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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
For Dropping Plants.

When potted plants begin to droop
The following method is very good for
,reshening them up: Add teaspoonful
Of ammonia to three quarts of water
and water the plant freely with it.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
Painting Window Shades.

Window shades that have become
cracked and broken can be renovated
by laying them fiat on the floor and
painting them with ordinary oil paint
bought at any hardware store In small
cans. Paint one side. let dry thorough
ly before touching the other side. This
treatment preserves the shades and
makes them last years.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
Adams Good Old Times.

Adams Good Old Times.
"Just think how Adam would DO
surprised II, he could come back to
the earth now" Yes, l suppose he
would be considerably astonished, but
I'll bet he wouldn't be here two hours
before he'd begin to tell US how much
better they used to do things in
Eden"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
Maps Antedate Columbus

Maps Antedate Columbus.
1t Is said that there are well-authen-
ticated maps showing the coasts of
Florida and Cuba, one dated 1414 and
the other 1892. before the return of
Christopher Columbus from America.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
Points About the Banjo,

Points About the Banjo.
A banjo is difficult instrumental
40 anything with. After you learn to
play 1t, you have to spend lot more
time hunting up people who are will.
ing to listen to it.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18

Clean, soft cotton rags wanted at
the Optimist office Adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-18
OCCASIONALLY,

, VCC0b1OU0Vys
Occasionally the man who has the
bird in the hand gets so badly bitten
that he wishes 1t were two In the
bush.
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
CORROBORATION
Of Interest to Paris Readers.

For months Paris citizens have seen
in these columns enthusiastic praise
of Doan's Kidney Pills by Paris resi-
dent. Would these prominent peo-
pie recommend a remedy that had
not proven reliable? Would they
confirm their statements after years
had elapsed if personal experience
had not shown the remedy to be
worthy of endorsement? The follow
ing statement should carry convic-
ton to the mind of every Paris read
er:
Mrs. Ida Huffman, 115 Main street,
Paris, KY, says: eve think Doan's
Kidney Pills are just fine. We will
ingly confirm the endorsement we
gave them some time ago. suffered
from pains across the small of my
back. Seeing Doans Yidney Pills
! advertised l got supply at Wilson's
(nOw Chas. E. Butler & CO's) drug
store and gave them a trial. l was
very much pleased with the results
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
| States.
Remember thename - Doan's-and
! take no other. (adv)
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MER
curry.

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will
do is tenfold to the good you can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no
mercury and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. In buy
ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internal
ly and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F
F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c. pei
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton. (adv
(Oct)
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
WOMEN WHO GET DIZZY.


Every woman who is troubled with
fainting and dizzy spells, backache,
headache, weakness, debility, consti-
patton or kidney troubles, should use
Electric Bitters. They give relief
when nothing else will, improve the
health, aiding strength and vigor from
the first dose. Mrs. Laura Gaines, of
Avoca, La, says: -Four doctors had
given me up and my children and all
my friends were looking for me to
die, when my son insisted that l use
Electric Bitters. 1 did so, and they
have done me world of good" Just
try them. SOC. and $1.00 at all drug
gists, or by mail.
H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia OF
st. Louis. (adv) O.
(Oct.)
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
a GENTLE AND
EFFECTIVE LAXATIVE.

A mild, gentle and effective laXa-
tive is what people demand when suf-
fering from constipation. Thousands
swear by DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio, Tex,
writes: "They are beyond question
the best pills my wife and I have ever
taken" They never cause pain.
Price 25c. at druggists or by mail.
H. e. Bucklen e Co., Philadelphia or
st. Louis (adv)
(Oct)
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
FROM REPORT OF KENTUCKY
TAX REVISION COMMISSION,
1910

$50 long as the state adheres to It's
present system of taxation fixed by
constitutional provisions, it will i'm.
pose upon its citizens very serious
handicap in the competition with the
citizens of other states more favored
in their tax laws, and must inevitably
lose both desirable population and
much needed capital"
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
NTHEY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

The pleasant purgative effect pro-
duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and
the healthy condition of body and
mind which they create make one feel
joyful. For sale by all dealers.
(adv) (Oct)
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03

A cannon ball found by Miss Helen
Krueger, in Bunganuc, Me-, not far
from the shore of Marquit Bay, is
believed to be one fired from some
war vessel during the war Of 1912.
The ball weighed twelve pounds.
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
THE DARKEST HOUR.

The darkest hour is just before dawn,
When your last stack of chips is lost
and gone,
And seven l. o. US hold you in
pawn
The darkest hour is just before the
dawn.
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03

A Kansas girl observes that March
is the shortest month of the year,
because the wind blows three days
out of every week."
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03

Apparatus invented in England for
preserving fish in corbolic acid under
pressure is said to keep them perfect
ly fresh for at least six months.
The Bourbon news., 1913-10-03
(Oct)

The largest percentage of factory
workers under 16 are found in the
South Atlantic States and Alabama; !;
the next largest in Rhode Island and
Massachusetts.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01
Sad Demise

As the solemn hour of midnight
was striking on Tuesday, December
81, one of our most beloved and
overworked companions passed
peacefully out of this life while
many of our most prominent cii-
zens morrnfully watched his look
ed for but much lamented demise.
The funeral services were held at
Topeka and were not largely at
tended as the mourners had no re-
turn transportation. It was Mr..
Pass for whom so many tears were
shed. Many of our citizens who are
now completely freed from corpora
tion taint are correspondingly un-
happy. Pay your fare and look
pleasant.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01
SEAT. o.s,t.a Note.

- 4
Demands are being made on Gov
ernOr Shafroth to issue a proclama-
tion putting the civil service and
other laws into effect now that the
vote has been completed. Governor
Shafroth is holding back. and there
is every indication that 1t Is the
intention of himself and Governor
elect Ammons to allow the laws
to go into effect some two weeks
after Governor Ammons assumes Of
flee. This will give the new gov
ernor plenty of time in which to
fire every employe whom he chooses
This. Notwithstanding the fact that
when the people adopted the civil
service law they did 1t with the
intention of retaining in office
the present employees.
Governor-elect Ammons announces
that there will be no inaugural
ball. He also announces that
there will be no fuss and furore
connected with his Inauguration.
He will simply assume the office.
deliver his inaugural address and
begin work as governor.
The people of the state defeat
ed both the pamphlet system and
the proposed system for advertising
constitutional amendments and in
itiated and referred bills. of the
editorial association. This leaves
the system exactly as it has been
all of the time. namely, that pub
lication must be made for four con
secutive weeks in one paper in each
county.
There is little doubt but that
o. C. Skinner will be elected speak
er of the next house of represent
atives. Practically all opposition
to him has been withdrawn. In a
general interview he says that
the question of good roads will be
the principal issue before the leg
islature this year.
Edward p. Costigan as candidate
for governor on the progressive tick
ct is semi-officially announcing a
contest against Clifford C. Parks.
republican candidate. for second
place. Mr.. Costigan maintains that
he won second place but that the
vote has been juggled so as to
leave him in third place. The con-
test is merely for position for ell
suing elections. The party of the
candidate receiving second place
would be entitled to the judges
and Officers of election at the
pext ele-tion.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

tue Deet sugar industry in thls
state, the average price per Ton
paia Tor the beets has been nes.r-
Iy 50, or 50 cents per ton higher
tnan was paid last year.
The increase IN acreage has been
largely confined 10 the land that
Is already under irrigation aud is
the result of the stimulus TO the
farmers afforded by increased de-
mand and better prices. many oi
the farmers having added twenty
or Iorty acres to their beet fields.
The industry il now in fair
~ay Tor greater expansion and the
prospects for good crops for next
year, which il an excellent pros
pect. is attracting attention every
where. and already hundreds OF
people have signified their inten-
tions to move from the eastern aud
middle states TO take up their abode
in Colorado and devote themselves
to beet raising.
The statistical reports OF all OF
the beet sugar companies. with the
exception of the San Luis Valley
company, show excellent results.
and the crop prospect in the San
Luis valley for the coming year
is now very good.
IT.. hoo. .uuar ..oun ma niaa ara a n
sanguine of still greater results
in the year that is just opening
rhey are naturally little anxious
about tariff legislation. which
would necessarily initiate against
the beet sugar interests. but. bar
ring interference of this kind. they
will do much in the way Of ex-
pansion and development Of the
industry will necessarily bring
many new citizens to Colorado.
There are large areas now wait
ing in various localities In the state
for the beet planting which will
add hundreds of thousands to the
revenue of the people of Colorado.
rhe farmers in these localities are
anxiously awaiting the erection of
new factories accessible to them
and the sugar beet acreage for the
coming year will be extended be-
yond even the greatest expectations
of the sugar producing corporations
The beet farmers have had excel
lent returns and they are keen to
extend their producing area and.
but for the possibility of hurtful
tariff tinkering, there woud be
nothing that could prevent Colo
RADIO from becoming the banner beet
sugar territory of the world.
The great increase of acreage this
year, over 1911, shows conclusively
how deep seated has become the
farmers regard for the beet as a
money-maker and how well the fac
tories are keeping abreast of the
farmer.
AS a result of practical expert
ence and information Cleaned in
other ways, the natural difficulties
in bringing into the roots the
requisite amount of sugar content
In the beet fields. have been large
ly overcome and. as the farmer
has perfected himself In beet rails
ing methods his product has i'm
proved and his bank account has
been proportionately swelled.
When the tariff controversy has
been settled with a due and prop
er consideration Of the rights and
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01
colorado sugar beeis Win H..
n.e..r Uup secoi,d I,sne

a a-lit|
Colorado mot only raises the
.rea.est tonnage of sugar pee.s
al Tue country. but it stands at tue
ues,u IN Quaiity.
rLr the second time III success
s.on IN 1917 Colorado carried o..
me havemeyer trophy Tor the
,sst sugar Deex. Judged by eApei %
.or quaiity. quantity and sugar con
,enI. .-aa
"A year ago It was the sandy soil
near Peckham that grew the prize
winners against competition from
all over the United States at the
New York land show. In November.
1912 the heavy loan soil near
-Auit proved equally successful.
mis- shows how vide and adaptive
are Colorado soils and cultivated
methods for producing the high
sugar content which has made the
state easily nsst In sugar produc-
ton
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01


interests of the great beet grow
ing industry properly conserved.
there is no particle of doubt that
the development Of great areas in
Colorado will be almost at once as
sured and that many millions of ad-
ditional dollars will find their
way to this state and ther expend-
iture. with the great increment of
prosperity that will be meant by
the incoming thousands of citizens,
will add magnificently to the
wealth and prosperity and promin-
ence of this. the most productive.
in every sense Of the word. of any
state in the Union
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

we u udu III
jail for looking cross-eyed at
fare, and country butter going stale
would Jail farmer anywhere. The
blondes would have to marry the
blondes, the shorts could never mar
ry the tails, and men. would have
to go the bonds of people wearing
oyerhauls.
a Legislature just convened is
far more terrible than flood, and
only fate has intervened to keep
our name from being mud. We've
had projected at us things which
hitting us had lain us dead. and
every January brings it's grave and
seasonable dread.
And what with new men moving Ia
And predecessors moving out,
Inc moulh viii echo with the din
OI passing victory and rout.
a politician IN the van
Is not by that sign. strange to
leIl,
1nere being moving vans as well.
Inc very thunder OF their wheels
viii shake the planet later on and
many men we've giving meals Will
see the privilege Withdrawn. The
hungry Democrat will sit and bid
the country pass the hash. and the
people rendered fat with it will
face the grocery for cash.
There is no other ready means OF
making certain jutsice bats that
equals turning in the leans and
thereby turning out the fats. If We
Americans were wise enough to
keep 1t up, perhaps. we'd all be unit
form in size and handy. like the lit
tie Japs.
We would not see a lot OF dang
Republicans who fill a door, and
rangy Democrats who hang around
like peppers in a store. We'd all
be just about the same. with nei-
ther any thins nor thicks, and in
dependent of the game of office
holding politics.
The Democrats would eat a while
and then the other fellows would.
and each in thoroughgoing style
would serve to do the other good.
About the time one got the gout.
the other one would raise a din.
and folks would turn the feeder
out and turn the other fellow in.
At any rate, the long delayed
And Arctic breezes will arrive.
And where the calf has blithely
played
He'll be in luck to be alive.
He'll burrow way into the stack,
And when the storms begin to
pop,
He'll brace his legs and press his
back
With all his might against the top.
The Pujo Committee, which is
investigating the Money Trust will
entertain everybody who has appear
ed before it on the night of the
22d with a Washington Birthday
dinner. Mr.. Morgan will deliver
the principal toast. He will tell
how he held his regular commission
out of what he told the committee
without hurting his conscience.
While it is generally known that
Mr.. Morgan did do this. people
are curious TO know what his COM
mission is. and there will be a
hig crowd out.
Then February will return.
With bitter cold and cruel,
And make 1t certain that we burn
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

exclusive of land :. :. =. :. 2
Number of factories -. .....
Sugar produced. pounds ......4 40
Factory value of sugar .... ..s2
COLorados sugar beet crop .ni-
year Is almost double lnat oi i3Ii
and richer IN value per ton ana
in yield OI sugar per ION.
Inc growers OF the Dee.s have
been paid nearly $Iv.VvO.OUU ioi
Ine years . crop.
Ihe crop has added to the casn
in the stale S1.139.353 more tnis
year than 1t contributed i'll 1911.
rnis represents the total increase
over the previous year oil the
amounts paid out by the sugar Iac-
tories Tor beets, field LABOR, lac
TORY labor aud supplies.
The growers received neariy dou-
BILE this year the amount paid ~
tnem in 1911, while the IaDorers
in factory aud field profited in ev-
Ell greater ratio.
Enough sugar has been manufac-
tured in the state this year 70 sup
ply all demands or more than o.
100000 people for An entire year.
The value Of the sugar pro-
duced this year is $20.7S2.99l.5l.
giving the output a value no
greater than that OF the average
factory price for the last ten years.
In 1911 the sugar output had val
ue OF only $10.569.493-the in
crease in the year being almost 100
per cent.
In 1911 Colorado factories pro-
Iduced 236,454,000 pounds of sug-
ar, according to their report to
the government. This year. with
the tonnage of beets sliced IS
per cent greater, and an increase
of 10 per cent in the number OF
pounds of sugar extracted from
each ton Of beets. the output oil
the factories has been 454,770.055
pounds.
The average per capita consump-
ton in the United States is 81
Co,or,ao u,ith
:. 900 ooo ,o. ,b.-.
..,- ro,uoaa anouob
.ua,u or,hs
a., n.a.an, non
=.
.ou..n =, sug,r
80. - - ,na amoun, n,
ee.' So" ~ wit, ,.,r
-. on
~,
TT, v..r tho oom
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

HIS eyes are aim,
His hair is gray,
But he keeps on
Keeping, anyway.
Full many younger man than
ne has hit the planet or the sea,
and shOwmen on their thrilling
round have come cropper on the
ground. But Time, though fre-
quently beset. has never lost his
balance yet, and never will until
some clown OF aviation runs him
down.
-..l-i-l- 49, - - ----i--. -.
With ever slow
And measuI ed grind,
The centuries
Dissolve behind,
And Ages.
AS they hurry thence.
Go by like pickets
On fence.
A lot OF hifalucin things are beat
ing ether with their wings, and
young men unafraid TO die go
bravely up and down the sky; but
lime was flying when the dawn
discovered naught to light upon.
and when the hollow is u hill, he
will be awaiting still.
He never stops
For gasoline
Nor has to readjust
His gears.
But deity iloats
In his machine
Upon the bosom
or the years.
The host at Babel saw him there
"a distant figure in the sky, and
just to see him in the air the
pyramids were built SO high. He
knew the principle of flight before
the world began to turn, and has
forgotten more than Wright and
all the rest OF them will learn.
January gets its name from Janus
the celebrated two-faced god of the
Romans. 1t was said of Janus that
he could see things both coming
and going. and he was therefore
placed on guard at the beginning
of the year. Up to that time the
year had begun with March, but
after Caesar took Ireland, the Irish
insisted upon having st. Patrick's
day showed along where it would
not be too cold to march, and Cae-
the year. This occasioned a great
uprising in Rome, where the year
had always begun in March. and
Caesars defense before the Pillar
of Pompey is considered to have
been the finest oratorical effort
of his career. He told the people
that in doing this for the Irish he
had probably forestalled a move
ment for home rule. which reconcil
ed everybody at once. and no more
was heard of 1t.
The clumsy calendar will turn
Upon it's axis in the night,
And legislatures will concern
Themselves with what is just and
right.
The practical reformer's kick
For longer bed sheets will as
cend,
And the wags will counsel him to
stick
His head out at the other end.
If all the remedies proposed In
January ever passed, the current
comedies would close for being
easily outclassed. We's have to
call the army out to see the stat
utes were obeyed. and people fol-
lowing about would make a laugh
able parade.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01
January

January
The flight OF Time
from year TO year
Is worth a word
In passing here.
His eyes are dim,
His hair is gray,
But he keeps on
Keeping, anyway.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

r'ull many younger man than
ne has hit the planet or the sea,
and shOwmen ON their thrilling
round have come Il crOpper on the
ground. But Time, though fre-
quently beset, has never lost his
balance yet, and never will until
some clown OF aviation runs him
down.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

He never stops
For gasoline
Nor has to readjust
His gears,
But deftly floats
In his machine
Upon the bosom.
or the years.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

With ever slow
And measure ed grind,
The centuries
Dissolve behind,
And Ages.
AS they hurry thence,
Go by like pickets
On a fence.
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

Then February will return.
With bitter cold and cruel,
And make it certain that we burn
The balance of our fuel
The Lamar register., 1913-01-01

A lot oil hifalu6in things are beat
ing ether with their wings. and
young men unafraid TO die go
bravely up and down the sky; but
lime was flying when the dawn
discovered naught TO light upon.
and when the hollow is u hill, he
will be awaiting still.
New Ulm review., 1913-06-25

.ure to clear up disputed matters, and
would like all readers to feel free to
send in anything they feel should be
made public. We have said all this
before and we repeat it again merely
for emphasis. We stipulate only
that we be given the name of the
writer, not necessarily for publica.
tion, but we can not and will not
print anonymous communications OF
any sort, no matter whether they are
good, bad, or Indifferent.
CONCERNING TRESPASSING.
"Do unto others as you would have
others do unto you"
These few words contain all the
elements Of everlasting peace.
Whatever you do if it concerns
the welfare Of someone else and you
place yourself in the other party's
position, and after due consideration
of the facts and circumstances you
put the question before your con-
science and yourself, many times the
answer will be that the other party
has every cause to be offended.
This also applies to the conditions
New Ulm review., 1913-06-25

existing more or less severe in re-
gard to the trespassing of the lands
and rights of others by fishermen
and bathers along the Cottonwood
river, especially so near the Cotton
wood mill and dam.
Although there are more fish up
the river than below the dam, on
account of the fishway which enables
the fish to get up beyond the dam, it
seems to be the idea that the only
place to fish is near the dam, with
the result that the owners OF the
surrounding land are subject to all
kinds of inconveniences, the more
costly and vexations ones being the
willful or thoughtless destruction of
property, moving about and into the
river stones that have been placed
there with care and expense, tearing
boards off buildings, leaving gates
of chicken yards and cattle pastures
open, breaking down fences and
walking across gardens and fields OF
growing grain when there are ample
and good roads that are made and
paid for to be used, and many other
instances, too numerous to mention.
New Ulm review., 1913-06-25
Better than Spanking.

Spanking will not cure children OF
wetting the bed, because it is not q
habit but a dangerous disease. The
G. Il. Rowan Drug Co., Dept. B497
Chicago, ILL.,, have discovered strict
ly harmless remedy for this distress
ing disease and to make known its
merits they will send SOC package Sc
curely wrapped and prepaid Absolute
ly Free to any reader of The Review.
This remedy also cures frequent desire
to urinate and inability to control
urine during the night or day in old
or young. The G. H. Rowan Drug Co.
is an Old Reliable Housewife to them
to-day for the free medicine. Cure the
afflicted members of your family, then
tell your neighbors and friend's about
this remedy.