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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

in the United States army, and a ma
tive of Maryland"
well, l be hanged! Say; do you
know that's my name also? Is this
some shabby joke?"
There was a CLEAN Of anger In his
eyes. a threat. leaned on my rife.
and looked him In the face.
81 was better prepared for this meet
ing than you," said, "for happen to
know who you are. It's an odd thing,
our resemblance, and the similarity of
names, but was told about you some
time ago."
by whom?"
"Mademoiselle D'Auvray."
who? l never met-oh, her!" with
quick laugh, you mean the Wyan'
dot missionary"
Il mean the daughter of Captain
D'Auvray," l returned with some stern.
ness. 1.-THE man the Indians call Wa
pa-tee-tah.' She mistook me for you"
"And was not very nice about it l
imagine-the little vixen will scarce
give me word"
POSSIBLY with reason"
"She told you SO? She might be in
better business than advertising my
delinquencies among enemies The
girl has just enough white blood in
her to make her act the fool"
I'VE may differ about that. Anyhow
I advise you to hold your tongue. What
l am interested in learning now is
who killed her father?"
He started back, bracing himself
against the wall.
Her father! D'Auvray? Is he dead
them"
He was not acting; the surprise was
real; the expression of his eyes con-
WINGED me.
"You had no connection with the
MURDER"
81! Good Lord, no! I know moth
ing, man-not even how l came to be
here. woke up just now, lying in this
corner with my face to the wall, every
bone in my body aching. When final
ly managed to roll over, got glimpse
of you there at the entrance, and sang
out. l don't even feel certain who
am. let alone what l may have been
up to-"
"But surely you recall something"
insisted.
WELL" puzzled, mot much. See
here, I'm willing enough to tell you all
know. Let's sit down; my head
spins around like top"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
Crop Estimate
Good for the
Present Year

The September crop report of Idaho
and United States, frcm the bureau
Of crop estimates, in cooperation
with the weather bureau of the United
States department of agriculture,
shows the following:
Estimates as of September l, 1914,
with comparisons, made by the bureau
of crop estimates formerly bureau of
Statistics), are given below:
Corn, bushels, Idaho. 44S,000;
United States 2,446,9SS, 600.
Winter wheat, Idaho, S.494, 900;
United States, 523,561 900
Spring wheat, Idaho, $4,000
United States, 239, S19,OOO
Oats, Idaho, 15,112,000; United
States. 121, 76S,O00
Barley, Idaho, 7,5600OO; United
States 17S,1S9,000.
Potatoes, 5,7S0,OOO; United States,
331 525. 900
Apples, Idaho 100000 United
States, 145,OOO,O0O.
Hay (tame) tons, Idaho, 2,044, 900;
United States, 64,116,OCO
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
Ownership
Of Bingham
County Homes

| The United States Census depart
;ment at Washington has just issued
"a bulletin dealing with the owner
ship of Bingham county homes The
important facts contained in the bull
;letin relative to this county are as
follows:
There are 4S42 houses in Bingham
county.
OF this number 1888 are farm
homes.
1895 of the farm homes are own
led by their occupants and are free
;Of mOrtgaged incumbrance.
The mortgaged farm homes mum.
Der S54
Renters occupy "a farm homes in
this county.
Out of a total of 4S42 homes in the
county 1868 are urban homes.
There are 1883 urban home owners
in the county.
Of this number 1913 are mortgaged
:S05 of the urban owned homes are
free of incumbrance
There are 1925 rented urban homes
lin the county.
The census enumerators were un.
able to secure data pertaining to the
Ownership of small percentage OF
both the rural and urban homes i1
this county.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
CHAPTER XIV,
I Meet NY Double.


The probability that the man was a
British officer, whose life depended on
my exertions, nerved me anew No
matter who ne might prove to be,
whether friend or foe, he was of my
race and blood, and evidently the vic
tim Of treacherous attack. First of all
must get him out of that sitting hole
into pure air, and discover the nature
of his injuries. It was no easy task
dragging the heavy body through the
narrow entrance, and across the dis
lodged door. 1t had to be accomplished
by sheer strength Of arm, for l worked
on my knees, choked by the foul at.
mosphere. almost blinded by the
smoke. and unable to find purchase
Yet foot by foot I won. until, exhaust.
ed by the effort. hauled the limp form
free of the barrier. and against the
side wall Of the cellar.
leaned against the wall as the
waves Of smoke thinned. and drifted
out through the open door, At last
there was but a thin vapor showing
against the blue expanse Of sky. 1t
occurred to. me the blue was shading
into gray. as II approaching twilight.
| retained no sense Of time; SO much
had occurred felt had been confined
for hours in that tunnel: when first
emerged and perceived light l could
scarcely realize that it was yet day;
that all had occurred-the tight in the
cabin, my rescue, the horrors Of the
tunnel-within 20 short . space. There
suddenly swept over me the fresh
memory Of 1t all: saw the faces,
heard the voices. And they were dead,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
Acute indigestion

ri was annoyed for over year
sby attacks of acute indigestion, fol-
lowed by constipation" writes Mrs.
IN. J. Gallagher, Geneva, N. Y. 81
tried everything that was recon-
:merdcd to me for this complaint but
nothing did me much good until about
four months ago saw Chamberlain
Tablets advertised and procured 4
bottle of them from Cur druggist. l
soon realized that 1 had gotten the
right thing for they helped me at once
Since taking two bottles of them l
can eat heartily without any bad e.
;fects.' Sold by all dealers. adv
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

knees. Already the air was sitting,
my lungs laboring heavily for breath
as the smoke clouds filled the passage
Only as I bent my nostrils close
against the earthern floor could l find
life-giving air.
Even in my terror 1 chung to the ne
gro's rife desperately. The entrance
leading forth into the cave-cellar must
be closed, or the smoke cloud would
never be SO dense and suffocating. To
open it might require strength, the
blows of the gun stock. II retained
power to burst my way through must
hurry. Already l felt my head reel
dizzily, my open lips gulping for air.
l crept forward recklessly in. the dark,
bruising my body against the sides Of
the tunnel. actually feeling the thick.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
l|llIl
copyright. 1913. by A. c. McClura & Col
SYNOPSIS.

+: CHAPTER I-Joseph Hayward. an en-
sign in the United States army on his
way to Fort Harmar. meets Simon Girty.
a renegade whose name has been con-
nected with all manner of atrocities, also
headed for Fort Harmar with a message
from the British general. Hamilton Hay
him from a number of scouts who tried
to kill him.
; CHAPTER 11-At General Harmar'a
headquarters Hayward meets Rene d.
Auvray who processes to recognize him.
although he has no recollection Of ever
: having seen her before.
/: CHAPTER III-Hayward volunteers to
carry a message for Harmar to Sandusky
where Hamilton is stationed. The north
west Indian tribes are ready for war and
are only held back by the refusal of the
friendly Wyandots to join. The latter are
demandimg the return Of Wapatt;essah;
be a prisoner. Hayward's mission is to
): assure the Wyandots that the man, is
Dresses pre- 'U on Hayward the necessity Of
Preaching Hamilton before Girty.
CHAPTER v-They come on the trail
:of war party and. to escape from the
Indians. take shelter in hut on an
:the hut.
CHAPTER Wilt proves to be Raoel
:D'Auvray. a former French officer. who
lis called by the Wyandots white chief"
Rene appears ana Hayward Is puzzled Oy
her insistance that they have met be-
fore.
CHAPTER x-F1ndIng escape from rne
island cut off Hayward and his compan-
lions prepare to resist an attack from the
:1ndians.
CHAPTER v11-Rene recognizes the
murdered man as her father, who was
known among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee-
tah.
CHARTER XI-Reconnoitering around
;the cabin at night Hayward discovers a
;white man in q British uniform and
:leaves him for dead. after . desperate
tight.
CHAPTER vII1-She tells Hayward her
father was exiled from the French court
land had spent his life among the Indians
: CHAPTER IX-Brady reports seeing q
band Of maraudinG Indians in the vicin-
:ity and with them Simon Girty. Brady's
:a British officer by the name of Hay
yard who resembles the American.
CHAPTER Iv-Rene asks Hayward to
that she 10 q quarter blood Wyandot and
ia missionary among the Indians. She
has been in search of her father. She
insists that she has seen Hayward be-
starts for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and private solder.
: CHAPTER xII-The Indians capture
:the cabin after a hard struggle In which
Hayward 10 wounded
CHAPTER XnI-Rene saves Harvard
from death at the hands Of the savs0es
land conceals him In the cellar OF the
;cahin- 49,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

In buying brOOms do not buy
these of green color, for they do
not wear as long as these of a ma
tural shade.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

Get your butter wrappers printed
at the Optimist Office
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03
WAGNER's F0NDNEss FOR PET
Great Musicians Devotion to His Dog
Said to Have Been Remarkable
In Its Intensity.

Richard Wagner's fondness for his
faithful dog Pops is we'll known. At
the time when almost all the musical
world had turned against him he
would sometimes, In his walks with
the dog, declaim aloud against his
foes. Then the dog would rush back.
ward and forward, barking and snap
ping, as If helping his master to de-
feat his enemies. When Wagner re.
turned home from an excursion to
some other city Pops would always
receive a present as we'll as the other
members of the family. "Peps re-
ceived them joyfully," he writes to a
friend after one of these excursions.
When the time came for the little life
to be ended Wagner scarcely left the
dying dogs side. He even put off two
days an important journey because of
Peps' illness and death. He writes
afterward to his friend Praeger: "He
died In my arms on the night of the
ninth, passing away without sound.
quietly and peacefully. On the NOR
row we buried him in the garden be.
side the house. / cried much, and
since then have felt bitter pain and
sorrow for the dear friend of the past
thirteen years"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Revolutionary changes in coal min
ing methods are promised upon the
general introduction. of a coal mining
machine developed by H. A. Kuhn, a
Pittsburgh mining and mechanical en-
gineer.
The device, constructed of struc-
tural steel, can attack the coal seam
in any position, moving up or down
or in any direction in which the seam
leads. 1t takes out more than ninety
per cent Of the coal in the ground,
whereas the best practice of today
seldom RECEIVERS more than 10 per
cent of the coal.
1t is stated that the machine has
demonstrated that it can cut the cost
of mining by half. 1t is said that
ten of them can produce over one
thousand tons of coal a day. Only
two men are needed to guide the
mechanism of each machine, which
takes the coal from the seam, cuts it,
puts it on a conveyer and loads it in
pit car without human hand touch
ing it.
Electricity or compressed air can be
used and so little power is required
that the cost thereof is less than one
cent ton for each ton of coal mined
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03
GOSSIP Y
YAnIONG
SPORTS
Princeton university will construct
a $4,000 trackhouse.

Princeton university will construct
a $4,000 trackhouse.
otto Hess was born in $780," says
his biographer. Doesn't he mean
started pitching?
President Ebbets, the Brooklyn
boss, has signed eight new pitchers,
all of them right-handed.
Coach Bible of Missouri college
will add physical exercises to his
training at that institution.
Joyce, a former Bates college back
field man, is now playing regularly
behind the line for Georgetown.
DR.. Harry Williams, the Minnesota
coach, has the lightest team he ever
has brought out at Minneapolis.
Hinman, former Dartmouth guard,
is assisting the line coaches at Trini-
ty, and is in charge of the second
team.
Hahnes Kohlemainen is back in
America, proving that the czar cant
sacrifice the last moujik while the
running is good
Ton, I,,,u,r;rb+ r~o+o-,o 49, 20 1u4
year, who has been called the greatest
schoolboy football player in America,
is now at Yale,
It isn't the heavy stickers and star
slabbsts that win games. Harmony,
as you often have heard, spells vic
tory, and Ills true
A year ago the New York scribes
declared that Rube Marquard was a
finished pitcher Now we are ready
to agree with them.
John M. Ward of the Brooklyn
Feds, says the baseball war will in
Jure the national pastime. War will
injure most anything.
Say, what if the European war could
be settled with gloves. wouldn't there
be some real lively scrapping. Both
sides have many good scrappers.
Now they have a new one which
they are ready to spring on the base.
ball public. 1t is the Boston cod
fish ball" which is being used by
James, Rudolph and Tyler.
A Jap football player is with Har.
wards squad. That-isnt a bad idea.
If Doc Williams and some others per
sist in refusing to number their play-
ers they might pick eleven different
colors SO we can tell them apart.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Measuring 81 inches in circumfer
ence, the largest sunfiower ever pro
duced here has been added to the
chamber of commerce exhibits, says a
San Bernardino dispatch to the Seat
tie Post-Intelligencer, and it was con
densed milk that brought the sunfow'
er up to champion size, so it is told
John Poppett discovered that con
densed milk was good for the growth
of the sunfiower vine, and for several
weeks he purchased the canned goods
for the rapidly growing specimen that,
it is admitted by former residents of
that state, shames anything that Kan
sas ever produced in the sunflower
line.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

That the football coach is an i'm
portant factor in the popular college
sport is shown by the fact that more
than 70 per cent of the schools and
colleges supporting football teams en-
ploy one or more coaches in the in
dividual and collective development of
the players. In a majority of cases
the coach Is a former player who
gained fame as a gridiron star at
either the college where he now
coaches or at some rival university
Players from institutions that have
been represented for period of some
years by winning elevens are most fire.
quently in demand, since the belief
prevails that as coach they will in
corporate the same system and meth
ods in their charges and so develop
winning teams.
At the present time there are more
than 500 former players acting as
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

only veteran. Talbot believes that
the men already gathered together
will form one cf the strongest eleyens
Yale has turned out in many years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03
Fatal Open Umbrella.

No one who believes in luck would
dream of opening an umbrella indoors
a very curious example of the umbrel
Ia superstition occurred recently
when farmer was called ont late one
evening. Only an hour before his
wife had opened his umbrella to darn
it, and, as the weather looked threat
ening, he took it with him on leaving
home A terrific thunderstorm came
on while he was out, and while taking
refuge under some trees he was struck
by lightning and killed on the spot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

coaches for school and college teams
Eliminating from this list all but the
more prominent institutions OF the
country, an analysis shows that play
ers from Yale and Pennsylvania are
most popular as coaches. These two
universities are tied, with Is each
Dartmouth, Michigan, Princeton, Wis
consin and Chicago follow in the Or
der named. and these are CLOSELY
pressed for honors by Lafayette, Syra
cuse, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, WI
liams, Ohio, Penn State and Mime
sofa.
AT the foot of the list will be fount
some so institutions with but one Of
two players who have entered the
coaching ranks. In this connection
the peculiar coincidence is shown
Harvard, with winning eleven fol
the past few years, at the very fooi
Of the tabulation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03
TALBOT THE ONLY VETERAN
structed Around Captain and Shell
don--5oth Heavy Men.

The captain OF the 1914 Yale foot
ball team, who is the only man from
last years squad to have a place in
this years lineup Talbot. with
Right Guard Sheldon. are the heav-
lest men on the entire team. 1t is
around them that the eleven has been
constructed. Because OF the lack of
heavy players line forcing will be
form of play not to be expected of
the Yale contingent this season. In
spite of the fact that he Is the teams
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Train Whole Season for TWO Races.
Yale university crews win probably
only engage in two races next season,
the usual Yale VS.. Harvard regatta,
at New London in June, and the tri-
angular event against inceton and
Cornell.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Irregular bowel movements lead to
chronic constipation and a constipated
habit fills the system with impurities.
Herbine Use great bowel regulator.
1t purifies thes ystem. vitalizes the
blood and puts the digestive organs in
fine vigorous condition. Price Soc
Sold by Owl Drug store.--Adv. d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Joe Birmingham is already talking
about the Maps chances for the 1915
season He says his present lineup
suits him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-03

Stuffy McInnis OF the Athletics has
made more hits than any other player
in the A. L.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09

in Is minutes and 20 seconds. Six
teen started and eight finished.
The senior team, running but one
lap. donned the traditinal sombreros,
lit pipes, caught their wind and five
minutes before Payne appeared. cir
cled the track, thus furnishing the
comedy for the crowd.
The freshman team, composed of
Payne. Langley, Boswick and Smithe.
won the trophy cup offered. Payne
received the gold medal donated to
the winner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09
style Show Big Success.

A great crowd of ladies attended
the first style show Saturday. con-
Quoted by a number of the local busi-
ness houses for the display of their
spring garments. The Alta theater
was crowded from until with wo-
men and girls eager to see the latest
thing in suits. gowns and hats. Pretty
girls paraded back and forth on the
stage with the spot light turned upon
them to show off the clinging draper
les and Partisan bonnets. There
We're some stunning costumes too and
whispers of admiration met the ad-
vent of every model. The show was
not without its humor, for one of the
models, In her haste in getting into
a gown that looked very much before
as it did behind. got 1t on backside in
front and sailed forth blissfully un-
conscious of the error. o tempora
o mores. SO changeable and freak
ish are the styles Of nowadays that few
in the audience detected the reverse
array of the garment and some act
ually went into ecstacies and said am
ong themselves, "Poiret has outdone
himself again"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09
East Has Nothing ON West.

That the east has nothing on the
west in the way of modern improve
ments and progressiveness is the opin-
Son of Harry d. Gray, who arrived
home this morning from a long tour
Of eastern and southern states in COM
pany with Charles Bond who return
ed several days ago. Mr.. Gray de.
clares eastern cities are superior tc
western in size only. In fact he states
that by far the finest train he rode
en- while absent was the Shasta Lin
tied over the S. p. the service OF
which was far better than anything
he saw in eastern states.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09

laws and prepare a set of resolutions
which will be designed to cover coun>
~, legislative and state matters in
whatever relation they may bear to
Hermiston and vicinity. permanent
organization will be effected at the
nsxt meeting.
The league will be strictly non.
partisan. One object will be to edu-
cate the voters on the political issues
of the year. Another will be to Sc
cure a good registration. Candidates
for office will be consulted as to their
position on matters of Importance to
this locality and such matters will be
made clear so that candidates will
know the needs of the people here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09
Baseball Committee Out.

The directors of the Pendleton base
ball club started out this afternoon to
raise the money necessary for the put
ting of a team into the field. Having
decided to make another trial of or
ganized ball upon the new plan of re-
duced expenses. they will circulate
among the business man and fans to
see what financial assistance is forth
coming. Previous to starting out they
had received some very encouraging
assurances
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09
Who said Rabbits to Stranger.

VINO is the lady that talked rabbits
to a stranger last fair time? Who
ever she is she is wanted. The stran-
ger was Ned L. Nottingham of Cuba,
n. Y. and he is interested in the lady,
or maybe it is her rabbits. Anyway,
he wants to locate her or ascertain
her name. This particular lady had
an exhibit of rabbits at the fair. Mr..
Nottingham came here to see the
Roundup and during the evenings
visited the fair pavilion. There he
saw the rabbits anj met their owner.
He had quite a talk with her. he
writes to Postmaster Brown. and
wants very much to secure her ad-
dress. Can anyone help him out?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09
'.ROund-up for Christ,

Roundup for Christ" in large
letters is the legend on the wall at the
Tutuilla Indian church during the
present revival. Sunday was a large
day with interest growing The fol-
lowing visitors were there from Pilot
Rock: Misses Georgia Jaques and Lu-
cfle Gilliland, Lon Etter, Arthur Bond.
]. NJ. Jones. J. w. Crow and George
Adams Other visitors arriving
from other reservations on Saturday
were VIM. Corbett. Edna Newman,
Mark Allen and wife, Stephen Moffett
Sam Lott and wife. Joseph Peterson
and wife from among the Nez Perces.
with Rev. George Waters and wife
from Yakima. Several have joined
the temperance society and two united
with the church. The meeting will
continue through Thursday OF this
week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-09

The Umatilla County Fish and
Game association has received an ur-
gent invitation to be numerously rep
resented at the annual state conven-
ton for rod and gun clubs which will
be held in Portland commencing
Monday, March 16. On the day pre-
vious, which will be next Sunday. a
state casting contest and a state. trap
shoot will be held on the grounds OF
the Portland Gun Club. The invita-
tions are being sent out by Fl. B. Van
Duzen. president of the Multnomah
Anglers Club.