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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05

Washington, D. c., June 2. The
Executive Committee of the Progress
sive National Committee met at Pro
gressive National Headquarters, 42nG
street building, on Friday, May 23rd
and devoted two days to considering
reports from the several departments
of its organization. At the conclu'
sion of the meeting the following state
ment was issued by Walter F. Brown
chairman Of the committee on organi.
cation:
Reports from every part of the
country show conclusively that there
Is no sentiment among Progressives
for any kind of party amalgamation
On the contrary, the reports are un.
animous that PrO3ressives everywhere
resent every such suggestion and re.
fuse to act with any other party. Re-
publican politicians in various parts
of the country are proposing milk and
water reforms and talking merger.
Having by hook and crook acquired
the complete control of their party Or
CARNATIONS, of course they are now
seeking votes to place them in pow
er. Such votes will not be cast by
Progressives.
''Since the first of the year more
than 5000 Progressive Party clubs ha,
been organized, and this work will be
continued with increasing vigor. The
funds for organization work are being
contributed in small sums from practi-
cally every state in the Union and
the volume of support is steadily in
creasing. In every state where a
United States senator is to be elect
ed next year the Progressive party
will have it's own party candidate. 1t
will also have it's own party candi-
dates in every state and in every
Congressional district BY arousing
public opinion, the Progressives have
forced several legislatures to adopt
Progressive measures. The Progress
sive party will continue it's fight as a
distinct party organization for every
plank in it's platform, until it is enact
ed into law"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05

Get your Butter Wrappers at the
Optimist office.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
PROGRESSIVE NEWS SERVICE

G. e. FREVEK
Dairyman, Idaho, Experiment Station
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
CARE OF CREAM
IN HOT WEATHER

At this season Of the year as the
warm weather comes on, the keep
ing of cream in good condition be-
comes more of problem than is
the case during the cold weather Of
the winter. AS this is also the busy
season for the rancher, the care OF
the cream on the ranch is often
sadly neglected, and as result the
creamery man has to content himself
with low grade of cream for but
ter making. This is condition tina
can easily be remedied by a little ex-
ira time and care.
One of the main troubles is ii.
the cream is not cooled sufficiently
after separating. This is trouble
that may be overcome in various
ways, the cream may be run over a
cooler or the can Of cream may be
placed in cold water. The latter
method is a good one but the cream
should be stirred occasionally SO as
to cool it the same throughout A
long shotgun can is very convent
ent container in which to cool the
cream on account of it's small diane
ter which allows rapid cooling of the
cream.
Warm cream fresh from the sepa-
rator should always be cooled before
poured into the cream from the
previous milking as the warming
gives the bacteria in the older cream
start and will cause it to become
sour much sooner than it otherwise
would. The common practice of
running the fresh cream from the
separator into the cream from the
previous milking is very detrimental
to the keeping quality of the cream
Thick cream, that is cream rich in
butter fat, keeps better than thin
cream. This is due to the fact that
the serum, that is the substances
other than butter fat in tho cream
dccomposes more rapidly than the
butter fat. Cream containing a high
per cent of butter fat must necessar
lily contain a CORRESPONDENCE smaller
per cent of other constituents, and
will consequently keep sweet and
a fresh condition for greater
length of time than cream not SC
rich in butter.
Aside from the above precautions
the question of cleanliness is a
important one. The introduction OF
filth into milk means also the j.
PRODUCTION of ferment with it WI
WAVA CISy uSNOAOp pIOOuCS uuuS-
sirable flavors in the cream and
cause it to sour. During the warm
weather these ferments are much
more active than is the case in the
winter time thus making cleanliness
double important during the warm
weather of the summer months.
| Much of the butter made in the
month of June is stored for the
coming winter. Accordingly to a re-
port of the Secretary of Agriculture,
the average storage period of butter
in the United States is A. months.
In order to produce butter which
will keep well through that period
OF storage or longer it is quite i'm
pOrtant that the cream from which
the butter is made should be of the
highest quality possible.
| G. E. FREVERT,
Dairyman Idaho Exneriment Station
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
Armstrong Appointed

w. R. Armstrong, formerly superin-
tendent of the Montana division OF
the Oregon Short Line, will locate in
Salt Lake, and left for that point a
few days ago. He has been appointed
assistant general manager of the In
terurban Construction company OF that
city, and will have charge OF the con-
struction and operation work. The
company is building an electric road
for freight and passenger business
between Salt Lake and Provo. The
many friends of Mr.. Armstrong con.
graduate him upon his new position.
-Pocatello Tribune.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy

Every family without exception
should keep this preparation at hand
during the hot weather of the summer
months. Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy is worth many
times it's cost when needed and is
almost certain to be needed before
the summer is over 1t has no super
ior for the purpose for which it is
intended. Buy it now. For sale by
all druggists. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
Money To Loan

We have some Of that good Sails
bury Company money to loan. The
only real options given to the Dor
rover. No other company will treat
you as this company will. When in
need of money call and see me.
adv. tt. C. F. MOLDEN.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
EXCURSIONS TO SALT LAKE

June 4th to 9th, Inclusive
Via Oregon Short Line Railroad fol
Young Mems and Young Ladies Mu
tual Improvement Association Con
ventions. Limit June Goth. See
agents for rates and further par
ticulars. M22J5
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
Shake OF Your rheumatism

Now is the time to get rid Of your
rheumatism. Try a twenty-five cent
bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and
see how quickly your rheumatic pains
disappear. Sold by all druggists. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-06-05
suekina Contest Declared Off

The wild west bucking contest
which was to have been held in this
city last Sunday, was declared Off by
the managers, owing to the fact that
| show of this kind is contrary to
the Sunday Rest Law.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
WISCONSIN NOW IN
INSURANCE BUSINESS

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 2S--The first
policies in a state life insurance fund
in America were issued Monday by
the insurance department of Wiscon-
sin. Former Speaker Charles A. In
gram of Durand, who introduced the
bill in the 1911 session to create state
insurance, received the first policy.
Applications came from several
states, but under the laws policies may
be issued only to residents of Wiscon-
sin.
The law-making provision for the
state life insurance was enacted after
the idea had been worked out by Com
missioner of Insurance Ekern and a
legislative committee. A study had
been made of similar laws in Ger
many, Great Britain, Italy and Bel
GUM.
No policy is issued for a larger
amount than $1,000.
When the number of policy holders
reaches /, 600 the maximum policy is
sued will be for $4,000 and when the
number reaches 1000 the maximum
policy will be for $4,000. the highest
amount authorized. Existing govern
mental machinery will be used in the
administration of the law without the
creation Of additional officers. No paid
agents will be employed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
Some Halloween Essays
By South Bend Children

confetti. Come up to the school buy
an ice cream cone il they have any
ice cream social and duck FOR apples.
l am going TO get a great big tub.
put water in it and get some real nice
snow-apples and dip for them.
Play a couple of tricks not mean
ing anything mean or miscievous at
all. but 10 have lot OF fun.
am going TO have about a half
pound OF confetti TO throw at people
who pass. l hope il does not rain,
snow, or get cold: that is all I am
worrying about j suppose you have
the same idea. I have 13 cents: ten
cents TOR a mask and three cents for
an ice cream cone, though IL viii
have TO have two cents more added
10 it. II would be nice 10 have Hal
lOwe'en party, but ! am not going 10
have any this year. i am going ID
wait until I am older. l think I can
wait a couple OF years yet, until L
am about II years old. 1 guess I
will not do anything else SO this Is
how l am going TO spend my Hal
lowe en-. RUTH WALTER.
Franklin School
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
THE MARSHAL


others Of their names played. a CEN
fury back, in an older country.
In the drawer of an old desk in the
CarnifaX library IS a package of yell
lowed letters. The children-Alixe
and Francois and Gaspard and PietrO
are allowed to touch them some
times and are told how precious they
are, and little, Of the reason why.
They are shown the signatures on
the letters OF a prince who became
emperor Of France, of an officer of
the first Napoleon, of their own great
grandfather, the last Italian Marquis
Zappi, the splendid, big old man
who 'gentleness and whose lameness
the oldest of them can just remember
for Pietro never quite got we'll from
that fall under his horse which kept
him from lighting for Prince Louis
at BoulOgue. Then, as the most Won
derful thing the father shows them,
last of al. letters in the writing. with
the big black signature, of one whom
they call the Marshal" and one
yOungster tells it to another-for they
How he climbed the church steeple:
how he saved the prince in the ruins:
how he escaped from the prison cas-
tie the father tries to point out to
them how courageous and unselfish a
career ii was and in what a manner
il was crowned with all his hearts
desire. and entire happiness. But the
children do not listen very we'll to
that, for they are young and want
facts. Yet. as they tumble out into
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
HUNDRED WOMEN IN
ONE-MiNUTE SPEECHES
Countess of Carlisle Reelected Pres
ident of the Worlds WOman's

NEW YORK, oct. 2S-The closing
session Of the ninth triennial conven-
ton Of the Worlds Women's Christian
Temperance union held in Brooklyn
Monday night was given over to one
minute addresses of which 100 were
made by delegates representing so
different countries. Lady Aurea How
ard, whose mother, the Countess Of
Carlisle, was Monday reelected presi-
dent of the Worlds union, spoke of
the temperance work of Germany.
book containing the autogra phs
of the world officers and information
al delegates was presented by Mrs.
Lillian NJ. n. Stevens, presiding officer,
TO Lady Howard, TO be taken to her
mother.
Delegates of each country went to
the platform and sang their national
anthem and the convention closed
with the singing of God Be With
You Till We Meet Again"
1t was announced that $1,000 had
been raised during the convention by
collection. The next worlds conven-
ton in 1916 VIII probably be held in
Australia.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
ONE BOY PROTESTS.

/ am not going to write about any
game but against certain customs,
namely, of throwing corn and cab
bages, and of carrying away gates and
doorsteps. / do not believe in the
custom Of throwing corn and cab
bages because it is a waste Of money
at this time when the cost of living is
so high. And sometimes the boys and
girls go into other peoples cabbage
patches and cornfields and help them
selves, and then probably somebody
has to go without sauer kraut that
winter or probably have to buy the
corn for their horses and chickens.
L disapprove of carrying away door
steps and gates because not knowing
the steps were gone. people have fall
en- down and had their legs broken,
and gates are sometimes broken while
they are being pulled from their fast
enings Some people cannot afford
to buy new gates every year.
Perhaps some people will think /
disapproYe of these things because
never did them, but I have done all
the things told about here, and more
than once, too; but 1 have changed
and do not find any pleashpe in them
now.
BERNARD LOOTENS, =
S22 n. Adams St.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
How to Make the Best
Cough Remedy at Home
A Family supply at Small Cost,
and Fully Guaranteed.

Make a plain syrup by mixing one
warm water and stir for 2 minutes.
cents WORTH in pint bottle and fill il
up with the Sugar Syrup. This gives
YOU a family supply of the best cough
Take a teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.
The effectiveness of this simple remedy
is surprising. 1t seems 10 take hold al
most instantly, and viii usually con-
quer an ordinary cough IN 24 hours.
It tones up the faded appetite and is
Just laxative enough TO be helpful in
a cough, and has a pleasing taste.
Also excellent for bronchial trouble,
bronchial asthma, whoOping cough and
spasmodic Group.
This method of making cough remedy
with Pinex and Sugar Syrup COR
strained honey is now used in more
homes than any other cough syrup.
This explains why it is often initiated,
though never successfully. If YOU try
it, use only genuine Pinex, which is a
most valuable concentrated compound
of Norway white pine extract, and is
rich in guaiacol and other natural
healing pine elements. Other prepare
tions viii not work in this combination.
A guaranty OF absolute satisfaction,
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this preparation. Your. druggist has
Pinex, or will get it for you. If not,
send to The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
Copyright by Bobbs- Merrill Coz
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
On the wall OF the large hall Of a
house in Virginia hang two portraits
side by side. Both are of young men,
both in uniform; one in the dark blue
coat and the white and red Of an
infantry officer Of the French empire,
the other in that scarlet shirt which
came TO be a flag. almost as much as
a dress. To the heroic band Of insur-
gents who struggled for free Italy
against the AustrianS. The master of
the Virginia house, coming into it
today, meets always those two pairs
OF eyes-the eyes of his grandfather
the marquis and OF a French peasant
TO whom his grandfather's youth was
linked by ties of more than brother
hood.
1t Is the chronicle Of the latter
which is here written. Yet woven
into II, as in truth it happened. is so
much of the life Of the Marquis
Zappi that for any one reading that
chronicle il Will be easy 10 surmise
how IL happened that the grandson
OF Pietro rules now in CarnifaX, the
Ntrginian house where PietrO's friend
found asylum after his Imprisonment
under the Austrians. IL will be easy
TO surmise how the foreign names of
this story are the names shouted one
10 another today by American girls
and boys under the live-oaks of that
Virginia lawn; how a Francois and
an Alike and a Pietro and n Gasp I'd
play together IN the new world as
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28

as She glanced toward the door. yes,
at that table he sat- the gentle
voice went on. with his great officers
about him, with their uniforms and
bright facings and gold buttons, and
their swords clanking as they walked,
and their three-cornered hats. waving
with plGmes, on their heads. But
tienS-I must go back-I must tell it
rightly, the story of Napoleon" At
the name the grandmOthers head
seemed to lift and dignity was in her
manner. The boy against her arm,
his brown eyes, Of uncommon size
and intensity, fastened on hers, thrill
ed.
~ es, grand-mere. from the be-
ginning" he said earnestly.
Smiling again, the grandmother
began. You must know, my chill
dren, that il was on "a day in the
month of May, in the year 1913, that
he came. You, Lucie, and you,
Pierre. and Marie were not born, only
Francois and Tomas. Francois was
the older-nOt quite three years old.
The mother had gone TO care for your
Aunt Lucie, who was i'll, and l kept
the house for your father. 1t was
the year of the great conscription,
when the emperor took all the men
to fight, not only the strong ones, but
the boys, and the old and infirm, if
they might but drag themselves at
the tail of the regiment. SO the few
men who were not under the flag
were soreiy needed by their families
for it was necessary, if the women
and children were not to starve, that
some should stay to work in the
fields. Your father was one of the
few who had escaped in our village
of Vicques.
"One morning a man appeared in
the village and said that Napoleon
would pass this way within a few
hours. No one quite believed, yet
there was excitement, and the people
stood about chattering restless, when
suddenly can see it as If it were
yesterday half dozen horsemen
clattered from the turn Of the road
up there and galloped down the street
and on beyond. The crowd stared.
Then every one talked at once; there
was q great confusion. But at last
a good old man, well known to us
all, raised his hand for silence, and
as we listened he told us that prob
ably it was not the great army which
would pass through Vicques, but only
Napoleon and his staff. We were not
on the road which led to Germany,
and the great army was hurrying
there. 1t was probable that the en-
peror' turned from his road to take
the lists of men and of resources in
the village"
There was a stir against the grand
mothers arm. 'Comment?" she
asked.
please, grand-mere, don't tell what
the old man said" Francois spoke.
1T is so long before you came to Ma
poleon." The child's manner was i'm
petuous, but very winning. The old
woman felt the charm of il
You are always eager, Francois"
she said. every well. then. Two
young men were placed down the
road TO warn US, so that the men of
the place might hide on the mountain
TO escape being taken for soldiers.
All that day nothing happened. but
the next morning toward half past
ten, as j prepared the dinner there
was a sudden noise in the street, and
your father came in.
My mother he said, Napoleon
comes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
HOME sPORTS OF HALLOWE,EN.

The night before All Saints Day Is
celebrated as Halloween.
/ think it is the funniest eve of all
the year because on this night il is
believed that witches ride through
the air on broom handles. though
this is a thought of long ago, the peo-
pie in every country make merriment
by dressing up like witches. ghosts
and all funny objects
On this night you may at any time
see ghosts looking in at the window
with a pumpkin head and throwing
corn and roaming about the dark
streets and alleys.
Little children that are not old
enough to know the customs are
afraid of these objects and want to
be by their mothers side, for fear
that one of these COLLINS might carry
them away.
MARY K. SHINVILLE,
St. Joseph's Academy.
PLANS FOR HALLOWE'EN.
One Halloween 1 am going to
dress up and come out and throw
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
CHAPTER L.
4 Prophecy.

y PfOpnecy.
1t was Francois who had his way.
Pierre clamored for the story of the
old witch and the horses; Marie beg
ged to hear about the white ducks
and the princess; Thomas, at the top
Of his lungs, demanded the episode
Of the man who fell off the church
steeple; each child wished a particu-
lar tale. Half a dozen high, little
French voices floated shrilly out into
the garden, on a sunshiny morning
Of 1920 from the great entry OF an
old farmhouse in the valley under
the Jura mountains. The grand
mother, sitting white-capped in the
center of the hubdub, heard one more
willingly than the others, for not only
was Francois her best loved, but also
the story he asked for was the story
she liked to tell.
In the large kitchen beyond the
open door the sun lay in patches on
the bare scrubbed floor, and the
ready against II o'clock, when the
father should came in from the
fields; ii was the grand-mere's hour
TO amuse the children. And today
they were all pleading at once for a
story, clapping hands jumping up and
down as if life depended on the
choice. Suddenly, in the excess of
clliuSldSUls IOIIldS ana FRANCOIS ana
Pierre were in a heap, sprawling at
her feet on the earth floor of the
entry.
stop, stop" said the grandmother.
GOOD children do not go so fast"
and she carefully sorted out the
heap. You, Francois, you are too
quick you will finish by hurting
yourself. Stand here quiet, near me,
and listen WELL" and, her arm about
him. she drew the boy close.
You will tell my tale, grand-mere
the tale of Napoleon Comes 2" he
asked eagerly. and the grandmother
smiled; IL was what she wished to tell.
And now, with the faces of the
children turned toward her, she
pushed the big horn-framed glasses
up on her brow, buried her knitting
needles deep in scarlet wool, and
folding her work carefully. laid it in
the work box. All five watched the
ceremony, the methodical habit OF a
lifetime. and little Marie gave
trembling sigh as il ended. Only that
sound broke the stiffness, and in a
moment the grandmOther's voice be-
gan.
Francois, if you pinch your
brother you are not a good child. and
can not listen to the story" she adj
mOnished. BE quiet. then, and you
shall hear how the emperor came to
this house, and sat in the great room
there--NapoleOni"
Thesfive pairs of eyes followed hers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
is HALLOWEEN BOY.

l read in your paper last Sunday
about writing about Halloween. ]
thought 1 would write something
about il. Halloween is a day long TO
be remembered by me as / was born
on Halloween in the year of 1908. I
was my mothers jack-o'- lantern, and
she says l ann so full of tricks and
mischief and that 1 am a regular Hal
lowe EN- boy. / might celebrate my
birthday this year with a HallOwe' en-
party and have the guests dressed as
ghosts. My name is Carl WardlOw. I
live at 40 n. Notre Dame St
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28

Outside l heard the neighbors
calling the same two words-'Napo-
leon comes'-one called it to another.
If the trumpet of the angel had
sounded the end of the world, they
could not have had more fear. Then
your father kissed me, and kneeled
and held you, Francois, and Tomas,
in his arms. and I saw tears, but he
was brave-but yet. Courage, little
mother he said, for me and for the
babies. Courage
CONTINUED TOMORROW
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28

the hall, they are likely TO stop a
moment before the portraits, cOnsid-
ering. FracolS stares hard at the
picture ia the uniform of the en-
pire, of the young man with large
brown eyes, whose fire the artist has
caught not badly.
He was very brave and very good, "
young Francois says proudly, as a
child says words many times repeated
TO him. Il have his name. L shall
try TO be like him.
1t is perhaps enough of success for
life that child coming after should
find in ii a standard to measure his
own. Yet, those who knew the first
Francois believed that no other could
be like him. M. Il. S. A.