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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26
news FROM AMERlCOS SCHOOLS

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CHIEF
Elizabeth Sheffield.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Halle Walker.
Frances Sparks.
Susie Johnston.
Courtney IVey.
Marvin Giddings.
Norman Mcleod.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26
Our New Club,

The junior girls have organized a
club for the purpose of planting
shrubs and flowers on the High school
premises. Their aim is to beautify
the school grounds and make them
more attractive to the public eye.
With Margery Kalmon at it's head the
club is rapidly forming it's plans and
soon hopes to have flowers and vines
growing around our school house.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26
The Holiday on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the 22nd, we had
holiday The circus was in town and
we were given holiday so that We
could all go to the parade and show.
We all enjoyed the day and thank the
Board very much for letting us out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26
The Literary Society.

Instead of having the regular pro
gram on Friday of next week we will
celebrate Thanksgiving en- Wednes-
day, the 10Th. Those vino will take
part in the program arc:
Mary Elizabeth McLeod-Life and
Works of George H. Boughten.
Katie Sue Reconsideration
Anne Ellis-Music.
Wilbur Giddings-Essay.
Quartette-Margery Kalmon, Rutd
Horne, Merritt Rogers, Edwin Ryals.
Clara Gloyer-Recitation
Quenelle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Anna Harden-Music
We are sure that this will be a very
good program and we will be glad to
have a good number of visitors
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26

That's exactly where the
value belongs in the ciga-
rette. You can't smoke duty,
you know.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-26

NOTE "A package of ten cigarettes made of all
Iu'kish tobacco costs the smoker 1Oc or isc. A
p1ckage of zen Piedmonts made of hehest-grads
Vr-inla-Carolina tobacco costs the smoker only Sc
Why the difference? Because Piedmonts pay n.
dpty, - ooeaH tre,ght no mo~tre in5urance, no ex
be45ils importing charger.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
WHOLE COUNTY WITH.
OUT TELEPHONES
Citizens of Salt Lake County, Utah
in Big Scrap With Company

Murray, Sandy and Midvale, three
incorporated cities of Salt Lake
county, Utah, and the districts de-
pendent upon them for telephone
connections are practically without
telephone service. A population of
some 10000 is directly affected by
this boycott, and the citizens declare
they will establish an Independent
community system of telephone
which they think will eventually
spread over the entire state.
The controversy between the citi-
zens and the Mountain States Tele-
phone & Telegraph company was as
to the matter of the toll charge for
talking to points in Salt Lake and
in other communities of the county,
which the telephone users have been
vainly protesting against. For in
stance, it costs NO more to ride to
Salt Lake on street car than to
telephone in from Murray and others
of the communities affected. The
company has made improvements in
their lines and with a belief tina.
they are justified in charging sep
arates toll they refuse to make any
concessions. The citizens simply
ordered their phones out, almost
unanimously.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

IN. Boyle, the landman, was a bust
day. %
e. v. Call was a. Salt Lake CITY
visitor for several days last week.
q. e. Bingham returned on Wed
nesday from Garland, Utah. Mrs
Bingham remained in Ogden to con.
suit an optometrist.
Work on the headgate in the East.
ern Idaho canal was completed last
week and the county bridge is now
in course of construction.
Hannah Nelson went to Salt Lake
City on Sunday to visit relatives and
friends.
The seventh and eighth grade
pupils went to Blackfoot on Saturday
to take the examination in geog-
raphy and physiology.
The annual school election will be
held at the school house on Monday.
The polls will open at 2 p. m.
Messrs, Dunn and Thompson took
a large herd of acttle to the summer
a large herd of cattle to the summer
The Webber brothers have moved
their bees from HI. G. Taylor's to e.
e. Bingham's ranch.
Mrs. Burke left on Sunday for her
home at Avon, Montana, after spend
ing the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. r. Prouse.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
MAKE A
FERN TOWN

Blackfoot is to have many visitors
this spring during the Chautauqua.
The town ought to be in it's best
as to flowers and beautiful things
generally. On account of the alti-
tude and the cold spring winds it
is difficult to get nature to 9respond
with beauty earlier than the middle
of June. Peonies are among the
first things to bloom profusely and
not many people have them. Ferns
can be had in any quantity merely
for the taking and transplanting and
half of the population are wanting
to get out and have a picnic. 1t is
a genuine picnic to go forming in the
lava beds, and If the people with
cars and teams will go about it care
fully they can bring in wagon loads
of luxuriant fern roots in April and
May and have beautiful ferns every
where in June and July. Ferns have
passed the experimental stage in
BlackfoOt. Several homes have been
testing them for years and all one
has to do is to transplant them early
with as much of the root system as
possible, keep them watered and
keep them from being trampled and
nature will do the rest.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
FIRE LOSS AND
SHEEP PROFITS

Every farmer has a chance at this
time to do a little figuring on the
cost Of weeds and the advantages of
having them eaten off by the sheep
while they are growing and tender.
Every hours work done taking off
weeds and burning them is loss
to the soil and loss of labor. When
a man starts fire and burns trash
he is doing what would not have
been necessary If he had kept a
bunch of sheep on the place. In
stead of having an expense bill re-
moving or burning the trash he
might just as well have had mutton
and wool to sell. For every case Of
damage by fire while burning trash,
there might have been saving Of
that too If the sheep had been kept.
Instead of having ashes and smoke
the farmer would have had his land
fortified and his bank account
swelled or his debts cut down.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

of papers and trash that blow in and
lodge and then become wet and fall
to decay. Many people have pretty
fronts on the property but old fences
and useless outhOuses at the rear.
Consider tearing them all out. Con-
s.uer what relief it will be in every
respect to remove such things. The
property will be nicer, will be worth
more money, will command more
rent or better tenants, and will be
more valuable to the town. Get all
of these matters decided early and
then remove them early. This will
help some irresolute fellow to de-
eide about his. Some folks can't
picture the advantages from remov-
ais of old things until the work is
done. Help them to get the idea by
doing yours early.
The announcement in that issue
that the city will furnish teams to
haul away your leaves and rakings,
does not apply to manure nor ac-
cumulations of wagon load in a
place. It is only for the removal of
the little piles that the individual
is not justified in hiring a team to
make special trip for. Get your
part done before the clean up day if
you can. You may not be able to
get teams when the day comes and
it is no credit to you to be behind
in such matters.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
PRESTO
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Mr.. Felsted and Mr.. Wilson, OF
Blackfoot, were out to Presto one
day this week writing life insurance.
Mrs. Ellis Hall was a Blackfoot
visitor, Thursday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. Carson, Thursday afternoon.
There were IA ladies present; every
one reports very pleasant after
noon.
Pink York is home again after
spending the past two months in
California.
Miss Albertson spent the weekend
with her parents in Blackfoot.
George Monroe, of Shelley, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Twitchell.
Joe DeLorey spent Sunday at AL
ridge on his dry farm.
Richard Hughes dug well on his
farm this week.
George Anthony, Of Wapello, spent
Sunday at the Hall home. I'd
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid motored to Po-
catello, Sunday.
Miss Leona Hall spent the week
end with her parents here.
Frank Just and wife, and Mrs. M.
Kerr were Blackfoot visitors Mon
day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

Higley brothers drove several
hundred head of cattle out to the
summer range Monday.
James and Frank Just motored to
Idaho Falls, Tuesday.
Chris Peterson sold several humid
red head of fat hogs to M. M. And
rews, of Firth, receiving eight cents
a pound.
Robert Reid and family motored
to Blackfoot one day last week.
William Twitchell made a business
trip to Pocatello last week.
Mrs. Walker and two little daught-
ers, of Salt Lake, were visiting
friends here last week.
Robert Reid sold 20 head of thoro-
bred Hereford cattle for a good price
last week.
Mrs. James Drew and two sons,
John and George, moved from Firth
to their old ranch at Presto recently.
Tom Gallons and wife, of Firth,
moved to Presto last week for the
summer.
The dance at the lower Presto
school house was well attended.
MIS-, DAVE JOuuSOu anu udu6AIOA
Mabel, were visitors at the Hall home
Monday, of last week.
The Ladies Aid society met at
Mrs. George Carson's Thursday.
Mrs. Marion Kerr recently returned
home after spending the winter with
relatives at Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Fred Brown and wife, of Black
foot, called ON friends in Presto one
day last week.
The Idaho canal men are putting
in a cement drop at this end under
the direction of w. o. Cotton.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

There's a new boy at the home
of Carl Nelson, born March %.
Edwin Taylor has returned home.
He had to leave his Buick in grang-
er, Wyoming, on account of the
snow Mr.. Taylor expects to move
to Blackfoot, where he will go into
the automobile business.
MISS Emma Plant had the misfor-
tune to fall on some wire and cut
her face quite badly. A physician
had to be called and a number Of
stitches taken in her cheek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Felt, of the
Model Farm, are the proud parents
of baby boy, born April /.
A number of young men gathered
Sunday afternoon last week and in
dulged in a boxing contest. Some
very good boxing was exhibited. Earl
brooks and Harrison Jackson were
the victors.
Mrs. H. A. Gardner has gone to
Utah on a few weeks visit.
Mr.. Smith and his partners, Of
Cache county, Utah, have been in
this vicinity selling shares of the
Utah Oil company. A number of the
people bought stock.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

George Campbell was out visiting
the mines at Gold Point last Sunday
and he expected to start to work or
the. properties soon.
Miss Melvis Clough is expected
fhome from Rexburg this week. She
has been visiting friends there fol
several weeks.
Jesse Baker, from Montana, bro.
Their of ]. e. and Frank Baker, ar.
rived Monday to pay his brothers q
visit.
G.. w. Stowell returned Wednes-
day of last week from a trip to Salt
Lake.
Farm work is progressing nicely
and there are good prospects for the
season.
s. P. Graham and Mr.. Grove re-
turned recently from trip in the
Lost river country and report -four
ishing conditions in that district.
(Too late for last weekly
In answer to a petition signed by
citizens asking for rural mail route
east, north and south of Pingree, an
inspector was sent out to make in
vestigation. There are almost 200
families along the proposed route
who need the mail service very much
and we nope they will get it.
Joe Cutler and wife made trip
to Eagle Bend last week.
The people hereabouts would be
pleased if the commissioners would
have the road from E. e. Thompson
place south to the government bridge
thence west to the Tilden road north
of the S. P. Graham's house opened
up for travel.
There has been some talk that the
new bridge at Tilden might go out
and work had to be stoppd on &C
count of the high water.
Tom Woody, Grover Paul and
Henry Woody have gone to take up
land some IS miles southwest of
Rich.
s. P. Graham and .nr. Glove have
gone to the Lost river country.
{. A crowd of friends gave Lauane
Brown a surprise party recently,
played games and music, and prizes
were awarded Miss Harriet Jackson
and Ralph Thompson for winning at
500. Everybody had good time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
BUMPED THE
EDITOR

Last week the editor Of this paper
got bumped editorially in his own
paper and it was done in a way
called smooth. 1t was made easy
by the fact that "the bunch know
the editors habits on press day well
enough to plan to beat him and make
it win.
For ten years we have always pre-
ferred to see a proof of the editorial
page before 1t was locked; ever since
we were made to take sides against
ourself in an editorial that had the
word mot" left out of certain sent
ence and the whole article read the
opposite way from what it was writ
ten for. Last week the office force
wrote up fine roast, a truthful
statement Of the way we drove q
Ford car, and it made IA lines.
Then they selected some other article
or articles that made just LA lines,
and they were fixeu. Ye editor went
to the forms, pulled a proof" of
page four and walked off with it..
While he was running thru it the
foreman lifted 144>lines and put the
roast in its place, locked the form
and put 1t on the press. The page
proof was passed back with an o. X.
and remark that there was nothing
of much value in it. The foreman
smiled at the thought of the values"
he had slipped into that page and
the victim of the roast did not dis
cover it until the papers were all
printed and mailed.
In acknowledgment of the smooth
ness of the job the bookkeeper re-
ceived raise in salary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
A small stream of water Was turn.I

A small stream of water was turn.
ed into the Blackfoot canal, Thurs.
day, and we all appreciate it. because
the wells out here are getting pretty
low, and it has been necessary tc
take stock over to the river fol
water. The town councilmen have
made arrangements with a Blackfoot
bank for the necessary money to pay
for the work on all the water bitches
which Is to commence shortly.
Mrs. Il. N. Freeman and Mrs. John
Robinson left for Salt Lake on Mon
day last week. Mrs. Robinson has
relatives in American Fork, Utah,
and Mrs. Freeman will visit with her
daughter in Ogden.
Joseph H. Dye and HI. c. Gregerson
have gone to Salt Lake. Mr.. Dye
will visit his father and mother in
Ogden.
Charles Lyon made a trip to Salt
Lake to attend the conference.
Erastus Freeman and family have
gone out to their dry farm to COM
mence the seasons work.
James Quinn, who is located on a
farm near Pocatello, is visiting his
daughter here. Miss Bessie has been
attending school in Basalt and will
return with her father to Pocatello.
V. A. Bailey went to Groveland,
Friday, to help celebrate his mothers
seventy-third birthday. Mrs. Bailey
is strong and enjoys excellent health
in spite of her advanced age.
A man in Basalt recently set a
hen in large box, arranging for
the nest in one corner in smaller
box. He supplied her with plenty
of feed and water and placed Stats
over the large box to prevent the
other chickens from disturbing. her.
nut she left the nest after setting
for two weeks. Somebody explain? ?
William Jolley, the livery man at
Firth, has fitted up his cars and rigs
to accommodate sightseers who wish
to make trips into the country.
r. T. Quinn and wife left for Salt
Lake last Friday morning to attend
the conference.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

(Too late for last week. T.
Mrs. Lena Slayton, who has beer
in Iona visiting Mrs. Gus Loffgrer
week. ID. nm
Orion Andrus has new Ford car
| Albert Bitman arrived recently
from Dayton, Ohio, to visit his sisters
| Mrs. Freda Johnson and Miss Louise
Bittman. N
Thomas Firth is planning a fine
new residence to be built between
the blacksmith shop and the Ramsey
& Sons store and which is to be
rented to Mr.. Ramsey.
Ed. Ewing came in from his dry
farm last week for a visit with
friends in Firth.
Some vegetables planted in a Firth
garden on st. Patrick's Day are now
up and doing fine, and will soon be
on the table. The patron saint seems
not to restrict his beneficent influence
to the snake question.
Harry Nelson, son of Fred Nelson,
arrived from Boise last week, where
he has spent year on account of
poor health. He feels and looks fine
now and will soon return to Boise
to finish his school course.
Mr.. Andrews made flying trip
to Ogden last week with two car
loads of hogs.
The little son of c. Chapel fell
from the depot steps while playing
and broke his arm. The arm has
been set and he is getting on fine.
Spring having arrived, all the
farmers are busy in the fields, plow-
ing and getting ready to sow their
crops.
Duff Quinn has 1874 little chicks
out of 125 which he sent away for.
Birdie Scobblin, while out riding
Sunday, met with slight accident
which turned out fortunately. Some
one rode up from behind and fright
ened her horse. She was thrown OIL
and bruised bit, but not seriously
hurt.
A large crowd witnessed the round
up exhibition at Baughan's ranch.
Among those from Firth were Mr..
and Mrs. Feltis, Joe Bybee and wife,
who motored out in the afternoon.
We want clean cotton rags. The
IDAHO Republican. adv.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

were. But at last reports she is rest
ing easier and we hope she will have
speedy recovery. The little girl
escaped with a few bruises.
Spring work here is progressing
very nicely and number OF the
farmers seem determined that IL ma
nure and a we'll prepared seed bed
will bring increase in the Yield per
acre, this years crop will have an
advantage over previous years.
Very little seeding has been done
up till this week. The farmers
think the ground is too cold yet to
be good for the seed.
Don FraKer is now fully recovered
from the spraln he received in the
spinal colum some time ago.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
THE PROPOSED HOTEL

| With fine large hotel at Black.
foot the drummers and others who
do not now plan to remain long in
town will take more time at Black.
foot; will plan to spend Sundays
here instead of at other places with
poorer accommodations for them.
Parties coming this way will be as
sured of accommodations as good as
they like and in various ways the
travel into Blackfoot will be increas-
ed.
1t is said that the prospect of paw
ing for the streets has made the
new hotel possible; that Eccles
brothers would not care to invest a
large block of money in the town
with mud in the main streets. 1t is
said that parties who now come to
town looking for investments of BUSH
ness locations or farms are not favor
ably impressed with things when they
get off the train and look around,
and especially If they do not find
hotel accommodations to their liking
or fail to get in at all. If anybody
brought party Of capitalists to
Blackfoot now and had something
good back in the country to show
them, he would have to begin apollo
giving for the lack of certain things
as soon as he got to town, and they
would begin to discount the sur
rounding country on account of the
looks of the town and the lack of
things that a good live town with a
rich country around it generally
possesses. He would have a harder
time to interest them in the pro-
posals on account OF. such handicaps.
1t is one of the common observations
that Blackfoot is behind the times
and ought to forge ahead faster by
its own energy; that men who own
property ought to join forces and
help to bring about better things.
OF course, we have had our creamery
and our canning factory and a few
other failures, but they were all |
started with good intentions and lack
Of understandings short they be-
spoke the caliber of too many of our
local men. A town seldom gets big
things until it gets some big ideas
and goes to work to convert them
into something tangible. The new
hotel is coupled with big ideas and
deserves encouragement.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
WHAT TO
CLEAN UP

Last week the mayor and city coun-
Gil called upon the citizens of the
town to make special clean up
and to set aside SO far as is prac-
tical the usual work Of the day to
give time for remodeling the town
in some respects.
Everybody has it in mind to clean
up rubbish and filth but not all of
us have given thought to the matter
of tearing out useless old fences and
unsightly buildings that have out
lived their usefulness. Some of
these have become menance by rea-
son of decay and the accumulation
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14


Peter Anderson is having well
drilled and also having sand and
rock hauled preparatory to building
a rock house.
s. ]. Harper went last week to
Pleasant Grove, Utah, to bring his
daughter Emma home, who has been
staying in Utah for two years
Bernice Tibke is staying with her
aunt, Mrs. Young, in Blackfoot. Mrs.
Young is quite ill.
There is a new baby girl at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Williams,
born Monday, April 8. All concerned
are doing nicely.
H. s. Vance is building some new
rooms on his house.
Mr.. Madsen and family from Salt
Lake have moved to Mr.. YounSs old
home.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
WEST FIRTH
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Oscar Nelson left for CANYON
creek last Monday to begin work on
his dry farm.
The West Firth choir and orches-
ira are busy preparing for the special
music to be rendered in church
Easter Sunday.
The Loyalty girls met at the home
of Mrs. Neil Sorenson, Tuesday of
last week. They already have a
number of articles ready for the COM
ing sale which they expect to be an
even greater success than their pre-
vious efforts.
Last Saturday Mrs. Fraker and
daughter fell out of the buggy in
which they were riding when their
horse became frightened. Mrs. Frak.
er sustained some very severe in
juries. The doctor was at first un-
able to determine just how bad they
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

Man arrested in Gooding because
he acted like he was drunk. We
also heard about fellow that struck
blind man for staring at his wife,
Sure these be perilous times for the
halt, the lame and the blind.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
RIVERSIDE

Two crews of the right sort of
neighbors are out this week blowing,
narrowing and fixing up the fields of
two men who are under the weather,
P. G. Christianson and Mr.. Linn,
who fell and broke his ankle two
weeks ago. These neighbors prac-
tice Christianity.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

A small army Of men, brandishine
dinner pals and pick-axes, went out
Monday morning to the Cedar Point
canal to cut willows along the banks.
William Peterson, who rode these
ditch banks last summer, is direct
ing this work, under the supervision
of William Wilson, of Shelley.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14
Goodwin's Weekly says: "Repub
licans ask for new DEAL" Yes, bu
who will shuttle this time?

The Rigby Star announces feeling
ly that henceforth It will be an in
dependent sheet. This neutrality fad
is quite contagious.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

II anyone has right to say life
Is just one darned thing after an
other it is the lady who mends our
socks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

Somebody has suggested Mr.. Ford
for the presidency. Is there no STOP
ping these Ford Nashville
Southern Lumberman,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-14

Vegetables parchment butter wrap
pers of known quality at The Repub-
llcan oInce. adv.