The Blackfoot optimist. [volume], January 05, 1911, Image 7

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ätid all.
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sure that
the
meats you
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meet all the re
quirements of
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The Central
Meat Market
D. .W Standrod
And Company
Bankers
Capital $100,000
C. W. Berryman, President
G. A. Robethan, Vice Pres
C. V. Fisher, Cashier
W. F. Berryman, Asst Cash
DIRECTORS:
D. L. EVANS, D. W. STANDROD
J. N. IRELAND, C. A. ROBETHAN
C. W. BERRYMAN
ELACKFOOT, IDAHO
• • • The • • •
Blackfoot Auction
Company
Holds Sales every Sat
urday on their Sale
Grounds in Blackfoot
and Idaho Falls. Three
experienced auciioneers
See us for any kind of
auction business.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Blackfoot Auction
Company
F. C. BARKER
Painter and
Decorator •••
Shop and Office First Door
South of Blackfoot Mill and
Elevator Company
Phone 188 Will Reach Him
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tamty.— /•*»*»»■
"Be sure you're right - - then go
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ploy our
TRANSFER
Care, experience and the best
of equipment ensures you satis
factory work - - we're at your dis
posal every day - -
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Office Phone 23
Residence 219 Red
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THE COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT
AND THEIR WORTH TO ALL;
Tbis article was started first as
letter elf tbanka to a gentlemen
at Pingree, who gave this paper a
splendid account, of a Christmas en
tertainment given in that town, but
as we progressed we were egotisti
cal enough toi think that it was
food enough to give to our entire
corps of correspondents so we with
held the first part and give to the
writers the following parts of the
letter:—
Good live new» from outlying dis
tricts is very bard to get, and yet
It is one of the most essential parts
Of a newspaper. And especially a
weekly paper thdt goes out to the
rural districts. Another phase of
the news from the country districts
Is this. The Optimist has a large
circulation outside of this county. w e
lend about 300 papers to the east
ern part of tbe middle west. Not
Infrequently we receive inquiries
about some particular section of
Bingham county, and in tbe same let
ter will be the statement "Judging
from the amount of news you print
from that section I Judge that it
must he a thriving cnmmunlty.''
You probably do not know that 99
out of every 100 prospective set
tlers with their eye on this country,
write to some paper either hers or
at Idaho Falte and dak for a sample
copy of the paper, stating that they
contemplate locating among us and
would like tci familiarise themselves
with conditions. Too many corres
pondents look only for news that Is
purely personal, and in that they are
right, for there is no greater sub
scription getter than for a man to
see his name in print, but It does
not quite cover the field. Describe the
Improvements made by the neighbor
'hood and In doing It enter into the
detail We all know that tbe fol
lowing would not be worth reading:
Bill Smith built a pig pen last
week'' but a correspondent could
say that William Smith, one of the
progressive farmers who within the
last year, took up his residence in
this community, coming from a large
ranch he sold east ct Blackfoot, has
seen the fallacy of keeping stock
without having them well housed and
cared for, and has recently completed
one. cJf the most modern houses for
pigs ever constructed in this part
of Idaho It 1 b a model of conven
ience, with watering troughs, feed
boxes and is equipped .so that it
can be ventilated from the top (ends
or side) and yet no chilling drafts
of winter can blow upon the animate
confined within."
About four-fifths ct the foregoing
about Bill would be a li'e probably
but it leads the prospective eartern
buyer to believe that the people are
progressive, Bill sees his name in
the paper, laughs at the boost given
him, gees out and sees the mowing
machine standing in the field! where
he last used it, thinks that it don'
look well for a) man ofhis standing
in the community to have his tools
thrown around like that, pulls it in
to a shed thereby saving the deter
ioration following exposure to the
elements, gets to thinking about the
fact that a good pig pen might pro
tect his .hogs better than the make
shift he did build, gets busy during
the winter months, builds an ideal
house for the swine, begins to take
care of his stock, saves some of the
spring pigs from dying from exposure
subscribes for a good stock Journal
gets a few new ideas about how to
do work easier and with less time
than it took the old way, and finally
Bill's ranch is a model of conven
ience, cleanliness and Bill shaves
on Saturday and is a good model. to
follow and the little innocent exag
geration of a country correspondent
has done a three fold good. It has
made the outside world believe that
there are wide awake, progressive
farmers in the community, it has
saved one of the farmers money by
awakening in him a desire to be a
leader as a farmer and the care of
his tools, stcck and general equip
ment follows, and It has tended to
add one more model farm to the com
munity, thereby enhancing the value
of the property In that district. This
paper has many conscientious, live
correspondents all of whom are doing
a good work for the Optimist and
we appreciate their efforts but they
overlook a great many chances to
boost that would help their district,
help this paper, tend to bring in
vestors into the country and inciden
tally help themselves in a literary
way for there is ,no greater mental
developer than writing out each week
some story, working into it the fea
tures that make it readable, recopy
ing the weaker parts, inproving cn
them, lessening with each effort the
reticence of the writer to use long,
descriptive sentences in composition
and finally developing an ability as
a writer that might never been un
earthed in any other wry. Some of
the best journalists of this age, start
ed as country correspondects with no
other compensation than stamps, en
RIVERSIDÊ."
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The funeral of Hans Frogasr took
place Thursday, Dec. 29, at the old.
school house. After beautiful select
ions were sung, by the choir, pfayer
by W. A. Crawford, R sketch of Mr.
Frogner'» life and consoling remarks
were made by James E. Wray, G. B t
Wintle, Adolph Neiteen, James Wray
and Bishop John Blttop, Interment in
the Riverside cemetery. Mr. Frogner
was seventy-two years old at the tlm<
of his death.
Tbe home of James Killiaoi has
been one of anxiety for the. last four
teen days owing to the severe illness
of their son, LeBter, who is yet at
the mental hospital In Blackfoot, but
the cheering news today Is that tee
is much better. We hope It will
permanent.
Sunday, January 1st, M. J. Benson
and Peter J. Williams visited River
side Sunday school and honorably re
leased Hans Paterson as superinten
dent of Sunday schools. After tender
ing him a vote of thamks for his
labors, the following were sustained:
A. Bingham, Supt.; Lewis Bitton,
Hyrum M. WrAy, Assistants; the
rest of the officiate and teachers are
left as before. Mr. Benson and Mr.
WllMams made a nice short talk on
Sunday school, end gave some very
gcod advice..
In tne evening and under the aus
pices of the M. .1. associations being
their conjoim session. President Jas.
Diickwoitn gave a grand lecture on
marriage. It wtu. indeed a treat.
Hans Gregcysen of Hyrum City,
Utah, has been visiting relatives and
friends here the last few days,
Word has reached Riverside that
Mrs. James McBride an old time resi
dent of. Hyrum, Utah, had passed
away, and w&b buried Tuesday, Jan.
in the Hyrum cemetery. She has
two daughters living In Moreland,
and a son in Woodvllle.
Fred Probst, laboring at Ashton,
Idaho, writes home that there is
plenty of snow up there
Bunnell Cooper has been a very
sick girl for about three weeks but
is Improving now
B. H. Wheeler and family visited
relatives and friends at Idaho Falls
New Years day, and report having a
good time.
Mrs. George L. Wintle is laid up
with la grippe.
Word has come that Grandma Davis
of Thomas passed away Monday
nLght. She was quite aged.
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FIRTH NEWS IN BRIEF
School opened January 2 in Dist
rict No. 50 and January 3 in No. 4.
Miss Auril Lusher returned! from
her holiday trip Monday.
Miss Edna Styhl entertained a num
ber of her friends December 29. The
occasion being Edna's birthday.
Miss Junie Randall of Blackfoot,
spent last week in Firth visiting Miss
Theckta Olson.
John Burkholder of Mobile, Ala.
spent a few days test week with Mr.
Franklin Olson.
H. Fleming of Idaho Falls spent Sq
day in Firth.
The Luther League attended!
District Luther League Convention at
Idaho Falls December 31, and made
the meeting a watch meeting. A de
lightful program was rendered and re
fre8hments served by the Idaho Finite
L. L.
the
of
Christmas at Pingree.
The entertainment at Pingree on
Christmas eve. given by the school
and Sunday school was one of un
usual merit. The principal tenure
was a drill In three parts, the T*t
part representing the Court of King
Herod, conducted by Mrs. Madonna; E
Heddick. The children were well
trained end all wore elegant costume:
appropriate to the time the scene we:
laid. People present who know claim
the drill would do credit to any city.
Mrs. Matilda Weiss Scctt mest ably
furnished the music for the occasion.
The leaders in the first two parts
of the drill were Lulu Morgan, Gert
rude Thompson, Leonard Josephson
and Ergen Reddick. The cast of
characters for the last part was as
fo'.ows:
King Herod—Henry Sova.
Queen—Bertha Anderson.
Ladies in Waiting—Jennie Higby,
Hilda Josephson, Signle Josephson,
Florence Thompson, Gertrude Thomp
son, Lulu Morgan, Evalina Grlmaud.
Soldiers—Hugo Johnson, Adrian
Grimaud, Arthur Higby, Roy Higby,
Leonard Josephson, Ergen Reddick.
Messengers—Willie Burdell, John
Burdell.
Flower Girls—Adrienne Grimaud,
Maude Carman, Mary Burdell Eloda
Higby, Mary Higby, Geraldine Wei
mer, Virginia Moody.
Pages—Ray Anderson, Felix Grim
aud, Oliver Josephson.
O. B. Reddick, favored the audieno
with "Bra Watkins," which produced
a hearty encore. <
of
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velopes and paper from the office of
some struggling country weekly of
fice.
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN HELD
UP BY TWO ROBBERS^
Ogden, Jan. 3.—Abandoning the mft
leading trails which carried them ove
the snow coated plains for miles in
every direction, the armed officers
of four posses, wearied of a fruitless
10-hour search, at noon today were
drifting back one by on« Into town,
without having, obtained any tangible
clew of the two highwaymen who
held up Overland Limited! train No.
1 at midnight last night, shot down
two negro porters and robbed prac
tically every occupant of the Pullman
cars. An impression that the ban
dits have finally made their way in
to Ogden from Reese, Utah, the see •
of the holdup, nine miles west caus
ed the police authoritties today to
order a search of rooming places and
hotels in the railroad district. Rail
road officiate today placed the
amount of money and valuables lost
by passengers at approximately |1200
The express car of the train, was
not molested.
Two masked men stopped the train
at the little watering station at
Reese, by throwing the redi light on
the semaphore. As the train came to
a halt, the bandits covered th« en
gineer and fireman with their re
volvers and held them , until the con
ductor ran up to investigate the delay
He, too, was placed under guard. One
of the robbers left the trainmen in
charge of his companion and started
through the train from the forward
end. He encountered two porters on
his way and when they disregarded
his commands, he shot one down and
wounded another. The shots aroused
the occupants of the cars and when
the holdup appeared with an open
sack and 'a menacing pistol tbe ma
jority of the passengers seemed wil
ling to contribute to his collection.
He went thrqugh the whole train,
stopping at every berth and making
deliberate search. A woman who
hesitated in accommodating the hrn
dit with her purse was struck ai se
vere blow in the breast with the
muzzle of a rifle. Two other passen
gers were struck on the head with
the butt end of a revolver.
After completing their work of
overhauling the Pullman train, the
bandite uncoupled the engine of the
'Limited" and commanded the en
gineer to take a switch and back
his engine in the direction of Ogden.
The engine had proceeded only a'
short distance when it met a freight
train on the main line, blocking fur
ther progress. The bandits, after
holding up the freight crew and des
troying the telegraph instrument in
the caboose, took to a wagon road,
only stopping in their flight to ac
cost a young couple who were Jour
neying homeward to Warren. After
taking a small amount of money from
the pockets of the youth, the robbers
informed the belated party that they
had better ''beat it." This incident
was the last in the sensational raid
of the bandits and likewise marked
the end of any clew leading to their
whereabouts.
TRIAL POSTAL SAVINGS
BANK OPENED TODAY.)
Waehington, Jan. 3—Following years
of public agitation and discussion pos
tal saving banke in the United States
become an accomplished fact this
morning with the opening of 46 trial
banks, one In each state end terri
tory of the union. These banks are
of an experimental character and are
intended to try out the system. The
results will be closely watched by
the officials of the post office depart
ment with a view to making changes
in the regulations and forms as may
be deemed necessary before the sys
tem is generally Introduced through
out the country.
All of the experimental banks are
In post offices of the second class
and! in localities where the conditions
are believed to be exceptionally favor
able for the development of a postal
savings business. Several of the of
fices selected areln communities in
habited) by foreign-borni Americans
who are remitting annually consider
able sums of money to their native
oountrles by postal money ^orders. It
is believed that much of this money
will be kept in the United States
through the medium of the postal sav
ings banks.
Coeur d'Alene has the trial bank
for Idaho.
Engineer Falls From Locomotive
Otto Erickson, one of the
i know«; passenger engineers on
best
the
Montana division of the Short Line,
fell from the running board of his
engine Tuesday morning, Just after,
leavlag Blackfoot, and sustained a
badly sprained left leg. Mr.. Erick
son] whose home is in Blackfoot, was
brought to the emergency hospital in
Pocatello and later removed to the
Pocatello house, where he is resting
easy. He was pulling No. 1, the north
bound train, when the accident oc
curred.—Pocatello Tribune.
Butter Wrappers at this office.
The Pi
eople's Exchange
JOHN
OBORN
Store at Snake River Bridge
c Egg*.......
........35c Butter.........
Round Steak
____12 1 -2c Front quarter trimmed 12 1-2
Front quarter untrimmed 10c Pork, shoulder..
...12 1-2
Pork, Ham..
- PHONE 71
Picnic Ham......16c
PHONE 71 .
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A Carload of Sewer Pipe Connect
ions at Carload Prices
CLARKE BROS. PLUMBING CO.
HIDES! HIDES! HIDES!
Highest Market Prices Paid For Green Hides,
Dry Hides. Coyote, Musk Rat
and all kinds of Furs Bought
BRANCH OF THE * *
GREAT WESTERN HIDE CO.
M. VOLPERT, Manager
Simmons & Allen
City
PHONES
Simmons* 153 Red
AUsi's 78 Black
Office - - - 236
ELK COAL SOLD AND DELIVERED
Orders for Sunday Must be in by 9 O'clock A* M.
CSs
EVERY DOLLAR
YOU PUT IN THE
BANK STRENGTHENS
THE WALL BETWEEN
YOU AND ADVERSITY
BLACKFOOT STATE BANK
BLACKFOOT, IDAHO
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IN EACH TOW!
end dittrict to
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MO MOM EY BGUUIBSD until you receive ana approve of
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