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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06
Stake Conference

The regular Quarterly Conference oi
tho Blackfoot Stake will. be held at
Shelley en- Saturday and Sunday, No
vember 18th and 10th.
Regular conference sessions will bo
held as follows: at 10 O'Clock A. M.
OH Saturday and at 10 o'clock A. M.
and 2 O'Clock p. M. on Sunday. Tho
Saturday session of the conference will
be held in the Shelley Second Ward
Meeting House and the Sunday session
of the conference will be held in the
Shelley First Ward Meeting House
Everybody welcome.
A stake priesthood meeting will be
held in tho Second Ward Meeting
House at 2 o'clock P. M. on Saturday
A full attendance is desired. This
meeting will be addressed by the visit
ing brethren.
In addition to the foregoing and to
accommodate all the sisters who may
attend conference on Saturday, meet
ings will be held under the auspices
of the sisters as follows: The Relief
Society and the Y. L. M. I. A. will
hold meetings in the basement rooms
of the Second Ward Meeting House an
the Primary Association will hold a
meeting in the First Ward Meeting
House. All these meetings will COM
mence at 2 o'clock P. M. and it is
earnestly hoped that there will be a
full attendance Of the sisters interested
in these various organizations
James Duckworth,
Heber c. C. Rich,
Joseph H. Dye,
Stake Presidency
Special rates will be in effect on the
railway, tickets being on sale on the
18th and 18th, good for return on the
18th. A special train, also, will leave
Blackfoot at 9:15 A. M. on Sunday for
Shelley and will leavo Shelley for
Blackfoot at 8 o'clock p. M.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06
scarry Orchestra Gives Dance.

Scarry Orchestra Gives Dance.
The Scarry Orchestra gave dance
at the Riverside hall Friday evening.
The hall was decorated with black
and orange crepo paper, with various
other Halloween suggestions to match.
A large crowd was in attendance and
every one spent an enjoyable time.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06

Clean. soft cotton rags wanted a
the Optimist office Adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06
Feed Cattle For Sale

Anyone wishing to buy cattle for
feeders, enquire Of Hansen Bros, BLACK
foot, Idaho. N6-27 ad
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06

Clean, soft cotton rags wanted at
Optimist office. Advertisement
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06

First class job work at the Opti-
mist office. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-11-06
FREMONT COUNTY
DIVISION CARRIED

JEFFERSON AND MADISON COUNTIES CONSTITUTE THE
NEW SECTIONS AND ALREADY DEPUTAIIoNs POLITICIANS
ARE ON THEIR WAY TO SECURE THE THAT
COME TO THE FAITHFUL AFIERA VIGOROUS AND STIRRING
CAMPAIGN IN THE DIVISION
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
CALIFORNIA; AUTO eiLL

In eight yea. California has spent
S236, go 900 for new automobiles
nearly IA quarter OF billion dola. S.
according 10 the Post when there
is added 10 this sum the expense of
case inc. tires. repairs and inciden-
tails. the total cost is brought up t.,
twice as much. or approximately a
half billion dollars. AID il is inceeas
ils AT the rate CT almost $4,000, 600
month, half fer new ears and hall
for operating expenses.
Thee are llS,l35 motCr ears in
the state. CT enc for every rs persons
Reducing it TO families, there is one
automobile for every seven families.
No state nor TO. eign nation has so
many machines in proportion to the
population, and only one state-New
lork-has a greater number than
CAL, ol'nia
The assessed value of all property
In California, including real estate,
railroads, money. buildings and per
s3Aal belongings is So, Ia 200, 600 In
eight years sum equal to one-sixth
lof the total assets OF the state has
BEEN spent tor automobiles. These as
SIS are still intact: thsy are even
growing. The money for automobiles
was produced as surplus.
Ii is nc: 50 hard To trace a connec-
tijn between the high cost of living
and this automobile bill. Production
had 10 bsar the burden of the cost,
1T could not create such surplus
without raising prices. wherefore
foodstuifs and all commodities cost
more than when there was not this
4 ain On our income. 1t is no, SO
much the tariff and the trusts that
mah5s things high as the way we
spend our money. And in fires
county. II q man wants to buy an
auto mobile and he can raise the cash.
tn,re is nc law u stop him.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
Terms of Subscription
LEWIS Il. sgAsoN, Editor & Mgr
LESSON OF THE FIRE

The conflagre ton last Sunday was
the greatest disaster of the kind that
has ever befallen this city. Yet such
catastrophe has been expected At
least, people have remarked that if
a fire enc gained Roadway in that par
tisular part OF the town that nothing
could stop il from doing vast dest.uc-
ZION.
The buildings in nearly every in
stance had been built years ago;and
were entirely CT wood structure. on
tho whole making an excellent fire
trap Therefore the sson is plain.
OF course, when these buildings
were constructed wood was the most
available material fer buildings.
To rebuild the burned district
with lumber would be a $ rious mis-
take The new buildings should be
or either concrete or stone. The town
would be more beautiful and they
would be safe.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
DRAG c]HN In DAY WEATHER
!fnplent ut Can &c Constructed Out Q;
Old MoWer Wheel as Shown In
Illustration Herewith.

If yeu VIII take an cid mower wheel
to the blacksmith shop and have two
wings, as described below, bolted to
it, you viii have enc OF the best dry
weather blows YOU have ever used in
your corn field writes G w. Williams
OF Polk county, Wisconsin, in the
fa mers' Neil and Breeze Take two
OLD worn cut i4incE plow shares.
nave them cut OFF square at each end,
benz little, as shown in cut, and the
wint.s bo!ted en- tight aud solid with
tbs hin edge OF The share down, To
make them extra secure let the smith
take Two pieces OF old buggy springs
and Put brace from The wheel to
near the pcint of the wing.
These wings should be little wider
than the wheel that is, they should
extEnd about an inch wider on each
side than the wheel This gathers the
ciods all in and carries them back, or
holds thesa until the wheel gets on
ttem and grinds them up. This ar
iangement leaves no clods piisd up
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
CoLC-iE-D FLOODS
CURTai.
OUTPUT

Preliminary estimates Ct The pro-
duotion asd earnings cf the Goldfi ED
Conso idated Mines company in the
month OF September are given out
by A. II. Howe, secretary and treas
u-,r CT the company. and show that
the tonnage produced by the mines
was to some extent curtailed. owing
10 the heavy storm that visited the
district en- the 18th Of the month,
says the Tribune, filling some of the
deeper mine workings and causing
damages to the mines and railroad
that required some time to repair.
These repairs We're completed~in a
short time. however, and the falling
OF in tonnage output apprsximated
thu average production of only about
two and one-haf days.
Mr.. Howe's statement shows tina.
the total ere mined in the 30-day
month was 1856 and the total value
rac1vt red Was $3SS,00o, Operating
.Srca3, app. cxin ated SlS6.oO0 and
tas net realization TO the company
is estimated at Sl52. $50. Before the
end Ct the month all departments OF
the cnmpanys mines and plant were
again OF erati . Upon a normal basis
and il is generally believed that the
October production of bullion will
considerably exceed in volume that
o. last month.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
PLANT THAT STORES WATER
Desert Plant Which Acts as a Natural!
Reservoir and viii Live Twenty.
Years, Says Expert.

peculiar plant function, which Or.
MacDougal and his associates are in
vestisating is the storage OF moisture
oy plants such as TIE cacti, writes
ellsworth Huntington, in Harper's
Magazine. ! felt as if we had be-
come almost as skilifu as Indians
When We took our frs drink from a
chunky barrel cactus Dir. MacDou-
sal cut OF the top with big sheath
knife. Then we pounded the pulpy
interior With the butt end of a
stock OF the green-barhed pale verde
gee.
1t was hard work, for our cactus
was unusually large and tough Lit
lie by little, however. the fiber broke
up, cecil drops Of sap few into our
aces at every blow. and soon mass
OF soft broken pulp filled the hol.
low which our pounding had produced
n the top Ct the truncated cactus.
With our hands We eQuc ezed the fluid
out OF the pulp into the hollow, and
hen drank tia whitlsh, but not un-
-fN-i.SNep4Nt iAfhii VIII liO SpSGidk taste
except that OF plants in general All
the cacti and many other desert spe.
cies OF the xerophytic type possess
this same property OF storing water.
1he length Of time that they can re.
main molst Is amazing
Dr. MgcDougal has removed sew.
erai specimens from the ground and
5laced them in dry air fer several
years, No new water has bsea Access
aibie to the plants. and yet year after
year they keep on thriving. The gourd-
nike storage organs of the dubious
stem of an lbSrviliia which he
placed In the New York Botanical
gardens in 1902 has sent out green
shoots each year at The proper sea.
On After producing them. it has,
IS II were. drawn back part OF the
moisture from the stem and leaves
and gone once more into dormacy Ex.
eept at the time when 1t sends out
leaves the plant loses water at an ex-
remedy l>M rate as is shown BY fire.
luent Weighings
DR.. MaeDougal estimates that the
liant can live at least % years, and
possibly more II the rate of loss
should diminish as 1t grows older.
compare this With any plant OF moist,
dre regions. There Is scarcely one
than could live - days, lie, alone 20
years. II pulled up by the roots and
a4ng in dry room. Desert plants
are very glow In growing. they are
SLOW in drying.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

:, singietree; { c. chains; w u wines
maee from p!owshare. & b. braces r
y rope for steering; II handle.
against The corn. but keeps the ground
perfectly level Use a piece Of old
orr handle about two feat long for a
candle. 1t is necessary to have this
aanaie. as by it the wheel can be
guided IN case it should get out OF
line or NIL of Germ be little out of
iine' also in turning at The end Of the
TOW AS the horse comes out and
.arns back, little pan on this handle
VIII swins the wheel clear OF the
ground and swing around in the next
row without breaking down any corn
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

II is announced by Rear Admiral
Perry that famous geographers are to
make an aeronautical map of the en-.
tire world. The announcement. oil
course. will be taken calmly. and with
the respectful belief due any of3cial
announcement. But 1t takes little
Imagination to picture how less than
a quarter of century ago the posi-.
bility OF such task would have
been received. or the furry 1t would
have excited in those who think we
have already too large An insane pop.
ulation
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
Nary Many Like Him.

Sometimes children are more Oh
.eryant than they are credited Wit
5eing Little Rob's mother. for II.
stance was telling visitor how mas
.erfuI" another neighbor was IN his
acme LIE when Rob. unnoticed beside
her. put Ia his little oar. Il don
think hir. Tate is so awful bossy
mamma" he remarked suddenly
!. Course he does a lot of talking, but
he never makes Mrs. Tate do thing
she doesn't wanter, I've noticed that.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
BUY YOUR PIANO DIRECT FROM
THE ANUFACTuRER

We operate the largest Factory
In the world devoted exclusively To
the manufacture Of Pianos and Play.
erpianos. With our unexcelled fac
llities, Immense output, and by sell
lug you direct from our own Fact.
ofy.We are prepared to offer induce.
ments in Quality, Prices and Terms
impossible to secure under less fav-
orable conditions.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

A st. Louis girl slept uninterrupted.
~ for six days after playing In a
hard tennis match Looks as II
there was some good in the game.
after all
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
How's This Z

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured ly Halls Catarrh
Cure.
r. J. CHENEY 4: Co. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known T. j.
Cheney fer the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obllga lions made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 20 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

II Charles Dickens should visit this
country again he would no doubt be
glad to discover that chewing to-
bacco had ceased to be national pas
time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

The only thing bull pup can not
hang ON to is whirling auto tire,
The dog that tried it was thrown
into the branches Of maple tree 80
feet high.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Gradually. 1t is said. the parcel post
limit will be raised to loo pounds
Before long it will be possible to put
a stamp on the children and mail
them to grandmother.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Lots OF men attain success without
ever knowing the difference between
an aura and hiatus.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Some one is going to spend 5000
N Boston to see how far street car
company cSn carry a man for nickel
and make profit. He must not have
much use TO make of his money.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

There are few more awful sights In
lifo than watching man with false
teeth that fit badly trying to eat green
corn off the cob.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

He is a shocking pessimlst who re-
marks that many June bride has
knocked her knuckles on the wash
beard by this time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Two o'clock in the morning Is q
Noor time for an automobile accident.
Yet the hour is popular with those
who indulge In automobile accidents.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

You are right. Ethelinda Many
mans chief objection to the styles In
women's dresses this season il that
they are not more So
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Last years corn crop was 2.S71 .000.-
400 bushels. Thfkk OF the appalling
by-product of corncob pipes and husk
mattresses that somebody will have to
usei
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

A New York policeman just COM
)ieted forty continuous years Of serv-
ee on the force The new income tax
aw will no doubt hit him heavily.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Flies have become so scarce and
canning that it requires rare general
ship to accomplish swatting.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

A Pennsylvania baby was born un-
der the auspices OF five giandmothers
md is reported to be doing as we'll
IS could be expected
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Another ba!loonist was killed In BE-
attic viii they never learn that the
only safe way to travel is In an aero
plane?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

aret may come from calling booze
shop cafe.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
On the roboooan.

No man ever discovers his true
powers of loeomo,ion until he starts
on the moral aud financial down
grade.--Puck.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

An Italian is now reported TO have
discovered perpetual motion. The
nearest approach to it is the reported
discoveries.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

At come restaurants one can pur-
chase French prunes that have an abb
surdly American accent.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

The man who married in secret for
feer his son wouldn't let him must
nave great faith in the efficacy of
early training.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

BY flying over the Alps in an aero.
plane one avoids paying tips at Al
pine hostelries.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

There is not one dance that locks
better on the face OF ii than that
Boil Weevil Wiggle," the step with
he kiss.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Some OF those bargain bathing suits
give the owner the decorative effect
OF cubist Easter egg.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

The rmore the 10 hion- C.1es the
harder the Willies stare.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Leave the wearers OF the slit skirt
alone. Sooner or later they'll catch
cold and come to an untimely end.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Valuable advice TO those getting
cubist haircuts: Take out an insur-
ance policy.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Still. this would be a good enough
world II there were nothing more seri-
Gus than slit skirts to worry about.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

At last the aeroplane has been used
for an elopement But it would never
do for a honeymoon.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

One OF the crying needs OF the
hour is a standardized slice-of water
melon.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

One is sometimes tempted to'think
that there is too much weather.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

There was a time when people OBJ
iected TO even the peek-a-b boo waist.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Arrowrcot In Increased Demand.
Arfowroot has doubled in price with.
N two years.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
Senatorial Sayino.

Let me go Oh the junkets of a coan
try" says Senator Wombat, and
care net who makes the laws
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18

Jov rider would ter tsse
than do he.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-10-18
L. {. PRUDENTIAL
NOTARY PUBLIC

oulee ON Lacour Street. IN Brown.
oriek tailaidng. Deeds, Affids,its
anu other instruments drawn.
Mining Notices. Proofs of Labor
an bdiank Deeds OF all descriptions
on hand.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
Taking of Narcotic Spreading
Among Drug FiendS.
Laws Against Sale Of Morphine and
Cocaine Leading Those With Habit
to Take Up Even More DAN
qerous Substances.

notwithstanding to infOrma-
ton gathered by the United States de-
partment of agriculture, there has
been a sudden and very significant
increase in the use by persons with
a drug habit of the little-knOwn but
very dangerous drug called "heroin. q"
The sales of this drug have recently
increased greatly, particularly i'll those
states which have rigid laws prevent
ing the indiscriminate safe of NOR
phine and cocaine Investigation OF
the subject establishes the fact that
many drug victims who formerly used
morphine and cocaine and who under
the new laws find it difficult to obtain
these substances have begun using
heroin, the sale of which is not as
yet as carefully restricted under state
laws. The drug is said to be fully as
dangerous as morphine and by many
is held to be much worse for the rea-
son that it occasionally kills the vic
tim outright and its habit is far
harder to overcome than the use of
the other drugs. The department,
pending further action, specially
warns all people who are unfamiliar
with the drug to avoid all prepare
tons containing the substance and to
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
j. s METHOD Of PREVENTION IS
THE BEST CURE FOR FOREST FIRES
Federal Wacness Has Cut Down the Devastated Areas From
10000 Acres to 10000 in Two Unconstitutional, Light
ing and CareIessness Of Campers Cause Most of
ConiagraonS.

serve, accurately triangulated, and a
series of signal towers advantageously
placed, the lookouts are enabled to
exactly locate a fire and by telephone
and heliograph to direct the rangers
to the precise spot without loss Of
time. Millions of feet of timber that
otherwise would have been destroyed
have been saved to the country, and
to the system Is largely due the great
ly decreased area of devastated for
est
A large proportion OF the forest
fires started during the past season
were due to human agencies and may
generally be charged against careless
ness. Nevertheless, there has been
a marked decrease in the number OF
fires caused Sy burning brush, which,
according to forest officers, indicates
a closer cooperation with the settlers
in and near national forests and with
cumberland owners.
Railroads and lightning are the most
prolific causes of forest fires. Sparks
from passing locomotives find lodg-
ment in dry leaves and underbrush
and burst into flames. While fires
caused by lightning are not prevent
able, the present system of lookouts.
who are stationed at high points
throughout the forests, in communica-
ton by telephone or heliograph or
both, with forest rangers and super
visors and with each other, makes it
possible to locate fires Immediately
after they are set. This is greatly
lessening the loss from fires caused
by lightning.
Careless campers come next to the
railroads and lightning as the cause
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-27
ATTACK ON SALVATION ARMY
Foes Say Employees Get PitifuI Wages
for Work In London-Prosecu-
tion Urged.

London.-Strong influences are be
ing brought to bear on the board of
trade to make that body prosecute
the Salvation Army, whose leader
General Booth, on a trip to New
York occupied the royal suite on a
crack liner, it is said.
One of the army's sources of income
in London is the sale of various kinds
of rubbish collected all over the city
and the men and women who do the
sorting of this are declared to be
shamelessly underpaid, and required
to sort half ton a day The army
gives board and lodging to a man able
20 handle the above named quantity,
ano if he does more he is paid at the
rate o. cents for every hundred
weight, it is alleged.
A competent carpenter employed
regularly by the army gets the munifi
cent sum of % cents a week, for which
at frequent intervals he is required to
return humble thanks.
At the Salvation" wharf the condi
tons are said 10 be even worse. A
gang of seven men, loading 100 pounds
of stuff, receives eight shillings and
twopence for its collective efforts. it
is said. each man getting a shilling
and a trifle over for his share of the
work of week.