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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

Miss Emma jacobson Of Stafford, Ari-
IONA, is visiting her cunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Highly. Miss Stafford
leaves for points in Utah Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Baird and Baby
Baird moved to Blackfoot recently.
Mr.. o. P. Erganbright, father of Mrs.
O. B. Reddick, visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. o. B. Reddick the latter part of
the week. Mr.. Erganbright is lawyer
of national reputation and lives at In
dependence, Kansas. He returned to
that point few days ago.
Special train service up the branch
Thursday for fairites.
The Inskep and Swope families who
have been away on an outing on. Wilson
creek returned home the last Of the
week.
G. A. swope was Fair visitor Wed
nesday.
The passenger coach on No. los Wed.
nesday was discovered on fire at Virden
The train was delayed until it was ex-
tinguished. The damage was nominal.
Ralph valenty was an eastbound pas
senger Tuesday, returning on Wednes.
day a. m.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16
HOW FAR IS AMERICAN FALLS?
Not So Far That the Statements Of It.
Residents Cannot Be Verified

heS1OenCS cannot Be verified
Rather an interesting case has been
developed in American Falls. Being SO
near by it is well worth publishing here.
The statement is sincere-the proof con-
vincing:
Mrs. Neal Danielson, Old Town, Am
erican Falls, Idaho, Gays: "My back
panied me so severely that ] couldn It
get up out of a chair without taking
hold of something. The pains were
worse after sitting awhile. l was ner-
vous and dizzy and felt so tired could
do only small part of my homework.
l had dizzy spells and felt lightheaded,
especially when l stopped. My kidneys
were badly disordered and the kidney
secretions were in bad shape. Two
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured
ime."
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mrs.
Danielson said: "The endorsement l
gave Doan' s Kidney Pills in 1910 still
holds good. My health has been fine
ever since.''
Price soc at all dealers. Don It
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Danielson had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
LEGAL NOTICES

ADVERTISEMENTS published
in The Optimist are guaranteed to be
correct copies Of the notices furnish
ed; will be correctly inserted as or
dered; a proof of publication will be
furnished promptly and in correct le-
gal form; the charge will not exceed
the legal rate. Those interested in
the publication Of notices are request
ed to order the publication to be made
in The Blackfoot Optimist.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16
FORD SALES

The following sales Of Ford machines
have been reported this week: F. n.
Bybee, two delivery wagons; C. C. Sjos-
from, Jas. just, Idaho Lumber Co., and
A. A. Clemsnst, of Moreland, bought
ears.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

Improvements on fine $50 tract for
sale, will relinquish. See G. 8. Beebe,
Tor r. w. Adair. 2-9-16-3t.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

FOR SALE-Pure Bred Registered Big
Type Poland China Bears, ready for
Service.-P. w. Powers, Blackfoot,
Idaho. 1922
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

LOST-A lady's blue serge jacket Mon.
day afternoon. Finder please leave
at this office.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

TO RENT-5-roomed bungalow. Phone
36O-w.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

PRACTICAL NURSE-Wants confine-
ment cases. Mrs. Greene, P. o. box
|292. 1t
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

WANTED-To buy spring chickens
and old hens. G. v. Evans, Blackfoot.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

LOST-On the 5th Of July a child g
light blue silk parasol on Main street.
Finder please bring to this office and
receive child's gratitude.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16
DETECTIVES
Revelare International Secret Service.
INC

Handling only high class criminal
detective work for county attorneys,
sheriffs, chiefs of police and reliable
individuals. Finest equipped service in
the west.
Head office Salt Lake City, Utah.
Phone Wasatch 1910.
Information will be given free Of
charge on request.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

FOR SALE OR TRADE-A good pay
ing business suitable for lady.
Centrally located. Good reasons for
selling. Investigation solicited. Ap.
ply at this office for particulars.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

FAMILY SEWING-Ladies wishing
sewing done at their homes by the
day will please notify Mrs. ]. A.
Howrey, 291 North Shilling Ave.
Phone 270.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

LOST-Bay mare, branded B on left
thigh, star on head, wire cut scar on
left front thigh. Notify W. F. Brown
OF Rich, Idaho. and receive reward.
5-27-3.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16
POSSESSION OF INTOXICATING
LIQUOR A CRIME

Continued from front page)
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

FOR SALE = A comparatively new
Emerson visible typewriter for 80.
Phone $40 r 3, Blackf0ot.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-09-16

FOR sALE-One Model 10, 3-passengsr
Buick at a bargain. Come in and zee
it at the Bills Garage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

taxpayera gains the enmity Of the
contractors.
NO man can visit the highway COM
Inission's engineering department 1t
Ames without seeing at glance how
valuable such system Of centralized
engineering can be for this state. Over
IS. 100000 worth OF bridges are pur-
chased in Iowa every year. The pur-
chasing is done by ninety-nine boards
Of county supervisors not one OF whom
Is either an engineer or a builder by
trade. Every man of them would EN-
lploy a high class architect to draw
plans before he would let q contractor
bid were he building school house or
a court house but they have nearly
all been content in the past to buy
millions upon millions worth OF
bridges and let the interested con-
tractor build them any old way he
could skin out Of them the most profit
and very seldom has there been any
inspection of what the contractor was
building except to make sure he had
actually built something and some
times in this state the contractors
have drawn their money months be-
fore they delivered any bridge at all.
This is the kind of public purchasing
business that the reactionaries of the
Iowa house would re-establish in Iowa
under the patriotic misnomer of home
rule.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

shalltown.' There are many. Also
there are many who use II.
The ~. W." 10 q help. an anchor. .
clearing house Of good purposes and
pleasant association and home and
meeting place for girls who have good
homes and those perhaps who have not
or have none. It is democracy. II
any have the false impression that It
is sort of reformatory the sooner
their minds are disabused Of that the
better for themselves and the ~" 1t
is point of contact between all social
classes a woman's exchange Of mutual
hope and help and kindness, link
between the protected and unprotected
woman, and opportunity for both. 1t
is shelter for girls who lack shelter,
a spot where the motherless may be
uotnered, where the young may Dc
made happy with safety-and it is do
ing it's work in Marshalltown.
In business way it seems by its re-
port to have been managed effectually
and economically in comparison with
man managed institutions of public
character.
Give the Y. w. something. Don't
crawl into your shell and complain that
Somebody is in every day asking for
money" Give much or give little ac-
cording to your means and inclination
but give something for the benefit of
the organization, the elevation OF the
community and the protection Of the
unprotected. Make a partial payment
on the note that every person signs
with his first breath, the responsibility
to society.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

guard, II not positively = rOact3onaty.
Hut &C chairman Of the state coAveh-i
ton at Arst, and now as preaident ox
the constitutional convention. Senator
Root had outlined program Of change
in the machinery OF state administra-
tion that no western leader has yet
had courage to take up seriously.
It may be argued that abuses have
been greater in New York, but Of what
are we complaining in every western,
state but extravaganza and incompe-
tency? In the west we are charging IL
all to the radicalism OF recent years,
and are demanding q return to the old
days. In New York they are charging
1t all to the detective methods Of old
days and are proposing to 60 forward.
It is for once at least reaction in the
west and progress in the east.
Everybody will watch the outcome
with curious interest. The constitu-
tional convention apparently will have
nothing to do but to make the changes
or refuse to make them. There is no
other business. That some changes
win be made may be taken for granted.
That all the changes will be made Is
not improbable. certainly not impossi-
BILE.
In any event 1t is curious situation
when Just as in Wisconsin and Min
nesota, and Iowa legislative bodies are
making no changes or are industriously
trying to undo what has been done
before, Senator Root should be urging
upon q constitutional convention in
New York a complete remcdeling Of
the state,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
ARTHUR n. PARRe1T.

It was a distinct and direct loss to
the Times-Republican family when
Arthur N. Parrett was buried yester-
day; for Mr.. Parrett, tho for many
years without active participation or
financial interest in the business
has never severed his friendly connec-
ton and interest with the newspaper
of which he had been business man
ager nor had those who had worked
with him in the days when he had
charge forgotten Mr.. Parrett. The
present editorial chief and principal
owner of the Times Republican came
to the paper thru the office of Mr..
Parrett as did the editor who writes
these lines. The news editor and the
city editor had been even longer asso-
ciated with him in business and So
cially. When he left the paper he
did not lose interest in the destinies Of
the sheet or friendship with the men
with whom he had worked. Equally
none of them forgot Mr.. Parrett and
Art" was a most welcome visitor in
every department. The growth Of the
Times Republican and the development
Of the men connected with it were
very close to him. Every person con-
nected with the paper was his friend.
None is able to recall a really harsh
word as passing between him and Mr.
Parrett whether in their relations as
employer and employee or IN any other
relation.
A careful man Of business and an
indefatigable worker his labors had
their part in the foundation Of the good
fortunes which have attended the
T.-R since he turned over mis- interests
to others.
A kindly, companionable man OF the
home keeping type Art" Parrett liked
his friends and his friends liked him.
1t is with the deepest regret and in
keenest sorrow that they hid him fare
we'll.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
THE "Y. w."

If the workers for the Young
Women's Christian Association missed
you today you suffered the loss of a
real privilege. For it is nothing less
than a privilege to contribute lesser or
greater sums to the maintenance of
that institution. If you were missed
call up the "Y. W." or some Of it's
workers and let them know; or better
yet mail such check as you can az
ford to offer to such a work.
A hasty glance over the work that
has been accomplished and SO quietly
done that it has not attracted notice is
entirely convincing not alone Of the
value of the "Y. w" but Of the need
of such an institution and it's work.
It will disprove the impression held by
many of us that there aren't many
girls who need the 'Y. W." in Mar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
Pity tn. Poor Farmer.

Pity the Poor Farmer.
Sells his rye for a dolar-10
Gosh! pity the farmerD
Gets 81 for one dead hen
Gosh! 1 pity the farmer!)
Wheat is bringinsin one -.hree-four,
Travelling fast and may bring more.
Fresh eggs 40 at the store
iGusil: i pity the fasnie1!f
For calves he gets II cents a pound,
Gosh! I pity the farmerD
Apples, high priced, If they're sound
Gosh! l pity the farmer!)
Hay at 16 bones ton,
Other prices upward run,
He's lucky sonofagun-
Gosh! I pity the farmerO
Furnace fire and telephone
Gosh! I pity the farmerD
He's the head boss, times his own
Gosh! l pity the farmer!)
Gets his paper each week day
Drives an auto-canned the shay,
Beyond the reach of the cabaret
Gosh! I pity the earmer!)
Down East Exchange.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
SIMILAR TROUBLES IN MINNESOTA.

If the reactionary members of the
Iowa house are open to reason on road
legislation they will find instructive in
formation in the report Of special
committee of the Minnesota house
which was appointed to investigate
road and bridge problems in that state.
The committee returned after diligent
inquiry with bill which would require
every bridge costing over $500 to be
approved by the state highway COM
mission and power granted to the COM
mission TO veto the letting if the bids
were too high. This is the very prin-
ciple of the Iowa law which misguided
men would repeal.
The reasons given in the report OF
the Minnesota committee are that:
1t is rather significant that dur
ing the last two years, all contracts
for bridges in Aitkin county costing
in excess of $500 have been awarded
to the Minneapolis Bridge Company;
while in Norman county they have all
been awarded to the Security Bridge
Company of Minneapolis; in Wilkin
county they have all been awarded to
the Great Northern Bridge Company;
and in Mcleod and Wabasha counties
they have all been awarded to the NJ.
A. Adams Company.
And then the committee recalls a
situation which existed in this state
before the present law was enacted and
each bridge contractor bid on his own
plans, board Of farmers without
vice guessed at the best looking pic
ture and bought bridges at prices
which averaged S25 per cubic yard of
masonry as compared to prices Of s12
per cubic yard for standard bridges de-
signed by trained and experienced
railroad engineers in the office OF the
highway commission. AS to the same
situation in Minnesota the report
reads:
A few years ago nearly all plans
and specifications for bridges were fur
nished by the bridge companies, and
at letting of a single bridge con-
tract, it was not unusual for half a
dozen different plans to be submitted
by as many different companies. There
is no question but what bridge COM
panies prefer this plan, or that it
works to the disadvantage of the pur-
chasers Of bridges. 1t leads to con-
fusion, as plans and specifications pre-
sented by the bridge companies are
often indefinite, loosely drawn and I'M
certain. We believe, too, that the
highway commission has been insisting
upon the construction of a better class
of bridges than were formerly built.
Formerly, there was no adequate in
spection of bridge work while under
construction. We believe the inspec-
ton made by the state is in the inter-
est of the taxpayers OF the state, and
should be continued. Where the in
terest of the taxpayers and contractors
conflict, it is easy to understand why
the public official, who stands for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Creston Advertiser says: lizard
surfaced roads are coming in Iowa, but
they will be long time getting here.
Largely because of the automobile
there has been a remarkable growth
in public sentiment for good roads and
while Iowa has splendid roads in good
weather they could not be much worse
during wet period. 1t 10 going to
cost a tremendous amount of money to
build permanent, all the year around
roads, but the probability Is that when
the work Is once started owners OF
farms would no more be without paved
roads than owners Of city property
would be without paved streets"
1.-The parole system and the parole
board in Iowa are rendering to the
state valuable service" says the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil. both should be
retained and modified as experience re-
veals the need of change. But the
theory and principle which underlies
this law are sound and the work OF the
parole board has been on the whole,
eminently satisfactory
Zone way to cut the state printing
bill is to print tons less of useless mat
ter framed up by the board OF control"
declares the Mason City Globe-Gazette.
"A rumor is creeping about that the
state board OF education intends, as
soon as the legislature ad5ourns, to
ask for the resignation OF President
Macbride of the state university" says
the Clinton Herald. 1T 10 to be hoped
the rumor Is not correct but II 1t ts,
the board might as well put its own
head down on the block and chop It
or without further ado"
why is It that Iowa falls to make
any progress toward the reformation
O four outrageous system OF taxation
asks the Knoxville Journal. Year
after year we elect governors ano
legislators upon trivial issues ard per
init them to occupy their little day N
court, filed with the intefminable dis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
Topics of the Times

]. A. and Cyrus Kettle are the new
proprietors Of the Marathon Republic.
1t would be unjust however to assume
that they will keep the neighborhood
in stew.
Naturally enough the porter who
fails to get the quarter fails or forgets
to shine the shoes. And the porter
isn't different from other people in that
respect.
good road means ready market.
The Washington Democrat is wor-
ried over the farmers. 1t says they are
the goats forever and a day in our
system of government. Bosh: that old
gag has been used so long that it ought
to choke the newspaper that springs
it. The northern and central Iowa
farmer is nobody's goat. Neither does
he drive team of goats but the latest
high power auto. He has more money
in the bank than any other class of
this section. He's happier and his out
look is most pleasing; and he resents
being treated as an imbecile or
pauper.
Perhaps, however, the senate and the
house Will be able to agree upon that
presidential candidate-with the ap-
parent exception. of Senator Savage.
Gardner Cowles is receiving con-
gratulations over his turn down for
member Of the board Of education.
Whether or not Mr.. Cowles' mood is
for CONGRATULATIONS or condolences the
congratulations are we'll meant and
well founded The more completely a
newspaper keeps itself free from such
entangling alliances as are offices, the
better its opportunity and safer its
reputation.
Grundy Center is to vote on a change
OF name. The idea is to drop the
Center" and be just "Grundy." Sort
Of a divorce with the right to retain
the maiden name, Ell?
The sooner the contract labor system
entirely disappears from Iowa the bet
ter for the state and the convicts. No
body will be loser except those who
hire labor at quarter prices wherewith
to compete with men who are trying
to keep out of prison.
The Dies Moines Register and Leader
quotes the secretary Of the humane
society as stating that the closing Of
the saloons has practically abolished
the gentle art of wife beating and that
the custom Of wife desertion is rapidly
fading.
Senator Dixon, bull moose manager
for Montana, says the country is
against the Wilson administration.
Other straws are blowing in the same
direction as Dixon. The administra-
ton isn't strong. A good man nomi-
mated by the republicans will have
easy picking next election.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

Surplus and earnings 800. S22,526.4S
The highest rate for the past year
has been 6la cents. less 10 per cent
The lowest rate for the last year has
been cents, less 10 per cent.
The old rate was from 20 cents to 1
cents, less 10 per cent.
1t appears clear from this report
that municipal ownership in Hastings
is success The fact that the rate
has been as high as 20 cents and IL
now reduced to 6k makes 1t quite
clear that municipal ownership and
operation has resulted In substantial
reduction to consumers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
A CURIOUS SHIFT.

TDes Moines Register and Leader.1
The whirligig Of politics works some
curious changes, but certainly none
more curious than that which in Min
nesota and Wisconsin and Iowa has
swung us back on the pivot, just at
the time when in New York the very
things are coming 70 the front that we
are shying at.
1t would be one OF the strangest OUT
comes of popular agitation II after all
that has been started in the middle
west in the last decade. New York
should lead the way to accomplish re-
suits.
Mentioned in company with Senator
LaFollette, or Senator Clapp. or Sena :
tor Cummins, Senator Root would be
at once tagged member Of the old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
Iona Ns1Dsp apsrsi
CLASS IN LANGUAGE WORK.
.t -. $50. FTyntv~x<x, VI~-An<3 ts,.l3
lCunton Aeraid.J

The Marshalltown Times Republican
notes that Mrs. ]. L. Reeves Of LsNars
who was shot and wounded by her
husband, Is conva!escing." II the T.-R,
could refer European monarchs to in
stances in which people have been shot
but not wounded its fortune would be
made.-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
II the Gazette - willing to finance
the proposition in Europe, the T.-R.
on its part should divide the fortune
with the chorus which would rise to
remark that people are sometimes shot
and killed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
JUST HADN'T DIED"

A census enumerator at Des Moines
found Jacob st. Lawrence. q man O.
90 years of age, and asked him how
he accounted for his unusual age.
why, just haven't died; guess
that's ALL, replied the old man.
Fuller acquaintance with him sug-
gests that the secret Of his longevity
could not have been better expressed.
His life has been full Of the calm con-
tentment that there was in his answer.
He has been taking things quietly, not
bothering himself about why's and
wherefores, and he ''just hasn't died"
If more Of US could take life as it
comes to us in the same way: more
would live to be asked the same
question.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13
Masonic Meetings.

WIN 49,
Marshall Lodge. No. 1os A F. & A. M,
Regular meeting Friday, April 16. John
w. Wells. secretary; w. H. Steiner,
w. NJ.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. SO. r. A. NJ.
Regular convocation Monday, April ~.
L. S. Kilborn, II. P: John w. Welis'
Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No. 20. R & s. M. Monday
after the third Sunday. L. I. Foroes'
recorder; George Gregory. T. l. NJ.
REGULAR coNcLAvE, st. Aldemar
Commandery No. 30. X. T.. TUESDAY
April 20 at 1880 o'clock. Regular ousl-
ness. George Gregory. E. c.: NJ. ;.
Mcfarland, Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. S., "Wednesday Aprn
IA, 8 p. m. Business. Anna DoWn1ns'
secretary; Mary Black Collins w. M