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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-01

southern states gross average of
nearly one thousand million dollars
per year, OF which amount about one
half has come from domestic and cam
adam mills, and the remainder repre-
sents the value " exports To foreign
countries
BY the sale of this crop the south
has been enabled not only to discharge
its obligations promptly every fall
but has added half Il billion dollars
each year 10 the national trade bal
ance. Cotton production Is stimulat-
ed by high prices, and conversely IL
is curtailed when prices tan below
the cost OF production This has
been particularly true in those years
when prices were low throughout the
season and continued low during
time In the early spring. Never have
the evils Of reproduction been So
universally appreciated In the south
as now. nor ever before has there been
such grim determination to hold cot
ton and to radically curtail acreage.
Public sentiment in many southern
states has been SO aroused that there
is now general clamor for legisla-
tion by the states to regulate the pro-
duetion of cotton, and SOME farmers
have gone so far as to demand that
the planting of any cotton whatever
lin 1915 be prohibited
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-01
Loans Freely Madc.b

The TInanclng OF The present crop
began with its planting last March
or April. 1t is the one crop in the
south On which loans are always free
ly made until it is harvested. and in
vestigations recently made by cham
bers of commerce in southern states
show that advances on cotton in diff
ferent states. made from the time of
the planting of the crop until ii left
the gins. range from $40 to $44 per
bale. The last four crops, including
seed, have brought the people of the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21

looking over dry farm lands ON both
the east and west sides Of the river
One Of them, Mr.. Peter Ems, in a
conversation made the statement that
the dry farm lands in this vicinity are
superior in every respect to the dry
farm lands of the American Falls and
Aberdeen section, which are selling
today at $50 per acre.
American Falls has been made a
city Of some importance in the south.
arn part of the state on account Of
the great dry farm territory adjacent,
and Aberdeen has becn developed fror,
the same character of resources
In the opinion 'of the men looking
over the situation it will be but a
short time until every available acre
within twenty miles Of Idaho Falls
will be taken up by good class Of
settlers, just as the American Falls
and Aberdeen lands have been. Dry
farm lands in the sections mentioned
have been greatly improved in tho
way 'of good dwelling houses and fine
outbuildings.-1daho Falls Register,
May 18th.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
ANOTHER GUBERNA-
TORIAl CANDIDATE

Mr.. M E. Lewis, for many years q
resident of Moscow and a life long
Republican, informally announced him
self today as candidate for governor
of Idaho, subject to the Republican
primaries. It has been rumOred for
some little time that Mr.. Lewis would
become a candidate but this is the
first announcement which he has seen
fit to make Mr.. Lewis has been
state senator, member of the board OF
regents of the university, president
of the local Fair association and 10
quite we'll known over the state
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
idaho DAY" IN
SAN FRANCISCO

Last Thursday, May 14th, was
idaho Day" in San Francisco. Idaho
was the first state of the union to
complete it's building at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition, and
the beautiful new structure, occupying
one of the most advantageous posi-
tons on the exposition grounds, was
dedicated, by impressive ceremonies
to its future uses in memorializing the
industries, resources and progressive
ness of the new Idaho.
Major Fred r. Reed, executive com
missioner from Idaho to the exposition
delivered the principal address. Jos.
eph H. Hutchinson, former lieuten.
ant governor of Idaho, was master o:
ceremonies. Addresses were made
by R. B. Hale, vice-president of the
exposition, and Frank R. Coffin, first
treasurer Of the state of Idaho. The
ceremonies were held on the steps
of the Idaho pavilion, overlooking San
Francisco Bay, at the western end of
the exposition state and foreign pa
v1lion area.
Major Reed gave much Of the credit
for the splendid showing made by
the state to Governor John M. Haines.
Ne said in part:
1.-The broad-guage, capable work
that Governor Haines has done since
he has been in the governors chair.
has made him host of friends out
side tof the state Of Idaho. As gov
ernor of the great state Of Idaho, he
has made good
Idaho has $4,000 square miles and
10000 people In appropriating
500, 900 for the exposition, it has
laid a per capita tax of 81 cents. Idah,
like the other inter-mountain states. is
long on resources and shy on popula.
ton, and the careful exploitation, OF
these resources at the exposition, in
the hands of able and reliable men,
will do much in bringing the vast op-
portunities of our state to the atten'
ton Of tho world. The exposition
should be tho means of inducing 49,
600 families to take UP their homes in
Idaho.
when the gates of the exposition
are thrown open, it will represent al
expenditure of more than $4,000, 000
and transportation experts estimate
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21

that 100000 persons will visit tho
fair. This great function is the one
opportunity that the Pacific coast has
had to exploit it's resources in a true,
practical manner and should be prcduc
tive of results that will be beneficial
to large degree.
"Thc trouble has been heretofore
that people living east Of the Mis-.
souri, river have had no idea of the
resources and extent of tho country
west Of the Rocky Mountains. Thew
have heretofore regarded it as the
home of the cow-puncher and tho
tougher element. This exposition will
show beyond the shadow of doubt
that we are as much up to date in cu!,
ture, education and good manners as
any state in the union
The program was interspersed with
patriotic songs, and concluded with
the raising Of the Idaho state flag
by Mrs. A. H. Blocmer, wife of an
Idaho pioneer. The Idaho Society Of
California, which was organized here
Tuesday night, was actively interested
in the dedication and many former
residents of that state. still loyal to
their old home, were in attendance.
o. E. Jackson was chosen president of
the society, Mrs. w. F. Williams, first
vice-president, ]. B. Randall, second
vice-president, and Joseph P. Fallon.
secretary and treasurer. The board of
directors is composed Of Major Fred
R. Reed, Joseph H. Hutchinson and
Miss Helen Smith. About seventy.
five former Idahoans attended the
meeting
The society will cooperate &C.
lively with the exposition manage
ment in assembling a splendid Idaho
exhibit. Mrs. w. H. Ridenbaugh, for.
mer regent of the University OF
Idaho, has been appointed official
hostess" to serve during the ten
months of the exposition. Mrs. Ri
denbaugh, who is also president of
the Columbian club, will head tho re-
ceiving line in social functions in
the Idaho building.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21

During the past summer it was
found necessary to kill perhaps two
dozen dandcions on this lawn which
is forty by sixty feet, although ,on
the windward side OF it is a plot Of
ground where dandelions have flour
ished and gone to seed annually. They
were abundant at the border of tbs
lawn, but few were hardy enough to
cross the dead line.
Nov is the time to NOT prepare
your lawn for next summer That mo-
ney with which you had intended to
buy fertilizer will be better spent il
you use it in the purchase Of bulbs"
Just at the present time there arc
In Blackfoot number Of young
lawns on which so simple an expert
ment as is here suggested would we'll
repay the owner. To refrain from
hAquent and close cutting of the
lawn will not work hardshipon most
men who hate to push the mower
about, anyway. To abstain this fall
from purchasing fertilizer and this
spring from cutting out the weeds
would also be easy and economical Of
money and energy. We should very
much like to see this experiment tried
and hope that some one who has
been bothered with the dandelion will
feel like carrying out the plan and
reporting the results later. Close
cropped lawns are not beautiful when
covered with a myriad of yellow
blossoms. and blue grass four or moro
inches tall would be infinitely more
attractive. We have in mind one lawn
which is not cut or watered often;
and it makes better appearance
than do many Of those which have
much care lavished upon them
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
PRETTY WEDDING

A very pretty wedding took place
last Sunday when Miss Elsie Tarr
became the wife of Roy Bagley. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Ham
ilton Of the Methodist church, and q
great many friends of both bride and
groom were present The wedding too
place at the home 'of the bride, on
North Thirteenth avenue, and the at
fair was very elaborate one. Nearly
one hundred friends and relatives were
present and 1t required several long
tables to accommodate the folks at
the wedding supper. The reception
room was very tastefully decorated
with many beautiful flowers. and the
event is one that will be remembered
by all present. The bride for the
past year has been the very efficient
bookheeper for the Duggan grocery,
on East Center, while the groom Is
also one Of The efficient clerks in the
store. Both parties are very we'll
known in the city. The groom's mo
ther, Mrs. Bagley Of Salt Lake, was
in attendance at tho wedding. and
many friends from Blackfoot and othe,
points were also there Mr. Bagley
has fitted up nice bungalow in
the east side Of the city where he will
take his bride, and the many friends
of both bride and groom extend them
all the wishes for long life and hap
piness.-Pocatello Tribune.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
THE DANDELlON AGAIN

In the December, 1910, issue OF
Western Chemist and Metallurgist, in
an article on 1.-THE Dandelion," John
c. Bailar of Golden, Colorado, makes
some startling statements as to the
harm done by the present system in
vogue for the eradication Of dande-
lions and presents clearly the reason
why directly opposite method should
be followed. If the conclusions Of
the writer are justified by his expert.
ence, they would go to show that
what we have been doing here in
Blackfoot has been exactly what make
most for the spread Of the dandelion
and the destruction of blue grass. We
can not reproduce the whole of the
article, but we reprint those paragraph
which state most concisely the sys'
tenn found successful in Colorado:
give years ago the writer started
a new lawn and for the first twi
years had as many dandelions as any
one in that neighborhood. The follow
ing sgd tenn of cultivation was then
adopted: 49,,
First The lawn mower was set
as high as possible 50 that the grass
was cut two inches or more above
the ground. This intcrfered with the
spreading habit Of the dandclion.
Second. The clippings were not
removed at every cutting but allowed
to remain on the ground. This kept
new dandclons from gaining a foot
hold and strengthened the grass
''Third No fertilizer was used, as
with this method of cultivation none
was needed for the grass, while the
dandclicns found the struggle for ex
istcnce still harder. A little fertili.
ger may be necessary for some soils
but the minimum should always be
used.
Fourth, When dandclicn did ap.
pear it was not dug out. Digging on!
plants, be it ever 50 carefully done.
Injuries the turf and makes an open.
ing for dandelion seeds which may
drift that way. Instead of digging the
dandclion out pointed stick was
thrusl1 down into the heart of the
plant, making a hole about four inch
cd deep and quarter of an inch in
diameter. into this hole was poured
about a teaspoonful of dilute nitric
acid made by mixing one part of
concentrated acid with four parts
IL water. This never failed to kill
the dandelion and, as soon as the
acid was neutralized by the soil, t
became a fertilizer, strengthening the
grass in that spot, thereby effectnaiiy
preventing any seed. from growing.
The cost of this treatment is about
one cent per hundred dandelions.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
THINGS THAT AGE US
CAN BE FOUGHT OFF

It Is right to be fearful of growing
old. Nobody should grow old. We
should all be happier if We would
remain young.
And the beauty of it is one can be
young as long as he pleases. For youth
is no& a matter of ruddy cheeks and
nimble legs, but Of the spirit. A grand
mother, with wrinklcd cheeks and
white hair can be as young as girl
df fifteen.
The things that age the spirit can b
fought off by the will.
Fear is ageng. 1t dries the blood,
unstrings the nerves, palsies the
thought. Courage keeps the soul
young.
Convention makes one old. Constant
ly looking about us to see what others
are doing, and gauging our feelings,
opinions, and habits by what ''they
say gradually takes the sap out Of
life. A certain amount of conformity
is necessary, but we should be careful
TO keep the reserves Of personality
free. It is very easy to become smoth.
cred and senile under the pressure Of
fashion.
Want of faith speedily kills tho
youthfulness in us. The very fresh
ness of the fountain Of youth is belief
When you feel you have no more con
fidence in yourself, no more trust IL.
others, no more credence in the great
moral forces Of good in the world, 1t
means that your spiritual teeth arc
loose and dropping, your spiritual
hands weak and shaky, and your spir
itual legs rheumatic.
To retain youth you must cultivate
and preserve your power to enjoy
simple things. AS our forms Of plea
sure become complex and expensive
the soul becomes stiff and cramped
To love simple food and drink, sim.
pie methods Of play, simple speech
and, above all, the manifest simplici
ties of nature, makes red bleed.
Resist the inroads Of pessimism. II
means the twilight OF the soul, and
the empty night.
Whoever has ceased to wonder has
become old. It may be said of him as
of Ephriam, Gray hairs are here and
there upon him and he knoweth it not
There can be no youthfulness without
awe and reverence. The knowing per
son the sophisticated person, is sim
ply the premature aged
1t is mystery and the unknown that
constitutes \the fountain of eternal
youth 1t is the sky and stars, the
ocean and mountain, and the unplumb
ed depths Of thought that lie around
our little island of knowledge, it is
this circumamblent infinite that feeds
youth into the soul.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
POWER COMPANIES DIVORCED

D. c. MacWatters, vice president
and general manager of the Kuhn in
terests, makes the statement that UNI
der plan Of reorganization which
has been perfected, the two power
companies, Great shoshone & Twia
Falls Water Power company and the
Southern Idaho Water Power COM
pany, arc to be absolutely divorced
from all the other Kuhn enterprises
in Idaho.
The new company, Tho American
Waterworks & Electric company, OF
New York, Of which Hobart Porter
has been elected president, has APP
pointed William T. Wallace of Colo.
RADIO. as general manager Of the Ida
no power companies. Mr.. Wallace
assumed his duties this week. He is,
a man 'of wide experience in electri-
cal development and has handled
some of the largest hydro-electric pro-
jects in the west for the Mellon bro
theirs interests, Of Pittsburg.
The irrigation projects, the Salmon
river and the North Side; two rail-
roads, the Idaho Southern and the
Miner & North Side; the townsites
the local waterworks companies, ho'
tells and local banks at Miner, and
Jerome, which have heretofore been
controlled by the Kuhn interests, will
in the future be handled by the bond
Waters will be vice president and
general manager
It is understood that the coming o.
Mr.. Wallace will not disturb the pres
ent organization of the local power
company.-Twin Falls News.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
Sick Headache

Mrs. A. L. Luckie. East Rochester,
N. Y, was victim Of sick headache
and dependency, caused by badly
weakened and debilitated condition of
her stomach, when she began taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. She says, II
found them pleasant to take, also
mild and effective. In a few weeks
time was restored to my former gooi
health" For sale by all dealers. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
NORWAY'S INDIE
PENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
iSalH Lake City May 1919

Excursions via Oregon Short Lima
Tickets on sale from Utah points May
Is, 16 and II; from Idaho points
k1ay IA, Is and 16 Limit, May 20.
See agents for rates and further partic
ulars. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21
DRY FARM LAND VALUABLE

Several representative citizens Of
the Aberdeen and American Falls
section are spending tho week here
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-05-21

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN-Three.
room house. 1853 s. University ave.
Terms if desired Enquire w. A.
McVicar, Optimist Office. tt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
4 MUTUAL. OPPORTUNITY.

Congressman S. F. Prouty retiring
from congress asks for election to the
bench of the supreme court of Iowa.
The Times-Republ:can very willingly
joins in that request.
There are reasons. By education
temperament and training Mr.. Prouty
seems especially qualified for the place
His record as Judge confirms that
statement. It has been said by those
who have checked up on appeals to the
supreme court that Judge Prouty dur
ing his service as district judge had
the lowest percentage Of reversals. He
has keen analytical legal mind. He
is strong man mentally and in ac-
ton. He is an excellent lawyer.
And there is another qualification
and essential for the position pos-
sessed by Mr.. Prouty to a remarkable
degree. He has very keen and broad
sense of public righteousness to which
he joins an unlimited courage to stand
openlys for justice for all and special
favors for none. His idea CT a court is
that 1t is not so much an arena for
tits and tournaments between legal
lances as place where all men OF
all conditions may seek and demand
and find justice. And that is a most
essential qualification in these days.
when court procedure is charged with
precedence over common justice.
There are judges who not merely
preside over trials but who make the
case before them subject of studv:
who do not fear OF refrain from, sug-
costing points Of law to attorneys who
thru negligence or ignorance or mis-
take are steering their clients inter-
ests upon the rocks; who conduct the
case with the main purpose that all
the facts shall be brought out AMI
all litigan1s be given their full dav IN
court 1t ts this type and temperament
that makes good judges. The purpose
and intent Of the law Is equality q,
q,
tration Of justice under the law. And
this sense OF general equality and the
supremacy of equity and righteousness
in government Frank Prouty DOS.
sesses, understands and practices.
/ NJ. Prou.y explains that he is lew
( ing politics because he is tired Of r.
unadapted by temperament for it and
realizes that such is the case, because
position upon q non-partisan bench
appeals strongly to him and awaken,
an honorable ambition to get back r.
judicial work. service that is one q,
the pleasantest memories OF his life T,
seems to be a mutual opportunity 10,
Mr.. Prouty to return to public service
that he Graves and for the state al
Iowa to secure a wise and uprigh,
judge fully up to the requirements O,
the supreme bench Of the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
THE TEACHERS SOFT SNAP.
IKenfa EaRle.l

Teachers are Of few days and full
Of trouble. They are popularity sup;
posed to have the softest snap on earth;
-pcrt,cu.arly those in Keota with
their five days Of work and that work
amounting only to about six hours
day but one who knows children mar
vels that teachers do not. die OF ner-
vous prostration oftener than they do.
We have better buildings then We
used to have, they are better lighted,
heated and ventilated but children i'm
pose on teachers more than they used
to. The rod as righteous weapon of
discipline has been wisely eliminated
and kids take advantage Of this fact
to get gay. Parents also contribute to
this state Of affairs. We used IRE
quently to hear Of the man who, when
told by his boy or girl that they had
been switched by the teacher. turned
right around and gave the kid another
threshing. But this man has been
gathered into the land where his
fathers have gone before him; he ex-
lists no more The modern parent
babys the kid nearly every time and
the teachers lot is harder than ever.
OF course there are no such parents in
Keota but there are in other plaees. IT
school boards allowed themselves TO be
governed by their personal feelings.
every teachers salaTy would be
doubled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
LET'S SHINE IHE HEELS 20

Old Pat, character in his day,
never BACKED the heels and counters
Of his shoes. The toes shone ike mir
rors with Mason's backing and elbow
grease but the backs were either foxy
red or smeareI with mud. -Phy should
I black the backs Of thim," argued' Pat
Nobody will ever turn to look afther
me-"
Some merchants seem to have the
same theory regarding their stores
They SHINE Respondent with new paint
ard All that in. front. but the back door
and the alley hack Of that are Some
thing fierce" why don't they black
their shoes all over? "a
Same out in. the residences districts
Some lawns are things Of beauty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

siumpad to s cents,a bushel, ana farm
ers and others continue to buy auto
mobiles Tho mills and factOries
have not put up their shutters, and
men with credit or collateral can. still
get accommodations al, the banks. on
the contrary. everybody, is prosperous
and hopeful"
Frank stuart has taken his marbles
and gone home, refusing to play the
game with one Casper schenck In It.
Meanwhile Senator Cummins Is hog
ginz the progressive ring" says the
Waterloo Times Tribune (democraO.
He may fudge little. but there is
wide latitude allowed when one plays
for keeps"
You never really know how much
q man thinks Of himself until he be-
elected to office-and he never realizes
how little people think Of him until
the votes are counted" says the Tama
News.
The Sioux City Journal suggests
III these Mexican bandits have to be
killed of, better let them have ample
chance to do the killing themselves.