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The Blackfoot Optimist
Kntered as second class matter De
cember 8, 1907, at the postoffice at
Blackfoot, Idaho, under the Act of Con
Kress of March 3, 1879.
Published Every Thursday
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CITIZENS' NON-PARTISAN TICKET
Far Mayor
LUTHER M. CAPPS
For City Clerk
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK
For Police Judge
JOHN W. CHAPMAN
For City Treasurer
CHARLOTTA REAY
For City Engineer
JAS. YOUNG
Far Aldermen ,
First Ward
A. H. SIMMONS
E. T. PECK I
Second Ward
LEWIS H. LOCKWOOD
J. G. BOND
Third Ward
W. A. BEAKLEY
ALEX YOUNIE
ticiurth Ward
S. W. GIBBS
JOHN S. WATSON
As a monument to the efficiency
of R. N. West as a msiyor, the city
hail stands out in bas relief. If the
town grows if will be necessary to
have a fire team, andi as the city hall
was built partially as a fire hall, it
is miastunatl to suppose that the team
would be kept there, but the mined
mass of material now callled a city
hall, is inadequate even as am, office
building for city officials. A team of
horses could no more make a run
from the doors of that buildfcg with
out endangering the lives of them
selves and the driver than they could
from tlie roof. West (has not been
mayor of Blackfoot, but has sat back
and listened to the dictation of a few
interested 1 parties, who have ir.ot had
the welfare and future of the city at
heart but their own petty interets
and they have so control led him, that
they have 'be eut able to congratulate
themselves on the fact that they have
reigned. The town is growing, many
questions will arise in the mext two
years that will need a good, cool
heaid to decide. Even with the aid
of that legal light, Hansbrough, West
is not the man to hold the reins of
government of Black foot, when mat
ters of importance are up far [discus
sion. Lt M. Capps, the choice of the
people, is a conservative bus! ess
man, sufficiently broad to let no
clique er cornMniatiic® influence him,
but will administer the affairs of his
office to a manner that will do the
most good for the greatest number of
the residents of the city. Mr. Capps
is a member of the Baptist church
and am active worker in that, orgtui
a itioU[,yct is sufficiently weil inform
ed to know that there are other
churches besides the one which he at
tends, and to making his campaign
is considering all people, something
that has mot been doue for a cou
ple of years by the present in
cumbent.
As the time approaches for the reg
ular city election, interest therein 'be
comes most keen. Some two weeks
ago the laugest im:tss meeting ever
beld, in Blackfoot, met and chose a
sot of men as nominees for the var
ious city offices, yet inotwithstanding
that fact certain politicians, men who
habitually strive to keep in office,
•have seen fit to again place them
selves before the people, and are
(again asking for their suffrages.
There seems 'to be a few men in
this city, who cannot live without the
(notoriety, the emoluments and the
other attendant prerogatives of is«
office holder. It would appear to
the fair minded person that the pub
lic offices Should be distributed
around, and that no man or set of
men, should bo permitted to have a
complete monopoly on the offices,to
the exclusion of others just as com
petent, especially where the present
office holders have not demonstn tod
any superior ability in administering
tile affairs of the city.
It is deplorable th.it a small clique
or coterie of men in this community
must be maintained in office, and we
deem it our duty to call the atten
tion of the voters to a few of the
tricks of these demagogues, so that
the voters can cast their ballots in
to telligently next Tuesday.
If Mayor R. N. West is such a
moral man as his constituency claim
why did he not keep the back doors
of saloons closed on Suday, In the
days before the local option law be
came effective. Why has he not
stopped the bootlegging which has
been carried on since. Mayor West
did not because he like the people
who created his political being, only
used the local option, reform plat
form as a means to their political
einds, and then winked at it after
l^eir euide were gained.
Wlhy is It. that the sidewalk dis
tricts have ended just before thiey
reached 1 the homes of the members of
the city council?
The West faction turned down W.
A. Berkley and Alex Y ounie as coun
cilman to Ward No. 3, and yet they
were fairly nominated by the people
of that ward.
Vote for L. M. Capps because he
is a business man, because he will
have as his subordinate officers men
of business training, and mot egotis
tical nonenitles
Tbe people of Blackfoot have had
enough of ring combinations and will
turn Mayor West Bind his little fol
lowing of political basses to the sage
brush pasture about April fourth.
The same money that was expend
ed in buying that city park joke
would have paved ta couple of busi
ness streets, which would in turn
have showedi that the town was alive
would have increased the worth of
property and would have attracted
people to the city.
We all know that to cleam bouse
h a good thing. The voters of Bing
ham county thought so at the last
election. The voters of Blackfoot
know that now is the time to clean
house in the city hall aind they will
do so April fourth.
It takes more mC> to hold the chem
ical engine back while letting it down
the incline floor at the city hall
than It does to run it after it is on
level ground. The construction of
the city hall is a monument to Mayor
West's inability as a manipulator of
the reins of city government, and is
also an evidence of the imbecility of
some of his advisors.
i. .uayor West had walked over ar|
congratulated L. M. Capps, when the
vote at the convention showed that
the latter was the people's choice for
mayor, he would still hold the es
teem of the masses. He would have
shown that he was a good loser as
did Burton L. French two years ago,
as Barney O'Neil did last tfall.anidi as
ex-Governor Brady did when the peo
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NON-PARTISAN TICKET
FOR MAYOR
LUTHER M. CAPPS
D
1 FOR CITY CLERK
f \
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK
FOR CITY TREASURER
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MRS. CHARLOTTE REA
FOR CITY ENGINEER
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JAMES YOUNG
Kj
FOR POLICE JUDGE
J. W. CHAPMAN
FOR COUNCILMEN
First Ward
HENRY SIMMONS
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E. T. PECK
O
Second Ward
LEWIS C. ROCKWOOD
o
J. G. BOND
o
Third Ward
(Vote for Two)
A. YOUNIE
o
W. A. BEAKLEY
o
JOHN H. BOND
o
JOSEPH LaCOUR
o
Fourth Ward
S. W. GIBBS
o
JOHN S. WATSON
o
INDEPENDENT
CITIZENS' TICKET
FOR MAYOR
R. N. WEST
o
Jj , FOR CITY CLERK
THOMAS J. JOHNSON
o
FOR CITY TREASURER
o
-IjilFOR CITY ENGINEER
FRED W. KIEFER
o
FOR POLICE JUDGE
J. C. FISHER
o
FOR COUNCILMEN
___ First Ward
o
o
Second Ward
o
o
Third Ward
(Vote for Two)
o
o
o
o
Fourth Ward
o
o
FOR MAYOR
FOR CITY CLERK
FOR CITY TREASURER
FOR CITY ENGINEER
FOR POLICE JUDGE
gl , FOR COUNCILMEN
First Ward
Second Ward
iïLilÜI Th ' r< * Ward
(Vote for Two)
Fourth Ward
pie decided that they wanted Gover
nor Hawley as their leader. A good
loser has a chance occasionally to
demonstrate that he Is a thorough
bred, but R. N. West has overlooked
his chance.
I ' I SO..'«*!
| Mayor R. N. West Is making the
j assertion, that the ballot at the city
j convention was stuffed, there being
several votes put 1« by one mian for
L. M. Capps. Now what do you thin '4
of that? If West or any supporter of
1 his, or L. M. Capps or any supporter
j of Ms, had seen such a thing, as true
j American citizens they should have
: called' attention to such a misdemean
I er and the tellers would icot have
bee« permitted to count the votes
so cast. It is poor policy to howl
after you are beaten in a convention
of representatives citizens of a com
munity.
Whlle U M. Capps, the people's
choice for mayor, has made no prom
ises to anyone seeking office under
liis administration, the opposition are
endeavoring to make it appear that
he has offered the position of chief
of police to one particular man, and
that opposition is fighting him on
that ground/. The man in question' is
a business man and has no use for
the job,but if he could be prevailed
upon to accept the position he would
make a good officer, and two of the
men who are now doing the most
howling about him, owe their little
meteoric political career to this
same man. Such is gratitude.
MORELAND.
Thursday, March 23rd. 1911, will
be a day long to be remembered by
Hip people of Moreilanldl, this being
the anniversary of the first ecclesias
tical ward ortgumization and the good
people met to celebrate the evet't,
and be it said to the credit of the
various committees in charge,the ar
rangements were such that several
feasts were enjoyed. First was a
mental feast which consisted of a
well rendered program. Speeches,
songs and recitations were appropri
ate and well renderedl. Moreland,pas'
present and future was discussed by
the speakers. Some matters of im
portance, and which undoubtedly will
be' of interest to the public Is here
with presented. Seventeen years ago
the first work was dione 4a the way
of constructing the Peoples Comal
which was virtually the commence
ment of the settlement of Moreland.
At that time there was but one house
on the territory which Is now known
as Moreland. On the 23rd of March,
1896, the Mareï.md Ecclesiastical
Ward was organized with Hans P.
Chistianscin as bishop. Soon after
that time the old kg building which
served the purpose of public school
house, church and a gathering place
for afll purposes was erected. School
district No. 28 wise created about that
time andl during the winter of 1896
1897 public school made its debut
with our present esteemed citizen,
Hyrum Grimmett as teacher. From
a very small enrollment numbers of
this school increased until at the
close ^of the term 80 children were
huddled and wedged together in a
room 28x60 feet. The feelings of
teachers and pupils under such condi
tion can better be imagined than des
cribed). However, such conditions did
not last long. During the year 1899
the district was bonded and a small
school house was built. Two years
later another one was constructed.
The present conditions show the
growth of our little embryo city.Five
teachers are now employed in this
district. At the tables set In the
hall erne of the most magnificent
spreads consisting of the choicest
edibles amid) viands the land) affords,
were parthken of by 370 persons.
This number is but little more than
one half the actual «umber residing
here.
At tihis festival the people were to
remain during the entire day and
were again feasted in the evening.
During t/he interval bbtween. the morn
ing services and the evening recrea
tions the people were amused by a
game of basket ball, dancing for the
children and iln social chats and re
hearsing of old time conditiqn.s and
renewals of acquaintances.
Wheeler and Son have purchased a
thirty-two horse power Reeves trac
tion engine end ten plows. Individ
ual owners which comprise this com
pany ihave twelve hundred and eighty
acres of land which they will culti
vate under the dry farm process.
They also have 325 acres of custom
work engaged and are now busy turn
ng over the soil.
"Rockyfard'' wins presetted to an
appreciative audience on the evening
of the 25th.
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Table Silverware
should come from a jewelry store, both for the reason
of true economy, which means best values for your
money, and for the satisfaction that comes from con
tact with things of this kind being absolutely reliable.
From a standpoint of years of service, tableware when
bought from a jeweler is twice as cheap as the service
you get when you buy trash.
Just Received a New Line of Rosemary Patterns.^
A. L. HUGHES, Jeweler
Does Your Watch Need Repairing? If so, see A. L. Hughes
The primary grades of the district
school ggve a concert on the even
ing of the 28th.
PROSPERITY AT HAWKEY RANCH
Sunday morning, March 12, a baby
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Prope, at their home on the Hawkey
ranch, at Porterville, and all parties
sre doing splendidly.