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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
FIELD PEAS

A new crop which has heretofore
been omitted from Bingham county S
farm crops and one which may prove
boon to our farmers is that of
field peas, and this year every farmer
who can get seed will be on the mar
ket with peas this fall. The seed is
very scarce, however, and there will |,
hundreds Of acres put to other crops
on account of the inability to get
field peas seed.
The raising of peas has been tried
here by a few and the results have
been most gratifying. Last year they
were brought to maturity with once
watering and the yield was enormous,
so to 60 bushels to the acre having
been raised on old ground. They were
contracted for when planted by seed
houses at 50 so per bushel, giving the
farmer sure end to work to. They
are not perishable crop, an excell-
ent feed and mature ahead of other
crops, giving plenty Of tine to pre-.
pare the seed bed in the fall, which
must be done for best results, as you
can't plant field peas too early. The
earlier the better. Give us more
field peas, more hogs, chickens and
dairy cows-they lead to more 'monied
farmers.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
ISLAND PARK FISHERMEN
PROTECTING THEIR FISH

Sportsmen who have spent their
leisure hours fishing along the stream
in Island Park for some years past are
now up in arms against state officials
whom, it is said, have almost devast-
ated these streams of the speckled
beauties by continuously collecting
spaun from them, for use in the state
hatcheries. Such practice is not
right when carried to the extreme it is
purported to be in this instance The
state has been petitioned for fish to
replenish the streams and it is to be
hoped that the fish and their spon
will remain unmolested until Island
Park is again the fishermans para
disc it has been.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Brotherhood Meeting

At the monthly meeting of the
Mems Brotherhood, held last even
ing in the church parlors CT the M. E.
church, DR.. c. A. Hoover delivered an
instructive and most interesting ad-
dress on Sexual Hygiene, and it is a
great pity that the address was not
before the entire population of Black.
foot, instead of, perhaps, thirty mem.
bers Of the Brotherhood.
DR.. Hoover's address was followed b,
short talks by others and much good
was derived from the gathering.
A sumptuous three-course banquet
was served by the ladies.
The May meeting will be held in the
High School auditorium.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Annual School Meeting and Election

Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the 21st day Of April, 1913. the
Annual School Meeting and Election il
and for School District No: % OF
Bingham County, Idaho, will be held
at the Brick School House, in said
district <
At IL o'clock, noon, of said day, al
said school house. a meeting will be
held to elect judge and a clerk OF
election, to determine whether or not
a Special Tax shall be voted upon
at the election. and to fix the rate,
and to transact such other business
pertaining to the school interest as
may come before the meeting.
The polls will be open one hour
later, to-wit: at 100 O'Clock p. m. and
remain open until 500 p. m. of said
day.
One school trustee will be elected
for three years in place Of Brigham
Robinson, whose term of office will
then expire.
Note: None but actual resident
freeholders and heads of families of
said district shall vote at such special
tax election"
w. p. LINDSAY,
Clerk of School District No. %.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
hundred can tell the date.

hundred can tell the date.
If more people realized that tree
culture is one of the easiest ways OF
improving real estate, the methods EN-
ployed by land spectators would be
very different.
Suppose you compare two streets
of equally pleasant location and with
identical public improvements, and
having houses of equal value. Let
one street have a thrifty growth o.
little trees, say 10 years old, and the
other have no trees. 1t is probable
that in any live town on the street
with trees, the houses would be worth
10 to 20 per cent more than those
without them.
Even an attractive house looks bare
and forbidding if unscreened by any
'ree growth. The eye spots it's de.
fects and excrescences, if attention is
not diverted by natural beauty.
Even a shabby house looks home
like and inviting if there are trees to
help screen it. 1t is not so much that
defects are hidden, as that the eye
is SO pleased by the symmetry Of a
good tree that the blots in the pic
ture go unnoticed.
There is too much Of the spirit Of
LET George do it, about town i'm
provements. Why wait for street
superintendent to plant trees in from
Of your house? A few little sapling,
cost little, and one can frequently fine
them for the asking on holida,
excursion into the country.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
MORGAN, ART, AND
THE AMERICAN MAN

Perhaps the most wonderful phase
of J. p. Morgan's genius was not his
Napoleonic strokes Of finance The
fact that he is probably the greatest
art collector Of all times is still
more unusual distinction.
The American woman is much in
terested in art Whether because she
feels that culture is good social in.
vestment, or from real liking, she is
studying art wherever there is a
Woman's Club. But if you provide a
first class lecture on art, you will
find Is women present to every one
man.
Nevertheless, in the crowds that
on Sunday throng the Metropolitan
Art Museum of New York and SINH
lar galleries in other cities, there are
nearly as many men as women They
are not prosperous American business
men who left their automobiles at the
door. Rather they are Italian OF
German or other mechanics, in more
or less shabby Sunday best to whom
a beautiful picture makes brigh,
spot of sunshine
Not one in hundred of successful
American business men has any trace
of that superlative judgment for art
values that made Morgan a great
collector The American millicnaires
have commonly bought their pictures
and rare books by the wholesale much
as they select their brick and stone.
The American people will not alwayt
be so indifferent. Through the Wo-
mans Clubs and school pictures and
study, many young folks are coming
along who can spot the more obvious
varieties of artistic gold brick.
Art ought not to be confined to q
few metropolitan cities. There ia
wealth enough for fine collections
in every state. Mr.. Morgan has gath.
cred in about all the classic art that
was not nailed down in Europe. But
there is world of beautiful pictures
to be had at comparatively low prices
today, that will become treasures TO,
another generation.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
FLlMsY CONSTRUCTION
AND ToRNADoEs

Disaster brings an aftermath of
counsel. Following any calamity, the
newspapers print guide books of how
not to do it next time. The CHASTITY
tornadoes at Omaha and elsewhere,
however, SEEN so far beyond human
control that there seems little to do
but read, pity, and subscribe to the
relief funds
Still, with 1900 persons homeless at
Omaha, with tornado losses almosy
yearly, running up to the destruction
of 10000 buildings in the storm OF
February 8, 1884, this human prob
lem is worth study.
Other things being equal, the worst
tornado losses take place where the
construction is the least substantial
though this did not happen to be the
case at Omaha.
The restless haste of the American
people, their slight valuation on per
manency, has led to veritable card
house construction of. light wood
buildings. After seeing the stone and
brick cities of Europe, a typical
American factory town seems to the
tourist like child's paper camp.
This does not mean that wood con
struction is to be abandoned. Oul
grandfathers built wood houses that
would stand anything but the very
| teeth of the storm.
Paper and plaster cover a multitude
Of sins. When you build the frame
work OF house of material about
heavy enough to hold up slight pi-
azza roof, you must not merely ex.
pect that tenement district will fall
at the first breath of the hurrican.
1t will also burn like the farmers hea
OF dry brush whenever blaze starts.
People who erect flimsy houses
should give much thought to the ra-
pidity of their depreciation. If the
life of wooden shell is but so years,
one ought to allow at least per cent
depreciation on the capital annually.
This would more than pay the differ
ence of solid wood construction. O,
even of brick or cement
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Church Bulge and "Church Influence

Montpelier Examiner: In their de-
sire to create a prejudice among the
people of the north against the Nor
mons, some newspapers and politician
of that section deliberately misrepres-
ent conditions in this section and
charge certain laymen in the church
who have sought political offices with
being high church officials. A few
days ago the Lewiston Tribune refer.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
TREE CULTURE AND ARBoR DAY

An old-timer, pointing to fine
row of trees in an eastern town. once
told the writer that they were set out
by himself and others as way of
celebrating July 4. In the simple quiet
OF the little village of his early youth,
1t was an older generations theory of
how to have good time.
Voluntary effort of this kind has
become so rare, and the barrenness of
many of the newer towns is SO bald
and glaring, that Arbor day has be-
come a quite general spring festival in
many states, though not one man in
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10

red to, Judge Alfred Bulge as ''Bishon
Bulge and declared that in the last
primary campaign 1.-The church had
It's heart set on his election to the su-
preme bench Now that statement
Is absolutely false. as thousands of
people in Idaho can testify. In the
first place, Judge Bulge does not, nor
never has. held the office of bishon in
the Mormon church. In the second
place. the church did not set it's
heart on his elevation to the supreme
bench" Judge Bulge did not an.
nounce his candidacy for supreme
Judge last year until after he con.
suited with scores of the leading gen
tile politicians from every section of
the state, some of his strongest as.
surances of support coming from the
north.
AS further evidence that the Trib-
unes statement is false, one but needs
to refer to the Republican vote cast
at the primary election last July in
the Mormon counties. Had Judge
Bulge received the solid Mormon Re-
publican vote in these counties, he
would have been nominated by a com.
Portable majority. In this county
which has been Judge Budge's home
for so many years, 100 Mormon Re-
publicans voted for Judge Stewart at
the primary election. II it were true.
as the Tribune insinuates in the arti-
Gle to which We refer, that Church
influence was exerted in behalf of
Judge Bulge last year, it is probable
that he would have won the nomira-
ton, but the vote of the southeastern
counties stands as unimpeachabl.3 eyi.
dence that the Mormon church did
not exert its influence in his 5ehalJ
In the discussion of national ard
state affairs the Tribune has eener.
ally been very conservative hut
upon the question OF Mormonism y
seems to have cast honesty and iustic
to the winds in it's effort to mako a
case against the Mormons.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Straight at II

There Is no use of our beating
around the BUSH We might as we'll
cut with it first as last, We want
YOU to try Chamberlain Cough Re.
NEEDY the next time you have cough
or cold. There is no reason SO far as
We can see why you should not do so.
This preparation by its remarkable
cures has gained world wide reputa-
ton. and people everywhere speak of
it in the highest terms Of praise It
is for sale by all druggists. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

You are hereby notified that the d.
rectors of the Grove City Ditch Com
pany, Ltd, levied assessment No. 10
Of $1.O0 per share on the stock of
said company on March Is, 1913. Said
assessment becomes delinquent after
May 1, 1918, and if not paid before
that time will be advertised and sold.
Payable at D. w. Standrod & Co.,
w. F. BERGMAN,
M27-A17 Secretary and Treasurer
Annual School Meeting and Election
Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, the 21st day of April, 1913, the
Annual School Meeting and Election
in and for School District No. IL of
Bingham County, Idaho, will be held
at the school house in said district.
At P. M. of said day, at said
school house, meeting will be held
to select judge and clerk of cleo
ton, to determine whether or not a.
special tax shall be voted upon at
the election, and to fix the rate, and
to transact such other business per-
tanning to the school interest as may
come before the meeting.
The polls will be open one hour lat.
or, to-wit: at 2 o'clock P. M, and
remain open until 5 P. M. of said day.
One school trustee will be elected
for three years in place of e. Cleary,.
whose term Of office will then expire.
Note: None but actual resident
freeholders and heads Of families of
said district shall vote at such spe-
cial tax election
E. CLEARY,
Clerk Of School District No. IL.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
REQUEST FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Commissioners of Bingham
County. Idaho. requests bids for the
removal of the present 1924 it. steel
bridge at or near Baugh's Ford, to a
site about 900 #. up stream there
from, furnishing and erecting five sets
OF piers upon which to place said
bridge, and adding an additional 108
It, steel span to said bridge at the
new location in accordance with plans
and specifications therefor. heretofore
approved and now on file In the Of
flee of the Clerk of the said Board,
at Blackfoot. Idaho. also on file with
the Clerk Of the Board of Bannock
County. at Pocatello, Idaho.
Said bids to be opened and publicly
considered at one O'clock P. M, April
IL. 1913. at the office of the Board
OF County Commissioners of Ban
mock County. Pocatello, Idaho.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. All bids must
be accompanied by a certified check
in the sum of ten per cent Of the
bid submitted, conditioned that the
bidder, II awarded the contract, will
enter into a contract for the con-
struction of said bridge in accordance
with said plans and specifications and
furnish good and sufficient bond
for the faithful performance of said
contracts.
By order of the Board.
Dated April l, 1918.
]. T.. CARRUTH.
Clerk Of said Board.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Electrical Workers
Strike at Boise

The end Of last week about thirty
members of the International Brother.
hood of Electrical Workers laid down
their tools, and declared they would
not return to work until their demand
had been granted. The Electrical
Workers union Is said to be the
strongest in the Capital City.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Serious Accident

Serious Accident
Last Saturday afternoon Fred, the
1S-year-Old son Of Mrs Fred Gruniy.
OF Montpelier, and John Straauhbaur,
another lad about the same age, were
scuffling on hay stack at the home
of the former. During the scuffle
young Grunig was thrown from the
stack Just as he struck the ground
the other lad threw a pitchfork at
him. One Of the tines entered Fred's
head at the base Of the brain, close
to his right ear. The other tines penc
trated his neck and shoulder.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10

ICE gorge at Noveno
An ice gorge in Bear river, above
the Short Line railroad bridge across
that stream east of Novene, IA miles
west of Montpelier. threatened CON-
plete destruction of the bridge Satur.
day. Dynamite was used to loosen
the gorge, but with Indifferent sue
cess. Pressure on the structure was
so great that 1t was deemed unsafe
Tor traffic, and Fast Mail No. 8, east
bound, was detoured out of -Pocatello
via McCammon, Ogden and Granger,
No. II. westbound, was held at the
bridge until morning at 10 O'Clock
when the gorge was finally loosened
and through traffic resumed. No. s
followed delayed No. II.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Local Option Campaign

GVCd1 OPtIUH VdmPdIgn
Some time in August the people of
Washington county will be given an
opportunity to vote on local option
again, providing the election is called
as prayed for in a mammoth petition
signed by nearly fifty per cent of the
names Of legal voters The law only
calls for forty per cent so the election
is pretty sure a go.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Field Peas

Field Peas
A report comes from St. Anthony
that Fremont county is to have over
10000 acres in field peas this year.
Setting the yield at about half antici.
pated and give the price a like cut the
crop will amount to $1,125,OOO.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10
Killed In Runaway

Henry c. Book, a well known old.
timer of Shoshone, met tragic death
Saturday. His team ran away with
him and threw him from the wagon,
his head striking a stone and he was
killed instantly. He was a rugged
old gentleman and well liked.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-04-10


1000 feet film received
located Phoenix Arizona These pictures
night This the a
12SO0O0
rrgatng
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP Of FIGS
4 10 cruel to force nauseatinq,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood dayk
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil. calomel. cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt IL well-found-
Cd. Their tender little 1nsides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action IL positive. but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy: they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
On the stomach, and that q teaspoonful
given today saves = sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
Good Guess.

Tho class was discussing animals
how they walked, got up. etc. After
she explained the cows method Of
rising to her feet. the teacher asked:
do you know any other animal
that gets up like a COW Silence
reigned for a moment, then one little
girl timidly raised her hand.
What 10 it," asked the teacher.
"A calf" was the reply.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
STATE WILL AID
TO QUELL RIOTS
GRAND JURIEs WILL REPLACE
MILITIA IN CASE OF
VIOLENCE
DECLARES GOV, LANNON'S
PARTICIPANTS IN OUTBREAK TO
BE PUNISHED PROMPTLY,
SAYS EXECUTIVE.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Grand juries are to be in
voked for the prosecution of any
rioters or participators in any vio-
lence that may occur during the Colo
RADIO coal strike. The work of grand
juries was found to be the most effec-
tive in Furnishing violators OF the law
during the West Virginia coal strike.
1t Is to be used,if necessary, in Colora.
do.
This was the statement made by
Governor Ammons.
Local officials. including district At
torneys and judges, in all parts OF
Colorado affected by the strike have
promised Governor Ammons thorough
cooperation in enforcement Of the
law. 1t is believed that by use OF
grand juries. If exigencies arise. any
necessity for the use of the state
militia will be removed.
Promises Prompt Punishment.
The executives statement follows
in full:
OWAutS W AAA61O0OAA6 oSoS1ASAS0 va
culated in the strike districts. deem
it advisable to say there will be every
cooperation between the state aud
local authorities to enforce order.
II have consulted and have a COM
plete understanding with the local au-
thorities Of all the affected districts
and we have reached the following un.
de-standing:
THAT all peace officers will arrest
and punish every person not authorized
by law who is found carrying con-
oealed weapons. The courts will i'm
mediately investigate. by grand jury
II need be, every act Of violence. and
offenders will be prosecuted prompt
ly and punished no matter who they
may be. All parties are warned
against incendiary speeches calcu'
lated to incite riot, bloodshed or des-
truction OF property. and offenders
will be held strictly to account. Where
ever saloons are used as rendezvous
for disturbers. their licenses will be
revoked. Both sides to this contro-
versy are expected to assist in bring
ing to judgment any person who vio-
lates the law.
Il expect the counties to control the
situation. Whenever they shall be un-
able to 10 80. the state will intervene
and take any steps that may appear
to be necessary to protect life and
property. prevent intimidation and
abuse Of all kinds, and restore and en-
force order and law. l have been un-
able to effect a settlement between
the contending parties. but shall in
sist that lawlessness be punished no
matter by whom committed"
Lies Killing Plot"
Governor Alumons stated that from
reports which he had received the
killing of Marshal Lee at segundo on
the gath appeared to be the result of
a deliberate plot. He said he had
been told that the marshal was not
killed by one Of the three men whom
he arrested at the bridge which they
were tearing apart, but that man
who had hidden in tho coke ovens did
the shooting just as the three men
began to mill about when the marshal
marched them opposite the ovens.
The governor said the report re-
ceived by him indicated that the event
was a conspiracy to entrap the mar
shall He regarded the report as the
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Gave Your Hair! Get IS Cent Bottle
Of Danderine Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle. colorless and scraggy
hair IL mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; Of dandrun-that awful scurf.
There is nothing 30 destructive to
the hair a. dandrun. It robs the hair
Of its luster. its strength and its very
life; eventually producing feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonfght-now-any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get q rs cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the FIRST application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after just q
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see lot of fine. downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03

Some men fail to meet their obliga-
tions because they are headed the
other way.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03

Love is the wine of life and old
bachelors are prohibitionists.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
Enact Copy Of Wrapper.
New Use for Carbon.

Carbonic acid snow (solid carbon
dioxide) is now being used success
fully in the West London hospital by
DR.. Reginald Morton in the treatment
Of many diseases. Moles are eradi-
Gated by it, warts removed by two or
three applications, and birthmarks-
except the so-called port wine stains"
yield to it. Chronic localized
patches of eczema are healed by it;
it is useful In many cases of rodent
ulcer; in trachoma 1t is about twice
as rapid as any other cure, not nearly
30 painful. and can be used without
risk.
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
Safety In Speech.

your speech contains a great
many quotations from the classics"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum; y
always feel safe in using Latin and
Greek. Not being understood at all,
they are sure not to be misunder'
stood"
The Keota news., 1913-10-03
Association.

Association.
shes an airy sort OF miss"
That's only since she became en-
ga4ed to an aviator"