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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26
THE COVER
NOR'S POSITION
Tax Commission Report

Although the question Of a re.
duction 'of taxes was thus forcibly
presented to the legislature, that
body was wholly without data upon
which to act in anything except the
limitation Of it's own appropriations.
Several bills were presented with
tho view of limiting the tax levying
power Of subordinate units Of gov
eminent. but these were rejected be-
cause of supposed Interference with
local discretion, and the imposition
Of bar to local improvement and
progress. 1t thus became evident to
me that the question could never be
satisfactorily solved until the legfs.
lature could be shown just what
share Of the burdens of government
arises from each of the units Of gov
eminent, from the highest to the low
est, throughout the state This data
/ is included in a report to the tax
commission soon to be made public,
and the legislature will be enabled
therefrom to determine wherein the
power to levy taxes must be curtailed
II the people are to have the relief
to which they are entitled.
Get Results Later
Il believe, therefore, that my ef-
forts in favor of economy and lower
taxes will be productive Of results
through the general study of this
question which has been brought
about. In the last campaign l advo-
Gated study of tax receipts and !
shall continue to do so in the COM
ing campaign. Such study, together
with a study of the conclusions OF the
tax commission, will show clearly the
limitations to which We must all agree
al Is!Ieaem g ancqB SuIIq o. IspIo u
ductiOn in our tax rates, and the
members of the next legislature will
be governed accordingly. We shall
also be brought to see that We must
be consistent in our attitude toward
this important matter.
Must Pay if We Dance
eve cannot expect to spend money
freely for the development of our
state, our counties, our cities and
towns, our roads and schools, no mat.
ter whether the money is appropriat.
ed by the legislature by boards OF
county commissioners or village trus
tees, or voted by the people them
selves, and yet expect to have low
taxes. BY working together, how.
ever, we can and will secure results.
my position on other matters OF
importance will be made known
later as occasion may arise therefor.
Believing that you appreciate
honestly and fair dealing in public Of
flee and a conscientious cndeavor
do everything possible for the up
building of our state, await your
verdict with confidence"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List Of letters remaining INHALED for
in the Post Office at Blackfoot. Idaho.
for the week ending Feb. "a, 1914.
Persons calling for these letter.
will please say Advertised Feb. "a.
1914.
Archuleta, J. Y.
Blackfoot Experiment Station
Blackhawk, Henry
Bisalpando. Samuel
Estly, Oscar (2)
Furglang. Ray
Hurley, Jack
King, Mrs. Leila
Mussey, Mr..
Miller, Mrs. Margretiet
Ragley, J. r.
Sonipe, Mrs. Tigeets
Smith, Botase
Smbo, Mr.. Sam
Williams, Miss Jennie
Postage due on each Of the above.
one cent All Of the above letters
remaining uncalled for two weeks
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26
FOR SALE

On the Hi Anderson ranch, three
and one-half miles west Of the River
side store, four good horses. Ono
pair weighing 1900 pounds, and the
other 5000 pounds. All in good shape
Also Z two sets of heavy harness,
xnearly new.
PIP Otis and Clyde Alcorn, Owners
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26

from the date of this list will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office. Let.
ters bearing the return request OF
sender will not be advertised.
Patrons are requested to advise cor
respondents Of their correct address
To avoid delay in delivery, have your
mail addressed to street and No..
P. o. Box, General Delivery. or ]
E. D. No. 5
H. B. CURTIS Postmaster.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26

Dca'k SUI. er Ike his, Use up pores or to DIS
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the akin, ZEMO vii put u stop to it In
sanity, and VIII quickly remove or over
come he cause
Prove this YOURSELF Get Is cent bottle
today and you'll have absolute proof OF its
r"lrarl1nble results. ZEMO 25c q bottle, sold
- ~ ~ dru~~ists everywhe re.
gists. Dustin Bros, Blackfoot. adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26

Don't scratc h
t h Dug h: 1T only
IN a kes conditions
worse. Just rub on
a little ZEMO and
the tic hing and
burning go away
like magic, leaving
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Portable feeling.
70 matter whether
the itching is due to
germs burrOwing in
the skin, to clogged
$50, -~~~r, 80 ~ ,lf-
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-26
] hal, Awful ....... l..
Itchy Feeling!
Strip It instantly Fy Using ZEM0, the
Remarkable; Scientific Skin Remedy.

Get a 25c Bottle aad See For Yourself.
There are few .hi,~s verse than persist
ent i.oliny when YOU feel like you could
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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
skin EIuIlti0ls
u
Quickly Vanish
Modern Methods Of Treatment For
Skin Diseases Vastly Superior
to Old Methods.
UNITED DOCTORS USE BEST
METHODS. se.@4
Patient Relieved Of Distressing skin
Eruption in Less Than
Thirty Days.
United DOCTORS USE BEST
METHODS. go

A common present day ailment and
one that causes considerable mental
distress to the afflicted person is any
SKIN disease or facial eruption.
Those who are faclal1y distigured
with blemishe0 SKINS que to the i'm
poVerished condlI otonanJ erhaolnun
pover1sned con0luon OF the blood are
the ones most IN need of treatment.
tnat will give quick results-tor in
times past many skin troubles nave
taken months and even years TO cure
some, lnQeed, were never cured.
The United Doctors, who have their
Wheeling institute on the second floor
OF the McLaln Bldg, at AZ 12Ln ST.,
near Marker ST., use the new treat
nAents discovered recently
using serums as well as the best of
other treatments and haV egreat sue
cess in the cases they accept for
treatment.
Mrs. George w. Parker of Yards
vile, { N. j., has the following TO say
regarding the results she obtained
with the new treatment
ITO The Public: | nave had ner-
vous trouble ana also skin erupuons
Of very annoying anu stubborn ma
ture since chrlanood. II seemed that
nothing could do would have any eff
feet whatever on it. wish to say to
the public that in three weeks OF the
United Doctors treatment my condi-
ton has been wonderfully improved.
MY skin. trouble is gone and feel SO
much better in every way that hard
ly know how to express il. l hope this
statement may be of benefit to oLner
people who are in heed OF aid.
1Signed} MRS. GEO. W. It'ANtNER,
YardsviLe, N. j.
The United Doctors treat, among
other ailments, chronic and deep seat
ed diseases of the nerves, blood,
heart, kidneys, liver, bladder, spine,
including rheumatism paralysis, epil-
epsy, gail stones, godlre, Indigestion,
constipation, dropsy, rupture, catarrn.
deafness, neuralgia, rectal troubles,
and diseases of men. Tie system OF
medicine is non-surglcal, as inc United
Doctors never use the knife.-AdV.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
cH|LDREN UNDER CAPITALISM

Lewis w. Hine, while taking photo
graphs of the employees of the gulf
coast canneries for the National Child
Labor Committee, says that he per-
sonally interviewed t3 children from
3 to 5 years old, rs from 6 to 8. and
p from to II, and that hecounted in
all 1875 boys and girls whom he Judged
to be from 8 to II years of age. No
human being knows how many child.
rem under 10 are employed in the can
ming industry in the United States or
in the numberless- industries carried
on in tenement houses in our great
cities. But everyone at all familiar
With the subject knows that there are
thousands. In 6 southern states near
~ 1000 children from I to II years
old were found in cotton factories by
agents of the United States Labor
Bureau, whose Investigation covered
only about one-fourth of the cotton in
dustry of these states. 1t is conser-
yative, therefore, to estimate that 5000
children from Z to IL years. old are
prolonging their infancy in the cotton
mills of the South.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
Nef, o.

We had two men killed in the mines
and an aged and highly respected citi-
zen, Mr.. Taylor, went to bed in usual
health and died before morning.
James 0. Patiner was killed by a fall
OF stone in the lPursglove Mayer coal
mine at this place He leaves a wife
and three children to mourn his loss.
He was well known and respected by
an who knew him. He was ~ years
OF age. His widow will come under
the Greene compensation act, which
is in force in Ohio, by which she Will
receive $1,000 in stipulated sums un-
til she has drawn the above named
sum.
The other one killed at the No. 2
mine of Pittsburgh Belmont Coal com
pany was young man in the prime
Of youth. He doubtless came to this
country to make fortune and return
70 the mother country, but alas man
proposes and God disposes those.
People come to our country to better
their conditions, but this poor fellow
did not realize that when We leave
our temporary homes that we NAV
never return as we left in the morn
ing, but may be carried home a corpse
or a cripple for. life.
On New Years day Steve Pivilik's
house burned down and everything he
mad and another man had in the
world besides some money they had
70 the house was burned.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
----. - We WILL NOW HAVE = -- -
| Feu Remarks

By WALTER B. HILTON

EVENTHE BLASE should be satisfied with the
developments Of Wheeling during the past week, in
the matter Of The High School fire and it's consequences
It has now come out that the building was but fire
trap that there provisions made against fire, thai
there sprinkler system, and that there not
even hand fire extinguisher about the place.
Incidentally, there is argument about how long it re-
qured for the remen to reach the scene how they
to come at all and what they did when they got there
B. Walker Peterson whose hrobbing interest in the
cys welfare was shown by his kindly taking of the
deposits of the entire city bond issue Of $685.
nteres-by which his bank secured about 900 of the
peoples money-has made the charge that fireman was
seen in the building to squirt bit out of hand extn
gusher and then leave saying that the fire was out while
it grew to the proportion Of 100000 loss and the of
two human lives.
Fire Chief Rose explains that the delay in the depart
ments reaching the caused by storm trouble
with the wres but explanation is forthcoming to
why there trouble with the wires Of the phone
companies, which the fire apparatus eventually
summoned.
In the meantime the two men are still dead, vile
has been made widow and children left fatheress The
ctizns Of Wheeling out at least 100000 and Fred
Fars who designed the building and the members Of the
Board Of Education who authorized it's construction have
given explanation to why vertable fire trap Was
erected to house the and daughters Of the very
zens who paid for it's erection
The building burned last Saturday night and it was
real bonfire It burned though it had been built to
burn Just piled wood, soaked in oil, would have burn
ed Nobody knows how the fire started, nobody knows
why the building but fire trap. All they know is
that the tax payers charged about 100000 for it's
erection and equipment
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
GALThEI CRIME
fRt,M fsr PAGaa.

CONTINuED tRdM fs.r PAGR.
have beer fsr omnths engaged In a
terrific st5 ifss IL with the mine owners;
and
Whereas In this struggle the work
ers have encountered atrocity and out
rage, have seen their members MUIR
dered, their property destroyed, their
homes Favaged, their children killed;
the editors and publishers of their "a
pers arrested, thrown into Jail and re-
fused s-release on bail; their leaders
shot, violently assaulted dragged
through the streets of the city, and
driven out of the state; and
Whereas, In all the copper region
all semblance of right and justice is
suspended anda reign Of violence and
terrorism prevails, while labor and in
dustry are paralyzed; and
Whereas. These events demonstrate
conclusiyely the utter incapasity of
the present mine. owners to operate
the mines of these regions, either in
Justice to 1shor or n safety to the
communities, or in sarmony with the
welfare of the pen lie of this nation.
Therefore, be iii
Resolved, That the undersigned
hereby demand of the Congress of the
United States to take steps as fol-
lows:
First: That thorough congress-
|1onal investigation of the whole strike
situation be made Immediately and
Ethe findings be published at the earl
lest possible moment;
Second: That the government take
immediate steps to acquire possession
of the copper mines, and operate them
under union conditions.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
The Union LAREL

The Union Label can be made the
most potent instrument for the pro,
motion Of the interests of Organized
Labor If the membership and their
families will unanimously ask for it
on all purchases,
Organized Labor requires of EN-.
ployers union wages and conditions
and there is no reason why it should
not give the same wages and condi-
lions when, as buyers of articles Of
consumption, it employs labor.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08

EXPLORATIONS become so common a. part of
LIE that the daies exploiting to the very limit the
fund that is being raised for the benefit the sorrowne
ones whom the High School deaths have left behnds
Nothing is sacred to exploitation In the midst of it all
there comes like cool breath on sun baked day the pic
ture of the Owls Club going the penness widow and
putting into her hands their donations while the dailies
and Their publicity hunting phanthropisfs are talking
LOUDLY IN the market place. about what they are going
e 90 Tor the widow and children which smmere down
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our sincere
thangs to the Stogie Makers League
for their kindness shown us dumas
the sickness of our beloved husband
and father, also to Garfield Loo \ \.
| for their promptneas in paying over
to me the check for $4,000 AZ MS
Mrs. Mary Corrnett ana Family
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08

ALL THE GOOD that suffering can do, is to teach us
esson Ii we learn the lesson then sometimes, the pun
ishment has not been inflicted in vain.
The High School fire, with it's toll of two lives and
the injury Of SEVERAL should be made lesson It should
teach us the utter doy Of the private profit system This
building erected by the private profit SYSTEM sys
tenn by which the contractors sole object was make
much money possible From it's very designing to it's
completion from the blue prints the last coat Of varnsh
the central idea Private Profit This is the natural
result Two lives have been lost half dozen have been
injured and the citizens Of the city have been mctd for
about 100000 more. Which about $40 for every
grown in the city limits.
= The trouble lies in the system under which we live
We put the architect and the builder and the subconrac
tors In the position where to them to make much
money they possibly out of needs. 1t is not
their FAULT it Weshould consider own needs
as the paramount thing.
There should be such thing private profit i'll all
public life. We should do our own designing own
building our own equipping And only idea should
be our own good Which, in the of school would be
the good of the children
have been burned alive have occurred in this country
recent years. and yet with all this before u.s. have not
learned the lesson and must wait until there empty
place at our own table, empty chair at own fire.
sde-or, which seems to be worse-until our own
pocketbooks have been touched.
You are to blame you the readers of this. There
are probably fifteen thousand of yo and fifteen thousand
people could have prevented this fire by making the board
Of education understand that the lives Of children were too
sacred to be gambed with by Prvat Profit But you are
not entirely to blame for you depend upon most of your
ideas from the daily papers, and the daily papers, instead
Of telling you these things told you about the bail games
and the price of ostrich pumes Only the Majority calls
out, 'lke voice in the wilderness and you have not
heard it. with your filed with Two strikes three
balls bases full and the tied in the ninth!'' or
"Dolar-ninety- eight-reduced from two' II
You depend upon the daily press for your very
thoughts and base every opinion upon: ii saw in
tne' paper" The reputation of good woman the life
work Of sincere and honest man may be utterly black
ened completely wiped out by line in the daily press
And it is kept press kept bad woman is kept by
bad man. kept by the very powers that aten upon your
ignorance.
Now there should be such thing possible as the
burning down Of public building 1t IS not at all neces
sary The High School building could have been built iii
seen it cruple up Such catastrophe could not happen
had you built it well enough You will never build well
enough until you wipe private profit entirely out and build
for USE! II ~
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08

to be about $15 month This is less than their
gasoline bills. And yet she is tobring up into maturity
two human beings and to shape and fashion their charac
tiers and lives! what CHASTITY hypocrisy it is!
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-01-08
ELM GROVE SOCIALISTS

CONTINUED FROM 1sT t'A.:R.
ing papers are to blazon forth the |.
$500 contribution of pirate of finance
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
SCALP iTCHED AND BURNED

S33 South Scioto ST., Circleville,
Ohio-"My little girls trouble first
started on her head in a bunch of lit
tie pimples full of yellow-looking mat
ter and they would spread in large
places. In a short time they would
open. Her scalp was awfully red and
infamed and the burning and itching
were so intense that she would scratch
and rub till it would leave ugly sores.
The sores also appeared on her body,
and her clothing irritated them so
that had to put real soft cloth next
TO her body. She would lie awake OF
nights and was very worrisome. AT
times she was tortured with itching
and burning.
Il tried different remedies with no
benefit for months. | had given up all
hope of her ever getting rid of it, then
l concluded to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment The second application
gave relief. In short time she was
entirely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Alice
Kirlin. Nov. t. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free.with SIP. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
GROWING RUSSIAN CABBAGE
Conspicuous Because It Requires Two
Weeks Less Time to Mature
Than Other Varieties.

Among the maturing varieties of
cabbage the Volga, a comparatively
new sort in America, is conspicuous
because it requires about two weeks
less time than other varieties of this
class to mature, says Farm and Fire
side. Concerning it the late c. l. AL
len, whose book on cabbage. cauli-
flower and allied plants is the &C
knowledged authority, writes: This
new Russian variety is of the greatest
Uniformity in field of several acres
frequently not single plant shows
any variation from a true and valua-
BILE type. In some respects it is a
vegetable wonder, as the heads are
about equal in size and shape, weigh
ing from Il to 10 pounds each, round
as ball, the largest measuring about
II inches in diameter either way Un-
like most varieties, the heads are per-
fectly solid. and the stem does not run
up into the head the flesh is exceed
ingly firm, tender and white. In re-
spect to hardness, we have never seen
a type which would favorably com.
pare"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
VALUE OF PLOW AND HARROW
In Purchasing Implements for the
Farm Their Construction Should
Be Carefully Studied.
(By r. C. WEATHERsTONE)


The value of a pillow or other farm
implement consists of its doing the
thing We want it to do. The pillow
with a light draft simply turns and
cuts the furrow with the least resist
ance, resulting in very smooth work
to look upon, but it's effect upon the
soil is not nearly so valuable as that OF
the pillow that runs harder and gives
more resistance to the soil and breaks
it up finer. The pillow that has a
harder draft goes through the soil and
not only breaks it up and turns a fur
row, but in the process it grinds and
pulverizes it into smaller particles.
The more thoroughly the soil is
broken up, the more the plant food is
made available and plant food is what
we are after. In purchasing plows
we want to study their construction
with this in mind
The same applies to the selection of
the harrow The harrow that has an
easy draft cannot do as good work as
one that moves more soil and runs
deeper. A harrow should do smooth
work and incorporate the vegetable
matter and fertilizers with the soil in
a uniform manner.
The function of the harrow is to
still further reduce and refine soil par
ticles, because in every process of re.
tinement we are getting at the plant
food which is still so abundant in our
soil.
On the average farm where there
are various types of soil, a disk har-
row, a spring tooth harrow and a
smoothing harrow are practical neces-
sites. 1t is worse than folly for farm
ers to spend for commercial fertilizers
or chemical plant foods until they
have first made use of that which is so
plentiful in their own soil at the pres.
ent time.
l am firm friend Of fertilizers but
l do not believe in buying them until
we have made use of every method of
getting at the plant food already con
tanned in our soils.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
SUCCEEDS IN CANDIDA

An interesting and successful Ameri.
can farmer. Lew Palmer, OF Staveley,
Alta. passed through the city today.
Mr.. Palmer came from Duluth. Mimi,
Just ten years aso, and brought with
him four cows and three horses-and
that was his all. He homesteaded in
the Staveley district. and today has
$50 acres OF land. $4,000 worth OF I'm
plements. 81 Percheron horses, made
$1,000 out of hogs last year, raised
1000 bushels of wheat, 5000 bushels
OF oats, IL acres OF potatoes, and IS
tons OF onions. His farm and stock is
worth $4,000. and he made 1t all in
Zen yeass.--Erchdn0e.-- Advertisement.