieved that dreadful
cough and choking and effected . posi-
tive cure In the course Of q few days
time" For sale by all druggists. adv,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-02-27

-weesse, ~ NV. York GLOBE
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-01-10
SYNOPSIS.

George PsFcival Algernon Jones, vice:
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York, thirsting for
Romance, ID In Cairo on a business trip.
Horaoe Rysnns arrives at the h S1no, IN
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from q pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Mater Callahan and later Is introduced to
kcrsune Chsds1,Ky * by a women Ma to whom IN
some months previously, and who turns
put to be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to a polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother: Mrs:
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
Aaughter. Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure com
pany, q concern which for a price will
arrangs any kind Of an n. adventure S,n, t. or
callahan, Wallace and Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company,
0lan y risky enterprise involving Jones.
Hyanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
Chedsoye declares she will not permit 1t.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
Tor home. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
aud cable dispatches. He wires agent In
New York, In Jones name, that he Is
renting house in New York to some
carpet, Is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as a result of his
purchase Of the rug. Mahomed accosts
Hyanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction Of the New York
merchant as q means of securing Its re-
Hurn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune q~uarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterfous actions.
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CHAPTER XII.
The Caravan In the Desert.

tuO val III ~ SSoSt@
Yes, George vanished from the
haunts Of men as completely as IL the
Great Roc had dropped him into the
Valley of Diamonds and left him
there; and as nobody knows Just
where the Valley of Diamonds is,
George was very well lost. Still. there
was, at the end Of a most unique ex-
perience, a recompense far beyond Its
value. But, of course, George, being
without the gift Of c~lairvoyance, saw
nothing save the immediate and immi-
nent circumstances: a door that
banged behind him, po~rtentously; a
sack, a cloak, a burnouse, or whatever
it was, flung about his head, and
smelling evilly.
George hit out valiantly, and a mer-
ry scufie ensued. The room was
small; at least, George thought 1t was,
for In the space of one minute he
thumped against the four sides of 1t.
He could see nothing and he couldn't
breathe very well; but in spite Of
these inconvenience he put up three
rounds that would have made some
stir among the middleweights. In the
~phraseology of the fancy, he had a
good punch. All the disappointments
of the day seemed to become so many
| pounds Of steam in his shoulder; and
| he was aware Of a kind Of barbaric
Joy whenever he hit some one. All
the circumspection Of years, all Of
the gentle blood Of his peaceful for
bears, gave way to the strain which
still turks in the blood of civilized hu
manity, even in the veins Of poets ant
parsons. He fought with all the tao
Tics of a sailor in a bar-room, not over
nicely.
A table toppled owe with a smash
ing noise. George and his assailantl
fell in a heap beside 1t. Thwack
Bang! George struggled to his fee
and tugged at the sitting envelope
Some n Jumped upon his back, Oh,
Man Of the Sea style. A savage elboy
! lab DISPOSED Of thsa incuhus. An
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And doubly hang the man who had
sold 1t to him!
His whilom friend, conscience, came
back and gibbered at him. Once he
said: Don't do IT." and now she was
saying quite humanity: {" told you
sol" Hadn't she warned him? Hadn't
she swung her red lantern under his
YER nose? Well, she hoped he was
satisfied. His reply to this brief tere-
MAD was that II ever he got his hands
upon the rug again, he would hang
on till the crack Of doom. and con
science herself could go hang. Mere
D-srys1ssusss. probably. and where
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was II, since he was now certain THAI
Mahomed had II not? It was Ry-
anne; Ryanne, smooth and plausible
Of tongue. Not being satisfied with o
thousand pounds. he had stolen Il
again to mulct some other simple
trustful person. George, usually 20
unsuspicious. vas o quite willing
to believe anything Of anybody.
He felt himself being lifted to his
feet. The rope round his ankles vas
thrown OF. His feet stung under the
renewed flow Of blood. He waited for
them to Nberate his hands. but he
CALLING rope was not disturbed. IL
was evident that the natives still en-
tertained some respect for his lighting
ability. Next. they boosted him. flung
a leg here and a leg there; then came
q lurch backward. the recurrence o.
the pain In his side. and he knew that
he was upon the back Of a camel. des-
ert-bound. There were stirrups. and
as life began to spread vigor incs
more through his legs. he found the
steel. The straps were too short. and
In time the upper turn OF the steel
| chafed his insteps. He eased himself
by riding sidewise. the proper way
to ride a camel, but with constant
straining to keep his balance without
the use Of his hands. Fortunately.
they were not travelling very fast, 9TH
erwise, what with the stabbing pains
In his side, produced by the unvarying
dog-trot, he must have fallen. He
was miserable. yet defiant; tears OF
anger and pain filled his eyes and
burned down his cheeks In spite OF
the cloth.
And he. poor fool. had always been
longing for an adventure, a taste OF
life outside the peaceful harbor where
In he had sailed his cat-boat! Well.
here he was, In the deep-sea water;
and he read himself so truly that ha
knew the adventure he had longed for
had been the cut-and-dried affairs OF
%story-tellers, In which only the vii
lains were seriously disconnected,
and everything ended happily. A
dashing hero he was. to be surei
Why hadn't he changed his clothesi
Was there ever such an ASST Ryann&
had told him that there was likely to
be sport; and yet he had left the no
tel as one dressed for the opera. ASS
And tomorrow the Ludwig would sal
, without him. ,
! CTo BE coNTINUED.)
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orable to break his parole. And where
was Ryanne? "Help!"
Mahomed swung his arm round
Georges neck. and the third cry be-
gan with a gurgle and ended with q
sigh. Deity. the Arab rebandaged
the prisoners mouth. So be II. He
had had his chance for freedom; nov
he should drink to the bottom Of the
bitter cup, along with the others. He
had no real enmity against George;
he was simply n Of the pawns In
the game he was playing. But now he
saw that there was danger In nberat.
ing him. The other! Mahomed ca.
ressed his wiry beard. To subject
him to the utmost mental agony; to
break him physically. too; to pay him
back pound for pence; to bruise. to
hurt, to rack him. that was all Ma
homed desired.
George made no further effort to
free himself. nor apparently to bestir
himself about the future. Somewhere
In the fight. presumably az he fell
against the table, he had received a
crushing blow In the small ribs; and
when Mahomed threw him back, he
tainted for the second time in his life.
He reclined Imply in the corner OF
the carriage, the bosom Of his shirt
bullying open; for the thrifty Arabs
had %purloined the pearl-studs, the
gold collar-buttons. and the sapphire
cuff-links. And consciousness re
turned only when they lifted him out
and dropped him inconsiderately int
the thick dust Of the road. He stirred
again at his bonds, but presently lay
still. The pain In his side hurt keen
ly, and he wasn't sure that the ril
was whole. What time had passed
since his entrance to the Engllsh-Ba
was beyond his reckoning, but h.
knew that II was yet in the dark O
night, as no light whatever penetrate,
the cloth over his eyes. That he wa
somewhere outside the city he wa
assured by the tang OF the winte
wind. He heard low understandable
and while he possessed a smatterin
Of the tongue, his head ached to
sharply for him to a wort
Later, a camel coughed. Camels? An
where were they taking him upon
camel? Bagdad! Impossible: ther
were too many white men followin
the known camel-ways. He groaned
little, but the sound did not reach tn
, ears of his captors. To ride a cam,
under ordinary conditions was a pail
full affair; but to straddle the ungainl
brute, dressed as he was. in q swa
low-tail and paper-thin pumps. did nc
promote any pleasurable thoughts
They would In all truth kill him b.
fore they got through. Hang the rug
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INQUIRED about Fortune, and was In
formed that abe had dined In her
room. A case Of doldrums, Mrs. Ched-
soye believed.
I'm In q peck Of trouble" aid
George, craving a little sympathy.
in what way?"
1.-THE rug l told you about Is gone"
What? Stolen?"
"Yes. Vanished into thin air."
That's too bad. OF course the 20
lice will eventually find 1t for you."
I'm afraid that's exactly the
trouble. l really daren't put the case
in the hands of the police"
ooh, l see." Mrs. Chedsoye looked
profoundly sorry.
And here l am due for Port Said
tomorrow"
That's the kind that bowls SSu
over" said the Major. II Aere 10
anything l can do SSVer you are
"Oh, l SHOULDN'T think of bothering
yov. Thanks, though"
"You must have lost your key" sug-
gested Mrs. Chedsoye.
mo. It's been hanging up in the
porter's bureau all day"
"Well, l hope you find the rug" said
the Major, with a sly glance at his
sister.
Thanks. l must be of. The chap
bought 1t Of says that the official
guardian from Bagdad has arrived,
and that there's likely to be some
sport. I'm to meet him at a place
called the English-Bar."
"The English-Bar?" The Major
shook his head. "a low place, If ! re
member"
And you are going dressed like
that?" asked Mrs. Chedsoye.
Haven't time to change" He ex
cused himself and went in search Of
a carriage.
"The play begins, Kate" whispered
the Major. This Hoddy Of ours II
a wonderful chap"
Poor fellow!"
What; Hoddy"
mo; Percival. He'll be very un
comfortable in pa~tent-leather pumps.
The Major laughed light-heartedly
=" suppose W. might telegraph for res
ervation on the Ludwig"
81 shall pack at once. Fortune car
find her way to Mentone from Naples
I am beginning to worry about thai
girl. She has a temper; and she II
beginning to have some ideas"
Marry her, marry her! How much
longer must / preach that sermon
She's growing handsomer every day
too. Watch your laurels, Kate"
Mrs. Chedsoye inspected her rings
Meanwhile, George directed hi
driver to go post-haste to the English
Bar. That he found 1t more or lest
of q dive in nowise alarmed him. HI
had been in places Of more frightfu
aspect. AS Ryanne had written hin
to make inquiries Of the barmaid rela
tive to finding him, he did so. Sh'
jerked her head toward the door a
the rear. George went boldly to II
opened it, and stepped inside.
And vanished from the haunts o
men.
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things upon her mind to see all things
clearly, especially such trifies. She
finished her walk, returning by the
way she had gone, gave the key to the
hft-boy, and In her room dropped
down upon the bed. dryeyed and
weary. The most eventful day she
had ever known.
And all the while George sat by
the window and watched, and at
length fell into a frame Of mind that
was irritable, irascible and self-con-
demnatory. And when he found that
his precious Yhiordes was gone, his
condition was the essence OF all disa-
greeable emotions. 1t was beyond him
how any n could have stolen 1t. He
never failed to lock his door and
leave the key with the porter. And
surely, only a man with wings could
have gained entrance by the window.
Being a thorough business man among
other accomplishments, he reported
his loss at once to the management;
and the management set about the
matter with celebrity. At half after
seven every maid and servant in the
hotel had been questioned and exam
ined, without the least noticeable re-
suit. The rug was nowhere to be
found. George felt the loss keenly.
He was not 30 rich that he could af-
ford to lose both the rug and the thou
sand pounds he had paid for it. His
first thought had been Of Ryanne; but
it was proved that Ryanne had not
been in the hotel since morning; at
least, no n had seer him.
George gloomed about. A beastly
day, all told; everything had gone
wrong. and all because he had over
slept. At dinner something was
wrong with the soup; the fish was
greasy; the roast was dry and stringy;
the wine. full Of pieces Of cork. Out
into the lounging-room again; and
then the porter hurried over to him
with a note from Ryanne. 1t stated
briefly that 1t was vitality important
for Mr.. Jones to meet him at nine
| o'clock at the English-Bar In the Quar-
ter Rosetti. Any driver would show
him the way. Mohamed-El-Gebel, the
guardian Of the Holy Yhiordes, had
turned up, and the band was begin
ming to play. Would Mr.. Jones like a
little fun by the wayside?"
I'm his man." said George. "But
how the devil did this Mahomed ever
get into my room?"
Had Fortune dined downstairs in
stead of alone in her room, events
might have turned out differently. Ry.
anne had really written to George, but
not to Fortune.
Mahomed, fatalist that he was, had
thrown everything upon the whirling
scales Of chance, and waited. Later
he may have congratulated himself
upon his good luck. But It waspr
luck; It was the will Of Allah that he
Mahomed, should contribute his slen
der share in working out the des
tinies Of two young people.
George was in the proper mood fol
an adventure. He went 30 far as t.
admit to himself that he would have
liked nothing better than a fisticuff
The one mistake he made in his cal
culatiops was dress. Men didn't gen
orally 60 a-venturing in such finica
attire. They wore bowlers and sack
coats and carried heavy walking
sticks. The only weapons George hat
were his two hands. now adorned witt
snug-itting opera-gloves.
He saw Mrs. Chedsoye. spoke to hsz
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CHAPTER xl.-(continued.)

$U SG
She had gone scarcely a hundred
yards when she was accosted by a
tall Arab whom she i~ndistinctly recol-
aocted having seen before; where, she
could not definitely imagine. 1t was
the ragged green turban that cleared
away her ~puzzlement. The Arab was
the supposed beggar over whom Perci-
val (how easily she had fallen into the
habit Of calling him that!) had Stun
bled. He stood SO tall and straight
that she knew he wasn't going to beg;
20 naturally she stopped. Without a
word, without even a look that ex-
pressed anything, he slipped a note
into her hand, bowed with Oriental
gravity, and stepped aside for Der to
proceed. She read the note hastily
as she continued her way. Horace?
why should he wish to meet her that
evening, at the southeast r of
The Shari'a Mahomoud-E -Falaki, q
step from the British Consulate's7
And she mustn't come in a carriage
nor tell any one where she was go
fngf Why all such childish mystery
He could see her far more conven'
aently in the lounging-room Of the
hotel. She tore the note into. scraps
and aung them upon the air. She was
afraid. She was almost certain why
he wished to meet her where neither
Asr mothers nor her uncle's eye
would be within range. Should she
meet him? Deeper than this, dared
she9 Why had she come to Cairo
when at Mentone she had known
peace, such peace as destiny was gen
srous enough to dole out to her? And
now, out of this tolerable peace.
thousand hands were reaching to reno
her heart, to wiring It. She decided
quickly. Since she had come THU
far, to go on to the end would add bu'
little to her burden. Better to know
N too soon than too late.
That the note had not been direct
81 TO her and that she was totally IN
Asmiiiar with Ryanne's handwriting
escaped her. She had too many othe
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to be so bitterly offended. Great
wrongs may be righted, and the sky
be clear again, but the "all about
nothing" quarrels have a way Of last.
ing indefinitely. There Is nothing u
explain, and nothing to apologize foR,
we tell ourselves; the whole thing
was too silly FOR words" Exactly
SO; and 1t is a pity we did not thinh
of this at the time.
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(To BE c~oNTINUED.)
All About NothInu,

Some OF the saddest "misunder
standings" In life have arisen all about
nothing. Looking backward, we can
not think why we were SO angry or
what our friend could see in our words
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-01-10
After PIeee.

The man who has to eat his ova
words has crow for d-esssrt-Washinn
ton Post 4