O. S. L. Watch Imped« Slate Resumed Optician giimmiiiiiuiiimmiiinmiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiH kjiiiiiiiiiiiicjiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiico 1 BLACKFOOT I ...Day by Day. .......... Little events in the whirl s , ° or current topics. :: = aiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiaiMiiniiiii» Miiimiimoimimiiiniiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiimiic? Combs at the Palace drug store. Werts' Pocatello bread at the Id aho Cafe. f9-4t. TEN DOLLARS secures two lots In FAIRVIEW. Oood smoking tobacco, half price at the Club. ^ Shaving, clothes ai::d hair brushes at the Palace drug store. B. T. Peck made a pleasure trip to Pocatello Sunday. the A new stock of perfum s at Palace drug store. Wright's Liquid Smoke at the 'Pal ace drug store. f!6-tf. Miss Myrtle Ramey is the guest of friends in Idaho Falls. A most attractive line off station ery at the Palace, drug store. M. Dorrerer, shoe repairing, Bridge street, rear tailor sh'qp Candy, perfumes, toilet articles at the Modern Pharmacy, Bridge street. There is corn for sale at the ele vator of the Blackfoot Grain and Pro duce Co. Drop in and enquire about Fair view, at the office of the Citizens Realty Co. Cali at Berryman's grocery Bind get a box of those fine $1.90 apples be fore they are all gone. tf Ellis Graham succeeds J. T. Car TUtli as bookkeeper in the store of N. F. Boyle & Co. We now have a full line green veg etables and fruit. DeKay & Davis Cash Grocery. You want a home. C. W. Gray will show you an easy way to start one in Fairview addition to Pocatello. A trial prescription will convince ^you that we are right in our mew "quarters. The Modern Pharmacy. You pay no .taxes until December 1912, and then only state and coun ty taxes, on Fairview property. William McCarty, the hide man, -spent Tuesday in Blackfoot, and- pre pared to load a car of hides. Mr. (and Mrs. Arthur Broaidtaead, of Thomas, w- lcomed a baby girl to their home Thursday night. Typewriter ribbons, carbon paper and typewriter paper at the Palace drug stör». See the stock of goods at the Mod ern Pharmacy. It is new and up-to date in every respect. . James Hull r-turned- from Califor nia Saturday, aliter spending a month in the Golden State. Miss Flora Johns«® spent several days last week in Salt Lake as tthe guest of friends. Miss Carlton, one of the teachers •of Blackfoot, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Idaho Falls. There is corn for sale at the ele vator of the Blackfoot Grain and Pro duce Co. Jam s LeMiars and wife, of Arco, •spent several days in Blackfoot last week as the guests of friends. William Varley and J. E. Oberg left Tuesday morning for Salt Lake, in the interest of the Utah Idaho Sugar company of this city. Miss Alice Beach attended the meet 'tog of county sup r Intendants in Poc n Ho Saturday. Miss Beiach is sup t 1 tendent of Bingham county. James Raymond, one of th» lead ing residents of Arco and. formerly a resident of this city, was to town last week. Fred Walker, clerk at the peniten tlay was in Blackfoot Sunday, and visited his ranch south of Riverside. He took two prisoners back with Mm to the penitentiary. In printing the premium list of the Southeastern Idaho Poultry associa tion last week we stated that J. F. Henry took second priz on his Rhod Island Red chickens. This is a mis take as Mr. Henry took the first rrize. JACKMAN'S Ladies' Furnishing« See Fair view Ad. Werts' Pocatello bread at the Id aho Oaf-e. f9-4t. Good smoking tobacco, half price, at the Club. tf. You pay no Interest whan, you buy Fairview lots. Good smoking tobacco, half price, at the Club. tf. Ask the Palace Drug store about Wright's L quld Smoke. f!6-tf. The Woodm- n of the World will iiu itiate a class February 28th. Rubber goods, the b-st on the mar ket at the Palace drug store. Harry Bennett, wife and 1 baby ar rived home from Boise yesterday. Miss Pearl Hale, of Groveland, is the guest of fri-nds In Logan, Utah. Samuel Seamens, of Groveland; Is visiting friends to Logan, Utah. Try Hill Bros. Blue Can Coffee, 40c., at DeKay & Davis' Cash grocery There is corn for sale at the ele vator of the Blackfoot Grain and Pro duce Co. Among those who attended the av iation meet in Salt Lak» this week was Marcus Meister. James Cameron 1 ft Saturday for Sal Lake to attend the aviation meet In the city of Saints. Go to the Blackfoot Grain Und Pro duce company for Hiawatha lump and œut coal. 12. Get a can of Wright's Liquid Smok at the Palace drug store when you smoke meat again. f!6-tf. Mrs. Isreal Butt, of Groveland, is visiting friends in Logan,, Utah, and Pocatello. Mrs. I. A. Parsons, of Thomas who has been quite sick for several weeks, Is improving. There is corn for sale at the ele vator of the Blackfoot Grain and Pro duce Co. Superintendent W. R. Armstrong, of the Short Lime, was a visitor in Black foot Tuesday. Hans Petersonn, storekeeper of Riverside, made a business trip to Pocatello F*riday. Parkinson Realty & Investment Co. have plenty of money to loan on im proved farms. tf E. M. Kennedy end family visited In Shelley Saturday returning Sun day. G. W. Irwin went to Pocatello Sun day to meet a friend whom Ihe had not seen for years. Dr. and Mrs. Patrie spent Sunday to Salt Lake and witnessed the fly ing of the bird. men. people in Showing are plowing Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Chamberlain, of Ashton, were th-. guests of friends last week in Riverside and Blackfoot. There is corn for sale at the ele vator of the Blackfoot Grain anfl Pro duce Co. Fred J. Hurttz, of Lincoln., Neb., representing the Bradley-Vroman Pair company, has been the guest of L. R. Aldrich for a few days of this week. T. R. Jones and Fred Reddick came down by the sleigh route from Pingree Tuesday, and reported good sleighing all the way to the bridge. Misses Grace Thomas and Bertha VanValkenberg spent several days In Boise last week, as the guests of friends. Dave Pratt is whiling away a few days In the City of Saints, having gone down in time to see the air ships. J. W. Miller has received his hand some new line fo spring and sum mer clothing samples, which are 'now on display for your insp ction at 58 Bridge Street. F. 16-2t. Han. Samuel Taylor passed through ! Blackfoot Saturday morning, enroute to Idaho Falls from Missouri, wher | he spent several weeks visiting his mother. Mr. Taylor states that the and that spring is on. Exclslve Optician« We grind our own lenses and card for each case for one year. WHY Is Fairview Addition to Poc atello a GOOD 1 BUY? Bee use the O. S. L. is spending $750,000.00 this year to Improve ments— Because a sewer sysem to cost half a million is under way— Because an up-to-date gas plant will be under operation in 90 day; — Because 20,000 acres of splendid farm land tributry to Pocatello Is now coming under cultivation. Ladies' sewing or card table, new, strong and. beautiful: sold or rented for card parties. Also folding chairs for rent at Biethan's. Charles Bushing, of Powell, Neb., who has been the kguest of Ms sis ter, Mrs. Joe Ch stnut, retunned to his home Saturday. Our entire (stock of millinery is to be sold at greatly reduced prloes, \o make room loir our spring goods. Jackman's. Mrs. W. M. Salmon, of Burley, who has been the tguest of her sister, Mrs. Lu L. Algood, returned home this week. Mrs. H. C. Dipple, Mrs. Mbrris Wat son and Mrs. James Martin were the guests of friends to Idaho Falls Mon day, returning Tuesday. See the Fairview ad and learn how to become a property owner in Poc atello, the coming BIG CITY in Ida ho. Yoren Yorgenson, ex-county com missioner, M. L. Hale and N. N. Holm, representative business men of Shelley, were visitors in Blackfoot Monday. "Mix" Burton is spending a few days in Salt Lake, looking into the air ship business. He -xpects to re turn with receipts for several new air ship drinks. Because of the fact that we have purchased a large spring stock, we are compelled to sell at a sacrifice our remaining winter stock of milli nery. Jackmans. Rev. Stomqueist from Idaho Fails is .going to hold service and com munion, Monday, February 20th, at 2 o'clock, at John. P. Pet rson's, one house north of Fair grounds. All are cordially invited. so of As Miss Mary Richmond, of West Vir ginia, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Coop er, is here on a visit. Mrs. Rich mond had not seen her parents for 22 years, so there wias great rejoic ing In the Cooper home. Hans W. Peterson, was in town on Friday and states that his son, Jos eph, is quite 1.11 The young man was operated an several months since to a 'Salt Lak- hospital, but has not ire covered from the operation. S. E. Goldy, who sold- all his farm ing equipment last fall, bolding the sale on the HI Anderson ranch, re turned to Blackfoot last week from Colorado, and will remain in this section of Idaho for lain) imdefnite per iod. Mrs. G. H. Holbrook and Mrs. Jno. Danllson received the sad news yes terday of the death of their broth er-in-law, John Nimmo, at Park City, Utah. Mrs. Danilson left on -this morning's early train for Park City. C. M. Brinton, of Fessenden, North Dakota, cwner of the greater amount of the stock to the Arco Adevertiser company, pass d tthrough Blackfoot Tuesday morning, enroute to Arco to look after his business interests. Nov» is the time, while you are not busy, to have that faulty watch re paired. There is one place in Black foot where everything is absolute ly guaranteed to be satisfactory. lC-tf. That's at A. L. Hughes. The Jeweler.. Ira Corey, of Clay county, Nebras ka, recently purchased, from tthe Blackfoot Im vestment Co., fifteen acres of land north of the Porters vill e bridge known as Rosevili ranch and formerly owned by William Kra ack. Mr. Corey moved to his new home last Saturday. An effort is being put forth to re vive interest in tth- electric light question in Blackfoot, to so far as es tablishing a company that will run in opposition- to the Idaho Consolidated ! Light & Power company, and the pro moters are putting forth an effort to | interest local capital in th- move, Eleswhere in this issue will be found an accoui:: t of a meeting held Wed nesday evening for th purpose of or gamzing. Leslie Fink, of Nebraska, recently 1 purchased the Paul Smith farm of elghty-an acres, four miles west of Blackfoot, and moved his family to their new home Saturday. Mr. Fink is a good, substantial man who will make Bingham aounty an ideal citizen. * Miss Mary S' eley, tone of the teachers in the Central school, last Thursday evening -ntertatoed the pupils who entered the oratorical con test. There were sixteen stud ints present, and th y presented* Miss Seeley with a beautiful watch fob. Everyone had am enjoyable time. T. L. joncs, one of the representa tive citizens of Yuma., who has the honor of being posmtaster and justice of th peace in that district, was in Blackfoot Saturday and Sunday a.ttent ing the conference of the L. D. S. church. Mr. Jones states that things are in a prosperous condition in that vicinity. I. T. Stewart, a former resident of Clay county, Nebraska., recently pur chased the farm near Mor land know as the Kennedy farm, and .has moved onto the same, Mr. Stewart is a young man who has come here to make his home realizing that Idaho promis s a better future for a man of energy than any other state. Misses Myrtle and Zeima Simmons entertain d about forty young people at their home on. North Mai® street east, at a Valentine party Monday evening. Beautiful decorations ad orn d the rooms of .the home, cards visas one of the features of the eve ning's entertainment, and dainty re freshments were served. G. F. Hend-rie recently retuned from Denver and points east of here, and is now busy engaged in unload ing as fine a line of farming im plements as can. be found, to the douintry. He is handling the B. & O. b of farming machinery, with of flees In Bond Bros, office building at the corner of Judicial and Ash streets. Mayor R. N. West, president of the school board, and Prof. W. D. Vln oeut, sup- rintendent of schools, were tha guests Tuesday of the Idaho Falls senool board and inspected the heat ing plant and other equipment of the new school building to that city, in forming themselves on. the subject so as to gain some idea of the needs of th- new high school building in Blackfoot. The dance Friday night in River side hall was well atttended, la.n-d ev eryone lhad a good time. The super intendents of the Sunday School gave the cakes for the luwchekm that was s-rved, baking the cakes themselves. As some of the superintendents are me® it is a for gone conclusion that the cakes were just like mother did n't make. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bennett re turned Wednesday morning from Boise, where they have resided this w'nter. Mr. Wilbur Bennett accom panied them, making his first visit to Blackfoot The young man* likes the Grove City, and contemplates making his home here for the present Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter, and daughter, Miss Agnes, returned on* Tuesday from Washington, where Miss Hunter has been attending a conservatory of music. During their absense Mr. Hunter visited Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and there met Prof. Johnson, former superintendent of schools in this city. Prof. Johnson is now superintendent of five schools in northern Idaho and has built a home in the city named-. James Mackie returned to Black foot Monday from California, where he is mow residing. Mrs. Mackie is much improved- in health, and they expect to make their future home in the Golden State. Mr. Mackie will be here about two months, looking afer his intersts. Joe Bithell, Mr. Mackie's son-ta-law, will look after his large farm northeast of -town un til Mr. Mackie sells it. to TELEPHONE 166 For the Leading Grocery Quality and Prices are Guaranteed Try our Club House Goods C W. BERRYMAN, JR. WANTED, FOR SALE ! :ETC.: Advertising matter under this head will be taken at the rate of * one (1) cent a word for each insertion No adv. less than 25 cts. Z in a FOR SALE. Four dozen young hens for sale. J. C. Fisher, 382 Stout ave, Blackfoot. Blacksmith tools and supplies, to gether with good paying blacksmith business for si le, ch ap if taken quick. P. H. ANDERSON, 10 4t. For Sale. Some pure bred White Wyandotte cockerels. $1.00 each, if taken at once. E. M. KENNEDY. Apple Trees For Sale I have fv sale at my nursery a number of Mackintosh Red and John athan apple trees at the right price, tf. O. F. SMITH, Blackfoot Nursery For sal in Boise, Idaho, three lots east front, on car lines, with three room house, fine shade. Address, MRS. GEO. W. MANING, 1915 N. 19th St, Bois , Idaho. FOR SALE — An excellent valve trombone, E flat, with leather case. Enquire at the Optimist office. For Sale—Thoroughbred Brown Leghorn and S. C. Hamburg eggs, at $1.50 per setting E E. Malm, bx 130, Blackfoot, Idaho. F9-A9. FOR SALE—Well Improved 20 acre ranch, 2 miles from Blackfoot. Fine inew 5-room house, 100 young fruit trees, 8 acres in alfalfa, best of water right. Price $2600 if sold soon. F16-f. Care OPTIMIST. I have a large amount of good nur sery stock wMch I will trade for hay. O. F. Smith, Blackfoot Nursery. 12-tf. Residence Property For Sale After the completion of my new residence, my property at the corner of Francis and Fisher streets, will be for sale, It consists of a nine roon house, all modern conveniences, good basement, barn, coal and wood house hen house, buggy shed, 110 fruit trees all good varieties. Terms to suit purchaser. R. E. Hansen, Red Barn, Blackfoot, Idaho. tf George Helig and Petter H. Ander son, former partners in the Brick blacksmith shop, have again formed a partnership and are conducting the shop on North Mato street. Col. J. W. Porterfield, of Omaha, was fn the city a few hours Monday enroute from Boise, where he had been called as a witness in the in vestigation of the Mackay dam quest ion. He states that .the knock to Idaho as the result of the troubles over the Mackay question Is smoo thing immense, and cine from which this section of the country will mot recover for some time. Civil Serve« Examination. The U. S. Civil Service Commiss ion announces an examination on March 4th, 1911, for the Post Office Service to this city, to s cure eligi bles from which to appoint two letter carriers and one substiutte carrier, upon the establishment of fre* delv ery May 1, 1911. The age limit for this examination is 18 to 45 years on the day of examination, and all qualified persons are urged to apply for and take th» examination. For application blanks and full informa tion regarding the examination apply to the postmaster, this city, or to the Secretary of the Eleventh Civil Service District, Federal building, Seattle, Washington. Applications for this examination must be filed with th- District Secretary at Seatt tle, prior to the hour of closing of business on February 28, 1911. f!6-2t al of be FOR SALE—Good Cornet, B flat. Call OPTIMIST OFFICE. 4t. at a Horses for Sale— O. F. Smith, at Blackfoot Nursery, west of town. 12-tf WANTED. WANTED.—Will pay a good price for setting hens. Call at Bridge Stt. Barber shop. 12 . Stock Wintered.—1 have a large s mount of pasture, feeding hay end straw once each day, and will winter horses or cattle at a raasonble fig ure. W. L. Hawley, Route 4, one and one half miles from Blackfoot. FOR RENT. For Sale or Rent:— 240 acr s improved, 3 and 4 miles N. E. of Pingree, 75 acres in culti vation. Address H. A. Sonner, 12-tf. Westboro, Mo. LOST. LOST HEIFER—2-year- old Jarsey with 3 months old calf by side. Crop of each ear and slit in left. E. FRANSDEN, R. F. D. No. 3. Estray Notice January 20, 1911. I have in my possession the follow ing described animal: One roan cow about 7 years old, brands are as follows, JW combined on both right and left hips, ear mark in both ears and dewlap; dehorned. If said ani mal Is mot claimed by February 28, 1911, the same will be sold at Gust Nelson's, by Constable sale. CONSTABLE BASALT PRECINCT Estray Notice. January 20, 1911. • I have in my possession the fol lowing described animal at Wm. M. Dye's ranch; one yearling heifer, brand, on left shoulder, an oblong circle, slit in right ear and under slit in left. If said anmlal is not claimed by February 28, 1911, the same will be sold for cash at constable sale. CONSTABLE BASALT PRECINCT. APPROPRIATIONS CUT IN TWO. Recommendations Of The Education al Committee. That the training school at Albion be hereafter supported by the citi zens of Cassia county, that the ap propriation for the nornal scholo be cut in two and that no new buildings be erected. That the high school work in the Academy of Idaho, at Payette, be done away with, the appropriation be cut in two, and the technical branch alone be carried on. That a mill tax levy be made for the maintenance of the state univer sity and- the Lewlstom normal. That the school for the deaf and blind at Gooding receive an appropri ation of $25,000, instead of $50,000 asked for. Reports that the scholastic stand ing of the university at Moscow, the Lewiston normal and the agricultur al college Is very high and reflects credit on the heads. That the other state institutions visited, not educational, are being run In a creditable manner. That the agricultural department of the university is carrying on much needed work and should be encour aged; that the traveling schools mean much to the development of the state and that a tax of one mill be levied for the successful carry ing out of the work planned by Professor W. L. Calyle, dean of the department.—Statesman.