The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-10-30
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON
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Kind OF domestic animals. We are an
proprlatlng hundreds of thousands O,
collars toward counteracting the Of
reefs OF Injurious insects attacking
our fruit trees and vegetables Hurd
reds of thousands of dollars are, heina
appropriated tor experimental stations
and the employment of those hayine
a technical knowledge Of plant and
vegetable life in the development @.
our agricultural resources. There is
even in operation in connection wi,
the Bureau of immigration in this CITY
ana conducted at great expense a
system under which we are endeayo
Ing to find an advantas eOus location
LOT the foreigner as soon as he
reaches our shores, and yet, Mr..
speaker. tho gentleman from New
York and others, members of the
democratic side are endeavcring
take away from the prospector and
miner the only encouragement he has
ever reviewed from the government
by abolishing the assay offices
throughout the western country. /
no further consideration to be accord.
ed to the intrepid prospector who en-.
dures the hardships and exposure to
the elements incident to his calling.
and as result Of whose lcbors a
stream Of gold has been pouring into
the Golfers of the Government for the
past 10 years, simply because the r
ceipts of these offices are not quite
up to the expense Of managing them i?
Why this discrimination against the
prospoctor and miner? Why should
you not be as willing to encourage this
class of brave men as those Of an
other walk of life? By the abolish.
ment of these assay offices you com.
pei the prospector and miner to either
sell his gold dust at whatever price
he can get for it or endure the in
convenience incident to the delay of
sending his dust thousands OF miles
to be assayed and made ready to be
coined. II the proposed appropriation
Is refused by the Democratic majority,
you Will have struck q cruel blow at
thousands of honest prospectors and
miners who are endeavoring to bring
forth the virgin wealth from the dept: J
OF the mountain states, and they will
naturally reach the conclusion that
the Democratic party believes in re-
progression rather than advancement,
as those offices cannot be continued
in operation for many months with.
out the additional appropriation called
for in the proposed amendment"
Hon. Axel Remstedt, of Moscow, Ida.
no, member of the Idaho Utility Com
mission is in Washington representing
the State Of Idaho in an effort to have
patents issued to tho railroads to
which land grants were made years
ago, some lands under which have
not been patented. Mr. Remstcdt coz
tends and the state authorities believe
mat these lands ought to be made
taxable at the earliest possible date
Among the recent arrivals in Wash
ington are former United States Sena-
tor Fred T. Dubois, Miss Madge Lin
genfelter, of Boise, who has entered
the Paramount Seminary, one of tho
foremost of the young ladies' schools
In the city, and Mr.. D. w. Humiston
Mr.. Dubois has spent the summer
months in Idaho, and will be later
Joined here by Mrs. Dubois.
Their daughters accompanied their
father here in order to resume their
school work.
Just as the vote In the Congress-
ional election in Maine a few weeks
ago attracted unusual attention, the
recent vote in the 3rd West virginia
district where a member of congress
was elected to succeed Hon. John w. |
Davis, Democrat, who was recently |
appointed solicitor Of the United |
States, has again focused attention Of
those interested in political develop
ments.
In 1912, Mr.. Wilson received 1922
votes, Mr.: Taft 1902, while Col.
Roosevelt received 1927. With q
lew precincts still missing, which can.
not change the result materially, the
vote this week gave Mr.. Neeley, Demo
crat, 1920, Mr.. Hearne, Republican,
1882, and Mr. Laughlin, Progressive,
3.721.
While it is apparent that the vote
was only about 60 per cent of the nor
NAL vote that is cast in this Congress
sional district, the most striking fea-
ture of tho election is the very small
vote cast and the appar-
ent return to the Republican party of
The rank and file Of tho Progrcssives
Congressman Smith is on the pro-
gram of tho National Mining Congress
or an address on mining conditions in
IDAHO. The Congress cOnvenes on
tho goth, at Philadelphia and
will continue in session the entire
week.
Do You Dread Your Meals?
Your food does you little good When