The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-06-15
HISTORICAL REVIEW
OF THE PAST
For Preparedness and More Comfort
for the Workingman.

For Preparedness and More Comfort
for the Workingman.
Editor Optimist: 1t is with feelings
Of pleasure that l take the present op-
portunity of presenting to your read
ers few ideas of religious and other
questions and their outlook in the fn-
ture to all mankind.
| Historical Review of the Past.
The curiosity and interest in all civ
ilized people prompts them to inquire
into the history Of any marked inn
provement existing in any religious or
ganization in the mind of the historian,
not only a feeling of pleasure and de.
sire for knowledge, but laudable am
bition to crafty it.
Ingenious men possessed Of learning
are apt to push their researches beyond
! the period i'll which facts, in great
measure, have been established. With
out rejecting accuracy, the most valu
able of all matter worthy of note in his
| tory is Immediately lost or disfgured
The true traditions of history afford
interest to good citizens of a cultured
age, which is often times employed by
authors to supply the place of history;
and to add aught else but facts should
be entirely disregarded. True religious
principles are from the heart, rather
than outward form. The true teacher
of the word of God is the highest
agency Oh earth. To save the human
soul from the consequences of sin is
his divine mission. Ministers should
teach the truth and the love Of all man
kind, but should govern them IN ac-
corlance with heavenly things so as
to inherit joy, truth and good conduct
to gain the eternal home in the heav-
ems above. By such we will inherit the
true Christian spirit which should pre-
vail, and love to be Christian lover
of hope.
hope to see the blessings and visi-
BILE traces of His love and mercy to COM
fort the Christian heart. But if this
existence is only dream, ! shall be
thankful to awaken out of it by quiet
and safer understanding of modern his
tory in life's pathway. 1t is well to
reverence the Infinite Fathers bless
ings that all enjoy, and wish to teach
charity, love, and assist in perpetual
| ing righteousness, rendering good in
stead of evil through life, and hope to
be in harmony with ecclesiastical au
thority for the good of all mankind.
For Preparedness.
In all ages of the world history. the
people have ever been ruled with an
iron hand by the monarch of the mon
arches, and for the monarch with
| bloody wars in the old world to gain
money, lands and power. Prepare, my
fellow countrymen, to develop and in.
crease the industries of this benifcent
land of freedom to make the people
happy and self sustaining.
There are many ways for the people
to utilize the God given resources Of
| this land of liberty.
! Prepare to conserve the water on all
the tributaries of the Snake river, and
fully develop the millions of acrs Of
land now valueless, where thousands
of people could make happy homes and
relieve the congestion of the crowded
cities of America.
The farmers are the life of. this or
any other nation. They are the life Of
trade on sea or land. Therefore, to en-
hance trade all citizens should USE
their influence to encourage the devel.
opment of the arid lands, to protect life,
and decrease the destruction of life by
the large guns of war, and thus avoid
drifting back to the uark ages OF iy-
norance, savagery and crime.
l believe it would be a Gods bless
ing to protect the lives of the warning
nations from the blood-thirsty rulers
of Europe. "sThen know We that every
soul is free to choose his life, and
what He II do.''
More Comfort for Workingmen.
Let me say to you what ! mean by
more comfort for the workingmen:
It is to give to every man what he earns
with his hands and the sweat of his
brow.
| Capital takes too much, and labor
receives too little. Labor will not al
ways live in a hut while capital dwells
in a palace. Flesh and blood are more
precious than gold, and l hope the time
is not far distant when the law will see
to it that every citizen has the right to
life, liberty, and not only the prnsult
of happiness, but the right to have
those blessings before he dies.
| wish for liberty for every man,
woman and child.
just think of it, fellow -citizens: i'm
agine for one moment the impudence OF
a monarch claiming the right to deprive
others of thinking for themselves! II
/ have not that right, who hast
Let me emphazize the fact that mar
riage is the hcliest Institution among
men; without the freside there is no
human advancement, and without the
family there is no life worth living.
Every good government is made up OF
good citizens. The grandest ambition
that any man can have is to live and
improve himself in heart and brain 50
as to be worthy of the love of good
woman, and the grandest ambition OF
any woman is to be worthy of the love
and alteration of some good man.