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MONDAYS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY OF BLACKFOOT AND OF BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO.
THURSDAYS
VOL V NO. 17
BLACKFOOT, BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1912
$2.00 PER YEAR
PROMINENT COUPLE WERE
MARRIED 8UNDAY AFTERNOON
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hoov
er, South University avenue occurred
the wedding of Frederica W. Goff and
Miss Mable Phelps. Now, isn't that the
■conventional star of a writeup for a
nice funeral marriage ceremony? Well
this marriage didn't start that way.
Triends of the bridal couple rendered
every assistance to them. Fred was
caught ordering a carriage to con
vey them from the Anderson rooming
house to the home of Mr. Hoover, and
kindhearted boys of his own age, tore
to the livery barn, took charge, se
cured a 1800' pound lame horse, and a
700 pound pony, put work harness on
the big horse and a light buggy har
ness on the small horse, draped one
in green bunting and the other in red,
■white and blue, changed one front
■wheel to the back, giving that funny
motion to occupants of the carriage,
tied a few dozen old shoes, flags and
bells on and with Hugh McVicar as
stage driver drove around to the An
derson block, where the bridal couple
were being carefully guarded to pre
vent their escape. They were game
however and Fred in his spiketail and
the bride in a beautiful cream silk, en
tered the rig, the pony dragged the big
horse along and a pre-bridal march wa
taken down Bridge to Main; thence
north to Pacific and across the Short
.Line track to their place of destina
tion. Rev. Edwards, who was to per
form the ceremony that would unite t'.g
young peoplt^was called for but abso
lutely refused to ride in the rig/
This couple were singularly blessed
immediately after their marriage. The
groom had attended the poultry show
here about three weeks ago and stole
an egg, which he gave to W. E. Brown
the latter putting it in his incubator
and this morning the glad tidings went
forth that the egg had. hatched and
Mr. and Mrs. Goff's first born had ar
rived. A fine wedding dinner was
served at the Hoover home, after
which a charivari by all the boys and
girls followed and the couple returned
to their rooms, where everything had
'been arranged for them. Placards noti
tying all that certain chambers had
been set aside for the bridal couple
were in evidence everywhere, the wear
ing apparel of both had been sewed
to a hard bundle, the bed had been fil
led with rice and tacks and nothing ov
erlooked. Altogether nothing like the
entire wedding ceremony had ever been
consummated in Blackfoot before.
The following guests were present
at the ceremony:
Dr. White, Minnie Kiefer, Cora
Stevenson, Leila* Stevenson, Van Capps
Geo. Dore, Ernest Brown, Lula Down
ing, Mildred Smith. Rev. and Mrs. Ed
wards, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hoover and
Lee Phelps.
LOS ANGELES TO HAVE
A MUNICIPAL PAPER
Los Angeles, Cal.! Feb 15—Early thi 3
month Los Angeles' new municipal pa
per, the only one of its kind in the
country, will make its appearance.
George H. Dunlop, a real estate broker
Henry O. Wheeler Jr. an attorney and
Hr. T. Percival Gerson, a physician ar
the members of the editorial board.
All three parties are represented on
the editorial board, Maylor Alexander
haying gene into the camp of his late
enemy, the Socialists, for one of the
apipointees, Dr. Gerson.
The proposition of establishing a
municipal paper was contained in an
ordinance which was voted on favor
ably-at the last city election. In ac
cordance with the terms of the ordin
ance the paper will be distributed
free so far as the* funds will permit.
Thirty-six thousand dollars »nmmiiy
was allo|*ed in the Ordinance for the
•expenses y* publication, and it is ex
pected that, thl3 sum will be Increased
by money» received Prom commercial
advertising.
The principal function of the paper,
according to its editors, will be to pria
all t!ie news about municipal affairs.
*will. bç allotted to the various
politioal parties and matter offered for
publication in this space will be priate
-without censorship, so that all partisan
organizations will be given an oppor
tunity to express their »views oa mu
nicipal affairs.
Alex Younie writes from San Diego
to thë effect that beth Mrs. Youaie
and ' himself are - having a delightful
time, enjoying the best of health and
is as much appreciated in California
as he is in Idaho, as there is to be ah
Iowa -picnic given on his birthday, at
nrhich time he will probably be Mm
most boyish one present, nltheagh it
is his seventy-first birthday. They
wtU be borne about Mask 1st
FOUR KILLED AND MANY
INJURED AT BINGHAM, UTAH
Salt Lake, Feb. 15.—Four persons
were killed and about a dozen injured
in a serious accident at ^Bingham this
morning, when a Shea engine, with a
train of three ore cars, got beyond
control at the upper end of the stee^
grade Just below the Utah Copper ore
bins at 7:30 o'clock.
The train crew jumped as they saw
what had happened. Two were killed,
while the other two got off with only
minor injuries.
Dashing down the steep grade, the
train left the track at the section
where the rails are about 250 feet up
a steep mountain side over the busin
ess district of Bingham. The ore cars
were Aung against the mountain side
and smashed.
The main part of the eugine was
thrown down the mountain side and
Struck the Bolonese block, in the cor
ner of which is the Citizens' State
bank. The heavy mass of iron struck
the upper story of the building, in
which were the offices of Dr. Conklin,
a dentist, who was sleeping in the
apartment at the rear. Dr. Conklin
was injured and in now at the Bing
ham hospital. Cashier R. R. Sharkey
of the bank, who was asleep jp a room
down stairs, also received minor in
juries.
The tender and its trucks separated
a little further down and both crushed
through the frame building occupied by
Oscar Edstrom's shoe shop and tail
or shop formerly owned by Otto Kap
pele.
Three men were occupying a room t
the rear of the tailor shop. The tend
er trucks crashed right through the
building, tearing out the front and hurl
ing a tailor named Gilligan across the
street.
The main part of the tender lodged,
on the bed occupied by C. W. Lewis,
proprietor of the Bingham Cleaning
and Dyeing company, and an emplloye
who had recently been engaged by him
Both men were crushed to death as
they slept.
ST. ANTHONY WINS THE DEBATE i
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Friday evening, February 16th., the.
Blackfoot High School and the St An
thony High School met in a debate on I
the question, Resolved, "that Foreign
Immigration Should be Further Re
stricted by the Reading and Writing
Test.'' The St. Anthony people had
the Negative and Blackfoot the Af
firmative. The judges were, Rev. Jew
ell, W. Orr Chapman, and Judge An
derson. After a most exciting contest
in which first one side and then the
other seemed in the lead, SL Anthony
received the decision by one lone point
The Blackfoot team was made up of
Frank DeKay, James Adamson and
Rose Fuller. They did well with the
subject and won on argument but lost
out on delivery and language. James
Adamson being handicapped on ac
count of having insufficient time in
which to prepare, as sickness took the
regular debater out of the team at the
last moment and James had to work
up the subject in a few hours.
The SL Anthony High School were
well represented by Messers Smith,
Davis and Whittington. Mr. Smith was
a whirlwind, so to speak. He handl
ed himself and his subject like a vet
eran debator. Each judge gave him
first place. The SL Anthony boys had
well committed speeches, while Black
foot relied upon nctee and extemporan
eous talks. When it came to rebutting
arguments and off-hand talking Black
foot was easily their superior, but the
oration style of committed speech won
for SL Anthony.
Supt. Neifert accompanied the boys
and looked after their interests. We
were Indeed glad to meet a bunch of
clean, live young men like the SL An
thony team and trust that future re
lationshlps will be aa agreeable as was
this conteeL
A WELCOMED VISITOR
N. N. Holm, of Shelley, promoter of
the electric light plant located at Shel
ley was a visitor in Blackfoot, Satur
day. It is understood that the work
of building n Hue through Blaokfoot to
Moreland will be a possibility of the
near future. If a sufficient amount of
stock could be sold to properly finance
this plant, it would mean cheaper
lights, power and fuel for not only res
idents of Shelley, Blackfoot and More
land but it woe Id mean these commod
ities cheapened for farmers, alfalfa
mill owners and others farther down
the river, all of which would tend to
build up this section. Cempetioa would
be wetoomed in many commodities by
the people, and recently in the elect
rieity h—ta rns ns prims seem to be
« ge ring higher with each month.
MEETING OF THE IDAHO 8TATE
AGRONOMY ASSOCIATION
The seventh annual meeting of the
Idaho State Agronomy Association will
be held in dlaho Falls on Friday and
Saturday, March 1st and 2nd. This
association is state wide in its scope
and has for its object the advancement
of pure seeds and the betterment of
soil culture conditions of both irrigated
and dry-land agriculture.
The speakers for the session will
represent farmers, members of the
State Agricultural College and farmer's
institute specialists. The range of dis
cussion will include the following sub
jects: Potato Growing: Marketing
Potatoes; Growing Alfalfa and Dry and
Irrigated Land; Minlpulating New
Land; When and What to Irrigate
for; Some Laws of Heredity; Selec
tion and Treatment of Field Seeds ;
The Duty of Water in Idaho; Some
Factors of Farm Management; Pea
Growing; Crop Rotations; Growing of
Cereals in Idaho; Pure Seed Produc
tion in Idaho.
While these subjects will occupy the
main portion of the season's attention,
there will be ample opportunity to dis
cuss many local topics* These meet
ings are for the public and the farmer
in particular. There is no admission
fee. Now then Mr. Farmer, if you are
undecided how best to manipulate your
best and most profitable crop to grow
as forage this season, just make it a
point to BE THERE. L. F. Childers.
Secretary.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S
POTATO CLUB.
During the school trustees meeting,
County Superintendent Alice Beach,
trustees and speakers, spoke on the ad-
visibility of encouraging the school
children of the various districts to or-
ganize potato clubs. This means that
the children will not only recevie prac-
tical instruction in one line of agricul-
ture but the monotony of school life
will be materially decreased. School
District No. 12 had the children who
first acted on the suggestion and a
club was organized by them almost im-
mediately after the trustees meeting. L
q_ Wells, the teacher in that district is
a practical farmer, owning land in that
vicinity and the boys and girls feel
that they have a good instructor, one
who will enter into the work with the a
with a will. Following are the names
of the members of the club, to date;
Leo FackreU, Wanda Smoot, Milton
Wood, Dora Noack, Ralph Stander, Ed
na Wood, John Greenan, Grace Fel
stead, Ella Taylor, Charley Davis, Ed
die Turpin, Wlllian Miles, Rees Har
wood, Alvin Smoot, Eugene Greenan.
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Don't forget the Play it will surely
be worth while.
If you are lonesome or despondent,
don't miss the-play.
R. P. Cope drilled a well for Dan
Murdock Jr., also for Comas Miles last
week.
The stork visited the homes of Jim
Jackson, Tom Cowden and Lee Har
wood recently.
Marion Anderson has moved to the
Rosenbaum farm as Mr. Conklin is pre
paring to remodle the house on the
High Anderson farm, which he has
purchased.
Iu last week's issue an article intend
ed by the writer to read thus: "A
dim smoke is seen hovering around our
Dramatic Club, an eruption will evident
ly follow, hope it wakes the people up,
was in some unaccountable way mis
construed.
The primary association will give a
farewell social in honor of Mrs. Han
del! aad Mrs. Albheobt next Saturday,
the 24th, Inst., at 3 o'clock at the pub
lic hall. The program will be furnish
ed by the classes of which the ladies
were teachers. Everybody invited.
Andrew Anderson, Jr., of Murray,
Utah, has come to live among us. He
will occupy the house which was re
cently vacated by his brother. Noils.
All of Mr. Anderson Sr's., children
are located near him aow, with the ex
oeptain ef one daughter, who Urea in
Utah.
n»e Dramatic Club will present the
play "T-be Cerner Store'' en the 22nd,
inst. A matinee will be given in the
afternoon far the ohildreu at 2 o'clock
and again in the evening for adults
Come a« everybody, yon can't afford
to mies it. In the afternoon tickets
will be 14 aad 25 cents. In the even
ing 15 and M cents.
Bet deling, of Pocatello, wan the
aver-Snnday guest ef Miss Gwenn Dan
tison.
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BLACKFOOT HIGH SCHOOL
WINS FROM POCATELLO
Friday evening the fast basket ball
teams of the local high school took
the final games of the league sched
ule from the Pocatello High teams.
The Blackfoot boys won by the deci
sive score of 51 to 25, the largest scor
6t the season on the local court The
girls of the Blackfoot schools won by
a score of 10 to 5 after a stormy sea
son.
Some of the best basket ball play
ing ever seen on a Blackfoot court re
sulted in the match between the boys.
Hie game was rough and fierce from
beginning to end. Both teams display
ed a spirit of rivalry that made the
game exciting from whistle to whistle
notwithstanding the one-sldedness of
the score. For Blackfoot. Will Park
inson and Earl Miller were the shin
ing lights. For Pocatello, their first
forward did most of the effective work.
The girls were very evenly matched
In the first half but Blackfoot seemed
to be in the better condition and easi
ly out pointed their taller rivals in the
last section of the game. The forward
play of both Silvia Adamson and Loula
Dowing brought forth repeted cheers.
The latter player showed to the best
advantage of her career as a goal tos
ser. Valine Gutting and Ruth Bales
were guarding opponents in great style
in the first half while Phillis Hoover
made things hum in the last half and
prevented her forward from tossing a
signle goal. Emily Bond at center al
though playing her first league game
made a decided hit. For Pocatello the
two guards were their best players.
Had it not been for their active and
consistent work throughout the game
the score would have gone into the big|
numbers These games close the Schol
astic League season but it is plan
ned to have a City League consisting
of five high school classes, the facul
ty team and a town team. These
teams will play for the championship
of Blackfcot. A small admission fee
will be charged in order to square up
the indebtedness of the High School
Athletic Assoc iaticn.
First annual taylor sale
H. C. Taylor, who is the owner of
the Albert Anderson ranch, four miles
northeast of Blackfoot, one of the
most progressive stock men in this
locality, will hold a stock sale next
Monday at his ranch. The stock to
be offered at this time is seme of the
best bred cattle, horses and hogs
from registered; ancestry ever produced
iu Idaho. Mr. Taylor's ranch has
long been known as the home of
thoroughbred animals and he absolute
ly guarantees everything sold at the
coming sale. This sale is but the
first of a series of annual sales which
will be held by him, his idea being to
take this method of reducing each
year the increase of the ranch. Pros
pective purchasers of good stock should
make it a point to attend this sale
and enjoy the hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor at their ideal stock ranch
near the foot hills.
IS DOING A RUSHING BUSINESS.
Ye Kandy Kitchen, occupying the
room formerly occupied by F. C. Christ
is doing some business. Last Satur
day Mr. Whistler, the proprietor, sold
out the eutire stock and almost had
to lock the door to keep people from
worrying him for orders. He came
here and rented the room a few
weeks ago, and people advised him
that a candy kitchen would not pay,
but he staid Just the same and is doing
more business for the amount of cap
ital invested than any other business
house in town. He is a hustler, walks,
works and talks like a live one and is
getting the business.
ENTERTAINS
One of the most pleasant of Febru
ary's social offerings was that of Sat
urday afternoon, when Mrs. E. T. Peck
entertained about twenty-five ladles
at bridge. Mrs. Rock wood and Mrs.
Patrie won the prizes for score and
progressions. Mrs. F. R. Nichols was
an out of town guest enjoyin* the oc
casion.
MACKAY FLOUR MILL TO RUN
The plant of the Lost River Milling
Company will "blow in'' early next
week. Everything is now in perfect
order and the flour will scon be on the
market.—Mackay Miner.
D. W. Woody, liveryman, Balocn
keeper and rancher, of Arco, who re
cently sold his entire interest to
Long £ Hein, passed through Black
foot last week for Los Angeles, where
be will spend a few months before
j locating.
MIDNIGHT BURGLAR
8TRIKES DOWN GIRLl
Seized from behind as she switched
on the light in the hall of her fathers'
home, Miss Vera Rupp, eighteen years
of age, daughter of B. F. Rupp, f014
South Ninth East, was hegten into
unconsciousness by a masked burglar
at one o'clock this morning. One stif
led scream from the girl as the robber
choked off her breath, brought her Hath
er from the upper floor, but the man
had disappeared.
Miss Rupp returned from a church
social in company with a party of
friends, who accompanied her as far
as the door. In response to her ring
the girl's mother came down stairs and
opened the door, hurrying upstairs
again before her daughter entered» Mb
Rupp made her way throngh the hall
to the light switch at the far end and
had Just turned on the light when the
burglar grabbed her. As she scream
ed he placed his hand over her mouth
and she bit him. With that he struck
her a vicious blow over the left eye
and the girl fell senseless to the floor.
The house had been ransacked and
many valuables collected. These were
found in a closet beneath the stairway,
where the burglar had evidently secret
ed himself when the girl entered.
From her momentary view of her as
sailant Miss Rupp was able to furnish
but scant description of him to the po
lice, who responded to a call sent in by;
Mr. Rupp. She said he was well dres
sed. wore a black overcoat and a black
derby hat, a white colar and had a
white handkerchief over his face. He
was about five feet ten inches high and
dark complexion. Evidently the
burglar had entered through the front
door by meaas of * P"88 key.—Salt
Tribune.
TEACHER'S EXAMINATION
There will be an examination for
teachers in the court house commenc
ing Thursday, February 22nd, and con
tinuing for three days, including Sat
urday, February 24th,
Alice Beach, County Supt. of InsL
Bob Adams of Riverside went to
Boise, Saturday on a business trip.
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A LL three combine to
». boost our sales of
STETSON hats. The new Spring
^Stetson" hats possess a style and dis
tinction not found in any other hats.
Besides Our Hats, we have other spring
arrivals: Men's Suits, Walk-Over Shoes and
the Krippendorf Shoes for particular women.
They are Priced the new Cash
Way.
This week marks the closing of oiir
BIG WHITE GOODS SALE
Dont't Delay your purchase until it is to late.
THE BROWN-HART CO.
CASH QUATITY STORE
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
THE C OURT HOUSE
DEEDS FILED
David Willamuth to Mac WillamntMR
Lot 2, NWW, Sec. 18 Tp. 4S R 32 E.
Albert Walker to Shelley Merc, Co.,
All crops raised on SB14 SEK and 8
W% SE% and SE14 SW14, Sec. 11,
Tp. 1 S R 37 EBM.
Catherine Miller to R. B. Shaw Wîfr »
SB% Bfe SWÎ4, Sec. 8 Tp. 4. S R
33 EBM.
Chas. E. West to Catherine E. Mil
ler,^ WH SE«4 Eft SWU, Sec, 8 Tp.
4, 8 R. 33 EBM.
D. B. Jeffries to First Presb y ter,
fan church, Lot 6-7, Blk. 43, Aberdeen.
Norman W. Nelson to Hiram A.
Nielsen, part of 3W% SW%, Sec 24
Tp. 1 S, R. 37 E
Oregon Mtge, Co., to Adalpk M. Mel- .
sen, part Sec. 24, Tp. 1 S R 37 B.
Hiram Nielsen to C. C. Campbell,
part SW% SW%, Sec. 24 Tp. 1 S R
37 EBM.
American Falb C. £ P. Co., to J.
Christenson, E% NW* W% NEft S
Wil, Sec 31 Tp. 4. S R. 32 B.
Geo. H.I^ngburst to Oregon Mtge.
Co.. S% NWlt, See. 1. Tp. 1 SR 37E.
James Christençon to State of Idaho,
Lot 1-E% NW% and NBÎ4 NW14, of
Sec. 31 Tp. 4. S R. 32 EBM.
Sterling townslte Co., to Idaho Lam
bey Co, Lot 14-15, Blk 8, Sterling.
United States to F. R. Jackman, S
BÎ4 NE&. Sec. 24, Tp. 2. S. R. 36 E.
PRESTO ROAD IMPROVEMENT
County commissioners and road ov
erseers of Bingham county are. to be
congratulated upon the excellent work
they are doing. Today the sand
stretch of three miles from the W. T.
Blthell ranch west of Wapello, to the
'Twitchell ranoh is being torn up. the
sand banked out of the roadway, load
upon load of sage brush is being haul
ed- and layers of brush and straw are
being placed along the route. Wm.
Twitchell, the district overseer, is Sup
erintending the work and that insures
its being done well.