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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS
In the Matter of Detailed Report of e.
Milton christensen as Road Engineer

In the Matter of Detailed Report of e.
Milton Christensen as Road Engineer
Covering the Bonded Road COnstruc-
ton Work Now in Progress.
In the above entitled matter, the re-
port of e. Milton Christensen was sub
mitted, and after due consideration and
examination, it is ordered that this
report. be and the same is hereby ap-
proved:
Blackfoot, Idaho, July 81, 1919
Road Engineers Report No.
Hon. Board of County Commissioners,
Blackfoot, IDAHO,
Gentlemen
In commissioners district No. there
is a resident engineer who has taken
charge Of that district for the past two
weeks, and so / will report only the
work done in district / and 2.
Work done by road engineer up to
date:
COmmissioners' District No.
Shelley-Taylorr road, surveyed 25 miles
Shelley Goshen road surveyed 20 miles
Shelley-W oodville road, sur
Goshen Basait road, surveyed o.5 miles
Total 5.5 miles
Commissioners District No. 2
Blackfoot-Thomas road, sur
Blackfoot City Limits to '0 '
bridge, surveyed .--.---.-.....-.... 0.S miles
1Oldl 90 miles
Total in districts and 9.3 miles
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
WARRANT CALL

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing Bingham county, Idaho, war
rants will be paid upon presentation
at the office of the undersigned, at
Blackfoot, Bingham county, Idaho:
Series of 1913
Current expense fund Nos. S96 to
1895 inclusive.
Road and bridge fund, Nos. 1854 to
1928 inclusive.
Dated at Blackfoot, Idaho, this
second day of August, 1919.
H. A. BENSON,
adv. A Treasurer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
LEGAL. NOTICES
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned for drilling and piping
a well on the school grounds at
Cerro Grande, Idaho, up to August
23.
The contractors bid shall be for
drilling and furnishing and shall be
marked IBID for drilling we'll"
The board reserves; the right to re-
ject any and all bids and let the con-
tract as seems best in their judy
ment.
(signed) FRANK F. FERGUSON,
adv 5-3 Cerro Grande, Idaho.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19

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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
VISITING UNCLE HERE

Miss Florence Thorstenberg, of
Kansas City is visiting with her
uncle Mayor N. J. Thorstenberg and
relatives at Blackfoot on her way to
the Yellowstone park.
Miss Thorstenberg is assistant
cashier for the Alternately Furniture
company of Kansas City.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
DANGEROUS DISEASE

Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules at once. They are an Old, tried
preparation used ali over the word FOR
centuries They contain only o1d-fash-
toned. SCOTT. oil. combined with
strength givinl; and s.s.em- cleansing
herbs, well known and used by phyyi-
clans in thaii1 daily practice: GCl.L
MEDAL Haa, lem Oil Capsules are i'm
ported direct from tie laboratories In
Holland Fey are convenient to take
and will either give prompt relief oil
your money will be refund ID. ASK for
them at any drug store, but be sure te
gat the original imported COLL
MEDAL bra 1. Accept no substitutes
In sealed packages. Three sizes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19

A WEEK AT BEAR LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. McGonagle re-
turned the last of. the week from 4
pleasant weeks outing at Bear Lake.
Mr.. McGonagle is just back from a
siege Of army life and the resort was
especially inviting to him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
THE MOST

No organs Of the human body are so
impor tant to health and long life as the
kidneys. When they slow up ana, com,
mence to lag in their duties, look out!
Find out what the trouble is-Without
delay. Whenever you feel nervous,
weak, dizzy, suffer from sleepiessness,
or have pains in the back-'0aEe up
at once. Your kidneys need help. These
are signs to warn you that your KID
neys are not performing their func-
tions properly. They are. only nan
purities to accumulate and be comet
ed into uric acid and other po!sonss,
which are causing you distress and VIII
destroy you unless they are driven
from your SYSTEM
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN

There is no finished work on the
Shelley Taylor road. two sandy places
that must be clayed on mile one, and
mile one and two not crowned very
good and slopes are not finished. Mile
three of the Shelley Goshen road Is
nearly finished. but cannot be finished
complete until a ditch is moved. the
slopes are alright but the crown Is
not up as ii should he. Contractors on
the Shelley Woodville road and the
Goshen Basalt road have just COM
menced work. The past two weeks
Mr.. Herb Adams has worked on the
Blackfoot City limits to bridge road.
Estimate of Cubic Yards Moved
Shelley-Ta y Tor read,
Charley Bauer fore
mani mile No. 1......-....... 7,0i0 Gu. I'd.
Shelley Taylor, Thomas
Steers (foreman) mile
No. 2 ....-........................ 5,13T Gu. yd.
12.177 Gu, yd.
Shelley Goshen, McCul-
lock & Hursh (cont.)
mile No. 3 ....................... 9,205 GU. yd.
Total in district No. 1..21, 9S2 Gu. yd.
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the nine men occupying cots in the
ladies' parlor OF the hotel made his
departure l was seventh on the list in
line for the cot was only m Wichita
Falls for two weeks and never got
quite within speaking distance OF the
cot. But registered almost every day.
While l was waiting for my shoe
string to become a million I spent my
idle hours in registering at various
hotels.
In time I found a pleasant cot In a
tent on the outskirts Of the town. which
/ leased under fairly convenient cir
cumstances. was permitted to occupy
the cot up to 7 o'clock each morning,
when 1 vacated TO make room for a
driller who. being very plutocratic
demanded rest Immediately after re-
turning from a night shift in the oil
field.
1t haa occurred 10 me since leavin,l
the district that I could have made
profitable use OF the feet that slept
In the same cot as a driller from tn,
oil feid. Such proximity 10 inside in,
FORT alton could have been handlec
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q nice, zig-zaggy pink patch of geol-
ogy which they call tho Pennsylvania
formation. How a Pennsylvania for
nation happened to be away down
there was always a puzzle to me, but
it's there and coon learned to pro-
nounce 1t. But as soon as got out
OF the Pennsylvania pink was totally
ignorant again. l could only discuss
leases in the Pennsylvania formation
and that undoubtedly cut down my
chances to succeed. A discouraged
farmer from Iowa wanted to give me
a lease for transportation back to Des
Moines, but I couldn't take it because
I suddenly discovered 10 my profound
dismay that the lease crept over into
a dark green geological formation that
I couldn't speel or pronounce.
Permian IA New Formation,
After I Mad been around Wichita
Falls for a while added another for
nation TO my fund OF geology. This
was an irregular yellow arrangement
which believe they called tho Per-
man. but ] never liked the Permian
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Venturing Into Wichita Falls Without
Silk Shirt and Into the Ranger Dis
trict Minus Rubber Boots, the Fortune
SeekerFeel He Has Nobody but Him
selftoBlame for Emerging Millionless
BY HINTON GILMORE.

advantageously, I now feel sure, be-.
cause inside information il greatly
craved and occasionally exploited In
the oil belt.
For instance, might have over
heard this driller talking In his sicep.
He might have said something about
the geological outlook on some partic-
uiar well. Armed with this informa-
ton and appropriately dressed In a
silk shirt could have circulated
quietly among a few obscrvant shoe
stringers at the oil stock exchange and
by adroit use Of my sure fire tip I
think I might have manipulated mat
tiers In a way that would have Melted
me a certain profit. But I didn't think
OF the scheme until IL was entirely too
late.
Demand Inside Information..
The oil boomers desire inside infor-
nation. They are constantly looking
for underground tips, so to speak.
Above all they dote on geology. Ami
right here 1t may be we'll TO advise
those who are thinking Of going to
Texas to make million in month TO
post themselves on geology. Ienor-
ance Of that subject was another fault
In my armor. / never had felt the
need Of geology in my whole life. l
am Interested in phenology and zool-
ogy. but geology never seemed impor-
tant I was wrong. Geology is every
thing In the oil fields and every OH
man must be an amateur geologist.
The whole State of Texas has been
charted by biologists and maps can
be bought showing the different geo.
logical formations. These are very
pretty maps, but the names of the diff
ferent geological structures are ex-
tremely hard to pronounce. There is
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Golden Cycle, Thrift, Texas Chief
Eureka, Waurika, Wewona-these are
actual names of actual wells in Texas
and serve to illustrate the surge Of
emotion that must engulf the soul
the shoestringer as he gazes for the
first time upon the vers libre Of an
oil exchange bulletin board.
Since coming away from Texas
have been giving considerable thought
to compromising a name for an oil
company, and l have gone about the
job In a thoroughly practical way by
devising a formula which ought TO
produce a most fascinating title, Ny
recipe calls for one part Pullman car
two parts race horse. sprinkle Of
private yacht sweeten with a small
lump of shaving cream. add real estate
subdivisions to taste. and then dropa
raisin In it, Bring this connection 10
boil and allow it to cool slowly in
dark closet, and you will have a name
that will stand out like right handed
gusher on lonely anticlinc,
"Dips" There Too.
Drilling for oil is just one OF the
many ways OF collecting a competence
in the oil fields. | am led TO this
conclusion by the fact that some one
dropped out OF the oil business long
enough TO remove. deftly and taste
fully. the relatively small but oovi-
ously important sum of $50 from the
inside lining OF my tightly buttoned
coat as l stood listening, entranced'
as a curbstone salesman In Wichita
Falls explained how easy It IS TO gel
rich in Texas. didn't miss tho money
until the curb stone salesman had
succeeded in convincing me that
was on the threshold OF lite's Creates
opportunity. II was only when
tried 10 buy some OF the unparallelsa
oil stock that l discovered the losa
One OF the most popular ways
get rich in Texas is TO be broksh
A broker in oil field parlanco Is mar
who pays SIS a month for desk spaS
in the rear of shoe shining estao-
hshment and does business on Inv
sidewalk and in the hotel Hobbies.
There are 5000 brokers IN Wichn
Falls alone, but 1t seems to the easuS
visitor that there are nine or Iel
thousand. This can be explained V
the singular fact that an oil broker
three times as busy as tho aVeFAss
man. With so many brokers at Nors
In a relatively small space u oo'-
ously is impossible for them 70 EeoS
from getting mixed up In each olhe'
transactions. When two OF more A
thus engaged in n single deal wv
split the commission. II Is not w,
usual for a commission 10 be ~"
among as many as sixteen oIoNo'
This means that there arc sN.
brokers TO one investor and t"s
ratio that makes the origiua sl'ee-
to one seem somnolent and inacuwu
comparison. Nothing is more eNc''Ds
than TO see sixteen brokers IsehS
and down Ohio street In Wir'i'a 70.
on the trail Of a lone investor
investor hasn't chance under s'
circumstances. a
Brokers are so nUmero-' Una. d,
option habit has become sf'ue.
fastened upon the oil 0eid ,puO'Ss
can be sold on anything from. 81
lease to a place in the line 'ea4'ns "
to seat In a restaurant, "a
One OF the most interesting anu
Conttnued on Seventh PnP~
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the black sheep OF the cline family, ia
a low place where oil wouldn't be dis
covered for anything. One Of the best
outdoor pastimes In Texas is to go
out in an automobile at 50 an hour
and hunt anticlines.
There are dozens Of professional
biologists I'm Texas who hunt anti
clines for 500 a day and all emmuni
ton furnished. Any company desiring
TO catch an anticline olive and bring
II into wichita Falls and tame Il can
hire one of these biologists and ac-
complish the desired result In a couple
Of days.. The professional geologist is
man OF wisdom. He proves It by
investing In oil wells only on very
rare occasions.
Thus far the biologists have not
definitely stated just where the oil
really originated. AS a result Of their
silence several theories are abroad.
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as we'll as l did the Pennsylvania
There are a great many other forrna-
tons Of various sizes and colors. They
make a very imposing map. but they
are very difficult to speak of In public
That is just one Of tho geological
matters the shoestringer must mas
ter. Another is the quektion Of strata
through which an oil we'll Is drilled
Before going to Texas i imagined that
they Simply drilled hole In the
ground and let II go at that. On the
contrary, a driller finds more scenery
on the way down than the average
tourist does on transcontinental
Journey. Every day brings new
shale or a new line or possibly new
sand The driller usually sends post
cards to his friends In Tulsa saying:
Passed through the black line forma-
ton to-day. Having a good time.
Wish you were with me-"
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Some OF these strata are as hard to
pronounce as the formations. / soon
learned of one they call the Smithwick
shale. and l did practically all of my
conversational drilling in that layer.
Occasionally / slipped down a little
further and drilled verbally in the
Marble Falls formation, but i did my
best work in the Smithwick shale. I
talked about that particular shale 80
much when I was in Texas that be-
gan to have a great personal admira-
ton for Mr.. Smithwick, and although
never met him / am still very glad
TO have the opportunity now and then
to say good word for his shale.
There are other little geological facts
that the prospective petroleum pluto
GRAFT should learn before going to
Texas. 1t is we'll, for example, TO have
strong fondness for an anticline and
70 be able to speak unexpectedly OF
syncline. An anticline, as far as
have been able 10 learn. is q hump OF
hill beneath which the oil Is sup
posed TO Turk. and q synclines being
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

A FTER month spent in an at
u tempt to establish the proverb-
ial fortune from the conven-
tional shoe string. / have emerged
from the oil fields or Texas with the
shoe string considerably frayed. the
fortune unrealized and distinct feel
ing that 1 have been more doomed
against than booming
Now that II Is all over, I am willing
to admit that II was probably my own
fault, for went into the Burkburnett
district without silk shirt and into
the Ranger field without a pair OF
rubber boots. These omissions were
alone sufficient TO prevent me from
succeeding.
modus operandi and the wade mecum
of oil prosperity in the district CEN
tring about Wichita Falls. which IL the
mecca of the shoe string adventurers
To go into Wichita Falls without a
silk shirt is a breach OF etiquette. To
come out minus a silk shirt Ia not a
serious matter, on the theory doubtless
that TO get out with any kind Of shirt
is eommendabls But to 20 in without
enc is to brand oneself as the sheer.
est tenderfoot and one need expect
little consideration from the oleaginous
outfit II CARRIED in the madras OF the
millionless.
A Bsd start.
From the very moment Of my entry
into the oil belt was persona non
grata. Hotels wouldn't let me register
restaurants wouldn't take time TO feed
me and even the newsboys hesitated
TO offer their wares In my presence
deferred largely. I am led to believe
because the silken sheen OF the selec,
shifting was not apparent In my OUTFIT
ting
Perhaps I should modify this state
ment. The hotels did permit me to
register. They have large registers
and welcome the addition OF new
names, but they didn't provide me with
a room. At one time I came rather
close to getting room, because q
clerk told me that as soon as one of
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MTRAL STOCK EXCHANGE:

average oil hunter when he goes into
a telephone both to call up his bank
by long distance idles away the delay
by drawing oil derricks on the wall Of
the telephone booth.
One odd thing about these oil maps
is that the gushers are all spouting
in the same direction. asked large
number OF hotel clerks why the oil
Away spouts over the right hand
side OF the well, but they could not
explain IT. The only possible reason
that can see is that there must be
strong wind from the west which
blows the oil in an easterly direction.
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fees OF the oil companies. There is also
the inevitable map OF the Burkburnett
district or the Ranger field, depending
upon the location in which one hap
pens to be shoestringlng at the time.
Although the oil field maps are not as
attractive to some as the geological
maps, the latter being highly colored
and looking like the cut-out dolly sec
ton OF the Sunday newspaper. l pre-
fer the oil field atlas.
Such a map is literally filled with
oil derricks and most OF the wells are
spouting oil. Looking at one OF these
blue prints. one feels that a tremen-
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Doomed Against Than Booming in the Oil Fields of Texa
Better Versed Now in Haberdashery, Right Handed Gus
ers, Lingo of Amateur Biologists, Ways of Brokers
When They Outnumber Investors 10 to and
Hotels Where You Register but Get No
Room, He Is Eager to Try 1t Again

dous amount OF oil IL going to waste.
In real life an oil we'll is shortly har-
messed to a pipe line, but on a blue
print the precious petroleum spouts
into the skyline with an utter disre-
gard Of the price OF gasolene.
All oil men are natural artists and
they coon learn to draw an oil derrick
with the oil flowing gracefully and
bountifully over the top Of the rig. 1t
gets to be d habit In n little while.
this thing of drawing derricks. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

ships. The man who plans to nut !,
the name for half of the capital stock
OF a company first bathcs his soul IN
rapturous music, drinks divinely a
the inspiring springs Of poetry, ordst,
a case Of the nearest possible bear
and then goes into a beatific tranca
dlring which the name suddenly bursts
upon him. This name breathes "a.
nance. idealism. dividends, silk shIt,
everything that a shoestringer hold.
dear.
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One is that the oil is the emulation OF
great masses Of vegetation away back
in the carboniferous era Others
claim that the oil comes from great
schools OF fish imprisoned in ages past
by some great cataclysm. After look
ing over the oil field and observing the
trend of speculation I am inclined to
accept the fish theory as being cor
rect.
The geological map 10 Just one Of the
wall decorations to be seen In the Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

In this connection heard a very sad
story of a young man from Ohio who
went to Texas to get rich. He cap
tured a ferocioas young anticline,
formed an oil company and put his
stock on the market. Everything
went along splendidly until some
critical Texan discovered that the
gushers on the Ohioan's oil map
gushed to the left instead OF the right.
The public would not have anything
to do with a left handed oil we'll and
the company failed.
There's Much in a Name.
Next in importance to q silk shirt,
good anticline and a bunch OF right
handed blue print gushers., the essen
tial element in the formation OF an
oil company is a good name The more
one sees Of the rhythmic, fanciful
titles now in use in Texas the stranger
II seems that Mr.. Rockefeller could
have succeeded with company
named the Standard. The men who
name the collars and ths summer re-
sorts could take primary lessons from
these Texas oil men on the subject OF
beautiful nomenclature.
OIL companies are not to be chris
tened hastily. like children or battle
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-15

FOR SALESlab wood, s per cord: l-2 cord rate. in stove lengtfs. the kind that suits. C. 8. Brown. Yantic. Phone 1o99-2. je17d
Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-15

KOEHLEH ton and quarter truck, excellent running order, $100 or easy terms. The Frisbie- Mccormick Co.,, 52 Shetucket St. aug12d
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FULL ASSOCIATED
 PRESS DISPATCHES
Six. Gents Line of Six Words.
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-StrinG of pearl beads Sunday afternoon, between New London and Norwich. Return to this office ard re- ceive reward. sepl5d
 LOST, strayed CT stolen. black and tan and white hound, said to have been seen in Greeneville. Clark R. Chap man, 120 Palmer St. sepfJd
 LOST-A Roman gold link bracelet Finder please return to Bulletin O'fce and receive reward. sepi2d
 L0ST-Wedne sday afternoon. between High St and Elizabeth St sum of money. Finder return to Bullet n Of fee a!.G receive reward. seplld
 LOST-A black and white English setter: answers to the name Rex: ta g No. 44295. Reward for return to W H Keough, q Bath St. sep5d
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FOR RENT-Steam heated fiat of four rooms, all improvements, and garage, 1T wanted, to an adu.t 1am.,y rent very reasonabie to right party premises. Call 259 West Main St.
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AucTiO $
l. MACFARLASE. .Auctionee Public Auction

C. l. MACFARLAHE. .Auctioneer
 Public Auction As have a surplus amount of cattle at present. and being short of hay and must dispose of my beautiful herd of young cattle. sheep and pigs. also my beautiful furniture, at public sale. without reserve. to the highest bid der road one mile from Perkins Corner on the Flanders road. My place is known as the Hawkins place, next house to ren's. five minutes walk from the trolley car and two minutes walk from the Flanders schoolhouse and one mile from South Coventry depot,
 MONDAY. SEPT. 13. 1919.
 at 10 a. m.. sharp.
 If said day should be stormy, sale' will he next fair day.
 2l-PIGS-21
 II-SHEEP-11
 1oO-HENS AND CHICKENS-1OO
 2O-RABBITS-20
 One rubber tired two-seated carriage. new now: 2 sIeighs in fine condition: harness: a brand new driving harness with yellow relns; new pair Of tackle blocks crowbars. forks, shovels. and many other things too numerous to suite wooden beds, 1 parlo~ stove. chairs and all other kinds: This fur niture is slightly used and IS as good Remember the day. date and place Monday, Sept. 15. 1919.
 MRS. F. NUrELL. Owne~. R. F. D. No. 1. Telephone o3s4 wilIimantic Division. sep11d
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VIM half ton delivery, pneumatic tires an economical light truck, $475 or easy terms. The Frisbie- Mccormick Co.,, 52 Shetucket St. aug12d
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PARTEN CLOUDY
 TODAY AND TOMORROW
Six Cents a Line of Six Words-
WANTED-MaI ale

WAETED"At once, br1cklayers and lzborers- Apply to Charles W. Burton, Contractor. sepd5d
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WANTED|Boys for light work; s9 weekly Apply at 204 West Main St. sepi5d
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FARMS for sale. Write for catalogue F. I. Racine. Danielscn. Conn sep19d
 FOR SALE-wood in stove lengths. Ss per F cord. C. O. D. G. A. Bullard. Tel. 1116-4. maySd
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WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus- mess before the public. there Is no medium better than through the ad.