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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15
DlRTlEST MAN In
CIUDAD, BOLIVAR
Edgar Garrison, Son Of T. J. Garrison
Of Denison, Has An Experience
Seldom EquaIIed.
FOR TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
Meets With Tribe Of Indians and
Eats Fish-ScaIcs, Fins, Head
and All-loses Baggage.

Mention was made in the paper sew
eral weeks ago that Edgar Garrison,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.. j. Garrison,
had left for Port of Spain, Trinidad,
where he expected to take part in the
revolution now going on there. Last
week his parents received most in.
teresting letter from him and through
their kindness we are able to publish
the letter in full, which will be OF in
terest to Review readers.
The letter follows:
Port of Spain, Trinidad.
June l6, 1914.
Dear Papa and Mamma:
On Sunday. the 7th, the dirtiest man
that had come into Ciudad. Bolivar,
for many a moon came triumphantly
into that town. say triumphantly.
inasmuch as he was allowed to enter.
1t was !. had on an old pair of
shoes. dirty pair of khaki trousers,
ragged old blue shirt with no but
tons on 1t and tied together with
string and held around the neck with
an old blue handkerchief one sock
and half and a dilapidatod hat and
no personal baggage of any kind. |
made for the hotel which had stop
ped at a couple of months prior and
after informing them that ] would
clean up and take my meals in my
room for few days until | could get
some clothes made. | was allowed to
remain. had not shaved for two
months and had a nice little nous
tache' and chin whskcrs from the
corners Of my mouth downward with
two full twists, a la rope style at the
bottom. Small boys chased me on the
street and called out "kanst du
deutsch sprechcn?" to which re-
sponded, "Ich kan nicht deulsch
sprechen." l had to completely lose
my identity and forget who was.
went into barber shop to get shaved
and told the barber to shave the
sides of my face and leave my nous
tache and my imperial" The barber
hesitated and asked me if | wanted
the chin whiskers cut off and told
him no; he asked me the second time
and said mo-" he asked me the
third time and d-I,-said if they, are as
bad as that "Cut them off. which
ne ulu. just PRIOR W scttliIS llto lhe
BARRIERS chair, while sitting next to
small boy In the shop, the boy said
"Pugh." and rapidly got away from
me and | have been wondering since
whether or not it was fact that
someone had thrown dead cat into
49, = street, but perhaps not, for had
not had my clothes off for over two
weeks. | made for the bath in the
hotel and upon undressing found that
l had running sore on my right
ankle that was putrid and after clean
ing up | made for a drug store and
purchased some bichloride Of mcr-
curry and some listcrine and proceed
ed to treat that ankle, and at present
it has completely healed. The land
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15

family followed. and the Renal colony
became their home.
Father Fleming saw the old atroci-'
ties He relates tales of how govern
h,cnt euti"cd shoals Of slnrkslto infest
the coasts to act rs gunrts against
escpc. He was scfou:ci in pity and
c.Iia5asion tirea:siout-a his 7sss.,----.-
yAuu!iGcI rs few men are to ta1K~s
~ linsly Of the reed Of brotherhood.
That London hotel whore no tipping
is permitted has proved such a sue
cess that another like it. the largest
in London is to be erected at once
And they say the service is perfectly
all right, too.
Indiana, Kentucky and Canada"
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GREAT ADDRESS
ON BROTHERHOOD
Father Austin ]. Fleming, Of the Apos-
toIic Mission of New York, to
Speak at Chautauqua.
"olL FOR LlFE'S MACHINERY"
An Interesting Study by Scholar
Who Has Tasted the Bitter
As Well AS the Sweet.
"olL FOR LlFE's MACHINERY"

Father Fleming was born in Tas-
mania ana grew up under the very
shadow of the great prisons which
England so long filled with men she
had dcported for political and religious
reasons.
lie comes Of an illustrious Irish fam
lily. His grandSirc was well known
associate of Thomas Davis. the Irish
poet and rebel. He WAS victim OF
fierce strife and with many others was
transported to Tasmania. Later his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15

something to cat. Two days without
feeding made me cat a half dozen
bananas, a half of three foot cassava
and the hind leg of a wild pig. The
following day left for down the river
with the Indians and lived with them
for six days thereafter. having nothing
to eat but fish three or four times a
day, and some cassava. They cut the
fish up scales, fins, head and all, and
after stripping the fat from the in
testines and throwing same into the
pot, turned some of the intestines in
side out and pitched them in too. Did
| eat that mess? l am alive, am
not? Yes, ate stuff that hope never
to eat again.
When came into this country |
was troubled with Indigestion. but
am all over that and the only trouble
seems to be able to get enough to di-
gest. For two months l slept in the
open in hammock many nights In
wet clothes and the rain falling on mo
and after the wreck slept out one
night on the rocks and four nights l
sat up because had no place to
sleep, and never had sick moment
or a cold. 1t was hard to sleep in a
bed in stuffy room after having
nothing but the heavens for a cover
for so long.
l kept diary which | intended to
extend, but that. too, was lost in the
wreck-everything but my coin. |
played the hobo all the way to Boil
var, 1G5 miles. and at some houses
got coffee, meals, milk, ETC., and it
never cost me cent If they had
known had several hundreds of dol
lars upon my person they would have
held me up at every turn.
The country is at standstill be-
cause of the revolution in the interi-
or. Approaching Bolivar. and when
some twenty miles out. while saunter-
ing along. out popped couple of men
on horseback, and covering me with
their rifles made me go along with
them. | was not frightened because
after suffering so much as | had |
was insensiblc to fright or pain and
| went with them to headquarters,
where the officer in command grac-
iously received me and We breakfast
ed together, after which l went on
When they covered me with their
rifles | said to myself. 81 don't know
who in thunder you are, but am with
you all the same" l would have gone
with them on any undertaking had
they insisted.
Such trip, such an experience. ]
wish | had a stenographer handy to
dictate my experiences, but l may
later reduce them to writing.
Never finer or filter in my life. Not
burned red or brown, but just black
that is all.
Venezuela is grand country, and
ii they were not scrapping in there
as they are | would return at once
and go into the cattle business. for
I went through the prettiest range
that ever went to waste. may come
back later If things settle down.
am looking for location now in
earnest and on the next boat ! go to
Colombia to look after some mining
properties there. When you will hear
from me again don't know. but don"
worry for I'll write when can, but |
have no address now SO don't write
to me.
Love to all,
Edgar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15
LIFELESS FORM IN
ROCKING CHAIR
Mrs. Catherine AbIas, Of Manila. 10
Found Dead in Her Home on
Last Friday Evening.
SUFFERED STROKE OF PARALYSIS
Deceased Was rs Years Old and the
Mother Of One Child, Daughter,
Living in Wisconsin,.
Manila, July 1i-Special-

Manila July 14-Special-
Neighbors were startled on last Fri
day evening on going to the home of
Mrs. Catherine Ablas, an old lady, to
find her lifelcss form in a rocking
chair. A lamp on a table beside her
was burning and from appearances
she was about to retire, perhaps on
the night before. The body was at
once prepared for burial and on Sat
urday morning after short service
at the house the body was removed to
the German Evangelical church, where
Rev. G. Tillmann. pastor, delivered an
appropriate funeral sermon. The re-
mains were then taken by automobile
TO Harlan, where they were laid be-
side those of her husband in the cem-
etery. Deceased was rs years, 4
months and 13 days old. Mrs. Ablas
nee Thoms, was born Feb. 25. 1899, in
Schlcswig- Holstein, Germany, and
was united in marriage there to Chris
tian Ablas. They emigratcd into this
country and settled at Harlan, Shelby
county, in 1877. There her husband
died in 1891. From 1899 she lived in
Manila. She worked for her living.
For some years she had to use crutch-
cs. This was the result Of rheuma-
tism, but she always was satisfied and
glad and won many friends among the
English and German people. She was
very faithful member of her church
and seldom missed service. July
10th, between 10 and II o'clock p. M.
she had severe stroke while sitting
in her chair reading her church paper,
the stroke killing her. Neighbors
found her in the same position the
next day. She had only one child,
Christine Krogcr. married to Thome
Kroger. Cumberland, Wis. Ten grand
children and three great grand chill
dren are left to mourn the death of
the DID, well beloved, Grandma Ablas.
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THE RAWEIS COMPANY.

fortunate securing the
n Sea Islanders under the
of This is composed of highly
New will depict natiTe costumes
peculiar their people Their
and tribal sketches and
highly educational is fine novelty number
and will attrucmu
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15
Tuesday. Sept. 8, 1911.

SN ~ N I'D
One bull, four females any age or
breed. owned by one man-S'O 90.
No new classes will be made.
Age to be considered in judging in
this class.
The Superintendent of this class will
require exhibitors t.; furnish pedigree
showing satisfactory evidence of purity
Gf blood.
Cows in thiS class civ ng milk must
have been nllked dry on the morning
Of the dar they are exhibited
In first division bull over three years
old" "bull over two years old and
"bull over one year old" must have been
used for breeding purposes in the herd
of the exhibitor or some reliable breeder
of the past season. and ''cow over three
wears old" must have calf at foot. or
show unquestionable evidence that she
is n regular breeder.
CLASS B-HORsES AND MULES.
Z. J.. Harvey. Superintendent.
a horses age will he reckoned from
the first day of January in the year in
which it is foaled.
Horses entered single must he shown
single. Identity of color is not indis-
pensihe in matched teams. but both
must be owned by the same person or
firm. No team matched for the occa-
sion merely will he eligible in any class
Any animal may be exhibited in as
many classes az the owner may choose
where the sane may be eligible. but
every time the same is re-cntcrcd full
charges will he made.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15

Eighteen houses are being built on
the Lincoln Highway in Camden New
Jersey. Real estate values have been
considerably increased since the desig-
nation of Westfeld Ave. US Lincoln
Highway"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-15
WI TF'8FFFsN TT UT =
re- Bred Clydcsdalo and Shirea.
Double Teams, Carriage, Draft, Matcht
Riding and Driving Horses.


Double Teams. Carriage, Draft, Matched
Riding and Driving Horses.
Pair of carriage gcldings
or mares owned by one per-
son ........ .... o'oV -'ou
Cro be shown in harncSS.)
Draft team, owned by one
person ..... 3'VV wv
Single driver ....... ...... ''nn ' w ""
Saddle horse ........ ...... 2.oo l.oo
Horses entered in speed ring are cN-
cluded. The same animal or animals
may be shown both double or single.
Carriage horses in this class are in
tended especially for family use, and
form. style. docility and size are the
Shetland Ponies.
Stallion . yaefss old an,t over 81 90 260
Mare years old and over 500 1.f'
Colt wear and under 3 3OOEf4h
Colt under year ..... 200 I.00
Mules
Mule team 3 years old and
over ....... :s.!sl lo.oo 500
Male years old ..... ..... 500 800
Mule ycar old $40. -. 100 300
Sucking mulo ........ -. 500 100
No new classes will he made.
CLASS C-SPEED
L. c. Butler. Superintendent.
Running Rules.
Five entries required to fill ana three
to start.
Entries close at p. IN. night before
race.
Entry fee ) per cent of purse and 5
per cent additional from money win
ner=.
Money divided So 80 and 20 per cent.
Continued Next WeekD
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
MASONIC lAC:ES

A regular meeting of Ruth Chap
ter. of Eastern Stars was held in
Pocatello last Monday night, when
members of the Blackfoot and Idaho
Falls chapter were the honored guests.
A banquet was indulged in at $50
and most pleasant evening was
spent by those present.
The out-of-town guests were: Mrs.
Mill, Mrs. l.. A. Haley, Mrs. J. J..
Dalton, Mrs. John Henry and Mrs.
Bradbury, of Idaho Falls; and Mrs.
Woodin, Mrs. Eldredge, Mrs. Mitch
ell Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Jones, Mr..
and Mrs c. F. Hendrie and Mr.. ana
Mrs. Pearson, of Blackfcot.
At $3.50 the banqueters adjourned
to the lodge rooms, where two candi-
dates received the degrees of the or
der. Percy Jones of Blackfoot, past
grand patron Of the state of Idaho.
was present. Following the work. he
made short talk, congratulating the
chapter on the excellent manner in
which the work had been performed
and on the sumptuous banquet served.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
PRIMARY EXPENSES

Herman H. Taylor, Republican can
didcte for lieutenant governor, $99. g.
j. M. Stevens, Republican candidate
for governor, $542SO.
Warren Truitt, candidate for JUS.
tice of the supreme court, $434.
F. ]. Cowen, candidate for Judge OF
the Sixth district, s319.75.
William c. Whitwell, Democratic
candidate for United States senator
$1645.
James Fl. Hawley, Democratic can
didate for United States senate, has
filed his statement of primary elec
ton expenses, showing an expendi
ture Of $24964.
D. w. Capps, Democratic candidate
for state treasurer, $2O9O.
United States Senator James H.
Brady spent grand total of $685. 76
according to his affidavit filed with
the secretary of state today, for cam
paign expenses during the primary elee
tion. The law allows candidate for
United States senator to spend $1S75.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

fury today all along the 11O-mile bat
tie front, in which nearly ell of the
2,OOO,O00 men of the rival armies. to-
gether with about 100000 reinforce
mcnts to the allies, are engaged.
The Germans are fighting strictly
on the defensive, battling ferociously
to prevent the utter rout of the arm
les whose realgnment their covering
movement was designed to protect.
Though no definite results have
come out of the three days fighting,
the enemy is being forced back stead
lily, but is fighting with dogged re-
sistancc every mile of the way. The
advance Of the allies is described by
the war office as steady but not ra-
bid. .--;s=-c.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CENTRAL COMMITTEES

F. E. DeKay, chairman.
M. M. Farmer, secretary.
John Darcy, state committeeman.
Precinct Committeeman
Rcse-Jacob Gushwa.
Riverside-John w. Bitton.
Rich-H. c. c. Rich.
Shelley-T. J. Bennett.
Sterling-James Rice.
Springfield-A. L. Shelman.
Thomas-Hans w. Peterson.
Tabor-C. P. Pawling.
Woodville-Harry Hurst.
Wapello-E. w. Howard.
Aberdeeai-J. M. Livingstone.
Basalt-Chas. Criddle.
Blackfoot No. Howard Henderson
Blackfoot No. 2-M. M. Farmer.
Blackfoot No. sc. L. Brawley.
Blackfoot No. 4-F. e. DeKay.
Groveland-Lewis Killian.
Jameston-Geo. H. Longhurst.
Moreland-Wm. Mcknight.
Presto-James Just.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
City Council
Hold Meeting

The city council held a regular ad
journed meeting last Monday night
with the following members present
Councilmen Nofear Davis, Peck
O'Neil, Van Bramer, LACQUER, Younie
Stevens and Bond.
Secretary Holbrook and Attorney
Dygert were also present
In the absence of Mayer West, who
was out of town, councilman Pecl
called the meeting to order.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Mr.. Batway appeared before the
council and stated that the arrange
ments had been made for the filling
up Of the old Batway ditch on shil.
ling avenue, and the purchase of a
right-of-way for the new ditch, by
&neighborly donations, to the salts
faction of the council and all pro.
perty holders interested.
H The v. I. S. ladies have applied
to the council for two rooms in the
city hall for free library purpose.
The matter was brought before the
council by Councilman Van Bramcr
and referred to the improvement Com
mittee.
A petition signed by number Of
property holders on South Stout av-
enue asking for sidewalk district
in their neighborhood was presented
and read, and a resolution was pas
sed requesting the city attorney to at
tend to the matter at once There
were twenty signers who reside in
the vicinity of Maple street and Stout
avenue.
Building permits were granted to
the following: Messrs. Dawson, Par
kinson, Stufflebeam, Watson and
Buchanan
Sewer Commissioner Smith was
granted two weeks leave Of alb
sence
Ordinance Nc 176, providing for the
annual appropriation of the City of
BlackfOot, and for the appropriation
for the various funds and purposes
for the fiscal year of 1914-15, was
read three times and passed to
print. See ordinance on page eight.
The members Of the Fair Associa-
tion appeared before the council in
a body asking them to donate $500
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
RETURNING MISSIONARY

Earl Miller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Miller, Of this city, who has
been labcring for the past two years
in Derum County, England, on an
L. d. S. mission, has received his
release and set sail for home about
Aug. 20, landing in Boston on Sept
g. Mr.. Miller has been visiting re-
latives In the eastern states for the
past few weeks and is expected to
arrive in Salt Lake on the 25th of
this month. His mother will leave
Saturday morning and will meet her
son in Salt Lake City.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
The Big Fair
Started To-day

The Bingham County Fair which
was scheduled to open last Tuesday
and had to be postponed on account
OF bad weather, starts today with
ideal weather and big crowd of en-
thusiastic attendants. While the
Fair will run but three days, clos
ing Saturday, the directors| have
made arrangements to make it inter
esting while it lasts, and every indi-
cation of doing so is in their favor.
The display of Bingham county pro-
ducts and live stock is said to be
better than ever, and the three daily
flights of the aeroplane is attract
ing many attendants.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
THE BAD COUPLE CAPTURED

Sheriff Jones returned last Monday
from Montello. Nevada, with Grover
Meachim and his wife, nee Anna.
Smith, who were captured at Eli.
Nevada, by deputy sheriff on a de-
scription furnished him by Sheriff
Jones. This is the couple who re-
sisted the sheriff on the bank of the
Snake river near Grcveland several
weeks ago and made their escape
by getting the drop on him with a
couple OF guns. They will be charged
with horse stealing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEET

The Board of Trustees of School
District No. 8 held a meeting in the
Standrod bank last Monday night
and attended to all regular business
coming before them.
Mr.. Sollenberger, the newly elect
ed trustee, was present and subscrib-
ed to the oath of office.
Mr.. John Brown was elected chair
man in place of R. N West, who
mas retired after long years of effir
cient and faithful service, both to
the board and the schools.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

| AOT Iuc UeuClll VI Cuc roA. l A0
demand for the desired donation was
strongly advocated by President Duck
worth, very impressively assisted by
Messrs. Capps, MacCosham, JAS Mar
tin, Carruth, Buchanan and Kennedy,
who all insisted that the fair was a
great benefit to the farmers of Bing-
ham county and the merchants of
Blackfoot, yet the city had but once
donated towards it's support, ard that
was several years ago. The county
has been in the habit of donating
$4,000 to the association. Mr. Duck
worth stated that the fair has never
paid cent of dividend in it's twelve
years of existence, and notwithstand-
ing the directors had spent their time
conducting the same without any re-
muneration whatever, the association
was about $210O in debt. Inasmuch
as the council had this year deprived
the association of the street conces-
sions, and inclement weather was a
drawback to them, he thought that the
council should give the desired dona-
ton of $500.
While all the councilmen seemed
to appreciate the benefits derived
by the county and city from the fair,
they did not seem anxious to discuss
the appropriation, especially the
amount asked for. Councilman Younie
was the first to arise in opposition
to the $500 donation, and while he
said he appreciated the value of tho
fair to the county and city, he did not
feel justified at this time in donat-
ing the amount asked for as the city's
finances was at very low ebb, not
sufficient to meet the necessary de-
mands that were being made on the
council for more light and sewerage
which he considered more beneficial
to the city than the fair, and the
council had not the money to pay
for them. He was willing, however,
to vote for donation of $1OO and
give the association the benefit of
street concessions.
Other cOuncilmen seemed to think
that the donation asked for was more
than the city could afford, but all
were willing to assist to some ex-
tent. Councilman Davis also thoush hit
the donation asked for was more than
tho city could afford at this time,
and moved that the city donate $3.50,
and give the association the street
concessions to make up the balance
of the sum asked for.
After some discussion the $3.50 was
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
ROBBERY

Last Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning some one threw half a brick
through the plate. glass window of
the Hughes jewelry store on Main
street and stole $50 worth of goods
consisting of watch cases and jewelry.
Tho night watchman thinks it was
done after 5 o'clock Wednesday MORN
ing when the arc lights were extin-
guished. The thief left no clew for
the officers to work on,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
A FATAL FALL

Kenneth, the 9-year-old sen of S.
S. Humphreys, of Shelley, was buried
last Sunday, and the funeral which
took place at the Second Ward meet
ing house was largely attended The
little fellow fell off shed last
Thursday, striking his head on a cul-
tivator. At the time of the fall
the injury was not thought to be seri-
Gus, but later hemhorrage of the
brain set in and caused death.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
STILL IN DOUBT

The result of the primary election
for judge of the Sixth judicial distr:.
is yet unknown, as the result of tho
state canvassing board has not yet
reached here. From unofficial returns
Cowen is elected beyond doubt,
and Good comedies the election of
HansbrouEh by a majority of "a in
Bingham county, and So in the dis
trict.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17
PROGREssIvEs ORGANIZE

The Progressive party also held 2
meeting, appointed precinct commit
teemen and elected the following Of
ficers of their county central commit
tee as fellows:
Chairman, James Martin.
Secretary, G. V. Evans.
w. A. Lee was elected state cen
trail committeeman.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-09-17

accepted by the fair board and the
motion of Mr.. Davis was unanimously
carried.
Street concessions were this wear
prohibited by the council on request
OF the merchants who objected to
the sidewalk obstruction and the aro.
ma OF the Hamburger stands.
Adjourned to Oct. 9Th.