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Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
GoUernor's Defense To Charge Of
 Breaking LaDs Pmely Spacious

the power of the governor to par don. parole and reprieve.
 The governor has made a tacti- cal blunder in attempting to prove that he has the constitutional right under the constitution to continue to set at naught the work of the courts of this State, and he would have made more friends for himself had he come out frankly and said that he personally was opposed to capital punishment and to have ac- cepted full responsibility for sus- pending the sentences of the courts of this State, relying upon the vot- CTS to sustain his action.
 The governors defense is utter ly spacious. and if it proves any thing it is that the governor knows that he has been and is guilty of suspending the work of Arizona courts and is seizing upon a speci- ous interpretation of the constitu- ton to justify his action and that there is a growing panic in his breast in contemplating the result of the approaching primary.
 We would not have thought that the governor would attempt to justi- fy his action on the ground that it IS in complete consonance with the organic law of the State, and we are surprised that he has ap- parently abandoned the humanita- rian plea in seeking to justify his acts.
 As a political play the governors defense is about as puny an effort as we have ever heard of.-Tucson Star
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02

Senator Smith, and warned him if he went down there the unions
 would oppose him. No notice was sent to MT. Smith that the senator would not go, but Mir. Clark show cd up and explained the fact of the schedule interfering. a schedule that was made out in the senator's room on the night after the speaking cam- paign at the Y. NJ. C. A. outdoor court-Phoenix Republican.
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
(From Fridays Dailv.)

Governor Hunt. in public state ment, justifies his issuance of a blanket reprieve of prisoners con demned to death for murder on the following section of the State con- stitution:
 Section 5, Article 5, of the
 State constitution provides.
 "The governor shall have power
 to grant reprieves, commuta-
 tions. and pardons, after convic-
 tions, for all offenses except
 treason and cases of impcach-
 ment, upon such conditions and
 with such restrictions and limi-
 tations as may be provided by
 law"
 If the people of the State shall at the coming election reaffirm their belief in capital punishment as deterrent to crime, that part of the State constitution on which the governor has based his extra course of action will still be in force.
 Under the governors reasoning he would still consider himself justi- fled in continuing as long as he is in office the blanket reprieve for murdcrers-and he has not indicat- cd that he would not do so. In other words. the governor, because of his peculiar belief as to capital would consider himself justified in continuing to disregard the laws of the State of Arizona, for the result of the voting on the initial bill to abolish capital pun ishment can take nothing away from
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
PRIME CATTLE SELL
 FIRM ALL WEEK
(Snecial Corresnondencc.O ]

' AOpNNldi SOllCSpOiiuCli(I-
 KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS. Aug. 24-Cattlc receipts last week were 45,000. previous week 35,000, same week last year 65,0O0.
 Prime cattle sold firm all week, and a new high record for the year was made, at Sl050, paid for cat tie both Tuesday and Wednesday. Everything except the upper crust sold Is to 30 lower, including stock CTS and feeders. The supply today is l8OO0 head here, and prices are steady on the best with top steer sales at $l0.45, $l0.40 and Sl025; middle grades sold around 10 low CT. Stockers and feeders arc strong today, some sales higher, the trade in that department having deriv- cd benefit from recent rains, and wet prospects. Choice Greenwood county steers. l,36O lbs. average, brought S975. today, and medium steers, .,2SO lbs, sold at SS.50, plain steers to killers, including cattle brought up this spring, S7.25 to %o0. It cost S7 to fill an order for a load of choice heavy grass cows last week Butcher grades find a good outlet, and canncr stuff sells strong, as it is wanted to fill war contracts for beef.
 Quarantine cattle receipts today were 97 cars, sales around 10 lower Middle class Oklahoma cattle made the bulk of the supply, selling at S5S5 to $6.sQ. with some fair to good steers around S7, good weight wintered steers worth S750, cows $4.50 to 5000. Fleshy grass steers
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
AIDING THE NEEDY.

ROME, Aug. 2S.-Advices from Vienna report that Henry S Breck- enridge. assistant secretary of war, arrived from Berlin on Wednesday and began the work of aiding the needy Americans Capt Gross has gone to Budapest.
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
KING CHARLES ILL.

ROME, Aug. 2S-A News dispatch from Bucharest says that King Charles of Roumania IS seriously i'll. It is rumored that he will shortly abdicate.
Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-02
SHOOT BIG LION
 AFTER LONG CHASE

(From Wednesdays Daily.)
 Tracked for six miles by the trail of blood from his wound, a noun tain lion meas=.:ng ten feet in
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY

The senior class of the Blackfoot
High School presented a four act
comedy entitled "A Chinese Romanse"
last evening in the high school audi
torium. The play consisting of twen-
ty-six characters, was one OF the
most enthusiastic dramas ever pre-
sented by a graduating class.
The high school orchestra consist
ing of four instruments, furnished en-
tertainment between acts, which
was splendid, and by the constant
zeal and energy of the pupils. the
house was well filled and everyone
seemed more than pleased with the
performance.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
DISMISS COMPL AMT
IN TELEPHONE CASE

letter from Mr. E. C. Manson, gen
eral superintendent of the OREGON
Short Line Railroad company, to the
effect that said railroad company and
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany had agreed to install a telephone
in all offices and stations jointly used
by the railroad company and the tele-
graph company, where local or long
distance telephones are maintained,
and to satisfy the demands of the
complaint in the said above-entitled
action:
1T is therefore ordered that the
said complaint he and the same is
hereby dismissed without prejudicing
the filing of new action in case the
defendants fail to comply with the
promises made in said matter"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
WANT ATHLETIC CLUB

About fifteen prominent business
men Of Blackfoot met in. Max Smith s
barber shop Tuesday night and made
arrangements for the organization of
an athletic club. which will have
charge of the ball games and other
sporting events Two committees wert
appointed. The one on headquarters
is composed of Jack Virgin, Attorney
Dygert and L. B. Kimball. Those on
the organization committee are Frank
Garvin, DR.. Patrie, Jack Virgin, Roy
DeKay and Walter Rich.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

The public utilities commission has
issued a formal order dismissins, the
complaint in the case of Joseph H.
Peterson, attorney general of the
state of Idaho, for and on behalf of
the people of Idaho, versus the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad company, the
Western Union Telegraph company
and the Mountain States Telephone
& Telegraph company because OF the
agreement reached between the Short
Line and Western Union to install
the depot telephones in towns and
cities in the southern part of the
state.
The order is brief and as follows:
in the above entitled action the
commission having received and filed
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
NOTICE SERVED ON
POWER COMPANIES

The public utilities commission is
sued an order today commanding tho
representative officials of the Idaho
Power & Light company, the Great
Shoshone & Twin Falls Water Power
company, the Idaho-Oregon Light &
Power company and the Idaho Rail-
way Light & Power company, and the
respective receivers for two Of these
companies, to appear before the COM
mission on March ~ to show causeA
why a new uniform schedule Of rate0r'
for electricity furnished consumers by,
all Of these companies should not bc-
issued In addition the commission cs'
ders its secretary to notify the officiale-
of all Of the cities. towns and villages
that these electrical companies sup
ply with electrical energy Of the date
Of the hearing that they may attend
II they so desire. On that date the
commission will conduct sweeping in
vestigation into rates.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
RlDELSRERGER DEAD

A good many Blackfoot and Poca-
tello people, particularly musicians,
and a large number Of people from
the upper valley towns, who were
acquainted with Karl Riedelsberger
a violinist of rare ability and known
to the entire musical world, will re
gret to learn that he died in San
Diego two or three days ago. Ried-
elsberger was violinist with the
touch Of Remenyi and the technique
OF the modern school, and withal one
of the most genial men on earth, and
great companion. A wife survives
him. The body was taken to Los
Angeles Thursday for cremation.
Deceased was well and very favor.
ably known in Blackfoot, where he
taught music for several years, and
gave many concerts. Among his pu-
pills were Cassie Wright, Mrs. Archi-
bald. Becky Hayes, Voline Cutting,
Frank DeKay, Jr., and Campbell
Brown. For several years he was
the leading violinist for the famous
Theodore Thomas Orchestra of New
York City.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
NO REHEARINC IN
THE JONES CASE

check on the Blackfoot State bank
while he was in its employ as cashier,
this transaction and others with refer
ence to it in the exchange and the
books having been Of a criminal ma
ture. The opinion of the supreme
court reversing the judgment Of con.
viction was handed down a week ago
last Saturday and the remittitur in
criminal cases of this kind being re-
Quired to be forwarded to the lower
court, where the case was tried, i'm
mediately, was forthwith sent down
In that case. The application for q
rehearing was filed afterwards with
the supreme court and after consid.
ering it the court denied it or had an
order entered denying it.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
PURE ICE FOR BlACKFOOT

started its new ice plant last Monday,
and the first batch of artificial ice
was manufactured The product of
this plant will be far more sanitary
than the ice made from the unclean
and often contaminated water of the
the water for this artificial ice is
bored deep in granite, absolutely free
from surface taint or disease breed
ing germs.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

The city council met in regular ses-
sion last Tuesday night. All members
present, but Councilman Younie, who
is out of town.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor West, and the minutes Of the
previous meeting were read and ap-
proved.
The committee to whom was refer.
red the matter Of procuring electrical
energy for the city, presented two
written reports and estimates from
power site companies. One from
the Ashton-St Anthony Co. to fur
nish power delivered in Blackfoot for
$40 per H. P. per month, and one
from A. e. Christensen and others
who have a power site on the Snake
river, about five miles north of Shell.
ley, which they offer for $4,000. 1t
is estimated that with this power site
a plant could be installed in Black.
foot for about $4,000.
Mayor West reported that he was
informed by the Kuhn people who
operate the present Blackfoot plant
that they would sell it very reason.
ably sooner than own it with anothe,
plant in the field.
The question of electrical energy
was referred back TO the committee
for further investigation.
Building permits were issued K
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
PAY THE PENALTY

Jack Davis, Ray Hembree and Perle
Parker, convicted of the illegal sale
of liquor, last Friday received the
following sentences:
Hembree and Parker each received
four months in the county Jail, and
Davis, owing 10 recommendation Of
mercy by the jury, was given sixty
days and a fine Of $50. Having paid
the fine, and the Jail sentence hav.
ing been suspended, Davis is now
at large, while the other two are
In durance vile.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
FAREWELL PARTY

Last Tuesday afternoon Mrs. w. r.
Jones entertained number OF her
lady friends at a pleasant social gath
ering in honor of her old friend.
Mrs. Baxter Hopkins, who leaves
Blackfoot the latter part Of the week
to again reside on her ranch about
Is miles from st. Anthony. The af-
ternoon was very pleasantly spent
in a social converse, and an elabor'
ate lunch was served. Among those
present were: Mrs. Baxter Hopkins
and mother, Mrs. Ivan Jensen, Mrs.
Stowell, Mrs. Weatherspoon, Mrs.
Walter Jones, Mrs. w. M. Dooly and
Miss Mabel Jones.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

The supreme court has denied the
application of the state, made through
the attorney generals office, for re-
hearing in the case of the state of
Idaho versus Daniel R. Jones, the
cashier Of the Blackfoot State bank,
convicted of embezzlement, in the dis.
trict court for Bingham, but the judg.
ment in which case was reversed with
instructions for a new trial. The ap.
plication for rehearing was the first
in a criminal case Of this kind in the
history Of the attorney generals Of
flee, and the denial means that the
supreme court will not reopen the
case. The state can proceed ~if it
wishes to, to prosecute a new trial.
Jones was charged with drawing q
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
LEASE s4o ACRES

Messrs. Boutwell, & McConaughy, of
Salt Lake City, leading officers Of
the Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co..
were in Aberdeen last Tuesday and
attended very satisfactory meeting
of the directors of their company. On
their return to Blackfoot in the even
ing they drew up contracts in the
office of the Idaho Irrigated Lands
Co. leasing $40 acres in the vicinity
of Springfield to four German farmers.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
A BANKRUPT JOURNALIST

Edgar Allen Cooke, who founded
the daily evening paper in Blackfoot
C'Where Gold Dollars Crow last
June, has come to mental and finan.
cial grief. Last Tuesday morning he
filed voluntary declaration Of bank
ruptcy in the federal court, and in
the evening left for parts unknown.
In addition to his interest in the pa.
per, he lost his equity in his old
home in Southern California, where
bis wife's aged parents now reside.
His wife owns the other equity In
the property.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
SEVEN GREAT THEMES

OF the Christian Religion. A series
Of Sunday Morning Sermons at the
Baptist Church.
March S.-The Divinity Of Jesus
Christ.
March 15.-How the Death Of Christ
Saves Us.
March 22.-Is Jesus Alive To-day?
March 29.-The Second Coming Of
Christ
April 5.-Is There a Heaven and a
He'll?
April 12.-The Resurrection Morn
ing. easter Service.)
You are invited.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
COUNTY FAIR TONIGHT

Don't forget the Bingham County
Fair which takes place tonight and
tomorrow night at the Isis theatre
under the auspices Of the Knights Of
Pythias lodge, which will be the
most interesting and laughable en-
tertainment ever produced by Black
foot home talent. A laugh in every
moment. Something that is new
and novel that you can't afford to
miss.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
Will Maintain
Pingree Station

For the reason that the Aberdeen
branch was not paying one, the
railroad company intended to discon-
tinue the station at Pingree on the
first of this month, but after H. c.
G. Rich called on the railroad Off
cials at Salt Lake and favorably i'm.
pressed them with the Importance of
the station to the future Of the coun-
try and it's present increasing popu-
lation, they concluded to not discon.
tinue it,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
GIRL FROM MEXICO

Miss Dorothy Hall, at one time \
bookkeeper in the mercantile house
Of Kinney & Co., after a residence
Of about year in the turbulent city
Of Mexico, returned to Idaho last
Tuesday, and spent the day visiting
with the family of w. c. Parkinson.
of this city. Miss Hall says that con-
ditions are very uncertain and unplea-
SAINT in Old Mexico, where her father
has large landed possessions that are
now in the hands of tho rebels. She
was enroute to Idaho Falls, where
her mother is at present residing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
A Very Success
full Operation

Last Monday morning very seri-
GUS abdominal operation was per-
formed on George Johnson at the local
hospital, by Doctors Mitchell, Simmons
we'll as could be expected. Previous
operations in Pocatello failed to give
the desired relief, but the one per-
promising of the patients thorough
recovery.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

w. c. Johnson and H. H. Morris.
The committee on streets and al
leys recommended the formation OF
two sprinkling districts. the one 'on
the west side Of the track to have
40 blocks sprinkled, and the one on
the east side to have IS blocks
sprinkled.
Reports of the police Judge end
city clerk were made and referred to
the finance committee.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
JURY DISAGREE

The $1,000 damage suit of Lars Pet
erson against the City Of Blackfoot
for injuries received by reason of an
alleged neglected sidewalk, resulted in
disagreed jury, who stood seven
for damages, and five against dam
ages. We are informed that Mr..
Peterson will insist on another trial
at the next term Of court.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
AN OLD AGENCY

J. L. w. Waggaman, special agent
for the Pacific Coast department of
the Franklin Fire Insurance Co., was
in Blackfoot last Tuesday. The ag-
ency of this company has been in the
office Of the Parkinson Realty &
Investment Co., and their predeces-
sors, for over eighteen years.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

A motion prevailed that all licenses
in future be paid in advance.
City Attorney Dygert was instruct
ed to have the evidence in the case
of Lars Peterson VS.. City of Black
foot, typewriter.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

A full line Of Chase and SanbOrn's
Teas and Coffees at Kinney and Com
pany's. adv. st.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

Misses Burgraff and McNees are
very busy this week moving into their
new store on Bridge street, and hope
to be Strengthened out by Saturday
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

d. w. G. Cook, d. V. S., has been
heard from in Schuyler, Nebraska
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05

Mrs. E. A. Cooke left Tuesday night
for her old home in Los Angeles.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
DADS COUNT VOTES
Official Canvass Gives Baker
Plurality of 62. Oliver
Wins by Six

The Board of County Commits
sioners met last Monday as a can
vassing board. The results of
the count are given below in
tabulated form. 1t will be seen
by the totals that many of the
Offices were closely contested.
For county seat Baker has a plu-
rality of 62 over Ekalaka. Oliver
won out by the small margin of
six votes. Einsel beat Spaulding
by Is. Jones for sheriff polled
the biggest majority of any can
didate, hsving a lead of 4l3 over
Mallough.
The results in the state are
still incomplete. but the election
of the following is conceded:
Evans and Stout democratic. for
congressman; Mccormick. demo
cratic, for Railroad Commission
er.
The results in ,Fal!on County
on the various initiative and ref
erendum measures was as fol-
lows
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13
IN THE LOCAL FIELD
News Items of Interest to All
The Readers of The
Eagle.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson
are visiting this week in Miles
City.
Geo. Melber and family left
this week for their former home
in Orient, S. D., for an extended
visit.
Carpenters have been busy the
past week siding up and other
improving the Ramne House
Annex.
Editor +. ?. Dunnigan Of the
Boyes Blaze. who was quite scri
ously hurt In an automobile acci-
dent is reported this week as be
ing much improved.
Baker was well represented
here last Monday, the day the
official canvass was made. there
being about twenty-five over
from thrn town.
"A marriage license was issued
this week to Thos. w. Pratt and
Eta {. Ohhich of Wills Creek.
They We're married by Justice
Burns of Baker.
Auctioncer j. W. Grant viii
preside over another combina-
ton sale on Saturday. Nov. Il,
at Ekalaka. Bring in what stuff
you have for sale and he viii do
the rest.
Sheriff Mat Jones returned
from Port and, Ore, the first OF
the week where he had gone to
to take charge of +. l.. Cray wh,
will be brought to trla! Nov.
at Plevna on the charge of OBJ |
tanning money under false pie.
lenses.
Paul Jergesnon, who has been |
here the past week on a charge
OF forgery, was sentenced M
District Court this morning t.
one year in the pcniten1lary. /
Deputy Sheriff Metheny WI.
turn him over to the authorize,
at Deer Lodge.
County Treasurer Emil lcnt
desires to inform the taxpayers
OF the county that taxes viii b.
payable at Baker after Tuesday. I
Nov. 18th. After the 3Oth Ga\
OF November. 1911. at six 0 cIu,h
taxes will become delinquent II
Mr.. and Mrs. =. X. Wilson c0-
tertalned a number of fric:,dS ON
last Tuesday a, the Pleasant W. 7
10y ranch home in honor of thor
daughter. Mrs. b. 6, .Shc'hy of
Merwln, Mo. A turkey dinner
was an enjoyable feature of the
day.
Last week by reason Of miaJn-
formation We reported that the
Antrim barber shop had bon /
nlrc hascd hN lunn [, lla..n - |
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-11-13

District Court convened today
~ bkala<a, but inaemuch as ne
Jury had been drawn The crjmi
nal cases will be continued until
l'cc. fh. The time Of the Court
"tII De taken up at this session
with the civil docket and risceI-
Iancous business. The i,lrv
drawn for the term CONN cncinr
"ljh Dec. 7th is as follows:
Lester a, Philips. EkaIaka
John \. NetheriDi. Marmarth
Marion j. Jennings, Midland
Sidney ". Clark, Webster
II. +. Albert. Ekalaka
Is I. S@haum. Ekalaha
E. ". Fortnev, Wills Creek
VIM. N'tonnor, Carlyle
John y. Craft, nIdgc
Hans Lykkcu, Sykes
+. A. MuI<cy, Violet
Geo, Huber, Ijcyna.
II. 4, Thomas, Ncstmorc
Arthur A'Iithorpc. Eka)aka
Matt Monroe, Ismay
John II! Johnston, Nidn\yay