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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
shores Of Devils Laks, North Dakota

shores of Devils Laks, North Dakota.
1t develops that the American Bison
Society aims to stock this park with
buffalo. In a speech on this subject,
Representative George NJ. Young, of
North Dakota, waxed enthusiastic on
the future of the buffalo in the United
States.
After calling attention to the fact
that buffalo were once nearly extermin
ated in this country, Young showed that
from a few head the total herd now
numbers 1000. They thrive well as do
mesticated animals, and Young pre-
dicted that the day is not far distant
when there will be buffalo on every
farm, being raised not only as meat an
imas, but to supply those warm robes
which have such tender associations in
the courtships of the mid-Victirian
period. 1t has been cool spring. in
Washington, and Youngs remarks
about the coziness of buffalo robes
were listened to by an appreciative
audience in the House.
Fox in Bad.
John Fox, Jr., author and former hus-
band of FRITZ Scheff, the actress, is
Gin bad' with the friends of the birds
and he may be reported to the attor-
ney general of the United States. In
a recent magazine article, Fox stated
that he was one of the party which shot
birds in Florida. r. Gilbert Pearson.
of New York City, secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Audubon Societies,
speaking before the National Conserva-
ton Congress in session here, declared
Fox's party in shooting birds violated
not only the federal migratory bird law,
but the State laws of Florida, and that
the case would probably be brought to
the attention of the department of JUS
tee
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
90 AFTER THAT PONY OUTFIT.
Laurence Dixie and Darwin Simmons
have already secured beautiful watches.
Somebody else is going to secure one.

It may as well be you as anyone else.
Get your friends to trade where they
can get pony votes. What they buy
will cost no more at Pony Stores, and
you can get the votes. Simple, ism It
it! The pony is waiting to come to
some little girl or boy to be their chum
and playfellow. Do you want him.
SURE you do! Go right after the
votes; it is the hustler that wins.
Don't forget that the Pony Stores are:
Powers Pharmacy, the Santox store
B!ackfoot Farmers Milling Co.
Pearson & Co., the grOcers.
Central Meat Market, the Quality
Shop.
F. G. Christ, the jeweler.
N. f. Boyle & Co., hardware.
Standrod & CO., bankers.
Hendrie Implement Co., farm nipple
ments.
T.. & G. Bills, Auto Co., repairing.
The Brown Hart Co., the big out.
filters.
The Isis, quality pictures and vaude
vile.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
A Symbol Of Health.

The Pythagorians of Ancient Greece
ate simple food, practiced temperance
and purity. AS a badge they used the
five pointed star which they regarded as
symbol of health. A red five pointed
star appears on each package Of Cham
berlain s Tablets, and still fulflls it's
ancient mission as symbol Of health.
If you are troubled with indigestion,
biliousness or constipation, get pack
age of these tablets from your druggist.
You will be surprised at the quick relief
which they afford. Obtainable every
where.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

Washington, May I'm spite of tho
shortage in coal tar colors the bureau
of engraving, Uncle Sam s paper money
and stamp printery lis still doing bust
ness at the old stand.
Director Ralph was probably the first
man in the United States to realize that
the war in Europe would mean color
shortage here. He realized this on the
day that Great Britain declared war
against Germany. He took his worries
to bed with him that night, but he
could not sleep for thinking that the
big bureau machinery might have to
stop SO he got up, dressed, and just
caught a midnight train for Philadel-
phia.
By O'Clock the next morning he
had bought at peace prices the entire
stock of colors held by the largest Phil
adelphia importer. By noon he had all
The available color in Philadelphia, and
all that was on the way across the ocean
to Philadelphia firms.
BY midafternoon he had acquired all
the color in Jersey City. When bust
ness closed that light he had rounded
up the color in New York warehouses.
Since these three cities contain all the
principal importers of coal tar colors
Director Ralph had cornered the mar
ket.
The color trade realized it that very
night. Ralph had just finished his sup
per in a New York hotel when one Of
the color brokers with whom he had
dealt that afternoon called and offered
him big bonus to be released from
the contract he had just made. Ralph,
of course, refused. Next day, color
Prices skyrocketed. Within few
weeks colors that had sold for 25 cents
a pound were selling around $25. Ralph
bought year s supply for an average
OF 26 cents pound.
That is the little known story of why
we still continue to have stamps and
money printed in colors when certain
other nations are beginning to engrave
money and stamps in black and white.
The ''Dimpled Rockies
Washington society queens, de-
butantes and other women of national
prominence in attendance at the mill
tary training camp for women in
Washington, while they have brought
their powder puffs with them, are TAX
ing their work seriously. Many of the
dimpled rockies came to the camp for
outdoor exercise and physical better
ment, as well as to learn nursing and
other service in ease of national
emergency.
To the end of better health, they in
vited Susanna Cocroft, the well known
health expert of Chicago, to address
them "To live in tents means to APP
preciate the value Of fresh air. Miss
Cocroft told the fair campers. "Phys-
zeal training means the surrounding of
minor ailments; it means a recognition
of physical conquests over the physical
self; it means better health, strength
and vitality and the power of resist
ance.'
Buffaloes for Everybody.
The agricultural bill carries small
appropriation to build corrals and barns
on Sully's Hill, National Park, on the
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
50 10000 WOOL SALE.

One Of the biggest wool sales ever
made il. that part of the country was
cOnsummated in ShoshCne last Tues
day, when Alexander Livingstone, rep
resenting the American Wooden Com
pany, of Boston, purchased for the lat
ter the greater part Of the wool clip
from that locality. The sale included
approximately 100000 pounds Of wool,
for which 80 cents a pound was paid.
Mr.. Livingstone stepped in Shoshone
only between trains, and in so short a
time made this $27O,OOO deal.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
head, son Of Senator Bankhead, was his
Armament
BLUE MONDAYS.
(By DIR, X. r. Daniels \

(By DR.. X. r. Daniels)
So many persons suffer from what
may be called blue Mondays; they feel
depressed and debilitated at the first
of the week, when they should feel
alive and alert, ready for week s
work. Also there is more sickness on
Mondays than on any other day; Mon
day is the doctors busiest day Has it
ever occurred to these persons that the
cause of the Monday depression may be
found in the hearty Sunday dinner!
Surely we should, after days rest,
be quite fit on Monday morning. Yet
at this time no small per cent of per-
sons habitually find themselves below
par in every way.
Spelling Vacation.
If we look into the matter carefully
we will find that most persons coun-
teract the good effect of their rest and
recreation by some sort of body abuse.
In other words, it would seem that most
persons, to have good time, must be
over eating or over-indulging in some
way. When our Overworked business
man goes on a vacation he selects
hotel or resort where the "eats' are
abundant; if he gods on fishing trip,
a bottle or two and a good supply of
tobacco in the fishing outfit will rob
the trip of much of the real benefit. 1t
is no wonder that so many men have
not had a vacation in ten or twenty
years and still remain well and strong
Good and Bad Meals.
There is no objection to fairly
hearty dinner on Sunday or hearty
lunch when ON picnic trip. There is
no question but what we can digest
more food when we are resting or are
out in the open. But let us make these
meals of food that can be easily digest
ed, real food. Chicken is good food,
but the stuffng or dumplfhgs are practi
cally indigestible. Vegetables, when
properly cooked are easily digested and
nutritious, but pie, cake and other
heavy desserts are indigestible and fire.
quently cause the en,ire meal to ego
wrong" Similarly cake, pickles and
other indigestibles often rob the pic
mic Of all its real value.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

Mrs. T. c. Shumakers of Glenn s Fer
ry, Idaho, who a couple of weeks ago
shot and killed her husband and little
daughter, was acquitted of blame in
the killings by jury at preliminary
hearing last Thursday. The jury found
that Mrs. Shumaker's husband had
been habitually cruel to her and that
the shooting had been done in self de
Tense. The death Of the little girl was
attributed to accident during the pro-
gress of the melee. Shumaker was a
locomotive fireman. and at one time
worked in the Pocatello yards.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

Carl Limberg, the automobile "speed
king famous throughout the country
for his daring in auto races, paid the
price last Saturday at the Sheepshead
Bay speedway. While in race and
speeding at the rate Of 100 miles an
hour, he lost control Of his machine, the
latter striking the grandstand, and
Limberg and his mechanician were in.
stantly killed.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

Richard Hobson, of Spanish war
fame, and ardent preparedness advo.
cate, was defeated for the congressional
denomination in the primary election
last Thursday in the newly created
Tenth Alabama district. William Bank
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

Clara Louise Kellogg, at one time
one of the best known and popular OPP
cratic singers in the United States, died
at her home near New Hartford, Conn,
on May 10.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

A large hydro-aeroplane which had
been making regular trips between
Washington and Newport News, Va,
last Thursday evening, because of an
accident to its mechanism, fell into the
Potomac river. Three of its occupants
were seriously hurt and two are miss
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18
Senior Banquet.

Last Friday the Junior class, of the
Blackfoot High School gave the Senior
class banquet. A delicious dinner of
six courses was serve, and a program
by the members of the two classes
The faculty were also present.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-05-18

ing, and IT is supposed that they We're
drowned.
The broad ax., 1916-02-12

decided that a part OF the contribution
from the Colored people shall go into
Permanent Memorial-that is, a
building, statue, or a monument of
some other character.
The Campaign to raise $250,000 from
among the Colored people is on. Be
ginning at home, the active Campaign
for funds was started among the teach
ers and workers of the Institute. The
first day of this local campaign netted
nearly one thousand ($1,OOO.OO) dollars,
and it has just begun.
Tuskegee Institute is not a local in
stitution. 1t is national, and in a large
measure, international. 1t must be pre-
served, primarily for the training of
the Negro, but in an even larger sense
because it represents the largest con-
tribution of Negro achievement to
present-day civilization.
In order that the machinery and cost
of collection may be reduced to a mini
mum, it has been decided by the Trus-
tees of the Institute that no agents or
special solicitors shall be appointed,
and that all funds collected shall be
sent directly to, and acknowledged
from Tuskegee Institute.
Checks may be drawn to the order
of Warren Logan, Treasurer, Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama.
Friends or organizations interested
are requested to write Emmett J. Scott,
Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama,
for further information.
The broad ax., 1916-02-12
THE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP
LEAGUE.

Sunday February 13, after prelimi-
nary meeting and plans for membership
committee, the League will attend the
meeting of the Federated Organizations
at Olivet Baptist Church of the Lin
coln-Douglass Celebration.
Last Sunday the most interesting
meeting was held before a crowded
house and heard Mr.. Anthony Overton
speak of developing the Overton
Company into a Million-dollar Corpora
tion." A helpful discussion resulted
from Mr.. Overton's address and the
League promised its support in helping
to secure the patronage of Colored peo-
pie for Overton products. The Presi-
ent showed that that was the best and
quickest way to provide employment
for our young people by creating and
building up industries of our own that
would employ them and give them an
opportunity to get the necessary busi-
ness training.
By request Mr.. Richard E. Parker
was introduced to announce his candi-
dacy for alderman. Mr.. Parker insisted
on making a political speech.
A collection was taken up for a
young fellow just out of the Bridewel
who had no money and no friends.
Three hundred persons visited the
Reading Room the past week. Mem
bers of the race are urged to join the
League and assist in keeping open this
one place on State st. for the homeless
and penniless men and boys.
JOHN E. HUGHES,
Secretary.
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FIND FIREMEN NOT GUILTY.
Jury Frees J. Kelly, P. J. Leonard, and
J. J. Sheehan, Accused of Offering
Alderman Bribe.

A jury in Judge Barrett's court
Wednesday night returned a verdict of
not guilty in the cases of City Firemen
Peter ]. Kelly, P. ]. Leonard, and J. J.
Sheehan, who were accused of Offering
Aid. Oscar De Priest Of the Second
Ward 5000 to secure their promotion
to ieutenancies.
The alderman said Leonard had Of
fered him $500 and Sheehan and Kelly
5000 each for their promotions. The
defendants did not deny having offered
to pay the money to rise in the service,
but said they were victims of a plot
on the part Of John E. Hawkins of
Second Deputy Police Superintendent
Funkhouser's Office. It was at Haw-
kins' suggestion, they said, that the
money was rendered.
The firemen were defended by Attor-
ney John L. McInerney.
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SIR KNIGHT G. G. SMALLWooD
RETURNS TO HIS HOME AGAIN
AFTER SPENDING TEN WEEKS
IN THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
WHERE HE WAS TREATED LIKE
A KING.

For the past ten weeks Sir Knight
C. G.. Smallwood, 1912 S. Dearborn
street was confined in the County Hos
pital where he received the best atten-
tion and the kindest of treatment from
its doctors and nurses and he is feeling
himself again after successfully under
going an operation,
In a letter to US Mr.. Smallwood
states that "during his stay there he
was never treated better in his life;
that Mr.. and Mrs. King Jefferson, 317
East 37th street, Mr.. and Mrs. James
woodfork, 1852 South State street,
visited him constantly during his long
illness, providing him with many nice
things to eat such as chicken soup with
rice and hot chicken cooked in various
styles and I wish to publicly thank
them for their kindness and loyalty
in that respect" he also desires to re-
turn his thanks to a great host of his
other friends who visited him from
time to time and impaired words Of
cheer and hope to him wishing that he
would soon be restored to good health
again.
Just as soon as Mr.. Smallwood is able
he win resume his old run on the Pa
sifc limited to the golden west.
The broad ax., 1916-02-12
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
Brief Bits of News and Comment.
On Men and Women.
A COURAGEOUS BISHOP REBUKES
GRAFT.

Birmingham, Ala.-Before the North
Alabama conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Chuch, Bishop J.
W. Alstork of Montgomery who is pre-
siding, let it be known in no uncertain
language that he could not be in
fuenced in his work by any special
gift or offering and discouraged that
practice on the part of the ministers in
the conference He told the ministers
plainly that the only thing that could
commend them would be faithful ser
vice to the church and race.
"Making me special donations will
not help at ALL" said Bishop Alstork.
"I would rather not have them, and
I cannot discourage the practice too
emRhatically. In the first place the
preachers in a Negro conference have
not enough money to be making the
bishop presents, and, in the second
place, the church has provided for the
bishop. For my part, 1 am perfectly
satisfied with the provision the church
has made for me, and 1 am expected
to serve it and my God. 1 can neither
be bought nor sold, and will not be
influenced in the performance of my
duty one iota by such gifts.'
The broad ax., 1916-02-12
HYDE PARK NEWS
By L. w. Washington.

The clerks were very busy and on
account of their activity in performing
their duty, quite a number of suspect
notices were placed under the doors of
goodly number of voters, some of
them were placed down stairs in de-
partments, and the people live up
stairs. 1t would pay the voters to go
to their places of registration and see
whether their names are on the poll
books or not, do not wait until your
names are erased and kick.
Mrs. E.. H. Brown of Indiana Harbor
was the guest of Mrs. L. W. Washing
ton, Sunday, who spent very pleasant
trip.
Mrs. Watkins of 521O Lake Park
avenue was married Monday. The
Broad AK wish for her success and a
prosperous relationship.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodland, 5439 Kim
bark avenue is to move to Lincoln Park
they will be missed from our eommu-
nifty, they were worthy citizens.
The political stew is boiling and the
cooks are on the job night and day to
see that it does not scoreh. 1t looks
like still hunt proposition and gum
shoe offensive, which means that the
fellow who goes to sleep on his job
will awake on the day after the cleo
tion a much disappointed candidate.
To succeed these days of unrest, you
must spend both time, energy and
money to win success.
The boys had their meeting and a
grand rally it was, but boys we fail to
see you getting out the votes on regis
tration day which really tell the story,
to a practical politician these days
meetings are alright as a farce in the
way of enthusiasm but enthusiasm is
one thing and delivering the goods is
another. Actions doing the thing,
speaks louder than talking about them,
can you see the point. If not you
better get busy with your constituents.
The broad ax., 1916-02-12
RUNNING THE PAPER.

Everybody thinks he can run a paper
better than the benighted souls who
have been placed in that unenviable
position. Maybe it s because the edi
tors faults are glaring ones-out in
the open in black and white-or pos
sibly, it is just queer quirk of human
nature, and the job is so easy anyway.
Running the paper is a sort of side-line
with lots of people. They offer advice
in the same spirit as they would play
golf or>pinochle.
One would have the editor a mill
tant suffragist, another demands that
he rail against women voting. The
prohibitionists can't see how any de-
cent person can be for the regulated
saloons and accuses him of selling out
to the liquor Interests if he takes that
side, while the "wets" say he is intim-
idated by the churches and ruled by
the "drys" if he is opposed to the sa-
looms.
If the editor is for anything the
antis condemn him, and vice versa. If
he does not take a stand he is a molly
coddle and a jellyfish; if he takes
stand, he tries to dictate to the COM
munity; he is a crank, reformer, a
fanatic, a four-fusher, a crook, a dis
turber of the peace, or just a plain
idiot, according as he meets with the
desires of his readers or goes against
them. If he tends to business he's
"dead one," and if he is mixer he's
a "bum'
And there you are.-Oregon Labor
Press.
To all of this we simply say Amen!
Amen!-Editor.
The broad ax., 1916-02-12
Agents and Correspondents Wanted to Handle THE
BROAD AK. Liberal Commissions to Live Agents.
Address, Julius aylor 6532 St. Lawrence Av Chicago

ported in the markets of Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Buffalo, Philadelphia and other
commercial centers, but the actual sum
received by the growers, based upon the
carefully compiled reports on farm
prices issued from time to time by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.
The full significance of this amount,
which represents, it may be stated, a
return of per cent, on an investment
of $2,27O, ,279, $4,000, can best be appre-
ciated if we compare it with the re-
ports of the last United States Census
on the total values, of the crops of GER
tain typical States, which show that it
exceeded the total combined crop
values in the census year of Vermont,
Maryland and West Virginia; of Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey
and Florida; of Louisiana with its
great cotton and sugar interests,) New
Hampshire and Utah, or of Maine, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico and Wyoming.
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DEATH OF JOSIAH s. TANDY.

At 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Wednesday
Josiah s. Tandy, 5145 Federal
street, whose illness was mentioned in
these columns last week peacefully
closed his eyes in death.
Funeral services will be held from
his late home Sunday at one O'Clock.
Rev. Moses NJ. Jackson, officiating. He
was a prominent Mason and Odd Eel
low. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
Mr.. Tandy is survived by his loving
and devoted wife Mrs. Tandy who
waited on her husband night and day
for a long time without complaining
in an effort to prolong his life and
other relatives and those who knew
him the best will express their deep
est sorrow with her over his death.
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INTEREST IN THE BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND
NATIONWIDE.
Letters Received at Tuskegee Indicate
Interest of White and Colored
Friends.

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.-One
of the most encouraging development
in the campaign for the Booker T.
Washington Memorial Fund for the per-
petuation of the work of Tuskegee In
stitute is to be found in the generous
expressions of interest and approval that
have come from all sources and Sec
tions. There is no lack of interest on
the part of White people or Black peo-
pie, North or South, East or West.
DR.. Washington enjoyed the friend
ship and goodwill of citizens through.
out the country, and now that it is pro-
posed that the institution which he
founded shall be preserved as a Ma
tional Memorial, these friends have
come forward to pledge their continued
interest and support of the work for
which he gave his very life.
When the news of his death was
flashed over the wires, the Chairman
of the Institute Board of Trustees tele-
graphed: "The Trustees will not fail
you in your hour of need.'
When this message was published in
the newspapers, Southern White man
is quoted as having said: eyes, and
the Southern White people will do their
part to see that Booker Washington IS
work goes on"
Now, if there have been any ques-
tions as to what the Colored people
intended doing towards the preserva-
ton of the work founded by DR.. Wash
ington, it is only necessary to refer to
the numberless letters from Colored
people sent to Tuskegee after his death,
pledging their support and promising
contributions toward a Booker T..
Washington Memorial Fund.
The present campaign in the interest
of the Fund win afford these good
friends an opportunity to contribute to-
ward the perpetuation Of the work of
Tuskegee Institute. The Trustees have
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tention is more difficult to secure, owing
to the long distance the doctor often has
to travel, the mother should endeavor
to see him now and then, and should
send sample of the urine to be exam
ined, as often as may be practicable,
particularly during the last three
months.
The pamphlet on Prenatal Care, al
ready mentioned, gives advice regard
ing the hygiene of pregnancy, which
mothers will find useful.
1t is exceedingly important that the
ailments of pregnancy be dealt with in
the beginning before they develop into
more serious matters. At the first ap,
pearance of swollen hands and feet, of
persistent headache, of pain in any
part, or hemorrhage, or of spots before
the eyes, a good doctor should be
called.